Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 20439, for William Tompkins, New York
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[printed card with handwriting]

SERVICE
New York
Tompkins, William 
NUMBER
R. 20439
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For the purpose of obtaining the benefit 
of the act entitled An act for the relief 
of certain surviving officers and soldiers
of the Army of the Revolution, approved this
15th of May 1828  I William Tompkins
of Phillipstown in the County of Putnam
and State of New York do hereby declare
that I Enlisted in the Continental line
of the Army of the revolution for & during
the war & continued in its service
until its termination, when I was
dischared at Fishkill in the state of
New York.  I also declare that I Enlisted
as aforesaid in Fishkill aforesaid under
Major John Keys in the fall of that
year, between three & four years before
the close of the war, that immediately
after my Enlistment I was assigned
to Col. Hays department, where I served
during the whole time as a waggoner
that I was at the Capture of Cornwallace
at Yorktown & drove Genl. Knox's
baggage waggons on that occasion.
I also declare that I was not on 
the 15th day of May 1828 on the pensioners
list of the United States.
Wm [his mark (X)] Tompkins
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[handwritten]

Witness my hand this twenty eighth day of July 1828
Daniel D Travis Justice
Before me Daniel D Travis one of the Justices of the peace in & for the County of Putnam & State of New York personally appeared this day 
Gabriel Christian [signature]
and Thomas his x mark Barett ['x' between first and last name]
of said County who did personally make oath that Willaim Tompkins by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed & believed to have been a soldier in the army of the Revolution as herein states
Witness my hand this 29th day of July 1828
Daniel D Travis Justice
I Jonathan Morehouse clerk of the Court of the County of Putnam in the State of New York do hereby certify that Daniel D. Travis before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time a Justice of the peace duly empowered to administer oaths
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said court this 28th day of July - 1828
J. Morehouse
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[printed form with handwriting]

882
Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
11 Sept 1828.
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of William Tompkins under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether it appears, by any records in the War Department, that the claimant has received, or is entitled to receive, the bounty in land granted by Congress for service in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution.
The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.
priv - N York line revolution

War Department
Bounty Land Office
19 Sept 1828.
William Tompkins, a private in the New York Line, is not returned as entitled to land from the United States, nor has a warrant issued for him
E. Stephens
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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS,
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Aug. 30. 1828
William Tompkins of Phillipstown in the County of Putnam, in the State of New York, has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a private in captain [blank] 's company, in the [blank] regiment of the New York line; and [lined out] (does not state that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778;) and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing He notes that though he enlisted for the war, he was employed as a waggoner.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary,
A. Dinkins

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
4th September 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to [lined out]
It further appears that William Tompkins is ^[insert] not now on the pension list of the [lined out] any agency, and has been^[insert] not been so since the 3d March 1826
at the rate of [lined out] dollars per month [lined out]
The name of William Tompkins cannot be found among those of the New York line, to whom Certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars were issued -
Peter Hagner
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Rejected
Ex'r. OLD WAR.
File No. 20439
Acts of July 14, 1863, and March 3, 1873. [lined out]
William Tompkins
Pri.
Major Keys.
N. Y. Line
Rev War
REJECTED [ink stamp]
Evidence insufficient Act 1828 [written vertically]
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o w  Rej [old war Rejected]
#
20.439
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[handwritten]

Wm. Tompkins - Pvt -
N. Y. line
Evidence insufficient Act 1828
New York -
[illegible] Mex War
Inv File no 26, 804}
No Record
L. D. S.
Nov 6/50
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[handwritten]

865. [lined out]
882.
W. Tompkins
rec'd Aug. 25. 1828
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[handwritten]

Revolutionary Claims}
Aug 21
Free
The Honbl. Sectry of the Treasury
Washington 
Rec'd 25 Aug
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[handwritten]

Peekskill N. Y. 
18th August 1828
Sir
At the request of Mr Tompkins a soldier of the Revolution, I inclose [sic] to you his application for a pension under the late act of Congress -
Your Obt Servt.
W Nelson