Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7033, William Hopkins, N.C. Va.
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Service                                             	Number
NC      	 	Hopkins, William     	S 7033
VA
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North Carolina                         	16.543
William Hopkins of Orange- in the State of No Ca- who was a priv:-in the – commanded by Captain [blank] of the Reg- commanded by Col: Wintford in the [star added above] No-Ca line for 6 month
[star] VA. And NC July 19/04.
Records completed [illegible]
[double line across page]
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 20- Dollars [blank] Cents per ann to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
[double line across page]
Certificate of Pension ifsued the 21- day of Aug 30 and Just E.H. Mangum	Hillsboro N. Car
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833-  	40-
Semi-ant. Allowance ending 4 Septem   10-
[double line under 10-]
$50-
[double line under $50-]
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 183[missing, page torn]
Recorded by Nath. Rice [typed word missing from torn sections]
Book E Vol. 6 Page [page number missing, page torn]
[Bottom right hand corner, upside down]
Set Heu Montgomry here 2. 1838.
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William Hopkins
NC
7918
Admit as a private
6mo $20
 
11.12.14
P330
 
11 April
P.H. Mangum Esq
Hillsboro NC
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Brief in the case of William Hopkins
County of Orange in the State of N Carolina
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1.       Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? On a Court
2.       If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
[blank]
3.       How old is he? 73 years
4.       State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
[the following is in chart formatting]
Period:
Spring of [in is marked out] 178-
July- 1781
Duration of Service.
Years,
[blank
Months,
3
3
Days.
[blank]
Rank.
As a Private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen.
Capt. Herlin	Col. Montford	Capt Ray	Gen. Butler
5.       In what battles was he engaged?  Guilford Court House
6.       Where did he reside when he entered service?  [two sets of places marked through] N Carolina Orange Co.
7.       Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  By their own declaration
8.       Are the papers defective as to form authentication? And if so, in what respect? Correct
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Cutts
Examining Clerk.
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State of North Carolina
Orange County
            	Eleanor Hopkins of the said County of State & aged about sixty eight or nine years personally appeared before me Elisha Umpstead a Justice of the Court of Pleas & quarter ppsions is livin the said County & State. I being first duly sworn deposeth & said that she is a sister of William Hopkins of the said County & State who is an applic-ant for a pension form the General Greene [illegible] that she is about four or five years young than P. William and that during the Revolutionary War she was a small girl, but at the close of it she supposes she was fourteen or fifteen years old. She further saith that during the war her bro- ther William was sent by her Father to Mecklinburg in Virginia to make a crofs with her grandmother. [illegible] she has understood from her brother that while in Mecklinburg he served a tour of three months but of which she this deponent has no personal knowledge. She assuming all that done in North Carolina. After said William’s return from Virginia, this deponent saith, he resided with his father in Orange County &a was drafted. She well remembers the Saturday he was drafted, as on the next day he was to go with her to a meeting several miles off & she was disappointed ]of his company, he  being compelled to make im-mediate preparation to join the service. This she well remember, she being then a young girl & this being one of the first times she was allowed to go abroad.  She however went to meeting her mother having procured a neighbor by the name of Elisha Smallwood to go with her to Bennetts to meeting. This deponent further saith that her brother went into the service immediately after. [page damaged-illegible] Capt. Hodge as she heard a part of the time. He served for some time until his time was out. He was a sickly young man, & when he returned home he was very much reduced in flesh, dirty, & ragged and as he said, had been almost starved to death. How long he served this deponent does not know, nor has she any means of ascertaining with accuracy.
 
Sworn to & subscribed before on this 18th day of July 1833
Eisha Umsted JP                                                                                Eleanor Hopkins
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State of North Carolina
Orange County
             	I Elisha Upfstead a Justice of the Court of Pleas and quarter pepsions for said County & State do Certify that Eleanor Hopkins who made the urlhea [?] affidavit is my neighbor, that I have known her for many years and that she is a credible person is of good character & that her statement is entitled in my opinion, to full faith & credit.
Given under my hand this 18th July 1833
E. Umsted JP
 
I certify that I have long known Eleanor Hopkins & that I regard her affidavit as entitled to full faith & credit. 22nd July 1833.
Willie P. Mangum
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State of North Carolina
Orange County
On this 31st day of August 1832 Personally appears in open Court before the Court of Pleas and Quarter Pespions (a County Court) for Orange County now setting, William Hopkins a resident of Orange Count in said State aged 73 years who being first duly sworn according to the law doth on his oath mark the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress pafsed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States Under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That in the spring of the year 1780 he was sent by his father who resided in Orange County on Flat River over to Mecklenburg County Virginia for the purpose of making a crop for his grandmother & aunt who lived there- and in the last of August or 1st of September 1780 he was drafted in Mecklenburg. The officers were Col. Robt Montford, Captains James Hester, Bradley, James Pointer Lieutenant that he was drafted for three months and was stationed the whole time at the magazine in Mecklenburg guarding Tory prisoners & deserters from Gates and Bueford and also disabled soldiers.
That he came immediately home to Orange County as soon as discharged. He had been at home but a short time before he was ordered out to serve a tour of 3 months for which he had been drafted before he went
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to Virginia, he foocuded to Hillsborough to join Genl. But-ler, but was directed by his Captain James Ray to return home again and there wait for further orders, as the tories were very troublesome, where he remained till some time in February 1787 he then joined Genl Butler in Granville County in the company of Captain Thomson. Butler had been maneuvering to avoid Cornwallis, but at this time he was in correspondence with Genl. Greene and advanced towards Hillsborough to form a junction with Greene. He joined Genl. Greene about the High Rock, before which they had fallen in with the Virginia militia under Genl. Lawson, Eatow, & Col. Robert Montford.  Then they proceed is to Guilford Old Court House, when  the battle was fought between Greene & Cornwallis, he is a private at this engag-ement, thought he did not join in the fight having been dire-ted to take charge of Captain Hodges horse. After the bat-tle they again afsembled at Troublesome iron works there they remained until the dead were buried and then gave chase to Cornwallis whom they pursued to Ramsay’s Mill in Chatham County on Deep River, [thence they is crossed out]  Having abandoned the pursuit they then marched into Wake County North Carolina where he was discharged, his term of service having expired.
   This declarant has no means of proving the service which he rendered in Virginia, as there is no person living to his knowledge on whom he can call to tes-tify it. What he is well acquainted with James Ray Jr, Major
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John Taylor in his county & neighborhood- He was born the 11th day of Nov: 1759 in the State of Maryland, Ferderic County- he was removed to Orange County in the State of North Carolina, at the age of 14 years - where he hath lived ever since.- 
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State, so far as he hath known-ledge.
Sworn to 31st Augt 1832	William Hopkins
Jo Taylor [illegible]
State of North Carolina
	At a Court of Pleas & quarter sefsions began & held for Orange County at the court house in Hillsborough  on the 4th Monday in August 1832- Servant the Worshipful Justices of said Court. 
William Hopkins a citizen of this county came into area [word is hard to read due to line and some bleeding] Court & established his decla-ration & proofs to entitle him to a pension from the United States under an Act of Congress approved 7th Jan 1832 - established an act supplementary to an act for the relief of the surviving officers & soldiers of the Revolution- The Court having considered the matter contained in said declaration & the proofs in support thence ordered to be certified as their opinion that the said declaration & proofs in support thence are entitled to full credit. 
I John Taylor Clerk of Pleas & quarter Sefsions for Orange County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Hopkins for a pension
In Testimony whence I have herewith est [illegible] hand & seal of office 31st August A.D. 1832.-
J. Taylor CC
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[vertical squiggle-could be a 1, but it is different than the next number 1] 918
North Carolina Court of pleas and Quarter fefsions. May [illegible] 1833 Orange County
Personally appeared in open Court, now sitting, William Harris, A Clergyman, resident in the County & state afores. & after having first been duly sworn according to law doth on his oath state that he is well acquainted with William Hopkinds who hath signed sworn to the above declaration- and resident of said County, after having been duly sworn in open court according to law, sayth that they are acquaint. [entire page is marked through with squiggly lines]
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Rev.&1812 Wars Section, MMMFF

March 26, 1928.

Mrs. A. E. Canary,
Newburg,
Missouri.

Madam;

I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 7033, it appears that William Hopkins was born November 11, 1759 in Frederick County, Maryland.

At the age of fourteen years he moved to Orange County North Carolina. In the spring of 1780, his father then living in said Orange County, sent him to Mecklenburg County,
Virginia to work for his grandmother and aunt in that county and while there enlisted about September 1, 1780 and served three months in Captain James Hester's Company, Colonel Robert Montford's Virginia Regiment, immediately after which he returned to his father's home in Orange County, North Caroli-
Names of father, grandmother and aunt not given.

He enlisted in February 1781 and served three months in Captains Thomas Butler's and Hodge's Companies in the North Carolina
Troops and was present when the battle of Guilford was fought, though not being actually engaged in the fight, he was detailed to take charge of Captain Hodge's horse. He
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also belonged to Captain William Ray's North Carolina Company in 1781, but no details of any service under him are given.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 31, 1832 while a resident of Orange County, North Carolina.

It is not stated whether he was ever married.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
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[Left side top of page.] 1927- July 13- Hist. to Ms. H   J.W. Greene, for Mr. E.A. Canary 1928- Mch-26-Hist. To Mrs. A.E. Canary- [illegible initials]
[line across page]
1939 May 5 Hist. to Mrs. John F. McKinney ADY
[following word is vertical beside the above script] Rev-tray
[Right side of page]
7033
Invalid.
File No. 7033 
William Hopkins
Priv Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:-Vol. 1 sz [guess on the preceding], Page 177
[Arrangement of 1870]
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State of North Carolina 
Orange County [squiggly vertical line] This day comes Willam Ray (senr) before me William H. Hall one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County & maketh that in the year 1781 he was Captain of a Company in which he drafted William Hopkins (senr) in the Revolutionary War sworn to & subscribed Before me [squiggly line] This 29th May of 1833- William His Mark [x] Ray / [illegible]
North Carolina 
Orange County [squiggly vertical line] I William H. Hall One of the Justices of the Peace for Orange County aforesaid here certify that William Ray (senr) who  subscribed & sworn to the [mark indicating adding a word that is written above a blacked out word] above affidavit before me as will appear by reference there to is a Credita-ble person and that his statement is intitled to Credit Witnefs my hand this the 29th May 1833.
Wm. H. Hall JP

North Carolina 
Orange County [squiggly vertical line] I John Taylor, Clerk of the County Court of Orange aforesaid hereby certify that William H. Hall Esq Who hath signed the above certificate, was at that time, a duly qualified Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid. Witnefs my hand & seal of Office this the 29th day of May A.D. 1833
J. Taylor CC
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William Hopkins
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Brief objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of William Hopkins Orange Co N Carolina which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? [blank]
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes
V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? [blank]

[struck through three times Z appears beside XIV]
XIV. [cross] If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? No
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? [blank]
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? Yes

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? [blank]

XVI. [double cross] Are the papers authenticaed as the regulations direct? Yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not answered? [blank]

[The rest of the page is typed and legible and thus does not need to be transcribed.]
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served. and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions
merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objection able. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration
of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either
in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the
regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

[Image of a finger pointing to the right] In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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State of North Carolina [squiggly vertical line]
Orange County.

Coart of Pleas and Quarter Sepsions. May 7th 1833

Personally appeared in open court, now sitting, Williams Harris, a Clergyman, and John Taylor all residents of the County & State afores. and after having been duly sworn according to the law, do, on their oath, state that they are well acquainted with William Hopkins, who subscribed & sworn to the declaration, to which this statement is appendid that they believe him to be 73 or 74 years old: that he is expected & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution that they concur in that opinion: that the said declarant is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to credit. Subscribed and sworn to, this 28th May 1833.
J. Taylor CC   Williams Harris
J. Taylor [second signature is beneath Williams Harris']

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after investigating the matter of the aforesaid declaration of Williams Hopkins, & that of the above affidavit that thed declarant was a sol-dier of the Revolution & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Williams Harris, who hath subscribed & sworn to the above Affidavit is a Clergyman and is a credible person- & that his statement is entitled to credit- And that John Taylor who has likewise signed & sworn to the above affida-vit, are credible persons, and that their
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statement is entitled to credit.
I John Taylor Clerk of Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sepsions do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said COurt in the matter of the application of Williams Hopkins for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have rest my hand & that of office this 28th May 1833
J. Taylor CC
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[Round stamped seal Pension and Office are on the top and bottom, across the middle is U. and then between it and S. is (vertically) F Aug 20 1927]
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Newhurg, Mo.
July 10, 1927.

Mr. W.Scott,
Pension Commissioner

Dear Sir!-
I thank you for the communication, how-ever the records I desired were on the American Revolution. The Jacob Norrick that I referred to was a soldier in the revolution from Penn. or Ohio. I just lack his wife's name to complete my line that far.
The Jacob Light I referred to was from North Carolina and
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should have a colonial and Re. record also- He was supposed to have received a land grant- I lack his wife's name also. I should like to have complete record of William Hopkins of North Carolina- He was a pensioner [underlined pensioner]- If the names of his children are given I'd like to have them. Thanking you-
Respectfully
Mrs. A.E. Canary.
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[upside down and inversted round stamp visible in upper left hand corner.  It reads Pension Office. U.S. Aug 20 1927.]
Rec [written in a different hand, caddy corner in top middle of page]
Newhurg, Mo.
August 17, 1927.
Commissioner of Pensions:
Some time ago I wrote this department requesting data on Wil-liam Hopkins of N.C. a Revolutionary soldier. Since I wrote you, I learned that he was living in Kentucky in 1840 when he was pensioned.
I received no reply to my query- so I tho't with this more definite data you might be able to help me-what I want is his wife and children's names. I
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shall appreciate it very much if you can assist me. Respectfully,
Mrs. Alvin Canary
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[In lefthand top corner of page is the emblem of a wheel in front of a flag. On the wheel are the words Daughters of the American Revolution.]

Missouri State Society
Daughters of the American Revolution
State Regent, Mrs. W.W. Botts
Mexico, Missouri
Chairman Real Daughters
Mrs. Joseph Wayne Greene
219 North Spring Street, Independence, Missouri
April 7, 1927.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

My dear Sir:-
Please send the military record and family history of Willam Hopkins a Revolutionary pensioner of North Carolina. 
He is the ancestory of Mrs. E.A. Canary, who desires the record for admission to the Daughters of the American Revoltuion. 
Thanking you most kindly, I am.
Sincerely yours,
(Mrs. Joseph W.) Josephine N Greene
319 North Spring St.
Independence, Mo.
[Round Pension Office US R Apr 9 1927 stamped sideways on bottom left of page]
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[Typewritten document on letterhead]

[Image of a building with awning, people outside the building,]

MCKINNEY & COMPANY INC
N.W. COR. BOONVILLE & OLIVER
SPRINGFIELD, MO.

[Image of a crest containing: 31 YEARS REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE LOANS INVESTMENTS INSURANCE]

IN REPLY PLEASE REFER TO March 13, 1939
Veteran's Administration,
Washington, D. C.

[Stamped, round, containing numbers 1-12 on out perimeter, RECEIVED MAR 15 1939 MAIL SUB-DIV. BETS. ADM READER #36]

Gentlemen:

Please advise me if you have a pension record of William Hopkins in the Revolutionary War.

I have received the following information from
the Recorder of Orange County, North Carolina --
In Vol. 22 the State Records of North Carolina
by Clark under the following heading " North Carolina Revolutionary Pensioners under the Acts of 1818 and 1832 as Reported by Secretary of State to Congress in 1835 " I find on page 69 Wm. Hopkins named as a private.

I would like to have a copy of this record and
the War Department has referred me to you as they have no record of same.

Yours very truly,

Mrs. John F. McKinney

Mrs. John F. McKinney,
N. W. Cor. Boonville & Olive,
Springfield, Missouri.

ADDRESS ALL LETTERS TO MCKINNEY & COMPANY INC. and NOT TO INDIVIDUALS, MENTIONINO THE REFERENCE GIVEN ABOVE
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section MMMFF

July 13, 1927

Mrs. Joseph W. Greene
319 North Spring St.,
Independence, Mo.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 7033 it appears that William Hopkins was born November 11, 1759 in Frederick County, Maryland

At the age of fourteen years he moved to Orange County, North Carolina. In the spring of 1780, his father then living in said Orange County, sent him to Mecklenburg County, Virginia to work for his grandmother and aunt in that county, and while these enlisted about September 1, 1780 and served three months
in Captain James Hester's Company, Colonel Robert Montford's Virginia Regiment, immediately after which he returned to his
father's home in Orange County, North Carolina, names of father, grandmother and aunt not given.

He enlisted in February 1781 and served three months in Captains Thomas Butler's and Hodge's Companies in the North Carolina
Troops and was present when the battle of Guilford was fought, though not being actually engaged in the fight, as he was detailed to take charge of Captain Hodge's horse. He
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R [ hand written, caddy corner on right hand side above typed text is the following:] This may have been Capt. James [underlined] Ray that he referred to but as I was not sure I used this [underlined] as this cap-tains reffid. is in L- [or I, or e]

also belonged to Captain William Ray's North Carolina Company in 1781, but no details of any service under him are [written above crossed out word] given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 31, 1832 while a resident of Orange County, North Carolina. It is not stated whether he was ever married.
Respectfully,
Winfield Scott
Commisioner.

[hand written beside the name above]
Soldier had sister Eleanor Hopkins liv in Orange Co NC in 1833 aged about 69 yr
[broad stroke of the pen]
There is another Wm Hopkins in file who lived [underlined] in N.C. many yrs, but this is the pensioner [underlined], which is what this inquirant said
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May 5, 1939.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/ady
William Hopkins
S.7633

Mrs. John F. McKinney
N. W. Cor. Boonville & Olive
Springfield, Missouri

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative
to William Hopkins, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data contained herein were obtained
from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.7033, based upon the military service of William Hopkins in that war.

William Hopkins was born November 11, 1759
in Frederick County, Maryland, and at the age
of fourteen years moved to Orange County, North Carolina
.
In the spring of 1780 his father then living in
Orange County, North Carolina, sent him to
Mecklenburg County, Virginia, to work for his
grandmother and aunt in that county, and while there William Hopkins enlisted about September 1, 1780, and served three months in Captains James Hester's and Bradley's Companies, Colonel Robert Montford's Virginia Regiment, immediately after
which he returned to his father's home in Orange County, North Carolina. The names of his father, grandmother and aunt are not given, and no reference was made to his mother. He enlisted in February 1781 and served three months in Captains Thompson's and Hodge's Companies in the North
Carolina troops and was present when the battle of Guilford was fought, though not being actually engaged in the fight, as he was detailed to take charge of Captain Hodge's horse. He also belonged
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to Captain William Ray's North Carolina Company in 1781, but no details of any service him are given.

He was allowed pension on his application
executed August 31, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Orange County, North Carolina. In 1833 he was called William Hopkins, Senior.

William Hopkins' sister, Eleanor Hopkins,
was aged about sixty nine years, in 1833, and
living in Orange County, North Carolina. There
are no further family data.

In order to obtain the date of last payment
of pension, the name of person paid and
possibly the date of soldier's death, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C. and cite the following data: "William Hopkins, Certificate No. 165433, issued August 31, 1833, rate $20.00 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act
of June 7, 1832, North Carolina Agency"".

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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The National Archives
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
[upper left corner of page]

Bounty Land Warrant Record Card* [middle upper part of page]

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
[upper right corner of page]

Name Hopkins, William  Grade Dragoon  Line Pennsylvania

Warrant Number 9617   Acreage 100    Issued June 20, 1789
To--not shown---

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subse-quent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.  Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.