Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3,606, John Wilkins, New York
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Service:  New York
Name: Wilkins, John
Number S3606
Carded
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Column A - Typed and Handwritten
New Jersey 30 584
John Wilkins
of Gloucester in the State of N Jersey
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Anderson of the Rgt [Regiment] commanded
by Col. Ellis in the New Jersey
line for 6 months
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Included in the Roll of New Jersey
at the rate of 20 dollars 00 Cents per annum.
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of Apl [April]
                           1836 and sent [by] [illegible]
[illegible] Chesham New Jersey
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1836                                        $100.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept [September] " [1836]     10.00
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                                                                                            $110.00
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                                                                       { Revolutionary Claim}
                                                                       { Act June 7, 1832      }
Recorded by [R O D] Addison                                                   Clerk,
Book C 9         Vol. 90.      Page 170
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Column B - Handwritten
Paid at [illegible] and at
6th April [illegible] from 4th
March, 183[illegible] August 1838.
 Agent notified 11 April, 1846.
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p. 170
John Williams
Adm'd

6 mo. pri.

Z. M. Wills Esq
Evesham
N. Jersey
J.C. Smallwood
Woodbury
N.J
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of John Wilkins

Period when the service was rendered.
 (1) Apr. 76 - 2 mo, 25 days, 
Rank: Private
Names of Officers: Capt. Cox, Col. Lacy
Proof by which the declaration is supported:
John Cahill
(2) Apr. 77 - 2 mo., 15 days
Rank:  Private
Names of Officers: Capt. Anderson, Col. Ellis
Proof by which the declaration is supported:
Jack Fish
(3) Oct. 77 - 2 mo., 15 days
Rank:  Private
Names of Officers: Capt. Anderson, Col. Ellis
Proof by which the declaration is supported:
Jack Glover
(4) Feb. 78 - 4 mo., 24 days
Rank:  Private
Names of Officers: Capt. Anderson, Col. Ellis

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. - [age] 81, Moorestown, Burlington, NJ

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops, "militia" and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c.   Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of
County of      } ss.
On this ___day of ____personally appeared (a) before __________A B. a resident (b) of____in the county of____and State, Territory or District of 
aged (c)____years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)_____served in the_____(e) regiment of the_____line, under the following named officers:
Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of  _____.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _______of the Court of______ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of______for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this_____day of____
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the____and C.D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with_____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be______years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the_____and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the_____and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,
Clerk of the Court of_____do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of_______for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this___day of____& c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

[handwritten note:] Service set forth are not agreeable to the course of duty established
by Law (on the New Jersey Militia), and cannot be admitted to be correct until further implementation & proof is produced.
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts  stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier: Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
To an Officer:  Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The  traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
(a)The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the person or persons of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: --For---year----months, and days, I served as a -. For - months and - days, I served as a___ ; and for such service I claim a pension."
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. [note:  The following section, up to (f) below, is marked for emphasis.] Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that 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 objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; places where the service was performed, that the applicant served with all 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.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.

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 papers 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.

Proof of Service.

(j) 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 claimant's 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.
[picture of a pointing finger] The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Declaration in order to Obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 -
State of New Jersey, Gloucester [County]
On this fith day of August in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, personally appeared in Open Court before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Gloucester, sitting now, John Wilkins a resident of the said County of Gloucester and State of New Jersey, aged eighty one years and upwards, who being first duly affirmed according to law, doth upon his solemn affirmation make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 -
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated -
That is to say in the Month of April 1776, He entered as a private in a Company Commanded by Captain William Cox in Col Lacey's Regiment, the Company paraded at Moorestown into the County of Burlington New Jersey - and Marched  from there through Mount Holly and by the Black Horse Tavern and through the County
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County of Middlesex to New Brunswick, where we halted and stayed for a few days, we then proceeded on to Perth Amboy, where we quartered and remained till discharged in the Month of July of that year, after having served at least two Months and twenty five days -
He next entered in the early part of the Month of April 1777 as a private in a Company Commanded by Capt Andrew Anderson, the Company marched from Moorestown asforesaid to Haddonfield where we joined Col Ellis' Regiment and where we quartered and remained several weeks, we then marched to Woodbury, and from Woodbury to Red Bank, and from Red Bank in Billingsport, and from there we marched back through Woodbury to Haddonfield aforesaid, where we remained until the latter part of June of that year when we were discharged after having served two months and fifteen days--
He next entered on the first day of October 1777 as a private in a Company Commanded by Capt Andrew Anderson in Col Ellis' regiment - the Company marched from Moorestown aforesaid to the mouth of Pennshawkin Creek in the
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the County of Gloucester, New Jersey, where we quartered in the houses of the people in that neighborhood, some of us were at Joseph Morgan's house, some at the house of Isaac Fish and some at the house of Henry Wood --we remained in this service until sometime between the 15th and 20th of December of that year when we were discharged - during this tour the battle of Germantown was fought, it took place in three or four days after we arrived at our quarters, during this tour also a Capt Parsons (who commanded a Company that was stationed at the same place with us) and a number of his men were taken prisoners by a party of the Enemy from the opposite side of the River Delaware, they were taken on Board the Prison Ship then lying at Pettys Island a little above Philadelphia, he served two months 15 days this tour.
He next entered as a private in the latter part of January or first of February 1778 in a company commanded by Captain Andrew Anderson in Col Ellis' regiment, the Company marched from Moorestown aforesaid to Coopers Creek bridge then Called Spicers Bridge about two miles from Philadelphia on the
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the Jersey side, where we quartered in the house of Robert Friend Price Esquire and where we remained until the British Army left Philadelphia in June 1778. In two or three days after they left Philadelphia, our company was ordered to march and join the American forces that were then collecting  from all parts of the country, we marched through Haddonfield Moorestown and on to Mount Holly where we arrived he thinks on the 23rd of June; here this declarant was taken sick, which was occasioned by the heat of the weather and fatigue of marching, and he was unable to proceed further, one of his officers gave him a paper certifying that fact, and he was taken home the next day in a wagon -- he served during this tour at least four months and twenty three days - this was the last service he performed during the war - the whole length of time that he served during the War and whilst engaged in a Regularly Organized body was twelve months and eighteen days at least, during all which time he served as a private, and during all which time he was in
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in actual service, and not engaged in any civil pursuit - he has no Documentary Evidence, and that he has made all the exertions in his power, and has not been able to procure the Testimony of any person, who can testify to his services excepting John Cahill whose affidavit is hereto annexed -
"He was born at trenton in the state
" of New Jeresey, on the 28th day of January
"Seventeen hundred and fifty two"
"He has a record of his age it is in 
"his Family Bible which is now at his
"place of abode" -
"He was living when called into
"Service at Moorestown in the County of
"Burlington New Jersey he has lived
"part of the time since the Revolutionary
"War in the County of Burlington, and
"the remainder of the time in the
"Country of Gloucester New Jersy, and he
"nowlives in the township of Deptford
"in the County of Gloucester" -
"He volunteered whenever he was
"called to the service"
"He does not know that there
"were any Regular officers or Regular
"Troops with the Troops where he served.
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served; he saw a great many officers and Troops when he was at Amboy and he saw a great many officers and Troops when he was at Mount Holly and he supposes that there were some Regular Officers and Regular Troops among them, but cannot be certain
"of that at this time."  Col Lacey's Regt of Militia was with the Troops where he served at Amboy and Col Ellis at Haddonfield, Woodbury, Coopers Creek Bridge, Red Bank and other places in the County of Gloucester. He cannot recollect that he ever saw a continental Regiment.
He never Received a written discharge from the service, he received a paper at the time that he left the Army at Mount Holly, but that was not a discharge from the service, and that paper he lost shortly after it was given him.
He is acquainted with James Matlack Esquire, John Clement, Esquire, Dr Bowman Hendry, Dr Jeremiah J Foster, Jacob Glover Esquire, Ephraim Miller, Esquire, and many other persons in his neighbourhood.
He
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State.
Affirmed to and subscribed in open Court the day and year first above written. 
John Wilkins
Ephraim Miller

We Michael C Fisher and Isaac Hinchman residing in the County of Gloucester in
the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify
that we are well acquainted with John
Wilkins who has subscribed and affirmed
to the above declaration, that we believe
him to be eighty one years of age, that he
is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood
where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution and that we concur in that Opinion.
Affirmed and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid.
Ephraim Miller

Michael C. Fisher
Isaac Hinchman
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And the said Court do hereby declare
their opinion, after the investigation of the
matter, and after putting the interrogatories
prescribed by the War Department that the
above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states, and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Michael C Fisher and Isaac Hinchman Esquires who have Signed the preceding Certificate are resident in the said County of Gloucester in
the neighbourhood of the said John Wilkins and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to full Credit.
Ephraim Miller

I John C Smallwood, Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas of the County of Gloucester
in the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter
of the application of John Wilkins for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Woodbury in said County this fifth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Smallwood, Clk
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N. 170   27,843
John Wilkins
N.  Jersey
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State of New Jersey
Burlington County   } ss:
Be it remembered that on the fourth day of January A.D. eighteen hundred & thirty six, before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in & for said County personally appeared, Joseph Rogers, Esq., and being by me duly affirmed according to law did declare & say, that, I am well acquainted with John Wilkins, the foregoing named applicant for a Pension & have known him for forty years & more: & that he is a man of truth & honesty, and it is believed in the neighbourhood, that he was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War & he concurs in that belief & he further declares that he believes that full confidence may be given to the declaration and Statement made by the said John Wilkins of his services in the Revolutionary war, and have never heard it doubted nor denied, his being a Revolutonary soldier, & he fully believes his statement to be correct.  I am sixty five years of age & upwards, I have always believed him to be a man of truth and veracity.  I live in the County of Gloucester & have resided there for forty four years & more.
[signed] Joseph Rogers

Affirmed & subscribed
before me, the day
& year first written

Zebedee M. Wills
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State of New Jersey
Burlington County  }  ss. 
Be it remembered that on the Seventeenth day of February in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and thirty six,
personally appeared before me Zebedee M.
Wills, one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Burlington aforesaid, Samuel Read of Mount Holly in the said County who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he is, as he
verily believes, upwards of Sixty four years of age and that he was well acquainted with John Wilkins who has signed the declaration & made Solemn affirmation of his military services during the war of the Revolution in
order to obtain a Pension under the act of Congress of the Seventh of June A.D. 1832 - the said John Wilkins at the time of his acquaintance with this deponent resided at Moores town in the township of Chester in the said County of Burlington, and that this deponent hath been informed and believes
to be true that the said John Wilkins after
residing for many years at Moores town
aforesaid, removed into the County of
Gloucester in the State aforesaid where this deponent is informed and believes he now resides- And this deponent doth further depose that he always believed and considered that the said John Wilkins was a man of strict
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Integrity and he therefore believes that the
Statement made by the said John Wilkins
under his solemn affirmation in open Court
of the County of Gloucester and by him subscribed and attested by Ephraim Miller Esqr., the presiding Judge of that Court on the fifth day
of August A.D. 1833 is true according to his
belief as is therein stated-
[signed] Sam Read
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year first mentioned before

Zebedee M. Wills
one of the Judges
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State of New Jersey
Burlington County   } ss:
Be It Remembered that on the ninth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty six, personally appeared before me Zebedee M Wills, one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in & for said County, Benjamin Borough Esquire of Waterford township, Gloucester County, who being by me duly affirmed according to law, doth depose & say that he is Seventy three years and eleven months old, he has always lived in the County of Gloucester, (except two years which time he lived in Burlington County) & that he is well acquainted with John Wilkins who has signed the foregoing declaration & made Solemn affirmation of his services during the revolutionary War, in
Order to obtain a pension under the act of Congress; & have been acquainted with him for more than fifty years, (he now resides in Blackwood-town in Gloucester County), and this deponent further declares, that he is a man of truth & veracity, & that full confidence may be given to the statement & declaration
made by the said John Wilkins of his services in the Revolutionary War, and he, this deponent, has never heard is doubted or denied, his being a Revolutionary soldier, & he further states that he is reputed in the neighbourhood, that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, & he concurs in that opinion & he further declares that he this deponent verily believes that the said Statement made by the said John Wilkins as aforesaid is true to the best of his knowledge
& belief, & that he verily believes the
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statement made in the foregoing declaration to be true, & he this deponent further declares that he verily believes the said John Wilkins is justly
entitled to a pension from the United States for his services as set forth the foregoing declaration.
[signed] Benjamin Burrough

Affirmed and subscribed this 9th day of March
A.D. 1836 before me
Zebedee M. Wills
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State of New Jersey-
Burlington County to wit }
Be it remembered that on the ninth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & thirty six, personally appeared before me Zebedee M. Wills, one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas of the County of Burlington aforesaid, John Clement Esquire (one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in & for the County of Gloucester), of Haddonfield in the said County of Gloucester, who being by me duly affirmed according to law, doth depose & say, that he is sixty six years of age; & that he was well acquainted with John Wilkins who has signed
the foregoing declaration & made solemn
affirmation of his services during the
Revolutionary War, in order to obtain a pension in the act of Congress, & has been acquainted with him forty years & more & this deponent further declares that from his knowledge & acquaintance with him, he verily believes him to be a man of truth & veracity, & that full confidence may be given to his
statement & declaration of his services as made by him in the foregoing declaration, & this deponent further declares, that he is informed & verily believes that the said John Wilkins now lives in Blackwood town in the
County of Gloucester aforesaid, but formerly
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he lived in Chester township, Burlington County.
[signed] John Clement

Affirmed and subscribed
this 9th day of March 1836 before me
Zebedee M. Wills
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State of New Jersey
Burlington County   }  SS
Be it remembered that on the ninth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty six personally appeared before me, Zebedee M. Wills, one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in & for said County, Parson Charles Williamson, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Woodbury, Gloucester County, New Jersey, who being by me duly affirmed according to law doth depose and say, that he is acquainted
with John Wilkins, who has signed the foregoing declaration & made Solemn
affirmation of his services, during the
Revolutionary War, in order to obtain a pension, & has been for several years, and this deponent further states, that from his knowledge and acquaintance with him, he verily believes him to have served in the Revolutionary war, as stated in his declaration, & he further declares from his acquaintance with him he fully believes him to be a man of
truth and veracity, & that full confidence
may be given to his statement; & that he
verily believes that he is entitled to a pension.
[signed] Charles Williamson - Pastor 
of the Presbyterian Church in Woodbury,
Gloucester County, New Jersey

Affirmed & subscribed
before me, the day and year above stated.
Zebedee M. Wills
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State of New Jersey ss:
I, James D. Westcott, Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that Zebedee M. Wills, Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavits of Joseph Rogers, Samuel J. Read, Benjamin Burrough, John Clement and Charles Williamson were severally taken, and who hath attested the same, was at the time thereof and now is one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Burlington, in said State duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his official acts.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at the City of Trenton this tenth day of March AD. One thousand eight hundred and thirty six - (1836).
James D. Westcott
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73 yrs 11mo.
Waterford Township
[illegible] him 5 [illegible]
I have lived in Gloucester all my life except 2 years

27.843
John Wilkins
J. C. Smallwood
Woodbury
N. J.
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The State of New Jersey Gloucester
County,  ss:
Be it Remembered that on the twenty third day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Gloucester, personally appeared John Cahill of the County of Burlington aged Seventy two years and upwards who being duly sworn according to law, upon his solemn
Oath deposeth and saith that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and that he served in the Regular troops and also in the Militia, and has received a Pension for a number of years past.  That he was well acquainted with John Wilkins during the war of the Revolution; that they lived in the same neighbourhood, which was near Moorestown in the County of Burlington.  That he remembers that the said
John Wilkins served in the Militia during the said War because he and this deponent was out at the same time in the same company
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The Company was commanded by Capt.
William Cox and Marched from Moorestown through Mount Holly and by the Black Horse Farm, and so on to New Brunswick, where we halted for a few days and then proceeded on to Perth Amboy where we were stationed and where we remained until discharged.  This was a volunteer Company and remained out three months or nearly so.  We volunteered for three months but were discharged, this deponent thinks, a few days before our times expired - This service was from early in the spring of the year 1776 until about harvest time of that year.  This deponent further saith that he believes that the said John Wilkins was out before this time under Captain Andrew Anderson, he knows that Capt. Anderson commanded a Company and that they were in the service, and also remembers that he heard at the time that John Wilkins was one of his men, and he believes that he was one of his men because this deponent heard so at the time and because
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the said John Wilkins lived in the same Town where this company was raised, and this deponent further saith that in January 1777 he enlisted in the Regular Army, and remained in
the army until after the close of the war.  That after he was discharged he returned home. And that be found the said John Wilkins living in the same Town where he did when this deponent left there - That in these times people talked a great deal about the War, and of the persons who were engaged in the war,
and he remembers that in these conversations it was frequently mentioned that John Wilkins was out, and from what was said at these times, he is pretty certain that the said John Wilkins was out at different times than those which this deponent has mentioned.  He remembers hearing that he was at Coopers Creek and at Red Bank and at other places
in Gloucester County, New Jersey.
John Cahill (x) his mark

Subscribed & sworn at Woodbury the day & year aforesaid before me

Ephraim Miller
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And I the said Ephraim Miller, Judge as aforesaid, do hereby certify that the
above named John Cahill is a credible person whose statement is entitled to Credit and belief.
Ephraim Miller

Gloucester County ss   On the eleventh day
of October 1833 before me the Subscriber, one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of said County, personally appeared Jeremiah Fish, Esquire, of said County aged thirty seven years and upwards, a person of Credibility, whose statement is entitled to full credit and belief, who being duly sworn according to law saith that he
is a son of Isaac Fish who is now deceased; that he very well remembers having heard his father, the said Isaac Fish, Speak of a company commanded by Captain Anderson which Company quartered in his said father's house during the Revolutionary War, so he has often
heard his father say.  He has also frequently heard his father speak of a Capt. Parsons who he said was taken prisoner at the time Capt. Anderson and his company quartered in his house; and this deponent further saith that
he has frequently heard his father and
the said Capt. Parsons speak about the
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events of the Revolution and of his being
taken prisoner -- at the time above
mentioned. And this deponent further saith that he is acquainted with John Wilkins, the foregoing Petitioner.  He is a person of credibility whose statement is entitled to full credit and belief, and this deponent further saith that several years ago he heard the said John Wilkins speak of being in Capt. Anderson's Company and of his being quartered at the house of the said Isaac Fish;
and further this deponent saith that it was about the time of the Battle at Germantown that Capt. Anderson's company was quartered at the house of the said Isaac Fish, so he has always understood.
[signed] Jeremiah Fish

Sworn & Subscribed the date above before me
Jacob Glover

Gloucester County ss:   On this eighteenth
day of October AD 1833 before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of said County, personally appeared Jacob Glover of the said County, aged sixty three years and upwards, a person of credibility whose statement is entitled to full credit and belief, who being duly affirmed according to law saith that he
is well acquainted with John Wilkins, the
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the above named applicant and has known him for forty years past or thereabouts, some part of which time he lived a near neighbour to him, and always in the same County and
within a few miles of him; and this affirmant further saith that during all the time aforesaid, the said John Wilkins has borne the character of an honest and Correct man in his neighbourhood, as well as a man of truth and veracity, and this affirmant further saith that the statement which the said John Wilkins has made under oath relative to his services in the Revolutionary War, may be relied upon as correct according to the best of his knowledge and recollection.
Jacob Glover

Affirmed and subscribed
date above before
Michael C. Fisher

I John C Smallwood, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Gloucester in the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that Ephraim Miller, Esquire, before whom the affidavit of John Cahill was made was at the doing thereof, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, that Jacob Glover, Esquire, before whom the affidavit of Jeremiah Fish, Esquire, was made was at the doing thereof, a Judge of the said Court, and that Michael C Fisher, Esquire, before whom
the affidavit of the said Jacob Glover, Esquire, was made was at the doing thereof, also a judge of the said Court, that the said Judges were duly Commissioned respectively, and qualified, and that their signatures subscribed to the said affidavits
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are in their proper hand writing, and are
genuine - Witness my hand and seal of Office at Woodbury this eighteenth day of October AD One thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
Smallwood Clk
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Abstract of pay-rolls discharged by William Hough, Paymaster to the militia of the Counties of Burlington and Monmouth.

No. 31
Date: Jan 28, 1778
Officers Names:  Capt. Andrew Anderson
Regiment:  2nd Burlington
Where served : Cinnaminson
Under whom:  Col. A. Haight
223 pounds, 16 shillings, 1 pence

No. 32
Date: June 27, 1778
Officers Names:  Capt. Andrew Anderson
Regiment:  2nd Burlington
Where served:  Monmouth
Under whom:  Col. A. Haight
118 pounds, 17 shillings, 8 pence

State of New Jersey:  ss:
I, James D. Westcott Secretary of State of the
State of New Jersey do hereby certify that the
foregoing is a true extract from an account headed "Abstract of pay-rolls discharged by William Hough, Paymaster to the militia of the Counties of Burlington and Monmouth," as recorded in Liber A of Auditors accounts folio 68 - now remaining in my office.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at the City of Trenton this tenth day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty six (1836)
James D. Westcott
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Nov. 11th 1845

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners,
and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, the children of John Wilkins, dec'd., a Pensioner on the Roll of the New Jersey-
Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7 June, 1832
has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1830, to the 28th August 1830.
Respectfully, yours,
Jno. M. Brodhead
Acting Comptroller


To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS.
Present.
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N 198
20 April 1836.
Pension Office


To right place
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Evesham, April 16th 1836
To the honorable Lewis Cass, Esquire, Secretary
of War; I received your favour of March
19th 1836, & wrote to John Wilkins & informed him of the contents & he informed me, & directed me to except [accept], of the proposals made by you if I thought best, although he thinks himself entitled to more; therefore, if you will do me the favour to send
me for him, the proper certificate or scrip, to receive the money (which I suppose will be from the time of his application) you will confer a great favour on him as well as myself.
I am very Respectfully
your most obedient servant
Zebedee M. Wills

To Lewis Cass, Esqr 
Secretary of War

N B. If Lewis Cass Esquire is not now
Secretary of War please to inform me; & further my absence from home has caused the delay in not informing your honors sooner; I have taken the first opportunity.
I am Very Respectfully,
your obedient servant,
Zebedee M. Wills
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Evesham NJ
April 18th 

Free 
To the Honorable Lewis Cass Esqr 
Secretary of War 
at Washington in the 
district of Columbia
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W 170
16 Mar. 1836,
Pension Office
NJ

retd.
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Evesham Burlington County New Jersey March 14th 1836 –
to the honorable Lewis Cass Esquire Secretary of war. I herein enclose the document, returned to Smallwood some time ago; with several affidavits attached thereto, also, an extraction from the Secretarys office showing that Capt. Andersen did received pay about the time, that this declarant states his service; if it is necessary I can procure the affidavit of Judge Rosel, our district Judge of the United States, & should have gone to have taken it, but hearing he had gone to New York did not go, but if it will be necessary, I can obtain it at any time when he returns, - I have obtained all the information on the subject except affidavits & I thought it not necessary to take any more except that of Judge Rosels as these were from men of such standing, several of which their character, I expect is well known to you, & in case there should need anything further (which I trust there will not) I shall be happy to receive further Instructions on it. I shall be pleased to hear from you as soon as convenient 
I remain your most obedient servant 
[signed] Zebedee M. Wills 
to his honor Lewis Cass Esq 
Secretary of War 

N. B. If you would indulge me so much as to send me the two papers with instruction how to obtain the bounty land for two old soldiers that I have obtained pensions for many years, I shall consider it a personal favor to me as well as to them – I remain your most obedient servant [signed] Zebedee M. Wills 

To the Honorable Lewis Cass Esqr
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Evesham NJ
March 14th
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Free

To the Honorable
Lewis Cass Esquire
Secretary of War,
Washington
in the district of Columbia.
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John Wilkins
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War Department
Pension Office
March 19. 1836

Sir

The papers in support of the claim of John Wilkins have been examined and placed on our files.

No doubt is entered of his having served in the militia companies of Capt's Cox & Anderson but the term which he assigns to his several tours except the first, does not correspond with that prescribed by the laws of New Jersey after the summer of 1776 - and this is corroborated by the amount which the pay tables show was paid to Capt Anderson whose service does not appear to have been rendered at the places stated by the claimant. Taking the first term for the amount stated & allowing for the others, the term prescribed by the  militia law of that period would not exceed 6 months for which he may be, if consenting, inscribed on the roll of Pensioners under the act of 7 June 1832.

I am, Very Respectfully 
Yr. obedient servant, 

JL Edwards

Zebedee M Mills Esq.
Evesham
Burlington N.J.
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[Handwritten] Rev War 3606
INVALID.

File. No. 3606
John Wilkins
Privt Rev War
Act: June 7 1832
Index :– Vol. A, Page 407
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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John Wilkins
New Jersey
Suspended
See let. to Z.M.
Wills Mar. 19. '36