Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 753, Basil Hoskinson, Va.
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[First Column]
(3-1776)
SERVICE
Va.

[Second Column]
Hoskinson, Basil
Eleanor

[Third Column]
NUMBER
W. 753
B.L. Wt. 30780-160-55
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1778
Pennsylvania
Basil Hoskinson
in the State of Penna.
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Baldwin of the [illegible] commanded by Col Pendleton in the Penna Va [illegible] for 9 mo Private $30.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania [illegible] the sale of 30 Dollars _______Cents per annum, to commence o the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of Feb.y, 1833 and put to [illegible] J. Burks House Reps
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 - $45.00
Semi=anl. allowance ending
 4 Mar 1833                                     15.00
                                                          $60.00
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.       }
Recorded by Viral Luce Clerk,
Book D Vol. 6 Page 62
E. 2. vol.
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1250.
Pennsylvania Pittsburg
Eleanor Hoskinson,
widow of Basil, Hoskinson
who served in the Revolutionary
Va
war, as a private, 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 11th day of August 1853 and sent to John C. Walker, Erie Pa
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 105. Vol. A.
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176219
Act Nov. 3/55
June D31
Eleanor Hoskinson
2nd of 
Basil Hoskinson
Hoskinson just.

Capt.
Col.
USA[crossed out]

Ent.
Dis. 

Mar. of Bart.

Pension
Act of July 3. 1853
July 53-1250
Du:160 as June 18/86

Boynton
RAT
John H Walker
Elei Pos
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Erie
[illegible initials]
On this seventh day of August in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court
before the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the 
County of Erie aforesaid, now sitting, Basil Hoskinson 
as resident with the Borough of Erie, in the County of Erie
aforesaid, of seventy nine years of age, who being first
duly sworn according to law doth on his oath
states the following declaration, in order to obtain
the benefit of the act of Congress, dated June 7, 1832

That he entered the service of the United States
under the following named officers, and served as
[illegible] stated: that General Hand was the 
commanding officer of the detachment to which he
belonged and Captain John Baldwin was his
Captain and David Price was first Lieutenant
and Ruse Hastings was the second Lieutenant
of the volunteer Company to which he belonged
that about the first day of September in the year
177{?] or 1778 he enlisted the service of the United 
States as a volunteer for six months: that he
entered into the said service, in Berkley County
in the state of Virginia, and left the service in the 
month of March next following: that during the
said six months he was marched from  the said
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County of Berkley, to Old Town in Maryland and from
thence to Union Town in Pennsylvania, and from
thence to Pittsburgh, and went from Pittsburgh to
down the Ohio river to Wheeling in Virginia: and
that on the way down the river to Wheeling, one 
soldier by the name of Champion was killed by the Indians
and from Wheeling he was marched about twelve 
miles up the Ohio river to Beech bottom fort, where he
remained till he was discharged: and returned [illegible] 
to near Martinsburgh, in Berkeley County Virginia:
that during the march from Berkeley County to Wheeling 
Captain Parsons, who was commanding a Company
of militia from Hampshire County in Virginia
overtook the Corps of volunteers to which this deponent
belonged, on the  Laurel Hill in Pennsylvania,  sometime 
in the month of September and that Capt
Parsons with his company and also Major Thomas
Baldwin went on to Wheeling at the same time, and
arrived in September or October-
After returning home to Berkeley County in
Virginia and remaining home during the Summer
of the year 1778 or 1779 (he can not now say which
year) in the fall of the same year he entered into the Militia 
service for three months at Martinsburgh in said County of Berkeley
as a substitute for one Mathew Whiting who had  been drafted : 
that [illegible] Lieutenant William Lucas 
commanded the Company of militia into which
then entered said that in the Month of October
or November: of the last mentioned year
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was marched with the said company for Fort Mackintosh,
in the state of Ohio, but did not  go more than
one hundred or one hundred and fifty miles before, we
were met by an officer from Fort Mackintosh, who
informed Lieu. Lucas that in consequence of the
inclemency of the weather he should proceed no further
that the company returned immediately to Martinsburgh,
where he arrived in the month of January 
following the time he entered said company, and
he was discharged at said Martinsburgh and
received a discharge from Lieutenant Lucas 
which discharge he had in his possession for many years
and was at length destroyed by one of [illegible] children
that he had a brother by the name of Ezekiel Hoskinson
who was drafted and served in the same company
of militia, but his brother is now dead as he is informed
Colonel Philip Pendleton was the Colonel of the militia
at Martinsburgh: That Capt John Baldwin 
under who he served as a volunteer for six months 
has been living at Paint-Brush in Ohio as he has
been informed, but whether he is now living he can
not say: that his brother Isaih Hoskinson  entered
the said volunteer service at the same time and 
place, and he believes his said brother to be now
living near Zainesville in the state of Ohio
that he had a discharge signed by Lieutenant  
Lucas which was lost many years ago and that
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He has no voluntary widows in his [illegible]In answer to Interrag- 
says he was born in Prince George
County Maryland in the year 1752 on 29 March- has 
no record of his age-
after the war continued to live in  Virginia till 1790
moved to Brownsville Penns. thence moved to Erie
Penns. in April 1804 where he has continued since
Also recollects the name of Capt Radican from  Virginia
who overtook on our March to Wheeling 
Known to George Moore & Col Thos Forster US collector
of Erie who can prove his character & reputation.
Sworn and Subscribed in open Court 11 August 1832
Edwin J Kelso Pro
Bazil Hoskinson [his mark] X 

Geo Moore Esq residing in the Borough of Erie in the
County of Erie aforesaid, hereby certify that he is well
acquainted with Basil Hoskinson who has subscribed
and sworn to the above declaration and that he
believes him to be Seventy nine years of age: that
in the year 1788 or 1789 he was respectable and believed
in Virginia, to have been a soldier of the Revolution,
and I concur in that opinion. 
George Moore
Sworn & subscribed this Aug & years aforesaid.
Edwin J. Kelso Pro

Col. Thomas Forster United States Collector for the
port of Prisq [Presque] Isle, and  residing at Erie aforesaid do
hereby certify that I am well acquainted with
Bazil Hoskinson , who haș described and sworn
to the above declaration and believes him to be 
seventy nine years of age and 
that he is a man of good character as [illegible] 
truth and veracity
Thos. Forster
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
Edwin J Kelso Pro
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176.270
BOUNTY LAND.
ACT OF MARCH 8, 1855
Mrs. [left blank]
Widow of [left blank]
[solid black round seal]
PRESENTED BY 
Jno H WALKER
Observer Print, Erie Pa [name of printer]
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BOUNTY LAND CLAIM.
DECLARATION FOR WIDOW OF A DECEASED OFFICER OR SOLDIER
State of Pennsylvania
County of Erie} ss.
On this twenty first day of June A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me, an Associate Judge within and for the County and State aforesaid, Eleanor Hoskinson aged eighty [crossed out] Seventy years, a resident of Erie in the County of Erie in the State of Pennsylvania who being duly sworn according to law, declares, that she is the widow of Basil Hoskinson late of Erie County deceased, who was a private in the company commanded by Captain [blank] in the [blank] Regiment of [blank] commanded by [blank] in the War of the Revolution
That her said husband [blank] at [blank] on or about the [blank] day of [blank] A.D., [blank] for the term of [blank] and continued in actual service in said war for the term of six months and was [blank] at [blank] on the [blank] day of [blank] A.D., 
She further states that she was married to the said Basil Hoskinson in Fayette County Pa on the Sixth day of January A.D., 1803 by Ayers (John) a clergyman and that her name before her marriage was Eleanor Downs that her said husband died at Erie aforesaid on the Ninth day of September A.D., 1834 and that she is a widow at the date of executing this her declaration, and having obtained a Bounty Land warrant under act of [blank] for [blank] acres, No. [blank] which she has legally transferred and disposed of and not within her power to return, she refers to said declaration for evidence of her huband’s service, and her marriage, &c. {See below}
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under act approved March 3, 1855. She also declares that she has never received nor applied for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress, except as above stated.
She refers to the papers of her late husband Basil Hoskinson on file in the U.S. War department under act of Congress of June the ya 1832, under date of Feb 10th 1833. granting him a pension for Services in Said War. Also to the petition and papers of herself der file as aforesaid, under date of Aug. 11 1853. granting to her as the widow of Said Basil Hoskinson, a pension for his Service in the Said War, under the act of Feb 3d 1853, for widows of Said Services and as evidence that deponent is the widow of Said Basil Hoskinson, not [???] [???] further than above stated
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written; and I certify that I  believe the claimant to be the identical person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in said claim. 
Sworn before me this twenty first of June 1855
James Miles
Associate Judge
Affidavit of Witnesses.
STATE OF Pennsylvania
COUNTY OF Erie }ss.
On this 21st day of June A.D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me an associate Judge within and for the County and State aforesaid John A Tracy and George A Elliott residents of the State of Pennsylvania and County of Erie who being duly sworn according to law, depose and say that they are disinterested witnesses. They further state that they were personally acquainted with Basil Hoskinson, that he and Eleanor Hoskinson above named lived together as man and wife at Erie Pa for Eighteen years, that they were So reported and as such raised a family and have no doubt that they were married as she deposes. 
Eleanor her x mark Hoskinson
Geo. A. Elliot
John A Tracy
Sworn to and subscribed before me this twenty first day of June A.D. 1855 and I certify that the said John A Tracy and George A Elliott
James Miles
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all men by these presents, That I, [handwritten] Eleanor Hoskinson of the county of [handwritten] Erie and State of [handwritten] Pennsylvania and Widow of [handwritten] Basil Hoskinson deceased, who was a soldier in the service of the United States, do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint [handwritten] John H Malkin, Penn'a, my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name, to prosecute and receive from the United States the Bounty Land certificate, or warrant, due me by virtue of my deceased husband's service in the United States under existing Laws granting Bounty Lands to the officers and soldiers, or their widows and minor heirs, for services rendered in the different wars, and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, and an attorney or attorneys under him, for the purpose aforesaid to make, and at his pleasure to revoke, hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall, in my name, legally do, or cause to be done, in and about the premises, as much so as if present myself.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this [handwritten] 21st day of June AD 1855 in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty 

[handwritten] Witnesses present
Geo. A. Elliot
John A Tracy

[signature] Eleanor Hoskinson [with something crossed out or amended above and below = "her marks"?]

Acknowledged and subscribed before me an [handwritten] associate Judge in and for the County of [handwritten] Erie and State of [handwritten] Pennsylvania this [handwritten] 21st day of [handwritten] June 1855.

[signature] James Miles
Associate Judge

State of [handwritten] Pennsylvania
County of [handwritten] Erie } ss.

I, [handwritten] Alfred [?] King Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State above mentioned, do hereby certify that [handwritten] James Miles whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing declaration, affidavit, and power of attorney, is, and was at the time of signing the same, an [handwritten] Asociate Judge of the Court of P., in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforsaid [sic] Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction.
GIVEN under my hand and Seal of Office, at [handwritten] Erie this [handwritten] 21st day of [handwritten] June A.D. 1855

[signature] Alfred [?] King Pro
by Skinner [?]
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NOTES
The declaration to be made before a Justice  of the Peace, or other officer authorized to administer oaths for general purposes.

State in what war - whether in the war with Great Britain, declared
by the United States on the 18th day of June 1812, or either of the Indian wars, naming the same.

Then follow after the words "that he" whether the officer, or soldier, enlisted, volunteered, or was drafted.

If the claimant has presented his discharge with his former application which he made under an any former acts, or had no discharge, let him state the facts in this declaration.

If the soldier rendered service in different wars, let him set forth each service fully in his declaration.

The affidavit of two witnesses must be taken to establish the identity of the claimant.
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State of Pennsylvania 
County of Erie
On this fifth day of May in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and fifty
three personally appeared before the
Honorable John Galbraith & a resident
Judge and his apprentice the Honorable
Joseph M Sterrett and James Miles now
comprising and holding a court of common.
This being a Court of record in & for the county 
of Erie in the state of Pennsylvania 
Mrs. Eleanor Hoskinson of the City of Erie County State
aforesaid aged seventy two years and upwards,
 who being duly sworn in open court according to law
doth, on her oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit 
of the provisions  made by the Act of
Congress passed the 3rd day of February 
in the year one thousand eight hundred and 
fifty three - That she is the widow of
the late Basil Hoskinson who served in
war of the Revolution as a volunteer as 
she believes. That when he volunteered 
he was a citizen of the State of Virginia 
but the period  he was in the army on the 
service he rendered she has no documentary 
evidence, other than what is to be found
on file in the proper department at Washington - 
She states that from a certificate in her possession 
signed by Lucas Cass Secretary of War and 
dated the 16th day
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of [ink blot] bruary AD 1833. She knows that her husband the late Basil Hoskinson was entitled to draw on an pension thereof did draw a pension as a Private in the Army of the Revolution Commencing from the 4th day of March 1831 until his death the 9th day of September 1834 –
She further states that she was Married to the Said Basil Hoskinson upon the 6th day of January AD 1803 and lived with him as his wife until his death the 9th day of September 1834. [?] She has no evidence of the marriage except a record of Marriage births and deaths kept by her husband and in his handwriting which is as follows.” Basil Hoskinson and Elenor his wife was married January 6th 1803” She further States that she had by the Said Basil Hoskinson four Children three sons and one daughter – that she is now a widow and has been since the death of her husband the said Basil Hoskinson – and that she has never before made any application for a pension – She States that she was married in the County of Fayette and State of Pennsylvania by [crossed out word] Aynes [?] an Episcopal Clergyman then residing in Said County of Fayette
Elenor her x mark Hoskinson
Ascribed from Court this 5th day of May AD 1833
Samuel Perley, Esq
Bj brirtle [?]
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State of Penn
County of Erie} Ss
William Hoskinson being sworn in open court doth depose and say that he is the Son of Basil Hoskinson in late of Erie deceased, and Elenor Hoskinson who makes the foregoing declaration – 
That as will [?] from a family record in the handwriting of the Said Basil as from information obtained from his parents he believes that he was born upon the 3d day of October AD 1803 – He further states the above mentioned family record is in the handwriting of his father and is written in a book of Sermons of “John Wesley MA Late Fellow of Lincoln. College. Oxford” which book was published in the year 1794 and has been in the possession of his father from deponents earlies. recollection. With the record of Marriage in it – He further states a part of Said record is in the following words & [???] “Basil Hoskinson and Elenor his wife was Married January 6th 1803.” And that they lived together as man and wife from deponents earliest recollection until the death of his father the 9th day of September AD 1834 – From the above record from the fact of them living as man and wife and from repeated statements made by deponents Father in his lifetime and by his mother until the present time, he has no doubt but that his father and mother were married upon the 6th day of January AD 1803
William Hoskinson
Sworn in open Court this 5th day of May 1853
Samuel Perly Pro
By Smith [?]
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Erie County [illegible]
Daniel Dobbins being sworn
in open Court, doth: [illegible] and say that he is
now in the Seventy seventh year of age & 
that in the year 1796 he came to the County of Erie-
that he knew the said Basil Hoskinson - that the
said Basil & his wife Elenor came to the county 
of Erie in the year 1804 - that they lived together as
husband and wife from that period until the death 
of said Basil which took place and in or about 
the year 1834 - That the said Elenor, since 
the death of her husband has to the present time
remain & was sworn to this 5th day of May  1853 in open court.
Daniel Dobbins
Samuel Perley Pro
By P [illegible] [illegible]

State of Pennsylvania County of Erie 
I hereby certify 
that Satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before
me. the evidence and Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in
and for the county of Erie in open Court that Basil Hoskinson
was a private in the war of the revolution of the United States - that the said
Basil Hoskinson died on the 9th  day of Sept 1834 and 
that left [illegible] land a widow . Elenor Hoskinson 
who made the foregoing declaration - and that satisfactory 
evidence was so produced before me in open court
that the said Elenor Hoskinson was married to the deceased
Basil Hoskinson on the 6th day of January AD 1803 - [illegible] my hand
this 5th day of May AD 1853 in open court-
John Galbraith 
Present Judge of the [illegible] Judicial District Pa -
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STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA
ERIE COUNTY SS
I, Samuel Perley Prothonotary of the
Court of Common Pleas in and for said county , do certify
that the Hon. John Galbraith is now and was at the time of signing the 
above certificate, President Judge for the 6th Judicial District of said
Commonwealth; composed of the Counties of Erie, Crawford, and
Warren, duly commissioned and qualified according to law, and that his signature to the said
certificate is genuine.
IN  TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court,
at Erie, this 7th day of May A.D. 1853.
Samuel Perley Prothonotary
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No 1,5,7,3
Pennsy[lvania]
28- Jany 1837
Obj. 14.11,
Hon. J. Banks
Ho Reps
V- 224
[illegible] Private 9 mom $30.-
[signature] Hon. J. Banks
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[Typed legal form,  answers handwritten]
BRIEF  in the case of Basil Hoskinson of Erie County of Erie in the State of Pennsylvania 
(Act 7th June, 1832)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? 79

4. State his service, as directed to the form annexed.

[Chart Columns]
Period | Duration of Service Years Months Days | Rank as a | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.

Sept. In 1777 or 1778 | 6 months | Private | Capt Baldwin, Genl Hand 1778 or 1779  | 3 months | Private | Capt Lucas, Col Pendleton

5. In what battles was he engaged?

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? 
Berkley County, Virginia

7. In his statement  supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence or by the rolls?
Traditionary

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in  what respect? 
Correct except not properly attached

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree  with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

[illegible] Jas C Wilson 
Examining Clerk
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
W.F. 753
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C. ....19....
In reply to your request of....., received...
for a statement of the military history of Basil Hoskinson
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT
Sept. 1 1777 or 1778 
Fall of 1778 or 1779
LENGTH OF SERVICE
6 MOS.
3 MOS.
RANK
None given
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN
John Baldwin
Lieut. Wm Lucas
COLONEL.
Philip Pendleton
Philip Pendleton
STATE
Va
Battle engaged in,.... none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment....near Martinsburg, Berkeley County , Va
Date of application for pension,...Aug, 11, 1832 His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application,...Erie, Erie Co. Penn
Age at date of application,...born Mch. 29, 1752 in  Prince George Co. Md.
died Sept. 9 1834
Remarks: He married Jany 6, 1803 in Fayette Co. Penn Eleanor Downs She
was al. pension on an app. executed May 5, 1853 while a resident of Erie County Pa. aged 72 years. 
There were three sons & one daughter, William b. Oct 3, 1803 is the only child whose name is stated.
Respectfully, Commissiomer
brothers Ezekiel & Isaiah

d-285 G
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[left side page]
Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 753
Eleanor Hoskinson
Widow
Basil Hoskinson 
Pri. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 3, 1853
Index:- Vol. [illegible], Page 340
[Arrangement of 1870]
[right side page]
Oct. 4/93 Mil. Hist. to H.S. Hoskin[son]
Jan.13/94 Mil. Hist. to T.J. Hos
Annapolis Md. @
1919 June 9 Hist. to Miss Nena Moore
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[check mark]
30 - 80
[illegible]
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[black illegible narrow paper with only numbers 3 and  62 appearing in the middle]
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Usual statement relative [crossed out: co] copies.
Bureau of Pensions
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Usual statement to relative
[crossed out: co] copies .
Bureau of Pensions
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[4 illegible numbers]
[right side page torn off]
Pennsylvania Pittsb
Eleanor Hoskinson 
widow of Basil
who served in the revolution
war, as a private
Inscribed on the roll at the rate of
30 dollars 00 cents per annum, 
to commence on the [illegible number] 
February [illegible date]
Certificate of Pension Issued 
11th day of August and sent to 
Jno H Walker
Erie Pa
Recorded on Roll of Pension [illegible]
Act July [illegible day and year] 
Page [illegible] Vol. [illegible]
3rd Febry 183[page torn missing last number]
183[?]
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Pension Office Aug. 2nd 1853
Sir
In the enclosed case I have to request information 
of the time of the death or last payment to the within
pensioner as well as the act of the same
Very Respectfully 
S Cole for Comm[isioner]
F Burt Esq
3 Aud Present
(See other side)
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Basil Hoskinson act 7th June 1832.
$30. p. an. Paid to 4th Sept 1834- no
date of Death on our Books
F.Burt
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No 6563.
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William Hopkinson Son of the above named
Basil Hoskinson, hereby certifies that he recollects
to have seen a discharge of his Father mentioned in his
declaration, but he believes the same to have 
been lost many years since - Wm Hopkinson [signature]

Sworn & subscribed in open Court 11th August  1832
Edwin J Kelso Esq

And the said Court do hereby declares their opinion
after the investigation of the matter and after putting 
the interrogations 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 Col.
Thomas Forster collector of the Port of Presque Isle
and George Moore Esquire who have signed the preceding
certificates are residents in the Borough of Erie County of Erie 
and State of Pennsylvania and are credible
persons and that their statements are entitled to credit
By the Court 
Edwin J Kelso [illegible]

I Edwin J Kelso Clerk of the Court of common Pleas in & 
for the county of Erie, do hereby certify 
that the foregoing contains the original 
proceedings of the Said in  the matter of
the application of Basil Hoskinson
for a pension, In testimony whereof
I have hereunto Set my hand and the Seal of 
Said office this 11th August 1832
Edwin J Kelso Clk
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I do certify that I was well acquainted with Thomas 
Forster and  George Moore [illegible] within  names 
and further state they are men of high [illegible]
integrity and strict veracity-
[illegible signature]
House of Reps
July 14- 1833
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[illegible] May 14th 1853
L P Waldo Esq
D Sir
I enclose the Declaration of Eleanor Hoskinson a widow
lady of this place, with the necessary proof
for a pension- there  is no person in this
place or vacancy who was at this morning.
And it will cost something to proceed 
the testimony of one who was present-
There is no manner of doubt but they were 
[illegible] and from the age of 
William the eldest they must have 
been [illegible] about the time [illegible] 
I knew Mister Basil Hoskinson from
the year 1824 till his death - I have also known
Mrs Hoskinson June 1824  up to this day-
she now resides and has for some 
years near to my house- I know the family well 
and have no doubt but the declaration 
sets forth the facts- I wish you would correspond  
with  me on the subject I [illegible] [illegible]
appeared a power of atty to act- that I suppose 
can be done hereafter
yours
Jno H Walker
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The State of Ohio Licking County [illegible]
Before the subscriber one of the associate Judges of
the Court of Common Pleas within and for the
County aforesaid personally came Isaiah Hoskinson who being  first
duly sworn deposeth and saith that his brother
Bazil Hoskinson and himself both volunteered
at Martinsburgh Berkley County Virginia in  the 
service of the United States in the company comd
by Captain  John Baldwin about the latter part 
of August or first of September in the year 
1777 or 1778 is not positive which - and 
went on together to Pittsburgh & from thence
down to the station at Wheeling and the 
Beach Bottom flats in Virginia under the 
command of Gen'l Hand and were
discharged some time in the following Spring
Deponent states that he knows well that 
the said Bazil Hoskinson served out
his full tour of six months - and further saith not
Isaiah Hoskinson 
Sworn & subscribed before me this 3rd day of November 
AD 1832
J Bancroft Associate Judge

The State of Ohio Licking County .fs
I swear to be [illegible] Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
of said County, do hereby certify that Samuel Bancroft Esq
above named before whom the above affidavit was
made was at the time one of the associate Judges of
the court of the Court of Common Pleas of said county
duly commissioned and qualified as such according
to law - and that the signature thereto purporting 
to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
 set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 3rd day of 
November AD 1832
A H Caffee Clerk
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Hoskinson
Erie Co,
L
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Brief in the case of Eleanor Hoskinson widow of Basil, pr:
Erie County and State of Pennsylvania
act of Feb. 3rd 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or support by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a pensioner under act of June 7th 1832 at
$30 per annum
Marriage proven by private record , attested, 
(If for increase.) 
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Identity shewn by certificate of court
Name and residence of Agent
Jno. H. Walker Esqr
Erie, Pa 
Examining Clerk.
J. L. Gray
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Rev War mcr
417 W 7th St
Erie, Pa.
May 26, 1919
Commissioner of Pensions,
Dear Sir;-
Will you give me the military history
of Basil Hoskinson
of Virginia who served in 
the Revolutionary War.
Very truly (Miss) Nena Moor
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W. 753
Annapolis, Maryland, 
December 13th, 1893
[handwritten note on top] send usual statement
Hon. Wm. Lochren,
Comr. of Pensions,
Washington, D. C. 
Dear Sir,
Referring to the application of Basil Hoskinson ,
a soldier of the Revolutionary war, for a pension, dated at Erie,
Pa. August 1832., I respectfully ask if I can be furnished with an
exact copy of the application.
Please advise me if a subsequent application was not made in
behalf of his widow for a pension and if so, if I can be furnished
with a copy and of any papers filed therewith.
My information is that this application was made some years 
after the death of Basil Hoskinson and a pension granted to the widow.
Please advise me if either of the discharges of Basil Hopkinson 
from the service were filed with his original application for pension.
Very Respectfully,
T. J. Hopkinson
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C.T. 466
Pennsylvania Railroad Co. 
Camden, N.J. 8-22-1893
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
I write to ask you, if you can
inform me from the Records of your 
department  anything of the record of
my great grandfather - Basil Hoskinson,
who was a soldier of the Revolutionary 
War, from the State of Virginia-
His widow drew a pension as
such after his death, while living in
Erie, Pennsylvania.
I wish to establish my right to
join the Society of the Sons of the Revolution
and if you cannot give me the desired
information, will you kindly advise me 
to whom I shall address myself further.
Very respectfully 
H.S. Hoskinson
18 Hudson St
Camden, N.J.
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INT
O.W. and N. Division
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., Sept, 1893
Sir
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Basil Hockinson, a soldier  of the Revolutionary War, you will please find below the desired information as contained on his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
[First Column]
Dates of Enlistment
Sept 1777 or 8
1778 or 9
[Second Column]
6 mo
3 “
[Third Column]
Pri
“
[Fourth Column]
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED:
CAPTAIN[s] John Baldwin [and] Lt Wm Lucas
COLONEL[s] Edward Hand [and] Philip Pendlton
[Fifth Column]
STATE
Va.
Va.
On duty at Pittsburgh & Ohio river & State
Battles engaged in, not Stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, near Martinsburg, Berkley Co Va
Date of application for pension, August 1832
Residence at date of application, Erie Erie County Penn
Age at date of application, born March 29, 1752 in Prince George County Maryland
Remarks Married Jany 6. 1803 to Eleanor (maiden name not given) in Fayette Co Penn She died Sept 9, 1834 - Moved from Va 1790 to Brownsville Fayette Co Penn, then in April 1804 to Erie Penn
Very respectfully,
[no signature]
Commissioner
Mr H. S. Hoskinson
18 Hudson St
Camden N. J. 
7941b-3m