Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18026, Thomas Hopkins, Md.
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 (3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Md.
CONTENTS
Hopkins, Thomas
NUMBER
S. 18026
carded
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[Left side]
Order to pay 29.6 
Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 Sep 1840 to 4 March 1841. 
Agt Notified 20. Dec 1841.
Hopkins, Thomas Md. 518026

[Right side]
South Carolina 31.332
Thomas Hopkins of Lancaster in the state of NC was a Private in the company command
by Captain Lynch of the 5th Regt. commanded by [blank]  in the MD line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of No. Carolina of 80 - Dollars Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of Feby 1838 and sent Hon E Deberry 
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1837 $520.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending Mar 38 40.00
                                                   $560.00
Revolutionary Claim,June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D.D. Addison Clerk
Book C Vol.6 Page 67
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William Hopkins
heir of Thomas Hopkins
for arrears of Pension of June 1832
Original filed by John S Edwards
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State of South Carolina
County of Lancaster
Appeared On this 21st day of March 1854 personally in open court before the Court of Common
pleas & General session now setting, William Hopkins a resident of the County of Lancaster and State of South Carolina who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the arrears of Pension due to his deceased Father Thomas Hopkins who in his life time was entitled to the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress June 7 1832, that his said Father Thomas Hopkins enlisted as a private
in Captain--that he served as he informed & believes during the whole period of the Revolutionary war & was engaged in the battle of Cowpens, Gates defeat near Camden & other places in South Carolina. His service all of which is fully proved by official by official Documents on file in the among the Public records of this state at Columbia South Carolina on which
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a pension was granted to him by the State of South Carolina for his services in the Revolutionary war, of $60 per annum, authenticated copies of said words are herewith presented to prove that he served as a private soldier during the revolutionary war upwards of [blank] years
He also declares that the said Thomas Hopkins died in Kershaw District S.C.
on the 8 day of March 1844 aged 86 or 96 years that he left a widow who survived him about 2 years & 8 months, & that the declarant is the only surviving child & heir of the said Thomas Hopkins, now 56 years of age.That he has never heard nor does he believe his said Father Thomas Hopkins was ever placed on any pension roll of the United States or ever made application for a pension from the United States, & he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or arrears of Pension except the present under any other law. Before me
J. N. Whitner    William Hopkins, his mark
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State of South Carolina
Lancaster District
John McManus came before me in open Court & on oath state, that Thomas Hopkins died above the time as stated in the foregoing declaration, & that hi widow survived him & unmarried as also stated and that William Hopkins the applicant is the only child the surviving the said Thomas Hopkins decd
Before me
J. N. Whitner   John McManus
March 21st 1852


State of South Carolina
Lancaster District
I, John A Newman Clerk of the Court of Common pleas & general forting for Lancaster District do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the month of the applice of William Hopkins for the arrears of Pension due the Heir of Thomas Hopkins decd & that the foregoing depositing were made in open Court before his Honor J. N. Whitner Judge of the said Court as they purport. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office at Lancaster Court House this 19 day of June 1854
J.A. Stewman
Clk. C.C.P. H.G., LD
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[page torn] Of South Carolina
caster District
On this Eighteenth day of November in the that of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five personally appeared in open Court before the Hon Judge Richd Gan one of the Judges of the
Court of Genl Sessions & Common Pleas now filling- Thomas Hopkins aged fifty one years, who being first duly from as the law directs, doth on oath make the following declaration, in order to entitle him to the benefit of the act of Congress passed the day of June 1832- 
That he enlisted  in the Army of the United States in the year 1780 with Cap. George Hamilton
and that he served in the 5th Maryland Regiment of the line under the following named officers — Col. Williams – Maj’r. Anderson who was shot at Guilford NC. – under the Command of Gen’l. Gates (first) and after his defeat under Gen’l. Green — That he was discharged regularly from the service in April 1782 by his Lieutenant Reison in Charleston So. Carolina, but has long since lost
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since lost his discharge, after having served two years and one month. That he resided, at the time he enlisted in Charlestown State of Maryland. That he was engaged in the Battles of Gates’ Defeat, Battle of Guilford, The taking of Forts Friday and Thompson and the six weeks Siege of Ninety Six. that he was marched from Charlestown Maryland in Gen’l. Gates’ Army to the Planes of Camden through the States of Virginia N. Carolina & South Carolina. After Gates’ defeat he was marched by Gen’l. Smallwood to Hillsborough – thence into the State of Virginia thence by Gen’l Green to Cheraw So. Carolina where the Army quartered for the winter–thence Gen’l. Green marched him with his army to Guilford, N Carolina where Gen’l. Green & Gen’l. Morgan joined their forces & united in the Battle of Guilford. thence he was marched to Ramsey’s Mills in N Carolina & was engaged in Cutting off the Rear Guard of Lord Cornwallis’ Army. Thence he was marched by Gen’l. Green to Camden SoCarolina. that he was finally discharged after Peace
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declared in Charleston SoCarolina, as before stated by his Lieutenant Reison – his Cap. Hamilton having been taken prisoner at Gates’ defeat. That he 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 services were performed he was employed in no civil pursuit. That 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 the Agency of any state.
To the Questions proposed he answers as follows —
Ans’r. 1st In the State of Maryland in the year 1764 (dont know the day)
2d I have no record of my age.
3d I lived at the time I enlisted in Charlestown Maryland. Since the Revolution I have lived,
where I now reside in Lancaster Dist. So. Carolina.
4th I enlisted but once for three years.
5th Gen’l. Green, Gates, Morgan & Smallwood. & Col. Williams &c
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6th I rec’d a regular discharge, but have long since lost it. It was given by Lieut Reison.
7th I name B. S. Thompson Esqr & Amos Deason Esqr.
Sworn to this 18th Nov’r 1835   Thos Hopkins, his mark
Before S Beckham

So Carolina
Lancaster Dist
We Benjn Solomon Thompson and & Amos Deason were neighbors and acquaintances of the above applicant Thomas Hopkins do hereby certify that we are well satisfied that the above applicant is at least Seventy one years of age at that he is a man of veracity & is generally reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he lives to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that belief - from & subscribed the day aforesaid
S. Beckham
Amos Deason B.S. Thompson
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State of South Carolina
Anson County, Declaration of Thomas Hopkins residing in South Carolina Lancaster District a
Soldier of the Revolutionary War for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the Act of Congress for the relief of Certain Surviving Officers & Soldiers of the Army of the revolution approved on the 15  of May 1828.
I Thomas Hopkins of the State of South Carolina Lancaster District do hereby declare That I enlisted in the Continental line of the Army of the revolution for three Years & Continued in its service untill its Termination at which period I was a private Soldier in Capt. George Hamiltons Company who I enlisted under & to the best of my recollection fifth Maryland regiment of the Continental line And I do not recollect that I afterwards received a Certificate for the reward of Eighty Dollars to which it appears I was entitled under a resolve of Congress Passed the 15th of May 1778, and I further declare that, I was not on the 15th  day of March 1828, on the Pension list of the United States. I enlisted in a Town called Charleston where my Father Thomas Hopkins lived at that time in the State of Maryland Cecil County as well as now recollected in the Month of February or March in the year 1780, & there stationed I think two Months then Capt. Hamilton carried his men I think 20 or 25 in number by water to Baltimore from there by water to Petersburg State of Virginia there Landed & there met Gen’l. Gates Gen’l. Smallwood Gen’l. Decalb  Col. Williams Adj’t. Devol Lieut. Gold Lieut. Reason with the North regim’t, from there we marched by Land to Hillsboro N.Carolina thence to Ramsey's Mill there one or two weeks collecting Provisions thence to New Town now Wadesboro in Anson County thence to South Carolina Rudges Mill not far below Camden there two days the second day it was said Gen’l. Gates went into Camden in the morning & returned into camp in the Evening & that knight [night] about midknight [midnight] the British & the American advanced Gard [guard] Commenced firing at break of day the British Cannon fired & the Battle Commenced Battle of Camden & it was said that Gen’l. Gates fled & Gen’l. Decalb took the Command & was wounded & died as I understood those who was not killed wounded or taken Prisoners fled in various directions some collected in Charlotte N.C. & Salisbury N.C Some in Hillsboro N.C & there we collected together & continued I think eleven days under Gen’l. Smallwood until Gen’l. Gates appeared & took the Command it was said he was in the Town during the time but was not seen by many Lieut. Gold & Lieut. Reason was there Gen’l. Gates then took the Command & I never saw my Capt. G. Hamilton again we were then marched back to Charlotte there I think fifteen days Gen’l. Green then came & took the command of the Army & as I understood Gen’l. Gates was sent to the North for trial & some of the Officers as witness against him from Charlotte Gen’l. Green marched us to Cheraw Hill South Carolina & I think continued there the most of the winter
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There marched back to Gilford County N. C. thence to the State of Virginia & was there
Joined by the Virginia & N. Carolina Militia he then marched back I think near Gilford Court House N. C. there I think too [two] days then the Battle commenced between Genl Green & Wallis Greens army was formed in order for battle behind a small fence the Militia in front to receive the first fire then regulars & I found it severe Genl Green retreated I think about seven Miles there one day thence to Ramseys Mills there too [two] days thence to S. Carolina near Camden there had a Battle with the British & was beaten back I think three miles by the British then we beat the British back I think into Camden from there we marched to Fort Tompson & the fort surrendered British & Torys there I think ten days from there we marched to fort Friday took the fort with
British & Torys from there we marched to Ninety six & there I think six weeks had
some little filing from there to Sumterville I think below Camden & there I think three months & there we were informed Genl Washington had taken Wallis from there we marched to the Utaw Springs there had a Battle with the British & was defeated by the British from there we marched to Charleston & there continued I thirty three or four months the Militia was discharged I cannot recollect how long before the regulars was I continued as a regular till all was discharged thereby Gen. Green I received a discharge from Green or some of my officers & what has become of it I know not I returned home by Land to my Fathers House in Charleston State of
Maryland & there I resided untill after the death of my Father I think was a bout seven years my Brother James Hopkins enlisted some years before I did and as understood during the war & was under Washington to the North of Maryland In Gates defeat at Camden at that time I understood the roles & Books was destroyed Capt Hamlenton who I enlisted under never seed him again new officers making out roles must have made a wrong statement of my enlistment
& Services & my former applications has not been writely [rightly] stated, after the death of my Father I went to South Carolina Lancaster District where I have resided in the same settlement to the present day, I have no papers to prove my service nor do I know of any Person living by whom I could, I have no record of my age I am illiterate can nether write or read but from what I have heard my Father say I am 75 or 76 years old I further declare that I am not on the Pension role of this State or any other of the United States my service has been that of a regular three years
& eight months which was the close of the war my Pension I think ought to equal to the pay of a regular I fought in several hard battles I should have made ^ application many years past but illiterate Poor & ignorant has been the cause, I have a wife that I Married soon after the war we have had six children all died but one myself & wife are supported by the Commissioners of the Poor as I could not live comfortable without the assistance of my Country my reasons for crossing the line into
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Land Office, Annapolis, December 16th 1836;
I hereby Certify, that it appears by the Muster rolls of the revolution remaining in this office, that
Thomas Hopkins enlisted as a private in Capt’n. [John] Lynch’s Company, in the 5th Maryland Regimentfor the term of three years, on the 13th day of February 1780, and was present on the 1st of November 1780; and I also further Certify, that it appears by a Depreciation pay roll also remaining in this office, That Thomas Hopkins, a private, of the Maryland Line, received £13.15.0 Depreciation money, issued to the Maryland quota of troops on Continental Establishment, on the 23rd day of February 1784;
George G. Brewer 
Reg’r. Land Off. U. S. Md
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North Carolina to file my Declaration it is most convenient for me at this time of life to a Justice
of the Peace & my old neighbors.
I relinquish every Claim to a Pension or annuity whatever & declare my name is not on the
Pension role of any State or the United States
Sworn & Subscribed this Novbr. 30th 1836, before me
Samuel Parker JP     Thomas Hopkins, his mark

I Jesse Lewellin Clergyman, that he resides in the neighborhood of Thomas Hopkins, that it is reputed & believed that he was a soldier of the revolution & served as stated & I concur in that opinion. I, Benjamin F. Thompson, do certify that I am well acquainted with Thos. Hopkins for sixteen years; that it is reputed & believed that he was a soldier of the revolution & served as he has stated & that he is of the age he states & I concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed this 30th November 1836, before me
Samuel Parker, J.P.          Jesse Lewellin
                                          B. S. Thompson
I Samuel Barker one of the acting Justices of the Peace in & for the County of Anson, State of N. Carolina, living in the neighborhood of Jesse Lewellin for thirty years,
I know him to be a clergyman & Benjamin S. Thompson that they are men of credit.
Given under my hand this 30th day of November 1836, before me
Jesse Lewellin
Samuel Barker, J.P.
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I Norflet D Boggan Clerk of the County Court of Pleas & quarter Sessions do hereby
certify that Samuel Parker is one of the acting Justices in & for the County of Anson
State of N. Carolina & the signature purporting to be his is genuine,
Given under my hand & the seal of office this 27th day of December 1836,
N.D. Boggan Clk
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Declaration of Thomas Hopkins
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Mrs. Willma Dorothy Branch    May 19, 1936
129 West 103rd Street             BA-J/MMHF/eel
New York, New York                Thomas Hopkins- S.18026

Dear Madam,
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of your ancestor, Thomas Hopkins, who served in the Revolutionary War in the 5th Maryland Regiment, as a private, later moved to Pennsylvania from which state he served as a major.The data which follow are obtained from the pairs on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.18026, based upon the military service in that war of Thomas Hopkins, the only soldier of that name that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this Office. 

Thomas Hopkins, the son of Thomas, was born in March between 1760 and 1764, in Maryland. The name of his mother is not given. While a resident of Charlestown, Cecil County, Maryland ( where his father then lived). Thomas Hopkins enlisted February 13, 1780, served as a private in Captains George Hamilton's and Lynch's Companies, 5th Maryland Regiment, was in the battles of Camden, Cowpens, the taking of fort Thompson, the battle of Guilford and one near Camden, the taking of Fort Friday, the siege of Ninety Six and the battle of Eutaw Springs, and served to the close of the war and returned home. It is not shown that he ever served from Pennsylvania.

He remained in Charlestown, Maryland, until his father's death, about seven years after the Revolution, then moved to Lancaster District, South Carolina, where he was residing when he was allowed pension on his application executed November 18, 1835. He also
received a pension of $60 per annum from the state of South Carolina. In 1836, his wife, whom he married soon after the war, was living and they had had six children, all of whom were dead except William, who, in 1854, was living in Lancaster County, South Carolina, aged fifty-six years.
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Thomas Hopkins died in Kershaw District, South Carolina, March
8, 1844, leaving a widow who survived him about two years and eight
months. Her name was not stated.

James Hopkins, a brother of the soldier, Thomas Hopkins, served
in the Revolutionary War. There are no further data in regard to him.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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[Right Page]
18026  
INVALID.

File No. 784529  
Thomas Hopkins  
Pri. Rev. War  

Act: June 7, '32  

Index: Vol.[Blank], Page 181  
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[Left Page]
Apr. 28 - 1922  
Mrs. E.C. Smith  
Rumford, Me
1924, Sept. 30 - File to Lola McCoy Perry   W.Va
1926 - Dec. 6 - File to Guiens  
1927 - Dec. 5 - File to Julia Smith
1936 - May 19 - File to Mrs. Milford F. Bausher   El.
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REJECTED
518.
P.O. Thomas Hopkins
Service:The papers act 1832. Consolidated with 1828 File No. 5217
Enlisted: [blank]

[vertical text] Consolidated with old war file 18026

Discharged: 
Application filed: [blank]
Alleges: [blank]
Re-enlisted: [blank]
Attorney: [blank]
P.O.: 18026
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REJECTED
5217
P.O. Thomas Hopkins
Service:[blank]
Enlisted: [blank]

[vertical text] Consolidated with old war file 18026

Discharged: 
Application filed: [blank]
Alleges: [blank]
Re-enlisted: [blank]
Attorney: [blank]
P.O.: [blank]
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Thomas Hopkins
N.Carolina
claim rejected under
act May 15, 1828. See
letter to R. R. Johnson
June 16. 1837 do to
same July 27. 1837
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Hickory Head, S.C.
Nov 9th, 1880
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
[Stamped: PENSION OFFICE NOV 17]

[Text too faded in background
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No. 38780
Thomas Hopkins decd S.C.
JL Edwards 30th June 1854
5218
Act 7 June 1832
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Tho Hopkins SC
Acct.    
Sus. Treas. Act for 2476  
Anna Beckham  
Cert. &c. do do R.R.  
/johnson Nov 17 1837  
do to Hon E.De Berry  
29 Dec 1837
Act. 7 June 1832
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Charleston 24 Oct 1840
In forward herewith for authority to pay Voucher of Thomas Hopkins
I am very respectfully
Your Obvt Svt
A. Spears
Pension Agent

JL Edwards 
Commissioner of Pension
Washington DC
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33378
Thomas Hopkins 
South Carolina
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This the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the foregoing applicant
Thomas Hopkins was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states
Richard Gautt
Presiding Judge

South Carolina Lancaster Disct
I, Simon Beckham Clerk of the Court of Genl Sessions & Common Pleas do hereby Certify that the foregoing comes from the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Hopkins for a pension.
Given under my hand & seal of Office this 18 Novr 1835
Simon Beckham
Clerk
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Wadesboro NC
Jas. Jno. Decer
N.C. Act 15 May '28
JL Edwards Esqᵣ
Washington City
5277
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Wadesboro Anson C.C. December 27th 1836, 
J L Edwards Esqr, Sir, Sir, enclosed you will receive the Declaration of Thomas Hopkins with a certificate of his enlistment annexed. Mr. George G. Brewer the register in the Land Office states of Maryland in his letter to me says he enlisted with Capt. Lynch, but Capt. Wm. Heth belonged to the same Regiment. Hopkins states to me at the time of making his declaration Capt. Lynch with many other officers I supposed he was to expect someday.
I enclosed to you short time previous to this the Declaration of Peter Arrant for Pension. Also further Proof in favor of Margarett Rummage widow of George Rummage dec’d Soldier of the Revolution for Pension. Perhaps they were burnt in the Post Office. Please to inform me.
Yours respectfully
Rufus R Johnson (agent)
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Commissioner of Pensions
JL Edwards Esqr Washington City
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Hd Qrs  
Ac. 32  
Mail
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Wadesboro N.C. April 15, 1837,
JL Edwards Esqr, Sir, I enclosed to you the Declaration of Thomas Hopkins a Soldier of the revolution with Proof of his enlistment, I did so as well as recollected the latter of Dect, last I have not been informed that it has come into your hands if it has I should be glad to know your decision, so the decision on the Petition of Margarett Rummage, those old defender of their favored Country has not long to enjoy the blessings thereof before they must go his & is no more
Yours respectfully
Rufus R Johnson (agent)
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Wadesboro N.C.July 18th
[Vertical note] July 24
Mail
Commissioner of Pensions
Free
J.L. Edwards Esq.
Washington City
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Wadesboro July 15th 1837
J.L. Edwards Sir, yours June 16th at hand you inform me the papers of Thomas Hopkins have been Examined & placed on file that the applicant claims a Pension under the act of May 15th 1823, & that no Soldier that did not engage for the war is entitled to a Pension under that act his engagement appears three years he served the term and eight months which was the end of the War & was discharged, you form me that a man of his name was in the service you have ample proof but whether he is the same man who performed the vice does not appear to your satisfaction stating if he could that he is the individual person whose name appears on the rolls at Annapolis & show how long he served he could obtain a Pension most probably under the act of June 7th 1837. When his neighbor mentioned to me to act for Hopkins I wrote to Annapolis for proof of his enlistment & before I received the certificate he was brought to me again I drew his Declaration I enquired into his character it was stated by his neighbours that he was a man to be believed, I examined Mrs Hopkins What time he enlisted what was his service how long he did serve & what time he was discharged where was his discharge and if he new of any person by whom he could prove his service he stated he new of no person now living & his discharge was destroyed, illiterate knows not a letter he has depended on his memory after drawing his Declaration I held it till I received a certificate for him from Annapolis I then enclosed his papers to you I think the 27th Dect 1836, since the day I Drew his Declaration I have not seen Mr.Hopkins it is a great trouble to do business for those old people at the present day I think your decision in the present case has been hard. Please to reconsider his case place him under the act of Congress that you know to be Just Granting such Pension for his services as you may think just you considering his case again & cannot decide in his favor, Please to enclose to me authenticated copy of his Papers as soon as convenient I want to place them in the hand of a member to take on to Congress for a decision,
Yours respectfully
Rufus R Johnson
(agent)
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Wadesboro N.Ca  Nov 7th
Commissioner of Pensions  
Free
J.L. Edwards Esqr  
Washington City  
S.C.  
Acctg Off  Th Hopkins
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Wadesboro October 26th 1837
JL Edwards Esqr, Sir, I send you a Certificate from Thomas Hopkins a Soldier of the Army of the revolution in support of his claim to Pension he resides in Lancaster District South Carolina
Also Certificate from other men of their belief of his being a Soldier of the Army of the revolution there appears that is a report many years past & believed there appears not a dissenting voice
You will attach the same to his Declaration
Yours respectfully
Rufus R Johnson
(agent)
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South Carolina
I S. Beckham Clerk of the Court of Lancaster District in the State aforesaid do hereby certify
that in the latter part of the year 1836 or the first of 1837 I received a communicated from the commissioner of Pensions at the City of Washington, respecting Thomas Hopkins of South Carolina Lancaster District Declaration and Petition praying to be placed on the United States pension list, which said communication as well as I now recollect (the communication being lost or mislaid) was requiring a statement from Mr Hopkins to the reason why he has not applied earlier for a pension and if possible for better proof of his service during the revolutionary war which requisitions were not attended to on my part, from the fact that Mr Hopkins was & still is, a pensioner of the State of South Carolina and in order to obtain a pension from the United States, he would have to relinquish his claim as a State pensioner, which I feared would deprive him of obtaining a pension regular, that is that by relinquishing his state pension, he might for a
while be without either which would not suit his situation, he being entirely dependant on his pension for a support Mr Hopkins is quite an illiterate and ignorant man it is the impression of the neighborhood where he lives that he was a true whig in the Revolutionary and that he
did serve from the time he enlisted (1780) untill peace was fully made. 
Given under my hand seal at Lancaster CourtHouse, South Carolina this 12 Jany 1838
S. Beckham Clk
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State of North Carolina
Anson County  
Be it known that before Samuel Parker a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid Personally appeared Thomas Hopkins of South Carolina Lancaster District & after being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath state that he was a Soldier of the revolutionary war
he resided at the time in Cecil County in the State of Maryland in Charlestown where he enlisted for three years under Capt. Hambleton or Lynch in February or March in the year 1780, in the fifth regm’t [regiment] of the State of Maryland & served as stated in his Declaration filed in November 1836, & believes after Gates defeat at Camden there was new rolls made out & he with others of the Maryland redgm’t [regiment] was returned during the war & he served as a regular three years & eight months which was the end of the war & was discharged in Charleston South Carolina by Lieutenant Gold with the regulars in the fall or Winger 1783, he is illiterate his Discharge is lost years past and he knows of no Person by whom he could prove his services he recollects short time after he returned home he received thirty Dollars & believes all of the regm’t [regiment] belonged to the State of Maryland and served to the end of the war, he resides within four Miles of the Place he first settled on when he came to South Carolina, he has no record of his age but from the statement he has heard his Parents make he will be 77 years of age in March last he has no recollection of any other Thomas Hopkins that belonged to the fifth regm’t [regiment] of the State of Maryland but himself the above statement is to the best of his recollection
Sworn & Subscribed the 19th day of October 1837    Thomas Hopkins, his mark
Samuel Parker JP
B.S. Thompson

Be it known that before Samuel Parker a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Anson State of North Carolina Personally appeared John Blakeney Joshua Watters B.S. Thompson & after being duly sworn according to Law doth on their oath State that it is reported & believed that Thomas Hopkins was a soldier of the revolution & served as he states to the best of his recollection & of the age which he states & we concur in that Opinion Sworn & Subscribed the 19th day of October 1837,
Samuel Parker JP
John Blakeney
Joshua Walters
B.S. Thompson
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Be it known that before Samuel Parker a Justice of the Peace in the County of Anson State of North Carolina personally appeared Jepse Lewellen clergyman & states that it is reported & believed that Thomas Hopkins of So. Carolina Lancaster District was a soldier of the revolution & is of the age he states & I concur in that opinion. Given under my hand this 20th day of October 1837.
Samuel Parker JP    Jesse Lewellen

Be it known that before Samuel Parker a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Anson State of North Carolina personally appeared Jepse Lewellen clergyman & certifies that it is generally reported & believed & has been for years past, that Thomas Hopkins of South Carolina Lancaster District was a soldier of the Army of the revolution & served in the way as he has stated. Jesse Lewellen is a clergyman & John Blakeney, Joshua Walters & Benjamin S. Thompson I am well acquainted with & that they are men of credit. Given under my hand & seal the 20th day of October 1837.
Samuel Parker JP

I, Norflet D. Boggan, Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions in & for the County of Anson, State of North Carolina, do certify that Samuel Parker is a Justice of the Peace in said County & the signature purporting to be his is genuine. I further certify that Jesse Lewellen is a clergyman, And it appears that John Blakeney, Joshua Walters & Benjamin S. Thompson, who have signed the within certificate, are men of credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of office this 4th day of November 1837.
N. D. Boggan, Clk
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State of South Carolina
Lancaster District
Be it known that before Jacob Funderburk a Justice of the Peace in & for the District aforesaid Personally appearedThomas Hopkins of said District & after being duly sworn according to Law
doth on his oath State as additional to his former Declaration his reason for is not applying at an early period for Pension for services rendered the United States in the revolutionary War as a Soldier I am illiterate and ignorant & the section where I reside as to the Laws of the United States I am so far from my native State & has been absent many years that I know not any person now living by whom I could prove them by any other way than my oath
sworn & Subscribed this 15th day of January 1838,
J. Funderburk J.P.    Thomas Hopkins, his mark

I Jacob Funderburk have resided within six miles of said Thos Hopkins for thirty years & am will acquainted with him & that he is a man to be believed that it was at that day reported & still is that he was a soldier of revolution & served as has been stated to the best of his recollection
there be any difference in his statement I believe it is the loss of memory
Given under my hand this 15th day of January 1838,
J. Funderburk JP
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South Carolina
Lancaster District
I, S. Beckham, Clerk of the Court of Lancaster District aforesaid in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the [foregoing or hereunto] before whom the within affidavit of Thos. Hawkins is made is a lawful and acting Justice of the Peace in and for the District of Lancaster aforesaid, and that due faith and credit should be given to his acts as such.
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 16th day of January 1838.
S. Beckham Clerk
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Alexandria
Dec 24
Dec 26  
Mail
Com'r of Pensions
J.L. Edwards Esq  
Washington City
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Wadesboro N.C. Dec 16th 1837
Mr J.L. Edwards Com of Pensions
Sir I received your letter of the 11th
last respecting the claim of Thomas Hopkins of Lancaster
District S. Carolina to Pension for services rendered the United States
in the revolutionary war you mention that you wrote to S. Beckham Esqr Feby 1836, what proof was necessary to entitle him Pension I never knew before you wrote to him on the subject before I had Mr Hopkins examined the last time I went to his settlement for the purpose of satisfying myself & conversed with those who have long acquaintance with Mr Hopkins their belief of his service? I did find a person but what was of the opinion & had the same for years
Part that he did serve in the revolution in behalf of the United States the there might be some variation in his statement & years past they think it is from the loss of memory, determine on his case as you may think just & let me know
Sir yours respectfully
Rufus R Johnson
(agent)
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South Carolina
Lancaster District ) To the Commission of pensions at Washington City D C
Dear Sir after my respects to you I can inform you that I sent a power of attorney to a man
by the name of L. B. True for William Hopkins only living Child of Thomas Hopkins deceased who was a revolutionary pensioner and there was some money due him at the time of his death
L. B. True writes to me that he got no thing but I can never get him to send me the papers back he says the papers is filed away and he can not send their back, the papers was sent to him some in August or September 1858 I want you to write to me if you please and let me know whether he did get any thing or not me address is Hickory Head Lancaster Dist.South Carolina, your information will be thankfully received I also want information in a pension for the war of 1812 Alexander Anderson was a regular through the war of 1812 and never received any pension at all himself also his wife
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are both dead and he has only one child living now I want to know if that child can get the pension her father should have got the child that is living is a daughter Sythia Anderson is her name she never has married she is about thirty years old and if there is any chance for her to get any thing we will get you to attend to it if you will do so for reasonable pay for your trouble she don't know how to write to you if you will let us know as convenient so doing you will confer
a favor Novr 8th 1860
Yours truly
William Faile
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office, Dec 7th 1841.
Under the date 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,” Thomas Hopkins, a Pensioner on the Roll of the S. Carolina Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars and ___ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1840, to the 4th March 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Land Office, Annapolis
January 19th 1836

Sir,
Agreeably to your note, with the declaration of Thomas Hopkins (which only was received), the muster and pay rolls of the revolution in this office have been very carefully examined, and no such name has been found upon the rolls. It appears by the rolls that a man of the name of Thomas Hopkins served in the 5th Maryland Regiment, dated 13 February 1780, in the term of three years. No name of such person is mentioned as having enlisted and served under Captain Bordley, or the flag which the name of Thomas Hopkins is not, I am of course unable to pay. The declaration is herewith returned.

I am very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J.G. Brewer

J.L. Edwards Esq.
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Casper Wyoming
1115 So. Center St.
Sept. 24

Pension Bureau,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir – Please send me a copy of the Pension of Thomas Hopkins, b. 1759 – d. 1829 – served as Private in 5th Reg. from state of Maryland during the American Revolution.

Yours truly, Iola McCoy Berry
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Atlanta Ga
Oct. 24th 1926
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Will you kindly give me from your files, the full Congressional Rec. of Thomas Hopkins, who as stated in the N.E. records Volume 17 – Page 211, is there given as a private in Debutts Co. Md. Vols. and honorably discharged August 1, 1814 — if bounty was allowed and whether or not same pension or bounty was ever paid and when and to whom. It may turn out that
said Thomas Hopkins was a Volunteer from the state of Maryland and available to the service in the War of 1812. Thankyou for your time and your findings.
Respectfully,
J. G. Asher
188 Howard St. DC
Atlanta, Ga.
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T. A. TURNER
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
JONESBORO, ARK.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D. C.
October 14th. 1926.
Dear Sir: -
It is my information that one Thomas Hopkins was a soldier in the Revolutnary War. History of N. C.gives the information that he was either mustered in or out of Blounts Co. 10th Reg. August 5th, 1879, and either his No. or his voucher No. was 910 State Records N. C. Vol 17 page 217. The Adjutant Generals Office, War Dept. advises that they do not find such record in that office and refer me to you. Will you please advise whether or not your office has any record of his service, and if so advise me the cost of the same? If you do not have any record of his service will you please refer this to the proper department for information as to his having taken up a land grant in Tenn, and for full particulars concerning the same.
Very respectfully,
J. A. Turner
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W. D. BRANCH
REAL ESTATE
129 WEST 103RD STREET
NEW YORK May 12, 1936.
Veterans Administration,
Bureau of Pensions.--
Washington D. C. 
Gentleman:-- I was referred to you by the American Historical Society of New York City as to the proper place to ascertain if you have a record of my Ancestor who served in the Revolutionary War, Thomas Hopkins, who served in the 5th Maryland Regiment, married Catherine Hurd. 
He enlisted as a private in the Fifth Regiment of Maryland, Feb. 13, 1780
and being wounded was honorably discharged Nov. 1st, 1780.
His Family removed to Pennsylvania where he re-enlisted and rose
to the rank of Major, was a participant in the battle of Cowpens, Guilford
Court House and Ninety Six.
I am a member of the Fort Washington Chapter of the D. A. R. of New York and my certificate shows that my ancestor was a private and the D. A. R. Secretary in Washington D. C. wrote me and said if I would send them the name of the Regiment he served in in Penn they would change the records showing that he was a major but that they were unable to find the proof that he re-enlisted and served in Penn. as a Major.
I refer you to Crummers History of Washington Co. Pa. page 560
in which county he lived and I am informed that he was a member of the State Legislature when it convened in Lancaster.
Kindly advise me what record you have of my ancestor and if you
find the number of the Penn. regiment he served in and if he was a Major
in the Revolutionary War so that I can advise the D. A. R. in Washington D. C.
Yours Very Truly,
Mrs. Willma Dorothy Branch
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Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C. March 21, 1902
Madam:
In reply to your communication of a recent date, you are informed that this Bureau is unable to
furnish a history of the service of any soldier of the Revolutionary war or of the war of 1812 unless he or his widow was a pensioner or an applicant for pension or bounty land; and that under the rules such a history is furnished only to the soldier's descendants, and to them only when it is desired for historical or genealogical purposes. The large number of inquiries made on this subject, and the length of time required to make a proper search of the records in each case, will not permit of information being given to any applicant concerning more than two soldiers.In order that the soldier concerning whom you desire information may be identified, you are requested to furnish as much as possible of the data called for below.
concerning Thomas Hopkins
Very Respectfully,
Mrs. E.C. Smith            [Illegible second signature]
Ravenswood, West Virginia        

Full name of soldier:
Thomas Hopkins

Where did he enter service?
About 1780, from Maryland

Under what officers did he serve?
In Light Infantry regiment

Place of residence after service:
Washington, Wash. Co., Pennsylvania

Approximate date of death:
About 1822

Given name of widow:
Catharine (or Catherine) Hund Hopkins

Did either the soldier or his widow receive a pension?
Do not know

Additional information:
Was my great grandfather.
I have never sought this information before, wish it be acted by D.A.R. society

Signature:
Mrs. E.C. Smith

Post-office address:
Ravenswood
Jackson Co., West Va
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September 30, 1924
Iola McCoy Berry,
1115 S. Center St.,
Casper, Wyo.
Madam: I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.18026, it appears that Thomas, son of Thomas Hopkins, was born in Maryland in March 1764.
While a resident of Charlestown, Cecil County, Maryland, he enlisted in February or March 1780 as a private in Captain George Hamilton's Company, Colonel Williams' Maryland Regiment, was at the battles of Camden, Cowpens, the taking of Fort Thomson, the battle of Guilford and one near Camden, the taking of Fort Friday, the siege of Ninety Six and the battle of Eutaw Springs, and served to the close of the Revolution. He was allowed pension on his application executed November 18, 1835, while a resident of Lancaster District, South Carolina. In 1836 soldier gave his age as 75 or 76 years. At that time he stated that he had a wife that he “married soon after
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the war" and that they had six children, all of whom died
prior to 1836 with the exception of William who in 1854 was a resident of Lancaster County, South Carolina, aged 56 years. Soldier died in Kershaw District, South Carolina, March 8, 1844, leaving a widow who survived him about 2 years and 8 months, name not stated.The above noted is the only Thomas Hopkins found on theRevolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
[Blank]
Acting Commissioner.
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January 5, 1927
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
J. G. Asher
188 Howard St., S. E.
Atlanta, GA.
Sir: I have to advise you
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December 14, 1928
 
T. A. Turner
Jonesboro, Ark.

Sir: I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 18068 it appears that Thomas Hopkins, son of Thomas, was born in March between 1760 and 1764 in Maryland, place not stated.
While a resident of Charlestown, Cecil County, Maryland (where his father then lived) he enlisted February 15, 1780, served as a private in Captain George Hamilton’s and Lynch’s Companies, Fifth Maryland Regiment, was in the battles of Camden, Cowpens, the taking of Fort Thompson, the battle of Guilford and one near Camden, the taking of Fort Friday, the Siege of Ninety Six and the battle of Eutaw Springs, and served to the close of the Revolution, and returned home.
He remained in Charlestown, Maryland until his father's death, about seven years after the Revolution, then moved to Lancaster District, South Carolina where he was allowed pension on his application executed November 18, 1835.
In 1835 his wife, “whom he married soon after the war”, was
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...then living and they had had six children, all of whom were dead except William, who, in 1854 was living in Lancaster County, South Carolina aged fifty-six years.
Soldier died in Kershaw District, South Carolina, March 8, 1844, leaving a widow who survived him about two years and eight months, name not stated.
The above noted is the only soldier by that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.