Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt 2062-450, George Campbell, Surgeon

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(3--1776)
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Surgeon l Campbell, George l B. L. Wt. 2062-450
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Wt. 2062. for 450 acres
on account of the
services of George Campbell
as Physician and Surgeon
New York troops. issued
Sept. 8, 1834 to Vesp.n Ellis
for the benefit of William 
Campbell and others.

(from bounty land book.)

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State of New Jersey
County of Monmouth
I William Campbell heir at law of George Campbell do upon my oath declare and testify, that to the best of my knowledge and belief, the said George Campbell did enlist in year for the term of during the War as a Surgeon & Physician and served in the Regiment, No. not known under the command of Colonel not known of the [New York, crossed out] not known line, and that he continued in the service until the War ended. I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to said George Campbell on the part of the United States, nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever: Therefore Know all men by these presents, That I William Campbell aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint Vespasian Ellis of Accomack County, Virginia, to be my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorised and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him for the special purposes above expressed. Witness my hand and seal this 20th day of May 1834.
Attest William Campbell [signature]
C Bunce [signature]      SEAL


PERSONALLY APPEARED THE ABOVE NAMED Wm Campbell
subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the Power of Attorney thereto subscribed to be his act and deed. Witness my hand and seal this twentieth day of May in 1834 
William Lloyd [illegible] of the Judges of the Monmouth pleas [signature]
IN TESTIMONY that the above written
William Floyd is now a Magistrate & is authorised to administer Oaths and take acknowledgments, &c. in the State of New Jersey at the above date and that his name there subscribed to the foregoing certificate &c. appears to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office, and subscribed my name and quality as Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas - at
Freehold in [illegible] this twenty seventh day of May 1834 and I do also certify that C Bunce is a magistrate and is authorised to administer oaths in this county and that his [illegible insertion] subscribed on the first page to the deposition of Jane Stilwell appears to be his usual signature
[illegible line struck out]
D.H. Ellis [Clk?]

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The deposition of Jane Stilwell who being duly sworn deposeth that she was acquainted with George Campbell who was a Surgeon & Physician in the Revolutionary War in the [struck out: New York] not known line & that he was the same George Campbell who was the brother of William Campbell of this County
who has signed the within Power Attorney
Jane Stillwell [signature]

State of New Jersey
County of Monmouth
This day Jane Stilwell came before me a Justice of the peace in & for said County & made oath to the truth of the above deposition & I certify
that she is a person of good character & entitled to full confidence as a witness.
Given under my hand & seal this 20th day of May 1834
C Bunce JP [signature]

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Dr. Geo Campbell
Surgeon
Power of Attr
&c for land
Bounty

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State of N. Jersey
Monmouth County ⎬ p

Surrogates office May the
27th 1834 I certify that satisfactory evidence
was this day adduced to me to prove that 1. William Campbell (a half Brother of Dr George Campbell a Surgeon & Physician in the army of the Revolution in the line not known) 2. John Campbell, 3. William
Campbell 4. Benjamin Campbell 5. Hannah Campbell 6. Eleanor Thompson (wife of Pierson Thompson) and 7. Catharine Campbell (Children of Benjamin Campbell a Brother of the aforesaid William & half Brother of the aforesaid Dr George Campbell) 8. John Fetters, 9. William Fetters 10. George Fetters, 11. Rachel, 12. Mary, 13. Elisabeth, 14. Henrietta, 15. Rebecca [Rebeca?], 16. Emely [Emily?], 17. Nancy, & 18. Margaret Fetters (children and heirs at Law of Rachel Fetters who was a sister of William Campbell & Benjamin Campbell [illegible] and a half Sister of of the aforesaid Dr George Campbell) are the only heirs at Law in fee of the said George Campbell who was a Physician & Surgeon in the army of the Revolution in the line not known and it is further proved that the said George Campbell died without [illegible] on or about the twenty second Day of September 1798 --
Given under my hand & seal of office
this 27th day of May 1834

Henry D. Polhemus.
Surrogate of the County of Monmouth

[pictured: Surrogate Seal of the County of Monmouth, New Jersey. The center image is worn away; it was possibly similar to the modern version depicting a farmer at his plow.]

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In connection with the papers received in this case was a Diploma, granted by the Society of the Cincinnati to George Campbell Esq as Physician & Surgeon of the Hospitals in the War of the Revolution, and as member of said Society, the same bearing date in 1784 and signed by Genl. Geo. Washington, as President
and J. Knox, as Secretary of said Society --
This Diploma, the genuineness of which could
not be doubted, was sent with the papers herewith filed, as evidence of identity, but accompanied by a request that the same might be returned to the heirs, as they were desirous of retaining it in their possession. It was therefore returned to them, through their agent, Mr. Vespn Ellis, and this memorandum is filed in its place -- 

Wm Gordon Clk
Bounty Land Office
Septem. 1834

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Accomack CHVa August 25, 1834
Sir
I herewith forward to you a power of Attr &
proof of heirship in the case of Dr. George Campbell Physician & Surgeon &c. Dr George
Campbell is returned on the N York list of
Officers & the power of Attr as you will [illegible] was made out by me & filled up with the words "New York line". On executing the power & proving identity the heir & Witness would not swear that he was in the New York line & they therefore erased "New York " & inserted "Unknown" I am glad they did so as it is strong evidence of their honesty. Cyrus Broen Esq a Justice of the Peace & post master at Freehold Monmonth [illegible] forwarded the paper for the heirs in June last, and on examining them (the power & certificate of heirship) I wrote to him for addl evidence of identity. He obtained the accompanying diploma which was left in the possession of Duncan Campbell brother of Dr. William Campbell who it seems survived Dr. Wm Campbell, & it is I presume the strongest possible evidence of identity. This diploma was [illegible] last mail enclosed in Mr. Broen's letter to me, (which I also send) to show you have it came into my hands. I have been waiting since June for the addl evidence. 
On the allowance of the claim be pleased to
transmit the warrant to me by mail - [illegible]
your obedient servant
very respectfully
V. Ellis

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[Document top section]
P S
I presume the heirs would like to [return?]
this diploma as a valuable & can [illegible]
evidence of their relative's [illegible], and
if not necessary to be filed with the papers
you will please return it.
Yours
 VE [signature]

[Document middle section]
1855 4-1 -- Copies of papers
sent to C. S. Sims
Mount Holly NJ.

[Document bottom section]
George Campbell
No 2062.
Rev. War

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[Document left page]
George Campbell
No. 2062.
Rev. War

[Document right page]
1833 4 -1 -- Copies of paper
sent to C. S. Sims
Mount Holly NJ

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U. S. Pension Office.
In reply &c

inform you that on May 27th 1834 one Wm Campbell applied in this office [illegible insertion] did as the heir at law of George Campbell who served as a Surgeon [illegible word struck out] & Physician in This War of Revolution. The said heir at law was not able at that time to give further data in regard to the service rendered by Dr Campbell - 
[phrase struck out, contains "accompanying"] 
Copies of papers filed with said application are enclosed herewith, which may [fulfill?] to settle this question you raise- There is also found on
the old County land record the name of
George Campbell a Pop. of N. Jersey to whom a land warrant was issued [illegible] 1800, [illegible] case are on file here, [illegible] having

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been destroyed by
fire in the year 1800

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Accomack CH Va Sep 30. 1834
R[ead?] of the Hon. [Sec?] of War a Warrant
No 2062 for 450 [illegible] [issued?] to the heirs of Doct George Campbell of the N York line
for his revolutionary services, forwarded
per mail by Wm Gordon Esq
Ves Ellis attr

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The Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey
Office of the President
Mount Holly, New Jersey, 27th March 1885

My dear sir,
One of the original members of this society was Surgeon George Campbell, as the name originally appears in the minutes of this organization, but in two other instances in the same minutes, but of later years, it appears as George A. Campbell and George W. Campbell.
In the volume entitled "Officers and men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War" page 73 appears the following "Campbell, George W. Surgeon, Hospital of  Hying Camp, Continental Army, March 11th, 1777-
An application has been presented for admission to this society by a gentleman claiming to be the grandson of the above officer;   I believe the claim a just me; he is certainly the grandson of a Dr. George Campbell of whom a short sketch appears in the transactions of the New Jersey Medical Society; this sketch states that Dr. George Campbell was born in Ireland August 15th, 1758, graduated in Medicine at Dublin University, and emigrating to America, entered the Revolutionary Army where he attained the rank of surgeon, and served until the end of the war; it is stated that he resided in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, and died August, 1818, and that his widow Rachel died February 14th, 1837.
It  will be observed therefore that if the grandfather of the claimant is identical with the original member of this society, in whose right he claims admission to hereditary members ( ) that the said Dr. George Campbell must have been appointed a surgeon at the age of nineteen years, which appears improbable.
I have thought that possible your official records would settle this question of identify; if either the above Dr. George Campbell of Hunterdon County, New Jersey, who died in August 1818, or his widow Rachel, who died February 14, 1837, were claimants before your office, then their

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claims as there states would settle whether the said Dr. George Campbell was identical with Dr. George Campbell, n George W. Campbell, who was commissioned surgeon March 11th, 1777

Of course it is almost needless to state that the information desired is wanted only for the purpose indicated, and will be used only in that direction 
Levy J__ly Y_ms
Clifford Stanley Sims
Frest
W. H. Webster. Esquire.
Dept. of the Interior
Washington, D.C.