Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26042, John Wilkerson, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Nb
Wilkerson, John
N. 26042
Margaret
B.L.Wt. 40912-160-55
Born Va.
CONTENTS
em/A 1/29/13

5-321
North Carolina. Fl
Margaret Wilkerson widow of John Wilkinson who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20- dollars — cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 2 d day of July 1853 and sent to
J. M. Knight Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 140 Vol. a.
(32)
537 Dec. 21. Special order to pay,
2413397 C.A.H.
†

243.397. Act. Mon. 3/55. Apr 28/56.
Margaret Wilkerson Died. John Wilkerson died Prin.
Margaret Wilkerson, wid of John Wilkerson, Prin.
No 4097
Rev. wear.
243
July 53-5321
Ad: 160000 Sept 14/56 Blyton
C. S. Winstead Rockboro N.C.
Vol W 2-30

North Carolina. 29.821
let: to Pen: agt: 10 May '44. Order to pay 16. Sep 1845.
John Wilkerson of Person in the State of N. Car who was a Ser: in the commanded by Captain of the commanded by Col Martin in the N. C. Nat: line for Gen:
10 inch 1845
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of Mar: 35 and int. Rev. D. A. Barnes. Pensions
Arrears to the 4th of Mar: 35 80.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 Sep " 10. — $ 170.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by M. Rice Clerk, Book E Vol. 6/2 Page 49

State of North Carolina
Person County } Be it remembered that on the 10 th day of November A.D. 1836. That John Wilkerson entered into bond for Marriage license which bond is in the following words and figures. Viz.
State of North Carolina
Person County } Know all men by these presents that We John Wilkerson and Josias Cannon sew. are held and firmly bound unto the State of North Carolina in the full sum of Five hundred pounds Current Money, to be paid to the said State for the payment of which well and truly to be made and done, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators jointly and severally and firmly by these presents, sealed with our seals, and dated the 10 th day of November A.D. 1836.
The Condition of the above obligation is such, that the above bound John Wilkerson hath made application for a license for Marriage to be Celebrated between him and Peggy Tatum of the County aforesaid, Now in case it should not hereafter appear that there is any lawful cause or impediment to obstruct the said Marriage then the above obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.
Test Ch. Major.
John Wilkerson (Seal) mark Josias Cannon (Seal) mark
State of North Carolina
Person County } I Charles Major Clerk of the County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, do hereby certify that the above is a true Copy of John Wilkerson's Marriage bond, as appears from said bond filed in my office.
In testimony whereof, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office, this 31 st day of March A.D. 1855.
Charles Major clerk

State of North Carolina Person County 355
On this the 6 th day of July AD 1855 before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State of said, personally appeared Margaret Wilkerson aged Seventy four years, a resident of Person County and State of North Carolina who made oath in due form of law, that she is the widow of John Wilkerson de d who was a private in the Company Commanded by Captain _____ in the Regiment Commanded by _____ in the Revolutionary War. That her said husband entered the Service and continued in actual Service in said War for the term of over six months and was honorably discharged.
She further states that she was married to the said John Wilkerson on the Tenth day of November AD 1836. by one Thomas Halliburton. That her name before her said marriage was Margaret Tatum and her said husband, John Wilkerson, died in Person on the Seventeenth day of March 1846 - and that she is now a widow.
She further states that there is no public record of her marriage and that

There is a private record of which a True copy - accompanies this declaration
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty said to which she is entitled under act of 3 March 1855, declaring that she has not received a bounty warrant under this nor any other act of Congress, nor made any other application
Therefor
attest:
Thomas J. Humphries J. Gilis
His Margaret T. Wilkerson mark
Sworn to, Subscribed and acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I know the aforesaid Margaret Wilkerson and believe her to be the identical person she alleges herself to be - of the age above stated - and at the date of the execution of this declaration a widow - I further certify that I am not interested in her claim in any way -
John J. Wilkerson L.P.

State of N Carolina
Person County 3/3
On this 16 th day of September 1834 Personally appeared in Open Court before the Justices of the Court of Pleas & quarter sessions now sitting John Wilkinson a resident of Person County & State of N Carolina aged about Seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in Order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th A.D. 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers & served as herein Statute (Viz) The first Service in which he was engaged was in a company of militia raised in the County of Granville & State of N Carolina for a term of three months & Commanded by Capt d Jesse Saunders; in this Company he volunteered as a private & was marched under the Command of Col d Joseph Taylor and Major William Taylor to Hillsborough N Carolina where he joined other forces From this place he proceeded to Cross Creek (now Fayetteville) where he joined the forces under Col d Morton who had come from Salisbury or from some place in that direction; while he remained at this place (Cross Creek) the Scotch Highlanders & Tories (against whom he was destined to act) were defeated & dispersed by the forces under Col d Caswell. this happened at a bridge not far distant from the place at which he was stationed (he thinks Blount's bridge at the expiration of his term of service (three months) he marched back to to Granville & was discharged. He knows of no living witness to this service Nor is it possible from memory to state the dates at which it began or ended But believes it to have been soon after he became liable to military duty & in the date 1775 or 1776 - He has no written discharge from this tour but he lives as he returned & went under the same officers that he served his full term & was regularly discharged
The next service he performed was in a Company of Militia raised also in the County of Granville aforesaid for a term of six months and Command ed by Capt d Rich d Taylor in this company he was a Volunteer & a private he first proceeded to Hillsborough N.C. and joined the forces under the Command of Col d Archibald Lytle & was marched by him to Salisbury & joined the forces under General Rutherford & proceeded with them to the ten mile house on this side Charles ton , N Carolina after having remained sometime at this place he proceeded to Purysburg on the savanna where Gen l Lincoln was stationed here he remained until he joined a volunteer detachment under Col d Lytle & marched up the river to Augusta crossed the river & under Gen l Ash & Gen l Bryant was at the battle at Briar Creek after the defeat of the Americans at that place he crossed the savanna & joined the forces on this side & marched down the river to a place called the two Sisters at & about this place he remained until his term of service had expired he thinks he was dis- charged on or about the 14 th of Ap r 1779, & served six months. He has no written discharge from this service but as he is conscious

that he served out his full term of service or more & went & came under the same Officers he believes he was regularly discharged. Hampton White with whom he was acquainted during this tour is alive & by him he expects to prove this service. He declares he has no record of his age, but from the best accounts he can get he is seventy five years of age, he was born in Lunenburg County State of Virginia but was moved when a child to the County of Granville State of North Carolina where he lived until the year 1779 when he settled at his present residence He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State Sworn to & subscribed In Open Court John his Wilkerson mark
State of North Carolina Person County } We Thomas Halliburton a clergyman residing in the County & State aforesaid & William Street also a resident of the same County do hereby certify that we are & have been for many years acquainted with John Wilkerson who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be a man of veracity, that he is five seventy years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion Sworn to & subscribed in before me } William Street Open Court the day & year aforesaid } Thomas Halliburton The word five interlined before assigned } J. S. D. V. P.
State of North Carolina } Person County } I Hampton White a resident of the county aforesaid do hereby certify that I was acquainted with John Wilkerson during the Revolutionary War, that the said Wilkerson was a soldier in that War, at the time of the battle at Briar Creek & before that battle Sworn to & subscribed } Hampton his White In Open Court the } mark day and year aforesaid }
And the said Court do hereby express their opinion after the investiga- tion of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department; that the above named applicant was a revolu- tionary soldier & served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Thomas Halliburton who has signed the

The foregoing certificate is a Clugymans a very old President of Ben County of Person & that William Street who has also signed the same is a resident of said County & is an aged & credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit in
I Charles Mason Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County of Person & State of North Carolina do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Wilkerson for a Pension - In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this day of September A.D. 1834
State of North Carolina Person County } Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions September term 1834 } It appearing to the Court that Thomas Halliburton cannot attend in Open Court at this term and all the necessary investigation in the matter of the application of John Wilkerson for a pension having been made except the examination of the said Halliburton; it is therefore Ordered by the Court that Samuel Davy (One of the members of the said Court) take the examination of said Halliburton & that his Certificate be appended hereto as a part of the proceedings of this Court in Said matter — A true Copy from the minutes Test
State of North Carolina Person County } Sept 19th 1834 I Samuel Davy a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Tho. Halliburton whose Signature appears to one of the foregoing Certificates did sign the same after having been sworn according to Law & I further certify that from the knowledge I have of the character of John Wilkerson that I concur in the opinion that he was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he has herein stated. Given under my hand
Sam Davy Justice

State of North Carolina Puncheon County
I Charles Mason Clerk of the Court of Pleas & quarter Sessions in & for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Wilkerson for a pension, I further certify that the following interlineations are made (to wit) in the Certificate of Wm Street 1712 Mullibayton the Word five is interlined In Hampton White's Certificate the Word War is interlined & in the Opinion of the Court the Word declare is interlined Sam l Dancy signature in genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this 22 nd day of September A.D. 1834
I further certify that Samuel Dancy is an acting Magistrate in & for the County aforesaid Charles Mason Clerk
John Wilkerson for a pension N.C. 32.00
Henry D. Libby Puncheon N.C.
Dear Sir Please to forward the result of the above proceedings to the Moderator Puncheon County N.C. and oblige your Friend J. L. Patterson

State of North Carolina ss. On this 18th  19th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before the Court of Pleas & Sessions held in and for the said county, in Open Court, Mrs. Margaret Wilkerson a resident of the in the county and State aforesaid, aged forty five years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the law of the United States, passed the 3rd of February 1853, granting Pensions to the widows of persons who rendered service in the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of John Wilkerson decd who was a Private Soldier in the War of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States at the rate of 20 dollars per annum - under Act 7th June 1832. She further declares that she was married to the said John Wilkerson on the 10th day of November eighteen hundred and thirty six; that her said husband died on the seventeenth day of March eighteen hundred and forty six; that she was not married to him prior to the second day of January eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated. That there is a public record of her marriage a private record of her marriage and she further declares that she is now a widow. Sworn to and subscribed, in Open Court, on the day and year first above written before me Chas C. Jordan Chas C. Jordan
Margaret Wilkerson her mark
State of North Carolina ss. On this 19 day of April June A.D. 1855, personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly authorized to administer oaths, a resident of said county, to me well known as a credible witness, and who being by me first duly sworn, doth on his oath, state that he is acquainted with Mrs. Margaret Wilkerson the above named applicant for a pension - that he has known her for years last past, that he has examined her family record - that he believes the same to be genuine - that it is contained in a book purporting to be the and printed in the year and that the said record, as far as relates to the marriage of the said applicant and the soldier or pensioner above named and of his estate is as follows: which is an exact copy of the same:-
and that he said deponent is not interested in the claim. Subscribed and sworn to, the day and year first above written before me, and I certify that I am in no manner interested. Geo W. Cunningham Justice of the Peace
State of North Carolina ss. On this 19 day of June A.D. 1855, personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County - William Pollard and Mathew Nelson who are to me well known & who are credible witnesses, and who being by me duly sworn before me say, that they are each well acquainted with Mrs. Margaret Wilkerson the above applicant for a Pension, that they have known her for Twenty years last past. That they were acquainted with John Wilkerson her late husband, having known him for Twenty years previous to his death; that they the said John Wilkerson and Margaret Wilkerson lived together as husband and wife, and were reputed so to be, that deponents never heard the fact of their marriage disputed or questioned. That the said John Wilkerson died on the seventeenth day of March 1846; and that said Margaret Wilkerson has been since that day and still is reputed to be his widow, which deponents believe to be the fact. That she has never married since her said husband's death and is still his widow, and that her said husband was the identical man mentioned as a pensioner in her declaration above, and that deponents are disinterested. Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year first above written, and I certify that I am not interested herein. Matthew Nelson Wm. Pollard
Geo W. Cunningham Justice of the Peace
I hereby constitute and appoint Mr. Knight of Warrenton N.C. my true and lawful attorney, hereby authorizing him to prosecute this my claim to a pension and to receive the certificate to be issued therefor. Dated this 19 day of June A.D. 1855. Margaret Wilkerson her mark
State of North Carolina ss. I, the Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Sessions do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration was made, was at the time of so doing a Judicial of said Court duly qualified, and that John W. Cunningham Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits were made, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commissioned and sworn, and that the signatures of both are genuine. Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this 19th day of June A.D. 1855. Charles Hays Clerk
Charles Hays Clerk

July 20, 1932
BA-J/MCS
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
John Wilkerson
W. 26042 em
Honorable A. L. Bulwinkle House of Representatives Washington D.C.
My dear Mr. Bulwinkle:
Reference is made to your letter of July 12 requesting the records of Revolutionary War soldiers named John Wilkerson.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 26042, based upon the Revolutionary War service of John Wilkerson, the only soldier by that name who served from North Carolina that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
He was born in Lunenburg County, Virginia, date not given. When a child he moved with his father (name not given) to Granville County, North Carolina, and lived there until 1779 when he moved to Person County, North Carolina, and always lived there.
He enlisted in 1775 or 1776 and served three months as private in Captain Jesse Saunders' Company in Colonel Joseph Taylor's North Carolina Regiment. He enlisted in 1778, served as private in Captain Richard Taylor's Company in Colonel Archibald Lytle's North Carolina Regiment, was in the battle of Brier Creek and was discharged about April 14, 1779, having served six months. He also served three months in Captain Mason Foley's North Carolina Company, time not given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 16, 1834, at which time he was seventy-five years of age.
The soldier died March 17, 1846, in Person County, North Carolina.
He married in that county November 10, 1836, Margaret or Peggy Tatum.

She was allowed pension on her application executed June 19, 1855, at which time she was seventy-five years of age and was living in Person County, North Carolina.
In 1855 one John Y. Wilkerson was Justice of Peace in Person County, North Carolina, but it was not stated that he was related to the soldier.
There are no further data relative to the soldier's family.
Very truly yours,
A. D. MILLER Assistant to Administrator

State of N o Carolina Person County
County Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions
On this 16 th December A D 1834 personally appeared in open Court before the Justices now sitting John Wilkerson a resident of Person County aforesaid aged about seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein after stated viz
The first service in which he was engaged was in a Company of Militia raised in County of Granville N.C & commanded by Col d Jesse Sanders in this Company he volunteered his services as a private for the term of three months. He was marched from the County of Granville to Hillsboro under the command of Col d J s Taylor & Maj t William Taylor where he joined other forces. With these he proceeded to Croft Crucks (now Fayetteville) at this place he joined other forces under Col d Martin who had come from Salisbury or from some place in that direction while at this place (Croft Crucks) the Scotch Highlanders & Tories (against whom he supposes he was destined to act) were defeated by the forces under Col d Caswell. When the term for which he had engaged to serve had expired he was marched back to the County of Granville & discharged. He cannot state the date of this tour of duty but believes it to have been soon after he arrived at the age which subjected him to the discharge of Military duty. He has no living witness (that he knows of) to this tour of duty nor has he any written discharge & does not remember whether he received one or not, but believes as he went & returned with the same officers, that he was regularly discharged after having served his full term of three months.
The next service he performed was in a Company of Militia raised in the County of Granville also & commanded by Capt d Rich d Taylor. In this Company he volunteered his services for six months as a private. He was marched to Hillsborough & was joined to the forces under the command of Col d Archibald Lytle. From this place he was marched to Salisbury where he joined the forces under the command of Gen l

Rutherford proceeded with him to the ten mile house on this side of Charleston S o Carolina here he remained some time & then proceeded to Purysburg (a village on the Savannah) at which place Gen l Lincoln was stationed having remained here some time he joined a detachment under Col o Lytle with whom he proceeded up the Savannah River to Augusta where some British were stationed at the time, they retreated & we crossed to the Georgia side under Gen l Ask & Gen l Bryan & pursued them to Briar Creek we found the bridge over this Creek destroyed: during the delay caused by the repairing of the bridge the British marched up the Creek recrossed & came down upon our rear & commenced an attack upon the American forces. The regiment to which he was attached was stationed at the bridge nearly a half mile in front of the main body & the first intimation he received of the attack was by the firing in the rear he received orders to advance to the firing, but was met by our men in disorder & retreating. He with many others, recrossed the Savannah that night by swimming & joined the forces on this side. The next place he recollects of being at was called the two sisters at about which place he remained until his full term of six months had expired of the date of this service he has no recollection, but remembers that shortly after his return he purchased the tract of land on which he resides & his deed is dated 1779 in Oct o he remembers that if he ever received any written discharges they are lost but he is conscious he was regularly discharged as he knows in each tour he served the full term for which he was engaged. Hampton White with whom he was acquainted during this service is alive & by whom he expects to prove that he was engaged the said tour, he was engaged during the Revolutionary War in one other tour under Capt o Mason Foley. This was Company of Cavalry raised in the County of Fauquier for the term of three months. But in this Company he cannot state how long he served as he returned home by permission of a certain Col o Moore & did not again enter the service but substituted, for the other two tours (to wit) one of three months & the other of six months he claims a pension.
He states he was born in the County of Lunenburg Virginia that when a child his Father removed to the County of Granville N o Carolina. he has no documentary evidence but from the best evidence

he has he is about twenty five years old he settled at the place where he now lives (i.e., in the County of Person State of North Carolina A.D. 1779 & has resided there ever since. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State Sworn to & Subscribed in Open Court John his Wilkerson mark the day & year aforesaid
We James King a Clergyman residing in the County of Person and Thomas Halliburton residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Wilkerson who has subscribed to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy five years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and Subscribed James King in Court Decemr 16 th 1834 Thos Halliburton
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter; and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that James King who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman of persons resident in person county N.C. and that Thomas Halliburton who has also signed the same is a resident of the county & state aforesaid and is a person of credibility and that their statement is entitled to credit
Thos Greene J.D. Ambrose Jones J.D. William Garbrough J.D.

State of North Carolina
Person County
I Charles Mason Clerk of Person County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Wilkerson for a partition
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 16 th day of December A.D. 1834
Charles Mason C.R.
John Wilkerson vs Can 32. 340
Respondent
24 Charles Mason

No 5838, Margaret Wilkerson Widow of John Nola
3 rd Feby 1853

1914. Nov. 17: History to Mrs A. W. Wille. M.B.H.
1915. Mch 13: History to Mrs K. P. B. Bonner. M.B.H.
1932. July 20. Hist. to Hon. Q. L. Bulwinkle. See corres. in Rev. chn. of Lazarus Tilley. W. 6290.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 261042
Margaret Pilkerson wid. of John Pilkerson Phil. Pa. war
Act Feb 3 rd 1853.
Index: Vol W , Page 346
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mrs. A. W. Wells, 1426 Webster St., Washington D.C.
Nov. 16.
(Personal request)

Morehead City, N. C.,
March 5, 1915.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Washington City,
Gentlemen:-
Please send me a statement of the Military history of JOHN WILKERSON aged 81 who was on the pension list of Posen Co. N. C. in 1840 for service in the Revolutionary War.
Yours truly,
Wm. H. P. B. Bonner

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Wilkerson a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. W 260421
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1776 3 mos Pvt James Saunders Joseph Taylor N.C.   1778 6 mos Richard Taylor Archibald Lytle   ✓ 3 mos. Mason Foley Moore  
Battles engaged in, Battle of Guilford Court House
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Granville Co. N.C.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 16, 1834. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Person Co. N.C.
Age at date of application, 75 years. Born in Lunenburg Co. Va.
Remarks: He married in Person Co. N.C. Nov. 10, 1836 Margaret (Peggy) Jatum, he died in Person Co. N.C. Mch. 17, 1846 and she was allowed pension on an ap. executed June 19, 1855 while a resident of Person Co. N.C. aged 75 years. There is no further family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Brief in the case of Margaret Wilkinson widow of John
County and State of N Carolina
act 3 Feb 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Her husband was a pensioner under the act of June 7 1832 at $20 a year (pension found in his papers)
Record of marriage
Her identity as the widow of the pensioner, his (If for increase.) death & her present residence
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Proof by Matthew Nelson & W Patterson,
proof of citizenship,
Name and residence of Agent
John King, Esq.,
Present
Merlin D. Smith Examining Clerk.

Margaret Melkerson widow of John
Perry Co Nova
adm. Feb 3 1853
60 mo pri $20
per annum from
3 rd Feb 1853
Cert to S m Knight Esq Present

Washington
June 23 d 1855.
Hon D. P. Waldo
Court of Pensions. } Sir:
I have the honor to enclose here = with the declaration of Margaret Wilkinson, widow of John late of Ct. Co. a pensioner under Act of 1832 at $20 per annum, for a Pension under Sect 3 d February 1853. I also enclose proof of marriage.
Very respectfully Your obt servt, D. M. Knight, By J. H. T.

Gasboro N.C. June 24th
Free
45-
William C. Price
Department of the Interior Washington City D.C.
45 3/4

M. C. C. Margaret Wilkinson wife John June 22/82 Diplet June 25/85
Hon. E. P. Waldo. Court of Pension's Present.

24 Dec 1897. Claim of Margaret Wilkerson widow of John Wilkerson war of the Revolution act of March 3 1855-
C.S. Winstead atty. Roxboro. N.C.

State of North Carolina Pirson County 3.
on this the 6 day of July AD 1855- before me, the undersigned a Justice of The Peace, authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Thomas William Daniel J. Gillis resident of the County and State aforesaid. Known to me as credible persons, who made oath, in due form of law, that Morgart Wilkerson who in their presence, has sworn and subscribed to the foregoing declaration, is, to their personal knowledge, the widow of John Wilkerson the individual man mentioned in her declaration above, and who was late a Soldier of The Revolutionary war and a pensioner of the United States under the act of June 1832- That they were acquainted with the said John Wilkerson having known him for years previous to his death - that the said John Wilkerson and Morgart Wilkerson lived together as husband and wife and were united so to be: That their opponents never heard the facts of their marriage disputed or questioned - That the said John Wilkerson died on the seventeenth of March 1846 and that the said Morgart is now a widow - That she has not intermarried with any person since the death of the said John Wilkerson - That they have known her for years years - That they believe the facts set forth are true for they heard from the mouth of the said John Wilkerson - they knew him to receive his pension - they further say that they are disinterested witnesses

Thomas I. Hunfries + D. T. Gillis +
I soon to ann subscribe before me the day and year above written. I certify that I am not interested in this claim in any way.
John Y. Wilkinson J. P.
State of North Carolina Pern County
I Charles Mason Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarters Sessions for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that John Y. Wilkinson Esq. whose genuine signatures appear to the foregoing affidavit and Certificate is now and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court, and subscribed my name the 22 nd day of April A. D. 1886 Charles Mason Clerk.

John Wilkerson paid to 4 Sept 1845 Robert Johnson
Auditor
June 28/55
Stephen D. Nelson W. Patterson

Pen OH. June 27 1855
Sir,
Please inform me when John Wilkerson N.C. Act' 32 $20 a year was last paid
Very Respectfully
R. J. Atkinson Esq. 3 d Auditor
W. L. H.
S. Cole C. C.

5 40.912
5 Rev. Amos

Sept 16. 1845
20
Saml L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington.
Mr Swan

Union Office
Fayetteville Sept 12 th 1845
James L Edmiston Esq r
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir:
Please direct the payment of the m d account.
1832. 18 mo.
John Wilkinson $30
very respectfully
Yours Obediently
James M c Whorter Jt.

Pension Office
Nashville. May 6 th 1844
James L Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir.
Please authorize the payment of John Wilkins pension Act of 1832. 12 mo $20. from Dec. 1843.
I am, respectfully, your Obedt. Servt.
James M. Smith Jt 3

State of North Carolina November 11 th A.D. 1834 Person County } This day Hampton White a per- son of Credibility comes before one of the Justices of the peace for the said County and after having been duly sworn according to law testifies & saith that he was acquainted with John Wilker- son (who is now a Resident of Person N C Carolina) during the Revolutionary War; that he remembers that the said Wilkerson was attached to a Company raised in the County of Granville for the term of six months, that he was acquainted with the said Wilkerson during the service & was well acquainted with the circumstances of the said Wilkerson, so. Swamm in the Savanna the night after the battle at Briar Creek and the said Hampton White further saith that he cannot on account of bodily in- firmity & old age attend Court — Sworn to & Subscribed Before me the day & year aforesaid Hampton his White mark B.H. Milner J.P.

No Carolina Person County } I Charles Mason Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Sessions for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Benj a W. Melvin whose signature appears to the within Certificate was at the signing thereof & is at this time a Justice of the peace in & for the County of Person & that due faith & credit is to be had to all his official acts
In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand & affix my seal of office this 16 th Dec r A.D. 1834
Charles Mason Clk