Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6,431, Amos Wilkinson, Continental Navy Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental
Wilkinson, Amos.
S. 6,431
Navy
Penn.
CONTENTS
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5,129  Pennsylvania  Amos Wilkinson Lieutenant 4  Pennsylvania line, 1 year in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War & Continental & Navy  Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 th of April, 1816.   Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th of Dec r 1818 and and delivered to the Hon ble W m Moore, House of Rep s U.S.   Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 4 m th 23/30 94.66 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th Mar 1819 120.00  $214.66
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Beaver bounty, 4 March 1819. continued
vid Let. to J. Wilkinson Aug 1. 1836. copy of dict n sent to Hon G. Frick, Hamilton Co. Oct 8. 1824. Pensions sent to the Hon Mr Moore.

Rep? see letter
d. to Hon. Geo. H. Fritz Jan'y 4th '48.
del. to Hesse Apr 13. 48
Hon. J. Cable 1st October 1852
32,556.
Pennsylvania
Amos Wilkinson, du?
of Beaver Co, in the State of Penn a who was a Capt. Artill y . in the reg't commands by Captain  of the reg't. commands by  in the Penn a .  line for 2 years. P.A.  Pa Continental and Navy Records completed.
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh at the rate of 600 Dollars  Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. V end 11 th October, 1833, when he died.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of April 1867, and sent to W. S. Allison Present
Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-annual allowance ending Payable to Elizabeth Dawson, Mary Dowditch, Mary Thompson, and Boroni Wilkinson, children of said du a . The amount paid under the act of 1818 after the 4th of March, 1831, at $240 per annum, to be { Revolutionary Claim, deducted. { Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D Brown
Clerk
Book E. 2. Vol. 5.
Page 68.

Amos Perkins on
Same as
Wm Little
5129
mailing
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Beaver county of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania On the 18 th day of September 1820 Personally appeared in open court being a Court of record for the County of Beaver Amos Wilkinson aged Seventy five years who being Sworn ac- =cording to Law to the best of his knowledge make the following declaration in order to obtain the pension made by the Act of Congress 18 th of March 1818 of the 1 st of May 1820 that he the said Amos Wilkinson entered into the Service as a Lieutenant in Captain Harnes company in the first Pennsylvania Regiment commanded by John Philip DeHaas in the Spring of 1775 or 1776 and continued to serve in said Regiment until the 15 th of November 1776 during which time he was in the Battles of the Three Rivers the Battle of Lake Champlain that he was there appointed a captain of Artillery in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Procter and continued in the Service until after the Battle of Monmouth and was in the Battles of Brandywine the Battle of Germantown the Battle of Red Bank that he then entered into the Naval Service under Commodore John Barry that he was on Board the Federalist in the action with the General Monk and that he was there served on board the ship Washington Captain Barry which was employed as a packet until the peace of 1783 that he has no other evidence now in his power of his Service except what accompanied his former application to the war office dated the day of the that he was placed on the pension list Pennsylvania agency as will appear by his Certificate dated the day of 1820 Signed by the Secretary of War
And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st of May 1820 I do Solemnly Swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it so as to bring myself within the

provision of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have been in some other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
Schedule of property
one cow
7 Hogs
Kitchen & household furniture not exceeding thirty dollars
Debts due to him not exceeding ten dollars
Debts due by him not exceeding ten dollars
Amos Wilkinson
Declarant saith that he is a farmer but unable to make a living in that way that his family consists of his wife an old woman and one grandchild about nine years old named Benoni
Sworn to and declared before court 15 th September A.D. 1820
Amos Wilkinson
My Friend Bro. H. P. D.
December 30 th : 1820
I certify that Amos Wilkinson resides in the County of Berks in the State of Penn a
Robert Moore M.C.

Pennsylvania Beaver County
I Thomas Henry Southurst of the courts of common pleas for said county do certify that the the foregoing Part and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Records of said court. And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is thirty five dollars. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said court at Beaver the 17 th day of November A.D. 1820
Thos Henry Southurst

Proof is wanting of the claimants having been commissioned as a lieutenant in the Navy
Admitted, if H. Moore will certify as to the claimants circumstances
One year in Lehigh Navy
Hon. R. Moore

Beaver County ss
On the 13 th day of April 1818 before me the Subscriber one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Said County of Beaver in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania personally appears Amos Wilkinson a resident of Beaver County aged Seventy years, who being by me first Sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the late act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval Service of the United States in the revolutionary war, that he the Said Amos Wilkinson, was commissioned a Lieutenant in March 1776. under Captain Josiah Harmer in the first Pennsylvania regiment Commanded by Col. John P. Dehos that he continued to serve in Said Corps or in the Service of the United States until the 14 th day of March 1777. he was Commissioned a Captain of Artillerists in Col Thomas Proctors regiment of Artillery belonging to the Pennsylvania line, that he continued to serve in Said Corps or in the Service of the United States until the month some time in the year 1780 the regiment being considerably reduced, he entered a Lieutenant under Captain Joshua Barney on board the Brig Flyder. All that he continued on board Said brig until after the captured the British Sloop General Monk in the Cape of Delaware, which Sloop was made a packet Ship the General Washington, and Commanded by Said Barney that he was transferred to his and continued until the end of the war, that Said packet brought the Preliminary Articles of peace from Lord Shelburne to the United States in the Spring of 1782 when he retired from further Service, that he was in the Battle of the Three Rivers and several engagements in Canada, and Brandwin and Germantown, in Pennsylvania, that he is old and decrepit and has lost the Sight of one eye and in very reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for Support that his Lieutenants Commission is long since lost and that he hath not been heretofore placed on the pension list by any law of the United States.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.
David Drennan
Amos Wilkinson

I certify that I am well acquainted with Amos Wilkinson and his circumstances and that he is old infirm and very poor, and stands in need of the assistance of the Government Washington Dec. 22 nd 1818.
Robert Moore. M C

I David Drennan associate Judge of the Court of Common pleas for and the County of Beaver in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do Certify that it appears to my Satisfaction that the said Captain Amos Wilkinson did Serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secreta- ry for the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress in Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and caused the Seal of the Court to be affixed the 13 th day of April 1818 —
David Drennan
Enc.

March 20/97 Application of 37482 Benoni Wilkinson one of the Heirs of Amos Wilkinson Decd
act of June 1882
W. S. Allison Pret

The State of Pennsylvania } Court of Common Pleas Beaver County } 3 March Term A.D. 1847-
Be it remembered that at the March Term of the Court of Common Pleas, began and held in the Town of Beaver in said County, on Monday the eighth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty seven, before the Honorable John Brown President of the seventeenth Judicial District of said State. John Carothers and Benjamin Adams Esquires, associate Judges of said Court in said County. Personally appeared in open Court Brno ni Wilkind of said County who being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that he is Fifty one years of age on the seventh day of October next, that he is one of the legal heirs and representatives of Amos Wilkinson late of said Beaver County deceased. that in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832, he makes the following Declaration. that in the month of March in the year 1776, the said Amos Wilkinson his Father, was commissioned a Lieutenant in the Company commanded by Captain Josiah Harmer in the first Pennsylvania Regiment, commanded by Col. John P. Dehos, that he continued to serve in that Regiment or in the service of the United States, until the 14th of March A.D. 1777, when he was commissioned a Captain of Artillery in the Company Regiment commanded by Col. Thomas Proctor, in the Pennsylvania line, - that he continued to serve in said Corps until some time in the year 1780, when his Regiment being reduced he entered the Navy of the United States as a Lieutenant under Captain Joshua Barry on board the Brig Hydoralli, that he continued on board said Brig until they captured the British Schooner "General Monk", which Schooner was converted into a Packet Ship, and called the "General Washington", which was commanded by said Barry, that he remained in the service of the United States, up to the

close of the War. that the said Packet Ship brought the Preliminary articles of Peace from Paris to the United States in the year 1783, when he retired from the Service -
That under the provisions of the act of Congress of 18 March 1818, the said Amos Wilkinson was placed upon the Pension list Roll of the United States, as a Lieutenant, at the rate of Two Hundred and Forty Dollars per Annum, that Declarant is advised and believes that the said Amos Wilkinson ought to have been placed upon said Pension list Roll as a Captain of Artillerists at the Rate of Six Hundred dollars per Annum - that the said Amos Wilkinson died on the 11 th day of Oct. 1833 of old age at his then residence in said Beaver County. that the said Amos died leaving a widow Marcy Wilkinson, who also died on the 14 th day of January 1836, at the residence of her Son in law in said Beaver County. that the said Amos and Marcy Wilkinson, had the following named Children born to them, and who are now living viz. Elizabeth Dawson, widow of Benjamin Dawson Deed. Mary Dowdell widow of Robert Dowdell Deed. Marcy Thompson wife of John Thompson, all of whom live in Col. County Ohio. And the Declarant Benoni Wilkinson - Declarant has often heard his Father relate circumstances relative to the different battles in which he was Engaged, but more Especially the Battles of Brandywine and Germantown - -
Benoni Wilkinson
Also personally appeared in open Court at the time and place aforesaid Thomas Foster of said Beaver County who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that on the first day of February last he was Seventy two years of age, that in the year 1790, he became intimately acquainted with

Captain Amos Wilkinson and Marcy his Wife then residing in Fayette County Pennsylvania near Uniontown, they were living and Cohabiting together as man and Wife, and were so received and recognized as such in the neighbourhood in which we all resided, they then had a family of Children. Some of whom are since deceased - in the Summer of 1795 Deponent removed to what is now called George town in said Beaver County, where deponent has continued to reside ever since that the said Amos Wilkinson removed his Family to George town in the Spring of 1796, when they continued to reside for a number of years - that during the residence of the said Amos and Marcy Wilkinson in George town they had two Children born to them vizt, Benoni Wilkinson who is now in open Court, and present at the taking of this Deposition and Marcy now intermarried with John Thompson who now resides in Columbiana County Ohio - the said Amos and Marcy Wilkinson had two other children Daughters who are living, and also residents of said Columbiana County Ohio, vizt, Elizabeth Dawson widow of Benjamin Dawson Decd. and Mary Dowthet widow of Robert Dowthet Decd. That the said Amos Wilkinson was a pensioner of the United States for a number of years before his death -
THE FATHER
also personally appeared in open court at the time and place aforesaid Benjamin Todd of said Beaver County, who being duly sworn deposes and saith, that in the year A.D. 1804 deponent became intimately acquainted with Capt. Amos Wilkinson and Marcy his Wife then residing in George Town in said Beaver County, they had a family of Children Some of whom are yet living vizt Benoni Wilkinson who is now present in open Court at the taking of this Deposition - and Elizabeth Dawson widow of Benjamin Dawson Decd. - Mary Dowthet widow of

Robert Dowthet Deaf and Marcy Thompson intermarried with John Thompson all of whom, Except the said Benoni reside in Columbiana County in the immediate vicinity of the residence of Deponent, that the said Amos Wilkinson was a pensioner of the United States during the latter part of his life time and further the deponent saith not.
Benjamin Todd
The State of Pennsylvania § I John Braden Present Judge of the Beaver County ss Seventh Judicial Circuit of Said State do hereby certify that the said Benoni Wilkinson the above Declarant, Thomas Foster and Benjamin Todd severally appeared in open Court, and were respectfully qualified according to law, to the truth of the facts set forth in the said Declaration and Depositions respectively - and that they are men of good Moral Character and strictly Entitled to be believed.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this 9th day of March A.D. 1847 -
John Braden Present Judge of the Judicial Dist
The State of Pennsylvania § I Milton Lawrence Prothonotary County ss of the Court of Common Pleas of Said County do hereby certify that the foregoing is original Declaration and Testimony taken in the matter of application of Benoni Wilkinson for the arrearage of a pension due unto the heirs of Amos Wilkinson Deaf - and that John Braden whose certificate is thereto attached is the Present Judge of the Seventh Judicial District in Said State, and that the signature thereto attached purporting to be his is genuine -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my signature and the seal of our said Court at Beaver this 9th day of March Anno Domini 1847
Milton Lawrence
Pro

awt
September 28, 1928.
am
Mrs. E. B. Fritchman, Sebring, Ohio.
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 6431, it appears that Amos Wilkinson was commissioned in March 1776, Lieutenant in Captain Josiah Harmar's Company, Colonel John P. De Haas' Pennsylvania Regiment and was in the battles of three Rivers, Lake Champlain, and Trenton and served until March 14, 1777, when he was commissioned Captain of Artillery in Colonel Thomas Proctor's Regiment and served until in 1780 and was in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown.
In 1780 he entered as Lieutenant under Captain Joshua Barney on board the United States brig "Hyder Ally" was in the engagement with the British ship "General Monk", which they captured and converted it into a packet ship called the "General Washington", which was commanded by said Captain Barney, soldier was transferred to this ship and continued to served on it until the spring of 1783, when he retired from the service.

COPIED BY ADY
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 13, 1818, while a resident of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, aged seventy years. He died in said county October 11, 1833.
Soldier's widow Marcy (maiden name, date and place of marriage are not stated) died January 14, 1836.
The following children were living in 1847: Elizabeth, widow of Benjamin Dawson; Mary, widow of Robert Dowthit; Marcy, wife of John Thompson, all of whom were living in Columbiana County, Ohio; and Benoni Wilkinson of Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
In 1820, a grandson, Benoni, is referred to as nine years of age, his surname is not given.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.

Apr. 19 th 1903 M ch . Hist. to S. Carpenter Thompson, Jacksonville, Fla. Mrs. C.
Apr. 14, 1905 His to Capt. J. C. Huntzell Sebring Ohio
1910 M ch . 2 Hist. to Martha a. McElhesney, V.P.M.
1917 July 6 Hist. to Mrs. C. B. Finnerock
1928 Sept. 28- " " Mrs. E. B. Fitterman
Reutner
6431 INVALID.
File No. 6431
Amos Wilkinson
Capt. Arty Rec. War
Act: June 9 th /32
Index: Vol. a , Page 409
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Pa. Sea service Records completed June 6/04

JACKSONVILLE, FLA.
February 22 nd 1895
Thompson S. C.
Requests
that a certain record filed in the Pension office in 1846. in the case of the late Capt. Amos Wilkinson be returned or a certified copy furnished.

HEADQUARTERS
DEPARTMENT OF FLORIDA,
Grand Army of the Republic,
not W
Assistant Adjutant General's Office,
11549 Ry
Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 22 nd 1885.
Hon. William Lodge. Commissioner of Pensions. Washington D. C.
Sir
Pa
Capt Amos Wilkinson my grandfather was an officer in the War of the Revolution - In the year 1846 Daniel Mc Cook procured for his heirs. a large amount of back pension - Among the papers filed with the Department was the record of the Wilkinson and Carpenter families. which he cut out of the large family bible. This he took to Washington with the understanding that it would be returned to my Mother. The department declined to surrender it to him.
Can this record or a certified copy be returned to us - we would like to have a history of his services rank & whether he was in the land or naval service.
Very respectfully S. Carpenter Thompson

Jan. 17. 1908.
Dear Sir
Will you kindly send me a copy of the pension papers of Amos Wilkinson. who served as Lieutenant; Then as Captain in The Pennsylvania Troops, also as Lieut. on board ship, during Revolutionary War. I think he was pensioned in yr.
1818
Address
(Mrs) Florence Williams Sweet- Utica 3 Avery Place N.Y.

and how soon
6431

Act.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by Geo. M. Moore
Claim No. Feb 23 1910
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Amos Wilkinson
Service Res.
Additional Service Capt.
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No O.H. I. W. or R. as above except I.F. 6431 Capt. " R.F. 11549 Enlisted in an

Rev. Geo Judd Fort Clinton. S. June 28
Commissioner of Pensions. Washington
Dear Sir -
Am thinking seriously of joining the D. H. R. and am anxious to know if my ancestor - Amos Wilkinson of Penna. - (who enlisted in '76 & acted in the capacity of Lieut. and Captain of Artillery) was a prisoner?
Would also like to know the year in which he was married. Would be pleased to know if you have any record of same. Thanking you in advance. Mrs. C. B. Finefrock
275-N. Third St. Fort Clinton P.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
O.W. & N.Div.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
P. S.
M. E. C.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 1, 1895.
Sir:-
Replying to your communication requesting information relative to a family record supposed to have been filed in this Bureau as evidence in support of the claim for pension by the heirs of Capt. Amos Wilkinson, an officer of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that the pension papers of this officer have been very carefully examined and no trace has been found of the record referred to; neither is mention made in any of the papers of its having been forwarded to this Bureau.
A statement of the officer's military services is herewith enclosed, as requested.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
S. Carpenter Thompson, Esq.,
Jacksonville, Fla.

HARTZELL BROTHERS SHETLAND PONIES
ESTABLISHED 1883
PONIES SHIPPED TO ALL PARTS OF THE U. S. A.
SEBRING, OHIO
December 1st, 1927
Dept. Interior Commissioner
Dear Sir, -
Will you please send to me a copy of the record of one AMOS WILKINSON, Lieutenant and Captain of Artillery in the REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
I am told the record is to be found in the Old War and Navy Division of the Interior Dept. In Heitman's Heitmans Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army. Also in the Archives of the State of Pennsylvania.
I -being interested, since Captain Wilkinson was my Great-great-Grandfather and so eligible to be a D.A.R.
Very truly yours,
Lee Hartzell Fitchman
(Mrs. E. B. " )

Denver, Colo. Feb 12th 1910.
To the Pension Department, Kindly give me the following information, about Captain Amos Wilkinson, who was in Continental Army in 1776 to 1779. Who did he marry? When was he married? Where was he married? Where was was his home? When did he join the Army. How long was he in Army. Did he receive a pension Please give me all data. as I am his great grand daughter. and am desirous of joining the daughters of Revolution. Respectfully
Miss Martha A McChesney 547 book st.
Denver, Colo.
P.S. If the pension Department cannot give data, please tell me where to find such information. M A McChesney

as contained in his (or his widow's) application in this Bureau. Amos Wilson
en-
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Feb. 1776 Feb. 1777 Lieut. Josiah Harmar John P. De Graaf Penn.   March 14, 1777 1780 Capt. of Artillery Thomas Proctor   1780 1783 Lieut. Joshua Barney on board the   U.S. brig Hyder Ally was in the action with the General Monk which they captured and converted into a packet ship called the General Washington which was commanded by said Barney. Soldier was transferred to this ship and continued thereon until the Spring of 1783 when he retired from service.  
Battles engaged in, Lake Champlain, Trenton, Brandywine, and Germantown
Residence of soldier at enlistment, 1
Date of application for pension, Feb. 13, 1811
Residence at date of application, Beaver Co. Penn.
Age at date of application, 70 years old John H. ... in Beaver Co. Penn.
Remarks: Soldier's widow Mary died Jan. 1816. Children living in New Jersey. The widow of Benjamin ... Mary widow of Robert ... Mary wife of John ... back 7-1796 ... Benoni ... 2. child's Columbia Co. Pa. ... named Benoni 9 years of age is referred to
Very respectfully...

BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Amos Wilkinson , a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  LENGTH OF SERVICE.  RANK.  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  STATE.    CAPTAIN.  COLONEL.      2 5 2 5 Lieutenant 1st Pa Battery, 5th 0th January 1776; 1st Lieut 4th May 1776; Captain 4th Continental Artillery 1st March, 1777; Resigned June 7, 1779. He then enlisted as a Lieut on          Battles engaged in Three Rivers, Brandy & Germantown  Residence of soldier at enlistment, Prov. Beaver Co Pa.  Date of application for pension, April 13, 1818  Residence at date of application, Beaver Co Pa  Age at date of application, 70  Remarks: He died Oct 11, 1833 and his widow, Marcy, on Jan'y 14, 1836
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

the ship "Hyder Ally" and served until the capture of the "General Monk"; transferred to the "Glenart" (which had then been changed to a packet ship and renamed the "Gen Washington") and served to the close of the war.

To what time was Lieutenant Amos Wilkinson, Pennsylvania Roll, act 18 th March 1818, last paid?
J. L. Edwards April 13. 1847
Died 11 th October 1833
Paid to his death,
B. L. Bryan

Department of State Washington April 12. 1847
James L Edwards Esq Comm te . of Pensions
Sir,
In compliance with your request I have caused the Washington Papers to be examined for evidence of the service of Amos Wilkinson in the army of the Revolution, and have to report that: in a return of the Pennsylvania Regiment of Artillery, commanded by Col o Procter, dated April 3 rd 1779, Amos Wilkinson is reported as a Captain - date of Commission, 14 March 1777.
I am Sir, very respectfully
Your Obed t serv t .
James Buchanan

Sir Haverhill Ohio. Sept 27/46 The widows of Thomas, John & Gideon Simonton of Ohio, and the widow of the late Jonas Wilkinson of Beaufort Pa desire to be placed on the pension roll of Pa, and to enable them to do must have certified copies of the papers upon which their husbands were pensioned. Will you be pleased to furnish them to me in as short a time as convenient? - Yours &c
Dear Edward Comp. of Pensions Washington D.C.
Geo. Thies

Amos Wilkinson
Pa D 32 Aug
Hon. J. L. Colwell
Interior Dept.
Washington D.C.
J. Calfee
W.G.

Wilkinson

Sir:
No Rep. Dec 20/87
Will you be pleased to furnish me a reply to the enclosed letter?
Respectfully Yours and Snt
Geo. Fries
Col Edward Comp: Printing

Hall of Reps.
Washington, Sept. 25 th '57.
Hon. J. S. Edwards.
Sir: Will you do me the honor to have me informed whether Amos Wilkinson, of Beaver Co. Pa., who was paid his pension at Pittsburgh, had received his pension up to his death, which occurred in 1833? And, as he had served both upon land and water, whether his pension was for revolutionary services in the Army, or in the Navy?
With considerations of high esteem, &c.
J. Gable

Amos Wilkinson, decd. who was a Captain in the Penn a Artillery, 2 years -
Act 7 June '32
Issue a certificate payable at Pittsburgh Philadelphia from 4 March 1831 to 11 th October 1833, when he died, to be paid to his children
Elizabeth Dawson, widow of Benjamin Dawson, Mary Dowthit, widow of Robert Dowthit, Mary Thompson, wife of John Thompson, and Benoni Wilkinson -
$600 per annum: deduct what was paid under act of March 1818 after 4 March '31
Cert: to W. S. Allison Present

Amos Wilkinson P. 600 p. an m act June '32 Am t paid (due date) ? To whom paid ?
W. Hagner
Go Wm Crump
§937. Paid to Daniel M c Cook Netty of the Shilbrough after deducting former pension at the rate of $20. per month

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7 th June 1832, Amos Wilkinson, dec d . late of Pennsylvania, who was a Captain of Artillery, in the Revolution, was entitled to a pension at the rate of Six Hundred Dollars per annum; and having died on the 11 th October, 1833, the amount due, from the 4 th of March, 1831, to the 11 th of October, 1833 , time of his death, is payable to Elizabeth Dawson, Mary Dowditt, Mary Thompson, and Benoni Wilkinson, children of said Amos Wilkinson, dec d . The amount heretofore paid after the 4 th of March 1831, under the act of 1818, at $240 per annum, is to be deducted.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 13 th — day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven.
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. §
Commissioner of Pensions.