Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3202 And S. 40710, Ichabod Wilkinson, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Wilkinson, Ichabod
W 3202
Anna Taylor
and S. 40710
CONTENTS

Pennsylvania. 4473.
Anna T. Wilkinson
widow of Ichabod Wilkinson who died on the 12 th August 1817 of Erie Co. in the State of Penn a who was a Private in the Co. commanded by Captain Warner of the Reg. commanded by Col. Swift in the Revolution time for 2 years - connected with
Rep d
Inscribed on the Roll of Philadelphia at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of June 1847 and sent to Wm. a Gulbraith, Erie, Penn a
Arrears to the 4th of March 1847 $1200. Semi-annual allowance ending Sept. 40.
$1240.
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 rd
Recorded by D. B. Wood Clerk, Book C. Vol. 1. Page 101

13,023 Ohio
Ichabod Wilkinson
of Butler Cy in the state of Ohio who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Swift of the Conn. line, for the term of 3 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 27 of May 1819.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 of July 1819 and sent to Robert Taylor Judge, Hamilton, Ohio
Arrears to 4th of
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819 $ 26.35 3 m. 5/31 4/30
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

2 Ichabod Wilkerson
Connect line
Col Swift
24 Feb 7 (17) War
discharged August 1700
Waynes, cy
Correct by Roll

State of Ohio
Butler county ss. On the 27 day of
May A.D. 1819 before me, Robert Taylor an associate judge for the county of Butler in the State of Ohio for the court of common pleas. Personally appeared Ichabod Wilkinson age forty five years of age on the 4 th day of November in the year 1818 who being duly sworn by me on his oath doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit 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 that some time in the month of April in the year of our Lord 1777 at New Milford in the county of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut he enlisted to serve as a private soldier for the term of three years into the company of Captain Elizer Warner in the regiment commanded by Colonel Herman Swift in the Brigade commanded by General Huntington he marched from New Milford to Danbury from thence to Redding from thence to Pickett's hill They remained at the last mentioned place during the major part of the next number after the aforesaid enlistment They then crossed the North river at Kings ferry & went to Haverstraw & to Poughkeepsie he does not recollect to which of the last mentioned places he arrived at first from thence to Elizabeth Town

New York to Mount Holley to White Marsh from there to Germantown where he was engaged in a Battle from there to Valley Forge where he remained principally during the winter, he passed the first winter after the said enlistment at Redding in Connecticut the second in the Highlands the third at Valley Forge he was engaged in the battles of Monmouth & Germantown the winter he was discharged at Valley Forge in the year 1780 General Huntington being absent from the camp he was honored discharged by Colonel Bradley by whom his written discharge was signed the said Schabod declares under oath that he faithfully served the United States during the aforesaid term of three years immediately after said enlistment Captain Elias Warner became sick & resigned Lieutenant Ebenezer Hill was promoted to the rank of a captain & commanded the aforesaid company until this applicant was discharged the aforesaid service was performed under the command and in the regi- ment  brigade of General Huntington the said service was also performed on the continental establishment in the revolutionary war and against the common enemy the aforesaid written discharge has been taken from this applicant & he believes it to be at the town of North East in the state of Pennsylvania that he procured

said discharge to be  was recorded by the town clerk of Helford in the state of Connecticut in the year 1780 This applicant further states that he has no other evidence now in his power of having performed the aforesaid services This applicant further states that from the infirmities of old age poverty and from his reduced circumstances in life he absolutely stands in need of the assistance of his country for support & that he now renders in Butler County State of Ohio sworn to & subscribed Edward Wilkinson before me this 9 th of Feb y 1888 M c Taylor
State of Ohio } Butler County } ss
I Robert Gayor one of the associate judges of the court of common pleas for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that I am satisfied from the foregoing declaration that the applicant Ichabod Wilkinson did serve as a private soldier in the brigade of Colonel Huntington in the Connecticut line on the continental establishment during the revolutionary war against the common enemy for the term of three years as set forth in the preceding declaration I do also certify that I am satisfied from the foregoing declaration and from the enclosed deposition of Joseph Van Horn who is a man of respectability truth & veracity that the said Ichabod from his reduced circum- stances in life absolutely stands in need of the assistance of his country

for support of the said records in the county of Butler aforesaid May 27 th A.D. 1819
Robt Taylor (as)
The State of Ohio Butler County
I John Reily clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Butler aforesaid do certify that Robert Taylor Esquire before me the deposition within stated was taken in at the taking thereof in the presence of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas and that to all his Official acts as such full faith and credit is due and ought to be given
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Official Seal at Hamilton the first day of June One thousand eight hundred and Written John Reily
Seal of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Butler

Erie Co.
Capt. Warner ~
Col. Swift ~
d. 12 Aug. 1817.

Schabod Wilkinson & Anna Taylor was joined in Marriage
I, Jared Bostwick town Clerk of the town of New Milford in the county of Litchfield and State of Connecticut do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of an entry on the record of the said town of New Milford with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows, April 13 th 1775.
Jared Bostwick Town Clerk
I Jared Bostwick above named do depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town of New Milford in the county and state aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town of New Milford with the exception above named as certified by me.
Jared Bostwick Town Clerk
Sworn and subscribed before me this 10 th day of December A.D. 1846.
Clerk of the town of New Milford,
J. B. Harrison Justice of the Peace.

State of Connecticut, } Litchfield County ss. }
I Fred k D. Bleeman Assistant Clerk of the Courts of Litchfield County, State of Connecticut do hereby certify that the within named J. B. Harrison is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county and that the signature (annexed to the certificate on the preceding page) purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County of Litchfield this 11 th day of December A. D. 1846.
Frederick D. Bleeman Assistant Clerk of the Courts of Litchfield County.

6,901
Anna T. Wilkinson wid. of Schabod - Penna
act 4 July, 1830
m. 75-8'17.
Adms Dyary p'u $80 00 pr an from 4 March 1831
Schabod McClellan died 26 July 1827 in Can Warren Co Penna Infant buried in Churchyard
W. A. Galbraith, Esq Erie, Penna

State of Pennsylvania { Erie County { p.
On this eighth day of February in the year A.D. eighteen hundred and forty seven personally appeared before me John Brawley one of the Associate Judges in and for the county of Erie and duly empowered and commissioned to administer oaths, Anna Taylor Wilkinson aged ninety years and seven months a resident of Greenfield township in said county, who being first duly sworn by me according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by act of Congress passed the 4 th day of July 1836, and that of 7 th July 1838 entitled An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows; and also, that of 3 rd March 1843 That she is the widow of Ichabod Wilkinson who was a private in the Connecticut line of the Revolutionary Army. That said Wilkinson enlisted in the month of December in the year seventeen hundred and seventy five in Captain Warner's company at New Milford in the state of Connecticut. That to the best of her recollection Captain Warner's first name was John. Said Wilkinson served under Captain Warner about a year when Captain Hill took command and the remaining two years were served under him. Said Wilkinson was discharged in the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight in the month of December and remained at home until the March following when she again enlisted under a Captain whose name she does not now remember and served six months. Said Wilkinson was at Valley Forge

with Washington and was at the taking of St Johns. She has heard her husband speak of being in several engagements but cannot now recall the names. The said petitioner has no documentary evidence to support her claim. Her husband died away from home and she has none of his papers.
She further declares that she was married to the said Ichabod Wilkinson on the 13 th day of April in the year seventeen hundred and seventy five at New Milford in the State of Connecticut and that her husband the aforesaid Ichabod Wilkinson died on the 12 th day of August in the year eighteen hundred and seventeen.
Anna Taylor her X Wilkinson mark.
Sworn and subscribed to on the day and year above written, before
John Brawley Assistant Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Fair County
I John Brawley do hereby certify that the above named Anna Taylor Wilkinson whose signature or mark is appended to the foregoing affidavit is so much infirmed by age and disease that she can not be moved so as to attend court which is held at the distance of 21 miles from her residence. She could not be taken to Court with any safety as her condition is such that she cannot be moved from the house where she lives. I also certify that I am acquainted with the above named Anna Taylor Wilkinson and have known her for the last thirty years. She has always during that time been reputed and considered as the wife of Ichabod
Wilkinson now deceased, and remains his widow and unmarried.
John Brawley Assistant Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Fair County

State of Pennsylvania Erie County ss
I, Wilson King Notary Public and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Erie in the state of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that John Brawley is one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County duly commissioned and empowered to administer oaths and that the signatures attached to the foregoing declaration and certificate and purporting to be his are genuine. In tes- timony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County of Erie this eleventh day of February in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty seven.
Wilson King No By King

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
MCS:LB
July 25, 1930
Mrs. E. G. Bommell
Hillsboro, Indiana
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 40710, that Ichabod Wilkinson was born November 4, 1758. place not stated.
He enlisted at New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, in April, 1777, and served three years as a private in Captains Eleazar Warner's and Ebenezer Hills's Companies, in Colonels Heman Swift's and Bradley's Connecticut Regiments. He was in the battles of Germantown and Monmouth.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 27, 1819, at which time he was a resident of Butler County, Ohio.
He died in March, 1825.
The soldier married April 13, 1775, at New Milford, Connecticut, Anna Taylor.
She was allowed pension on her application executed February 8, 1847, at which time she was aged ninety years and seven months and was a resident of Greenfield Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania.
There are no further data relative to the family of Ichabod Wilkinson.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

V. Anna T. H. & N. 6901 Pence. Letter to Wm. A. G. G. G. G. March 17 - 1847
ad 4th July, 1836

& 1812 Wars Section el
This history is written prior to Consolidation with widow's claim H. 3202
December 10, 1928
Honorable Fred S. Purnell House of Representatives Washington, D.C.
My dear Mr. Purnell:
In response to your letter of Decem- ber 7, 1928, relative to information desired by Mrs. E.G. Bonnell, of Hillsboro, Indiana, I have the honor to ad- vise you as follows:
From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 40710, it appears that Ichabod Wil- kinson was born, November 4, 1753, place not stated.
He enlisted at New Milford, Litch- field County, Connecticut, in April, 1777, and served three years as a private in Captains Eleazar Warner's and Ebenezer Hill's Companies, in Colonels Heman Swift's and Bradley's Connecticut Regiments; he was in the battles of Germantown and Monmouth.
He was allowed pension on his appli- cation executed May 27, 1819, at which time he was a res- ident of Butler County, Ohio.

There are no data on file relative to his family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, and possibly the date of death of this soldier, apply to the Records Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C., citing the following data:
Ichabod Wilkinson, Certificate No. 13023, issued July 14, 1819, rate $8.00 per month, commenced May 27, 1819, Act of March 18, 1818, Ohio Agency.
Very truly yours,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

FRED S. PURNELL 9TH DIST. INDIANA
COMMITTEES: AGRICULTURE RULES
Congress of the United States House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
Dec. 7th, 1928.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
With the return of the enclosed letter from Mrs. E.G.Bounell, Hillsboro, Indiana, kindly give me such information as you may be able relative to the service, etc. of one Ichabod Wilkinson or Wilkerson.
Thanking you in advance, I am
Very sincerely yours,
Fred S. Purnell

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VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION
July 25, 1930
Chabod Wilkinson N. 3202
Bonnell Mrs. E. G. Bonnell Hillsboro, Indiana
Dear Madam:
The enclosed history of Ichabod Wilkinson and his wife Anna is to be used in the place of the history that was sent to you December 10, 1928, through the Honorable Fred S. Purnell, House of Representatives.
It was recently discovered that Anna, the widow of this soldier, also filed a claim for pension and the two claims have been consolidated.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner
See a report from Gen. Asst. AG. (by phone) at back of this correspondence

1978 Dec 9 hist to Hon. Fred L. Pinnell for Mrs. E. S. Bonnell, Mrs. 1930 July 25. hist sent to Mrs. E. S. Bonnell, Mrs.
40 710
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 40 710
Schabod Wilkinson
Ed. Mar 1880
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 8 , Page 568
[Arrangement of 1870.]

EW
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 3202
Sarah Wilkinson
Widow
Isaac Wilkinson
Rev. War
Act: July 4, 1856
Index: Vol. M. , Page 337.
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Placed with claim of Isaac Wilkinson - S. 40710 - same man - July 17-1930

A report by telephone from the Records Div., General Accounting Office, July, 1930, stated that soldier stated he had lived in Butler Co., Ohio for four years prior to that time, Sept. 1819 - Soldier died in March, 1875.
No record of names of persons to whom any further payments of his pension were made, no arrears.
FALLS

Erie, Pa., June 4 th 1847.
A. L. Edwards Esq.
I forwarded to the Pension Office two or three months since the petition and papers of Mrs Anna T Wilkinson asking for a widows pension. On the 17 th of March you wrote as follows. "The date of the marriage is satisfactorily established, but the narrative of the service given by Mrs Taylor of her husbands service subsequent to her marriage with him materially differs from the service credited upon the rolls in this office to a person of his name in Capt Wainers company that the Department cannot feel justified in admitting that service to have been performed by claimants husband unless it shall be shewn by the testimony of persons who served with him that he was the identical individual who rendered it."
To obviate this difficulty I have procured the dispositions of several persons residing at New Milford in the state of Connecticut where Mrs Wilkinson enlisted and where he was married. I would direct your attention particularly to the disposition of David Bostwick being the one numbered 2 in the enclosed.
At the time Mrs Wilkinson's statement was taken she was in a feeble condition and her mind wandered somewhat; this will account for any slight errors of memory on her part. The enclosed disposition of Hon John Brawley will establish the fact here stated.
Trusting that the evidences herewith enclosed will be found satisfactory I remain
Very Respectfully
Yours &c
Wm A. Galbraith.

State of Pennsylvania { Erie County } ss.
I, John Brawley one of the Associate Judges in and for the county of Erie duly commissioned and empowered to administer oaths, do hereby certify that I was present when Mrs Anna Taylor Wilkinson's statement was taken, on or about the 8 th day of February last, in relation to the Revolutionary services of her deceased husband Ichabod Wilkinson, and that I administered the oath and certified to the same at that time. And I do further certify that at the time said statement was made to wit; on or about the 8 th day of February last, Mrs Wilkinson was very much enfeebled from age so much so as to be helpless; and further that from her extreme weakness of body and mind she being upwards of ninety years of age and her statement was somewhat confused and difficult to be understood. She articulated with difficulty and her mind was wandering.
John Brawley
State of Pennsylvania { Erie County } ss.
I, Nelson King Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Erie Pennsylvania do hereby certify that John Brawley is one of the Associate Judges in and for said county and

duly commissioned and empowered as such to administer oaths and that the signature to the foregoing certificate pur- porting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county of Erie. This 27 th day of April A.D. 1847 -
Wilson King Pro By King

I Huldah Bronson of New Milford Litchfield County & State of Connecticut depose and say - That I am the wife of Reuben Bronson who was a soldier in the Revolution and that I am now Eighty Eight years of age - and I recollect from personal acquaintance Ichabod Wilkinson who at the time of the war lived in New Milford and for some time after - I know he was in the army  Revolutionary and served there as a soldier - He was married to Anna Taylor about the time the war began - but if I recollect right did not commence keeping house until he returned from the Army - After he came back from the Army I went to his house - He then lived in a house in the south part of this town in a place called the neck - I don't know but he remained there as long as he had in New Milford I have heard my husband (who is now dead) speak of Ichabod Wilkinson's being in the Army but whether he was in the same company with my husband or not - I cannot positively state -
After the war sometime - Ichabod Wilkinson & his wife went away from New Milford I cannot say how many years ago, but I think it was a great while ago - Ichabod Wilkinson was a cousin of my husband & I knew him well - Anna Taylor's parents I understood came from Housatonic the oldest town in our county - There was a number of Wilkinson's in New Milford but they are all dead that I know of -
Ichabod
was older than my husband I believe - He never owned a place in this town & lived in a hired house down in the neck - He was poor, I had talk with Ichabod about the war - but do not recollect anything in particular he said Huldah X Bronson
Signed & sworn to in presence of Julius H. Harrison Jared Bicknell
New Milford March 30 th 1844

Litchfield County, - New Milford March 30 th 1847 Personally appeared Huldah Brown - the signer of the within & foregoing statement and made oath before me that the same is true & correct - Julius B. Harrison Justice of the Peace
I Jared Bostwick witness to the within signature of Huldah Brown do hereby certify that I have known her for a period of upwards of Fifty years and have lived in the same neighborhood with her for that length of time and I know her to be a woman of strict integrity - and furthermore I can properly state that her mind is at present very clear and strong for a woman of her age New Milford March 30 th 1847 - Jared Bostwick
Litchfield County, - New Milford March 30 th 1847 Personally appeared Jared Bostwick the signer of the foregoing statement & made oath to the truth of the same - before me Julius B. Harrison Justice of the Peace

I David Bustmick of New Milford County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut depose and say that I am now Eighty six years of age and that I was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War and now draw a pension for my services - that I was personally acquainted with Ichabud Wilkinson at the time of the war and for a number of years after the close of the war - I know I Wilkinson was in service in the war but he was not a member of the same Company or Regiment with myself - I think I Wilkinson served in Col Heman Swifts Regiment in Capt Elizer Warners Company - Ichabud Wilkinson married Anna Taylor I think about the time the Revolutionary War commenced - he & his wife Anna lived in a house then called the Saml Carrington house in the town of New Milford - I went to this house & saw them there, living as man & wife after I returned from the war - I lived in the time of the war & after almost a mile and a half from Ichabud Wilkinson's residence, & used to call in there on my way to New Milford village, after I came home from the war. I recollect of being there with young people on a visit when we talked over what happened during the war, we were soldiers in - Anna Taylors parents came from Winstbury one of the oldest towns in our County - The Regiment I was in lay adjoining Col Swifts while I was in service, & the Soldiers from New Milford in both, used to see each other at times - Ichabud Wilkinson and his wife Anna removed from

New Milford something over fifty years ago - I went out as I understood somewhere near Cuyuga Lake - He has been back to New Milford once since then, I came to my house and staid over night - I never knew any other Ichabod Wilkinson but the one spoken of within a who married Anna Taylor I was well acquainted with both of them & knew their parents =
Dated at New Milford April 7 th / 1847 -
Subscribed & sworn to
Daniel
his mark
Bestwick
in presence of
Julius B. Harrison
Gideon Hull
Litchfield County ss. New Milford April 7 th / 1847
Personally appeared Daniel Bestwick subscriber to the above & foregoing statement a true & correct the truth & correctness of the same before me. Julius B. Harrison. Justice of Peace
Bestwick states in his declaration that he enlisted for 3 years under Col. Bradley from New Milford - he was well acquainted with Wilkinson who was from the same town.

I Abigail Williams of New Milford County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut depose & say that I am now in my Seventy first Year and that when I was about twelve years of age as near as I can recollect Ichabod Wilkinson who married Anna Taylor went away from New Milford & I have never seen him since - I have some faint recollection of his coming to my fathers house on this town with his wife Anna - I have heard people say that Ichabod Wilkinson was a Soldier in the Revolutionary war - I think I have heard Nathan Mygatt (a man who was in the war & who is now dead) say that he was with Mr Ichabod Wilkinson in the war - and that Mr Wilkinson was a short man & he was put forward of him (Mygatt) so that he (Mygatt) could shoot over his (Wilkinson's) head - I do not remember any other person in particular who has talked with me respecting Ichabod Wilkinson's being in the war - but I think most of what I heard was when I was young - a great many years ago. The above statements are correct according to my recollection I do not know when Ichabod Wilkinson was married to Anna Taylor but suppose it was about the time the war commenced - I never knew any other Ichabod Wilkinson but the one spoken of - & further I cannot state - Dated at New Milford April 6 th 1847 -
Signed & sworn to
Abigail Williams
in presence of
William Williams
Julius B. Harrison

Litchfield County ss New Milford April 6 th 1847 Personally appeared Abigail Williams subscriber to the within & foregoing statement & made oath to the truth & correctness of the same - before me Julius B. Harrison Justice of Peace
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } ss. Litchfield. LITCHFIELD COUNTY, }
I Fred k D. Beeman Assistant Clerk of the COUNTY COURT of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Julius B. Harrison of New Milford in said County is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and by Law authorized to administer OATHS and to take the acknowledgment of DEEDS. And that his commission was dated on the 19 th day of June A. D., 1846 and will expire on the 20th day of June, A. D. 1847, and that the signatures to the accompanying instruments, purporting to be his, are genuine
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this 13 th day of April A. D. 1847
Frederick D. Beeman Assistant Clerk

Erie, Pa. February 11. 1847.
J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioners of Pensions.
I herewith enclose to you the papers of Mrs. Anna T. Wilkinson asking for a Pension. You will please to have them examined and if any further proof is necessary I will endeavour to procure it at once.
Mrs Wilkinson has no proof here of her husband's services other than tradition in the family and neighborhood. I presume however that his name will be found on the muster rolls in your office. If it is not found there we may perhaps find proof by sending to the neighborhood where he enlisted in Connecticut. I hope however that the name is recorded and that no further proof will be necessary.
Be kind enough to let me hear from you soon.
Very Respectfully
Truly Yours Wm A. Galbraith.
I noticed recently that new rules had been adopted at your office, among others that the Clerk of the Court must certify the date of the Justices Commission, this rule to take effect on all papers executed after the 1 st January 1847. You will observe that the paper (from Connecticut) was executed on the 18 th December 1846 , and will consequently not come within the rule.

State of Ohio Butler County J.S.
Before the subscriber Robert Gaylor an associate judge for the county aforesaid personally appeared Joseph Van Horn who being duly sworn according to law deponeth & saith that he is well acquainted with the circum- stances in life of Ichabod Wilkinson now present & that the said Ichabod from his reduced circumstances in life stands in need of the assistance of his country for support & that the said Ichabod lives in the county of Butler aforesaid sworn to it subscribed before me this 27 th May 1819
Robt. Gaylor
Joseph Van Horn