Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,074, James W Wilkin, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Wilkin, James W.
S 23074
CONTENTS

24.5 50 New York James W. Edmiston  Walker of Orange Levin the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Nichols of the Reg t commanded by Col. Spaulding in the New York line for 6 months
Letter to Pension Agt 29. June '43
Incribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Dec 1833 and Supt A. Wisler Goshen
Arrears to the 4th of Ap. '33 $ 30 Semi-ant. allowance ending Ap. '34 10 $60
Revolutionary Claim, As of June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Leo C. Miles Clerk, Book E. Vol. 4. Page 128. 

State of New York County of Orange ss
On this fourth day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before The Judges of the Court of Common Pleas (being a Court of record) in and for the County of Orange now sitting - James W Wilkin a resident of the town of Goshen County of Orange And State of New York aforesaid aged sixty nine years of age who being first duly sworn according to law, took on his oath make the follow- ing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of the Congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he entered the Service of the States United under the following named officers And Service as herein stated
That he entered in the Service of the Continued  United States in the year 1776 in the month of July as a private and upon the first day of the month under Captain John Nichol in the Six Months Service, that his regiment was com- manded by Colonel Levi Paine - that he mustered in the Town of Wallkill then Atoln Now Orange County And that he first marched to New Windsor Fort Clinton near Fort Montgomery on the North river, then to James Clinton (as near as he can now recollect) commanded at that Place - Colonel Paine was there Lieutenant Wood and

Lieutenant John D. Wilkin was there - Capt Abraham Neely he thinks was there, remain- -ed at Fort Clinton a few days then proceeded down the river near Pechskill in the County of West Chester and State of New York and on the Hudson River - That there were two Companies there besides the Company to which Deponent belonged thinks one of them was Commanded by Captain Coe Underwood John D. Coe was an officer in one of the Companies - The Three Companies were Com- -manded by Major Thompson - a Small Fort was builded here called Fort Indepen- -dence and Thomas Mather was the Engineer remained there until the fall of year - when we were ordered to March to Capt. Nichols Point near New Windsor in the County of Orange, aforesaid - that he does not now recol- -lect Trinity who had the command there - Gen. George Clinton was there and deponent supposes he had the Command - the Troops there were employed in preparing a Plan of Defense which was subsequent used near New Win- -sor Remained there. And in that Neigh- -borhood until the end of the Six Months for which this Deponent had enlisted he was there discharged and returned home having regularly served out his enlist- ment as a private as aforesaid -
That he was born in the Town of Walkill then Ulster now Orange County in the State of New York in the year 1763
That he has a Memorandum taken from

the record in his fathers bible and which he now has in his possession at his dwelling house in the village of Goshen
3 That he lived at Walhalla aforesaid when called into Service and that since the war he has lived for a short time in Walhalla the remainder of the time he has lived at Goshen where he now resides -
4 That he enlisted
5 th That he does not now recollect the names of any other officers than those stated
6 th Never received a written discharge
7 That he can refer to Asa Dunning Stephen Jackson and David M Westcott all re- siding in his neighborhood and inhab- itants of Goshen aforesaid as to his char- acter for veracity and their belief of his having served as a soldier of the revolution
That he cannot obtain the certifi- cate of a Clergyman as required by the rules and regulations of the war department - For he says that the Clergyman to whom he is most familiarly known is now absent from this place - that the one now res- ident here, is almost a stranger and has been but a short time here - And he has made his Service so little a matter of Pub- lic Conversation that although he can obtain many persons to certify as to their belief of his having served in the war of the revolution yet he knows of no persons who are willing to certify that it is a matter of Public Report and belief

That he knows of no person whose affidavits of his actual service he can obtain except John Bell of the Town of Walhalla aforesaid now a Pensioner and James Edmondson a resident of the Town of Cornwall or New Windsor in the County of Orange aforesaid - and to be attached to this Declaration -
Subscribed & sworn to in Court the 10th day of December 1832
JAS WILKIN
Asa Dunning Clerk
And that Deponent further certifies that his name is not on the Pension roll of the Agency of any State and he hereby relinquishes all other claims to a Pension except the Present
JAS WILKIN
Subscribed & sworn to the 22nd day of April 1833
Asa Dunning Clerk
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 stated before Asa Dunning Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Orange
Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James W. Wilkin
for a pension - I further certify that Nathan Westcott and before whom the affidavit of James Edmondson was taken is and was at the time of taking the same a justice of the Peace in and for the said county of Orange and I further certify that Alexander Bell before whom the affidavit of John Bell was taken is and was at the time of taking a justice of the Peace in and for the said county and I further certify that the respective signatures of Nathan Westcott and Alexander Bell are their genuine signatures In testimony whereof I have hereunto
Deponent James W. Wilkin Nathan Westcott Justice of the Peace
Affidavit
At my hand and Seal of Office this sixteenth day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Asa Dunning Clerk

December 21, 1933.
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Mr. Alex. W. Coleman 220 Main Street Goshen, New York
BA-J/ady Ans James W. Wilkin S.23074
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to James W. Wilkin, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.23074, based upon his military service in that war.
James W. Wilkin was born in 1763, day and month not given, in Wallkill, Ulster, later Orange, County, New York; the names of his parents are not designated.
While a resident of Wallkill, New York, he enlisted July 1, 1776 and served six months as private in Captain John Nichols' Company, Colonel Levi Pawling's New York Regiment.
A short time after the Revolution he moved from Wallkill to Goshen, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed December 10, 1832 while a resident of Goshen, Orange County, New York.
It is not shown whether soldier was ever married.
No charge is made for this service.
Very truly yours,
Date of death not on a.B.
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

Orange County ss: John Bell of Goshen in said County be- fore me known to me that he is well acquainted with James W. Wilkins of Goshen in said County and that he was acquainted with him during the Revolutionary war and that the said James W. Wilkins was a soldier of the Revolution and served six months in the same company with this deponent as a private it being a company raised for six months of which John Wilkins was lieutenant, the Captain name this deponent does not recollect and that the Company was stationed at Red Bank near Pockshill in Dutchess County at the time there were two British ships of war in the North River directly opposite where we were stationed, and had our station there to guard them and held night guards every night. This deponent carried the gun, but says it was at the commencement of the Revolution near New York and taken by the British, the Battle of the White Plains and that Washington was taken while we lay there This deponent has ever since then been acquaint- ed with the said James W. Wilkins and believes he is more than sixty years of age.
Sworn to and subscribed the 22 nd day of December 1832 Alex d Bell Justice of the Peace
I Alexander Bell the above named Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Orange Do Certify That I am well acquainted with John Bell the above named Respondent and that he is a person of credibility and entitled to the fullest belief Alex d Bell Justice of the Peace

In The Matter of The Application of James W Wilkin for a Pension under the Act of Congress passed 3 June 7 th 1832
State of New York County of Orange 3 rd ss
James Damonston an inhabitant of the town of Cornwall, in the County of Orange And State of New York aforesaid being duly sworn  affirmed doth depose and say that he was a Soldier of the revolution, of the grade of Sergeant in a Company of Militia That he is acquainted with James W Wilkin above named, who is an inhabitant of the town of Goshen County And State aforesaid That the said James W Wilkin was also a Soldier of the revolution and served as a private in the same Company with this Deponent at New Windsor on the Hudson river and in the County of Orange and in the year 1776 That this Company was commanded by Captain John Nichols That Silas Wood was the first and John Wilkin was the Second Lieutenants That the regiment was commanded by Colonel Paudling That he went in Company with the said James W Wilkin and the rest of the Company down the Hudson river first to Fort Clinton, near Fort Montgomery and after remaining there some time then went down the river to a place near Pechskill in the County of Ulster And State of New York where they built a Fort which was called Fort Independence That there were two

other Companies at Fort Independence the one Commanded by Captain Guerdon the other by Captain Durand. No. then the Col- onel Thompson Commanded the troops at the Fort. (Watchum) was the Engineer that from Fort Independence the returned to New Windsor where they were employed in making and sinking a Shore  river bridge That they were discharged at New Windsor having served a term of six Months - And further that Defendant knows not
Subscribed and sworn affirmed James Edmonston Before me This 31 st day of January  December 1832. Nathan Westcott justice of the peace
I Nathan Westcott the above named justice of the Peace in and for the County of Orange Do Certify That I am acquainted with James Edmonston who has made the above affidavit - That he is an inhabitant of the Town of Cornwall aforesaid, that he is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to full belief
Nathan Westcott justice

Wm Lloyd Edwards Commission of Pensions Washington.

Goshen Colo 16 th 1833
Sir
I forward the papers of James W Wilkins, they were allowed last December but have not been forwarded for the want of a certificate of Alexander Bell the justice before whom the affidavit of John Bell was taken of the credibility of John Bell - Some three or four  Six months since a pension was allowed David Jones who died before receiving his certificate an application was made on the part of his widow for his certificate - I forwarded the papers to you - three months since I have heard nothing from the Department since If the papers have not been received - I wish you would inform me, that, I may forward them anew
Yours Ob d Servt
Nathan Westcott

New York City Pension Agency June 20. 1843
Sir
I herewith transmit for special authority to make payment voucher of James H. Wilkin, to whom a year's pension is due.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant
M c A Stewart
Pension Dept
J. N. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Resolution
23 074 INVALID.
1918, May 29. History to Mr. J. Conkling. For. 1933 Dec. 21. Hist. to Alf. W. Coleman. A.D.Y.
File No. 23,074
James W. Wilkin
Rev Rev War.
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 432
[Arrangement of 1870.]

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of James W. Wilkin 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. S. 23,074.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 1, 1776. 6 mos. Priv. John Nichols Levi Pauding N.Y.                                     
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Wallkill, Ulster Co., N.Y.
Date of application for pension, Dec. 10, 1832. His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Goshen, Orange Co., N.Y.
Age at date of application, 13. in 1763, at Wallkill, N.Y.
Remarks: There is no data on file relative to family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

220 Main St., Goshen, N.Y.
Nov. 28, 1933.
Mr. A. D. Hiller
Asst. to Administrator
Veteran's Admin.
Wash? D.C. Dear Sir:—
I am informed that your office is the proper one for me to write in the effort to obtain a copy of the pension as granted for service in the Revolutionary War to my great-grandfather James W. Wilkin of Goshen, Orange Co., N.Y. If the information is correct may I ask you to send me the copy and shall pay such charge as is made therefor. I have seen a power of attorney which he gave to his grandson Alex. Wilkin for the collection of his

pension; and I am told that a James Wilkin (with out the W) is mentioned in "N.Y. in the Revolution". This information I have from Mr. Robert O. Thompson of Campbell Hall, with whom you have had some correspondence on similar subjects.
Thanking you in advance for your compliance
Yours very truly
Alex. W. Coleman
220 Main St. Goshen N.Y.

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Hon. G. M. Sulzgaber, Commissioner of Pensions, Department of Interior, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly furnish certificate showing the military history of James W. Wilkin, Private, New York State troops. His name appears under Orange County list of pensioners and was placed on pension roll December 20, 1833; commencement of pension March 4, 1831. At time of making application he was 70 years of age.
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