Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 15900, for Vincent Lockman, Other

SERVICE
NUMBER
Lockman, Vincent Christena
R. 15900
Widow's residence Indiana in 1860
CONTENTS

Hon Geo L Matthews Comr of Pensions Washington City DC

Greensboro Green County Ky August 24. 1860
To The Hon Geo. C Whiting Commr of Pensions Dear Sir
I here inclose the claim of Mrs. Lockman the former wife and Widow of Thomas A. Hagan a soldier in the War of 1812 asking for her Dower Land in Right of the Service of said Hagan which if She is Entitled to please forward to me her Dower Land warrant.
Accompanying this Mrs. Lockman also sends her claim for a Pension in Right of the Service of her husband Vincent Lockman in the War of the Revolution which if She is Entitled to please send me her Certificate.
I have the Honor to be Very Respectfully your obedt Servt S. H. Spencer

State of Indiana } Jackson County }
On this 8 th day of August 1860 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly authorized by law to administer Oaths. Christina Lockman a resident of said County aged Seventy the 35 th December next years, who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress approved 3. February 1853. - That she is the Widow of Vincent Lockman who was a Soldier in the United States Service in the War of the Rebellion. She Utes that said Lockman was in and had served in said War long before she intermarried with him and she is not enabled to state particularly as to when or where or how long her said husband served in said War, she has been informed however and believes it true that he served under General Gates and was in the Southern Army and was probably in South Carolina North Carolina or Georgia or probably in the borders of Virginia. She has frequently heard him speak of his Service in said War. She believes if her recollection serves her, that said Lockman served under Col. Marmady probably in his Reg t and said Lockman was as she learned from him taken Prisoner at or near Hillsboro North Carolina, and remained such until he was exchanged and that he served until he was honorably discharged. She believes the time he served was twelve months and tho' in this she may be mistaken. She has

no written Evidence of said Service. She supposes however the name of said Lockman may be found on the Pension Rolls.
She states that her said husband Vincent Lockman some year or two before he died which is now some sixteen years ago or up- wards, had prepared and made out his claim for a Pension and sent it on to the Department. but owing to the infor- mality of the authentication of Evidence & Declaration, it was withdrawn. and owing to the Death of said Lockman it was never again presented. These papers have never been found. They were put in the hands of one Jesse Burrel to prepare. he died & nothing more has ever been seen of said papers.
She was married to the said Vincent Lock- man in the County of Jackson and State of Indiana on the day of March 1829. by one McKinney Carter a Justice of the peace. and her name before her said marriage was Cristina Hagan. her name by a former husband Thomas Hagan. who was also a soldier in the War of 1812 against Great Britain and died after the Service. he served under Capt Gackay Taylor and others & as the believe was with Taylor at Fort Harrison. Indi- ana in Sept 1812. when the fort was attacked by the Indians and the Indians Defeated. her maiden name was Cristina Miller. she intermarried with her first husband Hagan in the year 1809 - he died in the year not recollected after 1811 and after

his term of service against commenced  expired she saw him once about one month after his discharge from the army and never saw him afterward, he is dead and has been dead for many years as she is informed and believes, but can not state the time
that she intermarried with Vincent Lockman in 1829 with whom she lived until he died in Jackson County on the 29 th day of October 1843. leaving her his widow. She is still a widow and have never intermarried since the death of her said husband. Vincent Lockman - no pension has ever been applied for by her at any time heretofore. and none was ever received or applied for by said Lockman except as above stated -
She makes this application for the purpose of obtaining her pension in right of the services of said Lockman. and if it be proper to consider her claim for bounty land. She also asks that her bounty land be also granted to her
her Cristena Lockman
We Joseph G. Shumell and Margaret Miller residents of Jackson County State of Indiana upon our oaths declare that the above named Cristena Lockman who is to us well known subscribed and acknowledged the foregoing declaration in our presence. to her act and deed and we believe from the appearance and statements of said Cristena Lockman that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. we well knew Vincent Lockman, he died about the time stated in the foregoing declaration being in Octo 1843. and from the time of his marriage with said Cristena they lived together as man and wife claimed each other as such and were so taken reputed and considered by all their neighbors and acquaintances. and Cristena has never intermarried since the death of

Vincent Lockman, but is still a widow. The said Vincent Lockman was at all times regarded and reported by those who preferred to be informed, as a Reformational Soldier. we further state that we are in no wise interested in this claim.
Joseph E. Stillwell Margaret her Miller mark
State of Indiana Jackson County
The foregoing declaration and affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first above written & I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons that the Claimant is the identical person she represents, herself to be and I am in no wise interested in this claim.
August 8 th 1860
Israel B Owens / Deaf J.P.P.
State of Indiana Jackson County. Indiana }
I, Daniel St. Lacy Clerk of the county court in and for the county and State above mentioned certify that Israel B Owens whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate is now & was at the date and time of signing his name thereto a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county court this 8 th day of August 1860 Daniel St. Lacy Clerk J.C.

January 26, 1926
Honorable Harry C. Canfield House of Representatives
My dear Mr. Canfield:
In response to your letter of the 25th instant, with the enclosed letter of Harriet V. Payne of Brownstown, Indiana, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim R. 15900 it appears that Vincent Lockman married in March 1829 in Jackson County, Indiana, Cristena Hagan born December 25, 1790, the widow of Thomas H. Hagan to whom she was married in 1809. Her maiden name was Miller.
Vincent Lockman died October 28, 1843 in Jackson County, Indiana and his widow Cristena Lockman applied for pension August 8, 1860 while living in Jackson County, Indiana and alleged that her husband Vincent Lockman was a soldier in the Revolution, but she did not know where, when or how long he served and that she had heard him say he was taken prisoner at or near Hillsboro, North Carolina.
Her claim was not allowed as she failed to furnish

any proof of the alleged service as required by the pension laws.
She stated that her former husband Thomas H. Hagan was a soldier in the War of 1812.
Very truly yours,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
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This letter OK'd by Miss Wilson

HARRY C. CANFIELD
4TH DIST. INDIANA
COMMITTEE: BANKING AND CURRENCY
HOME ADDRESS: BATESVILLE, INDIANA
EVERT W. CROSBY SECRETARY
Congress of the United States House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
January 25, 1926.
Commissioner of Pensions, c/o Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir:-
Enclosed herewith find letter from Harriet V. Payne, of Brownstown, Indiana, in which she expresses a desire to receive the military history of Vincent Lockman, a Revolutionary soldier. The letter gives further details.
I have previously had this matter looked up by the Adjutant General's Office and am advised that no such name has been found on the rolls on file of any military organization in service during the period of the Revolutionary War, therefore, will appreciate any information you might be able to give me as shown by the records in your office.
Thanking you in advance for this information, I am
Very truly yours,
Harry C. Canfield HARRY C. CANFIELD, M. C.
Encl. HCC:EWC
P.S. When the enclosed letter has answered its purpose kindly return.
H. C. C.

Brownstown, Ind. Dec. 14, 1925
Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions.
Can the military history of Vincent Lockman , who was in the Revolutionary war, be found on the records? If so, what would be the cost to obtain it?
My only clue is this - Vincent Lockman served seven years and was on Lord Rawdon's prison ship - a prisoner for four years - in Charleston harbor. Our County history states he came from Kentucky to Indiana about 1810 or 1811. He died Oct. 29, 1843
(Address) Harriet V. Payne
Jackson Co.
Brownstown, Ind.
over

This letter was on my desk to be answered when Mr. M.B.'s letter came with another enclosed from her, which letter was returned to Mr. Baughman.

Cristena Lockman
Pension Claim
In right of Vincent Lockman Lucius R. Lockman was
ad Feb 3. 1853.
Vincent Lockman Ind.
papers returned
original case
Presented by
S. A. Spence Atty Greensburg Ky

No 7. 540.
Christina Lockman widow of Vincent Lockman Indiana.
Let. J. A. Spencer September 12/60
Ans Aug 3. 1853.

RECORD DIVISION
Department of the Interior BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Briefed by A.O.T. Dec. 4, 1911
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant Christina Lockman
Soldier Thomas H. Hagan
Service War 1812
Additional Service _____
No _____ claim, State records _____, 191
No claim, combination records _____, 191
REMARKS:
No 1812 Surv or Widow No OW Surv. or Widow No Bounty Land identified There might be a bounty land if we had some data but There is no Thomas H. Act 50 453
Important, leave in this claim

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
15900
REJECTED
1926-Jan-26- Hist. to Hon. A. C. Can- field for Harriet T. Payne MMTF-
P. O.
Christina Sockman
Service: widow of Vincent
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Rev
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Pension Office, Sept. 12, 1860.
Sir,
I have received the application of Christina Lockman for pension, under act and bills of under act of February 3, 1853. Her declaration is unaccompanied by proof of the service of her deceased husband in the revolutionary war, and we have no evidence of it among the records of this office. Possibly such proof might be obtained if she by applying to the proper authority of the State in which he entered the army.
The application of this claimant for bounty land as the former widow of Thomas H. Hagan should have

have made out separately. I enclose the broken from B.C.
Sept 13
S. A. Spencer Esq. Greensbury Green Co Ky

Commission of Pension Letter

Pension Office, Nov. 4 th 1833.
Sir,
It seems that many years ago Vincent Boeckman, of Indiana, made application for a pension, but his papers being incomplete were returned to his agent, Mr. W. Hill, and have not since been on the files of this Office.
Very Respectfully I should Complain
S. A. Spencer Esq. Greensburg, Ky.