Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8,018, for John Lamkin, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Lankin, John Lampkin, Lankin.
W.8.018
CONTENTS
Mary

4676.
Virginia Pensions
Mary Vampkin widow of John Vampkin Va who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of May 1844 and sent to
Philip Roberts Wheatley Pa
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 150 Vol. 1 Page
Let to Hon S. Chillan Jan 2, 1844.
Reported
Letter to J. P. Halliday 18 March 1846.
with Hon J. S. Pendleton June 4 1846
do not use

4823 Virginia Roll.
John Lamkin
Virginia line
Private
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 7th of April 1818-
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th of Decr. 1818. and sent to The pensioner Casperpean Va.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818. 4m. 28. 30 → 39:46 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4th March 1819 → 48: --
$ 87:46
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
not continental
Served 34 years -
Casperpean Va. -
In tell. of Alfred A. M. Green Rev. dead. See letter to Penagt. Richmond, Aug. 13. 1836.

The Deposition of Philagathus Roberts State of Virginia Culpeper County March 16 1839 This Deponent saith that he has known John Lampkin and Mary Lampkin his Wife for the last forty five or fifty years, That in 1794 and 1795 he managed an estate for his Father in which was Saw and Grist Mill that the said John and Mary were frequently there and were very rich They had at that time several Children and lived together and was called Man and Wife in 1812 or 1813 this Deponent's Wife hired Joanna Lampkin in his family as a Spinner (Daughter of Mary and John) She was then (from appearance) about 14 or 15 years old - In the beginning of the year 1811 this Deponent contracted with John Lampkin and his Wife Mary for the services of himself and his two sons John and Thomas to work upon his Farm they behaved so much better than was anticipated from their idle hab- its, that I made the Old Man an offer 1812 he then in- formed me his son John would be of Age 21 years old in August and he doubted whether he would serve longer I then spoke to young John who said he knew he was of Age that year but if his Father and I bargained he would serve all the year; We bargained, and notwithstand- ing his promise, he left my services in August and has been his own man ever since. He is living in the old Neighborhood now and says he is 28 years old They had two Children older than John viz William and Joanna William died when young Joanna is now living with her Mother, who says she is 50 years old, and I should say from her appearance she was at least that - They had four other Children younger than John all corresponding to make William had he lived 52 or 53 years old at this time - The Old Man was a great drunkard and spent every thing he could get in Liquor the hire of his Children was spent in that way which kept them very Poor, had they not been married the Children would have been his and

under her control and not his, neither would they have been bound for each others contracts, they were always dealt with as Man and Wife, their little Estate was appraised as his - They have lived on this Dependants Estate ever since 1810 three years excepted the Weddace name resides on it and has ever since the death of her husband which was in July 1830 further this Dependant saith not -
Phil s Peabody
Sworn to in open court
Teste
J. Manszy. c.c.

At the March meetings of the Western District you became of the debate and held up Johnson's  letter  to  us  3

Your Brother-in-law is confident that Honorable Brady will do his duty, save for his last days and where the subject of a fair the women's rights of the country may be saved out of your Brother's hands. I think that his Brother with (Brady etc) passed for 3 years in the immediate neighborhood of the North and that all their duties sincerely discharged in Philadelphia, some years after his return home (without a draft) he returned to the Commonwealth he was selected to represent the capital of Lord in Winchester Va where he was exchanged for the remainder of the war, he was also with Col. Nichols at the Battle of the Manassas at the mouth of the Potomac he was a major general before his discharge for 3 years, May the great God of the Universe in his Heaven and Earth the Governor of all men may give you and understandings give you the wisdom to discharge your duties faithfully through the merits of our Lord Redeemer in the Prayers of
Yours Sincerely John G. Campbell Mary Campbell her Heirs Perceus Allen his Heirs
Patton 19. Nov. 1861

Virginia Town
On this 9 th day of April 1818 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the General Court of the State aforesaid personally appeared John Lomkin aged 78 - Years Resident in the County of Louisa in the State aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to Law - doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the 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 the said John Lomkin enlisted in the Year 1778 in the Company Commanded by Capt. Gabriel Jones of the said State which Company part of the first Virginia State Regiment that he continued to serve in the said Capt. and in the service of the United States until the fall 1779 when he was discharged from service in the State of Pennsylvania and that he was in the Battle of Monmouth and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support and that he has no other evidence of his services except the subjoined Certificate just referred to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid
H. Thomas
Louisa County
William Brooks made oath before me a Justice of peace in said County that he was acquainted in the first Virginia State Regt. that the said Regt. marched from this State and joined the main Army of the United States in the State of New Jersey in the fall of the Year 1777 - in which service it continued until the latter end of the Year 1779 and that he recollects that John Lomkin was a soldier in the said Regt. during the said service - Even when they had a shell
John Thompson

Virginia ss Hugh Holmes one of the judges of the General court of Virginia and allotted to the ninth Judicial circuit of which Giles County is a part do certify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said John Lankin 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 before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. Given under my hand. (There being an official seal of my court) This 7th day of April 1818
H. Holmes
Guarantee

June 26, 1939.
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BA-J/00 John Lamkin W.8018
Emilie A. Ward 1212 -4th Avenue, Columbus, Georgia.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Elias, Turner, and Sherwood Fort, of North Carolina and John Lamkin, a pensioner of Culpeper County, Virginia.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such data, it is not possible to comply with your request in full.
You are furnished herein data obtained from papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension W. 8018, based upon the military service of John Lamkin in that war.
The date and place of birth and names of parents of John Lamkin are not shown.
John Lamkin (the name also appears as Lampkin and Lambkin) served under Colonel John Field at the battle of the Kanawha River; during the Revolution, he was in the militia and in the marine service, no details given; he enlisted sometime in 1776, exact date not given, served as private in Captain Gabriel Jones' company, Colonel George Gibson's Virginia regiment, was in the battle of Monmouth, and was discharged in the fall of 1779; he again enlisted, marched to Yorktown, was at the surrender of Cornwallis and guarded prisoners to Winchester, dates and officers' names not given.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed April 7, 1818, at which time he was aged seventy-nine years and resided in Culpeper County, Virginia.

John Lankin died July 20 or 27, 1830.
Soldier married February 10, 1785, Mary Lee, a widow, whose maiden name was Mary Story. They were married by Parson Craig of Fauquier County, Virginia.
John Lankin's widow, Mary, was allowed pension on her application executed November 20, 1838, at which time she was aged seventy-six years and resided in Culpeper County, Virginia. In 1845, her post office address was Wheatley, Fauquier County, Virginia.
Eight children were referred to; the only names shown given are William, who died when young; Joanna, who was living with her mother in 1839, and was then aged about fifty years; John, born in August, 1791, and was living in Culpeper County, Virginia, in 1839, and Thomas Lankin.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of Mary Lankin, widow of John Lankin, W.8018, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Mary Lankin, widow of John Lankin Certificate #4876 Issued January 25, 1844 Rate $80.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1843 Act of March 3, 1843 Virginia (Richmond) Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

War Department.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the act of Congress of the 28 th June 1836, Mary Lamphier, widow of John Lamphier, dec d . who was pensioned for revolutionary services under the act of March 18. 1818, and whose name was dropped struck from the pension list, is entitled to pay at the rate of eight dollars per month from the fourth of September eighteen hundred and nineteen, when he was last paid, up to the twentieth of July eighteen hundred and thirty. H. Day on whom he died.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 13 th day of August eighteen hundred and thirty six.
Commissioner of Pensions
Secretary of War

Culpeper County May 14 1836
The Affidavit of Peter H. Tiptel
This affiant saith he hath known John Lambdin for at least seventy years, that they enlisted in the service at the same time that their services were procured at the same time that they were put on the Pension Role at the same time that they were stricken of at the same time that he has lived in the same neighborhood with Lambdin until his death, that he John Lambdin was married to the Pelistre Mary Lambdin about the year of seventeen hundred & eighty five and that she Mary Lambdin was the only wife he ever had and they have lived together from that time until his death about sometime in July eighteen hundred & thirty
Peter H. Tiptel
Culpeper County to wit
I do hereby certify that Peter H. Tiptel appeared before me Thos. Humphreys a justice of the peace in and for the County a fore said and is made oath to the truth of the above affidavit given under my hand the 14 day May 1836
Thos. Humphreys

Nov 1862
State Virginia Accepted
treasury
Rich. Brown was in the company
Many thanks
121 1/2 100 8 80 1/2 17 1/2 8 1/2 8 1/2 3 1/2 3 1/2
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Jan 200 500 Jan 200 500
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JUNE 7, 1836.
Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
Mr. JANES, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill:
A BILL
An Act
For the relief of Mary Lampkin.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That 3 the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to Mary 4 Lampkin, the widow of John Lampkin, late of Culpeper county, in 5 the State of Virginia, deceased, and who was pensioned for revolu- 6 tionary services, under the act of eighteenth March, eighteen 7 hundred and eighteen, such sum of money as the said John 8 Lampkin would have been entitled to receive had his name not 9 been stricken from the roll of revolutionary pensioners after he 10 was first placed thereon: Provided, That said Secretary of War 11 shall become satisfied, from proper testimony, that the said John 12 Lampkin was in such indigent circumstances as to have been 13 justly entitled to a pension, agreeably to the provisions of the act 14 of June first, eighteen hundred and twenty.
June 27 th Passed by both Houses of Congress -
A true copy
G. West
W. L. Franklin
Clerk of Reps. H. of R.

Pri 181
JUNE 7, 1836.
Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
Mr. JANES, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, re- ported the following bill:
An. act
A BILL
For the relief of Mary Lampkin.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That 3 the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to Mary 4 Lampkin, the widow of John Lampkin, late of Culpeper county, in 5 the State of Virginia, deceased, and who was pensioned for revolu- 6 tionary services, under the act of eighteenth March, eighteen 7 hundred and eighteen, such sum of money as the said John 8 Lampkin would have been entitled to receive had his name not 9 been stricken from the roll of revolutionary pensioners after he 10 was first placed thereon: Provided , That said Secretary of War 11 shall become satisfied, from proper testimony, that the said John 12 Lampkin was in such indigent circumstances as to have been 13 justly entitled to a pension, agreeably to the provisions of the act 14 of June first, eighteen hundred and twenty.
Approved June 28th 1836.
A true copy compare with the roll in the Office
Dep't of State June 30th 1836
Henry Dickson Chief Clerk

MARY LAMPKIN.
[To accompany bill H. R. No. 688.]
JUNE 7, 1836.
Mr. JEANS, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made the following
REPORT:
The Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, to which was referred the petition of Mary Lampkin, report:
'That John Lampkin, the late husband of the petitioner, was a soldier of the revolution, and served in Colonel George Gibson's regiment of the Virginia line, for which service he was pensioned under the act of March 18, 1818, at eight dollars the month, and paid up to the 4th of March, 1819, at which time his pension was discontinued. The Department of War having decided that said regiment was State troops, and not within the provision of the aforesaid act, which decision was reversed in January, 1830, by the Secretary of War, and said regiment again ruled to have belong to the continental line, and most of those whose names have been stricken from the pension roll were restored. Said John Lampkin died July 20, 1830, leaving his widow, the petitioner, destitute of property, and unable to support herself. She now prays Congress to pay her the arrearages of pension due her late husband in consequence of his name having been erroneously stricken from the pension roll. The committee report a bill directing the Secretary of War to pay her such arrearages, upon proof that the said John Lampkin was in such indigent circumstances as to have been justly entitled to a pension under the act of June 1, 1820.
Bair & Rives, printers.

Wheatsville 15 May
18
Dear John M. Patton Washington City

Lime Stone Farm May 15 1836
A few days since I received yours of the 3 rd of May - I have hastened to obtain the Affidavits required from you two Henry Fields & Peter Truitt I hope they will be all sufficient to get their just dues allowed them I could have added mine to the same if it had been necessary - They are very Poor & the Old Woman could not possibly support herself but from a small bounty from the County I have full confidence that you will aid the Poor & distressed all you can in obtaining what justly belongs to them - I have just received Mr Leigh's Speech upon Benton's Expunging

Resolution, I am not personally acquainted with the gentleman, but his character I esteem his Political cause, I highly ap- prove of please present my respect to Mr Leigh, I am thankfull for the present which I prize highly I should also be un- der obligations to you if you would when convenient send me on the different Reports and documentary information in Pam- phlet form the Election of this County is contested both Parties appear sanguine It would be a great thing for these Lunkers if they could obtain the money this Session
yours Respectfully
H F S Phil s Robert

Mary Lambkin
Feb. 2 d 1836
Ref d to the Committee on Rev d Pensions
June 7 1836
Bill reported N o 688
Patton
(Report against)

Mary Sampson wid of John, Va,
Ad July 7 1836
Hon Simon Banks 31 Jan'y 1839. " " " 26 Feb'y "

Certificate issued to the widow, under the act of June 28. 1836 - on the 13 th Aug 1836, for ann t due from 4 th . Sept. 1829 to July 20. 1830, the day of the Pensioner's death, at the rate of $8 pr month
March 19

London M c Vernon St. Dec. 19
Hon. Mr. Waldo Pension Office Washington City D.C.

St. Vincent Ky
Dec. 13/55
Dear Sir,
I notice you requesting to know if John D. Lumpkin (who was  was  discharged  discharged  away  away  last  last  year  year placed on the pension roll) was some  some  years  years since (perhaps 20) placed  placed on the Va. or Tenn. Spencer  himself  himself and son in law Haney says they believe it was so. I don't suppose she could draw the money, my object was  was to see if his him  him can not be entitled to same  same . Would he not have if he served on the continental line a  a for some  some  years  years  during  during the War or in the state line of Va.
Yrs & E. Smith
Please enclose same  same form  form  for  for  him  him if  if  entitled  entitled  to  to  it  it

We the under signed do hereby certify that we have been acquainted with Mary Lampkin ever since we were Boys, while the Wife of John Lampkin who died in 1830, ever since his death she has resided in this Neighborhood and continues to do so at this time we believe that she is the identical Person who drew the five years Pension granted by Congress to the Widows of the Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary War commencing March the 4 th 1836 and ending March the 4 th 1841 and we believe she is entitled under the law to the Pension of 1843 given under Hand this 25 th day of D r 1843.
Casner Wheatley Phil s Roberts Lawson Wheatley

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
April 1 st 1842.
Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Mary Sampson a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th July 1838, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of Sept. 1840, to the 4 th March 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
Glendon B. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
5 years Residence,

Aug. 7 1841.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Mary Sampkin a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va. Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th July 1838 has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March to the 4th September 1840.
Respectfully yours,
Albion B. Harris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office, February 11 th , 1841.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Mary Lambkin, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va. Agency, at the rate of Eighty — Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th July 1838, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of Sept. 1839, to the 1 st March 1840.
Respectfully yours,
Wm. L. Carrig
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Mary Lamphins Declaration widow of John get a pension
Certified Act July 7 1835 Married 1784 died 1830 Allow $80 per ann
Phil p Roberts Stevensburg Gulpe Co Va

Sent to the department at the request of Philagathus Roberts Esqr of Culpeper, with whom you will correspond at Steelesburg Culpeper
E Broadus

Culpeper County Court
June 17th 1839
A Paper writing purporting to the declaration of Mary Sampkin for a pension made before John Thon a Justice of the Peace for Culpeper County Virginia on the 20th day of November 1838 accompanied by the certificate of the said Thon as to the bodily infirmities and credibility of the said Mary Sampkin at the time said declaration was made before him, also a paper purporting to be the affidavit of Peter Triplett made before Thomas Humphreys another Justice of said County accompanied by the certificate of said Justice as to the credibility of said Peter Triplett which affidavit was made on the 28th day of November 1838, Also a paper purporting to be the affidavit of Henry Field made before Thomas D Hansbrough another Justice of said County on the 11th day of December 1838 accompanied by the certificate of the said Justice as to the credibility of the said Henry Field. Also a paper writing purporting to be the deposition of Philagathus Roberts which was sworn to by said Roberts in open Court here, were this day presented to the Court and thereupon the Court doth order that it be certified to the War Department that the said papers were proven to the satisfaction of the Court to be genuine and entitled to be so regarded to the full extent of their purport - And that it be further certified to the said Department that it was proved to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Mary Sampkin did make the declaration in the said paper set forth on the 20th day of November 1838 before John Thon who was at that time a duly qualified acting Justice of the Peace of the County and State aforesaid and that the said Mary Sampkin at the time of making the said declaration was from bodily infirmity unable to attend Court to make the said declaration and that she has always borne in her neighbourhood an excellent character for honesty and probity. That Peter Triplett and Henry Field did respectively make their said affidavits before the said Justices of the Peace on the several days mentioned in said Justices certificates respectively and that they were sworn at the time of making said affidavits men of credit and honesty whose word might be depended on And that the said Thomas Humphreys and Thomas D Hansbrough were at the time of taking the said affidavits acting

Justices of the Peace for the County and State aforesaid, And the Court doth further certify that Philagathus Roberts whose deposition was this day sworn to in open Court here, is a man of credibility and unimpeached character and that his said deposition may be relied on as truth
A Copy,
Teste
F. Maury. C.C.
State of Virginia
Culpeper County to wit
I, Fayette Maury Clerk of the county Court of Culpeper do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the proceedings upon the declaration of Mary Lumpkin which were entered of record in the said court on the 17th day of June 1839 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this 21st day of June 1839
F. Maury. C.C.
I David Jameson presiding justice of the county court of Culpeper do hereby certify that F. Maury is the clerk of the said court and that his foregoing attestation is made in due form of law. Given under my hand this 21st day of June 1839
D. Jameson 11

Virginia
Culpepper County B.S.S.
This day personally appeared before me Thomas Humphreys a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid Peter Triplett a revolutionary soldier aged about eighty two years who being duly sworn stated that he knew John Sampkin from his infancy, that in the war of the Revolution himself & John Sampkin both entered the Marine Service at one time & that they both quit the Marine Service at one time & immediately enlisted in the Regiment commanded by Col. George Gibson for three years & was discharged after having served a full term, in the year 1779 & they were both placed on the Pension Roll at or about one time, & both stricken from the Roll at one time & for the same reason, (Hobbling) & then heard it was because they were considered State Troops, and lastly were reinstated at the same time or about. Given under my hand and seal this 6 th day of June 1835
Robt Humphreys Sca D

The Affidavit of Peter Triflet
This Affiant saith that he has been personally acquainted with John Lampkin and Mary Lampkin his wife long before they were married, that she was Mary Silery then married one Lee and about seventeen hundred and eighty four 1784 or 1785 married John Lampkin they lived in the Neighboorhood from that time untill his death as man and wife and was always considered as such, I never heard it questioned or doubted by any Person, and I believe firmly that they were lawfully married, and I know her Mary Lampkin to be the widow of the said John Lampkin that was placed on the Pension list in eighteen hundred and eighteen 1818 and further your Affiant saith not
State of Virginia Culpeper County
Personally appeared before me Thomas Humphries justice of the peace of the County of Culpeper Peter Triflet and made Oath that the above affidavit contains the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth given under my hand and seal this the twenty eighth day of November 1838

I do hereby certify that I have known the affiant Peter Treflet for the last twenty years and I have always considered that he might be as much depen- ded upon when on oath as any man for truth and correctness given under my hand this the twen- ty eighth day of November eighteen hundred and thirty eight 28 1838
Thos Humphreys
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Mr. Humphreys Esq & consider him to be a Man of great Respectability given under my hand this 17 day of December 1838
John Thorne

H. R. 688.
Mary Sampkin-
M 85. a 1830
vid. let to Thos Sanger 1 aug. 1836
com: on Pensions

The Petition of Mary Lumpkin Widow of John Lumpkin dec d
Yrs

To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled.
The petition of Mary Simpkins of Fauquier County State of Virginia respectfully represents that she is the widow of John Simpkins deceased, who was a soldier of Revolutionary Army and was attached to Colonel George Gibson's Regiment of the Virginia Line, for which services his name was placed on the Pension List of the United States under an act of Congress approved the 18 th day of March 1818, that he received one year's pay of his said pension when his name was stricken from the Pension Roll in consequence of its having been decided at that time that Colonel George Gibson's Regiment was not in the Continental Estab- lishment. Since the death of her husband John Simpkins, it has been decided by the War Department that said George Gibson's Regiment was considered in all respects a Continental Regiment, and several Pensioners who served in said Regiment, and whose names were stricken from the Pension Roll under the first decision have been restored to the said Pension Roll. Your petitioner therefore humbly prays that your honorable body will take her case into consideration and grant her similar relief as was granted to Peter Ingham (who belonged to the same regiment in which her deceased husband served) by the act of Congress approved the 3 rd of March 1835 viz: that she may be allowed the pensions that would have been due her deceased husband from the time he was stricken from the Pension list or rather from the time at which he was last paid up to the time of his decease, and your petitioner in duty bound will ever pray.

Mary Sampkin 560 wid of John 1838
Ad July 7 1838
ll. Phil. Robert Aug 29 1838 paper whi 2

to what time, was John Lankin of Virginia, act 18 March 1818, last paid?
J. L. Edwards Aug. 13. 1836
Paid to 1 st Sept 1819, as appears by the D & C Comptroller's Book,
J. Marshall E. H. C.

District of Columbia Washington City D.C.
This day Philagathus Roberts of the County of Fauquier Va appeared before me a justice of the Peace for the s d City who being duly sworn, deposeth & saith.
That he has been a near neighbor to John Samkin dec d late a pensioner of the United States from 1810 - that he was present when the s d Samkin asserted his claim to the provisions of the act of 18 March 1818 and knows that he was as indigent as the utter destitution of property of every kind could render him - That he is confident that at no time could fifty dollars have been realized by the sale of every thing he possessed - nor do I believe that he had a cow or pig - His support was derived from a small State pension and the contributions of neighbors. That he has from 1810 to the day of his death lived either on my plantation or adjoining it. That I administered on his estate as the law required the administrator, altho nothing was left and that the appraisement & return by the appraisers did not exceed

ten dollars. Such has been the poverty of his surviving widow for whose benefit an act was passed on 27. June last that she is at this time allowed a small sum from the poor rates of the County — and further this Deponent says not.
Phil s Proberts
Subscribed Sworn to before me This thirteenth Aug t 1836 —
McV. Maulder J. Race

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON
November 24, 1931
BA-J/EEL
Mr. John P. Cowan Secretary to Honorable Edmund F. Erk House Office Building Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to John Lamkin, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, W.8018, based upon the military service of John Lamkin in that war.
George John Lamkin(the name also appears as Lampkin and Lambkin) served under Colonel John Field at the battle at the mouth of the Kanawha River; during the Revolution, he was in the militia and in the marine service, no details given; he enlisted sometime in 1776, exact date not given, served as a private in Captain Gabriel Jones' Company, Colonel John Gibson's Virginia Regiment, was in the battle of Monmouth, and was discharged in the fall of 1779; he again enlisted, marched to Yorktown, was at the surrender of Cornwallis and guarded prisoners to Winchester, dates and officers names not given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 7, 1818, at which time he was aged seventy-nine years and resided in Culpeper County, Virginia. The date and place of his birth are not given.
He died July 20 or 27, 1830.
Soldier married February 10, 1785, Mary Lee, a widow, whose maiden name was Mary Story. They were married by Parson Craig of Fauquier Co. Va.
Soldier's widow, Mary, was allowed pension on her application executed November 20, 1838, at which time she was aged seventy-six years and resided in Culpeper County, Virginia. 1845 & 1846
when they were in your service

15. in Ark. 1791 1839 Eight children are referred to; the only names given are William, who died when young; Joanna, who was living with her mother in 1839 and was then aged about fifty years; John and Thomas Lankin.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of Mary Lankin, widow of John Lankin, W.8018, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing all of the following data:
Mary Lankin, widow of John Lankin, Certificate No. 4676, issued July 25, 1844, commenced March 4, 1843, rate $80 per annum, Act of March 3, 1843, Virginia Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator. not of widow's death en AB

Rev. War Section, Record Division.
718018
AW
Feb. 23, 1922.
Mr. John R. Coonan, Chamber of Commerce, Pittsburgh, Penn.
Sir:
In response to your letter of the 22 d instant, you are advised, that from the papers in the claim, File 8018, it appears that John Leekin, or Lakin, served during the Revolution, in the militia and marine service, no details of which are given. He was also with Colonel John Field at the battle of the Kanawha River. He enlisted in 1775, served as a private in Captain General Jones' Company, Colonel George Gibson's First Virginia State Regiment, was engaged in the battle of Bunker Hill and was discharged in the fall of 1775. He was in the service at the Siege of York, names of officers not stated.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 7, 1818, while living in Culpeper County, Virginia, aged 70 years. He died July 20, or 27, 1820. Date and place of his birth are not on record.

The Chamber of Commerce of Pittsburgh
WILLIAM M. FUREY FIRST VICE PRESIDENT W. T. TODD SECOND VICE PRESIDENT HARRY C. GRAHAM THIRD VICE PRESIDENT W. S. LINDERMANN TREASURER JAMES FRANCIS BURKE GENERAL COUNSEL A. G. TERRY SECRETARY
MARCUS RAUH, PRESIDENT
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING
PITTSBURGH STEEL-ELECTRICAL CITY
F. MARSHALL, ASSISTANT SECRETARY D. O. MOORE, MANAGER TRAFFIC BUREAU JOHN P. COWAN, MANAGER PUBLICITY BUREAU R. J. SEAMAN, MANAGER INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE BUREAU H. R. DAVIS, MANAGER AMERICANIZATION BUREAU HUGH CLELAND, CLUB MANAGER
February 22, 1922.
Mr. John H. Wood, Chief, Division of Record, U. S. Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Do you have any record in your Bureau of a pension having been granted to John Lampkin, a resident of Culpepper County, Virginia? He enlisted for service in the War for Independence in Capt. John Green's company in the First Virginia Continental Regiment in 1775, and subsequently served in the Marines and in the First Virginia State Regiment, commanded by Col. George Gibson, remaining in the latter organization until the close of the war. We have a record of his application for a pension sworn before Justice of Peace William Finks, of Madison County, Virginia, and Justice of the Peace William Broadus, Jr., of Culpepper County, Virginia, October 12th, 1825.
Information particularly desired is:
(1) Was pension granted to Lambkin? (2) If so, does record give approximate date of his death and age, if given? (3) If pension was granted to his survivors, and if so, to whom?
I shall be grateful for your courtesy in obtaining this information, and willingly will reimburse the proper party if a fee is required.
Yours very truly,

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Veterans Administration, Records Division, Washington, D. C.

1212 - 4th Ave., Columbus, Georgia April 30, 1939
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen: Will you kindly send me pension records which your files may contain on these Revolutionary soldiers: 1. ELIAS FORT , No. Carolina Line, died Robertson Co. Tenn.; 2. TURNER FORT , 3. SHERWOOD FORT , both of N. C.; 4. John Lamkin , pensioner, Culpeper Co. Va.- 1st Va. Regiment.
Thank you for your courtesy in this matter.
Respectfully,
Emilie A. Ward Emilie A. Ward

Ray  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8018
Mary Lambkin Will John Lambkin Biz. Rev. Nat.
Act: March 3rd 1843
Index:—Vol. 28 , Page 47
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1922 Feb. 23. Hist to John P. Cowan 1923 June 6. Hist. to Mrs. M. P. Percival - Ennui, Md carbon copy of reply in ch. 10009 of Secular Youth - MN 152 1931 Nov 24 Hist. to Mr. J. P. Cowan for Don Edmund F. Evers - Letter in case Daniel Flin - S39526 1939 - June 26. Hist to Emilie A. Ward - ca

I name all men by these presents that I Mary Lamkin of the County of Guilford & State of North Carolina widow of John Lamkin Deed who was a private in the War of the Revolution of the United States & allowed a Pension of eight Dollars per month under the Act of Congress of March the 18 1818 such Pension was suspended on the _____ Day of _____ and the payment never after resumed do appoint and constitute Philip Arthur Roberts my true & lawful Attorney for me & in my name to prosecute demand & receive from the proper Officer of the United States the amount of my said Pension as it should have been received by my said husband since annually from the time of his said suspension to wit from the said _____ Day of _____ to the 27 Day of July 1830 the time of his Death. Agreeable to the Act of Congress passed June the 27 1836 And I do hereby give to my said Attorney full power to proceed in all his acts hereby in the premises granting acquittances & receipts just as it could do in person here & present and do hereby ratify and confirm whatever he may legally do as above
Witness my hand and Seal this the 10 Day of August 1836 sealed & delivered in the presence of _____ Mary her Lamkin (Seal) James Field Notary Public G.W.T. Ralston

State of Georgia Cape Coral
Be it known That on this 10 th day of August 1836 before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the said County, person- ally appeared Mary Lambkin above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act and deed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year above mentioned
Thos. Mansump J.P.
We the under signed have known John Lambkin dead for the last forty years & know that he was in the most intelligent circumstances when he was placed on the Pension list & was poor when he died we also assert that Mary Lambkin who has given the above Power of Attorney is the Widow of the said John Lambkin since under our hands this the 10 th day of August 1836
Phil s Morris Henry Field
Cape Coral Siron and subscribed before a justice of the peace for the said County
Thos. Mansump J.P.
Virginia
J Francis D. Lightfoot Clerk of the County

Court of Culpeper in the state of Virginia aforesaid do hereby certify that Thomas Q. Gansbrough is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 10th day of August 1836 and in the 60th Year of the Commonwealth E. L. Gansbrough

Mary Lambkins Declaration
June 17/12 1839

Declaration of Mary Lamphkin
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the seventh of July eighteen hundred and thirty eight entitled an act granting half pay and Pensions to certain Widows State of Virginia Culpeper County in this the twentieth Day of November eighteen hundred and thirty eight Personally appeared before me a justice of the peace of the County and State aforesaid Mary Lamphkin a resident of the County and State above named Aged seventy six years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth in her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July the seventh eighteen hundred and thirty eight entitled an Act granting half pay and Pensions to certain Widows that She is the Widow of John Lamphkin Dec d who was a Revolutionary Soldier who enlisted and served three years which was prior before the Superior Court of Culpeper County V.A. He was placed on the Pension Role in eighteen hundred and eighteen was stricken off in eighteen hundred and twenty In eighteen hundred and thirty six She drew Dollars by a particular Act of Congress giving her Mary Lamphkin all the money her Husband John Lamphkin would have drawn had he not have been stricken from the Pension Role until his Death at that time 1836 She proved her marriage, the Death of her Husband and her having remained a Widow ever since by the Deposition of Henry Field and John Triplett She further declares that she was married to the said John Lamphkin by one Parson Cagie of Fauquier County V.A. on the tenth day of February nineteen hundred and eighty five that her Husband the aforesaid John Lamphkin died on the twenty seventh Day of July eighteen hundred and thirty 1830 that She was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the birth of her

January seventeen hundred and ninety four 1794 at the time above stated Mary Lampton mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
John Thom
State of Virginia § Culpeper County § /s/ I John Thom a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above named Mary Lampton & that from her Age & Infirmities she is unable to get to the Courthouse of said County without great Fatigue & inconvenience - Given under my hand & Seal this 20 day of November 1838
John Thom

My dear Sir,
1871. The [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]
Sealed & delivered in the presence of us 18th day of December 1858 in the presence of us the undersigned
12. 2. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

1893
Dec 17 1893 New York
va. Mary Simpson ad March 1843
$80 per an
Philip Roberts Spotsylvania va.
Washington City Pennon Agt
Frank Edwards
See

United States of America
Declaration of Mary Lamphkin State of Virginia Culpeper County be it known that before me Wm E G Glassell a justice of the peace for the aforesaid County personally appeared Mary Lamphkin and made oath in due form of law that she is the identical person named in an original certificate from the War Department for five years Pension which certificate was sent to the Hon William Smith to be returned to the War office when she received the last amount of the five years Pension. That she has not married but continues the Widow of John Lamphkin deceased who was a Private in the Revolution and died on the 27 day of July 1880 that she now resides in the County of Culpeper and State of Virginia and has resided there for the space of fifty five years
Joseph M. Roberts
Phil Roberts Robert Lamphkin Mary X Lamphkin Culpeper County Va mark
I do hereby certify that Mary Lamphkin personally appeared before me a justice of the peace for said County and State of Virginia and made oath that the above declaration with her name affixed contains the truth and nothing but the truth
Wm E G Glassell J.P. Nov 26 1883
We the undersigned have been acquainted with Mary Lamphkin years past and know that she is the identical person mention- ed above that she is the Widow of John Lamphkin deceased and that she is still a Widow We are also personally acquainted with Wm E Glassell and know that he is a man and has been for years a Magistrate of the County of Culpeper State of Virginia. They Phil Roberts George T. Wheatley

Dear Sir
Leona Moore Farm Dec 2 1943
You will receive enclosed Mrs Mary Sampson's Declaration which I hope will be satisfactory. I have omitted getting the County Seal and Clerk's certificate that William E. Glaspell is a magistrate of the County of Culpeper. Should you have any doubts upon that subject the Hon. Samuel Chilton (Member of Congress) Representative from this District can fully satisfy you. She is Poor and Helpless and wants every cent she can get.
She would greatly prefer drawing the money in Washington City than Richmond it would be less expensive and equally safe. I hope there will be no difficulty and you will send on her Certificate of Pension immediately. She is much in want.
Direction Cap t Phil t Roberts Culpeper Va
Yours Respectfully Phil t Roberts

Warrenton Va. March 19 /45 Mr. T. Kelly Postdup. Garrison City. for Mary Cunningham N 22. Dec 10th 1/45 Garrison Office.
Mr Ewan

Subscribed to wit-
This day personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace in and for the said County Mr. Mary Lampkin and made oath that she had placed in the hands of Capt Phil Roberts as her agent for drawing her pension who is now dead and that she had called on his representative repeatedly for the original pension certificate which said certificate is mislaid or lost As Witness my hand this 8 th day of March 1845-
Wm E. G. Speed
I hereby certify that this is the same Mary Lampkin who has heretofore appeared before me respecting her pension Wm E. G. Speed
March 10 th 1845-
Sir you will confer upon old Mrs. Mary Lampkin a great favour by forwarding to her a duplicate certificate of pension as she is very needy and the 4 th of March has passed & her pension would be very acceptable address your communication to her at Wheatley Post Office Fergus yours most Respectfully
No 12 Kelly

3.985 / / / / / / / / / /
Henry Dampier widow of John Dampier deceased who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 1831 of England in the State of Virginia who was a private in the ... commanded by Captain ... of the ... commanded by ... in the ... line for ...
Enscribed on the Roll of the Second at the rate of 50 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 1 st day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of March 1899. New Zealand. F. J. Bellamy Esq. Minister of Finance.
Airs to the 1th of March 1833 125 14 6 Semi-annual allowance ending 125 14 6
{ Act July 7 } 1838.
Recorded by D. M. Beasley , Clerk, Book 1 . Vol. 2 . Page 179 .
General Head Treasury under the Acts of Dec. 6 April 1838 from 4 Sep 1839 to 1st March 1840. Cegle No. 1000-25 July 1841.
Paid as above from 4 March to 4. Sep 1840. agent Notice 5 th Oct. 1841
Paid as above from 4 th Sept r 1840 to March 4 th 1841. Agent no. ticed April 22 nd 1842.

I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the two officers Henry Field & Peter Tackett & believe them both to be men of Truth & respectability Given under my hand this 17 th Dec r 1831
John Thorne

The affidavit of Henry Field This Affiant saith that when a Lad he heard that John Lampkin and Mary Lee were to be married on a certain day, that he without consulting his Parents stole off to the wedding that after being there some time John Lampkin and his wife (who was Mary Lee) returned with several others from one Parson Craigs (as they said) of Fa- yette County, I have known them from that time until it is John Lampkins Death and have had them frequent- ly in my employment, they have always been considered as man and wife from that time, I have never heard a doubt expressed nor do I believe there is any doubt of the fact from all the circumstances my Age size &c I should say she must have been married in seventeen hundred and eight- ty four, five or six, 1784 1785 or 1786 this affiant knoweth that this Mary Lampkin is the Widow of John Lampkin who was placed on the Pension Role in eighteen hun- dred and eighteen and that she has never been mar- ried since and that John Lampkin died in eighteen hundred and thirty further your affiant saith not
Henry Field
State of Virginia. Culpeper County 15 th Feb y 1838 Personally appeared before me a justice of the peace Henry Field and made Oath that the above affidavit contains the truth and nothing but the truth Sworn to and subscribed to, the date above before me
Thos D. Hanscum
I do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Henry Field the affiant above, for the last twenty years and have no hesitation in saying his Oath can be as much relied on as any mans for truth and correctness given under my hand date above
Thos D. Hanscum