Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10484, Stephen Collins, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Collins, Stephen Stephens
S. 10484
CONTENTS
carried

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 4 th April 1838 from 4 th March to 4 th Sep 1838 Age notified 3 rd July 1839.
4342
Kentucky
Stephens Collins
of Campbell in the State of Ky: who was a St: in the Compy commanded by Captain Star - of the Regt commanded by Col: Mosely in the Cont: line for 15 months from 1775.
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 50- Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of Jan: 33 and sent to H. J. R. M. Johnson. House of Reps.
Arrears to 4 th of Sept 1832 75. Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 th Mar: 33- 25. $100.
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk Book (D) Vol. 9 Page 34

for 1775 private 15 months $50.
15 months Col Johnson Ropes the sheet for D.
Stephen Collins 17 mo Hon R. M. Johnson

Declaration
State of Kentucky Campbell County 3 d Sess.
On this 21 st day of March in the year 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the County Court of said County of Campbell being a Court of record now sitting. Stephen Collins a resident of said County aged Seventy Eight years who being first duly sworn according to law. Doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers. viz in the month of March or the first of April in the year 1775. He entered the service of the United States as a private volunteer Militiaman under Capt d Josiah Starr in the Town of New Milford County of Dutchfield in the State of Connecticut where he then lived and marched off in the service of the United States under Col. Morely and went to Lake George & across to Ticonderoga was engaged the greater part of the Spring & Summer in Buffalo Battalions on Lake Champlain. a part of the time they were under Gen d Schuyler. Towards the fall Season Gen d Montgomery came & took command after which they crossed Lake Champlain to Isles of Knorr & then shortly to Fort Stanwix where they had an engagement with the British & while on their March to the fort. They had an engagement with the Indians which were all the Battle or engagements he was in on that Tour after which he with the Company soon marched Home & reached Home some time late in Sept r 1775. — After which the exact time he does not recollect. He volunteered & served two

Other tour of Two months each in one which tour he served under Capt Col Sam l Leamfield as one of his Staff or Mess on which tour they went to Horse Neck in the State of New York where they were engaged in guarding the Seaboard & the neighbourhood & keeping off the British and return home at the end of the Two months The other Tour of Two months he served was He marched to the city of New York was under the Command of Genl Washington and was there when the city was taken by the Bri- tish soon after which he went home
At another time after that he served a tour of Two months against the British when they came into Connecticut, this tour he served with & under Genl Wooster. was present when Genl Wooster was wounded. at it was when the British burnt the Stores at Danbury they followed the British to their Vessels at Sea at a place called Camps — He also served another tour of Two months a volunteer against the British at the time they came up to Westpoint. his service at this time was mostly in guarding the Country above West point & keeping the British back
That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose Testimony he can procure who can testify to his Service. He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Stephen Collins
Att Hon ble N Talcott Clerk

Campbell County Ky
We James G Arnold a clergyman residing in said County of Campbell and Benjamin Price residing in said County also do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Stephen Collins who has subscribed and sworn to the within Declaration that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age; that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed the 26 th day of Nov. in the year 1832 in open court James G. Arnold attest J. N. Taliaferro clerk Benjamin Price
And the said Court do hereby certify & 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 as he states & And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that James G Arnold who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the said County of Campbell and that Benjamin Price who has also signed the same is a resident in the same County and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I J. N. Taliaferro Clerk of the Court of Campbell County Ky do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of application of Stephen Collins for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 26 th day of Nov. 1832 and 41 st year of the Commonwealth.
J. N. Taliaferro Clerk
PS - S. Collins makes his pension payable at Cincinnati Ohio.

November 21, 1935.
Mr. L. D. Prewitt Forest City, Iowa.
BA-J/ILL Stephen Collins S. 10484 John Wason W. 1007
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Stephen Collins who was born in Connecticut and moved later to Kentucky, and John Wason of Rockbridge County, Virginia, in Report of Secretary of War in 1835.
The records of these two pensioners are furnished herein as found in the papers on file in pension claims based upon service in that war.
STEPHEN COLLINS-S. 10484.
Stephen Collins, while a resident of New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, enlisted in March or April 1775, served as private in Captain Josiah Starr's company, Colonel Moseley's Connecticut regiment, was on the expedition to Lake George and Ticonderoga, in engagements with the Indians on the march to St. John and with the British at the fort there, and continued in service until sometime in December. He served subsequently on tours of two months each as a private in the Connecticut troops, shown as follows: at Horseneck under Colonel Samuel Canfield, at the time the British took New York, at the time Danbury was burned, and when the British went up to West Point, no officers named for these last three tours of service.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 26, 1832, at which time he resided in Campbell County, Kentucky. He was then aged seventy-eight years; the date and place of his birth and names of his parents are not shown.
Stephen Collins made no reference to wife or children at the time he made his application for pension.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension,

name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of Stephen Collins, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:
Stephens Collins (as his name was borne on pension roll) Certificate 4342 Issued January 19, 1833 Rate $50 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832. Kentucky Agency. -----
JOHN WASON -W. 1007.
John Wason was born in Pennsylvania; the date, and exact place in that state not shown, nor names of his parents.
While a resident of Berkeley County, Virginia, he enlisted in the fall of 1777, served as private in Captain Evans' company, Colonel Campbell's Virginia regiment, was in the battle of Brandywine and completed service of about six months. Soon after returning home, in the spring of 1779, he moved to Augusta County, Virginia. He enlisted there, served about two months as private in Captain Tate's Virginia company, and was in the battle of Guilford Court House.
John Wason applied for pension September 2, 1832, at which time he resided in Rockbridge County, Virginia; he was then in his ninety-second year. He died September 20, 1832, in Rockbridge County, and the pension which was due was allowed in behalf of John McLain and David Wason, heirs, no relationship stated.
The soldier married February 23, 1819, in Rockbridge County,

Virginia, Eleanore (Ellen) Till.
Ellen Wason, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed May 18, 1853, at which time she was aged seventy-five years, date and place of her birth and names of her parents not shown. She resided then in Rockbridge County, Virginia.
In 1853, David Sheway, John Sheway and Delila Sheway were residents of Rockbridge County, Virginia; no relationship to the soldier's family was stated.
In order to obtain the date of last payment, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this widow, you should apply to The Comptroller General, address given on page two, and cite the following:
Ellen Wason (name same on pension roll), widow of John Wason. Certificate 1673 Issued September 1, 1853 Rate $20 per annum Commenced February 3, 1853. Act of February 3, 1853. Virginia Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. MILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 21 st 1839.
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," Stephen Collins, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Kentucky Agency, at the rate of fifty — Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, 1838, to the 4 th Sept., 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
Abner B. Parsons Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Record Division.
March 30, 1910.
Mrs. Jane Carless, Texarkana, Texas.
Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 13" and received the 17" instant, you are advised that the record of Stephen Collins. Sur. File No. 10,484, Revolutionary War, was furnished you February 18" 1910, and owing to the lack of clerical force available for such a purpose, this Bureau is unable to furnish full copies of the papers in such claims, but any person designated by you will be allowed to examine and copy said papers.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev 3-2 J. S. SIMMONS STUART SIMMONS
ALVA L. FENN COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT
SIMMONS & SIMMONS ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW NEWS BUILDING HUTCHINSON, KANSAS
Jan 17 - 1922
Dept of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
514 East A. Ave.
Sir:
Will you please send me what information your records contain of Stephen Collins a Revolutionary Soldier. He drew a pension while residing in Kentucky.
Respectfully
Wm. J. S. Simmons
514 E. A. Ave.
Hutchinson Kans.
N.B.
Stephen Collins Revolutionary Soldier Drew Pension from Newton Co. Ky. He was 85 yrs. old in 1840

A. E. WILKINSON, REPORTER J. A. MARTIN, ASSISTANT
SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS
OFFICE OF REPORTERS AUSTIN, TEXAS
June 20, 1918.
Rev Sec ar 1
To the Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:
I wish to obtain the military record of Stephen Lockhart, said to have been on the pension rolls in 1840 as a soldier of the Revolution, and then resident in Henderson County, Kentucky, at the age of 85, with any information these records may disclose as to his birth or relatives.
Kindly refer this to the proper department of your office for furnishing such information, and oblige
yours very truly ..
Alfred E. Wilkinson.

M. D. for duty after 1865 to 1867 in South Carolina
Texarkana Texas
Mar 13 th 1910
MAR 13 1910
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D. C.
Dear Sirs:-
Enclosed find Fifty Cents. for which please send me copy of Pension certificate of Stephen Collins who enlisted in the Revolutionary army at New Milford. Litchfield Co. Conn. Residing at the time of application in Campbell Co. Ky. This is required to become a

member of the D. A. R. Chap. the here - Very truly (Mrs) Jane, Carlossi.
Mar 17/10.
Respectfully referred to Chief Record Div. for his consideration fully to writer. Money owed for $5.50 has this day been returned to the writer. A. H. Thompson (K.K.) Chief Fin. Div.

Texarkana Texas Feb 11 th 1910 Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:-
In my letter of Sept 26 th 1909 - in regard to my Great Grand Father Steven Collins having ser- -ved in the Revolution-

-ary war. I made a mistake not telling you that Campbell and Newton bounties were in Kentucky and not in Ohio - Hope you may be able to locate him in the list of Kentucky Pension- -ers -
I have the Silver knee buckles he wore in the Revolutionary war - Also his Family Bible which was printed in the year 1756 -
Any information will be thankfully received -
Very Truly - (Mrs) Jane Carliss,

Texarkana Texas Sept 26 th 1909 Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C. Dear Sir:-
I write for information concerning my Great Grand Father Steven Collins who fought in the Revolution- ary War -
From all I can learn he must have

enlisted from the State of New York Chautauqua Co. He was wounded in the hip and drew pension untill his death.
In the year 1812 he moved to Cincinnati Ohio. and later settled in Campbell County - which in 1840 was divided into two Counties Campbell and Kenton - dying in Kenton June 22 nd 1842 age 87 years.
He married Miss Dolly Olstead in Hartford Conn before com- -ing to Cincinnati.
Any information you can give me will be thankfully received.
Very truly Mrs Jane Carlsson
Box 294

1910 Feb 18 Hist. to Mrs. Jane Carloss. V.L.M. 1910 Mch. 30 Mrs. Jane Carloss That record of Osceola was fur- nished Feb 18, 1910, and full copies of papers are not fur- nished. Hist. to Alfred E. Wilkinson 1918 July 1. Hist. to Alfred E. Wilkinson 1922 Feb 16 Hist. to Mrs. J. S. Simmons. 1935. Nov. 21 - Hist. to L.D. Prewitt - see letter in Res. Ch. - John Wason - M. 1007 - I.L.L.
Rev War
10484  INVALID.
File No. 10,484
Stephens Collins  Rev. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832.
Index: - Vol. A , Page 77
[Arrangement of 1870.]

a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Stephen Collins Sur. File 10484
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     March or Apr. 1775 Dec. 1775 Pvt Josiah Starr Moseley Conn.   ✓ 2 mos. ✓ Samuel Canfield   ✓ 2 mos. when N.Y. was taken by British, no officers given.   ✓ 2 mos. when the stores at Danbury were burned   ✓ 2 mos. when British came to West Point  
Battles engaged in, St. Johns and with Indians while on way there
Residence of soldier at enlistment, New Milford Litchfield Co. Conn.
Date of application for pension, Nov 26 1832 His cl. was ab.
Residence at date of application, Campbell Co. Ky.
Age at date of application, 78 years
Remarks: No data as to family, nor is it shown that he ever received a wound.
Removed March 30 1910