Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5,882, Jonathan Colkins, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
or Colkins Jonathan Colkins Nancy
W.5882
CONTENTS

3309.
New York Roll.
Jonathan Colkins, 4
Private -
Q Massachusetts line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 27 th of April 1818 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th of Sept r 1818 and sent to Stephen Phelps Esq re Judge Canandaigua N. York
Arrears to 4th of September 1818. 34:13
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th March 1819. 48: -
4 - \frac{8}{3} Vase $ 82:13
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
6 years Aug 9 33
Livingston Ontario
Let. Hon. A. S. Porter July 16.
1840
let: 23 rd March 1841 Messrs Joy & Porter.
Mr. Jonathan sent to Stephen Phelps Esq re Canandaigua New York

1525
Michigan
Nancy Collins widow of Jonathan Mah Colken who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Approved from $80
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
In " July
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of Decr 1851 and sent to
R. G. Murray Rochester N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 364 Vol. 2
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Claims of Jonathan Calkins
April 27 th 1818
The Honorable Secy. of War

State of New York (Ontario County) ss
On this 27 th day of April 1818 before me Stephen Phelps a Judge of the Court of common Pleas in and for the County and State aforesaid personally appears Jonathan Colkins aged 55 years resident in the town of Princton in said County and State who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the follow- ing declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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 he the said Jonathan Colkins enlisted in May 1777 in New- Garrison in the State of New York in the Company commanded by Capt. Miller in the 1 st Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col. Joseph Vose. That he continued to serve in said Corps until the close of the War when he was honorably discharged from service at Newburg in the State of New York. That he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his County for support and that having lost his discharge he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared the day and year aforesaid before me
Jonathan Colkins
Stephen Phelps

State of New York Ontario County ss
I Stephen Phelps a Judge of the Court of common Pleas in and for the said County and State do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Jonathan Colkins did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding decla- ration against the common enemy and I now trans- mit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress - Canandaigua April 27 th 1818 -
Stephen Phelps
State of New York Ontario County ss
I certify by satisfactory proof that Jonathan Colkins is in reduced the circumstances and in need of the assistance of his country for support
Stephen Phelps a Judge of Ontario Common Pleas
Canandaigua August 27 th 1818
State of New York Ontario County ss Clerks Office
In testimony that Stephen Phelps whose name is subscribed to the above certificate was on the day of the date of the same a Judge of Ontario Common Pleas and that the same is his signature I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said County at Canandaigua this 27 th day of August 1818
Yrs M c Nair Ck

Stephen Phelps, Esq; Judge, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New-York.
Jonathan Colkins, Massachusetts line, Revolutionary claim.
found on the rolls of the 1 st Massachusetts reg. t
Correct
For testimony relative to the applicant's reduced circumstances, see endorsement in the case of Jeremiah Battles.
27 th April

The Honorable The Secretary for the department of War if my claims are allowed will please to forward a certificate of the same to Stephen Phelps Esq. of Painesville Ohio who is my agent - - - April 27 th 1818 - - -
Jonathan Colkins
State of Mississippi Forstner's County } I certify by satisfactory proof.

Case of Jonathan Colkings
C
3309
30 Sept 1818
Mar 19

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
On this nineteenth day of August 1820 personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and constituted a Court of Record by proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State,) Jonathan Colkins aged fifty eight years, resident of the town of Herndon in said county, who being, first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
under Captain Jeremiah Miller in Col. Joseph Vose's Regiment in the Massachusetts line. Commencing in May 1777 & continued to serve as a private in the above named regiment six years and was regularly discharged in the year 1783, at the close of the revolutionary War
and that he made application for a Pension on the twenty seventh day of April 1818 and that he received a Pension Certificate, No. 3.309 And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions 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," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818. and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, viz.
  One Cow #12 - one heifer #6 - one calf #2 - three pigs #3 - 23.00   one old wooden clock #8 - five weaver's reeds #5 - 13.00   one table .75 - six knives & forks #1 - four plates .25 - 2.00   eight old spoons .25 - four tea cups & saucers .18 - .43   one bowl .06 - one tumbler .12 - one old tin pan .25 - .43   one iron pot #1 - one kettle .75 - one shovel #1.25 - 3.00   one spider .75 - one iron basin .50 - two pails .30 - 1.75   Two old barrels #1 - one bread tray .50 - 1.50   two spinning wheels #3.00 - eight old books #2 - 5.00   One old chest - .50   One hoe .25 - two bibles #3 - 3.25   One hive of Bees - 2.00   One debt due me - .25   $56.11 
Jonathan Colkins -
And I do further swear & declare that I am by occupation a farmer and that by means of asthma I am not able to perform any kind of labor, and that my family consists of my wife aged fifty six years, & in consequence of age

and infirmities is able to do but very little work my son William aged eighteen years, who is a cripple and that I have not the means of support except by the aid of public or private charity —
Jonathan Catkins
Sworn to and declared this 19 th day of August 1829 in Open Court before me
Moses Arwater , a Judge of Ontario Com. Pleas
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
I, John Van Fosen Clerk of said county, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I farther certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is
fifty six dollars and 11 cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 22 nd day of August 1829
J. Van Fosen Clerk of the Court aforesaid, in and for said County.

State of Michigan p.
On this the seventh day of Jan- uary in the year Eighteen Hundred & forty one personally appeared before the Supreme Court of the State of Michigan for the first time Nancy Calkins a resident of the township of Gyon in the county of Oakland in the State of Michigan aged seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following my declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July seventh Eighteen Hundred & thirty eight entitled "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows."
That she is the widow of Jonathan Calkins who was a private in Captain Miller's Company which was the third Company as she is informed in the First Regiment of Massachusetts Line commanded by Col- onel Joseph Rose. At the time he entered the Army he lived in the Town of New Canaan then so called in the State of New York & enlisted in the army vol- untarily during the war & served six years & six months from the time of his enlistment until the termination of the revolutionary war. That she does not know the time when he entered the army on the date of his

discharge but is confident to the best of her knowledge & belief of the facts above stated & that the period of his service was six years & a half, antecedent to the disbanding of the army. She believes he was never actually engaged in any battle & cannot state the campaigns through which he marched. She further declares that she was married to the said Jonathan Leffins on the fourth day of March in the year One thousand eight hundred & that her husband the aforesaid Jonathan Leffins died on the ninth day of August in the year Eighteen hundred & thirty three. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred & ninety four, viz. at the time above stated.
She further states that she filed vouchers & drew allowances of pension due to him in September in the year Eighteen hundred & thirty three. She further states that her said husband lived in the township of Perrinton, sometimes called Perrington in the county of Monroe in the state of New York for many years before his death & was accustomed to receive his

hension at Lencadaique in the said State of New York - She further states that she has no certificate or record proof of her marriage to the said Jonathan Calkins & that she knows of no such certificate or record proof existing. That the marriage was by a Presbyterian clergyman who is now dead. That the only proof of the time of her marriage to the said Jonathan Calkins which is in the possession of the declarant consists of the family record of the said Jonathan Calkins hereto annexed. Which said family record was drawn from the original record kept by the said Jonathan my husband at his request by my brother Stephen Ellis (with the exception of two lines in the middle of the record written by my husband the said Jonathan) at the time it bears date & has been since that time the only record of the family of my said husband. It was drawn off for preservation by my said brother because his hand writing was better than that of my husband - She states further that she is still the widow of the said Jonathan Calkins & has never been married since his death.
Nancy Calkins
Subscribed & sworn to before me the clerk.

The Supreme Court of the State of Michigan for the first circuit in open court held on & sitting at the city of all in the city of Detroit this the seventh day of January in the year eighteen hun- dred & forty one —
J. H. Winden, Clerk.
I certify that an Erasure has been made where the signature of Nancy Calkins is made on the foregoing page, from the words "in the year" on the second page of the declaration inserted as an Erasure, previous to the said Nancy signing & swearing to the same.
J. H. Winden, Clerk.

Salvation! O thou bleeding Lamb! To thee the praise belongs: - - - - Salvation shall inspire our hearts, - And dwell upon our tongues. -
Jonathan Calkins was born August 17 th 1722. } Died Aug st 9 th 1833 Nancy Calkins was born Sept r 22 nd 1735. } Married in the Year of our Lord 1784 -
Benjamin P. Calkins was born at the Town of Canaan Jan y 27 th 1785.
Warren D. Calkins was born at the Town of Canaan June 13 th 1788.
Thomas Calkins was born at Lorrains Hill Sherburne April 27 th 1794.
Phoebe P. Calkins was born at the Town of Shuyler Sept r 10 th 1796.
Jonathan G. Calkins was Born at the Town of Harkemer Dec r 7 1799 -
William M. Calkins was born in the town of Harkemer March 22 1802
Jonathan Calkins was born of the Spirit of the living God June 29 th 1791.
Nancy Calkins was born of the Spirit of the living God Sept r 28 th 1791.
Sept r 6 th 1797. The Lord was pleased to make bare his arm of Power and Sanctified my Soul - - - - - Jonathan Calkins.
Sept r 12 th 1797. at a prayer Meeting the God of Israel made known his power in Sanctifying my Soul - - - - - Nancy Calkins.
Benjamin P. Calkins was converted to God Sept r 8 th 1797.
Warren D. Calkins was converted to God Sept r 8 th 1797.
June 5 th 1798.

State of Michigan
On this the seventh day of January in the year Eighteen Hundred Forty one personally appeared be- fore the Supreme Court of the State of Michigan for the first Circuit William M. Calhoun a resident of the Township of Glyn in the County of Calhoun in said State aged thirty seven years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath state that he is a son of Nancy Calhoun whose declaration is hereto annexed & Jonathan Calhoun deceased. That for the period of about fifteen years he lived in the Town of Pownenton in Monroe County New York previous to October in the year Eighteen Hundred & thirty three since which time he has resided in the Town of Glyn aforesaid. That Jonathan Calhoun his father drove a bus- ness for many years for his services in the revolution army was & until his death which occurred on the ninth day of August in the year Eighteen Hundred & thirty three in his descendants family with whom both the father & mother the said Jonathan & Nancy resided. That the old & mother hereto annexed contains the only family records of the family of his said father & mother

Which he ever known. That he has been familiar with that person ever since he can recollect any thing & that it was always disclosed to by both his said father & mother as the true family record of their family. That it was preserved & kept by his said father un- til his death at the time above mentioned & has been in the possession & care of him this deponent ever since with whom his mother the said Nancy Collins has ever since resided & still does resided. That the said family record is in the handwriting of his the deponents uncle Stephen Ellis except the two middle or nearly middle lines which are in the handwriting of his deponents father & also excepting the words died August 9th 1803, which record the death of his deponents father & which are in the handwriting of his deponents Mother Eleanor C. Collins
Wm M. Calkins
I subscribe and swear to before me the Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of Michigan for the first Circuit in open Court at the City Hall in the City of Detroit on the seventh day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and forty one
J. W. Winder Clerk.

State of Michigan
In this the seventh day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty one personally appeared before the Supreme Court of the State of Michigan for the first time Pleasants C. Callins a resident of the Township of Lyon in Oakland County in said State aged forty four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say that he is a son of Nancy Callins whose declaration is hereto annexed & of Jonathan Callins deceased. That he has been acquainted the Family Records of the family of the said Jonathan & Nancy Callins which are written upon the paper hereto annexed which is old & broken. & which is the only Family Record he ever knew that it was always kept in his father's house so long as he lived as his Family Record. He further states that he has always been conversant with & knew it ever since he can recollect any thing & that it was always referred to by his father & mother as the correct record of their family. That he knows the hand writing of his uncle Stephen Ellis with which

he has been familiar for many years & has no doubt that the whole of the record as it appears upon that paper is in his hand writing except two lines in the middle of the record which are in the hand writing of Jonathan Calkins & which were inserted as he had libras at a subsequent time to the first draft of the record by his said Uncle & also excepting the words & figures "Died August 9th 1853, which record the death of the deponent's father which are in the hand writing of the deponent himself that the said Nancy Calkins his mother has never married since } the death of the said } Jonathan Calkins }
Ebenezer E. Calkins
Subscribed and sworn to before me the Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of Michigan for the first Circuit in open Court this Seventh day of January A. D. Eighteen hundred and forty one at the City Hall in the City of Detroit and I for the Clerk that the words "that the said Nancy Calkins his mother has never married since the death of the said Jonathan Calkins" were added before the said Ebenezer E. Calkins signed and made oath to the same.
J. W. Linder, Clerk.

7653 Nancy Galkins of Jonathan Michigan
admitted Private two years $80. Capt Miller Co. B. Mich. Inf.
died 9 th August 1833,
Act 7 July 1838,
Joy & Porter, Detroit. Michigan.

1525.
Michigan Nancy Colkins, widow of Jonathan Colkins who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Referred
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26. day of August 1848. and sent to
C. P. Hastings Detroit Mich.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 364 Vol. 2 ,

2980 Michigan Nancy Holkines widow of Jonathan Holkine who was a Private. in the Massachusetts line.
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 18 th day of December 1843 and sent to E. P. Hastings
Detroit Michigan
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 183.

State of Michigan ss. Secretary of State's Office
I Thomas Rowland Secretary of State certify that William A Fletcher Esq r was on the seventh day of January in the year Eighteen hundred and forty one and still is Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for the State of Michigan, and that the signature attached to the cer- tificate hereunto annexed is his genuine signature.
Given under my hand and the great seal of the State of Michigan at Detroit this Second day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and forty one. —
Thomas Rowland Secretary of State

Brief in the case of Nancy Colkius, widow of Jonathan Colkius Oakland County and State of Michigan act 2 Feb 1848,
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Increased under the Joint Resolution of July 1848.
Name and residence of Agent.
R. G. Murray, Rochester NY
S. Colli Examining Clerk.

Inc to p th deg p th 80 count 1 July 1848.
Michigan
R. G. Murray, Rochester, N.Y.

Rochester N.Y. Nov 29 - 1831
Hon J. C. Heath
Sir,
I herewith enclose the Pension Certificate of Nancy Calkins together with her application for an increase of Pension
Respectfully Yours
W. B. Murray

Payment to be made at Detroit by
E. P. Hastings
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Michigan
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 364 Vol. 2,
G. W. H. King Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Nancy Colkins. widow of Jonathan Colkins. who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars and  cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 26th day of August one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
W. L. Marcy
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions. B. H. S. Evans

J. L. Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions Sir
Pension Agency Detroit Augt. 2. 1848
I enclose the application of Nancy Calkins a Pensioner under the act of June 17. 1844 for the benefits of the provision of the act of Febry 2 d 1848
I am Sir
respectfully your Obl. Servant
E. P. Hastings
Pension Agent

Wid 5882 U. S. Com. of Pensions
Dear Sir. I wish to obtain the Military record of my Grandfather Jonathan Calkins in the war of the Revolution. His Widow Nancy Calkins began to draw a pension I think about 1840 or 45. 96. do. a year paid to her in person at Detroit Mich a statement from the Adjt General gives him service for about two years but my understanding is that he served during the entire time of the war. Yours Resp ly
J. A. Calkins 323 Lincoln St Topeka Kansas

Apr 5 '99 Jacackins Ephraim Kansas
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 5882
Nancy Colkins Widow Jonathan Colkins Rev. Rev. War
Act: July 28/48
Index:—Vol. A , Page 143
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Detroit April 2. 1841
J. J. Edwards Esq r Com r of Pensions Sir
We have the honor to acknowledge the rec d of your favor of 23 rd Ult o -
We enclose the papers of Nancy Calkins with the seal of the Supreme Court attached to the respective certificates of the Clerk, and the attestation of the Secretary of State to the character and signature of the Judge. -
If the papers are now satisfactory, we solicit your early order for the payment of the pensioner, at this post and remain
Very respectfully Your Ob t Serv t Joy L. South

July 16 1870.
Mr. Schalkin Mudon
J. L. Edwards
A. B. Bates H. H. Smith M. S.
Com. of Pensions
Washn

Washington July 15. 1840.
Sir
May I beg the favor of you to give me an answer to the inquiries contained in the enclosed at your early convenience, returning it to me at same time.
Yr Resp.
Mr. O. B. D. Smith
A. S. Porter
Senators.
Michigan
James L. Edwards, Esq.

Storrs Jan 8 th 1940
J. L. Richards Esq. Commr. of Pensions.
Dear Sir. Enclosed we send you the declaration of Nancy Callins as the basis of her application for a pension as the widow of a soldier of the revolution under the Act of July 7 th 1838. We send also the family record of her husband & the statement of her two sons. We hope they will furnish you with sufficient evidence to determine your action in this case. Will you please communicate with us at the earliest convenient time if any thing be wanting. Party action is selected in this case.
Very truly
Yours &
Joy & Porter

Declaration
State of Michigan } County of Oakland } S.S. On this 19 day of November 1851 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Nancy Calkins, a resident of said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, deposeth and states, that she is the widow of Johnathan Calkins deceased, who during his natural life, was a Revolutionary Pensioner under the Act of Congress of March 18 th 1818, at the rate of Ninety six Dollars per annum, and that she is receiving a pension of only Eighty Dollars per annum.
Now the Object of this Declaration being made, it is in order to open a Claim at the same rate of Pension her husband received viz. Ninety six Dollars per annum, Claiming on the evidence filed in her late husband's case, and under the Resolution of Congress approved the 1 st of July 1848. She further declares, she is still a widow, and does hereby appoint R. G. Murray of Rochester N.Y. to act as her agent in the premises.
Sworn and subscribed before me on this 19 day of November 1851 Jas B Bradley Justice of the Peace
Nancy Calkins X Mark for J Bradley consequence of old age and bodily infirmary - Jas B Bradley, J.P.
I do hereby Certify that the above Applicant Nancy Calkins, is well known to me, and that she is the widow of the late Johnathan Calkins deceased who was a Revolutionary Pensioner Jas B Bradley, Justice of the Peace

State of Michigan County of Oakland
I hereby certify that James B. Bradley Esquire who has subscribed his name to the foregoing Affidavit before when the same was made was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Oakland and State of Michigan and duly authorized to administer oaths and take acknowledgements and that his name to the foregoing Affidavit & Certificate is his genuine signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the Oakland County Court of said County & State to be affixed at Pontiac in said County this 25 th day of November A.D. 1857
John T. Raynor Clerk
From Austin to W. G. Murray November 25 th 1857

4097

State of Michigan } Wayne County } ss
on this 23 rd day of August 1843
Personally appeared Before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Nancy Perkins a Resident of the Town of Lyon County of Oakland and State aforesaid aged Seventy eight years and Eleven months and Being Duly sworn Doth Depose and say that she is the Widow of Jonathan Perkins who was a Private in the Army of the Revolutionary War and that he belonged to the Third Company of the first Massachusetts Regiment Commanded by Col- Joseph Vose and under Capt Miller and that under the act of July 7 th 1838 she drew Eighty Dollars per year and she further Declares that is a widow Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written Leander Ferguson Justice of the Peace
Nancy Perkins
Paviland Northville P.O. Wayne Co Mich y

State of Michigan, } ss. COUNTY OF WAYNE.
hereby Certify, that
I, Geo R Griswold Clerk of said County, do
Leander Harguson was, at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Elected and qualified according to Law, and that the signature, purporting to be his, I verily believe to be true and genuine.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said County and subscribed my name, at the City of Detroit, this Thirtieth day of August A. D. 1845.
Geo R Griswold Clerk D. J. Griswold Dep
Clerk of Wayne County, Michigan.

J. L. Edwards Esq. Commr: of Pensions, Sir
Pension Agency Detroit 8 th Sept. 1843.
I enclose the application of Nancy Calkins a Widow pensioned under the act of July 7. 1838 for a pension under the act of March 3 rd 1843
I am Sir
respectfully your ob t Servant
E. P. Hastings
Pension Agent

7653-
Nancy Collins - Alhambra for Persian

State of Michigan Supreme Court for the First Circuit }
I William A Fletcher Chief Justice of the State of Michigan do hereby certify to all whom it shall or may concern That I Am Melander who hath subscribed the above certificates & annexed the seal of the Supreme Court of the State of Michigan thereto was at the date thereof & still is clerk of the said Supreme Court duly qualified to act in that behalf & that the said certificates are in his hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this the seventh day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred & forty one in Open Court Wm. A. Fletcher.

6169
Michigan Nancy Collins, widow of Jonathan Collins, who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 th March 1818, and who died on the 9 th of August 1833, of Oakland in the State of Michigan, who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Miller of the Regt. commanded by Col. Bose in the Massachusetts line for 3 Years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Michigan, at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of May 1841 and sent to Portage Porter, Detroit Michigan
Arrears to the 4 th of March 1841 $ 400. Semi-annual allowance ending $ 400.
{ Act July 7, } 1838 }
Recorded by M c Tyler Clerk. Book A. Vol. 2 Page 229

State of Michigan County of Wayne } ss.
On this 25 th day of July 1848 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Nancy Calkins a resident of Lyon in the County of Oakland aged Eighty four years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2 d February 1848, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Jonathan Calkins who was a Private in the 3 d Company of the Massachusetts Militia in the Company commanded by Captain Miller and in the Regiment commanded by Col. Joseph Vose. He also served as a volunteer in the United States service and was in service Six and one half years. That she is the same Individual who drew a Pension under the act of June 17. 1844 at the rate of Eighty dollars p t . Annum. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year above written
Before me Cornelius P. Dineen
in presence of Justice of the Peace
Mrs. Nancy Calkins
Stephen Dugdale
Nancy Calkins
I certify that the above named affiant is personally known to me and that she is the same Individual who drew a pension as stated in the foregoing affidavit.
Cornelius P. Dineen Justice of the Peace.

State of Michigan County of Wayne
I DeWitt C. Holbrook, Clerk of the County of Wayne in said State do hereby certify that Cornelius Pudney before whom the within affidavit was taken, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected, and authorized to administer oaths, and that the signature of said Justice is genuine
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at Detroit in said State this 2 nd day of August A.D. 1848.
D. C. Holbrook Clerk in John A. Kinsman
(Clerk absent)
Dep Clerk of the County of Wayne Michigan
admitted
Manuel Calkins
E. P. Hastings Detroit