Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,472, William Lock Collins, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn. _____
Collins, William Lock _____
S. 36,472 _____
CONTENTS
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4.307
Connecticut Roll
✓ William Lock Collins Capt Lewis Private - 4 Connecticut line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 21 st of March 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th of Nov r 1818 and sent to Pierpont Edwards Esq r Judge Bridgeport -
Arrears to 4th of September 1818. $11 11 3/4 / 30 - 43:80
Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th March 1819 ————— 48:—
$ 91:80
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
77 Three years
Stratford -
Notification sent the 20 th June 1820 to David Burr Esq r , Cllr: Fairfield Co. - Conn.

Wm Lock Collins's Declaration — p

District of Connecticut ss. Stratford in the County of Fairfield - I William Lock Collins of said Stratford under oath do declare before the Hon: Pierpont Edwards District Judge of said District that I am now and, for thirty years last past, have been a resident citizen of the United States and of said town of Stratford, that in the year 1775 according to the best of my recollection, I deserted from the British Service, came over to the Americans, and under the name of William Lock enlisted in the company commanded by Captain John Mifflin & in the Regiment of Colonel Charles Webb of Stamford in Connecticut in the year 1777 as a private soldier, which Regiment was on the continental establish- -ment. I enlisted therein for three years, and served faithfully during that term & until I was regularly discharged, in the Connecticut line and upon the continental establishment - I received a written discharge but lost it crossing the North River at King's ferry in the act on my return. - That my real name is William Lock Collins, but I was induced to change it & enlist under the name of William Lock as above stated in consequence of my having deserted from the British Service - And that I am extremely poor, and by reason of my reduced circumstances, in life am in need of assistance from my country for support - that I have always resided in this country since the declaration of Independence - Dated at Stratford aforesaid this 21 st day of March 1818. -
Wm Lock Collins

District of Connecticut ss March 21 st 1818 the within named William Lock Collins came before me & in my presence subscribed the aforesaid declaration & made oath that the same is true
Richard Law
District Judge of the District of Connecticut

M rs L. Collins
(complainant)
(4307)
continue
(March 1819)
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court on this day of Dollars and Cents.
opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited to the above named defendant is Specifically annexed, and truly copied from the records of said Court; and I do further certify that it is the of in the State and District of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing and the Clerk of the Court in and for the
District of Connecticut ss.

At a County Court, held in and for the County of Fairfield, in the District and State of Connecticut, on the 13 th day of June 1820, the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, by virtue of the laws of said State.
PERSONALLY APPEARED, in open Court, William Lock Collins — a resident in the town of Stratford — in the County of Fairfield — in said State, and exhibited and subscribed the following Schedule, and made oath — that the same is a true and perfect Schedule of all his income and property, necessary cloathing and bedding excepted, viz.
8 chairs 1 case of drawers 1 spinning wheel 1 looking glass 1 great wheel 1 Reel 7 old barrels & tubs 1 stand 2 old chests 1 gridiron 2 pots 2 kettles 1 teakettle 1 pair steelyards 1 Bellows 2 trammels 1 pair Andirons 2 flatirons 1 shovel & tongs 2 candlesticks 2 pails 1 set of old crockery 1 tin coffee pot 1 tin kettle & pans 1 doz. knives & forks 6 junk bottles 3 table cloths 6 towels 1 Bible 1 doz. old Books Part of barrel of pork and part of barrel of beef half a barrel of flour 1 pig 1 axe 1 hoe 1 water cask 2 bags 4 baskets & old brushes 2 bowls & half barrel shad. —
Subscribed & sworn to in open Court as aforesaid by me. — W m L. Collins

District and State of Connecticut, ss.
Be it Remembered, That in the County Court, held in and for the County of Fairfield, in the District and State aforesaid, on this 13 th day of June 1820, the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, under the Authority of said State, personally came and appeared in open Court, William Lock Collins — aged fifty six — years, resident in the Town of Stratford — in the County of Fairfield — in said State, and being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: viz. That he served as a hand four months on board the sloop Esther of 14 Guns, commanded by capt. Peter ... in 1777 or 1778, he enlisted for three years in the Connecticut line, and served out my said term of three years fully that soon after said War commenced he deserted the enemy, and enlisted in said United States ... of "William Lock" to prevent detection in case he should ... that the original Declaration made by him, for the purpose of obtaining a pension, under the Act of 18th of March 1818, was dated the 21 st day of March — 1818 ; that in pursuance he was entered in the list of Pensioners, and received a Pension Certificate No. 4207 And I do further solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818, 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 hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed. And I do further declare that my occupation is that of a Tailor and that I am very deaf and my eyes have been so extremely weak as to render me unable to work at my trade for many years past and cannot support myself by labour of any kind, being infirm and feeble and that I have no family residing with me except my wife and she is a cripple unable to do but little work. Her name is Anne aged 59 years.
William L. Collins
all which is subscribed by me the day and year aforesaid.
Sworn to, and declared in the Court aforesaid. Whereupon said Court is, on satisfactory proof exhibited in Court, of opinion that the total amount in value of the property contained in the aforesaid Schedule, is forty two Dollars and four Cents, and doth order these proceedings to be entered in the records of said Court.
Attest David Burr Clerk

District of Connecticut, ss.
I, David Burr Clerk of the County Court in and for the County of Fairfield in the State and District of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing and the Schedule thereunto annexed, are truly copied from the records of said Court: and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount, in value, of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is forty two Dollars and four Cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court on this
13 th day of June 1820.
Attest David Burr (Clerk)
I, Robert Fairchild, Chief Judge of the County Court in and for the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that David Burr is Clerk of said Court, and keeper of the Seal and Records thereof; and that the preceding Certificate, under his hand, and the Seal of said Court, is authentic, and in due form of Law.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in Fairfield this 13 th day of June 1820.
Robert Fairchild

L. W. B. I. 36472.
This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
April 10, 1897.
Sir:-
Replying to your request for information concerning William Lock Collins, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on March 21, 1818, at which time he was 64 years of age and residing at Stratford, Conn., and his pension was allowed for three years' actual service as a private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Lewis and Col. Webb. He enlisted at Stratford, Conn.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. William R. Collins,
2487 Kenmore Ave.,
Chicago, Ills.

36 472 Rev INVALID.
File No. 36 472
William Lock Collins Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 91
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Apr. 10. 1897. Histo Mr. William R. Co 2484 Kenmore Chicago. Il

Moses Sturges's Deposition Ap. 16: 1818-
I Pardon Colonel Darius Dyer of the District of Connecticut do hereby certify that I know Elias Dyer whom to be a justice of the Peace as within stated, & that I am well acquainted with his signature.
Samuel Hildreth

I Moses Sturges of the Town of Weston, County of Fairfield State of Connecticut do testify & say that I was well acquainted with William Lock, now residing in the Town of Stratford in said County, State, while he belonged to the continental army, & know that he served in the company of Capt. John Mills, in the regiment under the command of Col Charles Webb, it being the 2 d Regiment in the Connecticut line, for the term of three years & that he was regularly discharged from the service of the United States, in the month of January 1780, according to my best recollection, the term of his enlistment having expired; and I do further testify that for thirty years last past said Lock has been a resident citizen of the United States, and has uniformly resided in said Stratford; & further the deponent saith not.
Moses Sturges
State of Connecticut
Fairfield County April 16 th 1818.
Personally appeared the above-named deponent & made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed contains the truth & nothing but the truth before me - Nelson Poulton Jur. of Peace

Lock Collins - That he is as I believe extremely poor and stands in great need of assistance from his coun- try for support - Dated at Hartford aforesaid this 23 rd day of April A.D. 1818
April 23 rd A.D. 1818
Daniel Sherwood
Sworn before me John Brown Chapman District Judge of the District of Connecticut
Daniel Sherwood's Affidavit - Copy of Wm Lock Collins

District of Connecticut ss. Stratford in the County of Fairfield - I Daniel Sherwood formerly of said Stratford, but now of New Milford in the County of Litchfield and State aforesaid, do testify & say that I am well acquainted with William Lock Collins of said Stratford - that I knew him well in the conti- -nental army in the war of the revolution by the name of William Lock - that he enlisted in the company of commanded by Capt. John Mills, in the Second Connecticut Regiment commanded by Colonel Charles Webb in said continental army - that I belonged to said company & Regiment from Jan y . 1777 to about the month of October following, and to the same Regiment till the 1 st day of February A. 1780 during which time I served as a corporal in said Regiment - that I made out the muster roll of said Capt. John Mills com- -pany in June 1777 and said Collins was then in said company, and was enrolled therein by the name of William Lock, he having some months previous enlisted in said company, but how long previous I cannot tell exactly - that he was a tailor, and served in said Regi- -ment from said June A. 1777 until some time in the year A. 1779 when he was taken prisoner by the British at the battle of White Marsh in the State of Pennsylvania - that I saw him when he was taken prisoner - and he remained as a prisoner for some months - that afterward he was exchanged & joined the said Regiment again, and was discharged at Morristown in New Jersey in the year A. 1780 during the hard winter - that he served faithfully in said Regiment & was regularly discharged, as I verily believe, - if he had not so served & been discharged regularly, I think I must have known it - that since he left the said army I understand he has been known by the name of William

Lock Collins - That he is as I believe extremely poor and stands in great need of assistance from his coun- try for support - Dated at Hartford aforesaid this 23 rd day of April A.D. 1818
April 23 rd A.D. 1818
Sworn before me
Daniel Sherwood
District Judge of the District of Connecticut
Daniel Sherwood Affidavit - Copy of Wm Lock Collins

William Lock Collins, private, Connecticut line, 21. March, 1818.
Admitted on Court Roll
Pierpont Edwards, Esq; Judge, Bridgeport, Fairfield Co. Connecticut.
Rec'd 27. May, 1818.

I Pierpont Edwards District Judge of the District of Connecticut do Certify that it appears to my satisfaction that William Lock Collins who made & subscribed the declaration contained in the annexed schedule did serve in the Revolutionary War against the Common Enemy as stated in his said declaration & I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me in his case to the Secretary of the department of War pursuant to an Act of Congress in such case made & provided said proceedings & testimony are contained in the annexed schedule May 25 th 1818
Pierpont Edwards

Wm Lloyd Boston
The
Honorable John C. Calhoun, Secretary of the Department of War
Washington

Chicago Ills.
Mar 15. 1897
Mr. D. J. Murphy
Comr. Pension
Washington D. C.
Can you give me any information of William Lock Collins, a Connecticut Soldier of the Revolution.
Where he enlisted from and when, his parentage, in fact I would like all the information your records may show.
I don't know the number of his Regiment, all the information I have is as follows
  Name.  William Lock Collins    Rank.  Private    Service.  "Connecticut Line Regt"    When placed } on pension R }  Nov. 11. 1818    Commencement } of Pension }  Mar 21. 1818    Age. —  62    Died. —  Feby 20. 1826  
He resided in Fairfield Co. Conn. in 1818. If I am not going about, in this matter, correctly, in writing you please advise me
Respy &c
William R. Collins 2487 Kenmore Ave.
1307
Postal Sta X
Chicago
Ills.