Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 1065-450, Samuel Hopkins, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
va.
Hopkins, Samuel
P.L.Wt. 1065-450-Lt.Col. Issued Aug. 10-1789 to Richard Platt, assignee No papers
CONTENTS

MRS. STEPHEN T. DAVIS MOUNDALE AVENUE WINCHESTER, KENTUCKY
Aug 21 - 34 -
Pension Dept - Washington D.C. Will you please give me the records of the following Revolutionary soldiers - "Gen OK Samuel Hopkins " "William 3 Hopkins" and "Lieut John Blair ". I see in Collins History of Ky, that Mary Hopkins was a widow of Revolutionary soldier. Whose widow was she? She was in Morgan Co., Ky. and was living in 1840 -
Thanking you very much I am, Resp't
Core B. Morris
Winchester
Ky
Moundale Ave,

June 4 , 1931
Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir ,
Rev-ox X ✓ Please to give me any thing you can find in the records of the Revolutionary War (or War of 1812 ) concerning Gen. Samuel Hopkins , who enlisted in the Revolutionary War from Mecklinburg Co. Va. The War Dep't referred me to the Pension Bureau.
Very truly yours,
(Mrs) Alice C. McDavid 714 S. Florida Ave. Tampa, Florida.

MANFORD A. COX PRESIDENT CHANDLER, OKLA.
FRANK G. BROOKS SECRETARY-TREASURER 1624 W. 21 OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.
OKLAHOMA SOCIETY Sons of the American Revolution
Chartered May 18, 1905
Vice Presidents H. T. Deupree---Oklahoma City Philas S. Jones-----Wilburton Frank F. Lamb-----Okmulgee Chaplain L. C. Murray-----Tulsa Registrar Stewart Mitchell, Oklahoma City Historian J. B. Thoburn---Oklahoma City Trustees Barritt Galloway, Oklahoma City A. N. Leecraft---Oklahoma City Managers H. T. Deupree, Oklahoma City Ben W. Riley---Oklahoma City
July 7, 1928.
United States Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Will you please inform me if there is a Colonel Hopkins on the Revolutionary Pension Roll who served from the State of Virginia? I do not know his first name but I am reliably informed that he bore the rank of Colonel.
Yours very truly,
MAC: CM

September 10, 1934.
Mrs. Stephen T. Davis Moundale Avenue Winchester, Kentucky.
BA-J/ILL am Samuel Hopkins
Dear Madam:
The records of this office show that Warrant No. 1065 for 450 acres of bounty land was issued August 10, 1789, on account of the service of Samuel Hopkins, Lieutenant-Colonel in the Virginia Line, War of the Revolution. Said warrant was issued to Richard Platt, assignee.
There are no further data on file relative to his service, and none whatever pertaining to his family, in consequence of the destruction of papers in such claims when the War Office was burned in 1800.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.

September 10, 1934.
Mrs. Stephen T. Davis Moundale Avenue Winchester, Kentucky.
BA-J/ILL
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of General Samuel Hopkins, William Hopkins, Lieutenant John Bair, also , that of the soldier named Hopkins whose widow, Mary Hopkins, was in Morgan County, Kentucky, in 1840.
With the information furnished by you, no records have been identified of the William Hopkins and Lieutenant John Blair in whom you are interested. The records of Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Hopkins, and Garner Hopkins, whose widow "Polly" was a resident of Morgan County, Kentucky, in 1839, are furnished herewith.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.

June 30, 1931.
Mrs. Alice C. McDaniel 714 South Fielding Avenue Tampa, Florida.
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section ILL
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the Revolutionary War records of this bureau that Warrant No. 1065 for four hundred fifty acres of bounty land was issued August 10, 1789, on account of the services of Samuel Hopkins, Lieutenant-Colonel in the Virginia Line, War of the Revolution. Said warrant was issued to Richard Platt, assignee.
There are no further data on file as to his services and none whatever relative to his family, due to the destruction of papers in such claims when the War Office was burned in 1800.
It is not stated that the above named Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hopkins served in the War of 1812.
Very truly yours,
E.W. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
M.E.E.
July 11, 1928
Manford A. Cox Chandler Oklahoma
Sir:
I advise you that from the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau it appears that Warrant No. 1065 for four hundred and fifty acres of bounty land was issued August 10, 1789, on account of the services of Samuel Hopkins, Lieutenant-Colonel in the Virginia Line, War of the Revolution. Said warrant was issued to Richard Platt, assignee.
There are no further data on file as to his services and no data whatever relative to family, due to the destruction of papers in such claims when the War Office was burned in November, 1800.
The above noted is the only soldier surnamed Hopkins, who served as colonel or lieutenant-colonel in the Virginia Line, found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

Hopkins, Daniel,
B.L.W. 1065- Issued Aug Richard H. No papers

Va.
Hopkins, Daniel,
B.L.Wt. 1065-1150 St. Col. Issued Aug. 10, 1789 to Richard Platt, assignee No papers.