Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3686, Archibald Hopkins, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Hopkins, Archibald No. 3686 Margaret
CONTENTS

Ohio 25.722
Archibald Hopkins of Brown Co in the State of Ohio who was a Dr. in the Army commanded by Captain Hewitt of the Regt commanded by Col McKee in the Virginia Line -
Yrs No In $ 23.33
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 th day of Dec r and sent to 1833 J. H. Lynch, Georgetown, Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of Sept - 38.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept '33 11.66 2/3
$ 69.98 2/3
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. P. Prague Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 8 Page 11

800 80 Ohio Lin Margaret Hopkins widow of Archibald, Hopkins who served in the Revolutionary Va war, as a pirate
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of Sept 1833 and sent to
J. J. Coombs Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 163 Vol. 2

The State of Ohio Brown County Court of Common Pleas October Term 1833 1833
On this 1 st day of November  October personally appeared in open Court before the honorable the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Brown and state of Ohio now sitting Archibald Hopkins aged seventy three years a resident of said County who being first duly sworn according to law deposes & oaths on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1833 That in the year nineteen hundred and seventy nine the spring of that year in was drafted into the company of Captain Hewett of the militia in Rockingham County Virginia and was marched under said Captain Hewett to the waters of Greenbrier to a place called Chowchick, that he served three months guarding two stations on the waters of Greenbrier against the Indians at the end of three months he was discharged and went home - he was under no higher officer than a captain that he knows of In the month of May 1781 deponent was drafted as a militia man in Captain Ferris's company and Colonel or Major (not certain as to rank) McKee's regiment of Rockingham County Virginia he was marched to Williamsburg where and in the neighborhood of which place he served a term of three months guarding the country against the plundering parties of the British with whom he was engaged in two skirmishes near Williamsburg, at the close of this three months term deponent was discharged and went home In the beginning of September of the same year 1781 deponent was drafted again into Captain Hobson's Company. he cannot be

positive as to the name of the captain but believes from his best recollection that it was Herron under whom he served as above stated. On this tour he served one months he was marched to Williamsburgh thence to York this tour was the last of defensive service he was engaged in guarding the country against the plundering parties of the enemy he states that he served in all  all  months he was never in a general battle with the enemy - he never received a written discharge - He has no record of his age - he knew captains Hewett & Herron Col or Ma jor M c Ree he knew Gen. Washington - he was never with the regular troops he knows of no living witness by whom he can prove his actual  actual service but is well known to the Rev. James Gilliland, Henry Ratston, Henry Martin, William Dunlop Abraham Shepherd and others who reside in his neighborhood by whom he can prove his good character for truth and veracity and his having borne the character of a soldier of the revolution - he has resided in Brown County Ohio for twenty two years, that previous thereto he resided in Kentucky & Virginia he states that he was born in the year 1760 in Rockingham County Virginia - he has no record of his age he has never received a pension - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever 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 now and subscribed this
1 st day of November 1833 in open court J. W. King Clerk
Archibald Hopkins

We James Gilliland a clergyman residing in the County of Brown state of Ohio and Henry Ratston residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Archibald Hopkins who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy three years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion Sworn and subscribed the James Gilliland day and year aforesaid in Henry Ratston open Court G. W. King Clerk
And the Court do hereby declare their opinions after the investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary sol- dier and served as he states and the Court further certify that it appears to them that James Gilliland who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Brown and that Henry Ratston who has also signed the same is a resident in the said County of Brown is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
The State of Ohio Brown County S.S.
I G. W. King Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing con- =tains the original proceedings of the said Court in the on a petition of the application of Archibald Hopkins for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this eleventh day of November A.D. 1833.
G. W. King Clerk

A. Hopkins

No 1,271
Margaret Hopkins Margaret Hop- kins, widow of Archibald -
Ohio. Oct 24 th July 1848 -
M arried May 24, 1797 He died Jany 25, 1848.
J. Hopkins

The rule requiring a declaration to be made before a Count of record is waived in this case. J. P. Waldo

STATE OF Ohio COUNTY OF Brown } ss:
On this Eighth day of March Eighteen hundred and fifty three , before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, per- sonally came Margaret Hopkins a resident of said County, who
being duly sworn according to law, makes oath and says, that  is the upon her oath makes the following declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the Act of Congress of 29 th who in lifetime claimed a Revolutionary Pension, under the act of Congress of July 1848, or the Act of 3 rd February 1853 - to wit: That she is the widow of Archibald Hopkins late of said County deceased, who was a private in the Virginia Militia in the war of the Revolution and a Pensioner under the Act of Congress of 7 th June 1832. - That she was married to the said Archibald Hopkins on or about the month of May, Seventeen hundred and ninety six, in Rockingham County Virginia - That the said Archibald Hopkins died in said County, on the 25 th day of January Eighteen hundred and forty eight, leaving this declarant his widow, - that she has not since married, but still remains the widow of the said Archibald Hopkins deceased. She does not know whether there is any record of her marriage with she has no family record thereof.
Margaret X Hopkins, makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the arrears of Pension due said
under said act of _____ or other act of Congress which may be applicable, and refers to _____ declaration and the evidence in support of the same, on file in the Pension Office.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, said, before me.
and I certify, that the said Margaret Hopkins by reason of her bodily infirmity and age is unable to attend Court
William Tyson J. P.

Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Margaret Hopkins widow of Archibald Hopkins , late a Revolutionary Pensioner and hereby constitute and appoint J. J. Coombs Esq. of Washington City my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the claim of  my claim for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish payable to myself
to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
Witness my hand and Seal this 8 th day March A. D., 185 3
Signed and Sealed in the presence of Margaret Hopkins  J. R. Stanley Harriet Hopkins
STATE OF Ohio COUNTY OF Portage } ss.
On this eighth day of March A. D. 185 3 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Margaret Hopkins and acknowledged the foregoing Power, of Attorney to be her act and seal, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, } the day and year aforesaid. William Lipton J. Peace.

The State of Ohio } County of Brown } ss.
On this 8 th day of March 1853, before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, personally came Archibald Hopkins and Harriet Hopkins, residents of said County, of lawful age, who being first duly sworn according to law, make oath and say - that there is a family Bible now in the possession of Margaret Hopkins their mother, bearing the imprint "Philadelphia - Printed for Matthew Carey No. 118 Market Street, October 27 th 1802." in which among other records kept by Archibald Hopkins the late husband of said Margaret Hopkins, (their father) and a Revolutionary Pensioner, and in the hand writing of their said father, is the following - "Gordon Hopkins, born May 24 th 1797 - Benjamin and Thomas Hopkins born August 1 - 1799 - Elisabeth Hopkins born September 28 th 1800 -" and afterwards the said record is continued in the same hand writing containing the names and dates of the births of all of the children of said Archibald and Margaret Hopkins - That the said Gordon Hopkins is the oldest child of the said Archibald and Margaret Hopkins, and the other names are also children of the same in the order named.
That their said father and mother always and until the death of their said father lived together as husband and wife, and were and are so reputed by all their neighbors - They further state that in the same family Bible, on another page in the hand writing of Harriet Hopkins one of their affiants is the following record - "Archibald Hopkins died, aged eighty eight in January Eighteen hundred and forty eight" - That the said Archibald

Hopkins died in said County, on the 25 th day of January eighteen hundred and forty eight - That since his death, the said Margaret Hopkins has not married, but still remains the widow of said Archibald Hopkins deceased and is now a resident of said Monroe County. They have no interest in the foregoing application for pension, other than is incident to the relation of parent and children.
There is no record of Marriage in the said Bible. It is a large family Bible and would be very inconvenient to send to Washington City.
Archibald Hopkins Harriet Hopkins
Sworn to and subscribed, before me, the day and year aforesaid, and I certify that the said Archibald Hopkins and Harriet Hopkins are credible witnesses - And I certify also that I was well acquainted with the said Archibald Hopkins (Senior) and his wife Margaret and have no doubt of the facts stated in the foregoing testimony, having lived for many years in their immediate vicinity.
William Dyson J. P.

STATE OF
COUNTY
} ss.
BE IT KNOWN, That on this _____ day of
A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty
, before the undersigned, a Justice
of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared
a resident of
in said County, and made oath according to law that he is the
that he is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me.
J. Peace.
I,
Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that
who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
STATE OF Ohio COUNTY OF Brown } ss.
J. Peace.
I, Gideon Dunham Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in the County and State aforesaid, do certify that William Dixon Esq before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is his signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed my official Seal, this 9 th day of March A. D., 185 3
Gideon Dunham CLERK. By Frank Dunham Expt.

The State of Ohio } County of Brown } ss. Court of Probate.
It is hereby certified, that satisfactory evidence has been submitted to this Court now in Session, by the testimony of Archibald Hopkins, and Harriet Hopkins, credible witnesses, that Archibald Hopkins, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of said County, died in said County on the 25 th day of January Eighteen hundred and forty eight, leaving Margaret Hopkins his widow - that the said Margaret has not since married but still remains the widow of the said Archibald Hopkins deceased.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court, at the Court House in said County. This eighth day of March A.D. 1853 —
John J. Higgins, Probate Judge

mmmtg am
March 10, 1924
Mrs. B. V. Switzer 707 Washington St., Winchester, Va.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 3688 it appears that Archibald Hopkins was born in 1760 in Rockingham County, Virginia and enlisted from said county.
He was allowed pension for the service of seven months as a private in the Virginia Troops, War of Revolution, on his application executed November 1, 1833 while living in Brown County, Ohio, where he died January 25, 1848.
Soldier married in May 1796 in Rockingham County, Virginia, Margaret, whose maiden name is not stated, who was allowed pension on her application executed March 8, 1853 while a resident of Brown County, Ohio.
Their children mentioned are Gordon born May 24, 1797, Benjamin and Thomas born August 1, 1799, Elizabeth born September 28, 1800 and Archibald and Harriet whose ages are not stated.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

1914, Mch. 25. To D. M. Gen. U.S.A. For Tombstone.
1915 Jan'y 5 - Hist. to Mrs. Geo. P. ... 1920 May 13 Hist. to Mrs. Francis H. Thompson.
1922, July 11 Hist. to Mrs. Jas H. Woodward - Eu.
1924 - mch. 10 - Hist. to Mr. B. J. Dwyer. mm...
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 3686
Margaret Hopkins Widow Archibald Hopkins Pvt. Res. War
Act: July 27, 1848
Index: - Vol. 2 , Page 341

No 1.271. Margaret Hopkins, Ohio
Set. 9. 9. Coombs, Sept. 10/53.
July 28 1848.

Con. (Ohio) Agcy
Margaret Hopkins, wid. of Abraham, who was a private in. Smith's
She died July 28/48.
$23.33 per share
On March 4, 1848,
99 bonds, Parat.

Brief in the case of Margaret Hopkins, wid. of Aronbold. Brown County and State of Ohio
act
July 29, 1848.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband Pension Act June 7, 1832. Recd under it of M c amoy prior to 1860.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
J. J. Coombs, Pres.
Examining Clerk.
Orde Miley

28.828  25.722.
Archibald Hopkins Ohio
Adm 7. Months
  23.33       2 1/2  2333    46.66   3    18.66 1/2   59.99    58.32      11.66           69.98    
Thomas H. Smith Georgetown Brown Co Ohio

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.              
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this                      day of                      personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of                      in the county of                      and State, Territory or District of                      aged (c)                      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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)                      , with                      and served in the                      (e) regiment of the                      line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. (This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.)]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I,                      of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of                      for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of                      &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the                      and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with                      , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby 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, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the                      and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the                      and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,                      Clerk of the Court of                      do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this                      day of                      &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Send our statement to the Regent herself. she can admit all to D.A.R. on that one.
and Commissioner of Pensions Pension Dept. Washington D.C.

Please mail the Record of the Soldier of the Revolution Archibald Hopkins of Brown County - pensioned Dec 27, 1833 to Mr. Archibald Hopkins Mrs. Chambers Baird Misses Heattie & Altha Gilliland Ripley, Brown Co., Ohio. (Mrs Geo. T. Tyler - Regent Ripley Chapter)
over

Rev Sec CSW
✓ 2 st stamp rec'd
O. A. THOMPSON, D. D. S. SCOTT BUILDING HILLSBORO, OHIO
Hillsboro, Ohio. April 21 st 1920
Commissioner of Pensions.
Would you please send me a copy of pension certificate of Archibald Hopkins.
Applied when resident of Brown Co. Ohio and placed on pension roll Dec. 27 th 1833.
Was private in Virginia Militia. And Ohio
Respectfully.
Mrs Frances H. Thompson. Hillsboro Ohio.

707 WASHINGTON STREET WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA
Feb. 7 th 1924
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Will you kindly advise me as to whether the name of Archibald Hopkins is to be found in the records on file in your office as having served in the Revolutionary War from the state of Virginia. And if so what was his status or rank as a soldier. I am anxious to secure this data and will appreciate a prompt reply. Respectfully, Mrs. B. E. Switzer.

Res. 5-2
422 East Main Street, Staunton, Virginia.
May 10, 1922.
Chief of the Record and Pension Office, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir, -
In a list, compiled from a report made by the Secretary of War in 1835, of Pensioners Residing outside of Virginia in 1835, whose pensions were granted for services as Virginia militiamen in the Revolutionary War, I find the name of Archibald Hopkins, aged 74, living in Brown County, Ohio -

I am descended from Rebecca Hopkins who married John Poage, Jr., a Revolutionary Soldier from Augusta County, Virginia. His wife was prob- ably a member of the Rockingham family of Hopkins, but the Rocking- ham records were burned in the Civil War and the fact can not be established there.
I am asking for the record of Archibald Hopkins in the hope of finding

the paternity of my ancestress Rebecca Hopkins (Poage). Hoping you can grant my request by sending me a copy of the record of Archibald Hopkins, both military and personal, I am, Very truly yours,
Mr James H. Woodward, 422. East Main St. Staunton, Va.
REC'D ARCHIVES BR. MAY 16 1922 7 Received G. O. MAY 15 1922.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
W. F. 3686
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Archibald Hopkins a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Spring 1779 3 mos. Pvt. Hewitt ✓ Va.   May 1781 3 mos. Herron Major Col M c Kee   Sept. 1781 1 mo Herron        
Battles engaged in, _____✓_____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, drafted in Rockingham Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Nov. 1. 1833. His d. was al.
Residence at date of application, Brown Co. Ohio
Age at date of application, born in 1760 in Rockingham Co. Va.
Remarks:
died Jan'y 25. 1848 in Rockingham Co. Va. He married May 1796 in Rockingham Co. Va. Margaret --- She was d. pens on an ap l . Ex. Mch. 8, 1853 while a Resident of Brown Co. Ohio. Children Gordon born May 24, 1797. Benjamin & Thomas W. Aug. 1, 1799. Elizabeth b. Sept. 28, 1800, and Archibald & Harriet whose ages are not stated.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.