Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39707, John Hoskins, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Hoskins, John.
S 39707
CONTENTS

(246) Pennsylvanid,
John Hoskins, 4 McCurdy private,
Pennsylvanian line 1776 War In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania. at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 th of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th of April 1818. and delivered to the Pensioner in person
Arrearages to 4 th Sept. 1818. 4 23 / 31 mo. $ 37.93 $ 37.93
{ Revolutionary claims, } { Act 18th March, 1818, } * Duplicate certificate issued 7 th Nov 1818 & del d to himself
July 1818 Sept 1818 William Gubler, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date of death not on A.P.
20 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2

John Hoskins -
216
ipd. Apr. 1818.
Con:
Sep 1818

District Court of the United States in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Js;
On the Twenty first day of July One thousand eight hundred & Twenty personally appeared in the District Court of the U. States for said District (the said Court being a Court of Record having a clerk a Seal and keeping a record of its proceedings) John Hoskins, aged Sixty nine years, residing in Philadelphia, who being first duly sworn in Open Court according to law on his Oath declares that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows viz.
In the 2 d Pennsylvania Regiment and company commanded by Capt. McCurdy - Date of Original declaration 15 th April 1818: Number of pension certificate (216.). and I the said John Hoskins do further solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th 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 the 18 th 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.
John his Hoskins Mark
Sworn to and declared in Open Court on } the twenty first day of July 1820 - } D. Caldwell - clk: Dist: Ct. }
Schedule of the property of John Hoskins
I have no property of any description have no occupation - nor have I any children am in such indigent circumstances

as to be unable to support myself without the assistance of my country Sworn at Supra D. Baldwell clk: Dist: 6 th } John H. Hoskins his mark
I, D. Baldwell clerk of the District Court of the United States in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath is truly copied from the Record of the said Court: and I do further certify, that it is the Opinion of the said Court, that the Applicant has no property whereof to form a Schedule.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand, and Affixed the Seal of the said Court, on this twenty first day of July A. D. 1820 and in the forty fifth year of the Inde- pendence of the said United States.
D. Baldwell - clk. Dist. 6 th

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Dauphin County State of Pennsylvania
Be it remembered that on the 13th day of April A. D. one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me Obed Farnsworth one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania personally appeared John Moskins of the State of Pennsylvania and a resident citizen of the United States and being duly sworn according to Law doth and did declare and say that he entered into the Army of the United States raised for the defence of American Liberty and for repelling every hostile invasion thereof, and enlisted (he thinks in the Year 1776) On Long Island in Captain McCurdy's Company of Infantry in Col Butts regiment of Pennsylvania troops, for five Years or during the War, that he served in the Army of the United States during the revolutionary War, was discharged at Philadelphia which discharge he has lost or mislaid That from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his Country for support, being old and infirm, And that he hath no pension heretofore allowed him by the laws of the United States to his knowledge And if any such exists he doth hereby fully and entirely release the same to the United States.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 13th day of April A. D. 1818. Obed Farnsworth
His John Moskins mark
Dauphin County
I Obed Farnsworth one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Dauphin do hereby Certify that it satisfactorily appears to me that John Moskins now residing in the State of Pennsylvania served in the revolutionary war against the common enemy As is set forth in the foregoing deposition which together with a certificate from the Auditor General and Secretary of the Land Office of the Comth. of Pennsylvania I respectfully transmit to the Secretary of the Department of war of the United States. Obed Farnsworth
Harrisburg Ap. 13th 1818.
Hon. J. C. Calhoun Secy. Dept. War.

Dauphin County & State of Pennsylvania ss.
I John Maschesney Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Dauphin do hereby certify that Obed Fahnstock Esq. who has given the foregoing Certificate and whose name is subscribed thereto was at the time of so doing and yet is an Associate Judge for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, to all whose acts as such due faith and credit are and ought to be given as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Harrisburg the 13 th day of April A.D. 1818.
John Maschesney Proth ry

I certify that it appears by the Pay rolls of the Pennsylvania line in Revolutionary War in this Office that the name of John Hookins is included in the pay roll of the 2 d regiment until 3 d November One thousand seven hundred and eighty three, and that he received his gratuity for services to the end of the War — Witness my hand and the seal of the Office of the Auditor General this 13 th day of April 1818
Geo. Bryan Aud. Genl.
   Rank Regiment Accts     Hookins John private 2 d Penn a 200  
In Testimony that the above is a Copy from a Book entitled "Return of the Pennsylvania line, entitled to Donation lands, reported by the late Comptroller General," remaining in the Land office of Pennsylvania
I have hereunto set my Hand and affix d the Seal of said Office this 13 th day of April A. D. 1818
John Cochran Secy L d Off

October 22, 1934
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Mrs. George R. Beeson 30th & Beeson Streets Connersville, Indiana
JOHN HOSKINS S. 39707 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of John Hoskins who served as a private in that war from Pennsylvania, and received a pension in Dauphin County of that state, also of a John Hoskins who served as corporal in the Maryland troops.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land made to the United States based upon military service of soldiers in that war.
A careful search of the records fails to show such claims on file based upon the Revolutionary War service of a John Hoskins in the Maryland troops. The record of a John Hoskins was found who applied for pension in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and it is given below as shown in pension claim, S. 39707, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of soldier's birth and names of his parents are not given.
John Hoskins enlisted in 1776 on Long Island, served as private in Captain McCurdy's company, Colonel Butler's Pennsylvania regiment, and was discharged November 3, 1783, from the 2 nd Pennsylvania Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 13, 1818, while a resident of the State of Pennsylvania; his application was executed in Dauphin County of that state.
In 1830, John Hoskins was aged sixty-nine years and residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and at that time stated that he had no children and made no reference to a wife.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

39707 INVALID.
Rev
File No. 89707
John Hopkins His Rev. and
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 251
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1922. Mar. 29 Dala 9 un L. J. Cuslone Hopkins - En. 1934. Oct. 22 - Stock to Mrs. Geo. R. Benson - M.C.B.

County of Washington p-
On the 7 th day of Nov r 1818. came before me, a notice of the Peace in and who made oath in due form of law for said County - John Nash - That some time in the course of the last Winter, he received a certificate of Pension for eight Dollars - per month - that the same was signed by John C. Calhoun. That some time in the month of April 1818. near Philadelphia - he lost his - said certificate of Pension in consequence of its getting wet - in so much he could not make any thing out of it -
James M. Varnum

Mrs Finch
Connersville, Indiana. October 5, 1934
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
My dear sir;
Will you please give me all of the information contained in the pension papers or records of John Hoskins, private, while living in Dauphin Co., Pa. He was placed on the roll April 30th, 1818, commenced pension April 13, 1818.
May I also have the same record of John Hoskins, corporal, whose name appears on the musters of Maryland troops, 3rd regiment in Smallwoods. He enlisted April 20th, 1778, discharged August 16, 1780.
Thanks for this information.
can't find 8/10/1813
Very truly yours,
(Mrs. Geo. R.)  Sueille R. Beeson
RETURN AFTER FIVE DAYS TO Mrs. George R. Beeson, 30th & Beeson Street, CONNERSVILLE, IND. 10 8 34

3742 JOHN PRESTON HOSKINS PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY
February 25, 1922.
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
On the enclosed memorandum you will find some references to one-- or perhaps there were more than one-- John Hoskins (Hoskin or Haskins) who was a soldier in the Revolution and who presumably received a pension. From the records of your office can you give me any more definite information about this individual or individuals, particularly in what company he served and to what address pension was paid. I may be in error but I think it all refers to one and the same man who, according to family tradition, fought in the Revolution and ultimately settled in Guilford County N.C. where he had taken a grant of land about the year 1780.
I should also be grateful for any other records you may have of Hoskins, Hodgkins or Haskins from Pennsylvania that you may have in your office, as pensioners of the Revolution or of the War of 1812. I know of some four or five more but just where they settled after these wars were over is not easy to determine. If they received pensions it is not unlikely that you may have the address to which such payments were sent.
Thanking you in advance for any trouble you may take in this matter, I am,
Very truly yours,
J. Preston Hoskins
Memorandum returned

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March 29, 1922.
J. Preston Hoskins, Princeton, New Jersey.
Sir:-
In response to your letter dated February 25, 1922, you are advised that the Revolutionary records of this Bureau fail to afford information in regard to a John Hoskin (or Hoskins, Haskin, Haskins, Hodgkin, or Hodgkins) who resided in the State of North Carolina.
The Revolutionary War pensioner S. file no. 39707, John Hoskins who was allowed pension under the Act of March 18, 1818, on account of his services as a Private in the Pennsylvania Line, was of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania in 1818, and of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1820.
In order to make a proper search of the records for any particular soldier of the Revolution or War of 1812, of any of the above noted surnames; in addition to the full name of the soldier, some of the following data is essential: approximate dates of birth and death; name of war in which he served; places of residence at enlistment and after service; given name of widow.

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Owing to lack of a clerical force available for for the purpose, only two reports are made for each inquirer.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.