Abt 1730 - Yes, date unknown
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| Name |
Johnson Elkin |
| Birth |
Abt 1730 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
Yes, date unknown |
| Person ID |
I14834 |
Ingram-Related |
| Last Modified |
14 Aug 2024 |
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| Notes |
- Pension application of Johnson Elkins S39494 fn21SC
Transcribed by Will Graves 12/11/08
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South Carolina Camden District: In the court of Equity June Term 1818
Johnson Elkins appeared & and on being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God, deposeth that about the month of June in the year 1777 he enlisted as a private soldier in Captain Uriah Goodwin's Company of the 3rd Regiment of Continental Troops of the State of South Carolina. -- That he continued in service until the month of May 1780 when he was made prisoner at the fall of Charleston where he remained until about the 15th of June following man with several others he effected his Escape. -- The term of his enlistment having expired he subsequently performed several tours of duty with the militia of this State during the revolutionary war. -- That he never could obtain his regular discharge owing as he presumes to the circumstance of his being captured by the Enemy & kept in confinement. -- This deponent further states that from his advanced period of life & from his infirmities, having been wounded at the siege of Savannah he stands in need of the aid of a pension.
S/ Johnson Elkins
20th June 1818
Sworn to before
S/ J. Carter S/ Wm D. James
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