In 1853, John Eakin gave the following declaration in support of his father, William Eakin's Revolutionary War Service:
The declaration of the Heirs of William Eakin by his son John Eakin in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832, respectfully sheweth
State of Virginia County of Washington: SS
On this 26 day of October 1853 personally appeared in Open Court, John Eakin a resident of the County of Washington and in the State of Virginia, aged 54 years, who first being 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 his Father William Eakin, was a volunteer from the State of Virginia, under the command of Captain George Scott, and that he was honorably discharged, at a place called Baskenridge on the first day of April 1777 after having served out the full term of his enlistment. That his discharge has
been lost or destroyed. That the officers who commanded him and with whom he was associated are dead, and removed from whom living testimony cannot be had, that the said William Eakin, and Abram McConnell, were both messmates in Captain Scott's Company – that they were both discharged on the same day – that they both moved to and resided in the County of Washington up to the day of their death, that they both, in the Company of others have been heard to narrate their services in the War of the Revolution, and that the discharge of Abram McConnell is identical to that of William Eakin, which is lost, in the words & figures following (to wit) ["]This
is to Certify, Baskenridge April first 1777, that Abram McConnell, a soldier in my company of volunteers from Virginia, have served out the term of his enlistment & is hereby discharged from the service.
Geo Scott Capt.["] he hereby relinquishes every Claim whatever except the present, and that the name of the said William Eakin is not on any pension roll or agency, in the United States for paying pensions, nor does he ever made application for pension, that the Battles he was in or the Regiment or field officers who commanded him, are unknown, that the said William Eakin was married in the County of Berkeley __ 17__that he died in May 1834 in the County of Washington, that he left no widow, who died in this County of Washington on the __day of 18__that her maiden name was Snodgrass that she was married in the County of Berkeley Virginia Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in the said court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named William Eakin was a revolutionary soldier, and served as stated, the testimony being such as can be relied on by the court.
S/ John Eakin
https://revwarapps.org/r3183.pdf
