Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13317, George Hull, Va.
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SERVICE NUMBER
Va. Hull, George S. 13317
Carded
CONTENTS
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Letter to J. J Fry & 2 Comptroller 1 May 1838.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of 6 April 1838 from 4 Sept 1836 to 4 Sept 1837. Agt Notified 30 May 1838
Let to Hon. W. C. Rives
June 6. 1838
Paid as above, from 4 March 1838 to 4 Sept 1838 Agt Notified 5 June 1839
Date of death not on AB
Let. 9 March 1835 Rich Anderson payt re[illegible]
- 10 - - Ca Clerk
do to P. Agt. & J. J. Fry Nov. 16. 1836-

Virginia 16.657
George Hull
of Greenbrier in the State of Va
who was a pri. in the __ commanded by Captain - of the Regt commanded by Col. Huggart on the Va. line for 1 year
Cont
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
at the rate of 40 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Sept. "33. and sent Henry Erskine. Lewisburgh. Va
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833 100-
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar. "34 20
$120
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by N. Rice Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 6 Page 14
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Geo. Hull
Va.
9582
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Admit as private
12 mo $40.00
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Apl. 30 33-
P. 365
Henry Erskine
Lewisburgh C. H. 
Va
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BRIEF in the case of George Hull
County of Green brier in the State of Virginia
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 74 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.
In 1777 3 Months Private Capt McCoy
1779 or 1780 3 Months " Col. Huggart
1781 3 Months " Capt. Cameron Col. Huggart
3 Months Col. Huggart
5. In what battles was he engaged? James Town
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Augusta Co Virginia
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living Witness
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Catts
Examining Clerk.
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9582
George Hull
G Hull
Declaration
Henry Erskine
Lewisburgh
Va
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State of Virginia
Greenbrier County SS
On this 27th day August 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the County Court of Greenbrier it being a court of Record now sitting George Hull a resident of said County and State of Virginia aged about 74 years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the the following declaration in order to Obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated
1st He was Drafted into the service of the US. in the County of Augusta under Capt Jno. McCoy & Lieutenant David Martin in the year he thinks 1777 for three months and was stationed on the frontiers to guard against the Indians on the West fork of the Monongalia River and that he served out his tower of duty and was discharged on the sd Monongalia River That during this tower he was in no engagement was employed in guarding from different forts. to wit West Fork, Landons fort, Nutters fort, Koonty fort,
2d He was Drafted in the year 1779 or 1780 for three months as an Indian Spie to guard the frontiers in what is called the Crab Bottom Settlement that he was taken from sd County of Augusta and that He was during this tower under command Cols. Huggart & McCrary, and that, he served out this tower and was discharged
3d. He was drafted in the year 1781 in the county of Augusta for three months under Capt. Charles Cameron & Col. Huggart and was marched to the eastern part of Virginia and stationed at the Burnt Ordinary near Williamsburg and during this tower he was in a Battle at James Town which was conducted by Genl Wain and tasked a considerable part of the day and after having been discharged from this tower of duty He states he
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entered as a substitute for George Richmode for three months under the following officers
The Capt name he does not recollect but that he was under the Command of Cols. Huggart & McCrary and was stationed at the Brohin Bridge hear the Pomunky River and was kept reconaterery through the country and was discharged not long upon the taking of Cornwallace. That he submits the affidavit of Adam Arbagart & John Havens to him taken before a Justice of peace for Pocahontas County as evidence of part of his services. That he has no documentary evidence that he Knows except the above named affidavits
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension of any Agency of any state
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Teste George x his mark Hull
John Mathews CGC

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 and after the examination of the annexed affidavits that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and the sd Court do further declare that from the very best information they can procure that they have full confidence that William Stevens before whom the annexed affidavit was taken is a Magistrate of Pocahontas County and that full credit Ought to be given to his acts as such
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Interrogatories
1st Where and what year were you born
Answer I was born in Rockingham County the year I do not recollect but from what I am told of my age by Sisters brother I believe I am 74 years old last fall
ds 2 Have you any record of your age if so where is it
Answer I have none
3 Where were you living when called into the the service where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live
Answer I lived in Augusta County in what is called the Crab Bottom now Pendleton County when I was called into the service and continued to reside from I was four years old until I moved to Jacksons River in Bath County and resided there ten years and have lived in Greenbrier about twenty years
4 How were you called into Service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom
Answer I was drafted for all the towers but the one and for that I was a Substitute for George Rochrode
I John Mathews Clerk of the Court of Greenbrier County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of George Hull for a Pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 8th day of September 1832
John Mathews CGC
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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON December 19, 1944
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Honorable John Kee BA-J/EEL
House of Representatives George Hull-S. 13317
Washington, D.C.
My dear Mr. Kee:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of George Hull, of Greenbrier County, Virginia (now West Virginia) and Isaac James, of Hampshire County, Virginia (now West Virginia).
The records of those soldiers are furnished herein.
George Hull
S. 13317
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.13317, based upon the military service in that war of George Hull.
George Hull was born in Rockingham County, Virginia. The date of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown. 
I did not use fall of 1757 as date of birth because he was not certain & said he had record
While a resident of Crab Bottom Settlement, Augusta (that part which was later Pendleton) County, Virginia, George Hull enlisted and served as a private with the Virginia Troops, as follows:
from sometime in 1777, exact date not shown, three months in Captain John McCoy's Company and was stationed on the frontier as a guard against the Indians: from sometime in 1779 or 1780, three months as an Indian Spy under Colonels Haggart and McCrary, and guarded Crab Bottom Settlement: in 1781, three months in Captain Charles Cameron's Company, under Colonel Huggart, was stationed at Williamsburg and was in the battle of Jamestown: three months under Colonels Huggart and McCrary and was discharged a short time before the surrender of Cornwallis: another tour of three months in which he served under Colonel Campbell in South Carolina; dates of this tour not shown.
Could not identify any officers other than Chas Camerson
After the war, he lived in Bath County, Virginia (West Virginia)
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for ten years; then moved to Greenbrier County, Virginia (West Virginia), where he was residing when he was allowed pension on his application executed August 27, 1832, aged about seventy-four years.
There are no data as to soldier's family.

Isaac James
S. 18053
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 18053, based upon the military service in that war of Isaac James.
Isaac James was born March 16, 1758, in Northumberland County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in Northumberland County, Virginia, Isaac James enlisted in August, 1781, and in October, 1781, was placed in Captain Spencer Kirkpatrick's Company, Colonel Baytop's Virginia Regiment, marched to Cumberland Court House, Virginia, where he was stationed and was engaged in building huts for the army, and was discharged after serving nine months.
After the Revolution, he resided in Northumberland County, Virginia for three years; then moved to Hampshire County, Virginia (West Virginia) where he was residing when he was allowed pension on his application executed October 28, 1833.
In 1833, soldier referred to his son who went "to the west five or six years ago", but did not give the name of his son nor is the name of soldier's wife given: no further reference is made to children.
In 1833, the sister of Isaac James, Nancy Brandon, was aged sixty-seven years and made affidavit in Preston County, Virginia (West Virginia).
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Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3-535
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., ___, 19
In reply to your request of ___, received ___ for a statement of the military history of George Hull a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. STATE.
1777 3 mos Pvt Jno McCoy Va
1779 or 1780 " " Huggart & McCrary
1781 " " Chas Cameron Huggart & McCrary
1781 "" Huggart & McCrary
Battles engaged in, Jamestown
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Crab Bottom Augusta Co. Va. (that part which was later Pendleton)
Date of application for pension, Aug 27, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Greenbrier Co. Va
Age at date of application, 74 b. Rockingham Co. Va. in Autumn of 1757
Remarks: no family data
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
AW. Office note 
I did not use officers ([illegible] or Campbell) given in Singleton's report as they did not fit in with anything that he or his witnesses stated & in said report he was very vague & said he could not recollect details of Service
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JOHN KEE MEMBER OF COMMITTEE ON
5TH DIST. WEST VIRGINIA FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
December 14th,
1935.
Mr. A. D. Hiller,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator,
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.
RECEIVED DEC 16 1935
My dear Mr. Hiller:
I shall appreciate it very much if you will kindly furnish me with a written report in regard to the Revolutionary War records of George Hull, of Greenbrier County, Virginia (now West Virginia); and Isaac James, of Hampshire County, Virginia, (now West Virginia).
Thanking you for your attention to this request, and assuring you of my appreciation of your many courtesies, I am
Sincerely yours,
John Kee
K-b
RECEIVED DEC 17 1935
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Rev. Sec
W. E. DEEGANS, PRESIDENT O. J. DEEGAN, TREASURER ROY B. COOK, SECRETARY
FREDERICK PHARMACY
HUNTINGTON, W. VA.,
December 10, 1918.
Gentlemen,-
I would like if possible to secure a copy or digest of the declaration filed with application for a pension, for services on the Border as member of the Virginia Militia or Indian Spy, of one George Hull. He was born in what is now (Highland?) County, Virginia, and later was in command it appears of the militia in Greenbrier County, Virginia, now West Virginia. The name appears as a pensioner in 1835 in the report of the Secretary of War, age 76, residence Greenbrier County, Virginia. The name also appears in pension papers of one Adam Arbogast and also in connection with Peter Hulls Company of Virginia Militia, the latter being a brother.
Any attention this request might receive at your hands would be gratefully received. Respectfully,
U. S. PENSION OFFICE L
DEC 13 1918
As this letter is unsigned I would answer addressing letter to the Frederick Pharmacy.
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1918 Dec. 14 Hist. to the "Frederick Pharmacy" 
Huntington, W. Va. (letter unsigned) AW
1935 - Dec 9 - Hist to Hon John Kee, HR. EL
Rev War 13317
INVALID.
File No. 13,317
George Hull
Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:-Vol. 1, Page 435
Arrangement of 1870.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
May 18th, 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," George Hull, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond, Va, Agency, at the rate of forty Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March, 1838, to the 4th Sept., 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
J. Seaver
Acting Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Treasury Department,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
May 19th, 1838.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," George Hull, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Virginia Agency, at the rate of forty Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1836 to the 4th September 1837
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
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FREE
J. L Edwards, Esq,
Comr. of Pensions
Washington
Nov 14
Geo Hull
Va Roll
16,651
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Richmond. 12th
Dr Sir
Please direct the agent here to pay the [illegible]
and oblige yrs truly
J. J Fry
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Will Mr. Randall be so good as to say to whom payment was made in the case of George Hull - Virginia roll Act 7 June 1832, at $40 per ann? The notn. of payt. from the Comptroller is dated May 19 38 (from 4 Sept. 1836 to 4th Sept 1837)
Pension Office,
June 6, 1838.
The money was remitted to the atty. Joshua J. Fry to care of Prest. of Bk of Va Richmond May 21, '38
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Pocahontas County SS.
I do hereby certify on oath that George Hull of the County of Greenbrier and state of Virginia was Drafted and served with me as a private Soldier in the Revolutionary a Term of Three Months against the Indians under the following named officers (Capt .John McCoy Lieutenant David Martin & Ensign Thomas Right) and that they were Stationed at the time of Service on or near the west fork of Monongalia River then Augusta County, across now Lewis and that the said Hulls place of Residence at the time of said service was in Crab Bottom then Augusta County now Pendleton Cty, Virginia and that sd Services were Rendered to the best of My Recollection in the year one Thousand seven Hundred and seventy seven, and I do also Certify on oath that the aforesaid Hull served with me one other tour of three months in the Revolutionary war a private soldier as an Indian spie to guard the Frontier of the sd Crab Bottom settlement and that sd Hulls Place of Residence was the same as above mentioned - The Time of service not Recollected precisely by me but suppose it to have been in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine or Eighty and that we were under the Command of Colo Huggard & McCrory - given under my hand this 18th day of July 1833-
Adam Arbogast

Pocahontas County S.S.
I do hereby Certify on oath, that the within named George Hull was Drafted and served with me as a private soldier in the Revolutionary war to the best of my Recollection in the year one thousand seven Hundred & Eighty one a Tower of Three Months in the second Battalion of the Augusta soldiers in Virginia under Command of the following named officers (Capt. Charles Cameron Colo. Huggart & McCrary and that said Hull was in the battle of James Town with me given under my hand this
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13th day of July 1833 John Slaven
Pocahontas County SS.
Be it known that on the 13th day of July 1833
Appeared before the subscriber one of the Commonwealth Justices of the peace in for the County aforesaid Adam Arbogast and John Slaven and made Oath to the foregoing services of George Hull I do moreover Certify that the above named Adam Arbogast and John Slaven are Reputed and Believed to be men of Truth in their Respective Neighborhoods
and that their statements are entitled & that I concur in the same [illegible] to Credit. given under my hand this 13th day of July 1833- William Slaven JP

Virginia
I Henry M. Moffett Clerk of the County Court of Pocahontas in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that William Slaven, whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate, is and was at the time of making the same, an acting justice of the peace in and for the County of Pocahontas aforesd., duly commissioned and qualified as such, and that his signature is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office at Huntersville the 7th day of August 1833 and in the 58th year of the Commonth. 
H. M. Moffett
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Mr. Edwards
Commissioner of
Pensions.
W C Rives
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Senate Chamber June 6th '38.
Dear sir,
Will you have the goodness to attend to the enclosed communication & let me hear from you on the subject of it, as early as your other engagements will permit.-
Very respectfully
your most obt. ser.
W C Rives
Mr. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions.-
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Geo. Hull - Pensioner,
Green brier County.
Entitled-
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George Hull, Pen Serv. 12 mo. recurs $40 pension,
I the undersigned Geo. Hull, at the request of W. G. Singleton - agent of the war Department. give the following Statement of my Services as a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution and of my age. I cant exactly tell my age, but am Some where between 75 & 80 yrs. old. am a native of Rockingham County. and resided in what um currently Pendleton County, during the war of the Revolution - I Served - three months tower at Williamsburg under Cat. Kincaid - I served a nother tour of 3 months. at James town. dont recollect who was my Captain in this tour. Genl. Wayne commanded at James Town. Col. Campbell & Major Wilson were also there & in command. - I also served a tour of 3 months under Capt. McKay at Clarksburg & one other tower of 3 months in South Carolina under Col. Campbell I cant tell in what year or years. the foregoing Service was done I served four or five tours of 3 months each. by Witnesses who recollect my service better than I can, I am frail in both body & mind. and therefore I cannot recollect the minutes of my services - Mr. Erskin wrote my Declaration Jany 25. 1835
Geo x his mark Hull
John Slaven of Pocahontas says he has known Geo. Hull for many years. that he Served a tower of duty of 3 mos. the same Company with him at James Town & he thinks that Hull Served in all four or five tours.
A Copy. W. Singleton
Note. although the statement here given is Somewhat unsatisfactory. Yet I believe the man to be honest. and that hes entitled
W. G. Singleton
Jany 14. 1834