Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4506, William Hames, S.C.
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( 3-1776) SERVICE S.C. Hames, William  Elizabeth NUMBER R.4506
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No. Elizabeth Hames wid of William  S Carolina  Let M. Quinn Sept  25 / 55 July 7, 1838
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REJECTED 11506 Elizabeth Hames
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No. Elizabeth Hames wid. of William  S.C. July 7, 1838  4506 M. Quinn Livingston  NC
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on  the 29th day of Sept. 1828  as will  & does appear from  accord to which I have had reference to that . I am well acquainted with  old Mrs. Elizabeth  Hames who is now applying for  a pension for the services of the said William Hames dec'd , in the revolutionary war, that she is the identical widow of the said William Hames that he  has no interest in  said claim . sworn and subscribed before me this the 9th of June  1855. Josh McKissick ( signed ) Magt. Charles Gautt ( signed ) [ State of South Carolina Unio District ] I , John P McKissick  the Magistrate before whim the foregoing declaration  of Elizabeth Hames  was made do certify that she is not able t attend Court from age & bodily infirmity and I further certify that  Charles Gautt  & William Gautt who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit are men of character this the 9th of June  1855 . John P. McKissick ( signed / sealed ) Magistrate
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[ State of South Carolina Inion District ] I, J.G. McKissick  Clerk of the  Court of Comon  Pleas  and General Sessions  for Union District in the  State aforesaid  hereby certify that  John P. McKissick  Esq.  before whom the  within declaration  and affidavits were made ( as appears by his name in his own handwriting  attesting the same )  is and was at the date thereof  a Magistrate in and for said District duly appointed and qualified and had signed the roll  kept according to law in my office , and all his official acts as such are entitle to full faith and credit.  In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court at Union Court House the seventh day of June A. D. 1855 .  J.G. McKissick ( signed / sealed ) C.C. P.
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Bible cover page  ( very dark and illegible )
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( very dark and mostly illegible ) William Hames ... Betty Hames was .. July 31 William Hames died ... July 22nd 1784 .. was born ... Charity  Hames was born  Sep. 1789  John Hames born Oct. 23  1791...   Edmund Hames was born Feb 16 1794 ( also shows  1796
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died on the 29th day of Sept. 1823 , that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service , but that the marriage took place previous to the first of January 1794, at the time above stated.  That she has remained a widow ever since the death of her said husband William Hames - that she knows of no record proof of her said marriage save the family record. Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written  before me  John McKissick  ( signed ) Magt.  Elizabeth Hames ( her mark X ) Attest Martin  Quin ( signed ) Charles Gautt  ( signed ) [ South Carolina Union District  ] Personally  appeared before me  the  subscribing Magistrate, William Gautt  and after being  duly sworn  according to law saith  on his oath that the above attached record is the family record containing the ages of the children of  William & Elizabeth Hames, that he  believes it to be the original family record of the said  William  & Elizabeth Hames. Sworn to  before me this the 9th of June 1855. William Gautt ( signed ) John P McKissick ( signed ) Magt.  [ South Carolina Union District ] {Personally appeared before me the subscribing  Magistrate, Charles Gautt , and after being  sworn saith on his oath that he was well acquainted with  William Hames  for twenty two years  previous to his death , that he was always reputed  to have been a soldier in the  revolutionary war, that the said William  Hames died in  Union District
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[ State of South Carolina Union District ] On this the  9th day of June  A.D.  1855  personally appeared before me  the undersigned a Magistrate in and for said  District  and State aforesaid . old Mrs. Elizabeth Hames a resident of Union District in the  State of  South Carolina  aged 92 years who first being duly sworn  according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the  provision made by the Act of Congress passed  7 July  1838 . entitled  an act granting  half pay and pensions to certain  widows. That she is the widow of  William Hames, who was a private in the  South Carolina Military service in the  Revolutionary War, and as such served the United States against the common enemy  for the term of two years. That he resided in South Carolina at the time of his service as she had heard him say . He served under  Captain Bullock or Captain Prichard in the early part of the war, was taken sick a while , and when recovered to health  again joined the army under Captain Grant, and continued in the service until peace was made. She thinks  she has heard him  speak of being in several battles , but she well recollects of Captain Grant coming to see her  said husband after the war, and hearing them talk  of the war , and  their services  . That she  was married to the said William Hames  in Union District  South Carolina  some time in the fall of 1783 . That her said name before she was married was Elizabeth Masley  ; that her said husband William Hames
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Elizabeth Hames William - N S.C. original   Cole ( vertical on page ) ( Swingstown  N.C.  Sept . 23th  free  ) ( Mr. L. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions Washington City  D.C.  )
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Swangstown ( Swingstown ) Cleveland Country Nort Carolina Sept. 13th  1855  Dear Sir, I herewith enclose and forward you the declaration of Mrs. Elizabeth Hames  , widow of William  Hames claiming pension for the services of her  late husband under Act of Congress of  7 July  1838 . Please report to me.  Address to  Swangstown ( Swingstown N.C.  yours very respectfully  M. Quinn ( signed )   Commissioner of Pensions  Washington  City  D.C.