Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10115, Benjamin Hodge, S.C.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
S. C.

Hodge, Benjamin        
Nancy

NUMBER 
W. 10115

CONTENTS
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12.892
South Carolina
Benj'n Hodge
Richland Dist. in the State of South Carolina who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Goodwin of the Reg't. commanded by Col. Thompson on the South Carolina for one year.

Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina at the rate of 70 Dollars ____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of May '33
Columbia, So. Ca. and sent L. L. C. Happe

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833- 140
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833 35
$175

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by William Miller Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 6 Page 69-
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(left page ) 8404 South Carolina Nancy Hodge dec'd  widow of Benj. Hodge who was a Private in the S.C. Revolution. Husband died 28 Jany 1837 . Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 70 Dollars  __ Cents per annum  , to commence on the 4th day of March  1843 and ending 10th Oct.  1845  when she died. Certificate of Pension issued  the 21st day of August  1848 and sent to  Hon. J.S. Wooward. Member of Congress [ Acts of March 3, 1843 and June 17, 1844 ] Recorded in Book A  Vol. 2. Page 166  ( right page ) Reported Payable to  Trinity Martin , Sarah Grant,  Letty Lee, Lucy Sims, Rachel Martin , Anna Cusad, Margaret Brown, & Zady  Hodge
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[State of South Carolina
Richland District ]  SS
On the thirteenth day of October One thousand eight hundred and forty seven personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas & General Sessions at Columbia for the District of Richland State of South Carolina now being holden, Trinity Martin, wife of Joseph Martin dec'd, daughter of Benjamin and Nancy Hodge dec'd, a resident of the District of Richland State of South Carolina aged sixty four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed July 4th 1836 and also the benefit of the acts of March 3rd 1843 and June 17th 1844. That this declarant the aforesaid Trinity Martin in behalf of herself and the other heirs, to wit, Sarah Grant, wife of Randall Grant dec'd, Letty Lee, wife of Jordan Lee dec'd, Lucy Sims, wife of John Sims, Rachel Martin, wife of Dan'l. Martin, Anna Cusad, wife of Reuben Cusad, Margaret Brown, wife of William Brown, and Zady Hodge, of the late Nancy Hodge widow of the late Benjamin Hodge deceased, states that the aforesaid Benjamin Hodge was a private soldier in the Army of the Revolutionary War as the children understand and as such served the United States against the common enemy and was allowed a pension by the United States under the Act of the 7th June 1832, at the rate of Seventy Dollars per annum and that the aforesaid Benjamin Hodge was married to the aforesaid Nancy Hodge the ____ day of____ in the year of our Lord one thousand
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Seven hundred and seventy eight (as will appear from an affidavit of Anna Hodge to be submitted herewith) and as husband and wife they lived together until the death of the aforesaid Benjamin Hodge who dies in the District of Richland State of South Carolina on the twenty eight day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven (28th day 1837) and his widow the aforesaid Nancy Hodge died on the tenth day of October One thousand eight hundred and forty five, not having intermarried after the death of her husband the aforesaid Benjamin Hodge. This declarant further states that she has no family Record showing either the marriage of her father and mother the aforesaid Benjamin Hodge and his wife Nancy Hodge or the births of their children but that she has ever learned from them that herself the said declarant and her sister (the eldest child) Sarah Grant, wife of Randell Grant dec'd, were born during the time of the war. She further states that she has understood that her father the aforesaid Benjamin Hodge served as a private solder in Capt. H. Rob't. Goodwyn, Company of "Rangers" Commander by Col. William Thomson of the third Regiment of the South Carolina Continental line. She further states that the date of her father's certificate appears to have been the fourth day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty three signed at the war office by Lew. Cass Secretary of War and J.L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written in open court.
Trinity Martin
mark
And the Court doth hereby Certify that it has been shown in evidence to the satisfaction of the court that Benjamin Hodge named in the above Declaration died at his late residence in Richland District South
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Declaration of Benjamin Hodge in order to obtain the  benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. [ State of South Carolina Richland District ] On this  2nd day of October 1832 personally appeared in open Court before   Josiah Evans one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas  & Sessions  , Benjamin Hodge  a resident of the District and State aforesaid aged about eighty , but   does no know his age precisely , who being first duly sworn according to law  doth on his oath make the following declaration  in order to obtain the benefit  of the act of Congress passed June 7th  1832. That the entered the service in the State of South Carolina under the following named officers and served as herein stated. He entered  the service by enlisting in the company   of Captain Goodwyn in  1775  in  Col. Thompson's regiment , it being the 3rd Regiment of Rangers raised by the State  of South Carolina . He enlisted  first for six months  he  enlisted gain under the same Captain & Col.  for fifteen months  service  which time he also  served out  & obtained  a  discharge, which has since been consume in his house which was unfortunately burnt. During the six months service  he was in the campaign  called the Snow Camp in the  western part of South Carolina  which was in the  winter  ' 75 - '76  . He was in no battle  but  assisted to take  Fletcher the Tory  . They  were stationed for sometime at a place called the big Surrey  , then they  went to Ninety Six  and down  with the prisoners  by  Granby  to  Charleston  & over to Sullivan's Island and they began  to   build the Fort and after it was finished  they had the battle in it, called the battle of Sullivan's Island. The Fort was attacked by the British Fleet, Col. Moultrie at the time commanded the Fort.
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The applicant was not in the Fort but on the Island under Col. Thomson  who commanded the troops outside the Fort on the Island. He cant remember the day the battle was fought , after that  battle he was sent away toward  Savannah , his company  after camping in Savannah  sometime they went up to  Augusta. At  Augusta  he got a furlough  to come home  which was then in the  District & State aforesaid , and after his furlough had expired he went down to headquarters at a place called Nelson's camps , where   Col. Thomson's regiment  was resting, not far from Eutaw Springs on Nelson's Ferry  , at a place called William's branch  where there was good water. Here he was discharged which discharge  has been burned in his house as stated above, cannot remember  the day of his discharge but he served the fifteen months  out  for which he had enlisted, the second time. He was under the same Captain  all the time. He was in a skirmish against  a body of  negroes & white men in Georgia beyond  Savannah  at a placed called the  Thunderbolt on an Island between  Lunnbury (?)  & Savannah . After this , but he cannot remember the year, but he did  not stay at home  long, before he  went out again  in the Militia under Capt. Craig, and under he ( he  marched he believed   Col. Wayne commanded the troops )  he  marched round by Ninety Six  , Augusta, Orangeburgh,  & then  round home again. He was a volunteer in the Militia  &  made several other  manner of excursions than those he has stated. He was born in  Richland  District   South Carolina  . He has no record of his age , never acted as a substitute. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present   and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to  & subscribed the day  & year aforesaid. Sworn to in open  Court  2 October 1832. Benj. Hodge (  his mark ) James L. Guignard ( signed )
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Act 43 - 9501 13703 Nancy Hodge wid of Benjamin  SC Act 7  July 1838 unmar'd before 1794 Husband died 22 Jany 1837 Admd $ 70.00 pr ann, from 28th  January 1837  to 4 March 1841  . Payable  to Trinity  Martin, Sarah Grant,  Letty Lee,  Lucy Sims, Rachel Martin, Amm Cusard, Margaret  Brown, and Zady  Hodge only surviving children  of Nancy Hodge dec'd  Admd  Act 3 March 1843 & 17  June  1844 , $ 70.00 pr ann  from 4 March 1843 to 10 Oct. ' 45  the day of her death - payable to her children above named Hon J A Woodward Member of Congress
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[ State of South Carolina Richland District ] ss. On this  nineteenth day of January  one thousand eight hundred and forty eight  personally appeared before me John A. Moore one of the Magistrates in and for the District of Richland and  State of South Carolina  Trinity Martin  daughter of Benjamin and Nancy Hodge dec'd  a resident of  the District of Richland , State of South Carolina  aged sixty four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth  on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the  provision of the Act of  Congress  passed  June 7th 1838  and also the benefit of the Acts of March 3rd 1843 and June 17th  1844   this being a supplementary declaration  to the one on file now in the Pension office, signed before HIs Honor Josiah J Evans one of the Judges of this  State , on the  13th day of October 1847 , under the Act of Congress of July 4th  1836 . That this declarant  the aforesaid Trinity Martin in behalf of herself and the heirs to wit  Sarah Grant,  wife of Randell Grant dec'd, Letty  Lee wife of  John Lee dec'd ,  Lucy Sims wife of John Sims.,  Rachel Martin wife of Daniel Martin , Anna Cusad wife of Reuben Cusad, Margaret Brown  wife of William Brown,  and Zady  Hodge of the late Nancy Hodge widow of Benjamin Hodge dec'd states that the aforesaid Benjamin Hodge was a private soldier in the  Army of the Revolutionary War as the children understand and as such served the United States against the common enemy  and was allowed a pension by  the  United States  under the act of 7th June 1832, at the rate of seventy dollars per annum and that he aforesaid Benjamin Hodge  was married to the aforesaid Nancy  Hodge the day of  __ in the year  one thousand seventeen hundred and seventy eight ( as will appear from an affidavit of  Anna Hodge accompanying  the former declaration  ) and as husband and wife they lived together until the
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death of the said Benjamin Hodge who died in the District  of Richland , State of  South Carolina on the  28th day of January  1837, and his widow  the aforesaid Nancy Hodge on the 10th day of  October 1845  not having  intermarried after the death of her husband the aforesaid Benjamin Hodge. This declarant further states that she has no family record  showing either the marriage of her father  and mother the aforesaid Benjamin  and Nancy Hodge dec'd  or the births of their children.  Sworn to  before me the day and year first above written. Trinity Martin ( her mark X ) John A Moore ( signed ) Magistrate & in presence of J. Aug. Black ( signed )  [ The State of South Carolina Richland District ] I James  S Guignard clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the District of Richland  do hereby certify unto all whom  it may concern that  John A Moore  Esquire who hath  attested the above affidavit  was then and is now a Magistrate practicing in the Circuit and State aforesaid , that all due faith  and credit is and ought to be given to his  acts as such  and that his signature is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the  said Court  at Columbia  this third day of May   Anno Domini   eighteen hundred and forty eight. James S. Guignard ( signed / sealed ) Clerk of  Court  Common Pleas
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Carolina  on the twenty eighth day of January  one thousand  eight hundred and thirty seven  and that his wife Nancy Hodge died on the tenth day of October  one thousand eight hundred and  forty five, leaving surviving the following children to wit Trinity Martin , Sarah Grant,  Letty Lee , Lucy Sims, Rachel Martin , Anna Cusad, Margaret Brown  and Zady Hodge all of lawful age and it was also shown in evidence  that Trinity Martin  the declarant is a lady to whose statements are due full faith and credit. Josiah J. Evans ( signed ) PJ October 13th  1849   I Jamess. S. Guignard clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for Richland District , State of South Carolina  certify that the foregoing contains the  original proceedings of the Court in the matter of  the application of Trinity Martin  for herself and the  other heirs , for the arrears of pension due the heirs of Benjamin & Nancy Hodge dec'd. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed  the seal of the Court at Columbia  the thirteenth day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty seven  and in the seventy  second year of the  Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America. James S. Guignard ( signed / sealed ) Clerk of Court
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[ State of South Carolina Richland District ] Personally appeared before me  Anna Hodge widow of Thomas Hodge deceased who being duly sworn according to law, doth make the following  oath ; That she  is ninety years of age , that she knew Benjamin Hodge deceased, who was reputed and believed to be a Revolutionary soldier and that she also knew his wife Nancy Hodge now deceased  before they were married and that hey  Benjamin Hodge and  Nancy his wife left the house of the husband of this deponent  to get married in  1778 , that they were recognized in  society as husband and wife, and lived together  as such from that time till the death of Benjamin Hodge,  that Nancy his wife is dead and that  they had two children during  war time. Sworn to before me  this the 29th September 1847  John H Kinsler ( signed ) Mag. RD Anna Hodge ( her mark X )  I   the aforesaid Magistrate certify that the deponent above , Anna Hodge is a person to whose statements are due full faith and credit. John H Kinsler ( signed ) Mag.
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[ The State of South Carolina Richland District ] I James S. Guignard clerk of the Court of  Common Pleas  in  and for the District aforesaid do hereby certify that John H Kinsler who hath attested the within affidavit  is an acting Magistrate in and for the District aforesaid  that all due faith and credit is due and ought to be given  tohis acts as such and that his signature is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and  the seal of the said Court at Columbia this twenty third day of October in the  seventy second year of American Independence. James S. Guignard ( signed / sealed ) Clerk of Court
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
January 24, 1930.
MCS/HMM

William W. Boddie
Kingstree
South Carolina.

Dear Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pen-
sion claim, W. 10115, it appears that Benjamin Hodge was born in
Richland District, South Carolina, date not given.

While a resident of Richland District, South Carolina, he
enlisted in 1775 and served twenty-one months as a private in Cap- tain Robert Goodwin's Company in Colonel William Thompson's South Carolina Regiment and was in the battle of Sullivan's Island. Soon
after this service he enlisted and served in Captain Craig's Compa-
ny in Colonel Wynne's South Carolina Regiment, length of service
not given.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October
2, 1832, at which time he was about eighty years of age and was a
resident of Richland District, South Carolina.

He died January 22 or 28, 1837, in Richland District, South 
Carolina.

The soldier married in 1778 Nancy, her maiden name not given.
She died October 10, 1845, leaving the following children:

Trinity widow  of Joseph Martin
Sarah       "         " Randall Grant
Letty         "         " Jordan Lee
Lucy        wife    "  John Sims
Rachel      "         "  Daniel Martin
Anna         "         "  Reuben Cusad
Margaret  "         "  William Brown
Zady Hodge

On October 13, 1847 Trinity Martin a resident of Richland
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District, South Carolina, aged sixty-four years, applied for the
pension that was due Nancy Hodge as the widow of Benjamin Hodge.
The claim was allowed for the benefit of said Trinity Martin and
the other children who survived the widow, Nancy Hodge

The above noted is the history of the only soldier from
South Carolina by the name of Benjamin Hodge, that is found on the
Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.

Very truly yours,

EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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( left page )  1920 Jany 28 - Hist. to  Alice Hodge 1930  Jan 24 hist to  Em. W. Boddie M.C.S.  ( right page ) Rev WIDOW , &c. File No.  10115 Nancy Hodge wid  Bejamin Hodge Privt. Rev War Act : March 3rd 1843 , June 17th  1844  Index:- Vol. A  Page 344 * [ Arrangement of 1870 ]
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No. 7004  Nancy Hodge , de. SC. Letter to  James A Black  Jr. Nov. 18  , 1847  to same Feb. 21, ' 48  Let to Hon . J.A. Woodward Apl 10 ' 48  Act 4 July 1836
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Benjamin Hodge  S.C. Act 7 June 1832 $ 70.00 pr ann. To what time was he last paid . GOA Pension Office August 15, ' 48 Died 22nd Jan 1837  Paid to his death BLB
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( left page ) Payable to  Trinity Martin , Sarah Grant, Letty  Lee , Lucy Sims , Rachel Martin , Anna Cusad, Margaret Brown , & Zady Hodge only surviving children ( right page ) 10474 South Carolina  Nancy Hodge dec'd   Widow of Benjamin Hodge who was a pensioner under the Act of  1832  and who died  on the  28th Jan.  1837  of Richl'd Dist. in the State of S.C.   who was a pri. in the compy  commanded by  Captina Godwin of the Regt. commanded by Col. Thompson in the  Revolution.  Inscribed on the Roll of S. C. at the rate of 70 Dollars __ Cents per annum, to commence on the  28th day of Jany  1837 . Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of August  1848  and sent to  Hon. J.A. Woodward  Hous of Reps. [ Act  July 7, 1838 ] Recorded by H Lumpkin  Clerk Book  C Vol. 1 Page 307
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Comptroller Genl's Office
Columbia S.C. December 14th 1846
Book X,
Acct 441}
Issued 24th August 1785 to Mr Gasper Faust
Junr for Seven pounds 17s 1 1/2 D [illegilbe]  for mil=tia duty in 1781 & 1782 as per account passed
by the Commissioners
Prinl. £7.17: 1 1/2 Annual interest £10: 11 D
Book X,
Account 441}
Gasper Faust Junr for
110 days in Militia in
1781 & 1782 in Colo Thos Taylor's Regiment
certified by Col Thos Taylor" amounting to
Sterling £7: 17: 1 1/2-D
I certify the  above to be a true copy from the Records in this office

For Comptroller Genl
J. Aug. Black
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The Honble. Lewis Cass Esq. Secretary  of War  Washington  City  Dist Columbia ( vertical notes ) ( Jany 10  SC. 23778 )
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The Honbl. Lewis Cass Esq. Secretary of War Washington City  Dist.  Columbia
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May 30  ' 48  relating to case of Nancy Hodge dec'd  revy case S.C.  enquiries about  five  bounty land cases   James A. Black Columbia S.C. 8400. 48 S. Car  ( vertical on page ) Col. James L. Edwards Comm of Pensions  Washington City  D.C.
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Columbia S.C.  24th  May 1848 Sir, Having lately forwarded to you the supplementary declaration  of Mrs. Trinity   Martin  for the arrears of pension  due Nancy Hodge  dec'd , widow of Benjamin Hodge, dec'd & not having received any answer thereto  I write  request you  to inform me whether it arrived and what action has been had thereon. Ad the fact that Benj.  & Nancy   Hodge having lived together  as husband & wife was clearly established by the testimony of  Mrs. Anna Hodge  & Dr. Jasper Faust whose credibility has been also fully established . I hope no further  delay will take place in the  adjustment of this claim. Very respectfully  your obt. servt. James A. Black ( signed  ) P.S. The application of Thos. B. Stone , Isaac Dent, William Mooney  ( & Mrs. Livinia Martin  & Mrs. Elizabeth J Martin  forwarded to you  through the Hon. James A. Black  dec'd ) have been  some months  in the office for Mexican  Bounty service  unanswered . Please let me hear from them.  respectfully J.A. B.
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Columbia S.C. Aug. 3rd 1848 Hon Joseph A. Woodward  Dear Sir, In  April last the communication of the Comm. of Pensions  addressed to you  in relation  to the claim of the heirs of Benjamin & Nancy Hodge, dec'd  for the arrears of pension  due the latter was kindly forwarded  by you to myself . I  then forwarded a supplementary  declaration , by the same applicant under the Act of  1838 . I  have again and again made enquiries  of Col. Edwards why this supplementary  declaration was not answered and can not get the slightest reply.  The fault is not mine . The heirs are anxious to have this claim adjusted. The amount is but trivial but  they want it . The claim has been long enough at Washington  . The proof  has been sufficiently  clear fort the last declaration  ( if not for the first )  . The credibility of my witnesses clearly established and why the Comm.  has refused to answer this supplementary declaration  I cannot imagine. I therefore  request you as our
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immediate representative in  Congress and as you doubtless acquainted with some of the gentlemen who testified  to the credibility of  Mrs. Anna Hodge, to examine into this business for us . I think  you will find  that the proof is sufficiently conclusive  under the first declaration   which is one under which  the heirs think  themselves justly entitled to receive payment . No other proof either oral or documentary  can be had at this late day, and  it would be a hardship  that those who nursed that  aged lady Mrs. Nancy Hodge  dec'd  ( and whom  one of the affidavits prove to have married Benj. Hodge before he left service )  for seven years after his death  should be defeated upon such slender exceptions. Hodge himself was on the Rolls till his death  as a pensioner. I dislike to trouble you  with this , but as well as I persuaded  of the merits of this claim , that I do not want it to fail . I am only acting for the heirs  in drawing  the papers etc. Whenever it is convenient  and you are at the Pension Office , call for  all the papers  & examine  them for your own satisfaction. I am respectfully  your obt. servt. James A. Black ( signed )
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July 25 48
Nancy  Hodge
S C

Col James L Edwards
Comm of Pensions
Washington, City
D. C. 

Jos A Black
Columbia
S C

Aw [illegible]
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Columbia So. Ca.
July 13th 1848.
Sir
To the Supplementary Declaration of
Mrs Trinity Martin for the arrears of
pension due Nancy Hodge decd under the
act of 1838 (the first having been under act
1836) has never been answered at all after
having been forwarded you three or four
months ago.
I cannot imagine why
this has not been answered. Will you be
so good as to let me hear what 
objections (if any) these are to it-- so that
I may know what is needed to adjust this
Claim?
Was it informal? In short,
whatever you see objectionable about it state
in your reply which I hope will be soon.
An early answer is particularly solicited
I have the honor
to be Sir
your Obt Sert
James A. Black
for Trinity Martin

Col J L Edwards
Commr of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Apl 3rd 1848
______________
Jas M Black Info
______________
Nancy Hodge Wid of
Benjamin
______________
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Columbia So. Ca. March 27th 1848  Col. James  L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions  Sir, In answer to yours of Feb 21st relating to  Nancy Hodge's pension  , I must assure  you that no record or documentary  evidence can be had as to the date of the marriage of Benjamin  & Nancy Hodge  either in the family  ( for they were all  illiterate ) or elsewhere , that we  can get as to proof by respectable witnesses based upon the  written  memoranda . I have since also conversed with one of the witnesses Dr.   Faust and he informs me that   at that time not being  possessed of land or even married himself  he was not  deeds, papers, family  Bible etc.  by which  he could possibly  recall the fact of their  having lived  together during the  war as husband & wife, but  that he  Dr. Faust  is very sure from having lived in the same neighborhood  that such was the fact. Now Dr. Faust  is an old gentleman of  excellent memory  and his credibility  is fully established  by Mr. Woodward our immediate representative in Congress whose letter  I enclose you . I also send a certificate of Compt. Genl.   obtained  in  1848 showing tatt in  1782  Dr. Jasper Faust was in service (  the very year  Benj. Hodge was under Marion both in Militia ) , see Comp Genl's  certificate lately forwarded you  & also  Dr. Faust's  declaration  sent in Sept. 1846 to your office which failed for want of six months service proved. Now does it not seen highly  probable that  Dr. Faust
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from the same neighborhood, and intelligent man, a soldier
(& of sound mind & memory now) is correct when he swears (see his
affidavit sent with Mr Trinity Martin's Declaration that he knew
Benj & Nancy Hodge as husband & wife before he (W.H.) left service 
will I have estabished Dr Fausts credibility & by comparing
all these facts I hope you will admit the conclusion that
he is surety correct-- (Both in militia in 1782)
The other witness Mrs Anna Hodge whose credibility has also
been established & who swore as to their leaving her husband's
house to get married in 1778 & that they had two childern
in war has recently died- But there is yet another
circumstance strongly in favor of the date of the marriage as
alledged Mrs Trinity Martin second child declarant whose
credibility was proven before Judge Evans (See Decl) States
upon oath that in Oct 1847 she was 64 yrs of age which
would make her birth to have happened in 1783, will suppose
[illegible] to have 1 or 2 yrs older  & you
set that she must have been born in 1781 or '2 & in 82
[illegible]did the 40 days duty-- Mrs Martin says that she
always learned from them that she was born in February before
the liberty polls were raised which must have been in 1783-
We cannot add[illegible] any other documentary or other
proof upon written memoranda than has been submitted,
but we have proved the fact by credible & respect=
=able witnessed and the strongest presumptive
proof & fairest  inferences, and we do hope that when
you shall have fully weighed each fact & inference
strengthened by the proof submitted that you will
adjust the claim at a convenient time.
we are fully satisfied of its [illegible]. Let us hear from
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you soon

I am very respectfully
your obt servt.
James A. Black
To
Col Edwards
Commr of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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April 27th "18487
James A Black
Claim of Nancy Hodge
Col James L Edwards
Commr. of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
[stamp] [illegible] S.C 23 APR
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Columbia So. Ca. Apl 22nd '48
Col James L. Edwards
Dear Sir
I wish
very much
to know what disposition you will make of
the Nancy Hodge claim. I lately forwarded your
Mr. Woodward's letter-- I have lately after making
every enquiry I could think necessary become fully
convinced that no collateral proof can ever
be obtained as to the date of the marriage. Mrs
Anna Hodge is dead (one of the witnesses) & Dr Faust cannot
base his testimony upon any writing & about
that time executed, as he then owned no land himself but I
feel confident that could the Department of which
you are an officer see & converse with him
every objection would be removed when you would
know that he assisted the fact of Hodge's being
in service after the marriage.
The object therefore
of this letter is to enquire (& I do hope you will inform me) whether it would be satisfactory for the establishing the marriage to have respectable & credible
persons to testify as to the age of Mrs Trinity Martin the
declarant, judging from her looks &c. This can
fowarded you if available.-- But should you
refuse this secondary evidence, Will you admit a supplementary declaration under act of 1838 & proof that
they lived together as husband & wife soon after the war?-
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I shall anxiously await your reply to these
enquiries upon the determination of which defends
the speedy adjustment of the claim
I am Sir
very respectfully
your
Obt Sevt
James A. Black Jun
To
Col James L Edwards
Commr. of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Washington City
Feb. 5 1848
Dear Sir
I have recd today your
communication, and have already
sent the requisite certificates
to the Pension Office. I do not
know Jasper Faust, personally
and
could only certify his
good reputation. I have, all
my life, heard of him as Doctor
Faust, and as an excellent
and intelligent man-
Very respectfully
J A Woodward
James A Black Jr
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Feb. 5/48
Adl D. C
[stamp] COLUMBIA S.C. 1 FEB
Col. James L. Edwards
Commr. of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Columbia So. Ca. Jany 31st 1848.
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 18th Novr last relative to
the claim of Nancy Hodge decd widow of Benjamin
Hodge I must say that upon examination in the
Comptroller Genls Office of this state there appears no credit
of services to that name in the Continental Establishment, but this objection is fully removed by the fact
that the Pension Office alone has the Continental Rolls
of this State and by reference to them you can ascertain
exactly how long Benjamin Hodge did serve in Capt.
Goodwyn & Company Col Wm Thomson's Regt of the
3rd Continental line. He may have served longer
than the term of 6 & 15 months and of this fact it is
impossible that any other correct and true official
account is to be given than what appears on the
Rolls in the Pension Office. Please examine them
and you may find even more service to his credit. Certainly when the Pension Office is to well furnished with
data and facts it will be candid enough to admit their
existence. I regard the Pension office as honest as the
most strictly honest individual can be. All that
your Department wants is to be thoroughly convinced of the merits of a claim, and to prevent in every case
imposition upon the General Government. You have
the Rolls, please satisfy yourself and I am satisfied
with regard, however, to other matters mentioned as
opposed to the final settlement of this claim, I have enclosed a certificate of the Compt. Genl. of this State showing a
credit of 40 days service to Benja Hodge in Fray Marion
Regt in 1782 in the militia. Now it is highly probable
that after his term of service in Continental line had expired
that Mr Hodge would again go out on short tours of duty  (only 46 days) in the militia either on some scouting
expedition or some urgent call. Mrs Trinity Martin States
for oath in her Declaration (and it was proved to
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to the Judge satisfaction that she was to be believed upon oath "that
she had ever learned from her father and mother that herself
the declarant and her sister *Mrs Gr, the elder) were
born in war time" also "that she has no family Record
showing either the date of their marriage of the births of their
children." This is quite probable as Benjamin Hodge appears
never to have signed his name but by mark (see his Declaration
in your office. Now Jasper Trust and Anna Hodge testify
as to their marriage & the former of knowing him (Benj
Hodge) in service after they lived together as husband & wife
the latter that they (Benj & Nancy Hodge) left the house
of her husband in 1778 to get married and that they
had two childern in wartime -- In both instances
the magistrates before whom the affidavits were
Sworn to, testify as the credibility of the Witnesses as the 
Regulations of Pension office require. On another
point Camden District one included what is now
divided into seven other District or Counties (see 4 Vol statutes of South Carolina page 662) a part of
which compose the District of Richland
at present. If you will notice the enclosed certificate closely you will see that in 1784 Benja
Hodge took an affidavit before Wm Martin J.P.
for Camden District. It was then Camden District
a part of which now is Richland District
Another circumstance-- Benj. Hodge made his
mark - this he appears ever to have done. Does
not this identify him? Review carefully, if you
please, all these circumstances and I think the
claim will be established
See Judge's certificate accompanying the Declaration.
I think Mr Woodward M.C.  will soon enclose you
a certificate as to the credibility of my witness.
I am respectfully
Your Obt Sert
James A. Black Jun
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To Col James L Edwards
Commr of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.


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Columbia S.C.
May 3rd 1848
Sir,
Please find herewith enclosed a Supplementary
Declaration of Mrs Trinity Martin under
act of 1838.
Her Credibility was clearly
established in Judge Evans Certificate to her former
Declaration 13 Oct 1847. The proof already
submitted under act of 1836 as to the time of marriage & the fact of the service of Benj. Hodge after
marriage though not Sufficient to satisfy you as
to those points is clearly sufficient to show that
they were husband & wife before Jany 1794.
the respectibility & credibility of both witnesses
has already been fully established and I hope
that the claim will forthwith be adjusted.
The claim under this declaration is
to all intents & purposes established, as I have
been, at no time, too late in procuring the necessary
Certificates as to credibility of the Witnesses from
Mr Woodward M C. & otherwise -
Please let me hear from you soon
I am
very respectfully
your obt servt
James A Black Jun.
for Trinity Martin

To Col. James L Edwards
Comm of Pensions
Washington City D. C.
Page 42

Payment to be made
at
by
Agent for paying pension=
ers, in the Agency of


Recorded in the Pension
Office, in Book  Vol
ume  Page    by
Clerk.
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Claim for Military Service.
I certify that, in conformity with the laws of the United States,
of the 7th July, 1838, 3rd March
1843, and 17th June
1844, Nancy Hodge, decd. late of South Carolina
widow of Benjamin. who was a Private
in the Revolution
and who died on the 22nd January
1837, is inscribed on the pension roll at the rate of
Seventy dollars per Annum
Commencing under  the
first named on the 22 January, 1837 and
terminating on the 4th March, 1841, and its supplements, on the 4th March
1843, and ending on the 10th October, 1845, the day on which she died.
The amount is due and payable
to her only surviving
children Viz. Trinity
Martin, Sarah Grant, Letty Lee, Lucy Sims, 
Rachel Martin Anna Casad
Margaret Brown & Bady Hodge
Given at the War Office of the United States,
this 21st
day of
August
one thousand eight hundred and forty eight
Secretary of War.
Examined and
Countersigned. }
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Washington DC
Feb. 4 1848.
I am not personally acquain=
with Jasper Faust, though he resides
in my Congressional District
I know him however, by
reputation as Docter Faust
and have ever supposed him
to be a man of most excellent
character, and worthy
of all credit-
.
J. A Woodward
M. C.
To J. L. Edwards
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Comptroller General's Office
Columbia So. Ca. Jany 17th 1848.
Book Y
Indent 220}   Issued the 29th October 1785 to Benjamin
Hodge for three pounds five, and Eight
pence for4 6 days duty under General
Marion in 1782 as per acct audited
on which no interest is allowed until one
years int. becomes due

Prinl. £3.5.82
Annl. int.0.4.7

Book Y
Account 220.}    State N. Carolina
to Benj Hodge D.
1782 March 31st To 46 days prive. Mila. pay a 10 S. day
Fras Marion's R. £23.

Camden District
Benjamin Hodge personally appeared and swear the above acct is just and true. Sworn before me the 10
day of March 1784
Wm Martin J.P.

(Signed ) His  Benj. X Hodge mark
I do here
by certify that the above is a true copy
from the Records in this Office
Ben. Hart
for
W. C. Black
Compt Genl
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7004
paid Oct 27  47

Nancy Hodge
wid of Benjamin
1836

(paid)                          20

Col. James L. Edwards
Commr of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Columbia So. Ca
Oct. 23rd 1847

Sir,
The Declaration of Mrs Trinity Martin and
the proofs in support of it, I herewith enclose
to you.
she applies for the arrears of pension
due herself & the other heirs of Benjamin &
Nancy Hodge decd
Benjamin Hodge drew
a pension of $70 per annum from U.S.
Commencing in 1833-
His wife Nancy survived
7 yrs.  7 mo: 12 days. The children being all
women make this application for arrears.
The marriage of Benjamin & Nancy Hodge will be
established by the affidavits of Anna
Hodge and Jasper Faust in both instance
the magistrate certifies to their
credibility &
evidence was introduced in open court on the
various matters certified in Judge Evans
certificate. I hope therefore no unnecessary
delay will take place in the settlement of
the claim
Very respectfully
your obt such
James A. Black Jun:
for Trinity Martin
& others-
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State of South Carolina}
Fairfield District.              }
January 1848.
We whose names are [illegible]
and subscribed do certify that we are well ac- quainted with Mrs Anna Hodges widow of Tho
mas Hodge Decd who, we understand has made
affidavit in the matter of the application of Mrs
Trinity Martin and the other heirs of Benjamin
and Nancy Hodge Decd, for the arrears of pen-
sion due Mrs Nancy Hodge decd, and take
pleasure in saying that although Mrs [illegible] Hodge
is very aged yet his recollection and memory are as
good as could be [illegible] for a lady of her age
and her character for truth  unimpeachable 
and to her statements are due full faith and
credit.

Jonat. Watts
Andrew Dominey
William Trapp

Jonathan Watts, Andrew Dominey
and William Trapp, whose names
are subscribed to the above certifi
cate, are respectable persons, who
statement would be believed by
their neighbors
J. A. Woodward
M. C.

T J. L. Edwards Esq
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No 7004
Nancy Hodge    aw
widow of Benjamin
SC
Act 4 July 1836
Married
husband 22 Jany 37
widow died 10 Oct 1845
Rejected wid 1836
allow wid 1838
[illegible]
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State of South Carolina }
Richland  District             }
Personally appeared before
me Jasper Faust who being duly sworn accord-
ing to law doth on his oath make the following
statement, That he knew Benjamin Hodge
decd who was a pensioner of the United States and
also his wife Nancy Hodge decd both formerly
of Richland District State of South Carolina
That he knew them to be living together as
husband and wife during the time of the
Revolutionary War and that he knew them
the aforesaid Benjamin & Nancy Hodge decd
to be living as husband & wife together before
the aforesaid Benjamin Hodge left the
service of the United States as a soldier
in the Revolutionary war. This deponent
further states that he himself is Eighty seven
years of age.

Sworn to before me                                     }. Jasper Faust
this the 13th day of October A.D. 1847. }

A Fitch Magistrate

I the aforesaid Magistrate do certify that
Jasper Faust the deponent above is a person
to whose statements are due full faith & credit.
                               
                                                   A Fitch Magt
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The State of South Carolina⎬
Richland District                     ⎬
I James L Guignard
Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas in and for the District aforesaid do
Certify unto all whom it may concern that A.
Fitch Esquire who hath attested the within affidavits
is an acting Magistrate in and for the District
aforesaid that all due faith and credit is
and ought to be given to his acts as such
and that his signature is genuine

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and the seal of the said Court
at Columbia this twenty third day of October
in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred
and forty seven and in the Seventy Second
year of American Independence
James L.  SEAL  Guignard
Clerk         SEAL  Of Court





No 7004
Nancy Hodge decd
widow of Benjamin
SC
act 4 July 1836
Married
husband 22 Jany 37
widow decd 10 Oct 1845
Rejected Wid 1836
Allow Wid 1838
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No 23776
_________

$70 per ann


J. J. Chappell, Esq
Columbia
S.C.
Page 53

We Benjamin Treadwell a glergyman, residing in the District and State aforesaid and Dr Samuel Green residing in the same place hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Benjamin Hodge who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be about Eighty years of age from his appearance; that he is reported & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of  the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion 
Sworn & subscribed the day  & year aforsaid.
Benjamin Tradewell
Shombach Green
in Open Court 3 October 1832
James S. Guignard
Clerk

And the court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interigations prescribed by the War department; that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that Benjamin Tradewell who has signed the preceeding certificate, is a glergyman, used on to in the district & state aforesaid & that Dr Samuel Green who has also signed the same is the Post Master in Columbia and is a [illegible] of the district & state aforesaid, and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Josiah J. Evans
Presiding Judge.

I James S Guignard Clerk of the Court of Sessions & Common Pleas for Richland District South Carolina do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Benjamin Hodge for a pension.
James S. Guignard
Clerk of Court
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South Carolina 
Richland Dist
Personally appeared before me Major Hicks Chappell who being duly sworn makes oath & says, that he is old & very feeble & cannot conveniently attend at the Court of Common Pleas was at Columbia, the first Monday in October met & that he knew Benjamin Hodge during the Revolutionary War, & that he entered in 1775, in Captain Goodwyn's Company, in Col. Thomson's Regiment; - viz: 3rd Regiment of Raingers; he enlisted for Six months & served his time out, & to the best of deponents memory he thinks Mr. Hodge & [crossed out] entered again for the fifteen months served: about this however he is not positive. He went up & served in the new camps. These three Regiments were regulars, raised by South Carolina. After serving the first six months out, deponent saw him once or twice while in the service, which he thinks he was while in Capt. Robert Goodwyn's Company under Col. Wm. Thomson
Hicks Chappell
Sworn to before me the
12th September 1832
James L. Clark
C.E.R.D. & Q.M.
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B. Hodges Declaration
Major Chappell's
affidavit
near Columbia So. Carolina
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[letterhead picture depicting lady liberty and Revolutionary soldier]
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Nov. 4. Payne
BY HIS EXCELLENCY
Governor and Commander in Chief in and over the State Aforesaid.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME
Know ye that James L. Clark whose signature appears to the prefixed instrument of writing is and was at the time of the execution thereof a Justice of the Quorum and Ex officir for Richland District of state aforesaid
THERETOFORE, all due Faith, Credit and Authority is to be had and given to his preceedings and certificates as such.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and used to be affixed the Seal of the state, in the Town of Columbia of --- in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Thirty three -- and in the Fifty Seventh - , year of the Independence of the United States of America.
BY THE GOVERNOR.
L Hammond
SECRETARY OF STATE
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390 W. Broad St.
Darlington S.C. 1-14-20
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Gentlemen,
At the suggestion of Mr. A. S. Salley Jr. Secy Historical Commission of S.C. I'm writing to ask you to please give me the record of Benjamin Hodge, who served in the Revolutionary War. I understand he drew a pension, and

[stamp: PENSION OFFICE dated D Jan 16 1920 between U. and S.]
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with that record, would probably be any other information necessary.
I shall greatly appreciate this.
Yours very truly 
Alice Hodge
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Kingstree, S.C., December 3, 1929.
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:
Please send me a copy of the military record, with notes on his family, of BENJAMIN HODGE, of Sumter district, S.C., who was drawing a pension about 1832 for services in the War of the Revolution. I desire this to aid me in filling out application blanks for a cousin who wishes to join the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Very respectfully,
Wm W. Boddie [signature]
Wm. W. Boddie.

[stamp dated DEC 4 1929 between U. and S.]
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.  3--525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions.
Washington, D. C.,  , 19--
W. F. 10.115
In reply to your request of  , received  for a statement of the military history of Benjamin Hodge a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
---
[table]
[five column headings; two sub-headings]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT ON APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.; sub-headings CAPTAIN.; COLONEL. | STATE.

1775 | 6 mos. | Pvt. | Robert Goodwin - Captain; Wm Thompson - Colonel | S.C.

1775 | 15 mos. | [blank] | Robert Goodwin - Captain; Wm Thompson - Colonel | [blank]

soon after 1775 | 15 mos. | [blank] | Craig - Captain; Wynne - Colonel | [blank]

* 1782 [crossed out] | 46 days [crossed out] | [blank] | Craig - Captain; Francis Marion - Colonel | [blank]
---
Battles engaged in, Sullivans Island
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Richland District S.C.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 2, 1832 His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Richland District, S.C.
Age at date of application, about 80 years born in Richland Dist. S.C. died Janry 22 or 28, 1837 in Richland Dist. S.C.
Remarks: He was in 1778 Nancy--who died Oct. 10, 1845 leaving the following named children Trinity wife of Joseph Martin, Sarah wife of Randall Grant (d), Letty wife of Jordan Lee (d). Lucy wife of John Sims, Rachel wife of Daniel Martin, Anna wife of Reuben Casad, Margaret wife of Wm Brown and Zady Hodge.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
not put in as soldier did not allege this Service.
6-285C
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
Division of Veteran's Administration Archives
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Name Hodge, David  Grade Private  Line Connecticut
Warrant Number 5981  Acreage 100  Issued Oct. 9, 1789 to -- not shown--
---
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolution of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.