Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7,013, Jacob Hilsabeck, N.C.
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SERVICE
N.C.  

Hilsabeck, Jacob 

NUMBER 
S. 7,013

carded
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1853
Jacob Hilsabeck
N. C.
Dep - SC
from 1777 private
of the Infantry & land
by 12 months
$45.
Hon A H Shephard

[horizontal writing]
Germantown
18 Feb 1832

Jno Hill C.C.C.
Stokes NC

L. Edwards
Pension Office
War Department
Washington City
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Rev War 7013

INVALID am

File No. 7013
Jacob Hilsabeck
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 1832
Index:--Vol. 1 [illegible], Page 173

[Arrangement of 1870]
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2834
North Carolina
Jacob Hilsabeck
of Stokes in the State of N. Carolina
who was a Pt of Inf in the compy's command
by Captain Smith of the Regt's command
by Col Locke in the *S. Carolina
line for 1 year from 1777.
* N.C.
Records corrected July 12, 1904

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina
at the rate of 45. - Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of Decr. [December] 3
and Sent to Hon: A H Shephard Hos. of Reps.

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832              67.50
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33  22.50
                                                         $90.00

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk
Book D   Vol. 8 -    Page 32 -
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State of North Carolina}
Stokes County}
On this twelfth day of September 1832 personally appeared [name struck through] in open Court before the Justices of the County court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County now sitting, being a Court of Record having by Law a Seal and Clerk; Jacob Hilsabeck resident of Stokes County and State of North Carolina aged seventy one years on the ninth of June next, 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 the 7th 1832, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated viz. on the 10th day of October 1777 or there about he volunteered for five months and started about that time to meet the British upon the Savanah River, that he was marched to the River at a place then called the Two Sisters, and entrenched on the S. Carolina side. the enemy being within sight on the opposite side where he remained for some time and was then marched to Briar Creek in Georgia, where there was a battle fought, that the battle was over before he reached there--from there he was directly marched back again to the Two Sisters--where he remained for some time, and was then marched a little way down the River and discharged on the tenth of April being six months from the time he entered the service, and one month longer than the term for which he volunteered. --that shortly before he was discharged he was in a small engagement at what was called the Bluff--that at the time he entered the service, he was placed under Henry Smith as Captain, Peter Binkley Lieutenant and John Strupe ensign.--that he remained under the same
officers during the whole of the expedition, except that he was occasionally placed under others for the purpose of performing such special acts of service as his officers thought proper to direct--the Regiment was commanded by Col. Francis Locke, under Genl. Rutherford-- that he was not discharged in writing.  That after being discharged he was about twenty
days getting home-- after getting home he remained there for about twelve
months-- when he volunteered under Col. William Shepperd and Capt. Joseph Philips who commanded a company of Cavalry and immediately went in pursuit of the Tories over the Blue Ridge, and after pursuing them for time and recrossing the said Mountain overtook them at  Ramsour's Mill on the Catawba or Broad River and the deponent does not recollect whether
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that at that time Col. Cleveland was with them-- the deponent states that at Ramsour's Mill they had said engagement with and defeated the Tories, many of them taking the Mill Pond and getting drowned, from that place he returned home, having been engaged in the expedition about three months
--This deponent states that after being at home a few days he volunteered under Col. William Shepperd and Capt. Joseph Philips and rendezvoused at what was called Old Richmond from which place we were driven by the Tories, and marched near what is now Germantown, Stokes Court House, where they were joined on the same night by Capt. Eckles and his
company whereupon, on the next day they pursued the Tories to what is called the Shallow Ford on the Yadkin River-- that when they got to the river it was so full that they could not cross it-- but the Tories having crossed were
met on the other side and defeated by Colonel Armstrong-- that after this they remained in the neighborhood of the  Shallow Ford for about a week, and then marched, in pursuit of the Tories, by Salisbury, and about one or two days Journey below Salisbury joined Genl. Rutherford and Col. Locke again-- and then proceeded after the Tories, and overtook and defeated
them at one Coulson, just on the other side of Rocky River that from that place he retuned home, having been discharged but not in writing-- that he at no time rec'd a discharge in writing-- in the last expedition he states he was engaged about three months-- This deponent states that he was  engaged in several other expeditions, but at no time more than three weeks and does not recollect his officers, and the circumstances with sufficient precision to state them.  The deponent swears that he was born in the State of Pennsylvania, in the year 1762-- that he has no record of his age-- when called into service he was living in the County of Surry (now Stokes) in the State of North Carolina-- that he has lived there ever since the revolutionary war, and living there now, that he went into service as a volunteer the statements above given as to officers, Regiments & other circumstances is as full a one as this deponent is able to make-- that he never received any
written discharge from the service--& witnesses Fredrick Bradly and George Kreiger by whom he can prove the whole of the service which he has mentioned he is known to John Butner & William A. Lash Esquire, who
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can or will testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution and who can and will testify as to the character for veracity of the said Federick Binkley and George Fraizer.
He hereby relinquenishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any state.
Jacob his X mark Hilsabeck
Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
before
Jno Hill C.C.C.


Fredrick Binkley maketh oath that in or about the year 1777 he volunteered
under Captain Henry Smith, that of that company Peter Binkley was Lieutenant and John Strupe ensign, that Jacob Hilsabeck who has made the foregoing declaration, volunteered at the same time, that they went together and were in the service for six months as in said declaration stated, before
they were discharged, that he well recollects all the circumstances stated in the foregoing declaration, as connected with the said service-- he recollects the march to the Savanah River, their march from there to the Brier Creek, and their arrival there shortly after the battle, their march back to the Two Sisters-- their march down the River, and their discharge and return home as stated in the said declaration. This deponent swears that he knows the fact that after their return from this expedition the said Jacob Hilsabeck was on several other occasions engaged in the service of the United States as a Soldier-- that he has been acquainted with him ever since the revolutionary war, and that he is the same Jacob Hilsabeck that was thus engaged in the service of his Country.

Fredrick Binkley

Sworn to and Subscribed in open
Court this 12th day of September 1832

Before 
Jno. Hill  C.C.C.
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George Kreiger maketh oath that in or about the year 1779 he volunteered under Col. William Shepperd and Capt. Joseph Philips who commanded a company of Cavalry that Jacob Hilsabeck who has made the foregoing declaration volunteered at the same time, and that they were together during the whole time stated in said declaration under the said officers-- he swears that he well recollects all the circumstances stated by the said Jacob Hilsabeck in connection with the said expedition or expeditions-- he swears that he recollects them being driven from Old. Richmond by the Tories, and being joined by Capt. Eckles on the same night, and then marched to the Shallow Ford on pursuit of the Tories-- after the defeat of the Tories by Col. Armstrong-- he swears that he also recollects their march after and defeat of the Tories on the other side of Rocky River-- in addition to the circumstances
stated by the said Jacob Hilsabeck in connection with their march across the Blue Ridge, he recollects going to the lead mines on New River, and carry lead upon their horses that during this part of the expedition their privations were considerable-- He swears that during the whole of this service, which was in all six months or more Jacob Hilsabeck and himself were together.
George his X mark Kreiger
     

Sworn to and subscribed in open Court
this 12 day of Sept 1832
before  
Jno. Hill   C.C.C.

We John Butner and William A. Lash two of the acting Justices of the Peace of Stokes County make oath that we are and for a long  time have been  acquainted with Jacob Hilsabeck above named, that he is a very respectable man, and considered a man of veracity, and from the general report and understanding of the County we have no doubt but that he performed the services which he has stated-- We further state that we are well acquainted with Fredrick Binkley and George Kreiger who have made the foregoing affidavits, that they are respectable men and men of veracity. 

Wm. A. Lash
John Butner

Sworn to and subscribed in open Court
this 12th day of September 1832
before
Jno. Hill   C.C.C.

And the said Court do hereby disclose their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories 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 Fredrick Binkley, George Kreiger William A. Lash and John Butner whose affidavits appear above are all of them residents in the County of Stokes-- that they are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit. 
Wm A. Lash
Jos Hill instances c/o
Thos. Armstrong

I John Hill Clerk of the County Court of Stokes do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Hilsabeck for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office on
this 12th day of September 1832.
Jno Hill CCC
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[this record is filed in the records of JACOB HILSABECK, NC]


THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

Division of Veteran's Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME  Hilsey, Joseph
GRADE Private
LINE New Jersey
WARRANT NUMBER 8377
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED May 28, 1790
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 resolutions 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.