Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1572, for William Hurt, [Blank]
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( 3-1776  SERVICE NC Hurt , William Byram , Susan ( former widow )  NUMBER R.1572
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Declaration by the heirs  In order to obtain the  benefits of the 3rd Section of the Act of Congress of the 4th day of July 1836  and of the first Section of the 3rd of March 1867 { State of Tennessee Count of Carroll ] SS. On this 15 day of September  A.D. 1852  personally appeared Jeremiah  T. Rust before John Mc Auley   administrator of the estate of Susan  Byram deceased who being sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of an act of  Congress passed July  the 4th 1836  and the act  explanatory  of said passed March the 3rd  1837  . That Susan Preddy  was married to William Hurt  in or about the year 1777  who enlisted in the  State troops of the  State of North Carolina in a few days after his marriage  that said William Hurt  resided in  Greenville County in the State of North Carolina  prior to the time he entered the service of the United States in the revolutionary war - that said William Hurt  served between  two and three years  that said William Hurt  died in the service of the United States in the army that left  a widow Susan Hurt who was living with him  for the space of one year or over that time that the affiant does not now remember the names of the under officers or regiments that after the end of the war  - she again married to one  Thomas Banks who died upwards of fifty years ago  that she again married one  __ Byram  who died about forty two years ago that she remained a widow ever since  up to the day of her death that she was a widow on the 4th day of July  1836  . All the foregoing facts  he has from the information of others except  that he knew her in her last husband's life time  and that he knows that she remained a widow up to  the day of her death  which was  on the 4th day of November 1844 . The reason he so well remembers the day of her death  is that
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Jeremiah Rust was then deputy sheriff of Carroll County  in the  State aforesaid  that he held the election for the town of Huntingdon  for what is called the presidential election that  she died on the very day  that   Capt.  Polk was elected in Tennessee by the people  that he now was on the morning  alive and saw her - the next day a corpse.  that he has  often heard her speak of being in the revolutionary war with her first husband  viz the army  where he died that she was a woman of undoubted veracity  and that he believes all of her statements to be true that she was  unlettered  and has no records of her marriage  public or private  and he does not believe that there was ever was a certificate of discharge as her first husband died in the  Army on whose services her heirs claim a Pension - that she left  one son only , now a resident of the State of Texas and no other child - Therefore  he depends on  for all testimony  for proof of service of said William Hurt  death of her other husbands  etc. Sworn to and subscribed  this day of September A. D. 1857 . before me  John Mc Auley  ( signed )( J P ) J T Rust ( signed ) [ State of Tennessee County of Carroll ]  I John Mc Auley a Justice of peace in and for said County      do certify that  Jeremiah T Rust was duly sworn  and did subscribe his name as above . Given under my hand and seal this 15th day of September 1852. John Mc Auley ( JP ) signed Justice of the peace for Carroll County
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[ State of Tennessee County of Carroll ]  I Isaac Harland  a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Carroll  and State of Tennessee  do hereby certify that I was personally acquainted with Susan Byram  the mother of Thomas Banks  that  I assisted to bury her on the 5th or sixth day of November 1844  that he saw her alive  the day before she died was buried in the morning  and the reason why I recollect the day of her death  so well is because it was of the time of the presidential election when Henry Clay and James K . Polk were vying for  the presidency and there was considerable  excitement  in Tennessee at the time that I was well acquainted with her from the date of 1828  to the day of her death all of which time she was a widow  and a woman of good character that she had only one son Thomas Banks that it was neighborhood talk  that her first husband  William Hurt was killed in the revolutionary war that I have heard  said  Susan Byram  above named  say that her first husband  was  killed in the revolutionary war  and that I believe her  words to be true ( and that I have no interest in the result of her son's claim , that I am not  concerned in its prosecution ) . Given under my hand and seal as Justice of the peace within and for the County aforesaid  this 7th day of April 1853. Isaac Harland ( signed / sealed )  Justice of the peace for Carroll County
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[ State of Tennessee County of Carroll ] I William H Grave clerk of the County Court  of said County  do hereby certify  that John Mc Auley  and Isaac Harland whose genuine signatures appear to the foregoing certificates and  has thereunto subscribed their names were at the time of so doing Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn.  In testimony whereof I  have hereunto affixed my seal of office as clerk of the County Court  of Carroll County  at  Huntingdon the 8th day of April  A.D. 1853. William H Graves ( signed ) clk STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE. I , WILLIAM HILL, Secretary of  State  , in and for the State of North Carolina , do hereby certify  that it appears from the muster rolls of the Continental line of this State , in the Revolutionary War, that William Hurt a private soldier  in Capt. Donoho's  Company  of the sixth Regiment , entered the service on the  __ day of __ 1777 , for the  term of  two and a half years, and was killed on the 4th of Oct. 1777 , and it appears of record in this office that a warrant was issued  to his heirs for 640 acres of land on the 25th  May 1786 .  Given under my hand this 8th day of October  1857 . Wm Hill ( signed ) Secretary of State
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Camden Tennessee March the 6th 1855 Sir, We hand  to  you  some additional evidence by the affidavit of John Rust of his  own knowledge and Mary  Nailling   from her husband and Susan Byram and J.T. Rust  from  Susan Byram herself  in support of John Rust  showing most clearly  that William Hurt  entered in actual service in March , and that the records show he was killed  in Oct. which would make over six months  that we  perceive  that  Thomas Banks  as the only heir of Susan Byram  will  receive a pension for  2 1/2 years as it was impossible for a soldier to do more that to sacrifice his life for his Country therefore   we are still of the opinion  that a full pension was intended for all such claims under the acts of 1836 & 1837 . Thomas Banks still  wishes his claim paid at Jackson Tennessee though he was a resident of Texas but his wife is dead and he expects to  return to Tennessee and if he is not disappointed  he will be on his way  before you get this letter and perhaps will be here as  told and informed. Your obt servt Hawthorn Davidson ( signed )  L P Waldo Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
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