Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7813, Absalom Hooper, S.C. Ga.
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(8-1776)
[column headings: Service, Number]
S.C.   Hooper, Absalom         W.7813
Ga.                 Sarah               BLWt,19510-160-55
[heading: Contents]
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12.626
North Carolina
Absolem Hooper [page torn, the next word probably "of"]
Haywood in the State of North Carolina
who was a pri. in the company commanded 
Captain Dagged of the Regt commanded
Col. Henderson in the South Car
for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina
the rate of 80 Dollars --- Cents per annum,
Commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15. day of May 33
and sent S.P. Carson
Pleasant Garden N.C.
Arrears to the 4th of March 33 - 160
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept " -40
$200
{Revolutionary Claim}
{ Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by William Miller Clerk,
Book E Vol. 6 Page 42.
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1141
North Carolina (illegible) 
Sarah Hooper widow of Absalom Hooper SC
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of Sept
1853 and sent to J.J. Coombs Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under [the printed date July 22,1848] (crossed out) Page 211 Vol. (illegible) 
February 2nd/48  [written in cursive].
Handwritten on back [nearly illegible heading on the back, at least twelve letters and numbers, at the bottom is written] Hon Z B. Vance April 9/60
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147.246|Act. Mar 31 May 25/ (not legible)
Sarah Hooper wid of Absolem Hooper. Priv.
SC Contl, line Capt . Dogwood Col., Clarke 
Regular Army Revolutionary War Widow has been pensioner N.C. (illegible) 48-6141 Ad:160 
A (illegible) March 19/56
Boynton N. Bryson Jackson Co. C. H. No. Carolina
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May 2/56 -  Warrant  (illegible) [returned] misdirected, and mailed to J. Newton Bryson - East La Porta - Jackson Co. - North Carolina. Initials RDB
(In margin) Vol. No.2 _56
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State of North Carolina
Haywood County
On this the eighth day of December 1852 
personally appeared before me Allen Fisher an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid Sarah Hooper aged about 86 years, who, being 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 7th July 1838, 3rd March 1843, 18th June 1844, 2nd February 1848, and 29th July 1848
To wit: that she is the widow of Absolom Hooper deceased who was a Soldier in the Army of the revolution, for the evidence of which, declarant refers to the papers now on file in the department that her husband the aforesaid Absolom Hooper drew a Pension regularly for a good many years before his death, Consequently declarant deems it unnecessary to make any statements as to her aforsaid husband having served as a Soldier in war of Revolution, declarant was married to the aforsaid Absolom Hooper in the State of Georgia and County of Elbert, she thinks they were married some time in the year 1783 but will not be posative as her Family record in which was recorded the date of her Marriage together with the ages of her Children was destroyed several years ago by a Small Grand Child of declarant who got hold of the book in which the Family record aforsaid was kept and distroyed the record, declarant had twelve Children by her aforsaid
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husband to wit James Hooper who is as near as declarant can recollect about 68 or 69 years old who is the oldest Child of declarant and her aforsaid husband there next oldest Child is Elizabeth Moss who is now living is about 66 years old and so on, that they as declarant well recollects road about 25 miles to the house of an uncle of her aforsaid husband in order to obtain the Services of a Preacher by the name of Mackey who lived in that Settlement there not being any minister of the Gospel in the settlement where declarant lived and that he the aforsaid Macky did perform the Marriage Ceremony for them, that her husband the aforesaid Absalom Hooper died on the 9th day of December 1845
she Most respectfully asks the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, that her aforesaid claim or claims may be allowed under the aforesaid Acts, and that the Certificates evidencing the same may be enclosed to her Attorney. 
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
on the day and year aforesaid.
Allen Fisher J.P.
Sarah (her + mark) Hooper
I, the just subscribed Magistrate, do certify that the above Declarant is personally known to me, and that she is a person of truth and respectability, in whose statements the fullest faith and credit should be placed.
In Testimony Wherof, I have hereunto subscribed my name on this the Eighth day of December 1852 
Allen Fisher J.P.
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State of North Carolina
County of Haywood
On the first day of January 1833 personally appeared before the County Court of Pleas and Quarter Jepson for the county of Haywood aforesaid It being a court of record new Absolem Hooper of Ford County aged sixty eight years who being first duly sworn according to Law doath on his oath maks the following declaration in order to obtain these Benefits of the provision made by the act of congress (illegible) June 7th 1832_ That he enlisted (illegible) the army of the United States in the year 1776 with Captain Richard Dogged _ _ _ _ and Served in the South South Carolina regiment under the following named officers Colonel William Henderson Commandant major - Brown Captain Richard Dogged & Lieutenant Jepson Bathir he enlisted during the war and was discharged by Captain Jepson Bathir (who was promoted after the death of Capt Daggod who killed in the Battle at Stono) near Columbia South Carolina as he belives in the year 1783 he was born and lived at the time of his enlistment on the main Broad river South Carolina near the mouth of Green River But owning to his entering the Service at between twelve & thirteen years of age he does not recollect the name of the County or district he ran away from his mother who was widow and an adherent of the Tories and enlisted in the city of charleston South Carolina and received a Bounty of Thirty dollars in continental money  & was to receive five Dollars per month pay & a bounty of Six hundred & forty acres of land at the end of the war he has never received his pay or alnd & has never posted wether right by contract o otherwise hes was in Sullivans Island under the command of Genl Howe & in the engagement where he was attacked by the  British forces under the command of Lor Henry Clinton
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from Charleston he was marched under the command of James Howe on to Florida against the British post on little St Marys which was evacuated by them on the approach of the American forces after which the army returned to Charleston about the time the British took Savannah Genl Lee, who took the command, he was marched under him to Purry's burgh in South Carolina above Savannah and after Nashes defeat at River creek, Lee was marched up to Augusta  Georgia and crossed the river into Georgia about that time the enemy crossed Savannah River at Zubleys Ferry and moved in the direction for Charleston and Lee was moved down the river and crossed it at a place called the Three Sisters and pursued them when the Americans arrived at Bacon's bridge on the Edeslae River they found that they had fortified and [illegible] that Fort this declarant was in the attack on that fort under the Said Col Henderson in the regiment Called the new infantry from that place the British [ineligible] into Beaufort Island and the American forces marched to Leldon Bulls opposite to the Island Where they remained some time from thence the American army marched by way of Purrys burgh Zubleys ferry to the Siege of of Savannah at the time it was besieged by the French Genl.  De [illegible] and the American forces in that Siege this declarant was wounded in the right arm by a musket That after that Battle the Americans returned to Charleston where they remained untill (sic)the town was besieged by Sir Henry Clinton and Lord Corn Wallace When this declarant was again wounded by a musket shot in the left thigh and taken prisoner and Kept Confined in the Hospital for five months a close prisoner as soon as he felt sufficiently recovered and an opportunity [illegible] and he escaped leaving his company prisoners of war with the British in Charleston and fled to the frontier of Georgia to an uncle and was there taken by the Tories and Confined five days and released after beings tried by a Tory court on actual ghaslly which he heard of Col Clarke of Georgia militia and his regiment being on to and was enrolled in March to Augusta that regiment he found Captain Daniel [illegible] Company and marched
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with it to that place where they took Brown and Greysons forts and their Garrisons from that place he was marched with Clarks regiment to Freemans Station on the frontier of Georgia after remaining there a Good time he together with Fard regement was marched to Big Brier Creed to deslodge a party of tories after performing that Service the Regement retuned to freemans Station not long after said Regement moved into South Carolina and joined the troops under the Command of Genl Pickens and under his command the united forces of Pickens and Clark attacked a party of the enemy Composed of British & tories Lying on Little River South Carolina who were commanded as he now thinks by Lord Rawden where there was a Skirmish between the advance parties of the two armies & the British retreated to menly Sise blasks Regement in which he was returned to freemans station not long after he with said Regiment was marched to the last Siege of Savanah where Gnl Wayne Commandes after the enemy left that Coast he was marched back in blasks regement to freemans station & Shortly after he in said regement went an expedition agreement the cherokee Indians and these being defeated in a Battle at the Lon Savanah on the High Iowa River in said nation the Regement again returned to Freeman, Halson not long after which Peace was declared he was discharged as before stated his not joining his regemnt after he escaped was owing to its being (illegible) after being exchanged from charleston His discharge Together with the certificate of Sergeant John Byrd as to his Service he said before the Legislature of South Carolina for the purpose of obtaining a pension from that State & has drawn annually since the year 1820 sixty Dollars as a pension from said state up to the meeting of the last legislature when he was informed by the Comptroller of the treasury of that state that he would not be allowed to draw any further & that he must apply to the united states upon this information he applied to said Comptroller for
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his discharge and the certificate of Sergeant Byrd and was told by him that he whod not have them but that they must remain in the office there which is the reason said Descharge & certificate are not (illegible) another withe this declaration he further stated that he is entirely illiterate and being very young when he inlisted that he Cannot recollect  dates so as to state them with greater certainty than he has and he hereby extinguishes any (illegible) Whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State except on that of the agency in the state of South Carolina as herein before stated Sworn to & Subscribed this day and year aforesaid 
Absolem Hooper X his mark
And the said court do hereby declare this afternoon that the above named applicant was revoltionary Soldier and served as he states 
Wm Haynes Chernican Presiding Justice of the (illegible) Court of Haywood County State of N Carolina
I Robert Love clerk of the Court of Haywood County do certify that the foregoing contains the origenal proceeding of the said assertion the matter of the application of Absolem Hooper for a pension
In testimony whereof I have here to set my hand and seal of office this 31rd day of January 1833
Robert Love. Clk
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Declaration State of North Carolina ZSS.
Jackson County 
On this 8 day of May A. D. one thousan 
eared before me a Justice of the Peace within and f
Sarah Hooper aged about 93 years a resident of  according to law declares that she is the widow of A
revolutionary war in the Company commanded 
Regiment of regulars commanded by Col Cl
that her said husband enlisted at Holston - there
during the war and continued in actual service 
was honorably discharged at Columbia SoCar
She further states that she was married to the sai
her marriage was Sarah Salers and that h
and State above mentioned where she now lives a
Hooper, who drew a Pension under the act of 
list at the rate of eighty Dollars per annum cor
for life unless she should marry again which was
day of September one thousand eight hundred and
the Roll of Pensions under act of Feby 2nd 1848 
She further declares that she has never heretofore
She furthermore hereby constitutes and appoints 
of North Carolina  to receive her land warran
She makes this declaration for the purpose of
be entitled under the "act approved March
(illegible) Ezekiel A Brown and William Hooper res
North Carolina upon our oaths declare that his 
by Sarah Hooper in our presence and that we
the applicant that she is the identicle person she
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Claim of Sarah Hooper 
Act of Congress 3rd March 1853

Filed byJ Newton Bryson Jackson County 
(written in margin) 147.246
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Declaration of a Widow

Srat (State) of North Carolina
Jackson County
On this 8 day of May A. Dave thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally app-eared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for this County of Jackson and State of North Carolina Sarah Hooper aged about 93 years a resident if the County and State aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Absalom Hooper decease who was a private in the revolutionary war in the company commanded by Captain-Dogwood [illegible] in this not recollected Regiment of regulars commanded by Col-Clark part of the time in the war with Great Brittain that her law husband enlisted at Holston-this day or time not recollected for this term of seven years or during this war and continued in actual service in said war for the term of some seven years and was honorably discharged at Columbia So (South) Carolina this time not recollected
She further states that she was married to this said Absalom Hooper and that her name before her marriage was Sarah Salers_____ and that her law died at his resident in the County and State above mentioned where she now lives and that she is the identical widow Absalom Hooper, who drew a Pension under the act of February 3rd 1848 which was inscribed on the Pension list at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum commencing on the 4th of March 1848 to continue for life unless she should marry again which was given at the Department of the Interior this Eighth day of September and thousand Eight-hundred and fifty-three and recorded in the Pension Office or this roll of Pensions under act of Feby 2nd 1848 Page 211. Vol 1.
She further declares that she has never heretofore made application for bounty land under act of Congress 
She furthermore hereby constitutes and appoints 
 J Newton Bryson of the County of Jackson and State of North Carolina to receive her land warrant when issued.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March the 3rd AD 1855.
Sarah Hooper LS
(X) mark
Mr Ezekiel A Brown and William Hooper resident of the County of Jackson in the State of North Carolina upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Sarah Hooper in our presence  and that we believe from the appearance and Statement of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Ezekiel A Brown (seal)
Wm (William) Hooper (seal)
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The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in the claim.
 Jacob Wike 
State of North Carolina 
County of Jackson 
I hereby certify that Jacob Wike Esqr before whom the foregoing affidavit and acknowledgement were made and who has hereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn and that his signature above written is genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Jackson County Court this Eleventh day of May A D one thousand Eight hundred & fifty five.
 David Rogers Clk
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State of North Carolina
Haywood County 
S.S.

On this 14th day of February one thousand eight hundred and forty seven personally appeared before me Mr. Andrew W. Cathey one of the Juges (sic) of the Court of Please (pleas) and Quarters Session in and for the county of Haywood. (it being a court of Record). Sarah Hooper, a Resident Citizen of the State of North Carolina and County of Haywood aged eighty two (82) years who duly Sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed  July 4,1838 in letter an act  granting half pay and pensions to certain widows, that she is the widow of Absolem Hooper who was a Priviso (sic) Soldier in the army of the Revolution and a pinssioner (pensioner) of the United State at the of Rate of Eighty Dollars peranum (per annum) and for his services. She Refers to the Declaration made by her said Husband in his lifetime to the war Department. 

  She further declares that she was married to the said Absolem Hooper in Elliot County State of Georgia in the month of September in the year Seventeen Hundred and Eighty Eight (1788) and that her husband the aforesaid Absolem Hooper Died in the county of Haywood North Carolina on the 9th day of December one thousand and Eight Hundred and forty five (1845) that she was not Married to him prior to his (illegible) the service but the Marriage took place previous to the firm of January Seventeen Hundred and Ninety four (1794) that is at the time above Stated that she is now a widow and has never Married since the death of her said Hus-
band (Husband)
Sarah (her + mark) Hooper
Sworn to and Subscribed on this
day and year above written
before me 
attest
AD.Cathey Jr
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State of North Carolina
Haywood County
I Andrew D Cathey  do certify that Sarah Hooper who hath this day sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration before me is a credable person and to be believed on oath I also certify that she is unable to appear before the court at the place of its holding its regular Sessions by reason of old age and bodily infirmity to to make her said declaration and I further certify that her said husband Absolem Hooper was personally know to me many years before his death. That he died in Haywood County in the year 1845 that he was reputed or . . I believed in the neighbourhood in which he lived to have been a soldier of the revolution. That the said Sarah Hooper the present applicant that never married since the death of her said husband this the 14th Day of February 1847.
                            AD Cathey, Jr (hand drawn seal)

State of North Carolina I, Walter Brown clerk of 
Haywood County          the Court-of-pleas and 
                                        quarter Session
      Do hereby certify that A D Cathey whose name appears to the above certificate is a magistrate of said county and the signature purporting to be his appears in his own hand writing.
         Intestamony of which I have hereunto set my name and affixed my seal of the court at office in Waynesville the 24th day if March A D 1847   W. Brown Atty of Haywood County
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Absolem Hooper
N. Carolina

S.C.
Admit as a private for 2 years
$8000


Samuel P. Carson
Gilat Rock P.O.
N. Carolina
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WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Pension Office, 
 183 
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 

 A Statement, showing the Service of Absolem Hooper N. Carolina 

Period when the service was rendered. Enlist 1776

Duration of the claimant's service. Served during war

Rank of the claimant. Pri

Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Capt R. Dogged,  Col. Henderson, Maj. Brown 

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Age 68, Charleston S. Carolina 
 Proof by which the declaration is supported.

 I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 
J. L. EDWARDS, 
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7,1832

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been constructed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "state troops," "militia," and "volunteers" all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service
4. Indian Spies
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State, Territory, or District of County of } 88.
On this day of personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of in the country of and State, Territory, or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 

A.B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary solider, and served as he states.

I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a solider of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.

1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the name of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. {To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
{To an Officer. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of person to whom you are know in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.

Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.

Whenever an official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his delcaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the preceise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: - For ____ year _____ months, and ______ days, I served as a ______________. For _________ months and _________ days, I served as a _____________; and for such services I claim a pension."

It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase 'about three or four months' is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifiying the tours, the name of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competant authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performe, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.

[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

*The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers, and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.

[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the celarant must state the facts.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written and sent to the War Department, with the delcaration.
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State of N. Carolina
County of Haywood [unintelligible] . William Hooper Esquire a resident in the count aforesaid being first duly sworn deposeth & saith that he is the lawful child of Absalom & Sarah Hooper; that his age is forty five years; and that the said Absalom & Sarah had Ten children who were born prior to this deponent and whose names are James, Elizabeth, Eleanor, Andrew, Nancy, Margeret, Absolam, Cassa, & Enos.

This deponent further states that his said father died in said county on the 9th of December 1845, and that he was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of 80$ per annum, and that he died leaving a widow named Sarah Hooper now surviving him who is the mother of this deponent & also of the children above named.

This deponent further states from what he has heard his said parents say that the said Sarah & Absalom Hooper were lawfully married in the State of Georgia in the year seventeen hundred & eighty two - sworn to & subscribed on this 9th day of February 1851 before me [unintelligible] of Haywood C. [unintelligible]

[Unintelligible] Hooper
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January 31, 1940
BA-J/MCS
Absalom Hooper, W. 7813

Mr. Floyd S. Griffin
Principal of Glenville High School
Glenville, North Carolina

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your request for information relative to a Revolutionary soldier, Absolom, Absolem, or Absolum Hooper.

The data which follows were taken from papers on file under, W. 7813, based on the Revolutionary War service of Absalom Hooper. This is the only soldier of that name (searched under all spelling) that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.

Absalom Hooper was born "on the main Broad River, South Carolina, near the mouth of Green River." The date of birth of Absalom Hooper and the names of his parents are not shown.

While a resident of said place, he enlisted in 1776 and served in Captains Richard Doggett's and Jesse Baker's companies in Colonel William Henderson's South Carolina regiment; he was in engagement on Sullivan's Island and in the attack on Stone Fort; he received a musket ball wound in the art arm at the siege of Savannah and at the siege of Charleston he received a musket ball wound in the left thigh and was taken prisoner and confined in a hospital for five months when he escaped and fled to the house of his uncle (name not given) on the frontier of Georgia. There he was captured by the Tories and was released after being confined for five days. Soon afterward he enlisted in Captain Daniel Gunnal's company in Colonel Clark's Georgia regiment; he was in a battle with the Cherokee Indians at Long Swamp on the Highwater River and served until peace was declared.

He was allowed pension on his application executed January 1, 1833, at which he was a resident of Haywood County, Noth Carolina, aged sixty-eight years.
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Absalom Hooper died December 9, 1845, in Haywood County, North Carolina.

This soldier married at the home of his uncle (name not given) near Pistol Creek in Elbert County, Georgia, in July, 1782, or in 1783, or in September, 1788, Sarah Salers or Silers.

As the widow of Absalom Hooper, Sarah Hooper was allowed pension on her application executed February 14, 1847, at which time she stated that she was eighty-two years of age and a resident of Haywood County, North Carolina. She stated that she moved to South Carolina about ten years after her marriage, to a place called Table Rock where she and her husband lived for twelve years and that about 1810 they moved to Haywood County, North Carolina.

Sarah Hooper applied for bounty land on May 8, 1855, at which time she was living in Jackson County, North Carolina, and at this time she stated she was about ninety-three years of age. She received Warrant #19510 for 160 acres under the Act of March 3, 1855. For information relative to the location of this land, it is suggested that you address Commissioner of the General Land Officer, Interior Department, Washington, D.C., giving the warrant number, the acreage and the act under which the warrant was issued.

Sarah and Absalom had twelve children. The names of the following children were given: James who was the eldest and in 1848 he was living in Macon County, North Carolina, and stated that he was about fifty-nine years of age; Elizabeth who married --- Moses; Eleanor; Andrew; Mary, Nancy; Margaret who married --- Bell; "Absolem;" Cassa; Enos; and William who was living in Haywood County, North Carolina, in 1851 and then stated he was forty-five years of age. In 1855 one William Hooper was living in Jackson County, North Carolina, but it is not shown whether he is identical with soldier's son, William.

In 1852, Clemmons Hooper, aged about eighty-two years, stated that he was the younger brother of the soldier.

There are no further data relative to soldier's family.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLIER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Ray WIDOW, &c.
File No. 7813

Sarah Hooper
Wid:
Absalom Hooper
Pvt. Rev: War
Act: Feby 2/48
https://catalog.archives.gov/images/misc/drag.pngIndex: -- Vol. A Page 343
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1927, July 13. Prist W.C.S.
1928. Nov. 26 Prist to
Floyd Harry    W.C.S.
1935 July 25, Prist. to Mrs
Kathryn Siderius     WCS 
1939 Oct. 31. Prist to Mrs
Joes. H. Hensley, Jr.  WCS
1940 Jan31. Prist to Mrs
Floyd S. Griffin W.C.S.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY.
State of North Carolina
County of Haywood
Know all Men by these Presents,
That I Sarah Hooker of the State and County
aforesaid do hereby authorize constitute and appoint Morris Owen
of Pittsburgh State of Pennsylvania
my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute for me and on my behalf all and singular claim or claims I may
have against the General Government of the United States on account of the services of my Husband
Absolum Hooper deceased, in the war of the 
Revolution.
And the said Morris Owen
is hereby authorized to take all
necessary and proper steps in the prosecution of said claim or claims on my behalf.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 4th
day of June 1850
Signed in my presence.
her
Sarah Hooper
Mrs Hooper
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Check mark at top of page
19570
Appears to be signature [illegible]
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S.C    Hooper,  Absalom   W.7813
Ga                    Sarah        B.L.Wt,19510-160-55
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(8-1776)

SERVICE     |                |   NUMBER                               
[handwritten] S.C  |Hooper, Absalom.  |  W.7813             Ga.      |              Sarah   |   B.L.Wt. 19510-160-55

Contents
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740
North Carolina, Ashville
Sarah Hooper
widow of Absalom
who was a private
in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on
the [crossed out: 4th day of March, 1843.]
9th December 1845
Certificate of Pension issued the
8th day of Sept 53 and
sent to J. J. Coombs
Present
[crossed out: [ [illegible] of March 3, 1843, &] June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2, Page 153
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State of North Carolina
Haywood County } set
on this the 8th day of December 1852 personally appeared
before me Allen Fisher an acting justice of 
the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid
Clemmons Hooper aged about 82 years who on being
duly sworn according to Law doath on his oath
make the following affidavit to wit that he is
a younger Brother of Absalom Hooper dec (deceased) and that
he was well acquainted with the facts Connected with
the marriage of his Brother the aforsaid Absalom Hooper
and his widow Sarah Hooper that they were married
on Pistol Creek in the State of Georgia, declarant does
not now recollect the County nor the precise year but
thinks it was very soon after his aforsaid brothers
returned home from the army, decelarant (declarant) has often
heard his uncle speak of there marriage at whose
house his aforsaid (aforesaid) Brother & the aforsaid (aforesaid) Sarah-
Hooper were married, affiant lived in the same
house with his Brother and family for a considerable
length of time after there marriage and has continued
to live near them prety (pretty) mutch (much) ever since and
that they continued to live together as man & wife
and was so recognised (recognized)by every person that was
acquainted with them up to the time of the death
of his brother which declarant thinks took place
about seven years ago, declarant is also well
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acquainted with there Children. Thinks that James Hoop
there oldest Child must be very near 70 years old
declarant does not hesitate to say that the aforsaid
Sarah Hooper is a person of truth and respectability in 
whose statements the fullest faith and Credit should
be placed. 
Sworn to and subscribed
before me on the day and year aforsaid
(signatures)
Allen Fisher [illegible] | 
 X his mark Clemmons Hooper 
I the first subscribed magistrate do certify
that the above declarant is personally known to me
and that he is a man of truth and credibility in
whose statements the fullest faith and credit should
be given
Given under my hand on this the 8th day of December
in the year 1852
Allen Fisher [illegible]
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Pa
at Fay
by the
Agent for
ers, in the

Recorded
fice, in B
Page 4 2
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Revolutionary Claim
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United
State of the 7th June, 1832, Absolem Hooper
of the State of North Carolina
who was a private in the war of the revolution
is entitled to receive Eighty dollars and
cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing
on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 
4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United
States, this 15th day of
May one thousand
eight hundred and thirty-three
[Lewis Cass' signature]
Secretary of War.
Examined and
Countersigned.}
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Pittsburgh P Apr 30 1851
Sir
Herewith I enclose papers in the app
-lication of Sarah Hooper widow of Absolom
Hooper. Haywood County N. C. for the ben
efit of the act of 17 June 1844 & 29 July 1848
Embracing her declaration, power of Atty
and affidavit of her son William Hooper Esq
This case was presented to the Dep
-artment some three or four years ago
with more or less proof in support of
her claim.
The testimony herewith enclosed
we trust will meet the requirements of
the Department.
We also enclose the letter of D Collins
and would call your attention to one fact
mentioned by him, though not offered as
available testimony; the circumstances to
which I would call attention so will corrob
-orates with the statement of the widow in
her declaration that we have thought
proper to call your attention to it.
The widow states in her declaration that
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she moved to the State of N Carolina
in seventeen hundred and ninety two or in
ten years after marriage, showing that the
old persons who are spoken of by Mr Collins
knew her only when she & her said husband
were living the the place of their nativity in
the State of Georgia & prior to 1794-
I have the honor to be
Sir with great respect
Your most Obt Servt
Morris Owen
[signature or underline]
Hon J E Heath
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D. C.
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Brief in the case of Sarah Hooper widow of Absalem
County and State of North Carolina
act of 17 June 1844 7th

Claim ("original") 

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner act June 7, 1832, at $ 80 per annum (Services proved in his papers)
[Illegible] proof of marriage, by there who were present and witnesses

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
the ceremony 

Thornton Triplett
Examining Clerk

Name and residence of Agent
J J Coombs by [Present]
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Pension Office
Aug 18 1833
Sir
Absolom Hooper, North Carolina
Rolls, act June 7 1832, pensioned at
$80 per annum. Please state to what
time he was paid.
Very Respectfully
J P Waldo
Comr of Pensions
of Burling
[unknown symbol or letter] auditer
Paid to 4th Sept. 1845, no date of
death on our Books.
F. Bush
Auditer
[signature or underline]
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Carlisle Springs Pa June 10 1852
Dr Sir
Herewith I have the honour to present in reply to your favour of July 21st 1851 requiring further proof in the case of Sarah Hooper widow of Absalom Hooper of North Carolina under act of June 17th 1844, the Affidavits of William Hooper & Jonathan Coward --

In your favour of July 21st/51 you say "The Certificate of the Clerk of the County Court, Church or Town Accord should be produced" We state in reply to this requirement, that it is a fact with which suppose the Department is well acquainted that no such records were made or recorded in the County Clerks offices at that Early period in the State of Georgia or marriage bonds or licences issued -- and that the State is not Classified into Towns and that consequently no Town records Exist -- from these circumstances we do not see what further we can do to satisfy the requirements of the Department in this Case

We therefore ask respect-fully for a carefull re Examination
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of all the proof on file in this Case -- hoping that the Department may be satisfied to place her on the List of Pensioners under act June 17 1844 or Act of 1848

We have [provided] all the Evidence which we believe can be furnished in the Case --

I have the honour to be [illegible] with the highest respect and regard 

Your Obd. Servt.

Morris Owen

To
Hon. J E Heath
Com. of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
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East La Port Jackson Co N.C.
May 18th, 1835

Commissioner of Pensins
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir,

Enclosed please find Declaration of Sarah Hooper widow for the Land warrant to which she is willed under act of Congress of 3 March 1855. I know Mrs. Hooper to be the identical person who drew a Pension as stated in her declaration and as her case has passed and been acknowledged once for pension I did not consider it necessary to make proff of her marriage and only proved that she was or is the person who the Person stated in Declaration & you will by reprence to the case
find it so in your department. You will duly
consider the premises tack according to your
best judgement & return an answer as soon
as convenient.

Very Respectfully

J. Newton Bryson atty for
Sarah Hooper widow
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[vertical writing] May 15 1851 (underlined)
Rel: To case of Sarah Hooper
Green Green + Clarke 
Present 
[illegable print]

[horizontal printing] 
Hon James E. Heath 
Comm of Pensions
Washington
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Washington 15 May 1851
Hon James E. Heath
Commissioner of Pensions:

Sir
We have been requested by Mr N. Edmonston, of Haywood Co, NoCa, to attend to the claim of Sarah Hooper, widow of Absolom Hopper, a revolutionary soldier, for a pension. He informs us that the paper in this case were sent to your office about two years ago. 
Will you please inform us whether any such case was ever received and is on file in your office.
Respectfully,  Green, Green + Clarke
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Hon. J. B. Vance,
   April 30, 1860.
Enclosed a letter from Margaret Bell, daughter of Absolom Hooper a Revolutionary soldier, asking a donation. 
Sarah Hooper, Wid, of Absalom - N.C. on 2nd Feb, 1848
Respectfully referred to Comm Pensions, to ascertain if she is entitled to pension.
Answer Attn Vance 
                                            MosesKelly
                                            Chf. Clk
Int. Dept
Mch 5/60


Recd 5 April by 
Mr. Whitt
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Confidential.
Ho. of Rep.
Aprl 3rd 1860.
Dr. Sir,
Enclosed I take the liberty of sending you a letter from a dignified constituent addressed to "Vance and Buckhanon", to which I invite your "distinguished consideration". Acknowledging my [illegible] willingness but utter inability, to afford any relief to this "old worn out pilgrim" whom misfortune has been so heavy upon, I can only refer it to "James Buckhanon and cabinet", as from that source alone she expects a donation, he being "the gentleman that will assist the 'ares and orfants" - 
Very respectfully
Z.B. Vance
Hon J. Thompson
Secretary Interior.
P.S. She has been a professor for twenty years!
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Sarah Hooper
widow of Absolom
NC
adm. 17 June 1844 & 
2 [illegible] $80
per annum from  9 Dec 1845, when he died.

Haywood Co;
Ashville Agcy

Cert to to J. J. Combs Esq
Present
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Washington, June 4th 1853.

Sir:

Enclosed I have the honor to present you the supplemental declaration of Sarah Hooper widow of Absalom Hooper dec. late of North Carolina, for pension under Act of 14th June 1844, and of 20 Feb. 1948, accompanied by additional evidence as to the date of the marriage.

As her husband was a pensioner, and as the widow still survives, no evidence of service is necessary.

The only remaining question to be settled is the  date of the marriage.  The evidence upon this point, showing that the marriage must have taken place long prior to 1794, is to my mind, conclusive.  

In fact, I do not see how evidence of a more satisfactory or conclusive character could be produced, in a case in which no record evidence exists.

The widow states in her declaration that she was married in Georgia, (when no public records of marriages exist) and she shows that a family record, which once existed, has been destroyed.
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She does not pretend to state positively, in what year she was married, nor does she state the same supposed date of the marriage in her different declarations.  In our declaration she states that she was married, (as she think) in 1782 - in another in 1783.  Being an illiterate woman, and having no record of her marriage, it would be strange if she should, at he very advanced age, recollect the exact date.

The evidence, however, shows conclusively, that her eldest son is now from 65 to 70 years of age.  The testimony of Clemmons Hooper, the brother of Absolam Hooper, which I now present, in connexion with a large amount of testimony heretofore filed, will, I trust, be deemed entirely satisfactory to show that the marriage must have taken place long prior to 1794.

I have the honor to be,
Very Respectfully
Your obt servt
J. J. Coombs

Hon L. P. Waldo
Court of Pensions
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13,312

No. 790
Sarah Hooper, wid of Absalom

N.C. Act 1844 - [illegible]

Supplemental Decl
& Add'l evidence

J. J. Coombs
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State of North Carolina
Haywood County.

I Joseph Keener Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the County and State aforesaid, do certify that Allen Fisher Esqr is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signatures above are written and genuine.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my Seal of Office, on this the 11th day of December 1852.

J Keener ---
by ---- Dept ---
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State of North Carolina S.S.
Haywood County. On this the twenty seventh day of October A.D. 1848 before Mr Joseph Keenen a regular commissioned and sworn Justice of the Peace in and forsaid county and state. James Hooper a reputable citizen of the County of Macon and state aforesaid makes the following statement of facts to accompany the - of Sarah Hooper dated 14th February 1847, taken before AD Castrey Esq in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed 7th day of July 1838 allowing half pay and pension to certain widows. 
This officiant states that he is by common reputation the eldest son of Absolem Hooper whom this applicant has known from his (applicants) Earliest recollections say upwards of fifty years, this applicant being as he informed and from various circumstances verrily believes is now about fifty nine years of age. His father being illiterate no trace of family record is Extant to applicants knowledge. 
The present applicant, Sarah Hooper, was the wife of said Absolem Hooper and so deemed held and taken they having lived together as man and wife from applicants infancy up to the time of the said Absolems death which event took place as stated in the declaration of the said Sarah Hooper above referred to. The said Absolem Hooper was as this applicant believes, a pensioner of the United States from 1831 or 1832. The said Sarah Hooper is still living in the county of Haywood and is the and is the identical person who was the wife of the same Absolem Hooper and is the widow of the identical Absolem Hooper who obtained a certificate of Pention from the War Office of the United States issued the 15th day of May 1838 by L. Cass
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as secretary of War and registered in the Pention office in Book E. Vol 6 Page 42 by Wm Miller clerk
his
James x Hoopers
mark

The foregoing testimony of James Hoopers was taken before me this 27th day of October AD 1848
J Keenen
Justice of the Peace

State of North Carolina
Haywood County
J Walter Brown clerk of the court of places and quarter sessions of said County of Haywood - Do hereby certify that Joseph Keenan whose name appears to the above certificate is and was at the state thereof a regular commission and known magistrate of said county and the signature thereto perporting to be this appears in this own hand writing - in testimony of which I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the Seal of the Court as officer in Waynesville the 6th day of November 1848
W Brown
of Haywood County
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State of North Carolina
County of Haywood  SS

William Hoopers aged 46 years
 resident insaid county being first duly sworn 
doth depose and say that his mother who is
an applicant for a pension - and whose name
is Sarah Hooper and who was the lawful wife of
Absalom Hooper deceased late a pensioner in said county under act 7th June 1832 at $80 per annum is now living; and that her declaration for an application for a pension has been made sometime since. 
Wm Hooper

Sworn to and Subscribed on this
17 day of January 1852
Before Me
Wm. B. Queen

I certify that the abovenamed William Hooper is a man of credibility - 
Wm B Queen

State of North Carolina
County of Haywood SS

Jonathan Coward aged 82
years being first duly sworn doth depose and say
that he has known the abovenamed Sarah Hooper and her husband Absalom Hooper decd more than 60 years - that at that time, or 65 years ago they were residing together and living as man and wife and had at that time children born to them, who were named James Elizabeth Elender Andrew and who were reputed and believed to be their lawful children. This deponent states that his own marriage occured 59 years ago and that he cannot be mistaken as to the fact of their
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having been living together long prior to the 
year 1794 as with from the ages of said children 
as compared to this deponents age and the ages of deponents children, and various circumstances connected with his own marriage. 
Jonathan Coward
Sworn to and subscribed the
17th Day of January 
Attest Wm B Queen 

State of North Carolina
County of Haywood} SS
(large marked out section of testimony)
    Martha Coward aged ____ years
being first duly sworn doth depose & say that
she has been acquainted with the before named
Sarah Hooper more than 60 years & that
sixty years ago, she the said Sarah was living
with the said Absolem Hooper as his wife-and
that they had children learn at that time
whose names were__(crossed out) 
That they were respecttible (respectable)
people that she is the wife of the said
Coward above married and that she was married
to him in the State of ____and
that she (illegible) from circumstances connected
with her sworn marriage and births of 
her (illegible) children that at their ages (illegible)
Absolam & Sarah that several of their children
were born prior to 1794-
(end of marked out section)

  I Joseph Keener Clerk of the County Court of Haywood County State of North Carolina, so certify that Wm B Queen whose name appears in his own proper handwriting
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State of North Carolina
Haywood County SS
On this the twenty sixth day of October A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty eight Jonathan Coward (aged seventy nine years) a respectable citizen of the county and state above written came personally before me Joseph Keener a regular commissioned and sworn Justice of the Peace in and for this county and state just above written and after having been  duly sworn on the Holy Evangelical of Almighty God doth make and subscribe the following statements of facts to accompany the declaration of Sarah Hooper, widow of Absolem Hooper, for half pay dated 14th day of February AD 1847 sworn to before AD Cathy Esq as doth appear.

This applicant became acquainted with the said Absolem Hooper decd in the year seventeen hundred and ninety nine, at which time he lived with the present applicant Sarah Hooper as man and wife their Eldest child a son named James Hooper was then in (1799) about eight or nine years of age. 
This applicant has known both the deceased Absolem Hooper and Sarah Hooper the present applicant  ever since 1799 - they raised a large family lived together in the county of Haywood as man and wife until the death of her husband which event took place in said county of Haywood as stated in the accompanying declaration. The said Absolem Hooper was for many years a pentioner of the  United States for many years previous to and up to the time of his death. 
The present applicant Sarah Hooper is the identical individual who was the wife of the
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said Absolem Hooper in 1799 and continued so to be up to the said Absolem's death in 1845. 
Applicant further swears that said Sarah Hooper is the widow of the said Absolem Hooper who was to this applicants own knowledge reputed to have been  a soldier of the revolution and a pentioner of the United States. That said Sarah Hooper has not married again since the death of the said Absolem Hooper and is still at this date living in the County of Haywood State of North Carolina, of good character and reputable in her deportment. 
Jonathan Coward

The foregoing testimony of Jonathan Coward was taken before me at the dwelling house of the applicant on the day set forth in the caption, he being two feeble in health to attend the place of holding the regular terms of the courts of  Peace of said county, was sworn to and subscribed before me this 26th day of October AD 1848
J Keenen 
Justice of the Peace SS

State of N Carolina
Haywood County

I - Walter Brown clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter sessions of said County - Do hereby certify that  Joseph Keener whose name appears to the above certificate is and was at the date thereof a regular commissioned and sworn magistrate of said county and the signature thereto perporting to be his is genuine. 
Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the court at Waynesville the 6th day of November 1848
W. Brown
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State of North Carolina
Haywood County. SS.

On this the twenty seventh day of October Eighteen hundred and forty Eight, before me Joseph Keener one of the regular commissioned and sworn Justices of the peace in and for said said county states Daniel Philips a reputable citizen of said county came personally before me and after having been duly sworn according to the laws of this State makes and subscribes the following statement of facts is accompany the declaration of Sarah Hooper to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress passed July 7th, 1838, granting half pay and pensions to certain widows dated 14th, Feburary 1847 sworn to before AD Cathy Esq. This applicant become accquinted with   Sarah Hooper and her husband Absolem Hooper in his Early youth about Sixty years ago. When this applicant was about ten years old; this said Absolem Hooper and Sarah Hooper the petitioner in this case lived together as man and wife had of the time two children the Eldest a son called James and a daughter called Elizabeth the said Absolem Hooper was always regarded as a soldier of the revolution and for many years a pensioner of the United States and of the time of his death which took place in 1845 in the county of Haywood State of North Carolina. The said Sarah Hooper has for a period of Sixty years been known to this applicant as the wife and widow of the said Absolem Hooper said Sarah Hooper is still living at  this date and has not married again since the death of her husband the said Absolem Hooper.

his mark x Daniel Philips
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the foregoing testimony of Daniel Philips was duly sworn to and subscribed before me at the dwelling house of the said Daniel Philips on the 27th day of October  AD 1848
J Keener, Justice of the Peace

I Walter Brown clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter sessions of said county Do hearby certify that Joseph Keener whose name appears to the above certificate awas at the date thereof and is yet a regular commissioned and sworn magistrate of said county and the signature thereto perporting to be his appears in his own handwriting  - In testimony of which I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the court at office in Waynesville the 6th day of November 1848.
W.Brown 
of Haywood County
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State of N. Carolina
County of Haywood  Before the subscriber as
Justice of the Peace in and for the said county
personally appeared Sarah Hooper aged 88
years resident in said county who being first
duly sworn makes the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Cong-
ress dated 17 June 1844 29 July 1848.
This declaration states that 
her maiden name was Sarah Silers, that she
is the lawful widow of Absalom Hooper
late of said county, who was a revolutionary
pensioner of the United States at the rate  of 
80$ per annum and who dies on the 9th
day of December in the year eighteen hundred
and forty five (1845).
This declaration states that she was
lawfully married to the said Absalom Hooper 
in the month of July in the year seventeen hun
-dred and eighty two (1782) by a Baptist minis
-ter named John McKay in the County of Elbert
in the State of Georgia.  Declarant further
States that her said husband once had
a family record of their said marriage and
births of their children, but that it was acci
-dentally destroyed about thirty years ago
and that at the present time she has no kn
-owledge of the existence an any such record.
That she continued to live in lawful
wedlock with the said Absalom Hooper
from the tme of the aforesaid marriage
up to the period when he died and that
since his death she has not again marr
-ied but remains his widow.
This Declarant states that she moved to
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the State of S. Carolina about 10 years after
her marriage near a place called Table
Rock where she & her said husband lived
for the space of 12 years, that about 41 years
ago she came to reside in the County where
she now lives, along with her said husband.
Sworn to & subscribed on this
6th day of July 1851 | Sarah Hooper
before me.   X mark
Allen Fisher
I certify that by reason of old age & bodily inf
-irmities the above named Sarah Hooper is unable to
appear in open court and that satisfactory proof
has been made before me that the aforesaid Abso-
lom Hooper, who was a revolutionary pensioner died
on the ninth day of December 1845, and that hsi widow
the aforesaid Sarah Hooper has not intermarried since
his death, but remains a widow.
July 6, 1851   Allen Fisher
State of N. Carolina
County of Haywood  Joseph Keener Clerk
of said County certify that Allen Fisher Esquire
before whome the foregoing declaration was made is & was
at the time of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace
duly commissioned & qualified to act as such in the county
aforesaid and that the foregoing signatures purport
-ing to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereto
set my hand and Official Seal,
of said County thus 9th day
of February 1851
J Keener Clk
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No 13312
Sarah Hooper
widow of Absolem
NC
Act of July 1838

Forks of Piquam N.C.
Mar 31st

Apri 7 1847

Reccd of Jay Hooper
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March 26 1847

J L Edwards com pen

My Dear Sir
From Waynesville, Haywood County N.C.  a few days past
I sent you the Declaration of Tary Hooper
wife and widow of Absolem Hooper Died
Who was a pentioner (sic) of the (illegible) at
the Rate of Eighty Dollars per year I did not
Accompany the Declaration with my letter
for Reason not necessary here to Explain
What our course the Department  may take
the the [illegible] you will be good enough
to write me a line if the claim is passed
your will you will send the money or
give me a check on the N.C Bank
if the Claim is not passed. You will listen
enough to let me know what is wanting
and I will attend to it as I can the old [illegible]
attorney in past-Same two or three years
past the Declaration of the [illegible]
and the widow Monheath was taken and
sent to that office for a pention (sic) by two
gentlemen from [illegible] one by the name
of Howard and the other Jeord (ther given names I am not in possession of) and the old
Lady have not heard from them since. They
wrote me to ask the Department whether
their Declarations Ever were filed or
not and if they were what Action was
take on them by the Department be kind
enough to answer this letter as soon as can convenient
and much obli Your Hum Servant
J L Edwards (illegible) N Edmonston
P S your address will be to me [illegible] of Pigeon River
Haywood County N Carolina  N Edmonston
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19570-160
Absolem Hooper
The Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington City D.C.
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Jackson N.C. April 12th 1856

Dear Sir

I return to you the enclosed letter containing a land warrant as it has been missent or misdirected. There being no person in this County by the name by referring to your list you may be able to give the warrant the right direction. 

Respectfully yours
JW. M. New

N.B. This letter containing the land warrant was open through mistake.
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Know all men by these presents, That I Sarah Hooper widow of Absolem Hooper Dcd. who was a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution, do hereby constitute and appoint JJ Coombs true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to prosecute against the Government of the United States, before any Department thereof, any and all claim or claims I may have to arrears of pay of Pension money, under any Act or Acts, Resolution or Resolutions, of the Congress of the United States, and especially the Acts 4th July 1836, 7th July 1838, 3rd March 1843, 17th June 1844, 2nd February 1848, and 29th July 1848 - as well as the more ancient Acts of 18th March 1818, 15th May 1828 and 7th June 1832. 
Said Attorney is moreover authorized in my name to demand at any Department of the said Government, a re-consideration of any decision hitherto or hereafter to be given, touching my interests, and to obtain from any Department or the archives thereof, any and all information or evidence of whatever character relating to or in anywise bearing upon the claim or claims we hereby seek the investigation of. 
Said Attorney is moreover authorised to do any and all things necessary to carry out the foregoing purposes, and to receive the Certificates of Pension or other character of drafts or evidence of the ammounts due me and to appoint one or more Sub-Attorneys, and to confer upon him or them all the powers therein conferred upon himself hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney may do by virtue of these presents. 
Witness my hand and seal this the 8th day of December 1852
Allen Fishers
Geo (George) L Vallandingham

her
Sarah x Hooper
mark

State of North Carolina Haywood County, sec.
Be it known that on the 8th day of December 1852 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Sarah Hooper
subscribers to the foregoing Power of Attorney, and acknowledging the signing, sealing and delivering the same to be her own voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes therein set forth. 
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto subscribe my name, Allen Fisher J.P.
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Farmersville, Texas.
November 20th, 1928

The Pension Department,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

In Re; J.A. Hooper,
Princeton, Texas.

The above part desires me to write you in regard to the law as to whether there is any provision by which he would be entitled by making the proper proof to a pension under the following conditions;

His grandfather, Absalom Hooper, a citizen of North Carolina in his lifetime, was a soldier in the American Revolutionary Army, and fought under George Washington. Isaach Hooper, the father of J.A. Hooper, was the youngest song of Absalom Hooper. They were all born in North Carolina. He desires to know if as the grandson of a Revolutionary soldier, there is any provision by which he would be entitled to draw a pension.

Respectfully yours,
Floyd Harry.

*U.S. Pension Office Nov 23 1928
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Wantagh LI
July 6, 1935
Veteran's Administration
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir
Do you have in your files records of one Absalom Hooper who fought in The Revolutionary war. He was a brother to the Wm Hooper who's name appears on The Declaration of Independence. 

 Would like to have the state of his Birth and where he was born would appreciate any information  you might give me.

Respt
Ms. Kathryn Siderius
Box 171 Wantagh N.Y.
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Wantagh L.I.
July 6th, 1935

War Dept.
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

[Round seal with arrow pointing up and numbers 1-12 around the edge]
REC'D
JULY 12 1935
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADM.
READER #4

Dear Sir:
Do you have in your files a Absalom Hooper who was sent to the State of North Carolina (Jackson Co) after the Revolutionary War as an agent for the Indians.

I don't believe he ever received a pension for his work[strike-through] service in the war, as I don't suppose he ask for one, as the Goverment was very poor. at that time.

I must place this man in N.C. as I'm
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tracing this lien for the D.A.R.

I'm sure of this appointment as Indian Agent so would you please refer my letter to the dept I might obtain this information if you are unable to help me.

Thanking you I 
Remain Resp Yours
Mrs Kathryn Sierius
Wantagh N.Y.

[Round seal with arrow pointing up and numbers 1 through 12 around the edge]
REC'D
JUL 12 1935
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADM.
READER #4
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Asheville N.C.
October 12, '39
Veterans' Administration Bureau,
Washington D.C.
Dear Sirs:
Will you please give me any information you might have or heard of, a soldier, Absalom Hooper, of the Revolutionary War. I think he fought in Bakers' Company of the 6th South Carolina regiment.
Do you have any record of his birth, where he enlisted, died?
I'll greatly appreciate any information you might be able to give me about this relative of mine.
Obligingly yours,
Mrs. James H. Hensley Jr.
181 Tacoma Circle,
Montford Hills,
Asheville N.C.
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Floyd S. Griffin,
Principal
Miss Sara Bell Hooper,
Sec-Treas.

Committee
Elbert Moss
Frank Fugate
Will Fowler

Glenville High School
Glenville, N.C.

Jan. 10, 1939

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen,

I will appreciate it so much if you will give me all information which you have relative to the Revolutionary War record of Absolom Hooper. From old land records it appears that his name was also spelled "Absolem" and "Absolum". Also, I would like to know if the records show and land grants being made to him because of his war record.

Very truly yours,
F.S. Griffin


*Received Jan 12 1940
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Address Reply to                                                 War Department
DISTRICT ENGINEER                                    UNITED STATES ENGINEER OFFICE
P.O. Box 900                                                         CUSTOMHOUSE
Nashville, Tennessee                                       NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE

Reply to File no. ----------                          

Subject:                                                                                                                            June 7, 1927.


The Commissioner of Pensions,
Pension Bureau,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs,

            I Would appreciate very much your furnishing me a copy of the military records of the following 
Revolutionary soldiers:

                                      Absalom Hooper
                                      Daniel Young

           Both men served in North Carolina organizations, later emigrated to what is now Middle Tennessee, where they lived to advanced age.  I feel sure that Absalom Hooper was a pensioner, as I have seen his
name listed as such, and I think that Daniel Young was also, as he lived to be quite an old man and was 
entitled to pension.

                                                                                            Respectfully,

                                                                                            (Scripted signature)
                                                                                            J.A. Cartwright
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1812 Wars Section

July 13, 1927

J.A. Cartwright
District Engineer
P.O. Box 900, Nashville, Tenn.

Sir:

I have to advise you that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 7813, that Absolom Hooper was born "on the main Broad River, South Carolina, near the mouth of the Green River," date not stated.

While a resident of said place he enlisted in 1776 and served in Captains Richard Doggett's and Jesse Baker's Companies in Colonel William Henderson's South Carolina Regiment; he was in an engagement on Sullivan's Island and in the attack on Stono Fort; he received a musket ball wound in the right arm at the siege of Savannah and at the siege of Charleston he received a musket ball would in the left thigh and was taken prisoner and confined in a hospital for five months when he escaped and fled to the home of his uncle (name not given) on the frontier of Georgia. There he was captured by the Tories and was released after being confined for five days. Soon afterward he enlisted in Captain Daniel Gunnal's Company in Colonel Clark's Georgia Regiment; he was in a battle with the Cherokee Indians at Long Swamp on the Hightower River and served until peace was declared.
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He was allowed pension on his application executed January 1, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Haywood County, North Carolina, aged sixty-eight years. He died there December 9, 1845.

He married near Pistol Creek in Elbert County, Georgia, in July, 1782, or in 1783 or in September, 1788, Sarah Salers or Silers. She was allowed pension on her application executed February 14, 1847, at which time she stated that she was eighty-two years of age and was a resident of Haywood County, North Carolina. In 1855 she stated that she was about ninety-three years of age and was a resident of Jackson County, Georgia.

They had twelve children, the following names we given: James who was the oldest and in 1848 he stated that he was about fifty-nine years of age, Elizabeth who married, Moss, Eleanor, Andrew, Mary, Nancy, Margaret who married, Bell, Absolem, Cassa, Enos, and William who stated in 1851 that he was forty-five years of age.

This is the only soldier by the name of Absolem Hooper or any similar name that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau, and said records fail to afford any information to a Daniel Young as described by you. 

Respectfully,

Winfield Scott
Commissioner
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Rev. &1812 Wars Section
MCS/eel
November 26, 1928

Floyd Harry
Box 186, Farmersville
Texas

Sir:
I advise you that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 7813, that Absalom Hooper was born " on the main Braad River, South Carolina, near the mouth of the Green River, date not stated.
While a resident of said place he enlisted in 1776 and served in Captains Richard Doggett's and Jesse Barker's Companies in Colonel William Henderson's South Carolina Regiment; he was in an engagement on Sullivan's Island and in the attack on Stone Fort; he received a musket ball wound in the right arm at the siege of savannah and at the siege of Charleston he received a musket ball wound in the left thigh and was taken prisoner and confined in a hospital for five months when he escaped and fled to the home of his uncle (name not given) on the frontier of Georgia. There he was captured by the Tories and was released after being confined for five days. Soon afterward he enlisted
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in Captain Daniel Gunnal's Company in Colonel Clark's Georgia Regiment; he was in a battle with the Cherokee Indians at Long Swamp on the Hightower River and served until peace was declared.
He was allowed pension on his application executed January 1, 1833, a t which time he was a resident of Haywood County, North Carolina, aged sixty-eight years. He died there, December 9, 1845.
He married near Pistol Creek in Elbert County, Georgia, in July, 1782, [handwritten over date: at house of his uncle (illegible)] or in 1783 [Handwritten check mark], or in September [handwritten check mark over September],  1788, Sarah Salers or Silers, [Illegible  smudge]. She was allowed pension on her application executed February 14 1847, at which time she stated that she was eighty-twp years of age and a resident of Maywood County, North Carolina. In 1855 she stated that she was about ninety-three years of age and was a resident of Jackson County, Georgia. They had twelve children ,the following names were given: James who was the oldest and in 1848 he stated that he was about fifty-nine years of age, Elizabeth who married --- Moss, Eleanor, Andrew, Mary, Nancy, Margaret who married --- Bell, Absolem, Cassa, Enos, and William who stated in 1851 that he was forty-five years of age.
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This is the only soldier by the name of Absolem Hooper or any similar name that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.

There is no provision of law that would entitle the descendants of a soldier of the Revolution to pension.

Respectfully,

WINFEILD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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July 25, 1935

BA-J/MCS
Absalom Hooper, W. 7813

Mrs. Kathryn Siderius
Wantagh, Box 171
New York

Dear Madam:

This office is in receipt of your letters of July 6, 1935, one addressed to Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C., and the other addressed to War Department, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C., requesting information relative to Absalom Hooper, a Revolutionary War soldier.

You are furnished herewith, the record of Absalom Hooper as shown by papers on file in his pension claim, W. 7813, based upon his military service in the Revolutionary War.

As your letter addressed to the War Department, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C., never reached that office but was received in this office instead, it is suggested that if you wish to apply to the War Department relative to the military service of Absalom Hooper the proper address is The Adjutant General, War Department, Washington, D.C.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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July 25, 1935

Absalom Hooper, W.7813
BA-J/MCS

Mrs. Kathryn Siderius
Wantagh, Box 171
New York

Dear Madam:

The data contained herein were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 7813, based upon military service of Absalom Hooper.

He was born "on the main Broad River, South Carolina, near the mouth of Green River". The date of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.

While a resident of said place he enlisted in 1776 and served in Captains Richard Doggett's and Jesse Baker's companies in Colonel William Henderson's South Carolina regiment; he was in an engagement on Sullivan's Island and in the attack on Stono Fort; he received a musket ball wound in the right arm at the siege of Savannah and at the siege of Charleston he received a musket ball wound in the left thigh and was taken prisoner and confined in a hospital for five months when he escaped and fled to the home of his uncle (name not given) on the frontier of Georgia. There he was captured by the Tories and was released after being confined for five days. Soon afterward he enlisted in Captain Daniel Gunnal's company in Colonel Clark's Georgia regiment; he was in a battle with the Cherokee Indians at Long Swamp on the Hightower River and served until peace was declared. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed January 1, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Haywood County, North Carolina, aged sixty-eight years.

He died there, December 9, 1845.

This soldier married at the home of his uncle (name not given) near Pistol Creek in Elbert County, Georgia, in July,1782, or in 1783,
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or in September, 1788, Sarah Salers or Silers.

She was allowed pension on her application February 14, 1847, at which time she stated that she was eighty-two years of age and a resident of Haywood County, North Carolina. She stated that she moved to South Carolina about ten years after her marriage, to a place called Table Rock where she and her husband lived for twelve years and that about 1810 they moved to Haywood County, North Carolina. In 1855 she stated that she was about ninety-three years of age and was a resident of Jackson County, Georgia (crossed out and replaced with N.C.).

Sarah and Absalom Hooper had twelve children. The names of the following children were given: James who was the oldest and in 1848 he stated that he was about fifty-nine years of age, Elizabeth who married ---- Moss, Eleanor, Andrew, Mary, Nancy, Margaret who married ----- Bell, "Absolem", Cassa, Enos, and William who stated in 1851 that he was forty-five years of age. (Haywood C, N.C. written in).

In 1852 Clemmons Hooper, aged (*about written in) eighty-two years, stated that he was the younger brother of the solider.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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October 31, 1939

BA-J/WCS
Absalom Hooper
W. 7813

Mrs. James H. Hensley, Jr.
181 Tacoma Circle
Montford Hills
Asheville, North Carolina

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter requesting information relative to Absalom Hooper, a Revolutionary War soldier who served in Captain Baker's company in a South Carolina regiment.

The data which follow were taken from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 7813, based on the military service of Absalom Hooper.

Absalom Hooper was born "on the main Broad River, South Carolina, near the mouth of Green River." The date of his birth and the names of his parents are not given.

While a resident of said place enlisted in 1776 and served Captains Richard Doggett's and Jesse Baker's companies in Colonel William Henderson's South Carolina regiment; he was in engagement on Sullivan's Island and in the attack of Stone Fort; he received a musket ball wound in the right arm at the siege of Savannah and at the siege of Charleston he received a musket ball wound in the left thigh and was taken prisoner and confined in a hospital for five months when he escaped and fled to the home of his uncle (name not given) on the frontier of Georgia. There he was captured by the Tories and was released after being confined for five days. Soon afterward he enlisted in Captain Daniel Gunnal's company in Colonel Clark's Georgia regiment; he was in a battle with the Cherokee Indians at Long Swamp on the Hightower River and served until peace was declared.

He was allowed pension on his application executed January 1, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Haywood County, North Carolina, aged sixty-eight years.
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Absalom Hooper died December 9, 1845, in Haywood County, North Carolina.
This soldier married at the home of his uncle (name not given) near Pistol Creek in Elbert Country, Georgia, in July, 1782, or in 1783, or in September, 1788, Sarah Salers or Silers.
She was allowed pension on her application executed February 14, 1847, at which time she stated that she was eighty-two years of age and a resident of Haywood County, North Carolina. She stated that she moved to South Carolina about ten years after her marriage, to a place called Table Rock where she and her husband lived for twelve years and that about 1810 they moved to Haywood County, North Carolina. In 1855 she stated that she was about ninety-three years of age and was a resident of Jackson County, North Carolina.
Sarah and Absalom Hooper had twelve children. The names of the following children were given: James who was the eldest and in 1848 he was living in Macon County, North Carolina, and stated that he was about fifty-nine years of age; Elizabeth who married --- Moss; Eleanor; Andrew; Mary; Nancy; Margaret who married --- Bell; "Absolem;" Cassa; Enos; and William who was living in Haywood County, North Carolina, in 1851 and then stated he was forty-five years of age. In 1855 one William Hooper was living in Jackson County, North Carolina, but it is not shown whether he is identical with soldier's son, William.
In 1852, Clemmons Hooper, aged about eighty-two years, stated that he was the younger brother of the soldier.
There are no further data relative to solidier's family.
Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator