Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5,585, for John Hutchison, Virginia
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Service                                       Number
    Va.        Hutchison, John, Sr.    S. 5,585
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6841
John Hutchinson
From 1778, private
one year $40
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John Hutchison
N Militia
I the undersigned John Hutchison make the
following declaration on services as a soldier[?] in
the year of the revolution to wit.
I was born April 27. 1755. ama matter of August
County Va in the year 1776. I moved with my father to
the neighborhood in which I live, - in February 1778,
I was drafted for one year, to serve as a regular with
liberty to choose my company and Regt in the Virginia
line. I went from home to Valley Forge, there joined (of
my own choice), Capt. Andrew Wallis' Company Col
James Woods Regt (the 12th Virginia) Regt. - I was inoculated
with the small pox and when convalescing took the camp
fever -, whilst I lay sick of the camp fever the army
more off for the White Plains. I over hauled it as[sic] the Hudson River - 
- on joining the army at the Hudson I was transferred
to Capt Waggoner's Company - Capt Wallis with other officers were
sent home as supernumaries. After being at the White
Plains for 3 or 4 weeks, the light infantry was detached
to guard the line between the American & British armies -
I selected[?] that service was attached to Capt Wallis
or Wallis' company. I continued in service last
above mentioned until we went into Winter quarters
at Baskin ridge N. Jersey.- I remained there until
about the first of March 1779 and was then discharged
have been twelve months in actual service -
I got a written discharge, can't tell what has become of it - 
about 200 of us marched from Virginia to Valley Forge
under the [illegible] of  Capt Thomas Bowyer & Lieut.
Walker - my son John wrote my Declaration
Septr 8. 1835
a copy W G. Singleton
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6841
John Hutchinson Senior
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Shipping which lay in New York harbor. He proceeded
with his captain & the other men selected upon this service
and whilst engaged in it, he and they at one time took
seven prisoners of the Enemy, and at another, having met
with a small party of Jersey Militia and American dragoons,
drove a British picket guard from off "Horse Service"
(which is joining Pewley's Hook) and brought away from there between 15 & 18 horses which were under the guard. He Continued under the command of the said Captain Wallis in this service, until the Army again crossed the Hudson into Jersey & the Infantry were recalled and all marched to Boundbrook & Middlebrook in the said State of New Jersey where they took up their winter quarters, & then he was again restored to Capt Wallis' Company, in which he continued until he was discharged, which discharge took place there in the latter part of the month of February 1779 having served the said term of one year as aforesaid - his discharge was signed by Col Nathaniel Guels (in the absence of General Charles Sook) which he has
since lost, and he has now no documentary or other evidence in his power of said service; he knows of no person whose evidence he can procure, who can testify to his service - He was born in the County of August & State of Virginia the 27th day of April 1755, having seen the record of his age in an old bible in the handwriting of his father; he does not now know where the said Record is -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension
or annuity except the present and declares that his
is not of the pension roll of the agency of any
state sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
John Hutchison
We James Christ and David Riffe Clergyman residing in
Monroe County & State of Virginia hereby certify that
we are well acquainted with John Hutchison who
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At a Court of Quarter Session continued and held for the
County of Monroe at the Court House on Wednesday the 27
day of August 1832 & in the 57th year of the Commonwealth
State of Virginia
Monroe County
On the 22d day of August 1832 personally
appeared in open Court, before the Justices of the County Court of Honor now sitting John Hutchison Sen. a resident of that said County and State of Virginia aged 77 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 act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated:
that in the month of February 1778 he was drafted in that part of the County of Botetour], since the County of Greenbrier, and now the County of Monroe, where he then resided, and where he has ever since resided, to serve a tour of duty of one year as a regular soldier in the revolutionary war under a
requisition of the State of Virginia, for all the single man
in the said State between age of 18 and 45 to serve a tour
as aforesaid and to find their own cloths, with the liberty
of choosing their officers; that he was marched by Capt
Thomas Bowyer from the said County of Botetourt in the
month of March 1778 through the Counties of Rockbridge,
Augusta, Rockingham, Orange and on to the Potomac
near George Town where he crossed it & continue his march
through a part of the State of Maryland (about where the city of Washington now stands) to the Schuylkill River in
the State of Pennsylvania, at Valley forge, where the American
Army under the command of General Washington, were then
in Winter quarters; that he chose to
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and before he had finally recovered from inculation, he was
taken sick of the camp fever. The British army having
evacuated Philadelphia, the American Army pursued and
he was not able to march. He and the rest of the sick
left behind the army were received weekly by the Doctor
General & those able to march were sent with officers [to?]
join it: the sick with whom he was at length overtook
the Army at Kings ferry on the Hudson River; he was then
assigned to Captain Waggoners Company (Captain Wallis
being sent home as supernumary and marched with the
Army to White Plains in the State of New York - after
the army arrived at White Plains he volunteered to serve
in Captain George Wallis' Company of Riflemen, which
was one of three companies of Riflemen detached to guard
the lines of the American Army under the command of
General Nathaniel Guels, whose guard was assigned
from Philip's buildings on the Hudson River, to the foot
of Valentine Hill near said river. Some short time after
having arrived at his station, Col. Guels detachment
ambushed and drove a forageing party of the Enemy
about three or four hundred, and took six or seven
prisoners; that he continued to serve in said detachment
until about time the army was to leave White Plains, when
orders were received by Col. Guels., to be ready to march
at a minuite's warning, when May Taylor left his station
in Valentine's hill without such marching orders before
day light, which was immediately occupied by the
British who surrounded Col Guels and succeeded in
taken about 37 pen from him. About this time the
main army moved from White la to the vicinity of
West Point, as he understood, & the Infantry under the
command of General all further towards the State of
Enterit, & he and six other men were selected by
Captain Walls, under the orders of the Commander in Chief
to ascertain, if possible, what number of transport the Brittish
were supposed to be sending to Georgia from them