Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1824, Isaiah Hales, N.C.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
N.C.

Hales, Isaiah

NUMBER
S. 1824

carded

CONTENTS
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7138
Tennessee (west)
Isaiah Hales of Hickman Co in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Thomas of the Regt commanded by Col Lenton in the No Ca malitia [sic] for 6 mo from '80

Inscribed on the Roll of Tennessee at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of March 1833 and sent to Saml Sebastion Esq. Vernon T. [TN]

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $40.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833 10.00
$50.00
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

d. Feb 17. 1846

Recorded by W. L. Williams, Clerk,
Book 2 Vol 7 Page 82

See letters to S. Sebastian & Pen Agt 7 Oct '34

Duplicate Certify issued 2 Decr 1834 & sent to Hon. C. Johnson H. R.

Order to pay & let to Tennessee
March 23, 1838

Died Feb. 17,1846 (AB)
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No 17296
Isaiah Hales
Hickman Co.
Tennessee

from 1780 private
6 months
$20

Samuel Sebastian Esq.
Clerk of the Court of
Hickman County
Vernon 
Tennessee
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BRIEF in the case of Josiah Hales
County of Hickman in the State of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [blank]
3. How old is he? 69 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
5. In what battles was he engaged? None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Johnson County North Carolina
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
[blank]

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J W Clagett  Examining Clerk
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Isaiah Hales
Declaration
17296
[illegible]
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State of Tennessee
Hickman County
Court of pleas & quarter Sessions 
October Term 1832
On this 8th day of October 1832 personally
appeared in open Court before the Justices thereof now sitin [sic] Isaiah Hales a resident of said County of Hickman aged sixty nine years on the 13th day of March 1832 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, & served as herein stated I substituted in the place of John Nowell about the 15th Novr 1780 in the State of North Carolina Johnson County with Phillip Thomas
Capt, Maj William Dennis, Gen. Linton or Livington marched to Portage in Franklin County from thence to Martinsborough where we joined head quarters from thence we marched to cross creek. now known by the name of Fayettville here in divided our army & marched to the waters of [illegible] Creek on or
off swamp the tories hiding place or ol. Fanning rendevous a Tory commander, the army again collected at Calesville on the South side Pedee River, we then marched to Colsons Ferry on said River here we built a fort of deposit our time was nearly served out to the sick was [sic] discharged & went home, I remained with the army & marched up the Adkin [Yadkin] River above the mouth of Hugh morrow near the Shallow ford from herein returned towards Fayettville with & delivered up our arms & baggage & went home after serving my full tour of three months after this & in the year 1781 I substituted in the place of Nathan Price in the aforesaid County of Johnson in the North Carolina militia for the term of three months with Capt Jonathan Smith Col Linton, & Col. Sutgraves [Sitgreaves ?] we marched to Kingston [later Kinston] in the State of N. Carolina on our way took two Tories tried condemned & shot then under martial law, we remained a short time at Kinston & marched to a place called the [illegible] on the waters of Neuse River, when we captured two tories Brothers tried condemned & shot them they were by the name of Keith we then marched towards the Southwest River from thence
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we returned towards Smithfield having Kingston to the right at this time my term of service expired & I was discharged which
Discharge I have lost or mislaid, serving in the whole the term of six months. I also guarded as a militia man the Town of Smithfield at the time the British were marching through North Carolina the length of time, I do not recollect, I have no documentary evidence to prove the above service, nor no person by whom I can prove the service above stated After I left the army I resided in the State of North Carolina
about seven or eight years then moved to the State of Georgia & lived there about twenty five years from there I moved to the State of Tennessee Hickman County where I now live. I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State or territory
Isaiah Hales
x
his mark

We James Erwin Clergyman & Richard Noll, Thos Younger residing in the County of Hickman aforesaid hereby certify that in one well acquainted with Isaiah Hales who has sworn & subscribed to the above declaration that we have known him to be about sixty nine years of age; that he is respected & believed in the neighbourhood [sic] where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion
James Erwin
Richard  Noll
x
his mark
Thos Younger

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter after putting the interogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that James Erwin is a Clergyman in said County of Hickman, Richard Nall & Thos Younger citizens who has [sic] signed the pending certificate are residents in the County of Hickman aforesaid are credible persons & that their statement are entitled to credit
Aron B. Wilson J. P.
Daniel Shouse J. P.
W B Cragg J. P.
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[illegible]
I have the record of my age taken from my fathers Bible

State of Tennesee Hickman County SS
I Samuel Sebastian Clerk of the Court of Pleas
and Quarter Sessions in and for the County Hickman aforesaid, do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the said Court application of Isaiah Hales for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court of office this 20th day of October AD 1832
S. Sebastian, Clerk
[seal]
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3 -- 525
S. F. 1824

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.
In reply to your request of [blank] received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Isaiah Hayes a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension file in this Bureau.
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Nov. 15, 1780, 3 mos., Private, Captain Phillip Thomas, Maj. Thm. Dennis, N. C.

1781, 8 mos., [rank not stated], Captain Jonathan Smith, Colonel Lenton & Colonel Sitgreaves , [NC]

Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted in Johnson Co Tenn.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 8 1832 His cl al [claim allowed]
Residence at date of application, Hickman County, Tenn
Age at date of application, born March 13 1763 or 1764 Deed Feb. 17, 1846*
Remarks: Then is no data on file as to his family.
*From Agency book
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

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May 9, 1940.

Miss Ruth M. Field
American Institute of Banking
629 South Hill Street
Los Angeles, California.

BA-J/MMHF/ ILL

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the Revolutionary War record of Isaac Hale, a resident of Humphreys County, Tennessee, in 1840.
The correct name of the pensioner listed above was Isaiah Hales. The error in his name was caused by his pension certificate having been issued first under the name Isaac Hales. It was corrected later to his proper name, Isaiah Hales.
If your ancestor were Isaac Hale or Hales, it is
assumed that you are not interested in the record of Isaiah.
Hales.

Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.

In searching for Isaac Hale 1840 -- Humphreys County Tennessee -- I found this Isaiah Hales; also found his residence in 1838 as Reynoldsburg, Humphreys County, Tennessee. There is no Isaac Hale, Hail, Hales, etc

Isaiah Hales
S. 1824
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September 29, 1939
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BA - J/MMHF: MLB

Mr. Charles A. Hales
1401 Glenmore Road
Greeley, Colorado

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you state that you are studying the genealogy of the Hales family and desire any information this office may have in regard to Revolutionary War soldiers with that surname and in regard to those who served in preceding wars.
This office has no record of services rendered in the Colonies prior to the Revolutionary War. Such information might be obtained from the capital of the state (then colony) from which the service was rendered.
The Revolutionary War records have been searched under the surname Hales ( exact spelling) and one claim for pension, only, found, which is that based upon service of Isaiah Hales. His record is furnished you herewith. Claims for pension and bounty land which have been made to the United States are the source of Revolutionary War data furnished by the Veterans Administration.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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September 29, 1939

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ISAIAH HALES
S. 1824
BA-J/MLB

Mr. Charles A. Hales
1401 Glenmere Road
Greeley, Colorado

Dear Sir:

You are furnished herein the record of Isaiah Hales as found in the papers of pension claim, S. 1824, based upon his service in the
Revolutionary War.
Isaiah Hales was born March 13, 1763. The place of his birth and names of parents were not stated.
Isaiah Hales enlisted in Johnston County, North Carolina, November 15, 1780, served a tour of three months as private in Captain Phillip Thomas' company, under Major William Dennis in the North Carolina troops. He enlisted again in 1781, served a tour of three months as
private in Captain Jonathan Smith's company, Colonels Linton's and Sutgraves' North Carolina regiments, and assisted in capturing four Tories. He also guarded the Town of Smithfield when the British marched through North Carolina.
After the Revolution, the soldier resided in North Carolina seven or eight years, then moved to Georgia, where he remained about
twenty-five years, thence to Hickman County, Tennessee, of which county he was a resident when he was allowed pension on his application executed October 8, 1832. It was stated that he was a Baptist preacher. He died February 17, 1846. In 1838, his post office address was Reynoldsburgh, Humphreys Co.Tenn.
It is not shown whether Isaiah Hales ever married.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension and name of person paid, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following 

This pension certificate was erroneous by issued under the name Isaac Hales, but was later corrected to his proper name, Isaiah Hales
Received by J L E
May - 1940
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data: Isaiah Hales, certificate #7138, issued March 6, 1833, rate $20 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Tennessee (West) Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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COLORADO STATE COLLEGE
OF EDUCATION
GREELEY
Division of Social Studies

1401 Glenmere Road
Greeley, Colorado
July 30, 1939

Veteran's Administration
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs:

I am studying the genealogy of the Hales family, and should like very much to find out if you have any information pertaining to anyone bearing the name Hales who served in the Revolutionary War or in preceeding wars.
If you will furnish me with this information, I shall appreciate it very much.
Thanking you for your courtesy, I am
Sincerely yours,
[signature] Chas A. Hales
Charles A. Hales

[stamp]
RECEIVED 
AUG 2 1939
MAIL SUB-DIV
Reader No. 26
VETS ADM
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I 1824

Isaiah Halls-
Oct. 8, 1832 res Hickman Co. Tenn. 
Mch. 13, 1764

Johnson Co M
Nov 15. 80
Capt Philip Thomas
3 m.

1781
Son
Capt Jonathan Smith
Col. Linton
3 m Col Sutgraves [sic]

Militiaman
guarded Smithfield
when British marched
thru NC

wife & death not
mentioned
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Rev
MH

Commissioner of Pensions-
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir: In the published list of revolutionary pensioners, I find my ancestor Isaiah Hales,
of Hickman Co. Tenn (page 72), and I beg you will send me an abstract of his application papers, at your earliest convenience.

Yours very Truly
Mrs W.M. Phillips
Monroe Ga.

[stamp]
U. S.
PENSION OFFICE
JUL 11 1921
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409 Park Ave,
Louisville, Ky
Sept 16. 1944

Mr. E. T. Ware
Commissioner
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir

May I trouble you to give me some information of one Isaiah Hailes of Tenn pensioner, who died about 1840 aged 88 years when he applied for pension and where he was born, and if his wife received pension after his death. I will be very much obliged for the information if you can give it me
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Very truly
(Mrs. Austin P) G. A. Speed
409 Park Ave.
Louisville, Ky

[stamp]
To the OW [Old War]
SEP 19 1904
COMMISSIONER

[stamp]
U. S. P. B.
OLD WAR & NAVY FILES.
SEP 19 1904
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Rev War
1824
INVALID.
Isaiah Hales
Priv. N. C. Line.
Act June 7, 1832
Index: --- Vol. A, Page 156

(Arrangement of 1870.]

Sept. 24, 1904 History to
Mrs. Austin P. Speed, Louisville, Ky
1921 July 25 Hist to Mrs. W. H. Phillips
1939. Sep. 29. Hist to Charles A Hales
MLB
1940 May 9 Miss Ruth Field advised regarding error in Af. to Isaac Hales - Instead of Isaiah Hales TLL
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Union Bank of Tennessee
Nashville 6th March 1838

J L. Edwards Esq

Dear Sir

At the request of Mr. Isaiah Hale a Revolutionary Pensioner under the act of the 7th June 1832 and to whom there is one year and a half Pension due to up to the 4th Instant I herewith transmit you his Pension Identity for your examination and permission of his payment
Mr. Hales says owing to age & bad health he could not come for his stipend and I know of his making one or two efforts to get his money by attorney but did not get it owing to the informality of his claims being made out
Please to return his claim to him to Reynoldsburgh Humphries County
Tennessee with your Instructions
I am Respectfully Sir
Your Obt Sevt
John M Bass Prest
& Pension Agent
By S. Cantrell
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the  negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Isaiah Hales which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? [yes crossed through]
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
V. Has he mentioned 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 amout [sic] of pension he is entitled? Yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes
VI. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? ---
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? [blank]
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? [blank]
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? [blank]
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? [blank]
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? [blank]
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? [blank]

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration 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 precise 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 ____months, and _____days, I served as a _____
For _____ months _____ days, I served as a ____ and for such service I claim a pension.
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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 they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objection
able. It must in every case be clearly shewn 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 competent authority; that he was either
in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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J L Edwards Esq
Com of Pensions
Washington City

Hon C. Johnson
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Washington
Nov 28th

Dear Sir

A pension certificate issued to Isaac Hales
of Hickman County Tennessee last winter it was corrected to Isaiah Hales at the Department
& he is enrolled on the pension list at Nashville by his proper name -  Henry Nixon was his agent who died shortly after the correction
the pension certificate as corrected has never been received - the presumption is, that if it issued it was sent to Nixon has been lost or mislaid among his papers-- the old man applied at Nashville lately & was of course refused payment. I know the old man well-- he is a Baptist preacher & has the character of a
very honest man - I presume a duplicate can be issued, which I wish sent to me.
I wish Jesse Adams papers examined & to be
informed in what County he lives - I apprehend
the certificate having been sent to me is a mistake
your friend
C. Johnson