Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23288, Joel Hill, N.C.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N. C.

Hill, Joel
Anne 
-or Anna

NUMBER
W. 23288
B.L.Wt. 28.636-160-55

CONTENTS
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7011-
Arkansas
Alabama
Joel Hill
of Limeston Co in the State 
of Alabama who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Woodside of the Regiment  commanded by Col Armstrong in the N. Carolina
Militia
Inscribed on the Roll of Alabama
at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of February 1833 and Sent to
Hon C C Clay Hof Reps
Arrears to 4th of March 1833 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833 
$53.32
  13.33
$66.65

{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832      }
Recorded by W.L. Williams Clerk
Book E Vol 8 Page 46
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C.F.M. Noland June 5, 1837
Civ to Pen Age 2 Nov 1837.
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To Arkansas from 4th March
1834. 1. Decr 1837. Notification
sent to Litchfield Jackson
County Arkansas
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Order to pay 30 March 1838
Letter to 3rd Auditor 10 July 1841
Letter to Hon E. Cross Jan 6. 1845
paid at Treasury, under
act 6 April, 1838, from
4th Sept. 1838 to 6 Jany 1843
Agent notified 10 April, 1846.
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15313 Act Mar 3/58
May 29/53
Anna Hill
Widow 
Joel Hill 
Priv & pensioner 
28636 iss May

Revolution War 

Ark Feby 48  - 5145
(illegible) May 26/56
BL Lipton
Claimant
Augusta
Jackson Co. Ark
Claimant. April 1/56


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Vol. 762 9.-0
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[left side of page]
5145
Arkansas. Little R
Anne Hill
widow of Joel Hill
N.C. who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
26 Dollars  66
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the
16th day of October 1847
and sent to 
Elias B. Roddy 
Elizabeth 
Jackson G. Arks
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 370 - Vol 3

[right side of page]
Date of death 
not on AB
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No. 1.
Act 1844
Ann Hill.
$13.33-
Suspended. In this case
the original pension certificate
must be surrendered with
the [illegible] as the pension
has ceased under the law
17th June 1844
3d Auditors Office
2 d [illegible] 1848
Widow
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State of Arkansas   }  SS
Jackson County     }
Be it known that before me Elias B. Roddy a Justice of the Peace duly author ized by law to administer oaths in and for the county aforesaid personaly appeared Anna Hill and made oath in due form of law that she is the identical person named in an original certificate in her possession of which I certify the following is a true copy.
War Department Widows Pension  
I certify that in conformity with the act of 3rd March 1843 & June 17th 1844 Anna Hill of Arkansas Widow of Joel Hill who was a private in the Revolution and died on the Sixth day of January 1848 is inserted on the Pension List at the rate of Twenty Six Dollars & Sixty Six cents per annum commencing on the 4th day of March 1843 unless the Pensioner shall marry or die before the last mentioned date in which case the 
Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage or death.  Given at the war office of the United States This 13th day of July 1847
                           W L Macy Secretary of War
Examined and countersigned
J L Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions
That she has not intermarried but continues the widow of the above mentioned Joel Hale that she now resides in Jackson County Arkansas & has resided there for the space of twelve years past & that previous thereto she resided in Limestone County Alabama, of the truth of which statements I am satisfied fully.
Sworn and Subscribed this the 
17th day of April 1848
before me Elias B Roddy JP } Anna Hill
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J. Astrides Crow - Clerk of the court of Jackson County certify that Elias B Roddy - is a Magistrate as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have henceforth affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 17th April 1848.

Astrides Crow - Clerks of the Court of Jackson County

State of Arkansas
Jackson County - April 17th day
I Elias B Roddy a magistrate in the County above named do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory Evidence (reg) my own personal knowledge that Anna Hill who has this day appeared before me take the oath of Identity is the identical person and the Pension Certificate which she has exhibited be
for me numbered ___ and bearing date at the War Office the 13th day of July 1847 Given under my hand at the County aforesaid on the day and year above written
E B Roddy J P

Jackson County Apl 17th 1848
Received of Wm E Woodruff, agent for paying Pensions 
Thirteen Dollars & thirty three cents being for Six months Pension on Mr Anna Hill from the 4th day of September 1847 to the 4th day of March 1848 for which I have signed a Duplicate
Anna Hill

Receipts
$13.33
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE

Dec ember 4th 1845.

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners,
and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The widow of Joel Hill, deceased,
a Pensioner on the Roll of the
Arkansas - Agency, at the rate of Twenty six dollars and 66 cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept 1838
to the 6th January 1843.

Respectfully, yours, 
Albion K Parris 
Comptroller.

To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
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Ent
No. 975.
Account
Anna Hill The Widow of Joel Hill
late a pensioner per act 7 June 1832

Arkansas
Act 6 April 1838 $115.84
Reported 3 December 1845
4 [illegible]

Registration number 7773 dated 5 December 1845
sent to Treasury 6 December 1845

Received from GAO
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
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Dr. The United States 
To Anna Hill the Widow of Joel
Hill late a pensioner
on the Arkansas roll for 
Act 7 June 1832
For his pension from the 4th Sep 1838 to the
6th Jan. 1843 Four years & 125 days at $26.66
per ann as per voucher filed herewith     $115.84

Treasury Department 
Third Auditors Office
December 30 1845
Stated by John Harry 

Treasury Department 
Second Comptrollers Office
December 4. 1845
Examined by Wm Flinn
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The State of Alabama
Limestone County }Ss
On this 10th day of December 1832 personally applied in open court, before the county head of the County of Limestone State of Alabama now sitting Joel Hill a resident in the county of Limestone aforesaid aged seventy 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 7 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That as well as he recollects the time, in the month of July 1779, he entered into service in the militia of the State of North Carolina, as a volunteer, in this Company, commanded by Colonel Martin Armstrong. That he lived at that time in Luray County in said State of North Carolina. Immediately after joining said troops he was marched from thence to the place near the South Carolina line where he was stationed until he was discharged. That he served three months in this campaign. and before the time elapsed John Morgan took command of said company as Captain and Mack Hardin was the Lieutenant. That the troops with whom he served were under the command of General Davidson. That in the year 1780 he again served as a volunteer for three months in the company of said militia at first commanded by his Brother Robert Hill as Captain in the regiment commanded by Colonel Paisey. That a month or two after said company had been in service his Captain was crippled and said company was afterward commanded by ___ Pierce. That after joining said troops and while on their march to join the Army under General Gates, he was detached under said Paisey and Major John Armstrong to disperse the Tories who had collected under Colonel Bryant in their rear. That he had some skirmishing with the Tories and after
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serving out the three months for which he volunteered as aforesaid he was discharged. That in the year 1781 he again served two months under said Captain Robert Hill in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Winston. That he was marched and joined the Army under the command of General Greene. That he [illegible] being at the battle of Guilson being detached to a horse Guard. That the company in which he served in this campaign were mounted men. that he recollects to have seen while on this campaign Major Elijah Lewis (who was killed) and James Jackson a major in the Regular service. That after his discharge [illegible] this tour, he was almost constantly on duty as a militia man in the company commanded by his Brother the said Captain Robert Hill in suppressing the Tories guarding the country against small parties of the British-- until about Spring 1782, he was marched in said company commanded by said Robert Hill down  to the neighborhood of Wilmington where they captured some British stores of a place called The Brook house. That this detachment was commanded by General Rutherford of that said detachment consisted of mounted men and there were no regulars with them.
That he was born in the county of Carolina state of Virginia on the 26th of May 1763-that he has the record of his age taken from his father's family bible-that said county of Surry in North Carolina is now forming Stokes county was the place of his residence during the revolutionary and where he entered the service. That he always went into service as a volunteer and has stated also the circumstances of his service as far as he can now recollect. That he never received a written discharge of his services and has no documentary proof of the same and knows of no person in the western country whose testimony he can procure to prove his service but that are living in North Carolina several personsSouth Carolina who know of his service from amongst them Robert Hill, Joshua Hill etc.-That after revolutionary war in 1787 he removed
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from said County of Surry to Richmond County State of
Georgia from thence in 1809 be removed to Edgefield district South Carolina and from thence in 1818 to
Limestone County State of Alabama where he
has lived ever since and where he still resides
That he can prove his character for veracity and their belief of his revolutionary services by _____ who are his neighbors. he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension
or annuity except the present, and declares his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State
Sworn to and subscribed
the day year aforesaid
Joel Hill
Robert Austen Jr Clerk
Mr. Clinton Tucker a clergy man residing in the
County of Limestone and Nathaniel Davis rending
in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
Joel Hill, who has subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration, that we believe him to be seventy years old. That he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution
and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and Subscribed, the day and year aforesaid
Clinton Tucker
Nathaniel Davis
Robert C. Austin Jr Clerk

and the said Court do hereby declare, the opinion
over the Investigation of the matter and after putting the Interogatories prescribed by the war Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier and served as he states. And the Court further identifies that appears to them that Clinton Tucker who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the County of Limestone and that Nathaniel Davis
who has also signed the same is a resident of said County
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit
Test- Robert Austin Jr Clerk
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State of Alabama
Limestone County
I Robert Austin Jr Clerk of the County Court in & for
the County of Limestone State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said [illegible] in the matter of the
application of Joel Hill for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & seal of office
this 10th day of December 1832
and of American Independance
the 57th
Robert Austin Jr Clk

The State of Alabama
Limestone County
I George W Lane the [illegible] of the County Court of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that
Robert Austen by whose name is subscribed the
foregoing Certificate was at the time of subscribing the same Clerk of the Court aforesaid and
that due faith & credit are due to his official
acts and deeds as such and that the foregoing
Certificate is in due form of Law
Given under my hand & seal this 19th
day of December 1832
Geo W. Lane
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State of Arkansas County of Jackson
on this the 22 day of October Eighteen Hundred and Forty
Six Personaly appeared before the Judge of the 
County Court of the County of Jackson and State aforesaid Anna Hill a resident of the State Arkansas and County of Jackson aged Seventy Six years who being duly sworn according to Law makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July the Seventh Eighteen Hundred and thirty Eight Intitled an act granting half pay and Pensions to certain to certain widows that she is the widow of Joel Hill who was a private in the Army of the revolution who did for several years before his death draw a pension. She further declares that she was married to the said Joel Hill on the Sixteenth day of October Seventeen Hundred and ninety one and that her husband the aforesaid John Hill died on the Sixth day of January Eighteen Hundred and forty three and that she was not married Prior to his leaving the service but the Marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventen hundred and ninety four in Richmond County in the State of Georgia that is to say at the time above stated as witness the inclosed family record which record is in the hand writing of her husband and the record has been in the Possession of her and her Husband for the Last many years. 

Anna Hill
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year
above written before me John Robinson acting
Judge of the County Court
John Robinson
Judge of the County court
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State of Arkansas   }  I John Robinson
County of Jackson }   Judge of the County 
Court do hereby certify that the within 
named Anna Hill from her bodily 
infirmities and extreme age was unable 
to appear in open court. 
Decem 3rd  1846        John Robinson 
                                     Judge of the 
                                         County Court
State of Arkansas   }
County of Jackson }  I Atrides Crow clerk of 
the circuit court and Ex-officio recorder 
in and for the county of Jackson do hereby 
certify that John Robinson is now comissioned and qualified and acting county 
Judge in and for the County of Jackson 
and that his acts are entitled to due 
faith and confidence as such Judge.
In testimony whereof I Atrides
Crow clerk of the circuit court and 
Exofficio recorder for the county 
of Jackson have hear unto set
my hand and affixed the seal 
of Said court as officer
this 3d day of December A.D. 1846
Atrides Crow  Clerk of 
the circuit court and Ex-
officio clerk of the 
County Court
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Jackson County     Arkansas
25th Novem 1846
Sir Inclosed you will find my application 
for my pension if you find the papers
to your satisfaction you will please send 
the amount to me Direct to Elizabeth Jackson 
County, Ark.  My Husband Joel Hill first 
drew a pension in Alabama and then in 
Arkansas after his death I made application 
for the amount arranged due him at his 
death which amount was Maild and came
Safe to hand and I applied for the same
You will find proof positive as to the death
of My Husband on record in your city and 
all other proof that has been made relative
to the business to which you are respectfuly
refered
Anna Hill
Please return the record
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FAMILY RECORD
Marriages.
Joel Hill Married to
Anna Watson
October 16. 1791

Births.
Joel Hill Born May the 26 1763
Anna Hill Born
October the 10, 1773
or November
years

 
Elizabeth Hill daughter of Joel hill and Anna his wife was Born July the 26th 1792

John Pt Hill Born
November 12th 1794

William Hill Born
May ye 14th 1797

Margaret Hill Born
September 3. 1799

Mary Hill born December 23, 1802
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Christ's coming and eternity,
11. He that is unjust, let him be unjust still ; and he
which is filthy, let him be filthy still; and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still; and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
12 And behold, I come quickly; and my reward
is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. 
13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and end, the first and he last.
14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning Star.
17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And
let him that heareth, say, Come. And let him that is athirst, come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the
words of the prophecy of this book, "If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city,
and from the things which are written in this book.
20 He which testifieth these things faith, Surely I come quickly; Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

The END of the NEW TESTAMENT.
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THIS EDITION OF THE
BIBLE Was PUBLISHED in CHARLESTOWN
by
Etheridge,
1803
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Joel Hill

From 1779 Private
Payments
$26.66
————
       100

Hon CC Clay

H.R.
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Brief in the case of Joel Hill of the County
of Limestone, in the State of Alabama
(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?
3. How old is he? 70 years.
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period. 
In 1779 July
"80
"81

Duration of Service.
Years, Months, Days.
- 3 -
- 3 -
- 2 -

Rank.
As a
Volunt.
ditto
do

Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen.
Col Armstrong, Capt Woodsides
Col. Paisley, Capt Hill & Piece
Col. Winston, Capt Hill

5. In what battles was he engaged? The Buck house near Wilmington & frequent
skermishes with the Tories

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Surry Cy. N. C.

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?
Regular

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Bell
Examining Clerk.
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Mr Elias B. Roddy
Jackson County, (Elisabeth)
Arkansas

10
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Georgia }
Richmond Cy } Know all men by these
Presents that we Joel Hill
William Lee and Niel Clevemand of the
County of Richmond are held and and 
firmly Bound unto his Excellency Edward
Telfair Governor of the State aforesaid and to
his Successors in office in the just and full
sum of five hundred Pounds current money
of the said State for the which payment well 
and truly to be made we so bind ourselves our
heirs Executors & Administrators Jointly and Severally
firmly by these presents stated at Augusta
this 11th day of October 1791.

Whereas Licenced has this day,
been issued to William Lee Esqr a Justice of
the Peace for the said County to Join in
Matrimony Joel Hill and Ammy Watson
both of said county - Now the condition
of the above obligation is such, that if the above
Bound Joel Hill William Lee and Neil 
Cleveland shall keep harmless all and every person
and persons whatsoever concerned in issuing or
executing the said Licence, then this obligation
to be void else to remain in full force
and virtue.
Done in presence of
J. Merriwether, R.P.
Joel Hill [hand drawn cloud with the word Seal inscribed inside] 
Willm. Lee [hand drawn cloud with the word Seal inscribed inside]
N. Cleveland. [hand drawn cloud with the word Seal inscribed inside]
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State of Georgia }
Richmond County }
I Leon P. Dugas clerk of
the Court of [illegible] in and for the County
of Richmond in the State of Georgia
Do hereby Certify that the foregoing is a true
Copy of Marriage Bond filed in My
office given for a Marriage Licence
Issued to Joel Hill & Emmy Watson
I do further certify that it was not
customary to record Marriages in this
office at that time, nor are there any on 
record until the year 1810
Witness My hand and
the Seal of the said
Court this Twenty fourth
Day of May Eighteen
Hundred and forty Seven
Leon P Dugas clerk Court of
Ordinary of
Richmond County
State of Georgia

Augusta 24th May 1847
Mr Elias B Roddy
Sir your Letter dated April 15, 1847
has been received I send you a copy of the Bond
of Mr Hill given at the time he obtained his marriage
licence [sic] at that time at was not customary to record Marriages
the Bond is the highest Proof in this office and at least
a presumptive evidence that the Marriage did take place
Especialy if it can be proven that they lived together afterwards
as man and wife I have furnished several Limited certificate
for the Department at Washington. I have sent you the
certificate although you have not sent the fee of officia
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$3. But as you say she is a poor needy widow, I will not
for the sake of that amount deprive her of what evidence I can
furnish her & I supose what you do you do not charge
for if you do I shall injoin on you upon honor
to forward me my fee.
Respfy
Leon P Dugas clerk of [illegible]
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155.110

Anna Hill
Act 3rd March 1855

S.M. Knight
Present
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State of Arkansas } 
County of Jackson } ss.
On this 5th day of May 1855
before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and
State aforesaid, personally appeared Anna Hill aged 82 years, a resident
of Augusta County of Jackson in the State of Arkansas
who mad oath in due form of law, that sh is the identical Anna Hill to whom, under
the provisions of the Act of February 2d, 1848 a pension of 26 66/100 dollars
per annum has been allowed for the services of her late husband Joel Hill a
private of the Revolutionary war, and late of Jackson County, State of
Arkansas She further states that her Pension
Certificate under the afore said Act of February 2d, 1848 is numbered
370, bears date the sixteenth day of October 1849.
and is made payable at the Little Rock Agency. She makes this declaration for the purpose obtaining
the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act of 3d March, 1855, never having received or known herself
entitled, or made application, under any previous act of Congress. In evidence of her marriage and proof of service of her
said husband, she respectfully refers to the proofs heretofore added, now on file in the Pension Office, and upon which her
annuity as aforesaid was granted.

That, since being placed on the list of Revolutionary Pensioners, she has not intermarried, but continues the widow of
the said Joel Hill
She appoints as her attorney for the within specified purpose, and with power of substitution, S. M. KNIGHT, of
Washington City, D.C.
Anna Hill

Attest:
Thomas. B. Roddy
Thomas. A. Roddy
SWORN TO, SUBSCRIBED AND ACKNOWLEDGED before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I
 know the aforesaid Anna Hill to be the identical person she alleges herself to be - a Pensioner
of the United States, and at the date of the execution of this declaration a widow; and that I am not interested in
her claim as Agent, Attorney, or otherwise.
Bowen Snow J. Peace.

[For NOTES, see opposite page]
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S M Knight Esqr
Washington City
D.C.
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State of Arkansas
County of Jackson
On this 5th day of May 1855, before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Thomas A. Roddy and Thomas D. Roddy residents of Augusta County of Jackson, in the State of Arkansas known to me as credible persons, who made oath, in due form of law, that Anne Hill who in their presence has sworn and subscribed to the foregoing declaration is to their personal knowledge the identical person to claim, under the provisions of the Act of February 2 1848 a pension of 28 66/100 dollars per annum has been granted for the service of her late husband Joel Hill deceased, a private of the Revolutionary war.
That since being placed on the roll of Pensioners she the said Anne Hill has not intermarried but remains, and now is a widow: That they have known her for twenty years, and derive their knowledge of the facts herein named from the following circumstance, to wit: We have lived in the immediate vicinity and were acquainted with the said Joel Hill and Anne Hill to the time of the death of the said Joel Hill and continue to reside in the vicinity and know the said Anne Hill and that she has never intermarried but remains a widow
They further state that they are disinterested witnesses.
Thomas B. Roddy
Thomas A. Roddy
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written.
Bowen Snow J. P.
All interlineations and erasures made before being signed
Bowen Snow J P.
State of Arkansas
County of Jackson
I Hereby Certify, That Bowen Snow Esquire  before whom the foregoing Declaration, Power of Attorney, and Affidavits were made and acknowledged, and who thereunto subscribed his [illegible] was at the time of so doing an authorized Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, and that his signature hereto is genuine. I further certify that in the within application I am not interested as Agent, Attorney, or otherwise.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Circuit Court for the County aforesaid this Tenth day of May
1855.
Richard E. Haden Clerk of Jackson County
NOTES.
Insert the widow's full name. Give the Post Office address. Insert the title of the Act under which her Revolutionary Pension was granted.
State the amount in dollars and cents. Insert the full name of her late husband. State what rank he held. Give the name of the county in which he lived at the time of his death. Insert the registry number of her Pension Certificate. Give the date. State where made payable. Widow's signature in full. Magistrate's signature. Insert the witnesses' full names. Give their Post Office addresses. Here give a statement of the [illegible] and circumstances from which the foregoing testimony is adduced, or from which the witnesses knowledge is derived. Witnesses' signature.
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December 10, 1934
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

BA-J/EEL
Joel Hill-W. 23288

Mrs. R. C. Bannerman
1508 Wilson Boulevard
Clarendon, Virginia

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the pension
record of Joel Hill, of Limestone County, Alabama, a soldier
of the Revolutionary War.

The datat which follow were obtained from the papers on file in
Revolutionary War pension claim, W.23288, based upon the military
service of Joel Hill in that war.

Joel Hill was born May 26, 1763, in Carolina County, Virginia.
The names of his parents are not shown.

While residing in Surry (that part of which was afterward Stokes)
County, North Carolina, Joel Hill volunteered and served as a private
with the North Carolina Troops, as follows from July, 1779,
three months in Captain Wooldridge and John Morgan's Company, Colonel
Martin Armstrong's Regiment; from sometime in 1780, three
months in Captain Robert Hill's (soldier's brother) and Petree's
Companies. Colonel Paisley's Regiment and was in several skirmishes
with the Tories in 1781, tow months in Captain Robert HIll's
Company, Colonel Joseph Winston's Regiment; after the termination
of the last named tour until in January, 1782, he served almost
constantly in the company of his brother, Captain Robert Hill and
was out against the Tories.

[in left margin adjacent to the above paragraph: could identify only one official Col Winston]

In 1787, he moved to Richmond County, Georgia, and from there
in 1809, to Edgefield District, South Carolina, thence, in 1818,
to Limestone County, Alabama, of which county he was a resident
when he was allowed pension on his application executed December
10, 1832.

In 1832, he moved to Jackson County, Arkansas, where several
of his children then resided their names are not stated.
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Joel Hill died January 6, 1843, in Bay Township, Jackson County,
Arkansas.

The soldier married October 16, 1791, in Richmond County, Georgia,
Anna or Anne Watson, who was born October 10 or November 10, 1773.
The place of her birth and the names of her parents are not shown.
At the time of their marriage both were of Richmond County, Georgia.

Soldier's widow Anna was allowed pension on her application
executed October 22, 1846, while residing in Jackson County, Arkansas,
with post office at Elizabeth, that county.

The names of the following children are shown.

Elizabeth Hill born July 25, 1792.
John P. Hill " November 12, 1794.
William Hill " May 14, 1797.
Margaret Hill " September 3, 1799.
Mary Hill " December 23, 1802.

[hand written in left margin aside above list of names: Date of her death not on AB]

In 1832, soldier's brother, Robert Hill, and his wife, her name
not shown, were living on their plantation in Stokes County, North
Carolina. Robert Hill then stated that he had two sons, Joel and
John, living near him in Stokes County, North Carolina, and a son,
Robert, living in Surry County, North Carolina; that he did not
know where his son Caleb, was living that two of his (Robert's)
daughters lived in Stokes County, North Carolina and one in Surry
County, North Carolina, at that time but he did not give the names 
of his daughters.

There are no further family data.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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State of Arkansas
Jackson County
Oct 12th 1845
Sir Inclosed [Enclosed] you will find my application for the arrears of Pension due my Husband Joel Hill at his death if the papers ar [are]correct. I wish you to forward the amount to me Direct to Elizabeth P. O. Jackson Cty. Ark In a few lines addressed by you to Wm Cross on the Subjects dated the 6th May 1845 - You state that his pension appears to have been paid at the Treasury to the 4th of September 1840 which I am inclined to think is an error the papers was sent to the Treasury and returned for amendment.  I have Inclosed the Auditor's Letter which I hope may Throw some
light on the subject & I wish you to send me Instructions how to procede [proceed] to procure the pension due me from the time of his death as I am in much kneed [need]
Anna Hill
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Pension Office
J.L. Edwards
Pension Claim of
Joel Hill
Recd 17 Nov. '45
W Randall
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Pension Office
Nov. 15th 1845

Sir.
     I herewith enclose the papers of Joel Hill, deceased late a pensioner under the Act of June 7th 1832.
     As our books do not afford evidence as to the period when he was last paid, the claim may be banned by the Act of March 3rd 1845, if not, it is payable under the Act of the 23. August 1842, as he died on the 6th January 1843.

I am very respectfully 
Your obedient servant
J. L. Edward’s

P. Hanger Esqr.
Third Audition
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[illegible]
Peter Hagner Aud
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State of Arkansas}
County of Jackson} Ss I William Y Haggard
Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for the county
of Jackson in the State of Arkansas Do hereby certify
that William Sanders, whose name appears
subscribed to the annexed and foregoing affidavit
of Anna Hill, widow of Joel Hill a deceased Pensioner
of the United States, is and was at the Time of
so subscribing the same, one of the Justices of the
Peace for the Township of Bayan, in the county
of Jackson, duly commissioned and acting as such,
and that full faith and credit is due all
his official acts as such Justice aforesaid
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand as clerk aforesaid, and
affixed the seal of said court, at
office in Elizabeth on the 24 day of
October in the year of our Lord Eighteen
hundred and Forty five
Wm Y. Haggard Clerk

State of Arkansas}
County of Jackson} I James Robinson Presiding
Judge of the County Court in & for the county of
Jackson, in the state aforesaid Do hereby certify that
William Y Haggard whose name appears to the above
& foregoing Certificate is and was at the time of certifying
the same acting and duly commissioned clerk of the
Circuit-Court and Ex officio clerk of the county
court, which are courts of Record, in the County of
Jackson in the State aforesaid, and that full faith
and credit should be attached to his official
acts as such Clerk
Given under my hand at the County
aforesaid and the 24th of October AD 1845
Jas Robinson
Presiding Judge County Court
Jackson County Ark
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Payments to be made
at Mobile
by President USB Bank
Agent for paying Pensioners,
in the Agency of Alabama

Recorded by WL Williams
Clerk, in Book A Volume 8
page [illegible]
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                     WAR DEPARTMENT.
                     Revolutionary Claim
                               ~~~~~~~

     I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832.  Joel Hill of the State of Alabama who was a Private in the war of the Revolution is entitled to receive Twenty Six dollars and Sixty Six cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, 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 21st day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
                             Lewis Cass
                           Secretary of War

Seal
Examined and (the remaining words have been folded under the page and not legible)
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Payment to be made at Little Rock by W. E. Woodruff, Esqs.,

Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Arkansas. 

Payable on the 4th September and 4th March

Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A Vol. 2 Page 236. 
Tho. Lumpkin, Clerk.

FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER 
Received from GAO
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War Department.
Widow's Pension.
3rd March 1843
I certify that in conformity with the act of June 17, 1844, Anne Hill of Arkansas, widow of Joel Hill who was a Private in the Revolution, and died on the 6th day of January, 1843, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Twenty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum, commencing on the 4th March, 1843, and terminating on the 4th of March, 1848, unless the Pensioner shall marry or die before the last mentioned date; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United States,
this 13th day of July one thousand eight hundred and forty seven
W.L. Marcy
Secretary of War.
a Countersigned.
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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& 1852
October 31 1837  
Pension Office
Mr Evans.
Litchfield Arkansas
October 2d} 
Free
Honorable Joel R. Poinsett Esquire
Secretary at War
Washington City
D. C.
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State of Arkansas}
County of Jackson} ss
On this the 21st Day of September
Eighteen hundred and thirty Seven, Before me the Subscriber
A Justice of the Peace for the Said County of Jackson
Personally appeared Joel Hill who on his oath Declares that
He is the Same person who formerly Belonged to the company
Commanded by Captain John Morgan and Captain Robert
Hill In the Regiment Commanded By Colonel Joseph
Windston In the Service of the United States that his
name was placed on the pension Roll of the State of
Alabama from whence he has lately Removed, that he now
Resides in the State of Arkansas where he Intends to
Remain and wishes his pension to Be there payable in future
The following are his Reasons for Removing from Alabama to
The State of Arkansas that he had Several children living in
This State and had the opportunity of Selling his lands
In Alabama and Removing to Arkansas and Setling [settling] in a
New Country where he is now permanently Setled [settled]
Joel Hill

State of Arkansas}
County of Jackson} Ss

Be it known that Before me James R
Bryan a justice of the peace in and for the county afforesaid
Personally appeared Joel Hill and made oath in due form of
Law that he is the Identicle [Identical] person named in an original
Certificate in his possession of which I certify the following
Is a true copy
James R Bryan [hand drawn cloud with the initials JP inscribed inside]
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War Department
Revolutionary Claim
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States
of the Seventh of June 1832 Joel Hill of the State of Alabama
Who was a private in the War of the Revolution Is Entitled to
Receive twenty Six dollars and Sixty Six cents per anum [annum]
During his natural life commencing on the fourth of March
1831 and payable Semiannually on the fourth of March and
Fourth of September in Every year given at the War office
of the United States this the 21st day of February one
Thousand Eight Hundred and thirty three 
Lewis Cass
Secretary of War

Examined and Countersigned
J.D. Edwards

That he now Resides in Jackson County and has resided
There for the Space of three years and some months past
And that previous thereto he Resided in Limestone County
Alabama and formerly North Carolina
Joel Hill [hand drawn cloud with the word Seal inscribed inside]

Sworn and Subscribed
This 21st day of September 1836
Before me
James R Bryan [hand drawn cloud with the letters JP inscribed inside]

State of Arkansas}
County of Jackson}
This the 21st Day of September
1837

I James R. Bryan a Magistrate in the county above named
Do hereby certify that I have the most Satisfactory Evidence
By the affidavit of John Roddy who States on oath that
He is personally acquainted with the above named Joel
Hill and has Been Some years past and knows him
To Be the Identicle [Identical]pensioner named in the foregoing
Certificate and that Joel Hill who has this day appeared
Before me to take the oath of Identity is the Identicle [Identical]
person named in the pension certificate which he has
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Exhibited before me numbered [blank] and bearing date at the War office the 21st day of February one thousand Eight hundred and thirty three and Signed by Lewis Cass Secretary of war
Given under my hand on the day and year above written
James R Bryan [seal]
I John C Saylors Clerk of the Court of Jackson
County Certify that James R Bryan is a magistrate as above
And that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed My seal of office and Subscribed my name this 30th day of Sept.
In the year AD 1857.
John C Saylors Clk.
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State of Arkansas
County of Jackson } ss
On this the third day of September in the year Eighteen Hundred and Forty nine Personally appeared before the under signed an acting Justice of the Peace, Anna Hill a resident of Taylor Bay Township in the County of Jackson aged about Seventy Six 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 on the 2nd February, 1848, granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary War, that she is the widow of Joel Hill, who was a Private in the Army Militia, and that she [illegible] due Twenty Six Dollars and Sixty Six Cents, under the act of 17th of June 1844.  She further declares that she is still a widow
Anna Hill
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year
above written before me
Elias B Roddy J.P. 
State of Arkansas
County of Jackson  } ss 
I  A H Logan Clerk of the circuit Court in and for The County of Jackson and State aforesaid
Do hereby certify that Elias B Roddy whose name appears to the Bolton of The above
and foregoing affidavit is
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and was at the time of signing the same an acting and duly qualified Justice of the peace in and for the County of Jackson aforesaid and that the signature is genuine and all his official
acts are entitle to due credit & That the affidavit is taken before the proper office and in due form
In Testimony Whereof I hereunto set my hand
and affix the seal of my office at office in The Town of Elizabeth on the 7th day of Sept
AD. 1849 
Clerks office 371/2
A. H. Logan Clerk
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April 20/49
Cl. Anna Hill
Chickasaw Crossing Ark  Paid 10
March 28
Hon J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D. C.
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State of Arkansas
County of Jackson
March 28 1849
Sir enclosed I have sent my application for my pension due me under the act granting pensions to widows who was married to
Revolutionary Soldiers before the year 1800
of the Inclosed is not sufficient you will please
to do me the favor to foward blanks with your
Instructions. The proff of my Marriage with Joel Hill was sent to the department When I applied for the five years pension due him after the death of my husband (which was a transcript from the Clerk of of Richmond County in Georgia, I am in much kneed of the Money and any assistance you will give me will be thankfully Recd
Any mony drafts or papers on the subject
you will please to direct to me at 
Chickasaw Post office
Jackson County Ark
Anna Hill
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For the space of seventeen years -
Sworn to and Subscribed this
the 11th day of October 1845
Before me 
William Sanders J.P.

Anna Hill

State of Arkansas}
County of Jackson} ss. I William Y. Haggard
Clerk of the Circuit Court, and Ex=officio, Clerk
of the County Court [illegible] at the Town of
Elizabeth in and for the County of Jackson, in the State
aforesaid, Do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence
has been Exhibited to said county court, (which is a 
Court of Record) that Joel Hill was a pensioner
of the United States at the rate of Twenty Six
Dollars and Sixty Six cents, (during his natural life)
per annum, commencing on the 4th of March 1831
and payable semi annually on the 4th of March,
and 4th of September, in every year. Was a resident
of the County of Jackson, in the State of Arkansas, and
died in the County of Jackson, in the State of Arkansas,
in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and
forty three, on the Sixth day of January, in said year,
That he left a widow whose name is Anna
Hill, who is also a resident of the county & state
last aforesaid;
In Testimony whereof, I have here
unto set my hand, and affixed
my seal of office at Elizabeth. This
the 24th of October in the year of our
Lord Eighteen hundred and forty five
Wm Y. Haggard clerk
Jackson County Circuit court &
Ex officio clerk of county court
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State of Arkansas}
County of Jackson}
Be it known that before one William Sanders a Justice
of the Peace in and for the county and State aforesaid
Personally appeared Anna Hill and made oath in due
form of Law that she is the Widow of Joel Hill
the Identical Person who was a Pensioner and is
now dead and to whom a certificate of Pension
was Issued of which the following is a true copy

Copy
War Department
Revolutionary claim
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United
States of the 7th of June 1832 Joel Hill of the State of
Alabama who was a Private in the war of the Revolution
is Entitled to receive Twenty Six Dollars and Sixty Six
cents per annum during the natural lifetime commencing
on the 4th of March 1831 and Payable
Semi-annually on the 4th of March and the 4th of September
in Every year & given at the war [illegible] of the
United States this 21st day of February one Thousand
Eight Hundred and Thirty Three
Lewis Cass
Secretary of war

Examined and}
Countersigned}
J.L. Edwards

That the deceased Pensioner resided in Jackson
county State of Arkansas Eight years before his
death and that Previous thereto he resided
in Lime Stone County State of Alabama
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Germanton
13. Nov 1832 Mr Joel Hill 20
Athens
Limestone County
Alabama
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Stokes County N. Carolina Nov 12th 1832
My Dear Brother,
I expect that you have for some time been looking for a letter from me. But my age and infirmity will be a sufficient apology for my not writing sooner and your last letter which came to hand two or three weeks since called for information which I am even now unable to give notwithstanding I have try [tried] to bring to my recollection the proofs you required of me respecting your services. I find it improbable to certify the length of any tour or expedition in which you were actually engaged and have delayed writing with the hope of seeing some of our old fellow soldiers who might brighten my recollection or perhaps make oath themselves to your revolutionary services. I very well remember that you served in the war as a soldier but find it impossible at present to certify as to the length of time or the several expeditions in which you served. And I am sorry that I have not been able to converse with any one with whom it is likely you served since I received your letter. I am satisfied that you in common with others ought to share in the bounties of the Government and will yet try to find out something which may be of service to you. It is possible that some persons may now be living in this County with whom you served.  [cross out] I will give you the names of most of the old soldiers who have lately applied for Pensions here and
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if you served with any of them you can send me word about it and I will cause their certificate to be forwarded to you together with my own affidavit if the bare recollection of your being a revolutionary soldier will avail you anything.
As our last County Court in September about thirty applications were made for pensions. And I expect a number will apply hererafter.
I will give you the names of all that it is probable you served with viz. William Merritt, Charles Davis, Joseph, Ephraim, and Benjamin Banner all of whom are living not very far from me. Should you recollect that you served with any of them write to me on the subject and I will cause the necessary affidavits to be sent to you as soon as it can conveniently be done.
I am an applicant myself for a pension but had to get others to bear testimony for me having forgot nearly all about it.  
When you write again let me know of your situation in life and how you are settled and pleased with the county in which you live. i am living on a very old plantation yet and expect to die on it. and m making out to live as the saying is free from want and almost without
Page 54

being in debt. Two of sons [illegible], and John my youngest live by me and Robert lives in Surry County. I can not tell where Caleb is. If you know or ever hear anything from him let me know it as he has not written to me for several years. I have only three daughters  now living one is in Surry and two of them in this County. No white person lives in my family but myself and you old sister my wife. We are both as you know getting very old and can not expect to remain long in this world being  nearly always in bad health and suffering all the afflictions common to old age. 
I shall expect to hear from you soon after you get this letter. And should be glad to see you which I am certain I shall never do unless you will pay me a visit. With my best wishes for your prosperity and happiness together with that of your family I remain your affectionate brother
Robert Hill
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[top left corner of page says]
Joel Hill

[bottom left corner says]
Hon. Secretary H. R.
Page 56

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Joel Hill 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?

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 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

VII. 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

Xll. 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 has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? 

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? 

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? and, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes

EXPLANATORY NOTES
QUERE v. In 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, & 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 _______ year _________months and ______ days, I served as a ________. For _____months and _____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 the 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.

+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 authenticated 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 end 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.
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James L. Edward Esq
Pension Office 
Washington
Page 60

Washington July 3rd 1832
James L. Edwards Esq
Sir, Enclosed I sent you the Declarations and accompanying evidence of Jesse Mitchell, Abner A Strange, Eli Collins, William Black and Joel Hill, all of Limestone County Alabama
When you communicate the result of your examination in any of the cases filed by me please state the county of the applicant 
I am, sir, 
Very respectably your  [illegible]
C. C. Clay
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Jackson County Litchfield Arkansas
May 9th 1837

Sir
I have the honor to enclose you certain papers touching
the pension of Joel Hill & respectfully ask that the prayer
of said Hill be granted and that the agent at Little Rock
he instructed to pay said pension - Hill is an old but 
meritorious man & it will cost him more to obtain the
pension if he has to go to Mobile than it would amount
to.
Very respectfully
C. F. M. Roland
(atto. for Joel Hill)
Page 62

[illegible]
Page 63

House of Reps
Jany 3rd 1865

Sir,
The accompanying letter is respectfully submitted with
a request that you will enable me to give such answer on the
state of the claim to which it refers may justify -
Yours with very great Respect
Edw Cross

Col Edwards
Comd. &c.
Page 64

Joel Hill, Arkansas Roll, Act June 7.
1832. at $26.66 per annum.
Be pleased to say to what
time he was last paid
Pension Office
Jan 4 1845
[illegible] 4 Sep 1840 or act 6 Apr 1838
Page 65

[round black post office stamp; illegible]
Nov 30
Mr Evans

FREE

J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
Page 66

Brgmh of the Bank of the State
of Alabama Decaton Nov 17th 1837

J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
Your favor of the
2" Int is at hand.
Our books show nothing
paid to Joel Hill a pensioner under act
7 June 1832 at $26.66 p am, Since the
4th March 1834

I am Respectfully
Yr Ob Svt
H Grune Pension agt
p S.O. Nelson and Carter
Page 67

Pension Agency Office,
Little Rock, Ark
21 Feb. 1838

Sir,
I herewith enclose you a voucher
of Joel Hill, recently transferred to this
Agency, from Alabama, to whom this
is three and a half years' Pension due.

Please examine it, and, if forms
correct, return it to me, with any order
to pay the amount due
Respectfully,
Your obedient servant
William E Woodruff
Agent

J.L. Edwards, Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City.
Page 68

Joel Hill Alabama 7. June 1832 $26.66
To What time last paid

Pension Office}
1 Decd 1837} pd the 4th March 1834 J.H.
Page 69

No. 13167 Ad 1,3 9319
Anne Hill
widow of Joel
Arkansas
Act 7 July 1838
married 1791
husband died 6 January 1843
Rejected

Admitted Act 3 March 1843
and 17 June 1844
8 months private
$26.66 per annum
from 4 March 1843
Elias B Roddy
Elizabeth
Jackson County
Arkansas
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Senate Chambers
Dec 21d 1846
Commissioner of Pensions
will herewith receive pension papers sent to me for  a Pension to the Widow of Joel Hill-
Please furnish me with the means of [illegible]  her after payment of whatever she is justly entitled to
I have the honor
to be your obt ser
Chester Asley
Page 71

July 6/49
End Cert of Marriage
Joel Hill
Elizabeth [illegible]
June 20
Paid 20
Hon. J.L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Jackson County, Ark
15th of June 1847
Dr Sir Inclosed you will find all the Evidence that can be had from the Clerks Office of Richmond County Georgia on the Subject of Joel Hills Marriage, which it is hoped will be concidered [considered] Sufficient & If the mony [money] is awarded send it to the address of Anna Hill.
at Elizabeth Post office
Your obt Servt etc
Elias B Roddy
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Chickasaw Crossing 
[illegible] 25
Free
[illegible] 13/49 
82/3 Ark 
W Cole
Act Feb '48
J L Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
Page 74

State of Arkansas
County of Jackson}
Bay Township}
Personally appeared before me the undersigned are acting and duly commissioned Justice of the Peace in and for the County and Township aforesaid  Thomas A Roddy and George J Hatch who after being sworn deposeth and saith that they are well and personally acquainted with Anna Hill the widow of Joel Hill who died in this township about the year 1815 that we have been well acquainted with his widow since that time that she is now single and has not intermarried since the decease of her husband.
George J. Hatch
Thos. A Roddy
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the 3rd day of March 1849
Evan B Roddy Justice of the Peace

State of Arkansas
County of Jackson} I Alexander Logan Clerk of the Circuit and County Courts of Jackson County do hereby certify that Evan B Roddy is an acting Justice of the Peace in the County aforesaid and that his official Acts is entitled to dew faith and credit.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Elizabeth Town this the 5th of March 1849 
A. H. Logan Clerk
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Joel Hill Alabama
Now at Little Rock, Ark
paid to March, 1834
3d Senders office
June 5, 1837
Joel Hill Arkansas, act 7 June 1832 $26th per
To what time was he last paid?
Pension Office
G C.A.
July 12 1847 Died 11th Jan. 1843, Paid to
his death.
W. B.
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1917 Apr. 20 Hist to C.K. Hill
1926 Dec. 7. Hist to Hon Wm J. Harris and
1934 - Dec 10 - Hist to Mrs
R C Bannerman [initials]
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23288 
Anne Hill
Wid of 
Joel Hill
Priv Rev War
---
Act: Feb 2d 1/48 
Index:-Vol. A, Page 537 
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Record H
Harriman, Tennessee.
April 11, 1917.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Revolutionary War Section,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: -- I am in receipt of your letter
of March 14th for which please accept
my thanks. In reply, will you please send
the pension records of ,
* Samuel Hill, Lincoln Co., N.C. age 75, 1833.
Joel Hill, Limestone Co., Ala., age 72, 1833.
Thanking you in advance for these records,
I am
Yours very truly,
C. K. Hill
CKH/K
not on 1835 list of pensioners of that County but
James
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FRANCIS E. WARREN, WYO., CHAIRMAN
REED SMOOT, UTAH
WESLEY L. JONES, WASH.
CHARLES CURTIS, KANS.
FREDERICK HALE, ME.
LAWRENCE C. PHIPPS, COLO.
WILIAM B. MCKINLEY, ILL.
IRVINE L. LENROOT, WISC.
HENRY W. KEYS, H.H.
RALPH H CAMERON, ARIZ.
LEE S. OVERMAN, N.C.
WILLIAM J. HARRIS, GA.
CARTER GLASS, VA.
ANDRIEUS A. JONES, N. MEX.
KENNETH MCKELLAR, TENN.
EDWIN S. BROUSSARD, LA.
THOMAS F. BAYARD, DEL.
JOHN B. KENDRICK, WYO.
KENNEDY F. REA, CLERK

United States Senate
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
December 4, 1926.

The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

I would thank you to advise me the family history
of the following veterans:

Daniel Hill, born in September 4, 1757 and served in
the Revolutionary War.
[in left margin adjacent to above line: S1670]

Joel Hill, born in Caroline County, Virginia, May 26,
1763, died January 6, 1843, and was in the Revolutionary
war.
[in left margin adjacent to above line: W23288]

Joab Hill, born in North Carolina, 1770, died in Clarke
County, Missouri, 1847 and served in the war of 1812.
[in left margin adjacent to above line: none 0]

William Halbert, born in Virginia in 1744, died in
Anderson County, S.C. 1808 and served in Revolutionary War.
[in left margin adjacent to above line: none as des -]

With kind regards, I am,
Sincerely yours,
Wm J. Harris

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8213
Arkansas

Anne Hill
widow of Joel Hill
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Husband died 6th Jany 1843

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
26 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the
13 day of July, 1847
and sent to Elias B Roddy
Elizabeth
Jackson Co.
Arkansas

[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]

Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 236

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Reported
Lett to Anna Hill
Aug 13,1849
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Clarendon, Virginia,
1508 Wilson blvd.,
Nov. 26th, 1934.

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C. 

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Dear Sirs:

Joel Hill, of Limestone Co., Alabama made application
for a pension and stated that in 1779 he was in the North Carolina
Militia, and that his second service was under Captain John Morgan.

Did he receive such a pension and are the papers on
file at your office? I am interested in the military service of Captain 
John Morgan, hoping that more information is given in regard to
his command.

I shall be most grateful for your help.

Very truly yours,
Mrs. R. C. Bannerman
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V.L.M.
Rev.War Section.

April 20, 1927.

Mr. C.K. Hill,
Harriman, Tennessee.

Sir: In response to your letter dated the 11" instant,
you are herewith furnished the Revolutionary War pension
record of Joel Hill W. File No. 23,288, and are advised
that the name Samuel Hill does not appear on the 1835
list of Revolutionary War pensioners of Lincoln County,
North Carolina.

The only soldier name Hill quoted on the list of
said County is James Hill.

Very respectfully,
[illegible signature]
Commissioner.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____ , 19__
W.H. 23,288

In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank]
for a statement of the military history of Joel Hill
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.

[Five column table, headers as follows:] DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. || LENGTH OF SERVICE. || RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | [sub headers here: | CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. |] |STATE. 

July 1779 | 3 months | Private | Wooldridge John Morgan | Martin Armstrong | July 1779 || 3 months || Private || Captains Wooldridge, John Morgan || COLONEL Martin Armstrong || North Carolina.
1780 || 3 months || *Captain Robert Hill (brother), Captain Pierce ||
Colonel Paisley || ___
1781 || 3 months || Captain Robert Hill || Colonel Joseph Winston || ___.
Afterwards || January 1782 || Captain Robert Hill || [check mark] || ___.
Battles engaged in, ____.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Surry County North Carolina
Date of application for pension, February 10 1832. His claim was admitted.
Residence at date of application, Limestone County Alabama
Age at date of application,Born May 26, 1763 Caroline County Virginia
Remarks. Died January 6 1843. Bays Township Jackson County Arkansas.
He married October 16, 1797 at Richmond County, Georgia, Anna or Anne Watson born October or November 10, 1773. She was [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] on applying October 2, 1846 while a resident of Elizabeth Jackson County Arkansas. Children Elizabeth born July 26, 1792. John P. Born November 12, 1794.
William born May 4 1797 Margaret born September 3. 1799. Mary born Dec. 23. 1802 ┃
Respectfully,
*Soldiers brother
Commissioner.
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“Anne” as widow is called in marriage bonds not put in as
She signed claim as Anna
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AW
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
December 7, 1926. 
Honorable William J. Harris,
United States Senate.

My dear Senator:

In response to your letter of the fourth inatant, I have the honor to advise you, that the pension records fail to afford any information in regard to  William Halbert, born in Virginia in 1744, died in Anderson County, South Carolina in 1808, and served in the War of the Revolution: and in regard to Joab Hill, born in North Carolina in 1770, died in Charles County, Missouri, in 1847, and served in the War of 1812.  

From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 1670, it appears that Daniel Hill was born September 4, 1757 in "the Jerseys" and while living in Washington County, North Carolina, served as a private in 1780, 1781, 1782, for three months in each year, in Captain James Wilson's Company, Colonel John Sevier's North Carolina Regiment, and was in skirmishes with the Indians.

He was allowed pension on his application executed June 24, 1833, while living in McNairy County, Tennessee, he was then referred to as Senior, no explanation made of it,
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nor is there any data on file as to family.
From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 23288, it appears that Joel Hill was born May 26, 1763 in Caroline County, Virginia.
While living in Surry County, North Carolina, he enlisted and served as a private in the North Carolina Troops, as follows:
From July 1779, for three months in the Captains Woooldridge [Wooldridge] and John Morgan's Companies, Colone Martin Armstrong's Regiment.
During 1780, for three months in Captains Robert Hill, (his Brother)and Pierce's Compan [Companies] Colonel Paisley's Regiment. 
During 1781, months, in Captain Robert Hill's Company, Colonel Joseph Winston's Regiment, after which and until January 1782, he was almost constantly out in Captain Robert Hill's Company. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed December 10, 1832, while living in Limestone County, Alabama. He died January 6, 1843, in Bay Township, Jackson County, Arkansas.
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He married October16, 1791 in Richmond County, Georgia, Anna, or Anne Watson, who was born on October, or November 10, 1773. She was allowed pension on her application executed October 22, 1846, while living in Elizabeth, Jackson County, Arkansas.
They had the following children:
Elisabeth born July 26, 1792.
John P. " November 12,1794.
William " May 14 14, 1797.
Margaret " September 3, 1799.
Mary " December 23, 1802.
Very truly yours,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.