Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10088, Abraham Hamman, Va.
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(-1776)
Service Va
Hamman, Abraham Charity
Number W.10088
Contents
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25730
Indiana
Abraham Hamman
of Vermilion in the State of Indiana
who was a private in the [illegible] commanded
by Captain Oldham of the - commanded by -
in the Va line for 1 year and [illegible] months
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Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana
in the rate of 60 Dollars-Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate Pension issued the 12 day of Mar
1833 and Isaac [illegible] New Post
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arrears to the 4th of Sept                   150
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March   30
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                                                           $180
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{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Daniel Boyd, Clerk
Book E   Vol 7   Page 114

[illegible] letter 12 Nov 1836 W P. [illegible]
Letter to [illegible] (Terre Haute)
31 July 1838
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[illegible]
Indiana
Charity Hamman
widow of Abraham Hamman
who served in the Revolutionary war,
as a Private Va
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
60 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the
4th day of March 1848
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Certificate of Pension issued the 
17th day of Sept 1847
and sent to
Hon S. Breese Carlyle Ill.
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Recorded on the Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 328. Vol 3
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State of Indiana
I do hereby certify that on the 13th day of November in the year 1832 Stephen B Gardner whose name is subscribed to the within certificate was clerk duly commissioned and qualified of the Probate Court of Vermilion county and the name thereto attached is his proper signature. In testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name this19th Oct. 1833.

Edward A Hannegan, Rep 7th Cong:
District of Indiana

Abraham Hamman
21326
on Roll
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State of Indiana
Vermillion County SS
On this 13th day of November Asaph Hill Esquire Court of Probate now sitting Abraham Hamman a resident of Helt Township, in the County of Vermillion State of Indiana, about seventy-eight years of age, who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the act of congress papered June 7th 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers and served as herein stated-
+That he was drafted into the service of the United States, for the term of eighteen months in the month of April 1780-At the time he was drafted he was a resident of Rockingham County in Virginia. [crossed through words] That immediately after being drafted he was put under the command of Captain Oldham of the Virginia Brigade of Virginia militia-He first marched under Captain Oldham into North Carolina to head quarters applicant believes at Charlotte Court House- Some time after reaching Head quarters, Captain Oldham and Captain Kirkwoods companies of the Virginia and Delaware Brigades were detatched from the main army under General Greene and put under the command General Morgan and Colonel Washington-Applicant accompanied this detatchment, as a Corporal in Captain Oldham's company and marched into the district of Ninety Six-The army manuvered in that neighborhood some time, when they were attacked by Colonel Tarleton at Cowpens, where there was a severe Battle-After the Battle of the Cowpens, he marched with the American army into Virginia with a number of prisoners- At the Battle of the Cowpens Captain Oldham was arrested, and after that his Company [illegible] under the command of Captain Kirkwood of the Delaware Troops- After the prisoners were secured Applicant marched back with the American army under command of Captain Kirkwood into North Carolina- After maneuvering here sometime, the american army was attacked by Lord Cornwallis at Guilford Court House. at this battle Applicant received a severe wound in the right shoulder by a musket ball-Applicant lay in the Hospital for some time after the Battle of Guilford-After he recovered Applicant again joined the army, and was again put under the command of Captain Kirkwood as a private in his company-Soon after he joined the army the second time, the army marched to lay siege to Ninety-Six- Captain Kirkwoods Company belonged to a [illegible] under Genl Morgan and Col: Washington-This division during the siege [words crossed through] lay on the West side of the fort of
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Ninety Six-and General Greene the commander of the army lay on the East side of the fort-After the army had lain some time, beseiging Ninety-Six the garrison was relieved by a reinforcement of British troops from Charleston. Applicant believes there was an attempt to take the place by storm-but this failed and the army was obliged to move off.

Applicant does not recollect much of what took place in the interval Between the seige of Ninety-Six and the Month of September 1781-when the Battle of Eutaw Springs took place-Applicant was present at this battle. At and for some time before the Battle of Eutaw Springs, Applicant was acquainted with Colonel Campbell of the Virginia Troops. Applicant was also acquainted with Captain Boyer of the Virginia Troops. During the most of the time of his service, applicant was separated from the main army under Greene, and was under the command of Genl Morgan and Colonel Washington maneuvering  in different parts, marching from place to place in the states of North and South Carolina. When a battle was fought, he then joined the army, and after the battle was over, he was again separated from it, so that he had little opportunity of knowing the names and ranks of the officers of the Regular troops.

After the battle of Eutaw Springs. Applicant accompanied the army to the Hills of Santee. He lays here until his term of service was expired-He received a discharge from the army at Salisbury; this [illegible] charge is lost, and the officer that signed it Applicant does not recollect-

During his service applicant understood that he was to receive eight Dollars a month, but he never received any pay at all. He draw his rations-after Tarleton's defeat. it was reported to the men that the ladies of Baltimore had sent each of them a shirt-and applicant received a shirt-he also drew one brown coat at another time and these clothes with his rations were all the compensation he ever recieved for his services-as far as he can recollect and as he verily believes-

Applicant has no documentary evidence of his services. And he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services-He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declared that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state-

Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid-
Abraham Hamman
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We Richard Mack a Clergyman, residing in Helt Township Vermillion County Indiana and Joseph Schorling residing in the same County and State do hereby certify that We are well acquainted with Abraham Hamman who has subscribed and  sworn to the above declaration-That we believe him to be seventy eight years of age-That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood  where he resided to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion-
Sworn to and subscribed the day and yearof aforesaid-
Richard Mack
Joseph Schorling

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he stated-And the Court further certified that it appeard to them that Richard Mack, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in Helt Township Vermillion County Indiana, and that Joseph Schorling, Esquire who has also signed the same, is a resident of the Township County & State aforesaid and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit-
Asaph Hill

I Stephen B Gardner Clerk of the Probate Court of Vermillion County Indiana, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original Proceedings of the Said Court in the matter of the Application of Abraham Hamman for a pension- In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this thirteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two-
Stephen B. Gardner, Clk
[handwritten seal with court initials V.P.C.]
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State of Indiana
Vermillion County. SS.
On this thirty first day of March in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six personally appearred before Ashley Harris, one of the associate judges of the Circuit Court of the County of Vermillion, and State of Indiana, Charity Hamman a resident of Helt Township in the County of Vermillion and State of Indiana, aged eighty three years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the pension made by the act of Congress passed July 7.1838, entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows:" That she is the widow of Abraham Hamman, who was a private in the army of the Revolution and the evidence of whose service as she is informed, is filed in the Pension office, and upon which a pension certificate was issued to the said Abraham Hamman, which is in these said to wit "No 25030" War Department-Revolutionary claims-I certify that in [illegible] with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832. Abraham Hamman of the State of Indiana, who was a private in the army of the Revolution is entitled to receive sixty dollars per annum during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March 1831 and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September on every year- Given at the War Office of the United States this 12th day of November [handwritten seal] one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three. Lew Cass Secretary of War Examined & counter signed J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions" Endorsed, "Payments to be made at 
Corydon, by Thomas Posey agent for paying pensions in the agency of Indiana-Recorded in the Pension Office in Book E. vol. 7. Page 1111, Dan Boyd, clerk" The said Charity Hamman relies for the establishment  of her claim to a pension so far as that depends upon the services of her husband the said Abraham Hamman to the proof above referred to. and to which the commissioner of Pensions has access. and to which he respectfully referred- She further declares that she was married to the said Abraham Hamman on the third day of March in the year seventeen hundred and eighty three in the county of Wilkes and State of Georgia that her husband the aforesaid Abraham Hamman died on the second day of March A.D. 1844. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated, and that she has
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remained a widow ever since the death of her said husband as above set forth.
Charity her X mark Hamman

I certify that the above was sworn an subscribed on the day and year first above written, before me the undersigned one of the associate judges of the Circuit Court of Vermillion County, Indiana, the said Court being a court of Record; I also certify that the said Charity Hamman is unable from bodily infirmity to appear in open court
Ashley Harris [illegible]

State of Indiana
Vermillion County Ss. on this thirty first day of March A.D.1846 personally appeared before Ashley Harris one of the associate judges of the Circuit of the said County of Vermillion, Anne Carter, late Anne Hamman, daughter of Abraham and Charity Hamman, a resident of the Said County of Vermillion and State of Indiana, who being first duly sworn according to law, do doth on her oath declare that she hath arrived to the Full and complete age of fifty eight years past as she verily believes, that from all the information which she has ever had from her parents and from friends, and upon which information she does [illegible], and at all times has firmly relied, she was born on the eighth day of June seventeen hundred and eighty seven
Anne her x mark Carter

Sworn and subscribed before me on the day and year above written
Ashley Harris, [illegible]
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State of Indiana
Vermillion County Ss. I, Alexander B Florer, clerk of the Circuit Court for said County do hereby certify that the Hon. Ashley Harris, before whom the foregoing affidavit appear to have been taken, was on the day of the date thereof, and now is, an associate Judge of the Circuit Court of said County legally commissioned and qualified, and that as such full faith and credit are due to all his official acts and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Said Court at Newport this second day of February, one thousand and eight hundred and forty seven
[illegible seal] Alexander B Florer Clerk
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21.326
Abraham Hamman
Indiana
[illegible] 1780. private
18 [illegible]
$60


Isaac Pearson
Newport. Indiana [illegible]
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War Department, Pension Office.

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these paper with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is nessessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
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A Statement, shewing the Service of Abraham Hannan.
Period when the service was rendered| Years.| Months.| Days.| Rank of the claimant.\ Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.| Age at present, and place of abode when he entered service.| Proof by which the declaration is supported.

1780|1|6| |Pr.| Cap Oldham Va line.| | On Roll & [illegible].

I am, respectfully Your obedient servant,
J.L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as oflicers, non-commissioned officers. mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of County of } ss.
On this day of personally appeared (a) before
A B. a resident (b) of in the county of
and State, Territory or District of aged (c)
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with
and served in the (e) regiment of the
line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers; the town or county and State in which be resided when he entered the service : the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. [illegible] This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the nanes of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman. residing in the
and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw ligh upon the transaction.
It such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration,(l) and he wi also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be uset in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of I:
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be ex-
pected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your services.
6.{ To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
To an Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons-one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general. and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court. by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county. and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County. under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his geniune signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7. 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death. the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will foIlow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, indefinite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot. by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his 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 of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear postively 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."
Ít is important, in all cases, to deternine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia
&c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by 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.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and siguature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
(j) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible  witnessses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
-The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k)This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If  a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, aad sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Record Division. 3-525.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
[illegible] F. 10,088
Washington, D.C. , . . . . . .,  19. . . .

In reply to your request of . . . . . . , received . . . . . 
for a statement of the military history of Abraham Hamman 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.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.|
LENGTH OF SERVICE.|
RANK.|
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE RENDERED.| CAPTAIN.| COLONEL.|
STATE.|
Apr. 1780|
18 mos|
[illegible] & Corps|
{Oldham   Kirkwood|
Washington|
Va.|
Battles engaged in, Cowpens, Guilford where he was wounded in right shoulder, Ninety-Six and Eutaw Springs
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Rockingham Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Nov. 13, 1832 His cl. al
Residence at date of application,  Helt Twp. Vermillion Co, Ind
Age at date of application {b. in 1753 or 1754 in New Jersey d. Mch 2, 1844
Remarks: He moved to Wilkes Co. Ga 3 yrs after Rev. & mar. there Mch 3 1783 or1784 Charity - - -She was al. on pension application [illegible] Mah. 31, 1846. While a resident of Helt Twp. Vermilion Co. Ind. aged 83 yrs. Children were Anne (2" daughter) b. June 8. 1787 mar. Nicholas Carter, Ruth wife of Geo. Phenice, Nancy, Eve, John, William, Jeremiah, Abraham, George and Isaac.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
6-2856
96
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General Banking    Farm Loans    Notary Public
Oscar Oakleaf, Pres't.   Z.M. Hamman, Cash.
Peter Cassel, V-Pres't.   C. Fre Carlson, A-Cash.

MADRID STATE BANK
Safety Deposit Boxes
Capital and Surplus, $40,000.00
Madrid, Iowa                      Nov. 8, 1913.

Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:--
     Through the columns of the National Tribune I am advised that I may get a certificate of the service of my great-grandfather in the Revolutionary war by writing you. His name was Abraham Hamman and in the year 1840 he resided in Vermillion County, Indiana, where he died. He enlisted from the state of Georgia, but I have no record of the county of that state from which he enlisted. At the time of his enlistment the family name was spelled Hammond, but when he removed to the state of Indiana he changed the spelling to Hamman for some reason.
      I will be very grateful for a certificate of the service rendered as above stated, and if any further information is necessary I will try to get it from relatives who are at a distance from here.
      Thanking you in advance for you kindness, I am
Sincerely,
ZM Hamman
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1913 Nov. 14 Hist. to Z.M. Hamman. [illegible]. L.M.
Revy
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 10088
Charity Hamman Wid. of Abraham Hamman
Pvt. Rev. War
Act: Feby, 2"th8.
Index:-Vol A, Page 307
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Abraham Hammond, Ind. act 7 June. 1832 $ [illegible] [illegible]

To what time was he last paid [illegible] 
Pension Office Sept 5 1849
 [illegible] A
Died 2nd March 1844
pd to his death. [illegible initials]
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Carlyle Va. June 17. 1849

Dear Sir
Please file the enclosed as the [illegible] evidence in the case of Charity Hamman [illegible] by your letter to me on 3d y March last & if possible allow the claim as soon as you can.
Yr. truly
S. Breese

J.G. Berret Esq.
Ch. Clk. [illegible] Breese
Mar   Sept.
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Carlyle [illegible] Aug. 16. 1849

Dr Sir:

Please notice the enclosed certificate in support of the claim of Charity Hammond to a pension which I sent you some time since.

Yrs, very [illegible]
S. Breese
J.L. Edwards Esq
Com. of Pensions,
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State of Georgia [illegible] G.G. Norman Wilkes County Clerk of the Court of Ordinary in and for said County do hereby certify that I have diligently searched the records in my office & can find no evidence either directly or indirectly going to show the marriage between Abraham & Charity Hammond

Given under my hand & seal of office this 25th day of July 1849
[illegible seal]
G.G, Norman [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]
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Washington Jan. 20./ 49

D Sir.

I send you the application of Charity Hammond widow of a Rev Pensioner for a pension, and as she is very old and very much in want, I hope you will attend to her case soon.

Very [illegible]
S. Breese

J,L, Edwards Esq.
[illegible] of Pensions
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[illegible] July 30
[Postmark Seal] Terre Haute July 21
[Stamp] Free

Hon J.L. Edwards
Comm. of Pensions
Washington City
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[illegible] State Bank of Indiana
Terre Haute July 20. 1838.

Sir,
[illegible] the voucher of Abraham Hamman Revoly Pensioner, [illegible] [illegible] by the Roles of this Agency 4. September 1831-

Waiting yr. instructions
I am Sir
Yr. Obt Servant
N.B. Fontonin

Hon J.L. Edwards
Comm. of Pensions
Washington City
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The State of Indiana Franklin County { Ss Be it remembered that Before me Abrazham Jones one of the justices of the peace in and for the county aforesaid personally appeared Isaac Hammond who deposeth and saith that Abraham Hammond of Vermillion County State of Indiana served in the revolutionary war for the term of eighteen months He went with the troops from Rockingham County virginia the deponent further saith that he went with the said Abraham Hamman to Collonel Smith in the county and State aforesaid where the randevous was held and further the deponent saith not.

Signed sworn to and subscribed by making a mark this 27th Day of September Ab 1833 in my presents
Abraham Jones [illegible]
Isaac Hamman his [illegible] mark.

also appeared at the same time Davie Grey and Samuel Pheanis and made oath that they Believed the above named deponent to be a man that would not swear fauls wilfully and knowingly in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Day and year above writen
Abraham Jones [illegible handwritten seal]
Justice of the peace
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State of Indiana Franklin County   Set

I Robert John Clerk of the Franklin Circuit Court within and for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that Abraham Jones Esqs before whom the within & foregoing deposition and oath was taken and whose certificates thereof are attached is and was at that time an acting Justice of the peace in and for said county of Franklin duly Elected commissioned and Sworn into office and fully authorised to receive acknowledgments  take depositions and administer oaths and to all his acts as such full faith and credit are due and ought to be given

In Testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed the seal of our Said Court at Brookville this 28 day of September A.D. 1833-

Robert John Clk F.C.C.
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Newport Ind
Oct 22                    Free

J.L. Edwards Esq
Com. of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Newport Vermillion Co [illegible]
Oct 22 1833

Dr Sir:

Enclosed I send the pension application of Abraham Hamman as amended.

Yours Res/ly
Isaac Pearson
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V No 13236

Charity Hamman
Ind
[illegible] to [illegible]. E.W. McGaughey
Feb 23. 1847.

[illegible] to Hon S Breese
March 3. 1849
Lt to Hon: S. Breese June 27.  49.
act 7 July 1838
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8649
Indiana
Charity Hamman
widow of Abraham Hamman
who was a Private in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 2nd day of March, 1844 to 4th March 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of Sept 1847. and sent to 
Hon. S. Breese
Carlyle Ill.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]

Recorded in Book A. Vol. 2 Page 218
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State of Indiana Vermillion County Ss

On this sixth day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine before the subscriber. Judge of the Probate Court in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Charity Hammond, a resident of said county, aged eighty-eight years; who, being first duly sworn according to law doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the acts of Congress passed on 7th July 1838, March 3rd 1843, June 17th 1844 and 2nd February 1868. granting Pensions to widows of soldiers of the Revolution. That she is the widow of Abraham Hammond, who was a Pensioner in Vermillion County Indiana Roll, at the rate of sixty dollars per annum under the act of 7th June 1832; and
she refers to her said husbands papers for the particulars in relation to his services-that her husband the said Abraham Hammond died on the second
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day of March. one thousand eight hundred and forty-four (1844). and she has remained a widow ever since this date-

She further declares that she was married to the said Abraham Hammound in the County of Wilkes in the State of Georgia, by Publication in the month of March, in the year seventeen hundred and eighty-four (1784)- And she farther declares that she was not married to him previous to his leaving the service, but that the marriage took place prior to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety-four, to wit-at the time above stated.

Subscribed and sworn Charity her x mark Hammond ti this sixth day of January 1849 before me.
Thomas Chenoweth Judge
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I certify that Mrs. Charity Hammond, who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing application for a Pension is entirely unable from old age and great bodily infirmity to attend said Court, and is not able to leave her room.
Thomas Chenoweth Judge

Also, at the same time and place, and before the same Judge, personally came Cuthbert F. Keyes who being duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath say that Abraham Hammond, husband of Charity Hammond, the above named applicant for a Pension died in the County of Vermillion in the State of Indiana on the second day of March. one thousand eight hundred and forty-four (1844)-and that said Charity is still his widow, which facts he is able to state from his own personal knowledge.
Cuthbert F. Keyes
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 6th day of January 1849
Thomas Chenoweth Judge
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State of Indiana
Vermillion County Ss.

I. Alexander B Florer-
Clerk of the Probate Court in and for the County and state aforesaid do hereby certify that Thomas Chenoweth before whom the foregoing application for a Pension was made is the Judge of the Probate Court in and for said County-duly commissioned and qualified; and that the several foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.

The testimony whereof I have here unto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of the Court of Probate this Eighth day of January 1849.

Alexander B Florer Clerk
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State of Indiana
Vermillion County Ss
On this 14 day of October in the year 1833 Personally appeared before me John Porter one of the associate Judges of the Circuit Court for the County afoursaid Abraham Hamman a resident of Helt Township in V. County, Who being duly Sworn according to law-doth on his oath make the following amendments to his former declaration . & that in  his declaration of the 13th of Nov. last there was a mis apprehension of his remaining in the third paragr. after marked in the S. declaration thus & which states that applicant was drafted for eighteen months his statement is this, the company to which applicant belonged was to furnish three men for these period of time and the proposition was made or a choice given. to stand a draft, Volunteer and applicant together with John Guice & Israel Fridley Voluntered their services as before stated and such was his (this applicants) Statement at the time of making his declaration, and S. Applicant being both deaf and almost blind must account for the mistake . . . And further this deponent says that the statement that he belonged to [illegible] division at the seige of Ninety Six was embodied in the declaration by mistake as, Applicant does not recollect any thing of General Morgan from a short period after the battle at the Cowpens-[illegible] [illegible] to which he belonged [illegible] considered as Washingtons Infantry and were with the main army under Gen. Green but little of the time- And further Applicant on his oath declares that he is positive that he served for the term of 18 months but owing to old age and consequent loss of memory he cannot tell precisely how long he served as corporal but according to the best of his recollection he served a corporal not less than one year and as a private the residue of the time for which services he claims a pension. And during the period of his service he was not engaged in any civil pursuits-
In answer to the interrogation prescribed by the War department the deponent says - he was born in New Jersey in the year 1753. or; 54-That he has no record of his age but recollects seeing it in his fathers bible written in the German language. That when called into service he was a resident of Rockingham County, Virginia, Since, he believes about 3 years after the Revolutionary war he moved to Wilkes County in Georgia & resided there about 20 years he then moved to Franklin County in the state (then Territory) of Indiana & is now a resident of Vermillion County in  S. state of Indiana
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That he cannot tell tell from what authority the requisition came requiring the three men from the company but this applicant distinctly recollects, if volunteers could not be obtained they were to be drafted & applicant volunteered as stated in this amendment that he recollects Gen. Morgan, Col. Washington, Col. Campbell or Scammell and Capt. Boyer beside his own officers he cannot recollect the Continental or militia regiments so as to give a distinct description of them, and the general circumstance of his services he has stated as precisely in his declaration as he can do without a recapitulation of the whole. That he recollects receiving a discharge; but does not recollect who signed it; but that S. discharge is lost.

That he can refer you to [illegible] Schorling Esq. with whom he has been acquainted 7 or 8 years & Richard Mack with whom he as been acquainted 16, or 16 years. Who have signed the certificate in the declaration.

Applicant has with great exertion been able to procure an affidavit from Isaac Hamman who recollects Applicant engaging for 18 months, which is here with enclosed.

Sworn to and subscribed this 14th October 1833. before me John Porter Associate Judge-
Abraham Hamman

Wm Hannaman being duly sworn says that the statement of the manner of this applicant entering the service as contained in the 3? paragraph of the original was a mistake in writing it down & the statement of A. Hamman was at that time as it is now written in this amendment as this deponent was present at that time & heard the statement
Wm Hannaman

Sworn and Subscribed before me Oct 14th 1833
John Porter Aste Judge-

And I do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the questions required by the war department that S applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. and I do hereby certify that S applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court he being at this time totally blind and in other respects very frail
Given under my hand this 14th day of October 1833- John Porter Aste Judge

State of Indiana Vermillion County Set
I John W. Rush Clerk of the circuit Court in and for the county afoursaid, do hereby certify that John Porter before whom the within and foregoing examination was taken was at the time of taking the same and still is an [illegible] judge of the circuit court in and for S. County, S. Court being a court of Record, and that the signatures annexed appears to be genuine

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of S. Court at Newport this 17th day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and thirty-three-
John W. Rush Clk
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V No 13236                 13236
Charity Hamman
[illegible] of Abraham
Ind
act 7 July 1838
Married before 1794
[illegible] husband died 2nd March 1844

[illegible] act 3 March 1843
and 17 June 44
$60.00 pr an
from 2nd March 1844 to 4 March 1848
[illegible} 2 July 48
$60 pr an
from 4 March 1848

Hon S Breese
Carlyle Ill
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State of Indiana Vermillion County Ss.
On this twenty eighth day of Januay A.D. 1847 personally appeared before Eli Newlin a Justice of the Peace in and for said County   Asa H. Mack  of the County of Vermillion and State of Indiana, who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose and say that in the year 1814 he became acquainted with Abraham Hamman (late of Vermillion County, deceased.) and his wife Charity Hamman who were then residing in the County of Franklin and State of Indiana That he was intimately acquainted with the family in that County for about twelve years. that the said Hamman and family in the year 1828 removed to said County of Vermillion to which place this deponent had removed a year or two earlier, that the said Hamman settled in the neighborhood of this deponent where he continued to reside until his death, that his widow Charity Hamman, who now applies for a Pension, has continued to reside in the neighborhood until this present time, that during all that time this deponent was personally acquainted with Anne Carter, who was the second daughter of the said Abraham and Charity Hamman, that he has reason to believe and does believe that the said Anne Carter is of the age stated in her affidavit that he was acquainted with an elder daughter of the Abraham & Charity Hamman. that he was acquainted with John Hamman & William Hamman, sons of the said Abraham & Charity Hamman both of whom this deponent has every reason to believe were born before the 1st of January 1794. That the said Abraham & Charity Hamman were reputed by all their neighbors, to have been legally married, and this deponent stated that during all the time of his acquaintance with the family, no one, to his  knowledge ever questioned the fact or the legality of the said marriage
Asa H Mack
I certify that the above named Asa H. Mack was this day
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duly sworn to the above affidavit before me [crossed out wording: on the day above written,] I also certify that I am personally acquainted with Asa H. Mack, and that he is a reputable person
Eli Newlin JP (handwritten seal)


State of Indiana Vermillion County [illegible]
On this 28th day of January 1847 personally appeaed before Eli Newlin a Justice of the Peace in and for Said County ~ George Hamman, a resident of said County of Vermillion, who being duly sworn, upon his oath says that Abraham Hamman, (late a pensioner of the United States) departed this life on the second day of March A.D. 1844
George Hamman
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 28th day of January A.D. 1847.
Eli Newlin JP (handwritten seal)

State of Indiana Vermillion County. SS
I, Alexander B. Florer clerk of the Circuit Court for said County do hereby certify that Eli Newlin, Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn to, was on the day of the date thereof, and now is, and active Justice of the Peace, for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine ~ In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed the Seal of Said Court at Newport this Second day of February 1847.
(illegible seal) Alexander B Florer  Clerk
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State of Indiana Vigo County Ss
Joseph Knight being duly sworn says he is fifty-nine years of age. That according to the reputation of his fathers family, and his own belief he was born in New Jersey, [illegible] County, in the year seventeen hundred and ninety. That in the year eighteen hundred and eighteen he removed to Oxford Township, Butler County Ohio, and settled within about half a mile of Mr. John Dickerson's father of John Dickerson whose deposition is given at the same time with this in reference to the same matter. That at that time Abraham Hammond and Charity his wife were living together as husband and wife and were so reputed by and among all their neighbors and acquaintances and were residing in Bath Township then in Franklin County. Indiana and adjoining the line dividing Ohio and Indiana, and in the immediate neighborhood [illegible] of this deponent. That from that time until the said Abraham removed with his family from the neighborhood, which deponent according to his best recollection believes was about the year eighteen hundred and twenty eight or eighteen hundred and thirty, he was well acquainted with the said Abraham and Charity and their children. That the children of said Abraham and Charity with whom deponent was acquainted were Mrs. Carter, (whose christian name deponent does not remember) wife of Nicholas Carter, Ruth, wife of George Phenice, John, William, Jeremiah, Abraham, George, Isaac, since dead, Nancy and [illegible] Deponent does not remember any other [illegible] and
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from his best recollection does not think there were any others. The said Abraham and Charity were always reputed to be the father and mother of said children as long as deponent knew them, and the said persons in that behalf above named were always reputed to be the children of the said Abraham and Charity and to have been now in lawful wedlock, and deponent has no doubt they were such, according to the best of the judgement, information and belief of this deponent the two oldest children of said Abraham and Charity were about the age of this deponent He believes the said Mrs. Carter was about a year older than himself, and that the said Ruth Phenice was about a year younger than himself. The deponent has visited the said Abraham Hammond and his family and stayed with them one night, about ten years ago. since their removal to this part of the country. They were then residing about twenty five or thirty miles a little West of North from Terre Haute near the line between Indiana and Illinois. They were the same identical [illegible] before mentioned with whom he was acquainted as before stated. This deponent has no doubt that the said Abraham Hammond and Charity were lawfully married and that their children aforesaid were born in lawful [illegible]. Deponent was accustomed to attend worship with them and well knew their character and reputation to be good, and verily believes if there had been any question as to the above facts he would have heard something of it. and  he never heard a doubt expressed upon the subject. This deponent continued to reside in the same neighborhood until the year eighteen hundred and thirty two
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when he removed to Vigo County Indiana, where he still resides. This deponent cannot be mistaken as to the time he removed to said Oxford Township Butler County Ohio,. He was married in 1819, about one year after his arrival there, and these two dates connected with important events in his life he has always borne distinctly in mind and does now.
Joseph Knight

Subscribed and sworn to by the above named deponent Joseph Knight, beofe me this seventh day of June, 1849, And I do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence that the said Joseph Knight is a citizen of said County of Vigo in good standing and of unexceptionable moral character and fully entitled to belief. In witness whereof I Macom McFadden, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County do hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year aforesaid. 
Macom McFadden J.P. (handwritten seal)

State of Indiana, Vigo County, SS
I Charles T. Noble, Clerk of the Circuit Court, in and for said County do hereby certify that Macom McFadden Esquire, who has subscribed the foregoing certificate was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and qualified in and for said County, and that te foregoing certificate purporting to be his is geniune. Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this 7th day of June. AD1849 C.T Noble Clk.
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State of Indiana, Vigo County Ss

John Dickerson being duly sworn says that according to the reputation of his fathers family he was born on the fifth day of February in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety one and he verily believes that that was the time of his birth. That in the year Eighteen hundred and eleven the father of this deponent removed with his family. This deponent being one of them from Deerfield Township, Warren County, Ohio to Oxford Township, Butler County Ohio, adjoining the western Boundary of the state aforesaid. That at the time of so removing to said last mentioned Township the family of Abraham Hammond, was residing in Bath Township, Franklin County Indiana, (since set off as deponent believes into Union County) immediately on the line between Ohio and Indiana. That said Abraham Hammond and his wife Charity were then living together as husband and wife, and continued to live in the same place until about the year eighteen hundred and twenty eight or eighteen hundred and thirty. (the precise time deponent does not remember) during all which time deponent was well acquainted with the said family and resided in their immediate neighborhood. Deponent knows nothing of the marriage of said Abraham and Charity except from reputation: but they were generally respected by and amongst all their neighbors and acquaintances to be husband and wife and deponent never heard any thing to the contrary and verily believes they were such. The children of the said Abraham and Charity were Mrs. Carter (whose christian name
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deponent does not now remember) wife of Nicholas Carter, Ruth Phenice, wife of George Phenice John, William, Jeremiah, Abraham George Isaac, (since deceased) Nancy and Eve, and deponent thinks there may have been another but cannot be certain. All these were generally reputed by and amongst all their neighbors and acquaintances to be the children of the said Abraham and Charity born in lawful wedlock. Deponent never heard any thing to the contrary of this, and verily believes they were such. The said Abraham and charity were persons of unexceptionable moral character, and were members in good standing in the Methodist Church, and from deponents familiar acquaintance with the family and others of the same neighborhood he verily believes and is fully satisfied that had there ever been any question of the lawful marriage of the said Abraham and Charity and of the birth of their said children in lawful wedlock, he would have heard something of it. At the time deponents father removed into the said neighborhood as before stated in eighteen hundred and eleven this deponent then being about twenty years of age. The said Mrs. Carter and the said Ruth Phenice were then living as married women; with their respective husbands in the same neighborhood, and to his best of his judgement, knowledge, and belief of  this [illegible] deponent the said Mrs. Carter was at that date (1811) as much as twenty-two years of age and the said Ruth as much as twenty years of age. The said Abraham removed with his family from that neighborhood about the time before mentioned in 1828 or 1830 and settled as deponent is informed near the state line either in Indiana or Illinois some twenty five or thirty miles north-
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Westerly from Terre Haute, Vigo County Indiana. but deponent continued to reside in the neighborhood from which they removed until the year eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, an then removed thence to Vigo County Indiana, where he now resides. There are no particular facts of a public character which enable deponent to fix the dates above, except these viz deponent remembers that he lived in that neighborhood (of the Hammond family) at the time war was declared between the United States and Great Britain and at the time of the Earthquake at New Madrid in 1812, but he remembers well that it was in 1811 that his father removed to that settlement that the neighborhood meeting of the Methodist congregations of the settlement were held at his father's house, (he being of that church) where the Hammond family usually attended worship, and he was well acquainted with the said family and is duly satisfied he cannot be mistaken in any of the above dates he has attempted to fix.
John Dickerson
Subscribed and sworn to before me Macom McFadden, Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Vigo this seventh day of June, 1849. And I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said deponent John Dickerson, and that he is a citizen of said County, in good standing and of unexceptionable moral character, and fully entitled to belief. I further certify that the following corrections were made in the foregoing deposition before it was sworn to by the deponent viz 11th line from the beginning "Creek" erased and "field" interlined.~beginning of 22nd line the words "in the
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same [illegible]" interlined-31st line the word "be" interlined, and the word "husband" written over another. Given under my hand and seal this 7th day of June 1849,
Macom McFadden, J.P. (handwritten seal)

State of Indiana, Vigo County, Ss
I Charles T. Noble. Clerk of the Circuit Court, in and for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that Macom McFadden Esquire, who has subscribed the foregoing certificate was at the time of so doing a Justice for the Peace; duly commissioned and qualified in and for said county: and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this 7th day of June.1849.
C.T. Noble Clk.
(crossed through Macom McFadden JP [illegible])
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Pension Office.
March 3d 1849

Sir

I have the honor to inform you that the Supplemental declaration of Charity Hamman widow of Abraham Hamman does not supply the defect in the proof of their marriage pointed out in my letter to Hon E W McGaughey of Feby 23.1847. a copy of which is herewith enclosed.

Before a pension can be granted to applicant she must furnish satisfactory evidence of her marriage to the late pensioner Abraham Hamman prior to 1794


I am, very respectfully ys, obt. Sert.
JG Berret
For Comm of Pensions

Hon S Breese U.S. Senate