Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 2306-50, Benjamin Huggins, S.C.
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[black star over name]
(3-1776)
SERVICE
S.C.

Huggins, Benjamin

NUMBER
B.L.Wt. 2306 - 50

CONTENTS
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Benjamin Huggins
No. 2,306.

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Decbr 1842
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Mrs. E. Huggins
Power of Atty [illegible]
Claim for Bo Land
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[ State of South Carolina District of Charleston ] I Elizabeth Huggins niece of and one of the heirs at law in fee of Ensign Benjamin Huggins dec'd  and now residing in Charleston  So. Ca. do upon oath  testify and declare to the best of my knowledge  and belief that my Uncle the said Benjamin Huggins did enter the service in the year 1776  for the term of the war and served as Lieutenant  or Ensign in  Regt under the command of the South Carolina  line, and that he continued in the service aforesaid until the end of the war. I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to said   Lieut. Benjamin Huggins  on the part of the United states , nor do I believe that he ever  received it or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever, Therefore  Know all men by these presents that I , Elizabeth Huggins aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint  the Honble. Isaac E. Holmes  to be my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States a warrant for the quantity  of land  due tome as aforesaid , and my said attorney  is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute  and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed. Attest Mary F V Taylor ( signed ) Elizabeth Huggins ( signed )  seal
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[ State of South Carolina District of Charleston ] Personally appeared  the above name Elizabeth Huggins  subscriber to the foregoing declaration and mad oath to the same , and in my  presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be her free act  and deed for the purposes therein mentioned. Attest  Sworn to before me tis 1st day of October 1842 . P Cantwell ( signed ) Not. Pub & M for Charleston Dist. So. Ca.  In testimony that the above written  Patk. Cantwell was a Magistrate authorized to administer oaths and take acknowledgements  etc. in the  State of South Carolina  at the above date and that his signature  thereto subscribed appears to be his usual  signature , I have hereunto affixed the seal of my office and subscribed my name and quality at  Charleston  South Carolina this  sixth day of Dec. 1842.  Danl. Horlbeck ( signed / sealed ) Clerk of the Court of  Com. Pleas for Charleston Dist. So. Ca.
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[ State of South Carolina District of Charleston ] Ordinary's Office Charleston S.C.  I, Thomas Lehre  Esquire  ordinary for said District  do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been addressed to me to prove that Benjamin Huggins  an officer in the revolutionary army  of South Carolina   Continental line  died about the year 1797  unmarried . that he left two brothers named Nathan and Mark Huggins who have departed this life, that  said Nathan left seven children  , to wit,  Martha, afterwards Mrs.  Gerry deceased who left two children named Peter and William Gerry , who are the grand nephews of said Benj. Huggins and of age . Frances, afterwards  Mrs. Taylor dec'd, who left two children  named Ann and Mary who are the grand nieces of  said Benjamin Huggins, and minors  Robert. W. Seymour Esq. being their guardian or trustee. Charles Huggins who is the nephew of said Benj. Huggins , Maria Huggins who is the niece of said Benj. Huggins, Julia  afterwards Mrs. Radcliff who is the niece of  said Benjamin Huggins. Charlotte Huggins who is the niece of said Benj. Huggins, Elizabeth  Huggins who is the niece of said Benj. Huggins  and  the aforesaid Mark Huggins  dec'd left two children  viz. Elizabeth  and  Ann who have also died. Ann left one child named Mary afterwards Mary Hapford
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who is also deceased  who if she left any children are unknown. Elizabeth  left one son , to wit,  James Commander of Georgetown  S.C. who is the grand nephew of said Benjamin Huggins  and of age . And that the said above named parties are the only heirs at law   in fee known or believed to be in existence. Given under my hand , and the seal of my office at Charleston  S.C. tis  1 day of October 1842. Thomas Lehre  ( signed ) Ordinary for the District of Charleston  South Carolina