Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32445, for Hugh Pierce, South Carolina
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Service S.C.
Pierce, Hugh
Number S. 32445
Born in Va.
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Ky
In the So Carolina
[illegible] Capt Wood
Waffort
319

on the Roll of
rate of 30 Dollars
to commence on the 4th day of March, [illegible]

Certificate of Pension issued the 17th [illegible]
and sent to B.E. Grace [illegible]

Arrears at the rate of [illegible] 34 105.00
Semi-amt. allowance ending 4 Mch '35 15.00
$120.

{Revolutionary [illegible] Act June 7, [illegible]}

Recorded by J.T. Sprague
C2 Vol. 84 page 015
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Amended Declaration
H. Peirce
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Georgia Habersham County
An amendment to the Declaration of Hugh Peirce filed in the Clerks office of the Court of ordinary for said County on the sixth day of November eighteen hundred and thirty two, to procure the benefit of an act of Congress passed the 7th of June 1832 for revolutionary services; makes this further declaration before the Superior Court of said county to avail himself of said benefits. That he can prove his services by Sherwood Holcombe & Benjamin OBanion. A certificate of one of them is in the original Declaration, the other is very old, and if he comes to court his will be attached to this amended declaration.
1st I was born in Frederick County state state of Virginia. I beleive in the year seventeen hundred & forty
2nd My sister who lives in Jones County Georgia has the record of my age made by my mother.
3rd I was living in Spartenburg Cty South Carolina when called into service. I lived in Spartenburg Dist after the war, untill I moved to the State of Georgia and then settled in Franklin Cty so states, and now live in Habersham.
4 I volunteered in Spartenburg district under the authority of the State of S. Carrolina.
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5th There were no regulars in the services save some few from N. Carrolina under of Col. Polks & Robert Laneir. There was with us Col. Neil, Col. Brandon, Col. Williams & Col. Thompson & Col. Cashaw & Genl. Richardson was commander in cheif. We fought the Tories and turn them into a [illegible] & took them prisoners & there was a deep snow on the ground. The Tories were under the command of Col. Robert Cunningham.
6th I was a common soldier and got a discharge from General William Henderson, who was a major at the time the Tories were taken. It was lost & mislaid many years ago, never expecting it would be of any service to me.
7th I am known to General Cleveland & General Wafford both of whome I been in the Legislature of this state. They would testify to my good character and credibility and to their beleif of my being a revolutionary soldier, together with many others.
Hugh Pierce
Andrew M. Norris C.J.C.

Personally appeared in open court Sherwood Holcombe, and made oath that he was acquainted with Hugh Peirce when in the revolutionary service in the state of South Carrolina and has no doubt that he served or he states in the original & this amended declaration, and knows further that he served under a [illegible] against a party of Tories.
Sherwood Holcombe - X his mark

Andrew M. Norris C.J.C.
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And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after [illegible] thing the interogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
Absalom Holcombe J.J.C.
James Williams J.J.C.
John H. Jones J.J.C.
D. Quillian J.J.C.

I Andrew M Norris Clerk of the Court of Inferior court of said county do hereby certify that the forgoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of amending his declaration for a pension.
Given under my hand & seal of office this ninth day of July eighteen hundred and thirty three.
Andrew M. Norris C.J.C.
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Hugh Pierce
17842
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
State of Georgia County of Habersham SS
On this fifth day of November eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Court of Ordinary of said county now sitting Hugh Pierce a resident of said county and state aged eighty three years. Who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officer and served as him stated he lived when called into the service on Lawsons Fork in Ninety Six District in South Carolina. He entered the service as a volunteer in the year seventeen hundred and seventy five under John Lawson Lieutenant John Wood Captain William Henderson major and Thomas Col. He served for two months and was regularly discharged. He again entered the service in the same state and district the second of July seventeen hundred and seventy six for six months as a volunteer under the same captain and Lieutenant William W.  Wofford Colonel. He served out his tour of six months and was regularly discharged him again entered the service in the year 1780 as he thinks under Captain McPeters. Served for three months and was regularly discharged. He was at the taking of the fort [illegible] [illegible] he again entered the service in 1781 under Capt John Hewey he served then two months and was regularly discharged all of his discharged he has lost. He again entered the service and served for two months under Capt Samuel Lacy in the regiment commanded by Col. Thomas Neal he served for two months and was discharged. He is acquainted with many persons in his nighborhood who could testify as to his veracity and their belief of his Revolutionary services to wit Benjamin P. Bannow Genl Benjamin Cleveland Gen W.B. Wofford Col. James Blair and many others. He was born in Frederick county Virginia the year he does not recollect precisely since the Revolutionary War he has lived in Spartanburgh District South Carolina from Spartanburgh he removed to Franklin County Georgia then to the County of Habersham where is has resided ever since. He has no record of his age in his possession. 
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any state. Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid.
Hugh Pierce
Jonathan D. Chastain C. Cor

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 that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that Benjamin Bannow whose affidavit is [illegible] to attached is a credible
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has resided in since he has no record of his age in his possession. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any state. Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid.
Hugh Pierce
Jonathan D. Chastain C.Cor

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 this the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that Benjamin P. Bannow whose affidavit is hereto attached is a credible witness and very respectable man and that his statements are entitled to full credit and further state the beleif is general in the neighborhood that the said Hugh Pierce was a Revolutionary soldier. Given under my hand the date above written.
Benjn Cleveland J.J.G.O.
Absalom Holcomb H.C.O.
Elijah Stann J.C.O.
John Slurrett J.C.O.

In open court appeared Benjamin P. Bannow who after being duly sworn deposeth and saith on oath that he was well acquainted with Hugh Pierce the present applicant for a pension in the Revolutionary War that he knows he was in the service of the United States for two years or upwards under different engagements that he was in company with the said Hugh Pierce in several [illegible] [illegible] in [illegible] parties but they was not in any general engagement together and that he has been acquainted with the said Hugh Pierce ever since.
Benjamin P. Bannow - X his mark

Sworn & subscribed in open court the date above written.
Jonathan C. Chastain C.C.or
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I Jonathan D. Chastain Clerk of the Court of ordinary of Habersham County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Hugh Pierce for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal of office this sixth day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Jonathan D. Chastain C.C.or
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Hugh Pierce
Georgia
No. 17842
Sept 16 [illegible] [illegible] to [illegible]

m

E.S. Barclay
Clarksville Habersham Co. Ga.
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War Department, Pension Office,
April 16 1833
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 papers 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 necessary to be done. These 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 complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the service of Hugh Pierce

Period when the service was rendered. 1775 vol.
Duration of the claimant's service. 2 Months
Rank of the claimant. Private
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Capt. Jno Wood
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
Country through which he marched.
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. 83 years
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.

Period when the service was rendered. 2 July 1776 vol.
Duration of the claimant's service. 6 Months
Rank of the claimant. Private
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Wm. Henderson Majr, Col. Thomas
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
Country through which he marched.
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Lawson's Fork, Ninety Six So. Ca.
Evidence by which the declaration is supported. Witnesses

Period when the service was rendered. Thinks 1780
Duration of the claimant's service. 3 Months
Rank of the claimant. Private
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Wm W. Wofford Col. Cap McPeters
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Congarle
Country through which he marched.
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.

Period when the service was rendered. 1781
Duration of the claimant's service. 2 Months
Rank of the claimant. Private
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Capt. Henry
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
Country through which he marched.
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.

Period when the service was rendered. 1781
Duration of the claimant's service. 2 Months
Rank of the claimant. Private
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Capt. Lacy col. Thos Neal
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
Country through which he marched.
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.

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 constructed to extent, 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 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, etc., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefit 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 the Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians 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 applicants reside. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

                                                                   DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
                                            State Territory, or District of
                                             County of
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 offices:

(Here set forth the names and ranks of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service ; (and if he server under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particlar period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. 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 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 name 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 the 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 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. 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 Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the orginal proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for pension.

 In testimony whereof, I 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 orginal 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 hid personal knowledge of the service oh the applicant, and such circumstance connected therewith as may have a tendency to throw lightupon the transaction.

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all material facts, which can be used in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person
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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, it one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. 

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 nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, fromtheir 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 certity to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deened 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 or 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 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 ofice, 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 genine signature.

No payments can be made upon 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 theopinion 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 follow 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 of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldiers 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, in language so definite 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 depots and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positive as to the precise length of his service; but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the period mentioned below, and in the following grades: ---For____year_____month____days, I served as a ______ for _______ months and ______ days, I served as a ________; and for such service I claim a Pension "It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant. served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  ome persons who apply for pensions mere state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  

It must begin every case, be clearly shown under what officer the applicant severed; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corp 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 n 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 fix 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 signature of the certified officer, should accompany the papers.                                                   
                                                                  
                                                                    Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certifing officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certiicate 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 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 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 verify 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 note
 from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is 
The 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, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Hugh Pierce Ga. Suspended
Letter 16 Sept 1833 to E.S. Barclay
8236
Act 7 June 1832
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32445
Revy Invalid.
File No. 32,445
Hugh Pierce 
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index: Vol. 2, Page 489
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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82136
Hugh Pierce
Rejected
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51,939
Hugh Pierce
Alabama
from 1778 for 9 mos.
$30

[illegible]

Baylis E. Grace
Clk, Elyton Alabama
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The State of Alabama Jefferson County
On this 26th day of  August A.D. 1834 personally appeared in open court before the Judge of the County Court of said county, Hugh Pierce, a resident of the county & state aforesaid, aged eighty five years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
He entered the service as a private in the month of December 1775, and served as herein stated, under the following named officers. The officers under whom he served whose names he now recollects, were General Richardson, Colonel William Wafford, Major Will Henserson & Capt John Woods. Soon after he entered the service, General Richardson, whose head quarters were then at Hollingsworth's Mills in the upper part of South Carolina, sent a detachment against a party of Tories under Cunningham, who were embodied at a place called the Cain Brake on Reedy River in the state of South Carolina, to which detachment this applicant belonged. The detachment was successful in the expedition, and took upwards of a hundred prisoners. In this tour he served two months but was not in any engagement except the one above mentioned.
After that he was not called on again till the summer of 1776, in July of that year, he again entered the service and was soon after ordered to march against the Cherokee Indians who were at that time committing depredations on the frontiers of Georgia. In this expedition he encountered many dangers and hardships, and was present at the severe battle fought at Timothea, more commonly known by the appelation of the Ring fight, at which three hundred of the Americans were opposed to a much larger number of the Indians and kept their ground until they were reinforced by the troops under the command of General Williamson. Soon after which the Indians fled, leaving a number of their dead and wounded on the ground. The officers under whom he served in this tour (which lasted six months) were the same as above mentioned.
In the early part of the year 1777, his term of service having
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expired for that time, he returned home (he lived at that time in Spartanburg District State of South Carolina and soon after removed to York District in the same state, at that time called Camden, and continued there until about the month of February 1781, about that time he was again called into service to act against a party of British & Tories who had possession of a fort on the Congarce River at a place called Granby. His officers in this expedition were Colonel John Maffit, and Captain John Henry, the name of (the major he does not recollect), General Green had the chief command, and was present at the surrender of the fort, which was soon taken, together with a quantity of military stores and some prisoners, he thinks upwards of two hundred, in this tour he served not less than four months and returned home. In September of the same year he was called out against the Tories but the news of the surrender of Cornwallis being received soon after he was not engaged in any active service. He was a private in all the above mentioned service. This applicant further declares that during his term of service he was not engaged in any civil pursuit but was a volunteer in the State Militia in each term of service.
He was born in Frederick county in the State of Virginia in the year 1749 and removed from there to York District South Carolina (then called Camden) from there he removed to Spartanburg District in the same state; at which place he lived when he first entered the service. He removed from there back to York in 1781 as above mentioned, from there after the war to Georgia Habersham County and from there to Jefferson County, Alabama where he now lives. He received a regular discharge from Genl. Henderson, which he has lost, and cannot now procure it. He has no documentary evidence in his possession to prove his services. The statement of the witness who can testify to his services is hereto annexed. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Hugh Pierce
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The State of Alabama Jefferson County ss
Personally appeared before me H.M. Carithers an acting Justice of the Peace of said county, William Hartegroves, who being duly sworn as the law required makes the following statement in relation to the foregoing application. He was acquainted with Hugh Pierce the person whose name is signed to the foregoing declaration during the Revolutionary War and that about the year 1775 or 76, said Pierce was in the service of the United States against the Cherokee Indians, and of his being sent against a body of Tories at the Cain Brake on Reedy River under Cunningham. He also recollects of his going with the troops who took the fort at Granby on Congarce River from the possession of the British & Tories, about the year 1781. The names of the officers who commanded in said tours he does not recollect; except that General Lacey was sometimes in command in that part of the country where said Pierce served, and that Genl. Green was commander in cheif at the surrender of
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The State of Alabama⎬
Jefferson County  Set⎬
Personally appeared before
me Hugh M. Carithers
an acting Justice of the Peace of said County
John Brown Senr of said County who being duly
sworn according to law, deposeth and saith, that
that he was in the reinforsed regiment under general Williamson at the Battle against  the Cherokee
Indians called the King fight mentioned in the
foregoing declaration, and that he was acquainted with a person attached to the troops by the name 
of Hugh Pierce, and believes him to be the same
person who has subscribed to said declaration
and further your deponent says that he is this
affiant is himself a pensioner on the  Roll of the Agency
at Mobile Alabama
                                                              John  Brown
Sworn to and Subscribe
Before me the 26 day
of August 1834

[illegible] H Cather
Justice of the peace


The State of Alabama ⎬
Jefferson County.  ⎬
We John Williams 
Clergyman, and John
Brown(red ) a citizen of the County & State aforesaid
do hereby certify that we are acquainted with Hugh
Pierce, who has subscribed and sworn to the fore=
=going declaration, and believe him to be eighty
five years of age. We further certify that he is
generally believed in the neighbourhood in which
he lives to have been a soldier of the Revolution
in which opinion we concur
John Williams
John Brown (?ed)
of
⎬
 I hereby certify that JohnBrown Senr, whom
affidavit appears above, is a person of truth
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and credibility Given under my hand and
seal this 26th day of August 1834
H M Carithers   SEAL
Justice of the peace
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The State of Alabama
Jefferson County
I Baylis E. Grace Clerk of
the County Court of said County
do hereby certify that Hugh M. Carithers whose name
appears to the foregoing certificate & affidavits, was
at the date thereof an acting Justice of the Peace duly
qualified, and that his foregoing signatures are genuine

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of Office at office
in the Town of Elyston the 26th day of August
AD 1834
B.E. Grace Clerk


And the said Court does hereby declare its opin=
on after the investigation of the matter and after put=
ing the interrogatories prescribed by the War depart=
ment that the above named applicant was a revolu=
tionary soldier and served as he states and the
Court further certifies that it appears to it that John
Williams who has signed the preceeding certificate is a
clergyman resident in the County of Jefferson
and that John Brown (red) who has also signed the same is a resident of the same place and is a
credible person and that their statement is in=
titled to credit
W. K. Baylor
Presiding Judge


The State of Alabama
Jefferson County

I Baylis E. Grace Clerk of the
County Court of said County do
hereby certify that the foregoing are the original proceedings
of said Court in the matter of the application of Hugh Pierce
for a pension

SEAL

In testimony whereof said have hereunto set
my hand and seal of said Court the 27th day
of August A.D. 1834
B. E Grace Clk