Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,521, Henry Anglin, Ga.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Ga     
Anglin, Henry
NUMBER
S. 31521
CONTENTS
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Georgia 3448
Henry Anglin
of Jackson in the State of Georgia
who was a Private in the Compy commanded
by Captain Duke of the Regh commanded
by Col. Stewart in the Georgia
line for 3 years from 1777-
Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of 80-- Dollars --Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22d day of Decr 32 and sent to Hon. A.S. Clayton, House of Reps
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832                 120
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33   40
                                                            $160--
{Revolutionary Claim }
{Act June 7,18[32]     } [torn off]
Recorded by Nathan Ri[torn off]
Book D Vol. 8- Page [torn off]
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Let to Henry Anglin
Nov 21.'46
Hon. H. Cobb, Decr. 31. 46.
to same Mar 30. 1847
to same June 16. '49
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Declaration &c. of
Henry Anglin to obtain a pension
from 1777 private
3 years $80.
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The Declaration of Henry Anglin in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
State of Georgia    }
County of Jackson } ss
On this 2d day of October Personally appeared
in open Court before the Inferior Court of said County being the Court of record
now sitting Henry Anglin a resident of the County of Jackson & State of Georgia aged Seventy one years on the ____ day of May last 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 7 Jun 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following officers & served as herein stated. Viz, He commenced the service under Col. John Stewart & Col. Elijah Clark & Capt Henry Duke in Georgia at the age of about fifteen or sixteen years, the day, month & year not recollected precisely. Continued in the service commonly called the minute service, under the command of one or other above named Officers for about Eighteen months - this was in Wilkes Co Georgia - Afterwards, he volunteered under the command of Major Burwell Smith, who was
under the command of Col John Dooly in a three months tour on the frontiers of Georgia against the Indians - After the expiration of the
three months tour, he still remained under Col Dooly's Command & in Capt Collins' Company & surprised the Tories under the command
of One Col. Fait as he called himself, on the head of Ogeechee River in (then) Wilkes County Geo; that Company of Tories was then on their way to Augusta to join the British. After this, he was taken prisoner by the Tories above Augusta in the edge of Wilkes County; he was treated & abused badly by them & afterwards delivered over by them to the Indians who were upon the point of scalping him when he was rescued from them by one of the Tories, & again taken by the body of Tories who had first delivered him to the Indians, who were determined to hang him & had in fact made the necessary preparation to do so by tying a rope round his neck, placing him on
a horse & then fastening the other end of the rope to the top of a Stout Sapling - at this critical moment a British officer was brought
up at his request, who apparently in great rage with the Tories ordered him to be released from the sapling, & had him handcuffed & placed under guard for the night. However the same British officer ordered him & other whig prisoners to be hung on the next day at
Ten O'clock, when the hour of execution arrived we were allowed to take the oath of allegiance to Great Britian & were paroled,
& made his escape - Sometime after his escape, believing that the oath he had taken was only "from the teeth out" he joined the American forces under General James Jackson, & attached the Company of Captain
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Buckner Harris & regiment of Col Williamson, under whom he had served while as Captain in the minute service. He was at the taking of Augusta by the Americans under Genl Jackson-
it was done by raising a mountain battery & firing from it with Cannon into the fort occupied by the British - After the taking
of Augusta he went home to Wilkes County & there remained until a volunteer company was raised by Capt Jonathan Jones to march to the aid of Genl Wayne who was besieging Savannah - under whose command he  remained about four months until the taking of Savannah - After the taking of Savannah he returned to Wilkes County & commenced again the border war with the Indians by
serving tours of ten days at a time & finding our own provisions - He continued in service against the Indians until some time after the conclusion of the Revolution - He thinks he served about three years during the Revolution - but cannot State the precise quantity of time as he was quite young when he commenced the service - He was never drafted during the war as he always felt above it, but always served as a Volunteer, and never was a substitute nor ever substituted anyone in his stead - He never was in any regular battle except the sieges of Augusta & Savannah - but was in a multitude of skirmishes with the
Tories & Indians - has seen many Tories & Indians hung in the same way that he was about to be hanged by them above described - He knew Generals Jackson & Wayne, & they were all the General officers he was acquainted 
with - General Jackson was a very small man - General Wayne was low but somewhat corpulent - He has no documentary evidence except those attached hereto, & knows no person whose testimony he could procure which would prove any thing more than the papers hereto annexed - 
In addition to the above he answers as follows to the questions propounded by the Department --
1st I was born in Orange County North Carolina near Hillsboro - in the year 1761-
2. I have no record of my age-
3. I was living in Wilkes Co. Georgia when called into service- I have lived in Jackson Co. Ga. since the Revolutionary war & I live there yet--
4. I was always a Volunteer-
5. Genl James Jackson & Genl Wayne - recollects no other regiments than those under Jackson & Wayne & the general circumstances of his service has been already stated briefly-
6. I never received any other discharge than the one attached hereto signed by Danl Conner-
7. Russel Jones, James Pitman, Col John Hampton, John G. Pitman, John King, Sterling Mays, & many others-
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He has no claim to a pension or annuity except the present & his name is not on the agency of any State in the Union-
Henry Anglin
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
We John W. Glenn a clergyman residing in Jackson County Georgia & Edward Pharr
residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Henry Anglin
who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; the we believe him to be 71 years of age; that he is reputed & believed, in the
neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion
J. W. Glenn
Edwd Pharr
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war Department, that the above named applicant Henry Anglin, was a revolutionary
Soldier, & served as he states. And it further appears to them that John W. Glenn who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman in the County of Jackson Georgia and that Edward Pharr who has also signed the same
is also a resident of the same place & is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit.
Augs J Brown JIC
Robt Smithwick J.I.C
Joseph Hampton J.I.C
J. W. Glenn J.I.C
I Sylvanus Ripley clerk of the Inferior Court of Jackson County Georgia do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Henry Anglin for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand & seal of office this      day of      1832
I Sylvanus Ripley Clerk of the Inferior Court of Jackson County Georgia do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Henry Anglin for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and private Seal (having no Seal of office) this 2nd day of October 1832
Sylvanus Ripley {Seal}
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31521
Revy INVALID.
File No. 31,521
Henry Anglin
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 32"
Index:--Vol. 2, Page 9
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Daniel Conners
Certificate
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This is to Certify that in the year 1779 
Henry Anglin was a soldier under my command as Lieutenant of of Capt Williamson militia company Georgia Wilks County Given under my hand this the 31st of Oct 1829
Daniel Conner
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D. Conner
Affidavit
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Georgia Clark } before me Reuben Wallis
County           } a Justice of the peace
for said County personally Came
Dannel Conner and Deposeth and Sath
on oath that he was well acquainted with
Henry Anglin in the Revolutionary
wore and that he was a Soldier under
My Command as I was Leutenant under
Capt M Williamson of Wilks County Georgia
Dannel Conner {Seal}
[X and "his mark" appear between first and last names]
Sworn to and Subscribed
before me this 20th November 1832
Reuben Wallis J.P.
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Georgia            } I Vincent Haralson Clk of the
Walton County } Inferior Court of Said County do hereby Certify that David Hardwick whose name appears to this affadavit is an acting Magistrate in and for Said County, and that due faith and credit should be had and given to his attestation as such. Given from under my hand and Seal of Office this 23rd July 1830.
V.Haralson. Clk. I.C.W.C.
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Georgia            }
Walton County }
Personally Came before me James Swords who being duly sworn saith that he was well acquainted with Henry Anglin in time of the Revolutionary war and that he knows that the said Anglin did in list in the minet service with Capt Henry Duke who was commanded by Cols John Stewart & Elijah Clark in the State of Georgia and was attached to the command of General James Jackson at the Seage of Augusta & from that was transferred to General Waynes command at the Seage of Savanah
James Swords [Circled X and "his mark" appear between first and last names]
Sworn to & Subscribed to before me this 23th July 1830
D. Hardwick JP
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Georgia             }
Jackson County } ss
Be it known that before the Inferior Court for said County while sitting for Ordinary purposes on this the first day of March Eighteen hundred and forty seven personally came
into Open Court John Williamson and Robert Espy both of whom being duly sworn, say they have been acquainted with Henry Anglin, (a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States
on the Georgia Roll at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum) during a period of more than forty
years, that they have entire confidence in his honesty and veracity that they believe from his extreme old age, that his mind is to some
extent impaired and that he might be easily imposed on by any one in taking his testimony as to circumstances long since transpired
John Williamson
Robert Espy
Sworn to and subscribed
in open Court this first day 
of March 1847 before us
N C Jarrett J.I.C
Charles Witt J.I.C.
E H Moomaugh J.I.C
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Georgia             }
Jackson County }
In open Ordinary Court March Term 1847
We do certify that John Williamson & Robert Espy whose names appear within as affiants are credible witnesses.
N C Jarrett J.I.C
Charles Witt J.I.C.
E. H. Moomaugh J.I.C.
Georgia             }
Jackson County }
I John G. Pittman Clerk of the Court of Ordinary in and for the County of Jackson
do certify that Nathaniel C Jarrett Charles Witt & Emanuel Moomaugh whose names appear to the foregoing affidavit as witnesses and to the above certificate are justices of the Inferior
Court for said County and are this day in session as a Court of ordinary - and that the several signatures purporting to be theirs
are genuine and I do further certify that I have been acquainted with Henry Anglin a revolu
tionary pensioner of the United States who is mentioned in the within affidavit by John Williamson & Robert Espy, during a period of more than forty years and that I fully concur with them in
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all they have said in reference to his honesty, veracity & liability to be imposed on.
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my private seal
having no seal of office and
subscribed my name this
the first day of March eighteen
hundred and forty seven
John G. Pittman {Official}
I certify that John G Pittman is
Clerk of the Court of Ordinary of
Jackson Co. & I believe the above
to be his signature
March 19th 1847
Howell Cobbs
M C
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Dec 29. 1846
Recd of Mary Ray.
Hon H. Cobbs H.R.
Hon Howell Cobbs
Washington City DC
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Athens 25th Nov 1846
Sir
Inquire into the condition of my pension & the difficulty about my deposition in the case of Mary Ray
Respectfully
Henry Anglin
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Postmarked JUN 10 ATHENS GA
Dr. C S particular attention
June 14 '47
FREE
Hon Howell Cobb
J L Edwards Esqr
Com of Pen
Washington City
D.C
Hon H Cobb
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Athens June 8th 1847
Sir,
I must confess that your reply to my letter on the subject of old Mr Anglins case surprised me. I furnished you with precisely the character of evidence which was required and am now informed that something else would be more satisfactory and when that is forthcoming I think it highly probable that some other still more satisfactory mode of procedures will be adopted.  I will test the sincerity of the Department in this manner.
I now state to you that Mr Robt Espy, one of the witnesses whose deposition you have on file as lately forwarded to you is a Justice of the Inferior Court of Jackson County Ga. where Mr Anglin resides.
I shall be pleased to receive an answer at your earliest convenience.
I am Very Respectfully
your obdt svt
Howell Cobb
J L Edwards Esqr
Com of Pen. W. C