Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21277, James Hemphill, S.C.
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Service SH 
Hemphill, James
NUMBER S21277
Bowin Ireland carded
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29642
West Tennessee
James Hemphill of Lincoln Co in the state of Tennessee who was a Private in the company comman by Captain Bratton of the Regt comman by Col Neill in the N Carolina m line for 16 months
Inscribed on the Roll of W Tennessee at the rate of 53 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 26th day of Jan 1835 and sent to Hon WM Inge HR
Arrears to the 4th of Sept '34 186.66 2/3
Semi-anl allowance ending in March '35 26.66 2/3
$213.33 
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7 1832}
Recorded by D Brown Cle
Book E 2 Vol 7 Page 92
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State of Tennessee Lincoln County} County court October Term 1832
On this 16th day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the county court of Lincoln county Tennessee now sitting James Hemphill a resident of said county & state aged eighty three years the 19th day of November next who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated some time in the month of December 1775 he volunteered in the regiment commanded by Col Thomas Neil in Campden district South Carolina the company to which he belonged was commanded Capt William Brattan & Lieutenants Hugh & John Brattan Major Kilpatrick also commanded in said regiment in the same month our regiment joined the forces under the command of Col Richardson on the Congaree river a few miles from where Columbia is now situated near Rady river [crossed out where] an a larger body of Tories were collected against whom we marched We had some skirmishing with the tories & took 
[crossed out against whom we marched] 
Several persons some time in June 1776 I volunteered under the same officers to go against the Cherokee Indians who had murdered several people & burned many houses on the seneca river
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our regiment was then under the command of Genl Williams or Williamson I now forget which was his name We destroyed three of Indian towns on the seneca river which towns I think were called Eastetown sugar town and Kewa we had two fights with the Indians one called the Ring fight about five miles from sugar town another skirmish with the Indians placed to guard the squaws & children who after firing fled & succeeded in their escape by the night setting in we were out & against In Cherokees I suppose about two months In November or December 1777 one half of our regiment was drafted to go against the creek Indians on the south side of the oakmulgee river in Georgia We marched through ninety six district & crossed Savannah river about twenty miles above Augusta but we had no battles with the creeks we were out on this expedition about two months I was in the same regiment & comp & under the same officers except that I commanded as 2nd Lieutenant having been elected in the place of John Brattan In may 1779 one half of our regiment was again drafted col Neil commanding Capt Wm Bratta being elected Major Hugh Brattan Captain & myself 1st Lieutenant in our company we marched down through the head waters of Edisto by orders of Governor Rutledge to avoid being taken by the British who were in our way by going a direct course and joined the army commanded by Genl Lincoln at Bacon Bridge ovr Ashly river the army was engaged in reconoetering the 

being elected Major Hugh Brattan Capt
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mery & were marched about several places in that vicinity not now recollected until about the first of august when our army attacked the British who had fortified themselves on stono 
river where our army suffered considerable loss and failed in driving the British from their fortifications shortly after the battle at stono the North Carolina troops came in and our regiment was discharged we were out on this campaign about three months Samuel Watson was also with our regiment during this campaign as Lieutenant Colonel some time in the summer of 1780 (having moved to Macklinburgh county in N Carolina after the taking of Charleston by the British) our regiment then under the command of Lieut col Watson & Major Brattan (col Neil having died) joined the forces commanded by col Sumpter and a few days afterwards moved down to Hagler Branch in SSC & after staying there between one & two weeks went about eighteen or twenty miles to the westward having understood that there were several British Dragoons & tories in that neighborhood where we had a battle with about four hundred British & tories commanded by a capt Hook when we defeated very badly about three weeks afterwards we marched to a place call Rocky mount where the British new en camped commanded (as I now think by a col Bull with whom we had a battle but not decisive of victory for either side three or four weeks afterwards I was engaged in
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in the Battle on the Catawba river near the mouth of fishing creek where col sumpters army & we among the rest were defeated we crossed the Catawba after our defeat & retired to Mecklinburgh county N Carolina I think I was in service during the year 1780 between four & five months In May 1781 we again volunteered Majr Bratton being colonel of our regiment & I being still 1st Lieutenant and marched down about 100 miles to a place called Fridays fort where the British & tories were encamped where we joined the corps under col Lev shortly after we arrived the British surrendered after this our regiment was principally engaged in scouting parties in destroying the British out posts I was not engaged in any other battle I think we were about four months on this tour I never received any written discharge I was acquainted (in addition to the officers already mentioned) with Genl Marion, Col Brandon Hill, Lucy, Winn, Lee, Washington also Genl Morgan & count Pulaski I have no documentary evidence nor do I know of any person by whom I can procure to testify to my service I was born in Ireland Londonderry county on the 19th Nov 1749 & came to America in August 1767 I lived in Camden District SC at the time I entered the service I have no record of my age but speak from information & recollection After the revolutionary war I lived York &
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Chester districts in S Carolina until 1815 when I moved to Williamson County Tennessee & lived there about nine years & then moved to this county where I now live I had a commission both as 1st & 2nd Lieutenant which were given by Governor Rutledge of S Carolina but they are both now lost I would refer for my character for veracity & to Dr Alexander Roseborough & Caps G W C Edmiston & would also state that there is not any clergyman in my neighborhood to whom I can refer I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & ceclare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any 
sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid James Hemphill
Yest Robt Inge clk
We Alexander Roseborough & G WC Edmiston residing in Lincoln county Tennessee in the neighborhood of James Hemphill hereby certify that we are well acquainted with sd James Hemphill who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty three 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 & subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Robt Inge clerk
Roseborough
GWC Edmiston
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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 satisfactory to them that Alexander Roseborough & GWC Edmiston who have signed the same are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to full credit 
Abner Steed
Wm Edmiston
Samuel Buchanan
I Robert S Inge clerk of county court of Lincoln county Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of James Hemphill for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 16th day of October 1832
Robt S Inge clerk
Address to the case of Davis Eastland 
Fayetteville Tennessee
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State of Tennessee Lincoln County} I Robert S Inge who was clerk of the county court of said county at the time of the within declaration was made do hereby certify that the within declaration and the certificates thereh annexed contain the original proceedings of said court at the October Term of 1832 of said court in the matter of the application of James Hemphill for a pension
Given under my hand and the seal of said court this 29th day of April 1833
Robt S Inge clerk
State of Tennessee Lincoln County} I William Edmiston chairman of the county court of said county do certify that Robert S Inge whose name appears to the above certificate was at the time of the making of the within declaration, clerk of said court and that his said certificate is genuine and entitled to full faith and credit Given under my hand and seal this 29th April 1833
Wm Edmiston Chairman seal
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State of Tennessee Lincoln County} Personally appeared before the undersigned an acting Justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid James Hemphill who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades: For the year 1775 two months as a private soldier in the militia; In the year 1776 two months as a private in the malitia; In the year 1777 for two months as 2nd Lieutenant; In the year 1779 for two months as first Lieutenant; In 1780 three months as first Lieutenant; In 1781 for four months still as first Lieutenant, and for such service I claim a pension
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 24th day of April AD 1833  James Hemphill 
Enoch Rust Justice of the peace of Lincoln county state a fore said
I Cumberland Wilson a clergyman residing in the county of Lincoln state of Tennessee certify that I am tolerably well acquainted with James Hemphill who has subscribed & sworn to the within declaration that I believe him to be of the age he represents that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he lives to have been a soldier of the revolution and that I concur in that opinion
Cumberland Wilson Clergyman
subscribed & sworn to this 24th day of April 1833
Before me
Enoch Rust Justice of the Peace for Lincoln county state a fore said
State of Tennessee Lincoln County} I Enoch Rust a Justice of the peace in & for said county certify that Cumberland Wilson who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing certificate is a clergyman residing in said county & is entitled to credit & that said
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James Hemphill by reason of his bodily infirmity is at this time unable to attend any court of record
Given under my hand this 24th day of April 1833
Enoch Rust Justice of the peace for Lincoln county state of Tennessee 
State of Tennessee 
Lincoln County
I Francis L Kincannon clerk of the county court of said county do certiy that Enoch Rust whose name is signed to the preceding affidavit and certificate is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said county that his said signature is genuine and that his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at office this 27th of April 1833
FL Kincannon clerk

[in right margin
James Hemphill 
17388]
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17388
James Hemphill
amt for 16 Pr
Wm Inge
[crossed out Davis Eastland Esq]
Fayetteville Tenn
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office
29 July 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 show what is necessary 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 complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of James Hemphill

Period when the service was rendered  /
Duration of the claimants service Years/ months/days/ Rank of the claimant  /
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served /
Age at present and place of above when he entered the service / Proof by which the declaration is supported.

1775 2 months - private - Col Neil / 83 / Traditionary
1776 2 months Private Maj Kirkpatrick / Camden SC 
1777 2 months Lt 
1779 3 months Lt 
1780 3 months Lt 
1781 4 months Lt 
It must be proved that the applicant served as a lieutenant and that he was a commissioned such 

I am respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES 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
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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, 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 ol 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 Reginents 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, 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 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 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 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 ld 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 notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is
note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k)This traditionury 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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I will accept the pay of a private for W. Hemphill for the present, until evidence can be obtained of his having served as Lieutenant as mentioned in his declaration this 15th of July 1835
Wm M Inge
M.C.
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
MEE fecl[blurred]

June 21, 1929
Mrs. J.N. Ross
Sikeston
Missouri

Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the revolutionary War pension claim, S. 21277, it appears that James Hemphill was born November 19, 1849, in Londonderry County, Ireland.
He came to America in August, 1767, and while residing in Camden District, South Carolina, he enlisted and served with the South Carolina Troops as follows:
From in December, 1775, two months as a private in Captain William Bratton's Company, Colonel Thomas Neel's Regiment and was in several skirmishes; from in June, 1776, two months as a private under the same officers in an expedition against the Cherokee Indians, assisted in burning three of their towns and was in many skirmished; he was commissioned, date not know, Second Lieutenant, and from November or December, 1777, served two months in Captain William Bratton's Company, Colonel Neel's
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Regiment; he was commissioned First Lieutenant, and from in May, 1779, served three months in Captain Hugh Bratton's Company, Colonel Neel's Regiment and was in the battle of Stono.
After the taking of Charleston, he moved to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and while residing there, he entered the service in the summer of 1780, served four or five months as First Lieutenant in Lieutenant Colonel Samual Watson's South Carolina Regiment and was in the battle of Rocky Mount, in a battle about twenty miles west of Hagley's Branch in South Carolina, and a battle on the Catawba River near Fishing Creek in South Carolina; he entered the service in May, 1781, served four months as First Lieutenant in Colonel William Bratton's South Carolina Regiment and was in the battle of Friday's Fort.
After the Revolution he lived in York and Chester Districts, South Carolina, until 1815, then in Williamson County, Tennessee, about nine years, then moved to Lincoln County, Tennessee, where he resided when he was allowed pension on his application executed October 16, 1832.
The name of the soldier's wife is not shown and the only child named in the claim is John Hemphill. He was
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a resident of York District, South Carolina, in 1834, his wife, name not given, died October 9, 1833, and his daughter, Nancy, died November 4, 1833; his daughter, Marthew, and his son, James S., are referred to.
The Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to afford any information in regard to Josina Garrison.
In order to identify the record of any other soldiers of the Revolution surnamed Hemphill and Garrison, the first name is essential and as much as possible of the following data pertaining to each; approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given names of widows.
Respectfully,

EARL. D. CHURCH
Commissioner.

Death not on Agency book [pencil note]
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21277
INVALID
Revolution
File No 21277
James Hemphill
Priv Rev War
Act June 7 32
Index Vol 2 Page 178
[Arrangement of 1870]
1929 James Hist to Mrs JN Ross MEE
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PENSION
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1929]
Sikeston Mo
Feb 11, 1929
Pension Bureau 
Washington DC
Gentlemen
I am writing for some information concerning some of my forefathers
Can you give me any [and S.21277 + name all places res]  information about James Hemphill of York Co SC He was my great grandfather and I know of two children my grandmother Mary Piece (or Polly as they called her) and Betsy Sturgis. She was twice married the first husband was a Gaulden
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Hun Josina Garrison of York Co SC He was my maternal great grandfather and I know of two sons Peter and Pressley the latter my grandfather
This is taken from the 1790 census I want to trace my eligibility for the DARs if you can give me any information would appreciate it very much. Can you tell me if either of these or their fathers fought in the Revolutionary War?
Thanking you in advance for your kindness I am 
Sincerely Mrs JN Ross
Sikeston Mo

In order to index any other Hemphill Garrison
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J Hemphill of Tennessee
Bullocks bruk york dist SC $1.50 1 1/2 oz
Sept 1st 

Mr James Hemphill Fayetteville ch
Lincoln County ten 
Hn Wm Inge
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State So Carolina York district August 24 1834
Dear father I received your papers with pleasure for to prove you a Lieutenant in the revolutionary war but I have faith for all the yeanuin sangers that was out in the war with you is all dead but was wallis and he is got so childesh that we cant git no sence out of him for he cant draw his and the resion is that he makes diferent statemets I went to Robt Harrak but he could not do any thing for me and went to Ruben McCormick all that he said that he was in the ingen war with you and I have been at a heape of the ald me that was in the ware the wear all young the all say that you done a hepe of duty do feel myselfe hurt that I have for to returned your peapers as I got them Dear father I am in a good state of health at this time thank be to the greate giver of all blesings hoping that these few lines will find you and all the famley injoying the blesing I have  none of my famley with me but myself my wife departed this life on the 9th day of October last and daughter Nancy on the 4th day November last my sones were all left me and my daughter Marthew I have
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going to school my sone Jas S Hemphill and Jas Meek is now gone a trip to the alabama and the said the would call for to see you tell them there famleys is all well at this time and there is nothing rong since the left home ad no more but remains your affetionate sone till doth 
Jas Hemphill Jno Hemphill
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of Tennessee
Wm M Inge
ort methese papers to me on the 1st of Nov next to Washington City
Wm M Inge
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES Form VAM 51 12-5-41  bounty land warrant record card Division of Veterans
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD
NAME Hemphill, Joseph GRADE Private LINE Lee's Legion

WARRANT NUMBER 13239 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED October 20 1789
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The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates.  Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.