Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4,521, David Hamilton, N.C.
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Service N.C.
Hamilton, David
Susan
Number R 4.521
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19300
West Tennessee
David Hamilton
Gibson Co. in the state of Tennessee 
Was a private in the Com. commanded 
Captain Frost of the regt commanded 
Cap. Hampton in the S.C. line
For 9 mos and 5 days

Inscribed on the Roll of W Tennessee 
at the rate of 30 Dollars and 55 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Sept. 1833 and application 
Trenton

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 76.37 
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 15.27
$91.54

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832 }

Recorded by Danl Boyd
Book B Vol. 7 page 8[illegible]
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See letter to JW Campbell Esq. 4. May 1836
Do to same July 13. 1836
Do to same March 25, 1837
Do to J. C Gillespie, March 25, ‘37

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1938 from 4 March to 4 Sept 1837 Agt notified 1. Oct 1838.

Letter to Pen & 3 auditor 25 April 1839.
Paid as above, from 4 Sept 1837 to 4 Sept 1838. Agt notified 10 June 1839

Dead
Letter to Hon M. Brown & 3rd Aud  1 Feb 1843

Paid as above from 4 March 1839 to 24 Oct 1841. Agt notified 3 March 1843
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David Hamilton 21938
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Declaration made in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress passed Jan 7. 1832

State of Tennessee 
Gibson County  
County Court December term 1832
On this the 19th day of December A.D. 1832 personally appeared in the Court of Pleas & quarter sessions now holding for the County of Gibson David Hamilton a resident of said county and aged about Seventy Seven years on the 3rd day of February next according to the best of his belief (he having no record of his age) who being first duly sworn accordingly to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 
The declaration was born in the state of North Carolina county of Guilford on the 3rd day of February A.D. 1756. (The Feby after Braddock’s defeat as he has been told by his parents,) when he continued to reside until the close of the Revolutionary War. 
This declarant entered the service of the United States, and served under the following named officers as herein states. 
This declaration states that some time in the summer of the 1779 he was drafted to go into South Carolina against the British, who were daily expected to make an attack on Charleston.
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The captain who commanded the company to which the declarant belonged was by the name of James Frost, the colonel in command of the Regiment was by the name of Andrew Hampton. This declarant states they were marched from Guilford County North Carolina to Salisbury (same state) where they remained perhaps a week or two, when they were directed by the commanding officer to return home, and hold themselves in readiness to march Southward at a minutes warning. This declarant states that sometime in the fall of this year they, received orders to go to the defence of Charleston South Carolina 30 miles distant. They were again marched to Salisbury under the command of his before mentioned officers; from this place the companies proceeded on Southward. This declarant not wanting to walk the distance remained some days, and hired a horse, and shortly after followed. He followed on horseback as far as Nelsons Ferry on the Santee, and there left his horse and proceeded on foot to Charleston. When he arrived here he reported himself to his Captain (Jonas Frost), was enrollged & went on duty. He was also under the command of General Lillington, and was attached to his Brigade. Here the declarant states they lay three months incesstantly engaged in throwing up Breast works, making fortifications &c. The British Fleet were at this time lying in the harbor, and the British army was encamped on the opposite side of the Ashley River,
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Erecting their Batteries, and fortifications. This declaration states that while lying here he under General Lincoln of the Continental Line was in the command. Major Sharps & Major Nelson Brigade Inspection were the only Continental Officers whom he saw. This declarant states that after his terms of service was out, he received a regular discharge signed by his Captain Jonas Frost, and his Colonel Andrew Hampton, which is hereunto affixed and forwarded with his declaration. Also certicate of discharge from Capt Robt Bell.  After being discharged, he returned home, having been gone for five months. This declarant states that some time after he returned home, he volunteered to go against the Tories in N. Carolina. They were marched up to Moravian Town under the command of Colonel Paselee where they remained about a week & then returned home. They were shortly afterwards again marched up to the Yadkin against the Tories and from there into Rowan County in search of tories, but states that they found none embodied they were out about a week and then returned home. This declarant states he was engaged in scouting in Guilford County N. Carolina, during the time Cornwallis was lying there, but does not recall how long. After the Battle of Guilford Cornwallis marched into Virginia when soon after the war closed. This declarant remained in N. Carolina for a considerable time, not now recollected when he removed to the County of Davidson, state aforesaid where he resided 5 or 6 yrs
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when he removed to Robertson County state of Tennessee, where he lived 10 yrs, and removed to Williamson Cty (same state) & lived 6 yrs, and then removed to Maury County & remained for 16 yrs, from thence to this county where he has since continued to reside. He hereby relinquishes his every claim whatever to a pension & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. 
Sworn to & Subscribed in open court } 
David his X mark Hamilton
Tho. Fite Clerk

We William P Seat a Justice of the Peace & Madison McLaurin all of the county of Gibson and state of Tennessee, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Hamilton, the foregoing applicant for a pension, and that we believe him to be about Seventy Seven years of age, and that we believe him to be a man of veracity and that he is generally believed in the neighborhood where he now resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed in open court 
Tho. Fite Clerk
William P Seat [illeg]
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We the said Court do hereby certify that it appearing to them after putting forth interrogatories presented by the War Department and after hearing the foregoing Declaration, that David Hamilton was a soldier of the Revolution, and served as he states, and the said court further certify that it appears to them that, William P. Seat, & Madison McLaurin, who have signed the foregoing certificate, are all residents of the county of Gibson, and are men of veracity, and as such, their statements are entitled to credit. 
J.B. Dibrell
John T Raines 
William P. Seat 

State of Tennessee 
Gibson County 
County Court December Term 1832 
I do hereby certify that, the foregoing contains the original proceeding in this Court of the application of David Hamilton for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court, on this 19th day of December A.D. 1832.
Tho. Fite Clerk
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State of Tennessee }
County of Gibson }
On this third day of July A.D. one Thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, personally appeared before me, the undersigned, an acting justice of the peace within and for the county and state aforesaid, David P. Hamilton who being first duly sworn according to law doth upon his oath declare that he is the son of David Hamilton, who was a private in the Revolutionary War, and was on the Pension list and drew at Nashville Tennessee, and then Jackson until his death, when the average of pension was paid at Trenton, in the Branch Bank of the state of Tennessee, that the said David Hamilton left a widow, who is now living and is still a widow, and that she, the said Susan Hamilton is not in a condition to transact any business for herself, and the said David P. Hamilton is fully authorized to prosecute for the pension money due her. He further declares that the said David Hamilton was married to the said Susan Hicks, now Susan Hamilton in the county of Williamson.
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed 3rd of February 1853.  
David P. Hamilton

Sworn to and subscribed before me the
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day and year above written and I hereby certify that the said Susan Hamilton is too feeble and infirm to appear before a court of record, and that the character of David P. Hamilton is unimpeachable. 	
Jno W Price Seal
JP for Gibson County 

State of Tennessee }
County of Gibson } ss.
On this third day of August, A.D. one Thousand eight hundred and fifty-three personally appeared before the undersigned, a justice of the peace, within and for the county and state aforesaid, George B. Clement and William Clement, who being duly sworn according to law, doth upon their oaths declare that they are personally acquainted with David P. Hamilton, who resides in Gibson county in the state of Tennessee, and that he is the son of David Hamilton who died in the aforesaid county in the month of October 1841, leaving a widow, who is now living, and is still a widow, and that she has not married since the death of her said husband David Hamilton, and that the widow, Susan Hamilton, is now in a condition to disqualify her in attending to any business. They further declare that the said Susan Hamilton was the wife of David Hamilton, deceased, from the fact that they lived together as such and were so regarded in the community where they lived. They further declare that David Hamilton, the husband of the said
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Susan Hamlton, was a pensioner for his service in the Revolutionary War. 
William Clement
George B. Clement 

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written. And I hereby certify that George B. Clement and William Clement are creditable witnesses and that this affidavit was made in the presence of David P. Hamilton guardian of Susan Hamilton, widow of David Hamilton, deceased. 
Jno W Price  Seal
JP for Gibson County 

State of Tennessee }
Gibson County }
I James A McDearmon clerk of the county court of said county do certify that John W. Price Esquire whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate is and was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said county duly commissioned and qualified according to law, and that said signature purporting to be are genuine.
Given under my hand and seal of office.
Office in Trenton this 30th day of September 1853

J A McDearmon

[illeg] of
Susan Hamilton widow of David
Gibson Co. Tenn.

195.00
act 1/53
Rev

GW Talbot Agt
Spring Creek
Madison Co
Tennessee
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[illegible] West
David Hamilton 
From 1779 private
9 mo. 5 days

$30. 55/100
30.55
30.88
15.27
—
76.37

David Hamilton (applicant)
Trenton 
Gibson Co
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 7th 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. 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 David Hamilton Gibson Co T

Period when the service was rendered
drafted - '79
fall '79
_______'81?
___________

Duration of the claimant's serivce.
Years. Months. Days.
not stated.
.5.
about 21 
[illeg] scouting

Rank of the claimant
Prv
"
"
"
[illeg]

Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Cap Frost
"
" Bell
-
- 

Names and Rank of the General and FIeld officers
Col A. Hampton
"
C. Pasely

Battles in which the applicant was engaged
-
-

Country through which he marched
N.C.
" & S.C.
"

Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period
77
Guilford Co. N.C.

Evidence by which the declaration is supported
Trad'l and documentary

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions
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2
REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1882
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts,  such as Clerks to Commissaries and to-
Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c.  Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law"
1.  The Regular Troops.
2.  The state Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3.  Persons employed in the Naval service.
4.  Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary Wat exist in this Department, all persons, claim-
ing the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first in-
stance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of 
Record of the County where such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record. 
DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 18
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 will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one of the principal means or corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted;  and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be ex-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?
     How were you called into service;  were you drafted, did you volution, or were you a substitute?  And if a substitute, for whom?
     5.  State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops, where you served;  such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your services.
     6.  To a Soldier {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
          To an Officer {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
    7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
     The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
     The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.  If one of these persons is a clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
     The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party.  And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
     Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the court.
     Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of the Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
     No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the court upon the whole matter.

(The following are small type footnotes at the bottom of the page.)

[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 or periods of the war when he served.
[e]  Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served;  otherwise a claim cannot be had.  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 Just of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that, by reason of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:  _____For_____year_____months, and_____days, I served as a _____, For _____months and _____days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension." 
     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 his service.  The use of the phrase "about three or four months" is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served;  the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
     [f]  The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
     [g]  The opinion of the court is always required.
     [h]  The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
     [i]  The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

               Mode of authenticating papers.
          In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbons, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
 
                         Proof of Service.
     [j]  In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department , he must prove his service by two credible 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 certify to the credibility of the witnesses , and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
     [j]  The notes from [a] to [i] are equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops.  The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
     [k]  This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
     [l]  If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
     [m]  The answers to the interrogatories must all be written and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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REJECTED
4521
O. __________________________________
Susan Hamilton
Service:  widow of David

Enlisted:   ___________________,  18
Discharged:__________________,  18

Application filed: ___________,18

Re-enlisted: __________________
______________________________

Attorney: _____________________
P.O.___________________________
______________________________
______Recognized.    _______Contract
________Cert. of Dis.  Searched for _____, 18
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No 3314
David P. Hamilton
Susan Hamilton 
Widow of
David

Let to GW Talbot 21 Oct (illegible)
""                 
4521
Act 3rd Feby 1853
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This page is illegible.
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North Carolina
Guilford County

Thus wrote to satisfy that the [illegible] 
Hamilton [illegible] 
has got his [illegible] and [illegible] 
of Directions [illegible] 
being out of [illegible] 
April 14th 1781
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GIDEON, PRINTER

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Feb'y 6th 1843.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The widow of David Hamilton, dec'd, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Jackson, Ten. Agency, at the rate of Thirty Dollars and 55 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1839 to the 26 Oct, 1841.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller


To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
     Present.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
May 27th, 1839.
Sir:
     Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States, " David Hamilton, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Jackson, Tenn. Agency, at the rate of Thirty Dollars and fifty five Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept., 1837, to the 4th Sept. 1838.
            Respectfully, yours,
                Albion K. Parris
                     Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
           Present.
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Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office
September 24th, 1838
Sir: 
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States," David Hamilton
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Jackson, Ten. or Agency at
the rate of thirty -- Dollars and fifty five Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1837
to the 4th of September 1837.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Pension Agency W. Ten
18 Union Bank
Jackson Apl. 16 1830

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Comr. of Pens.

Sir, 
I enclose the Pens. No. & Recpt. of David Hamilton of Gibson County Tenn- which has been suspended for the reason thereon specifies. 
I paid the pension to the bonafide D. Hamilton before I knew that in such cases it was necessary to be authorized to do so  by the War Dept.- and before I had been appointed agent.
I will thank you for authority for the payment - the recpt is for the payment of $61.10 the amt. of two years pay - according the certificate as copied which I presume is right,  But  3rd Audt. has noted it overpaid 10 cents. -

                         Very respectfully,
                         J. Wm. Campbell
                         Pen. Agt.

& according to the list furnished -
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Pension Agent W. Tenn
18 Union Bank
Jackson June 10 1836
J.L. Edwards Esq.
Com. of Pen.

Sir,
I again enclose voucher for payment of David Hamilton’s pension - to which is appended to the affidavit of Madison Mc Laurin who is and has been for several years past the Sheriff of Gibson County N.C. There is no doubt whatever that the payment was made to the proper David Hamilton. If necessary it could be proved by probably twenty men or more that the David Hamilton who has signed the voucher did apply for and obtain a certificate of pension, and that he is the only pensioner of that same residency now, or at any former period in Gibson County Ten.
I trust the discrepancy, occasioned by reason of his making his mark at the time of
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authorized his application (most old pensioners being much more nervous at sometimes than others) will be sufficiently accounted for by the affidavit appended to the vouchers.

       I am very Respectfully
             Your obt. Sert,
             J Wm. Campbell Esq. & Pen. Agt.
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Gibson County Tennessee Feb. 25 1837
Dear Sir
It appears as I am informed that there is some difficulty in Mr. David Hamilton drawing this pension owing to some of the documents being signed by himself and others he only made his marck.  Mr Hamilton is a very old man and at the time he made his marck his was unable to write his name which was his custom when very sick.
I have known Mr David Hamilton upwards of 20 years and he always was called a Revolutionary soldier. If the enclosed documents remove the difficulty Mr Hamilton wishes to know it as soon as practicable. 
            Very Respectfully your obd. Servant 
                       John C Gillespie
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Additional Declaration to the Original, by directions from the Pension Office, of the War 
Department of May 7th 1833 
State of Tennessee 
Gibson County SS
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions June            Term A.D. 1833 
     On this 17th day of June 1833 personally appeared before the Worshipful Court of Pleas 
and quarter sessions now sitting for the County and State aforesaid David Hamilton, aged eventy Eight years, on the 3rd day of February last past, who being duly sworn according to Law, doth make the following additional Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. 
He states that in 1779 He was drafted to go into the South Carolina against the British. He 
was drafted from Captain Robert Bell’s Company, and of the 4th division near Guilford Court House, North Carolina. He states that they immediately proceeded from Guilford County NC under Captain Jonas Frost, who commanded the company to which the declarant belonged, to Salisbury (same State) where they remained two weeks, when they were sent home with directions to be ready at a minutes warning to march South. He states that in the fall of the same year (1779) they were marched by his Captain Jonas Frost from Guilford County NC to Salisbury: The troops were marched from thence to South Carolina, and this declarant, states that, he procured a horse and proceeded on after his company, as far as Nelson’s Ferry in South Carolina,
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on the Santee River, when he proceeded on foot & joined his Company in the City of 
Charleston (SC). His Captain here was still Jonas Frost, his Colonel by the name of Andrew Hampton: all under General __ Lillington; & General __ Lincoln, who, was the Commander in Chief of the Southern Department. This Declarant states that he served here three (3) months, for which he received a discharge, signed by his commanding Officers Captain Jonas Frost and 
Colonel Andrew Hampton; which discharge is appended to his first application for a pension. In this tour he states he was attached to General Lillington’s Brigade. Declarant states that after he was discharged he returned home to Guilford County NC. 
This Declarant states that again in the summer of the year 1780 He Volunteered in a 
mounted Corps to go under Colonel Paselee, in Guilford County NC and served against the 
Tories. He states that they were marched up to the Moravian towns in Surry County (NC) and 
was out on this expedition 2 weeks when they returned to Guilford C. H. They then changed 
their course and proceeded up on the Yadkin River in Rowan County (NC) and from thence into Randolph County, where they were engaged Ranging the Country in search of Tories, and succeeded in making prisoners of some. This declarant states that after being out for the term of (3) weeks on this exact expedition
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they returned home. 
This Declarant has now stated his principal tours of service, which by way of recapitulation, he will again repeat. 1st His first period of service, from the time he was drafted in Guilford County NC in the summer of 1779 to the time he joined the American Army in Charleston, (5) months; 2nd His tour of service of (3) months in Charleston under Captain Jonas Frost and Colonel Andrew Hampton; for which service he received a discharge. 3rd His services as a Volunteer in 1780 under Colonel John Paselee, against the Tories in North Carolina (5) weeks, amounting in all to Nine (9) Months, and (7) days for which he claims a pension. 
                     David X Hamilton
                         (X his mark)
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Tho Fite Clk


We William C. Love a clergyman & William P. Seat all of the County of Gibson and state aforesaid certify that we are well acquainted with David Hamilton (the foregoing applicant) for a pension and that we believe him to be about seventy eight years of age, and that we believe him to be a man of veracity, and that he is generally believed in the neighborhood where he now resides to have
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been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in our opinion.
Sworn and subscribed in open county the day and year aforesaid 
Tho Fite Clk 
                     William P. Seat
                       W C Love
And the said Court do hereby certify that it appears to them after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary army soldier and served as he states, and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that William C. Love a regular minister of the gospel and Wm. P. Seat who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the aforesaid County and are men of credit and as such that their statement is entitled to credit.
                          Jos. B. Dibrell
                          John A Raines
                           William P. Seat
                                 Quorum
                       
Questions by the Court
1st. Where and in what year were you born?
Ans. I was born in Guilford County North Carolina on the 3rd day of July 1756.
2nd. Have you any Record of your age and if so where has it
Ans. States he has none
3rd. Where were you living when called into service when where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now reside
Ans. In Guilford County N.C. when called into service, and a reference to the original Declaration made by me will show where I have lived since.
4. State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the troops where you served such Contl. and Militia Regts. as you recollect and the general circumstances o  your service.
Ans. .  I will state the names of General Lillington, General Lincoln Commander in Chief Major Sharp and Major Nelson, brigade Majors &c of Continental and Militia regiments I saw General  Lincoln's Army and the general circumstances of my service will be found embodied in my first Declaration.
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can recollect and the general circumstances of 
your service. 
Ans.  I will state the names of General Lillington, General Lincoln Commander in Chief Major Sharp and Major Nelson, brigade Majors &c of Continental and Militia regiments I saw General Lincoln's Army and the general circumstances of my service will be found embodied in my first Declaration. 
5. How were you called into service; were you drafted; did you volunteer or were you a 
substitute, and if in substitute, for whom? 
Ans.  In my first service I was drafted, and in my 2nd and last I was a volunteer. 
6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? 
Ans.  I received a discharge from my Colonel Andrew Hampton, and Captain Jonas Frost, at 
Charleston, in March 1780 and which is appended to my foregoing Declaration. 
7th 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 in your services as a soldier in the revolution. 
Ans.  I can state the names of
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State of Tennessee
Gibson County

I Thomas Fite Clerk of the Court of Pleas & quarter sessions for Gibson County and state aforesaid, do hereby certify that the forgoing is the said amendment, of the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of David Hamilton for a pension.
(seal)
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 28 day of June 1833
Tho Fite Clk