Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4,565, George Hanger, Va.
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(8-1776) SERVICE Va. Hanger, George NUMBER R.4565 CONTENTS
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State of Virginia Greenbrier County} S. S. 
On the 24th day of June 1834 personally appeared before me Henry Erskine a Justice of the Peace for said County of Greenbrier and State of Virginia. George Hanger. a resident of said County and State of Virginia aged 74 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 the 7th June 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated 
1st That in the year 1779 or 1780 he entered the service of the United States as a Volunteer under Capt Thomas Smith in the County of Augusta Va. and was marched from that County to the City of Richmond and put under the Command of Col George Mathews and served one month and discharged in Richmond. That he was in no engagement in this town and after his discharge he returned home to Augusta County. 
2d In the year 1782 he was again called into service by draft for three months in said County of Augusta and put under the command of Capt Buckhannon and marched from Augusta County to James Town on the James River below Richmond and put under the command of Michael Bowyer and was kept reconnoitering the County about James Town and was in a Battle that took place with the British at James Town ^ in January of that year and served out his term of three months and was discharged at James Town and after being discharged returned home to Augusta County again 
3d That shortly after his return home he substituted for John Handley to serve a six month tour and after having entered and after entering the service he was detailed as a waggoner to drive a team that was preped to haul the baggage and was marched to the siege of York and was there at the taking of Cornwallace some time after the surrender of Cornwallace he was discharged That he did not serve out the time he substituted following at the surrender of Cornwallace But he feels well satisfied that he served three months, and a half he rather thinks more but to be perfectly satisfied he would place it at three and a half months, That he has no documentary evidence of by which to substantiate his claim to service That he did receive written discharges but believing them not to be of service he did not take care of them and
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they have been lost and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure except the untaken of George Keller ^ John Handly and William Handlys evidence which he hereby submits 
That he hereby relinquishes every claim of above to sd. pension or annuity except the present and claims that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written}
George X [his mark] Hanger
Henry Erskine JP

State of Virginia. Greenbrier County. SS
This day William Handley aged 82 years came before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for sd. county and made oath he is well acquainted with George Hanger and knows of his receiving a gray mare to go and serve a tour of duty in the Revolutionary war as a substitute for John Handley his brother and believes he did go and serve sd. tour and that from his knowledge and [crossed out] acquaintance with sd. Hanger he believes him to be 74 years of age and that [crossed out] he is a reputable man and that it is believed in his neighborhood that he served in the Revolutionary war and that from his knowledge of him and of his service as a soldier in sd. war he concurs in that opinion 
Sworn to and subscribed this 24” day of June 1834 before me} Wm Handly
Henry Erskine JP 

I Thomas Creigh of Greenbrier County Va. do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with George Hanger and have known him upwards of thirty years and that he could put every confidence in him as a man of truth [crossed out] and that the declaration he has sworn to he would put every confidence in and that it is believed in the neighborhood that he was a soldier of the revolution and that he concurs in that opinion 
Thomas Creigh
Henry Erskine JP
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qt 1st Where and year were you born 
Answer I was born in Shenandoah County in the year 1759 7th Feby that year
qt 2 Have you any record of your age
Answer I have not, but I have seen the record frequently in my Father’s bible 
qt 3 Where were you living when called into service and where have you lived During the Revolutionary war and where do you now live 
Answer I lived in Augusta County Va when called into service I lived for several years after in the same county I removed to Greenbrier about forty years ago and have lived there ever since 
qt 4 How were you called into service and were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom
Answer I was first a volunteer, 2d I was drafted and served three months 3d I was a substitute for Jno Handley and served 3 1/2 months or more 
qt 5 State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops when you served such Continental and Militia Regiments as you recolect and the gineral circumstances of your service 
Answer I have stated my Capts. and Col. in my declaration When I was at James Town General Wayne was the Commanding Genl. At York Town, Washington, Wayne, La Fayette, Mulenburg Jr commanded 
qt 6 Did you ever [crossed out] receve a discharge from the service and if So by whom was it given and what became of them Answer I did receve discharges 1st at Richmond by Col. Matthews 2d at James Town by Col Bowyer 3d at York by the Waggon Master [crossed out] but believing them not of much value I did not take care of them and they have been lost 
question 7. State the names of persons in to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood who can testify as to your character for verasity and their belief of your service as a soldier of the Revolution 
Answer Wm Handly. And Thomas Creigh are acquainted with me and can testify to my character as a man of truth And I can get many others should it be required 
George X [his mark] Hanger
Sworn to and Subscribed before me 24” June 1834 Henry Eskrine JP
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I do certify and declare in my opinion after the investigation of the Matter and after putting the rules-g above proscribed by the war department that the above named aplicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he stated. And I do further certify that it appears that William Handley and. Thomas Creigh who have given evidence as to the credibility of the above named aplicant. That I am well acquainted with both of them And that their caracter Stands few And both entitled to credit and men of Respectbilly and good standing in their neighbourhood And I do further certify that I am well acquainted with George Hanger the aplicant And that he is regarded as a honest correct man - Given under my hand as a Justice of the peace for Greenbrier county the 24” day June 1834 Henry Erskine

Virginia 
Greenbrier County SS
I John Mathews Clerk of the Court of Greenbrier County certify that Henry Erskine is a Magistrate as above Stated duly Commissioned & Qualified as Such and Has the foregoing Signatures Purporting to be his are Genuine 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Affexed my Seal of Office & Subscribed my Name this 27th day of June 1834 and in the 58th year of the Commonwealth 
Teste
John Mathews CGC
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George Hanger
Virginia
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Dep M. Singleton’s report
Enclosed
Let. 16 Mar: 35 Co: Clerk
  “      3 Aug:             , H. Erskine
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is to Hon G W Summers Feby 1st 1843
Original papers sent
An W Beirne HR
See Register 
Hon Jno Litcher June 22.1854—— In case of Geo Keller of Augusta Co. Va
Let G. Hanger, Feb 6/55
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Greenbrier County to wit
This day came John Handley before me G R Gillilan a Justice of the peace for Said and made oath that George Hanger Served a tourer as a Substitute for ^ me [crossed out] at the Siege of little york ^ [crossed out] under the command of General Washington given under my hand the 23rd of November 1833
G R Gillilan
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Virginia 
Greenbrier County SS
I John Mathews Clerk of the Court of Greenbrier County do hereby certify that George R Gillilan before whom the within affidavit was made was at that time & still is an Acting Magistrate duly Commissioned & qualified as Such in & for Said County & that the Signature Hereto purporting to be his to be Genuine 
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto Affixed the Seal of my Office and Subscribed my Name the 3rd day of July 1834 & in the 58th Year of the Commonwealth 
Teste 
John Mathews CGC
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Geo W Summers
J L Edward Esq
Comis Pension
Washington 
DC

feb 13, 1843
Va
G Hanger
J Roseberry
Hon G. W. Summers
HR
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Ho.Reps.Feb13.1843

Sir

I have been written to in behalf of a Mr. George Hanger, on Hanger (I am not certain from the Manuscript) to ascertain what disposition has been made of an application made by him, some time since, for a pension - He lives in greenbrier or Monroe Co. Va, and his application was in the charge of Col. Beirne, my predecessor - He has never heard the senator - If rejected please state the ground.
Permit me also to ask you to furnish me a why or your letter, at the present Session to the committee in Rev. Pension’s, or the claim of Jno. Roseberry of Mason Co Va. 
Respectfuly yr old at
Geo W Summers
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[crossed out]
REJECTED 
4565. Over
P. O.:____
George Hanger
Service:____
Enlisted:____, 18
Discharged:____, 18
Application filed:____, 18
Alleges:_____
Re-enlisted:_____
Attorney:_____
P. O.:_____
Recognized. ____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for, ____, 18
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A &
George Hanger
Va Jul 1832
McCole 
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To the Pension agent 
Washington City
D. C. ~
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State of Virginia pickaway plains 
Monroe county Va

Dear Sir
Seven Years Back Mr. George Hanger was an applicant for a pention in the revolusion wor he served three towers in that wor he lived at that time in Augusty Co.ty Va,, at the time he made application for a pension he lived in Greenbr county Va etc.
You pleas to inform me what a Mount of evidence he furnished and all about it,, and further if their is any prospect of getting it established 
I received a letter from a Mr. Wise some time back. In regard to my fathers pension and as I have not employed Mr. Wise I wood lik to know from you what the prospect is 
David Hanger
January 26th 1855
{to the pension agent Washington City DC}
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The affidavit of George Keller of Augusta County State of Virginia - This affiant states that he was 74 years old last october, that he was enlisted from Staunton in the county of Augusta during the revolutionary in Capt. Thomas Smith’s Company that George Hanger was of the county of Greenbrier belonged to the same company and marched with this affiant to Richmond in the State of Virginia, this affiant cannot now remember the year in which he and the said Hanger first joined the army nor can the affiant remember the length of this first term of duty he is perfectly satisfied because it was ^ at least one month - This affiant who was a new neighbour of said Hanger recollects very distinctly that he the said Hanger served two terms, of duty after the first term already spoken of but cannot from the lapse of Memory in-adjunct to old age state the precise length of time, he however to the best of his recollection states that the said Hanger served about nine months upon the last two tours. This affiant states further that the said Hanger was always reported and believed to have been in the battle of James Town and
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this affiant fully concurs in that opinion - And further this affiant saith not -
George x [his mark] Keller

Augusta County to wit:
This day George Keller personally appeared before me a justice of the peace for the County aforesaid and made under oath that the facts stated in the above affidavit are true [crossed out] and [crossed out] subscribed the same in my presence 
I also certify that I am well acquainted with the said George Keller and he is a man whose statements the most implicit confidence may be placed 
given under my hand this 8th day of March 1834 Wm Young

The cross out in the 7th line from the bottom was revised in my presence before signing 
Wm Young
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Virginia to wit: 
I Jefferson Kinney Clerk of the County Court aforesaid in the of Augusta, in the State aforesaid, hereby Certify that Wm Young Esqr. whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate is a Justice of the peace for the county aforesaid - and that said ceignatures purporting to be his is genuine 
In Testimony whereof I have subscribed my name this 8th day of March 1834 and in the 58th year of the Commonwealth 
Jefferson Kinney CAC
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35.455
4565
George Hanger, 
Applicant 
Greenbrier County.
Not Entitled - but
requires special examination 
Entered 
Sus e case
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George Hanger - Applicant 
I the undersigned George Hanger, at the request of W. G. Singleton agent of the Pension office. for a Statement of my Services as a Soldier in the War of the Revolution. and of my age given the following to Wit. I Shall be 75 years on the 7th of February next - I am a native of Augusta County. since lived there until the last 46 or 47 years. when I moved to Greenbrier County. - the year in which the British were at Richmond and Burnt the Ware Houses, but I can’t telo when this was, I volunteered in Augusta County. four companies of us Rendezvoused at Staunton and Marched from there under Col. Matthews - my Captains Name was Patrick Buckhannon. I dont recollect the names of his Subalterns. - We marched through Fredericksburg to Richmond then Joined other Militia Companies. all Entered in the command of Col. Matthews  -  we remained at Richmond until discharged. having been in Service at least [crossed out] ^ two and a half months. - I am Shure we were not as long in Service as three months. - this term of duty was done in the fall of the year I think it was the next Succeeding Service, that I Marched with a Regiment of Militia under Col. Michael Bowyer, my Captains Name Patrick Buckhannon the Same I done the preceding term of duty - We Went to Richmond and then James Town. there Joined Genl. Waynes army. and had a Battle with the British. and was defeated. Genl. Muhlenburg was also in this engagement - I served out
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the 3 months term & returned home In the Same year I Substituted in place of John Hafe for Six months - after I Substituted I was detached as a Waggoner, # there was Some eight or ten waggons including the one under my management  -  all loaded with Flour & other Matter for the American army at York town Virginia We all Went together and delivered our loading - after which I remained with my team. hauling Matter & and things for the army. for a bout four months. including the time of going and returning. and this ended my Service… I cant tell the years in which it was done.  -  ass I do think I told Mr. Erskine (who wrote my Declaration).  -  the Statement now given in Substance, the Same I gave to Mr. Erskine -  I Swore to my Declaration before herein. in Lewisburg. the County Seat, the Declaration which I made before Erskine & now which I hereto read to me, does not contain a true history of my Services.  -  whether this is attributable to my loss of Memory or to Mr. Erskines mistakes. I cant tell. In Witness of all which I hereto Subscribe my name Jany 27.1835
Ge x [his mark] Hanger
Witness 
Saml. Thompson 
A true copy 
G. W. Singleton 
Feby 16.1835
# disallowed