Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15473, for William Hurt, Virginia
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SERVICE        Va	
                                                             
	Hurt, William

      NUMBER                        S. 15473
		 
						carded
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[Right hand side]

26576
                    
Kentucky

William Hurt

of Adam Co in the state of Kentucky
who was a private in the cav commanded by Colonel Cummings of the reg’t
commanded by Col Bluford in the Virginia line, for 1 year and 3 months.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 50 Dollars …..  cents per annum, to commence on  the 4th day
of March 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 of March
1834     and    William 
Owen  Columbia

Arrears to 4th of March                    $ 150.00
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept            ....25.00
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,    .........  ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,$175.00

Revolutionary claim,
Act June 7 1832

Recorded by Dav’d Boyd    Clerk
Book  E    Vol  7   Page 45
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No. 24 993

 Wm Hurts- 

Adams Co
 
Kentucky

Robert Craven
 Columbia 
Adams Co
 Kentucky
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WAR DEPARTMENT. 
                Pension Office, 
                1 June 6th 1833 
 Sir. 
     The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

 A Statement, shewing the Service of Wm Hunts Adam Co Kentucky

Period when the service was rendered
  Enlisted 1778 
discharge, Spring 79

Duration of the claimant's service. 

Months
┃ 12 ┃ 

Rank of the claimant. 
Private

Names and rank of the Field of officers under whom he served. 
Captain Cummins
Captain  Lambert
Capt Roberts 
Col Bluford 
Genrl Lee

Age at present, place of abode when he entered the service. 
76 years
Bedford
County
Virginia

Proof by which the declaration is supported.

Traditional evidence
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
 J. L. EDWARDS.
 Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted: 
This law has been 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 land 
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 this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians 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 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, 1832. 
State, Territory or District of 
 County of

 On this …………day of  ……………………. personally appeared (a) before 
…….AB  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 officers: 

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular 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 named applicant 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 names 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 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 believe him to be ……………………………………..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 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. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the ………………... 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 the Court of ………………………..do hereby certify 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, this…………    day of……….. & c. 
     Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original 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 his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon 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 the material facts, which can be useful 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, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. 
       The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born? 
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war , and where do you now live? 
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
 5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6.  {To a Soldier  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given , and what has become of it? 
     {To an Officer Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can  testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.   
        The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. 
        The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be 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 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 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 at 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.
 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 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 deck ar on by making an affidavit it in following words: 
        “Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. 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 follow grades:,  --  For _____ year _____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 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 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 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 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

     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 in note  j   applies to continental troops only. 
       k    This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
       l     If 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.
                             John N Ashton
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I William Caldwell Clerk of the county of Adair County in the State of Kentucky do hereby that the foregoing contains  the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Hurt sent for a pension 

 In testimony whereof I have and hereunto set my hand and seal of Office on 13th day of April 1833  
         Wm Caldwell 

[sideways]:     [unclear numbers ~  24493?]
William Hurt
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Declaration of William Hurt
 State of Kentucky 
Adair County SS 
On this 2nd day of April 1833 personally appeared on the Justice of the Adair County Court William Hurt a resident of Adair County and State of Kentucky aged 76 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 year 1778 with Capt Alex Cummins and served in the 14th Regiment of the Virginia line under the following  named officers. When he marched to head quarters at Vally Forge Capt Cummins resigned his Commission, and the applicant was put under Capt Lambert. He (Capt Lambert was either removed on resigned & this declarant was commanded by Capt Cyrus Lightfoot Roberts, who was under the command of Col Davis & Col Bluford who were commanders of the regiment. He marched from head quarters at the Valley Forge to Monmouth in the State of New Jersey and was in the Battle of Monmouth
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under the command of Gen. Lee.   Gen Lee retreated and on his retreat was met by Gen. Washington and some word of considerable warmth ensued after which Gen Washington advanced and made a second attack on the British then march about from one place to another in State of New Jersey & Pennsyvania and then marched to the White Plains in the State of New York and encamped for sometime. He march from thence to Bonbrook in New Jersey and there took quarters for the winter, and in the spring 1779 he was discharged at Bonbrook and left the service, but from whom he received his discharge he does not recollect and he has long since lost it. He states the he  served 12 months in the forgoing service commencing in the month of April 1778 and ending in the same month 1779. He states that he was born in the year 1757 the 16th of September. He states that he has a record of his age at his residence. He lived in Bedford County Virginia when he entered the service of the United States, lived in same County & State about 10 years the his service ended then moved to Burben County Ky lived there about 3 years then removed 1 to Adair County where he now resides-
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He states that he is known in his neighborhood to a great many persons who can testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution – some of whom will certify as below. He states that he has no documentary, and knows of no person living by whom he can prove has his service. He hereby relinquishes every Claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State

 Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
his
 William  x   Hurt
 mark 
We Chasteen H Trabue, a clergyman, residing in the County of Adair and Nathan Gaither residing in the same County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Hurt Sr. who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration; that we believe him to be 76 years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion- 
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid- Chasteen H. Trabue     
                                                                       Nathan Gaither
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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 soldier of the Revolution & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Chasteen A. Trabue  [words scratched out]  signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in Adair County and that Nathan Gaither who has also signed the same is a resident in Adair County and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled Credit-

I, William Caldwell Clerk of the County of Adair County in the State of Kentucky do hereby credit, the forgoing contains, the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Hurt Senr for a pension

 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set his hand and seal of Office , 15th day of June 1833 
                                                                                    William Caldwell
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State of Kentucky
Adair County
Be it Remembered that on this 6th day of February 1834 personally appeared before the undersigned
a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid William Hurt a resident of the County of who being first duly sworn deposeth and saith that on the 2d day of April 1833 he made his declaration for a pension in the worshipful County Court of Adair County State of Kentucky to which he offer this as
an amendment and also to explain some mistakes that was made in said declaration.  this he does not that the mistakes could prejudice his claim but he feels it his duty to correct them as he is heard of Hearing and understood them when read to him to be as he will now State and this is the way he stated them Before but through mistake was set down differently.  first it is stated that he was put under Capt Lambert at the vally forge.  it should have been in the Company formerly commanded by Capt Lambert he feels confident that Lambert had left the Company before he was attached to it

Second it is stated that the white plains is in New York it ought to be new Jersey.
 
Third it is stated that he entered at Bonbrook. It ought to have been Middle Brook. He further states that he did faithfully serve one whole year in the army of the United States in the 14th Virginia Regiment as he has stated in his original declaration and was honorably Discharged at Middle brook instead of Bonbrook as stated in his original declaration and he
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now recollects his discharge was given him by Colo Davis.

He further states that in the early part of the year 1781 he was drafted for three months as a
private malitiaman in the County of Bedford State of Virginia and immediately
entered the service of the United States under Captain Bowen Price, W. Moon Lieut.
He does not certainly recollect his christain name but thinks it was archibald, he does not recollect the name of his ensign. he was marched on toward North Carolina and was joined to Colo Linches Regiment
and General Greenes army where he was kept Marching to various places through the Country round about Greens quarters, finally to Guilford Courthouse where in the month of March 1781 the battle of Guilford was fought in which Battle this declarant was in from beginning to end and that night were marched of several miles where they remained a few day and was then marched to various other places
and pursued the British to a place called deep River.  they were then turned back and kepte moving various directions untill his term expired when he was discharged by his Captain and returned home
all of which service count one year in the Virginia line and three months as a drafted malitiaman was done and perform’d with an embodied Corps called into service By competent authority that he was either in the field or in Garrison and for the
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time during which the service was performed he was not employed in any civil pursuit and
for which service I claim a pension. he further states that he lost the discharge for
his last service but have when or where he does not know nor has he any documentary evidence to
establish any or all his service. he further states that since filing his original declaration he has found
Capt George Dabney of Wayne County Kentucky who can prove his first tour whose affidavit he has procured and hereto annexed.  he has also heard that there is others 
George Dabney 
Court William Hopkins, George Henderson & Solomon Prewitt who can further establish said first claim if so he will procure the Testamony here after, he states that he believes that Capt Thomas White of this County Can prove his last tour if he cannot prove that tour. By whiie he does not know of any Person who can prove it but should Capt White have a knowledge of that service he will hereafter procure his affidavit
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares
his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State

where and in what year were you born
Answer I was Born in Caroline County State of Virginia on the sixteenth day of September in the year AD
one thousand seven hundred and fifty seven agreeable to the information of my parents which I believe
to be true

 2d  Have you any record of your age if so where is it
Ans. I have a record of my age in my family Bible taken from my fathers register which Corresponds
with the above named place & date of my Birth and it is now in my house

3d  where were you living when called into service 
          where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live
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Answer I lived in Bedford County State of Virginia when I was called into service and continued to live
there about ten years after the time I quit service. I then moved to Kentucky Burbon County where
I lived about three years.  I then moved where I live (then Green) now adair County

4 How were you called into service were you drafted Did you volunteer, or were you a substitute and of a substitute for whom 
Answer my first tour I served as an enlisted Soldier for one year. the second tour of three months I served as a drafted militia

5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served
Such Continental and Malitia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstance
of your service
Answer Genl Washing was with me Lee Putnam and many others in my first service
in my second tour Genl Greene commanded; my Col. was Lynch.  there was severel others but
do not recollect particularly & therefore am not willing to state the general circumstances
of my whole service.  I have stated in this and my original Declarations as well as I recollect

6. Did you ever receive a discharged the from the service, if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
Ans.   I Rec’d a written discharge for each of my tours, the first given by Colo Davis and the last by Capt Price. both of which I have lost but how when or where
I do not know

7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of
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                                       (2)
your services as a soldier of the revolution
Ans. I have in my original declaration procured the signature & certificate of the Rev
Chasteen H Trabue  doct. Nathan Gaither. I am acquainted with Colo Daniel Trabue
William Caldwell Clerk of the Court and indeed with all the old settlers of my immediate neighbourhood
all of whom I have no doubt would speak well of my character for veracity & their belief of my services as a soldier of the revolution.   subscribed and sworn to the day & year af’d
his
William Hurt
Mark
 
We the undersigned residing in the County of Adair State of Kentucky Certify that we are well
acquainted with William Hurt who has [scratched out : signed] Subscribed & sworn to the above declaration.   we believe he is over seventy six years of age that he resides in this County and has for
many years that he is reported in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier
of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion and we further certify that the said Wm
Hurt is a respectable citizen and that his statement is entitled to the Highest credit &
respect.    subscribed and sworn to the day & year af’d

P. C. Hendin         ...         P O Trabue
James Frazer            ...         Wm Caldwell
Jno. D  Winston       ...        Milton P Wheat
James Moore        ....            Ben Bell
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State of Kentucky
Adair County    SS

I  Daniel Suddarth a Justice of the peace in and for the County af’d Certify
that on this 6th day of February 1834 William Hurt Subscribed and was
duly sworn to the above amended Declaration before me and I further
Certify that he is a resident of the County of Adair af’d and that I believe he is over 76 years
of age and I further certify and declare my opinion after putting the interrogatories 
prescribed by the war department that he the said Hurt was a soldier of the Revolution 
and served as he states; and I further certify that Parker C Hardin, James Fraser, John
D. Winston, James Moore, P O Trabue, Wm Caldwell, Milton P Wheat and Benjamin Bell
also subscribed the preceeding certificate & was duly sworn to the same before me 
& that they are all credible persons and their statements are entitled to Credit. Given under
my hand the day & year af’d
Daniel Suddarth  JP

State of Kentucky Adair County Sct
I William Caldwell Clerk of the County Court of
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Adair certify that Daniel Suddarth who has signed the above certicate is an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County af’d Adair af’d and that full faith and credit ought to be given to all his acts as such, and that the signature
above is his genuine signature, in testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office and subscribed my name this 6th day of February 1834
 & 42 year of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Wm Caldwell, C.A.C.C
By Wm B Caldwell D.C
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15473
INVALID

File No.   13 [illegible]
William Hurt
The Rev War

Act:  June 7  ‘32
Index  -  Vol  1  Page 186
[Arrangement of 1870]
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State of Kentucky
Adair County Sct
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and
for said County George Dabney of the County of Wayne in said State, 
aged seventy three years who being first duly sworn deposeth & saith
 that he resided in the County of Bedford in the State of Virginia with
in two miles or thereabouts of William Hurt, now of Adair County Kentucky
during the war of the American Revolution, that he the said Dabney has a
knowledge that the said William Hurt entered the regular service of the Army
of the United States under one Captain Alexander Cummins (or Cummings)
and that said Hurt left the neighborhood where they both resided, under said
Captain, and was gone in the service for twelve months, at the end of which
he returned to the neighborhood again it was understood in said neighborhood
and generally believed that said Hurt was engaged in the service of his country as a
soldier during the time of his absence in fact he never heard the service of said
Hurt questioned or doubted by his acqu --
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aintances in said neighborhood. he states that by reason of the length of time  that he is unable to state the precise time when said Hurt entered service, but it was some time in the year of 1778 agreeably to his best recollection

Sworn to and subscribed this 23rd day of January 1834 
Milton Wheat JP AC

I Milton P Wheat a Justice of the peace in & for said County of Adair do further certify that the said George Dabney who swore to and subscribed the foregoing deposition is a credible person that his statement is entitled to credit.    Given under my hand this 23rd day of January 1834 

                               Milton P Wheat J P. AC

 State of Kentucky Adair County Sct 
I William Caldwell Clerk of the County Court of Adair Certify that Milton P Wheat who 
signed the above certificate is and was at the time of signing the above, an acting Justice of
the peace in and for the County of Adair af’d and that full faith and credit ought to be given to all his
acts as such, and that the signature above is his genuine signature.  In testimony whereof
I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 6th day of Febuary 1834
+ 42 year of the commonwealth of Kentucky.
                Wm Caldwell   CC ACC
            By  Wm  B Caldwell  DC
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and for the County of Adair af'd and that full faith and credit ought to be given
to all his acts as such, and that the signature
above is his genuine signature in testimony
whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal
of office and subscribed my name this 6 day
February 1834 & 40 year of the commonwealth of Kentucky

Wm Caldwell, C.A.C.C
By Wm B Caldwell, D.C
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State of Kentucky
Adair County 
on this 6 day of February 1834 personally came before the undersigned a Justice of
the peace in and for the County af’d Thomas White a resident of the County of Adair af’d
State of Kentucky aged 77 years who being first duly sworn deposeth and saith that
he is now well acquainted with William Hurt of this County and has been ever
since the year one thousand Seven Hundred and seventy nine, in that year the 
said William Hurt Came  [words scratched out] to the neighbourhood where this affiant
 lived in Bedford County State of Virginia. he well recollects when he first saw said Hurt 
he, said Hurt with some others were dressed in Soldiers uniform and report said 
that he Hurt had just Returned from serving one year in the Virginia State troops, 
and that said Hurt had served said term to the North and that he had been in the Battle
at Monmouth. this report was general and he never heard it disputed or Doubted.
 he states that said Hurt in that year [illegible] 1779 settled a near neighbor to this affiant having married the sister of this affiant, he further States that in the year 1781 said Hurt was drafted for three months and served the tour that he said. Hunt was at the Battle of Guilford while in that Town as he was informed & believes
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 he states that from the year 1779 he has constantly lived a near neighbour to said Hurt
for about the last forty years in sight. their farms joins and the said Hurt services
has never been doubted by any one of his acquaintances. this affiant is as confident
 said Hunt did serve one tour in the Virginia State line of one year and one
other of three months as a drafted malitiaman as he could be of any fact or of any 
man serving with whom affiant had not been constantly with. this affiant
further states that he has no doubt that said Hurt is over seventy six years of
age.     Subscribed and sworn to the day & year af’d
                                              Thomas White

State of Kentucky
Adair County   SS

I Daniel Suddarth a Justice of the peace in and for the County af’d
Certify that on this day Thomas White subscribed and was duly sworn to the
above affidavit before me and I further certify that it is my opinion he is
the age he states, and that he is a Resident of the County of Adair af’d and that
he is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to Credit given under
my hand this 6th day of February 1834
                                 Daniel Suddarth J.P

State of Kentucky Adair County Sct
    I    William Caldwell Clerk of the County
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Court of Adair certify that Daniel O Suddarth who has signed the above certificate
is an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County of Ada af’d  and at full faith
and credit ought to be given to all his acts as such, and that the signature above is his
genuine signature.   in testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office
and subscribed my name this 6th day of February 1834 & 42 year of the Commonwealth
of Kentucky

Wm  Caldwell, C.A.C.C.
By Wm Caldwell D.C
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24.993
 Wm Hurt
Ke 
from 1777  for
15 mth
 $50

 see brief within 
Wm Owens 
Columbia 
Ken
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State of Kentucky
Cumberland County  SS
on this 24 day of February 1834 personally appeared before the undersigned a
Justice of the peace in and for the County a’d Solomon Prewette a resident of the
County af’d,  Age 87 years who being first duly sworn deposeth and saith
that he is well acquainted with William Hurt of Adair County who is applying
for a pension.  he states that in the year 1778 he became acquainted with said
Hurt at Vally Forge and continued an intimate acquaintance with him untill he 
said Hurt was discharged. he states that said Hurt when he first Came to Vally 
Forge was in Capt Cumming Company, afterwards Capt Roberts in Col Buford 
Regiment and in the Virginia state line he was with said Hurt at the Battle at 
Monmonth in which Battle said Hurt acted Bravely and discharged his duty as a 
faithful soldier as well at at all other times.  this affiant was with said Hurt at 
other places and knows he faithfully served out the time of his enlistment
which was one year and was Honorably discharge.   subscribed & sworn to the
day & year af’d
       his
Solomon  X  prewett
     Mark
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SState of Kentucky
Cumberland County  SS

I John Coe a Justice of the peace in and for the County af’d Certify that on
this day Solomon Prewette subscribed the foreging deposition and was 
duly sworn to the same Before me and I further state that I believe he
is the age he states himself to be invhis deposition and that he is a resident
of the County of Cumberland and that he is a credible person and that
his statements is entitled to Credit .  Given under my hand the day and
year af’d
John Coe  JPCC

Kentucky Cumberland County Set
Milton King Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid do certify that
John Coe whose name is assigned to the foregoing Certificate is & was at the time
of assigning the same an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County duly authorised
to administer oaths & that full faith & credit is & ought to be given & that his
signature is genuine to his official acts as such of office
Given under my hand & seal
in the Town of Burksville
this 28th of February 1834
M King
by James Haggard  DC
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State of Kentucky
Cumberland County  SS
on this 19th day of February 1834 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of
the peace in and for the County af’d George Henderson a resident Citizen of the
County of Cumberland State of Kentucky who is now in the 73d year of his age
and first duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with William 
Hurt now a resident of Adair County State of Kentucky, the same William Hurt who is
applying for a pension.  this affiant states that he enlisted as a soldier in the American
War of the Revolution in the year 1777 he further states that in the year 1778
he became acquainted with said William Hurt who was then a private soldier
in the Virginia State line he states that said Hunt was in Capt Cummings Company
a while afterwards in Capt Roberts and in Colo Bufords Regiment, he states
that while they lay at vally forge he Became well acquainted with said Hurt
that he continued so untill the Battle of Monmouth, at which Battle said
Hurt was in, this affiant saw him in said Battle acting the part of a
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Brave Soldier. this affiant continued to be intimately acquainted with said
Hurt untill the spring 1779 at which time said Hurts time expired and
he was discharged. he is entirely confident said Hurt faithfully served out the full
Term for which he was enlisted which Term he always understood was one year
he states that he was intimately acquainted with said Hunt, often conversed with
him, not only as respected the service But their residents age etc.  Hurt always
told this affiant he was from Bedford County State of Virginia, said Hurt is
several years older than this affiant
subscribed and sworn to the day and year af’d
his
George  x Henderson
mark

State of Kentucky Cumberland County Sct
I William Spearman a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid hereby
Certify that on this 19th day of February 1834 George Henderson subscribed to the
above deposition and was duly sworn to the same before me and I further
Certify that said Henderson is a Resident of the County of Cumberland
State of Kentucky and that I believe he is in the 73d year of his age as
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he states and I further certify that the said Henderson is a reputable person and
his statements is entitled to credit .   Given under my
hand the day and year af’d

Wm Spearman JPCC

State of Kentucky Cumberland County, Sct
I Milton King Clerk of the County Court of Cumberland
Do Certify that William Spearman who has signed the above certificate
is and was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the peace in & for the County
afor’d & that the Signature annext is his genuine Signture

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and the seal of my Office in the
town of Burksville this 21st of
February 1834

Milton King Clk
of Cumberland County Court
By James Haggard DC