Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3072, for Thomas Hunt, Maryland
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3-1776

SERVICE
Md.

Hunt, Thomas

NUMBER
S. 3072

Carded
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25320
West Tennessee 
Thomas Hunt of Wilson Co in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the com commanded by Captain Smith of the Regt commanded by Col Bates in the Maryland line for 14 months & 27 day(s)
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 48 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Jan 1834 and C. A. Harris’ War Dept 
? to the 4th of Sept - 121.37 
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 March 24 28 $145.83
 Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. 
Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk 
Book E Vol. 7 Page 83
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Thomas Hunt’s application for a Pension.
Certificate to be made payable at Nashville Tennessee
26.654
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Declaration of Thomas Hunt a citizen of Wilson County in the State of Tennessee in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress on the 7th of June AD 1832
State of Tennessee 
Wilson County
on this 25th day of July AD 1833 personally appeared before me Thomas Bobb one of the acting Justices of the Peace commissioned to hold the Court of Pleas 
2 quarter Sessions for the County of Wilson in the said State of Tennessee - the same being a Court of record: -- Thomas Hunt a resident of the County of Wilson in said State of Tennessee aged 86 years according to family tradition having no record of his age who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following the Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States soon after the commencement of the Revolutionary War as well as he remembers from old age and all the consequent laps of memory in the year 177? in Charles County in the State of Maryland and in a little town then called Benidict, under Captain Charles Smith, John Molton was his first Lieutenant and William Wheatley second
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Lieutenant. They rendezvoused at Baltimore and were there placed under the command of (General) Green, Colo.Joseph Bates and Major John Parry. 
From Baltimore they marched to Philadelphia and were then attached to the 5th Regiment of Maryland State Troops and found the main Army under the command of (General) Washington - from Philadelphia (sometime in the winter of 1776) 
The Army crossed the Delaware river and attacked the British by purpose at Trenton in New Jersey and took a considerable number of the Hessions presents they recrossed the Delaware River with the ? but in a few days returned to Trenton. From Trenton the Army suddenly decamped for Princeton as the Army and of safety in the night came declarant and a part of his (Captains) who were on guard were not informed of the remnants of the main Army until they come to the encampment -- they then followed on and came up with the Any as they entered the town of Princeton at which place a number of the British were taken prisoners. From Princeton the Army marched to a place called Morristown - there most the army there enacted for the ? in the face of the fear they started for Philadelphia. On the way the American Army had an engagement with the Bullish at Brandywine in which the Americans were forced to retreat having suffered considerable loss.
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in this engagement the Declarant was wounded in the thigh by a musket ball. it was right at that time and he speedily recovered as he began to advance in life he felt the effects of it and now in his old age from that wound coupled with Rheumatism he has for a long time been scarcely able to hobble about his own house.
 In the Battle of Brandywine two of his companions and neighbours James Dunning and Frances Mecan wound his side declarant was in the an agent attack made on the Brittish Camp at her down there the American Army thence sustained considerable loss the Army then went into winter quarters at a place called Vally Forge - Declarant was in a variety of other service which for the take of hereto he is advised is connecesar R to be mentioned, until he was discharged handed to discharge was handed to him by his Lieutenant well as he remembers in the same - John Molton of 1779 - having served three years the period of his enlistment. In the fall of 1780 as well as declarant remembers he again enlisted to during the war under Captain Mott at a place called Port Tobacco in Charles County in the State of Maryland, Capt Motley company rendezvoused at Baltimore from thence they marched to Philadelphia and were attached to the 7th Regiment of Maryland State Troops placed under the command of General Lee, his caps was stationed at Philadelphia and the
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Chesnoot hills they occasionally moved out from point to point-- as the protection of from the County might seem to require until peace was (?) Eighteen months under this second Enlistment making in all four years and eight months Service as a regular soldier - the only pay he received for said service was in continental money, which depreciated on his hands. Declarant has long since lost or mislaid his discharges and has record evidence of his service Declarent thinks they were disposed when his house burnt in the State of Virginia upwards of thirty years a Declarant knows of no living upwards Witness by whom he can prove his services and must rest the success of his application on his name being found on the muster roll which he has no doubt will be found unless from the failure of his memory he was   mistaken the number of the Regiment to which he belonged. Declarant’s general character for truth as well as his general reputation for being soldier of the Revolution be testified to by his neighbors George Ross William White Thomas Babb the justice before whom this declaration made as well as a member of who have long known him Others Declarant was from Charles County in the State of Maryland then from there he moved to Halifax County Virginia resigned from his service, moved to the State of Tennessee Wilson County where he has resided-- and still resides, for more than Twenty Years he hereby
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every claim whatever to a pension or annuity Except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agent of any State. Declarant would have applied for a pension before as he is in very humble circumstances-- but he was informed that the application had to be made in open Court and there has scarcely been a time since the passage of the Act of Congress-- that he has been able to get to the Court house of the County where he resides-- he is now confined to his house by Rheumatism - he could not get to the Court house in order to make his declaration in open Court - and is constrained to swear his declaration before Thomas Bobb Esq out of Court. 
Thomas Hunt
 (described) before me the day and year affore said Thomas Babb Justice of the peace for the County and State affore Said 
I George Robs residing in the County of Wilson, in the said State of Tennessee do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Thomas Hunt who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration for about twenty two years-- I believe him to be 86 years of age as stated in his declaration as far
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back as twenty years past I have heard the applicant speak of having been a regular Soldier in the Revolutionary War and had served for several years - he is reputed in the neighbourhood and believed where he resides to have been a soldier of Revolution and I concur in that opinion he has sustained a good character for truth and honesty 
Sworn and subscribed to George Ross 
before me the day and year aforesaid. 
Thomas Babb 
William White a Clergyman, residing in the County of Wilson do hereby certify that I became acquainted with the applicant Thomas Hunt about twenty two years ago - When he first moved to Tennessee - shortly after I became acquainted with him, I heard him speak of having enlisted as a soldier in the Revolutionary War that he limped in one of his legs which he understands from him was occasioned by a wound which he received in the battle of Brandywine - officer
understood from applicant that he had served 4 years and eight months in the regular service from the character of the applicant for truth and honest, and from the account give by him of his service as an Officer (after my first) acquaintance with him I have no doubt he severed as stated in his Declaration here he is respected and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and I once in that opinion Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid 
William White
Thomas Babb
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State of Tennessee 
Wilson County
 I Thomas Babb one of the Justices of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County of Wilson in the said State of Tennessee the same be Court of record, do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant Thomas Hunt was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And I do further certify that said applicant in consequence of bodily infirmity is unable to attend Court and that his declaration was son and subscibed to at his own house - I further Certify that William White who has signed the preceding certificate is a cleriquan resident in the County of Wilson and that George Rolls who has also assigned the resident in the city of Wilson and that they are both credible persons and that their statements are entitled to full credit. In testimony whereof I have this 25th day of July AD 1833 set my hand and oblige us at having no seal belonging to my office Thomas Babb
I Josiah J. McClain Clerk of the County Court of Wilson County in the State of Tennessee do hereby certify that Thomas Babb Esq is a justice of the peace of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in said County, the same being a Court of record, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto of office J. J McClain
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26.654 
Thomas Hunt
(?)
J
From 1776 private 14 months 17 days
$48.55
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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office, 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 compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
 A Statement, shewing the Service of Thomas Hunt
Not on Roll for time stated. 
 I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, J. L. EDWARDS, N. B. In the examination Commissioner of Pensions. made above there was error in supposing the applicant belonged to the 6th Reginet No. of the Regiments 5th 27th the old man from old as may not remember the war of the Re ment in which he belonged but have his portion of his services and his character for honest and with there no debt he and as and - - Berton
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2 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 law: 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 } ss. On this day of County of A. B. a resident (b) of personally appeared (a) before of in the county of and State, Territory or District 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) and served in the (e) regiment of the 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. 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 hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with and C. D. residing in (the same) subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be who has 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. 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 inquiry 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 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 procively should amend his declaration by making an affidavition in the 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 following grades:--For---years—months—days , I served as a . For months and - days, 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 tion 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 that 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 others 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. The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. The opinion of the Court is always required. The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. est fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pubseal 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. 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 witter and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note applies to continental troops only. This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section. 

May 19, 1928 

Mrs. Helen G. McBurney 
511 Oakland Blvd. 
Cambridge, Ohio. 

Madem: 
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 3072, it appears that Thomas Hunt was born in Charles County, Maryland, date not stated. 
While a resident of said Charles County, he enlisted in 1776 and served three years in Captain Smith's Company, Colonel Joseph Bates' Maryland Regiment, and was in the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, where he was wounded in the thigh, and battle of Germantown; he enlisted in the fall of 1780 and served eighteen months in Captain Motley's Maryland Company. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 25, 1833, while a resident of Wilson County, Tennessee, aged eighty-six years. There are no family data.
The above noted Thomas Hunt is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau, who served with the Maryland Troops. 
Respectfully, 
WINFIELD SCOTT
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Rev
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Cambridge, Ohio -
Aug. 15, 1927
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir, - I am writing to ask if a Rev. soldier, one Thomas Hunt (only Md) who enlisted as Private 7th regiment July 7, 1779, discharged March 19th, 1789 - Md Arch. Vol 18; Page 217
In list of invalids belonging to the Maryland Line 7th Maryland Regiment - transferred March 15, 1780 - Md Arch - Vol 18, p 623. ever received a pension - and do you have any record of this children’s names. I am very anxious to find this out. Could you help me?
Thanking you - 
sincerely 
Mrs. Helen G. McBurney
511 Oakland Blvd,
Cambridge, O
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3072
INVALID
File No. 3072
Thomas Hunt
Port Md line
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:-Vol.A. Page 183
Arrangement of 1870
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LAND OFFICE 
Annapolis, September 27th 1833
I Certify, that it appears by the Muster Rolls remaining in the Office, that Thomas Hunt enlisted as a private in the 7th Maryland Regiment, on the 2nd day of July 1779; and was an invalid the 19th day of March 1780,
George G. Brower
Register Land Office, W.S.Md
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Thos Hunt
(?)

G.G. Brown

from
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LAND OFFICE
ANNAPOLIS, September 27th 1833

I Certify, that it appears by a Depreciation Pay Roll, remaining in my Office, that Thomas Hunt a private 7th Reg. of the Maryland Line, received D30,,12,,3rd Depreciation Money, issued to the Maryland quote of troops on Continental Establishment, on the 24th day of February 1786,
George G. Brower
Register Land Office, W.S.Md.
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Application of Thomas Hunt a soldier of the Maryland line for a Pension.

 N. B. Certificate 
payable at Nashville
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The amended Declaration of Thomas Hunt in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of the 7th of June 1832 State of Tennessee Wilson County
On this day personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace for the County of Wilson in the State of  Tennessee duly commissioned and qualified the Court of Pleas Great to hold the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for said County the same beingas a Court of record - Thomas Hunt a citizen of said County of Wilson - 86 years of age who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age sickness & and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively to the precise length of his service or as to the numbers of the two Regiments to which he belonged but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades-Viz that he Enlisted in the Army of the United States after the commencement of the Revolution war- in the year 1776 or 1777 when (as he remembers) the year he entered the service however he cannot at this distant day having to rely on his memory alone not being able to  read or write - precisely states he enlisted Charles County in the State of Maryland under Captain John Smith for three years was attached to the 5th Regiment of Maryland State Troops who commanded the Regiment he
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Cannot certainly day he remembers his rendezvous at Baltimore and there was under the command of Genl Green, Colo Boles and Major Parry until they marched to Philadelphia and were placed under the command of Genl Washington at Philadelphia Declarant was an act of service as Seth forth in his above declaration was in the Battles of Trenton, Princeton, a Bray in which latter action he was wounded from the effects of which in part he can only get about his own house by the aid of two sticks after declarent had served three years in constant and active service under his first enlistment he was discharged in 1780 or 1781. As much as Declarant can recall. he again enlisted under Captain Motley at a place called Port Tobacco in Maryland they rendezvoused at Baltimore Marched from there to Philadelphia there his corps was attached to the 7th Regiment of Maryland State hoops as near as he can remember as the number of the Regiment as the officers there frequently changed transferred he cannot with certainty day who then took the com of the Regiment to which he belonged this second Entistract for is for during the war but as place may proclaimed he was discharged after having served in this record period of Enlistment 18 months - making in all the service rendered four years and Eight months-  Declarant Knows not of any living witness by whom he can prove his services, and must
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his claim - upon the tradionary  evidence embodied in his (?) Declaration and upon the confident belief that his name will be found on the Maryland rolls upon proper examination - the statement of his neighbours and comes be proceed as to the general belief that he was a soldier of the Revolution-among others-- the statements of Matthias Hank and Rice J Alkerson are explained-- this is the first application. Declarant has made for a pension though he advised that he was entitled to a pension under the former acts of Congress passed for the benefit of the soldiers of the revolution his name is not on the pension role of any state- and he  reinsures any claim to a pension as any except the present. Sworn to and Nelson Thomas & Hun- t before me this 14th day of November 1833 Ned Balt (JP)
Matthias Hough aged 54 a citizen of Wilson County hereby certifies that he has been acquainted with the applicant for twenty years as far back as 16 years ago and often since that period he has heard the applicant say that he had served in the revolutionary War as an Enlisted Soldier - he heard him
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speak of being in the battle of Brandywine-  the applicant is believed in his neighborhood to have been a soldier of the Revolution and I concur in that opinion. Mathias Houk
Sworn to and subscribed to before me this 14th of November 1833 
Thomas Babb 
Rice Atkinson aged 37 herby certifies that he has been acquainted with the applicant Thomas Hunt for 16 years. From his first acquaintance with him he has often heard him speak of being a Soldier in the Maryland line-- that he had served for (several) years as an enlisted soldier he is believed in his neighborhood to be soldier of the Revolution and I concur in that opinion Sworn to and subscribed to before me this 14th of November 1833 Rice Atkinson
Thomas Babb 
I the said Thomas Babb a Justice of the Peace for the County of Wilson - do hereby declare my opinion after investigating the matter as I --- - time - and after putting the interrogatories described by the war department - that the above said was a soldier of the revolution as he states - and I do further certify that Matthias Houk Rice Atkinson who have signed the preceding certificates are citizens of Wilson County and are highly credible persons Given under my hand (and)private seal this 14th of Nov AD 1833  
Thomas Babb (JP)
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State of Tennessee
Wilson County
I Josiah McClain Clerk of the County Court hereby certify that Thomas Babb (?) Justice of the peace in said County Commissioner and qualified according to the laws of and that the foregoing signatures purpoting are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand affixed seal of office at office in Lebanon this 14th day of (November) 1833 
P.J.McClain Clerk