Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38053, for John Hunt, North Carolina
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N.C.

Hunt, John

NUMBER
S.38053

CONTENTS
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26701   2667

Kentucky
John Hunt
Muhlenberg in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Moore of the reg't commanded by Col. Look in the N. Carolina line for 6 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 20 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 1 day of May 1834 and Charles (illegible) (illegible) Greenville

Arrears to the 4th of March                  $60.00
Semi-anl allowance ending (illegible)     10.00
                                                               ________
                                                              $70.00

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

Recorded by (illegible) Boyd, Clerk.
Books (illegible)  Vol. (illegible)  Page 45.
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(illegible) Count regularly commissioned and qualified.

30.477

John Hunt
Kentucky

from 1779 for 6 mo
$20.

(illegible) Wing
Clk, Greenville
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Muhlenberg County    Sch
On this 5th day of March in the year 1834 personally appeared John Hunt before the undersigned a justice for said County 
John Hunt from bodily infirmity is unable to
attend the Court of the County and he being
sworn by me upon his oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of
the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States
under the following named Officers and served
as herein stated under Captain Robert Moore
Menreh [?] Davis Lieutenant Joseph Cunningham Ensign in the County of Roan in the State of N Carolina our Commander in chief was General Rutherford Col. Frances Lock Maj. Berringer in July 1776 - he believes he was marched to Buck Creek at the fort where we joined the main body of Genl Rutherford's brigade - we then went against
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the Cherokee nation of Indians - when we came to the
first Town we found the Indians had fled to Overhill
Town - we pursued them there where we killed a few
Indians benign and took a few negros and whites - destroyed their houses and grain and after ranging through the area scouring the country which occupied three months we were discharged by our officers verbally after giving us [illegible] for three months - in July 1778 or 79 I think in June I entered the service under ensign Cunningham and and joined General Rutherford and his troops & march to a place called Coletown the place of rendezvous of Torys & Bittish -
here our provisions failed and my Company
was ordered out in search of beef & other provisions - we obtained some beef cattle & after taking one or two tories and driving our cattle near our troops, when an express
met us informing us that Genl Davidson had engaged the Tories & Brittish and that Davidson's Situation was a critical one and as hungry as we were we was obliged to
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leave our beef and push as fast as we could to
the assistance of Davidson and after travelling
some miles we met some of Davidsons troops who informed us that the battle was over the Brittish and Tories had fled - we were then ordered to go occupy Colston's farm - we lay there a day during which time the British & Tories made their appearance. We formed the order of Battle, and a light horse troop that was
attached to our army pursued them and the Brittish fled before them. Col Lock then
ordered Maj Barringer with his Battalion
(to which I was attached) to march to Brown's
Creek where we were informed the Tories were
gathering. We obeyed the Order & scoured the
Country but found no enemy and after
returning to Colston's and continuing there
some days, we were discharged. The length
of time that he was engaged in this service
but he believes it was in October 1779 when he got home - he cannot recollect he received any written
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discharge,
after Gales defeat he was called on by his Ensign Cunningham two or three times to scour the County on account of the depredations of the Tories and he was also called on by Lieut Davis about as often in the same service but the number of days he does not now recollect -that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services
He hereby relinquishes every claim
whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State
Seven to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid

James Taggart
John Hunt 
his Mark
Benjamin Talbert clergyman residing
in the County of Butler & William Jenkins
residing in the same hereby certify that we are
Will acquainted with John Hunt who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration
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that we believe him to be Eighty three or Eighty four years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood (sic) where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
(Signed) James Taggart
(Signed) Benjamin Talbart (hand drawn seal)
(Signed) William (his x mark) Jenkins (hand drawn seal)

And I 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 was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states that it appears to me that Benjamin Talbert who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman & and that William Jenkins who has also signed the same is a resident of Butler County and is a creditable person and their statements are entitled to credit.   James Taggart Wm M
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1.   When & where were you Born
I was Born in New Jersy (sic) in the year 1750 or 1751.

2.  Have you any record of your age.
A.  My father kept my age in the family Bible which has been destroyed.

3.   Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war & where do you now live?
I lived in Roan (Rowan) county State of N. Carolina when I entered the service and continued to reside there untill (sic) the year 1806 when I removed to Muhlenberg County Ky where I now reside

4.   How were you called into service
I was drafted.  The Regular Officers that I was sequestered with were Genl. Davidson Genl Morgan & Genl Gates.
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I never rec'd any written discharge from my officer.

I am now acquainted with Capt. J. Baker Maj. John Howell Wm. Abbot, Jack Jenkins & David Harper  James Taggart (illegible)
(Signed) John (his X mark) Hunt

I also certify that the above named John Hunt from bodily infirmity is unable to attend court in consequence of which I have taken this declaration at his place of residence.
Given under my hand this 5th day of March 1834.
(Signed) James Taggart JP MC
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Commonwealth of Kentucky
Muhlenberg County ss.

I Charles F, Wing, Clerk of the County Court of Muhlenberg, County do Certify that James Taggart esqr before whom  the foregoing declaration of John Hunt was taken is an acting Justice of the Peace for said County regularly commissioned & qualified according to law and that due faith & credit is and ought to be given to such & every of his official acts, as well in Court as thereout and that his signatures thereto annexed are his genuine signatures.
[ Seal ]  In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of Office this 5th day of March 1834.
(Signed) Chas. F Wing


30.477
John Hunt 
Kentucky

from 1779 for 6
$20.

Chas. F. Wing
Clk, Greenville
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May 15, 1939


BA-J/AWF
John Hunt
S.  38053

Mrs. L. B. Knight
398 Paradise Street
Greenville, Kentucky

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letters in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Hunt who served from North Carolina, and later lived in Kentucky.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S. 38053, based upon the military service of John Hunt in the Revolutionary War.

John Hunt was born in 1750 or 1751, in New Jersey . The names of his parents were not stated.

While a resident of Rowan County, North Carolina, John Hunt enlisted and served as private with the North Carolina Troops, as follows: 
In 1776, three months in Captain Robert Moore's company, in Colonel Francis Locke's regiment, in pursuit of the Cherokee Indians;  in 1778 and 1779 in various tours under Ensign Cunningham and Major Barringer, in pursuit of Tories, length of this service was about three months.

He moved sometime in 1806, from Rowan County, North Carolina, to Muhlenberg, Kentucky.

John Hunt applied for pension March 5, 1834,
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at which time he was a resident of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  The pension was allowed.

The soldier, John Hunt, died April 30, 1834.

The papers on file in this claim contain no discernible data in regard to family.

In order to obtain the name and address of the person who received the last payment of this pension, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data:

John Hunt
Certificate #26701
Issued May 1, 1834
Rate $20.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Kentucky Agency

Very truly yours.

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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June 28, 1938

BA-J/AWF
John Hunt
S.  38053

Mrs. Blanche McGuire
P.O. Box 326
Glen Ellyn, Illinois

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Hunt of North Carolina.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 38053, based on the military service of John Hunt in the War of the Revolution.  This is the record of the only John Hunt of North Carolina, found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office.

John Hunt was born in 1750 or 17551 in the State of New Jersey.  The names of his parents
were not given.

While a resident of Rowan County, North Carolina, John Hunt enlisted and served as a private with the North Carolina troops, as follows:
In 1778, three months in Captain Robert Moore's company in Colonel Francis Locke's regiment, in pursuit of the Cherokee Indians; in 1778 and 1779 in various tours under Ensign Cunningham and Major Barringer, in pursuit of Tories; length of entire service 6 months.

H moved sometime in 1806 from Rowan County,
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North Carolina to Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.

John Hunt applied for pension March 5, 1834, then a resident of said Muhlenberg County.  The pension was allowed.  He died April 30, 1834.

The papers on file in this claim contain no reference to the family of the soldier, John Hunt.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington D. C., and furnish the following data:

John Hunt
Certificate #26701
Issued May 1m 1834
Rate  $20.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June, 1832
Kentucky Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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January 8, 1938.

BA-J/ILL
John Hunt
S.  38053

Miss Lida Jane Hunt
103 East Van Allen Street
Tuscola, Illinois.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Frances Yarnall of Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 1769, Jesse Yarnall of Harrison County, Kentucky, in 1797 and died in 19809, John Tomlinson of Berks County, Pennsylvania, who died in 1791, Archibald McDowell of Washington County, Pennsylvania, later of Greenbrier County, Virginia, who was at the battle of Point Pleasant and died in 1812 in West Virginia, James Denton of North Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky, John Overall of Virginia, John Hunt, Sr. of Kentucky who died late in the 1700's John Hunt, Jr. probably of New Jersey before the Revolutionary War and later of Kentucky, and the Civil War records of Philip Yarnell and David Yarnell who served from Indiana. 

This office has no record of service rendered in the Colonies prior to the Revolutionary War.  The Revolutionary War records have been searched and no claims for pension found based upon service of the John Tomlinson and the John Hunt, Sr. described above, nor for a James Denton, John Overall, Frances Yarnall, Jesse Yarnall or Archibald McDowell.  The record of a John Hunt of New Jersey and Kentucky is furnished you herewith as shown in pension claim, S. 38053, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

Your letter has been referred to the proper official for reply in regard to the Civil War soldiers.

Very truly yours, 

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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January 10, 1938


John Hunt
S.  38053
BA-J/AWF

Miss Lida Jane Hunt
103 East Van Allen Street
Tuscola, Illinois

Dear Madam:

The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S.  38053, based upon the service of John Hunt in  the War of the Revolution.

John Hunt was born in the year 1750 or 1751 in the State of New Jersey.  The names of his parents were not given.

Wile a resident of Rowan County, North Carolina, John Hunt enlisted as served as a private with the North Carolina troops, as follows-
In 1776, three months in Captain Robert Moore's company, Colonel Francis Locke's regiment, in pursuit of Cherokee Indians; in 1778 and 1779 in various tours under Ensign Cunningham and Major Barringer, in pursuit of Tories; length of entire service six months. 

John Hunt moved sometime in 1806 from Rowan County, to Muhlenburg County, Kentucky.

He applied for pension March 5, 1834, then living in said Muhlenburg County.  The pension was allowed.  He died April 30, 1834. 

The papers on file in this claim contain no data relative to his family.

In order to obtain the name and address of person
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paid the last payment of this pension, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data-

John Hunt
Certificate #26701
Issued May 1,1834
Rate $20.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Kentucky Agency

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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April 19, 1935

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John Hunt -S.38053
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. Roy Terrell
Kingsville, P.O. Box 15
Texas

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of john Hunt of North Carolina.

The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 38053, based upon the service of John Hunt during the War of the Revolution.

John Hunt was born in the year 1750 or 1751 in the state of new Jersey, names of his parents not given.

While residing in Rowan County, North Carolina, he enlisted and served as a private with the North Carolina troops, as follows:  from in July, 1776, three months in Captain Robert Moore's company, Colonel Francis Locke's regiment, out against the Cherokee
Indians; from in June, 1778 or 1779 until in October, 1779 under Ensign Cunningham and Major Barringer; he also had various short tours under Ensign Cunningham and Lieutenant Davis in pursuit of the Tories.

John Hunt moved in 1806 from Rowan County, North Carolina to Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, where he was living when he applied for pension, March 5, 1834.  The pension was allowed.  He died April 30, 1834.

There is no data in this claim relative to the family of John Hunt. 

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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September 29, 1933

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David Hunt,  S. 41671
John Hunt,    S. 38053
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. Amanda Giessling
Farmington
Missouri

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter of September 19, in which your request the Revolutionary War records of David and John Hunt, of North Carolina.

You are furnished herewith in separate letters the histories of the only soldiers name David Hunt and John Hunt found in the records of this office who served in the Revolutionary War from North Carolina.

Very truly ours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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October 2, 1933
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John Hunt - S. 38053
BA-J/AWF

Mrs. Amanda Giessing
Farmington
Missouri

Dear Madam:

The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 38053, based upon the Revolutionary War service of John Hunt.

He was born in the year 1750 or 1751 in the state of New Jersey, the names of his parents not given.

While residing in Rowan County, North Carolina, John Hunt served as a private in the North Carolina troops, as follows- from in July, 1776 three months in Captain Robert Moore's company, Colonel Francis Locke's regiment, out against the Cherokee Indians; from in June, 1778 or 1779 until in October 1779 under Ensign Cunningham and Major Barringer; he also had various short tours under Ensign Cunningham and Lieutenant Davis in pursuit of the Tories.

The soldier, John Hunt, moved from Rowan County, North Carolina in 1806 to Muhlenberg County, Kentucky where he was living when he applied for pension, March 5, 1834.  The pension was allowed.

John Hunt died April 30, 1834.

There was no data in this claim relative to the family of John Hunt.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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February 19, 1929

T.  B. McClelland
Mayaquez
Porto Rico

Sir:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 38053, it appears that John Hunt was born in 1750 or 1751 in the State of New Jersey.

While residing in Rowan County, North Carolina, he served as a private with the North Carolina Troops as follows:

From in July, 1776, three months in Captain Robert Moore's Company, Colonel Francis Locke's Regiment and was out against the Cherokee Indians; from in June, 1778 or 1779, to October, 1779, under Ensign Cunningham and Major Barringer; he also had various tours under Ensign Cunningham and Lieutenant Davis against the Tories.

In 1806 he moved to Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, and was living there when he was allowed pension on his application  executed March 5, 1834, at which time he was referred to as John Hunt, Junior.  The soldier died, April 30, 1834.  There are no data as to family.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.