Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1534, John Hood, S.C. Res. N.C. At Enlistment
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
S. C.


Hood, John

NUMBER
S. 1534


Res. N.C. at enlisterent
Carded
CONTENTS
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22. 192
West Tennessee
John Hood Senr
Fentress Co. in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the compy commanded by Captain [Francis] Moore of the regt commanded by Col Middleton [Colonel Charles Starke Myddleton] in the N. C. Ma for 1 yr from 1781.
Inscribed on the roll of W. Tennessee at the rate of 40 Dollars _ Cents per annum, to commence on  the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Oct. 1833 and sent to J B.
Rogers [illegible] Coal Mines
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33  $100. -
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mch 36       20. - = $120. -
Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832.       
Recorded by. Wm S Allison. Clerk,
Book  E Vol. 7  Page 83
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No 25093
John Hood Sen
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Declaration
for a Pension
Fentress County Ten


Report to me at
[illegible] Coal Mines
Tennessee
Jn B. Rodgers
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State of Tennessee, Fentress County
On the 23rd day of April 1833, personally appeared before the County Court and Court of
Pleas and quarter Sessions now sitting for the County of Fentress aforesaid, John Hood, Sr., a
resident of said County and State aforesaid aged about Seventy three (73) 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 some time in the month of May 1781, for the term of Ten months (as he now remembers) under Captain Godfrey Adams and was a little time thereafter
placed or transferred to one Captain Moore's [Francis Moore’s] Company was attached to Colonel Middleton's [Charles S. Myddelton’s] Regiment, the particular time not remembered but believes it was called the North Carolina line [South Carolina State Troops] and that General Sumpter [Thomas Sumter] commanded. His enlistment took place in Burk [Burke]
County North Carolina from which place he was marched to Ramsour's Mill. From there he was marched to Columbia in South Carolina where the Broad and Saluba [Saluda] rivers unite to form the Congaree River within 110 or 115 miles of Charleston, S.C. where he joined the Army under General Sumter. He was then marched from the Congaree to Camden on the Wateree
River and Pine tree Creek distant 30 or 40 miles
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from Columbia. From thence he was marched to McCord's Ferry on the Congaree, where the Army was detained some days. From there he
was marched down the country. The army was marched about and about from place to place, where he made various short delays (the precise time of the different delays he cannot undertake to state with any degree of certainty) consuming something like four months of this time, when
he set out for the Eutaw Springs where they had a battle with the enemy on the 9th day of September 1781 [September 8, 1781]
- He was in the battle on that day, and was wounded by a musket Ball as was supposed, through the inner part of the left thigh on the day of Battle he was still Commanded by Captain Moore, Colonel Campbell [Lt. Col. Richard Campbell of the Virginia Continentals] was killed on that day,. He saw General Henderson [William Henderson] on the day of the Battle, Commanding from the Eutaw Springs. He was taken to one Taylor's
place, then waste, and not far distant, here he remained until he got measurably well of his wound. His wound was Doctored by one Cornelius Dizard - from that place he was marched as he now remembers to Orangeburg where he was detained a month or six weeks. He was not well of his wound when he heard of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis to General Washington. He has often seen General Washington. He has also seen Colonel Washington
[William Washington], and was reviewed by him. He cant say whether Colonel Washington
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was in the Eutaw Springs battle or not . From Orangeburg  he was marched from one place  to another until some time  late in the month of April  1782  - at which time he received a written permit  to be absent about one month  or so unless sooner called into  service. He did not go home  after he received this permit until the expiration of the month , now making more than one year  that he was detained in  service. The precise  day of entrance into the army  or the day of his being told hat he was discharged and that he was no longer needed, he cannot undertake to   state precisely, after the expiration  of the time of the permit, he was told by his Captain he could go home, and that at home he would  thereafter  receive a  written discharge, which he  states he  never did receive, for that he never thereafter saw his Captain . One thing he knows certainly  that he was more than one year in actual Military service and by calculating  the time of his permit  he thinks he went something over one year. He has no documentary evidence  whereby  to show his servitude. He was in  no   civil pursuit  but in the military service as above stated. He herby 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 or Territory  ( X ) He believes he was born in 1760 (X) But has no record of his age, his age was set down in his  ( note regarding omitting some lines  from  the point of "He has no documentary evidence ... any State or Territory " )
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Father's Bible  which Bible is now or was at  the time he last  heard of it in the possession of his Brother Thomas Hood of the State of Illinois  He will be able to prove by his Brother Andrew Hood  that he left his home and departed for the army  and was gone for more than one year, with some other particulars . His  Brother  Andrew Hood  is an infirm man so much so that he is unable to attend  Court , but  he has obtained his affidavit  given before a Justice of the peace. ( note to omit all of this section of text ) . Sworn  & subscribed the day and year aforesaid  John Hood  Senr. ( his mark X ) John H Richardson ) signed ) Clk   We Peter Reagan  a clergyman  residing in said County of Fentress and a neighbor of  said John Hood  Senr. and John Calon  resident as aforesaid  hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Hood  Senr.  who has sworn  and subscribed the above declaration  and that we have also examined  the  scar of the wound  in his left thigh . That we believe him to be a Revolutionary soldier and seventy three years of age as he states. That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to  have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion.  Sworn  and subscribed the day & year aforesaid . John Calon ( signed ) Peter Ragan ( his mark X )  Jno. H. Richardson   ( signed ) clk
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[ State of Tennessee Fentress County ] This day   Andrew Hood  came before me  being a citizen  of said County  & State and after being  duly  qualified and sworn  by me  made the following  statement  as a witness  for John Hood  Senr. in his application for a pension . to wit, That he  saw his brother  John Hood  set our leave home and start to the army of the Revolution sometime in the year  1781  , in the spring perhaps about  the month of May of that year. That said John was absent on the  tour over one year before his return. He has often examined  the place his  Brother was wounded  in the left thigh . That said wound was  inflicted after he departed from home and before his return. This witness has often seen many of the soldiers  that went with his  Brother  John to the Army  and heard several of them say they saw  John while he was down with his wound. He has heard  Richard Acott, George Brown & Richard Brown  often make this statement , that they  started from Burke County  N.C.  to the Army., that  being the ten residence of them all at that day. He further  states that owing to his great infirmity  he  cannot ride on horse back & that  he is wholly unable to walk  to  Jamestown to give his  evidence in open Court, it being a distance of something line ten miles. Sworn to and subscribed  before me this 23rd day of  April 1833. Jno B . Rodgers ( signed / sealed ) Justice of the peace  Andrew Hood ( his mark X )
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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 John Hood Senr. was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Peter Reagan  who has signed the proceeding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Count of Fentress  and that   John Calon   Esq.  who has also signed the same is a resident in the County of Fentress and is a highly credible person , and that their statement is entitled to credit.   Abner Phillips( signed )  ( other justices signatures not legible due to ink blur )
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 31st1833

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
Preface
A Statement, showing the service of John Hood Senr Fentress Co. Ten
Period When the service was rendered. Enlisted May 1781 - dischd last April 1782

Duration of the claimant's service.  10 Months but served more than one year

Rank of The Claimant. Private

Names and Rank of the Field officers under whom he served. 
Capt. Godfry Adams
Col Middleton
Genrl Sumpter
Capt Moore
Age at present,  73 years
and place of abode when he entered the service. Burk Co., N. Carolina
Proof by which the declaration is supported.  Living Witness & traditional evidence

Enlisted 15 May 1781.  - Discharged 15 May 1782. 1 year  Private

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATION 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.
The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
5. 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.
Ste, Terriory of
County of
On this
day of
A. B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
of
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
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.
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.
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 Solder.     } 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 be come 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 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 declaration by making an affidavit 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---year----months----, and ------------days  , I served as a --------- For -----------months and------- days, I served as a ------; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months,
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent 
authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i ] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public
seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
                                                                                     
                                                                                          Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow 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 the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well 
as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the 
witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
☞ 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 insepensible in militia cases.
[l]  If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m]The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

John N Ashton
Not legible or intelligible
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No 25093
John Hood [illegible]
Fentress Co
W
Tennessee
from 1781 private
1 yr $40


Jno.  B. Rodgers P M
[illegible] Coal Min
Fentress Co-
Tennessee
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February 17, 1933.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/ADY
John Hood
S. 1534

Mrs. William J. Smith,
P. O. Box 33,
Kingston, Tennessee.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to one
John Hood, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data contained herein are obtained from the
papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for
pension, S.1534, based upon his military service in
that war.

John Hood was born in 1760, place not stated.

While a resident of Burke County, North Carolina,
he enlisted in May 1781, served about one year as a
private in Captains Godfry Adams' and Moor's Companies,
Colonel Middleton's South Carolina Regiment and was
wounded in the left thigh at the battle of Eutaw
Springs.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
April 23, 1833 while a resident of Fentress County,
Tennessee. He was then John Hood, Senior.

The place of his residence in 1840 is not on
record.

Soldier's brother, Andrew Hood was a resident of
Fentress County, Tennessee, in 1833. Soldier's brother
Thomas Hood at one time was a resident of Illinois in 1833
There are no further family data.

Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.

[note]
----
Date
of sol.
death
not on
A. B.
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REV WAR
INVALID.
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File No. 15134
John Hood Sr
Priv. N C Mil
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Act June 7, 1832.

Index: -- Vol. A, Page 175 
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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1924, Jan. 29 - Hist. to Mrs. J M. Clark  UM
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1933 Feb. 17. Hist. to Mrs. Wm J. Smith.   A.D.Y.
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[hole in paper]
25
John
Dec
for
Fentress County Ten-


Report to me at
Henlopen Coal
Mines Tennessee

Jn B. Rodgers
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[ State of Tennessee Fentress County  ] I John H Richardson  clerk of the County Court  of Pleas and Quarter Sessions  for  said County do hereby certify that  John B. Rodgers  Esq. whose signature appears to the statemet of Andrew Hood  as a witness in behalf of John Hood Senr.  in his application for a pension  is now  & was at  the time  aforesaid  one of teh acting Justices of the peace in and for said County . And   that full faith and credit  is due and ought to be given  to all his official acts as such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at office tis 20th day of April 1833 . John H. Richardson By his deputy James  L. Jones ( signed / sealed )  I John H. Richardson Clerk of the Court of  Pleas and Quarter Sessions  do hereby certify that  the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said  Court in the matter of the application of John Hood Senr. for a pension . In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at office  this 20th day of April  1833. John H Richardson by his deputy J. L. Jones ( signed / sealed )
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Being present at Fentress County Court  John H . Richardson  acknowledges to me the  authority of the foregoing attestations in his name and also those made by James L. Jones his deputy. I know said  Richardson to be Clerk of  Fentress County Court  and believe that there is no other  seal of said Court except the one annexed to said certificate. 25th April 1833. J C Isacks ( signed )
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[ State of Tennessee Fentress County ] I John H Richardson  Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County and State aforesaid  do hereby certify that  John B. Rodgers  whose signature appears to the foregoing attestations and affidavits of John Hood Senr.  and Andrew Hood  is and was at that time one of acting Justices of the peace in and for  said County and that faith and credit  is due and of right ought to be given to all his official acts as such. Given under my hand  and only seal of office  this  19th day of July  1833. John H Richardson clk  By M.  Hoffaker ( signed / sealed ) D. clk  [ State of Tennessee Fentress County ] ss Chairman of the County Court  and Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions  for said County said Court being a Court of record, and having power  to fine  and imprison , do hereby certify  that John H. Richardson whose signature appears  to the foregoing  certificate is and was at the time of signing the same  the clerk of said Court and Michael Hoffaker  Esquire  whose signature appears to said certificate  is one of the duly qualified Deputy Clerks of said Court, and that full faith and credit is due and of right ought to be given to all their official acts as such. Given under my hand  this 26th day of July 1833. Jn. B. Rodgers ( signed )
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State of Tennessee
Fentress County

Amended declaration

 Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace for said County & State aforesaid. John Hood Sen.r 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 period mentioned below and in the following grade: For one year
in all, I served as a private, the year out
say from 15th May 1781 to 15 May 1782. and
for such service I claim a pension.
his mark - John Hood Sen
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 10th day of July 1833-
 Jn. B. Rodgers ( signed / sealed)
Justice of the peace

State of Tennessee
Fentress County
I do hereby certify that Andrew Hood whose affidavit is given as a witness and is annexed to the Declaration of John Hood Senr. an old revolutionary Soldier that is now applying for a pension and which was given before me and sworn on the 23rd day of April 1833 - is a man
of truth and credit and that full faith
ought to be given to his testimony as such
Sworn under my hand this 10th day
of July 1833
Jn. B. Rodgers ( signed ) 
Justice of the peace
for said County & State aforesaid.
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7 N. Kingston Ave
Rockwood Term
Oct. 19, 1923

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Revolutionary War Section

Dear Sir:
Please send
me the data includ-
ing all family date
your office contain
regarding the follow-
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ing Revolutionary War
pensioners 
[Roane to Tenn]
Samuel Evans age 84th 1840.
John Hood           "    78 " 1840
Thanking you I am
Yours Truly,
Robbie K. Clark
Mrs J. M Clark)
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November 20, 1935.

Date stamp - 
Arrow pointing at 3
RECIEVED NOV 22 1935
MAIL SUB. DIV. VETS ADM READER #18

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C

Dear Sirs, Please give me the information about John Hood {BA-J/ADY; S1534}, a pensioner of the Revolutionary War, to enable me to write the Comptroller General for the last payment of his pension and the name and address of person who re-
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(re)ceived it.
 I shall be very grateful for this information.

Very truly,
 Mrs. W.J. Smith
Kingston, Tennessee

Box 33
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Feb. 3, 1933.

Pension Dept.
Washington, D.C

Dear Sirs:
Could you send me a copy of your record of
a pension issued in 1840 to a revolutionary soldier? His name was John Hood and
he lived in Roane County, Tennessee.
In 1840 he was  

Time stamped - Arrow pointing to 2:30
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seventy -eight years old.
If there are charges for copying the record or mailing please notify me.

Very truly, 
Mrs. William J. Smith
Kingston
Tennessee

Roane
County
P.O. Box #33
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January 15, 1936

John Hood-S.1534
BA-J/AWF


Mrs. W. J. Smith
P. O. Box 33
Kingston, Tennessee

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you
request that you be furnished the nacasssary data in regard to the Revolutionary War pensioner, John Hood, S. 1534, to enable you to write the Comptroller General for information in regard to the last payment
of his pension.

You will address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and cite the following data:

John Hood
Certificate #22192
Issued October 17, 1833
Rate $40.00 per annum
To commence March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
West Tennessee Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Sectiion.
January 29, 1924.


Mrs. J. M. Clark,
7 N. Kingston Ave.,
Rockwood, Tenn.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in pension
claim S. 1534 it appears that John Hood, Senior, was born in
1760, place not stated.

He enlisted in Burk County, North Carolina, in May 1781,
served about a year as a private in Captains Godfry Adams and
Moor's Companies, Colonel Mydelton's South Carolina Regiment,
and was wounded in the left thigh at the battle of Eutaw
Springs.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
April 23, 1833, while living in Fentress County, Tennessee.
The place of his residence in 1840 is not on record. It is
not stated whether he was married.

Respectfully,

Commissioner.