Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1913, Jesse Hooper, Ga.
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SERVICE  Ga        
Hooper, Jesse       
NUMBER  S1913
                                           carded
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7063
Tennessee       (west)
Jesse Hooper
of Davidson Co in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain [William] Wilson of the Regt commanded by Col. [Francis Henry] Harris in the Georgia ma for 2 years from '77

Inscribed on the Roll of Tennessee at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of February 1833 and sent to 
Hon Jno Bell H of Reps 

Arrears to 4th of March 1833 $160.00
Semi=anl allowance ending 4 Sept 1833   40.00 =  $200.00
                                               Revolutionary Claim                          Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk
Book E  Vol. 7   Page  82
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          Dead

Paid at the Treasury under
the Act of the 6. April 1838
from 4 March to 8 July 1839.
The day of his death. 
Agt. notified 30 June 1840
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   TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
       Second Comptroller's Office,
           June 27th, 1840.
Sir:
       Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The children of Jesse Hooper, a pensioner on the Roll of the Nashville, Tenn Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March, to the 8th July 1839, the day of his death.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
     Present.
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Declaration made by Jesse Hooper, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832:

State of Tennessee Davidson County Court of Pleas Quarter sessions for
    the County of State aforesaid:
     On this 28th day of July 1832, personally appeared before the Court aforesaid. Jesse Hooper a resident of said County of State, aged seventy four years on the 23rd day of March last, 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 7th June 1832.   
    That he enlisted in the Army of the United States (the Army that was raised before the declaration of Independence in the month of March 1776 with Jacob Coulson [Colson] and served in the first battalion (or regiment) of the Georgia line, under the following named officers, to wit, L. [Lachlan]
McIntosh, General, [Francis Henry] Harris  &J_ Habbersham [Joseph Habersham], one of them Colonel, the other Lieutenant Colonel, he cannot
however remember their rank or their given names.
The applicant stated further, that on the enlistment of which he is now speaking, he entered the service as a private soldier, and remained in the service for the term of one year, ending March 1777 at which last date, or soon after, perhaps in April, he was regularly discharged by the above named Habersham: he remembers that his discharge which has been long since lost, was a printed paper, the blanks being filled up in writing.
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During the term of this enlistment, the applicant was only in one engagement and then as follows: Sometime in Feby or March, as well the applicant recollects, Genl. [Lachlan] McIntosh marches a force of about five hundred men from Savannah to the Altamaha river, to a place called Fort Barrington:
Capt. [Jacob Colson]  Coulson's company in which the applicant was a private and was present, constitutes a part of this force. Soon after the troops reached the fort, thirty or forty men were ordered to pass the river in boats and reconnoitre the strength and position of the Indians, the enemy against whom the attachment was directed- Six men and their horses, besides the ferryman, went over in the first boat As soon as the boat reached the opposite shore, the Indians who lay in ambush, rose upon the men, and fired  Four of the number were killed on the spot  two of them jumped into the water and attempted to swim to the shore from which they had started. One of the two was killed in the attempt  the other made good his retreat. The ferryman, by laying close to the bottom of the boat and artfully directing the oars also escaped  After this the Indians immediately appeared in force, and a battle was kept up for some time from the opposite banks of the river, neither party venturing to cross.
During the engagement the applicant well remembers that Genl. McIntosh received a ball in his heel- he was present when the wound was inflicted. Not long after the engagement, the detachment was relieved by Col. [Thomas] Sumter & his command_  Genl. McIntosh marched us back to Savannah where the applicant was discharged
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as before stated.
 The applicant, who lived in Wilkes County, Georgia, on Broad river about one mile above the mouth at the time of his first enlistment, returned thither when he was discharged. In a few days after getting home, he substituted himself for one Hezekiah Yancey, a militia man drafted for three months, and served the time out at Fort Charlotte on American Station on the South Carolina Bank of Savannah river.
   Coming home from Charlotte the applicant did not remain long until he enlisted a second time for one year.  He now entered the Service as a light horseman.  The name of his captain was Wm. Wilson.  Jno Coleman was the colonel.  The duty of the company to which he was now attached, consisted in guarding the back settlements, and aiding at times in defending the outposts-  he labors under the impression (though time and age has weakened the minuteness of his recollection) that he was then in the continental line- He was in no battle during this term:  About sixteen days before his year was out, Col Coleman called the men together, told them verbally that they were at liberty, and that he would give them their regular discharges whenever they would apply.  The Col. soon after took sick and died.  The applicant never got his discharge in the regular form.  Soon after this, the British, aided by the Tories and Indians became so troublesome and dangerous that the frontier settlements of Georgia broke up their Forts and settlements and many of them went to the forts in South Carolina.  Applicant then became a volunteer under one Captain [George] Little
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and he served for a long while in the petty but dangerous warfare of the day.  He was in an engagement against the Tories at a place called "Kettle Creek."  The battle was very warm and lasted near four hours.  The Tories were commanded by Col [John] Boyd.  General [Colonel Elijah] Clark of Georgia with Col [John Dooly] McDooly, Col Jno Cunningham under him, commanded the American troops.  It was said that General Clark had several horses shot under him during the fight, though of this the Applicant only speaks from the report of the day.  In the same captain's company, the troop being still under General Clark but the names of his other field officers not now recollected.  Applicant was at the first siege of Augusta.  The Americans succeeded in taking Grayson's Fort, and as he believed would have succeeded in expelling the British from the place altogether, if a strong reinforcement to the enemy's army had not compelled them to retire.  He well remembers that on occasion of this siege, the Americans fought the British and Indians three days and nights, and there was many lives lost on both sides.  Applicant was also at the siege of Savannah.  The name of his captain has entirely escaped his recollection.  Col Jno [Dooly] Dooley or McDooly commanded the regiment to which he belonged and the Count D. Estering [D'Estaing] was commander in chief.  The Americans were unsuccessful, but they fought bravely.
   In conclusion, the applicant begs to state that he faithfully served his Country through the whole of the Revolution.  He is now old, poor, and helpless, and desires to avail himself of the bounty of the Government.  He hereby relinquishes every claim 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.
    Sworn to and subscribed in open court July 28, 1832.
     Henry Ewing Clerk of Davidson County Court
     Jesse Hooper, his mark
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11859
Jesse Hooper
Tennessee

from 1777 Private
2 years $80

Honb Jno Bell HoR
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BRIEF in the case of Jesse Hooper
County of Davidson in the State of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or Judge?  Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily injury?

3. How old is he?  74

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period -enlisted in 1776
Duration of Service - 1 Year
Rank - As a private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served -  Gen. [Lachlan] McIntosh, [Col. Elijah] Clark, Col [Francis Henry] Harris, & [Joseph] Habersham

Period - Sub [substitute] 1777
Duration of Service - 3 Months
Rank - As a private

Period - enlisted
Duration of Service - 1 year
Rank - lighthorse
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served - Capt [William] Wilson, Col [John] Coleman

Period - Vol
Duration of Service - not shared
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served - Capt [George] Little, Col [John Dooly] McDooley, Col [John] Cunningham

5. In what battles was he engaged?  "Kettle Creek", one or two Indian battles

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Wilkes Co Georgia

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Living witness, & traditionary

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  and if so, in what respect?  not attached

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Ch. W.Forrest
Examining Clerk
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
February 5, 1924
Mr. Hugh B. Keeper
40 Municipal Building
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.1913, it appears that Jesse Hooper was born March 23, 1758, place not stated.
While a resident of Wilkes County, Georgia, he enlisted in March 1776, as a private in Captain [Jacob] Colson's Company, Colonel [Joseph] Habersham's 1st Georgia Regiment, was in an engagement with Indians on Altamaha River and served one year.
In 1777, he served three months in the militia at Fort Charlotte on the Savannah River. He next served under Captain William Wilson and Colonel John Coleman as a light horseman for about one year. 
Soon after this he volunteered under Captain [George] Little, Colonels John Dooley [Dooly] and John Cunningham. He was in the first siege of Augusta, the battle of Kettle Creek and the siege of Savannah, and served until the end of the war.
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He was allowed pension on his application executed July 28, 1832,
while a resident of Davidson County, Tennessee. He died July 8, 1839.
Children were referred to but no names were stated and there is
no other family data on file.

Respectfully,
Commissioner
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1909 July 1 Hist to Dr A. D. Cloyd vlm
1916 Jany 25 Hist. to Hon. Jos. W. Byrns
1924, Feb 5 Hist. to Mr. Hugh B. Hooper
Rev War. 1913 INVALID.
File No. 1913

Jesse Hooper
Pvt. Ga. Line
Act: June 7, 1832
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 175
[Arrangement of 1870.}
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Jesse Hooper
11859
Pension Claim
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Personally appeared before said Court, on the 28th day of July 1832, Charles Gent a citizen of said County, & made Oath to the following facts to wit that he has been acquainted with the within named Jesse Hooper from their early youth, that he is himself now seventy eight years of age: that he was in the battle of Kettle Creek spoken of in the above declaration, with said Hooper; that the Tories were commanded in said battle by Col [John] Boyd,  that the American troops were commanded by Genl [Colonel Elijah] Clark of Georgia, Cols. [John ]Dooly, & [John] Cunningham or
Pickens [General Andrew Pickens], that said battle was warmly contested, that said Hooper behaved
himself well as a private in said action, that three horses were shot under General Clark on the
day of engagement: he also states that he was in the Siege of Augusta, with said Jesse Hooper, at which siege General Clark commanded the American troops, and Colonel Brown those of the British & Tories: that said siege was warmly carried on, and would have been successful had it
not have been for a reinforcement to the enemy: we fought from Thursday 10 o'clock until the same time of the day of the next Monday, these were the only two actions in which I was
concerned with said Hooper, but I served with him almost constantly during the war, and he always behaved himself as a good soldier. He also further states that said Jesse Hooper enlisted at the same time with himself under Captain [William] Wilson for one year & served out the year with him.
Sworn to and subscribed in open court July 28, 1832
S/ Henry Ewing, Clerk
S/ Charles Gent, X his mark
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State of Tennessee Davidson County
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County and State aforesaid
July Term 1839
Said court do hereby certify that they caused Charles Gent the witness produced by the applicant Jesse Hooper to be examined on his oath publicly in the presence of said
court, that his statements were made with all the apparent candor truth and that he exhibited to the court the most satisfactory testimonials of a good character
Said court do further certify that the applicant Jesse Hooper established
by evidence of respectable and creditable witnesses known as such to the court that he has always sustained the character of an upright: sober honest and truthful man.  That he is and has been for many years an exemplary member of the Baptist Church and that he has always been reputed to be a soldier of the revolution. One of the court Jesse Wharton esquire, states that he has long been acquainted with the applicant and that he sustains the reputation of an honest & upright man.
And 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. July 28th 1832. s/ EP Connell
Witt Williams
J Wharton
Justices of The Court of pleas
Quarter Sessions for
Davidson County

State of Tennessee Davidson County 
I Henry Ewing Clerk of the court of pleas and quarter sessions for said county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Jesse Hooper for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the
seal of said court to be also affixed at office in Nashville on this
28 day of July A.D. 1832.
s/ Thomas Ewing.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jesse Hooper which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
V. Has he mentioned 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? Yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not be produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Witness
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? The Court has not. 
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1.2.7
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. 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.
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3
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 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 shewn 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.
QUERE XIV. 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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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Rev. War Section.
January 25, 1916.
Hon. Joseph W. Byrns,
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Byrns:
	In reply to your letter of the 22" instant, I have the honor to advise you that in the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim of Jesse Hooper, Sur. File No. 1913, it appears that he was born March 23, 1753, and while a resident of Wilkes County, Georgia, listed in March 1776, as a private in Captain [Jacob] Colson's company, Colonel [Joseph] Habersham's 1st Georgia Regiment, was in an engagement with Indians on Altamaha River and served one year.
	In 1777, he served three months in the militia at Fort Charlotte on the Savannah River. He next served under Captain William Wilson and Colonel John Coleman as a Light horse man for about one year.
	Soon after this he volunteered under Captain [George] Little, Colonels John Dooley [Dooly] and John Cunningham. He was in the first siege of Augusta, the battle of Kettle Creek and the siege of Savannah, and served to the end of the war.
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He was allowed pension on an application executed July 28, 1832, while a resident of Davidson County, Tennessee, and died July 8, 1839.
	Children were referred to but no names are stated and there is no other family data on file.
Very truly yours,
Commissioner
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J. C. ROOT, SOVEREIGN COMMANDER
JOHN T. YATES, SOVEREIGN CLERK
A. D. CLOYD, M.D.
SOVEREIGN PHYSICIAN
W. O. W. BUILDING
Sovereign Camp
Woodmen of the World
A Fraternal Beneficiary Order
Omaha, Neb.
June 24th, 1909
Commissioner, Bureau of Pensions,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:--
	Will you kindly favor me with a statement showing the Revolutionary services and family relationship, if any given therein, of Jesse Hooper, pensioned in 1833, while a resident of Davidson County, Tennessee as a private in the Georgia Militia, also the same information concerning Ennis Hooper, a private in the North Carolina Line, pensioned 1833, while a resident of Marion County, Tennessee.
	The information is desired for genealogical purposes.
Sincerely,
A.D. Cloyd
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SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
JOHN J. FITZGERALD, N. Y. CHAIRMAN.
SWAGAR SHIRLEY, KY.
ROBERT L. PAGE.
N. C.
GEORGE W. RAUCH, IND.
JOSEPH W. BYRNS, TENN.
THOMAS UPTON SISSON, MISS.
WILLIAM P. BORLAND, MO.
JAMES MC ANDREWS, ILL.
FREDERICK H. GILLETT, MASS.
JAMES W. GOOD, IOWA.
FRANK W. MONDELL, WYO.
CHARLES R. DAVIS, MINN.
WILLIAM S. VARE, PA.
JOSEPH G. CANNON, ILL.
WILLIAN SCHLEY HOWARD, GA
JOHN M. EVANS, MONT.
JOHN J. EAGAN, N. J.
JAMES P. BUCHANAN, TEX.
JAMES A. GALLIVAN, MASS.
JAMES O. COURTS, CLERK.
MANCELLUS O. SHEILD, ASSISTANT CLERKSE.
WILLIAM A. RYAN. ┃
Committee on Appropriations,
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
January 22, 1916.
Pension Commissioner,
Washington, D.C.
My dear sirs:

Will you kindly give me all facts of record in your office
relative to Jesse Hooper, who is said to have served in the revolutionary war, having enlisted from Georgia, and oblige,
Yours very truly,
Joseph W. Byron
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40 Municipal Building,
Chattanooga, Tennessee,
January 2, 1924.

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:

Please advise if you can furnish me a statement,
with cost of same, as to date of enlistments, commands a member of, and seiges and battles engaged in, as regards the military service of Jesse Hooper, born March 23, 1758m
and allowed pension on application executed July 28, 1832,while a resident of Davidson County, Tenn.
An addressed envelope is inclosed for your reply.
Yours very truly,
Hugh B. Hooper
S.
Hugh B. Hooper
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[torn bottom half of printed form]
application for pension on file in this Bureau. Jesse Hooper Sur. File 1913
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT / LENGTH OF SERVICE / RANK OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED / CAPTAIN COLONEL / STATE
March 1776 / 1 year / Pvt / [Capt. Jacob] Colson / [Colonel Joseph] Habersham / Ga.
1777 / 3 mos / at Fort Charlotte on Savannah River
1777 / about 1 year / [Capt. William] Wilson  / [Colonel John] Coleman
1777 / 1 year / [Captain George] Little / [Colonel John Dooly] Dooley
[Colonel John] Cunningham
Served to end of war
Battles engaged in, Engagement with Indians, Kettle Creek, 1st siege of Augusta, siege Savannah
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Wilkes Co. Ga on Broad River
Date of application for pension, July 28 1832 His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Davidson Co. Tenn
Age at date of application, born March 23 1758 died July 8, 1839
Remarks: Children referred to no names stated and no further family data.

O.K.