Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9581, Samuel Hickmon, Md. S.C.
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Service
MD
SC

Name
Hickmon, Samuel
or Hickman

Number
S.9581
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Left Side Page

7033
North Carolina
Samuel Hickman

of Columbia Co in the state of No Caroline
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain J Mitchell of the Regt commanded
by Col Hory in the So. Ca and Md line for 10 months from '83

Samuel Hickmon
Sc and MD Jan 31, 1905
Records Corrected

Inscribed on the roll of North Carolina at the rate of 33 dollars 33 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of march 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd day of February 1833 and sent to  Hon. J J McKay H. of Reps

Arrears to 4th of March 1833 $66.66
semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept '33 $16.66
Totl $83.32

[Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832]

Recorded by W L Williams - Clerk
Book E Vol 6 Page 42

Right Side Page

Order to pay 3d Oct 1837
Order to pay 30 March 1839
Order to pay 11 March 1840

Letter to P Hagner 21 Dec 1842
Paid at the treasury under the act of the 6th April 1838 from 4 March to 4 Sept 1840, agent notified 24 Feb 1843

Paid as above from 4th Sept 1843 to 6th March 1844. Agent notified 3 April 1846
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State of North Carolina
Columbus County - McKay

Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions November Term 1832.

Present the worshipful
More Lemon
Bythel Haynes
Ephram Branton

McKey

On this 12th day of November personally appeared before the county court of Columbus now in sessions Samuel Hickman a resident of North Carolin in the county of Columbus aged seventy-one years who being first duly sworn according to law doeth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision omade by the act of congress passed June the 7th 1832 that he entered in the army of the United States in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight on the 21st day of July he believes that he was a resident of Kingston District Sourth Carolina when he enlisted with Lieut. Meakly for 3 years and served in the 4th Regt of the Continental Line he believes under the following officers he was marched to Cat island Fort below
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George Town South Carolina and marched to Capt. James Mitchel's company from thence he was marched to Fort Johnston on James Island So Carolina and was attached to Capt. Brook Roberts company from thence was marched by Lieut. Capers to Purrysburgh where he joined Gen. Lenkkerus Army and was attached to Capt. Jas Mithcell's Ephram Mitchel Robers or Davis' company but does not recollect which, of the 4th Regt of Artillery Commanced by Col. Roberts & Major Grempkey from then to the two sisters ferry on Savannah River where we joined Genl Rutherford from then to Watters or Silver Bluff as well as he recollects in order to join Gen. Ask at Brier Creek but was not in time he was marched back by the two sisters ferry to Purrysburgh where he joined Gen Mutre from thence to Charleston form thence out to Bacon Bridge and joined Gen. Lenkkerus then to stone at which place Col Roberts was killed after this battle he was attached to Capt. Harmon Davises Company and marched to Charleston from thence to Cat Island Fort from thence to Wilmington North Carolina then to Fayetteville and then to Hillsborough N. Carolina where he joined Fen Green and was attached to the Maryland artillery commanded by Col Harrison &
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Maj Mazard from thence marched to Prince Edward County Virginia then to Roan county North Carolina at which place he was discharged by Capt. Harmon Davis in August or Sept 1781 which discharge he has lost.

Again in the year of 1781 in October or November he entered with Col. Hory for 12 months in the light horn and was attached to Capt. William Matthews company and served six or seven months at which time he rec'd permission to enlist for three years which he did with Capt. Albert Rue of the 2nd Regt of South Carolina Troops was marched to the Congaree and joined Gen Hager and was put under Capt. Joseph Walley and marched to Ashly Hill and joined Gen Greens army from thence was marched to Charleston where he remained until peace and was discharged by Fen Green which discharge is also lost.

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 the day and year aforesaid in open court.

Saml Hickmon
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And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the above names applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.

Moore Lennon Chairman
Bythel Maynes JP
Ephraim Branton JP

I Charles Baldwin 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 Samuel Hickman for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Whiteville this day of November AD 1832.

Chs Baldwin - Clerk

SEAL
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Samuel Hickman

from 11 June 1782 to
11 Apr 1783
look 10 months
on roll 23.33
from 1 June 1782 for 2 years

McKay
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Brief in the case of Samuel Hickman of Columbus Co in the state of N. Carolina
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? - Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? - BLANK
3. How old is he? - Seventy-one years
4. State his service as directed in the form annexed:

Period
1. In 1778 Jul 21 to Aug or Sept 1781
2. 1781 Oct or Nov then for 3 years discharged after peace

Duration of Service
1. 6 or 7 months

Rank
blank

Names of General and Field Offices Under whom he Served
1. Capt. Jo Mitchell, Roberts, & Davis, Col Roberts
2. Capt. Weathers, Rue & Walley, Col Hory

5. In what battles was he engaged? - None stated
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? - Kingston District, S.C.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence or by the rolls? - Neither
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? - BLANK

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

D Kent - Examining Clerk
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Treasury Department
Second Comptroller's Office

October 2nd 1845

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" and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842 extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agent, The children of Samuel Hickman, dec'd a Pensioner on the roll of the North Carolina Agency at the rate of Thiry three dollars and 33 cents per annum under the law of the 7th June 1832 has been paid at this Department from the 4th of Sept 1843 to the 6th March 1844.

Respectfully yours

Albion K Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present.
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October 27, 1933

Samuel Hickmon - S.9581
BA-J/MCS

Honorable John Kee
House of Representatives
Washington
D.C.

My sear Mr. Kee:

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S.9581, based upon the military services of Samuel Hickmon. His personal signature was Hickmon but he was pensioned as Hickman.

While a resident of Kinston District, South Carolina, he enlisted and served as private with the South Carolina troops as follows: From July 21, 1778, until August or September 1781 in Captains James Mitchell's, Roberts' and Harman Davis' companies; from October or November 1781 until the declaration of peace in Captains William Weathers', Albert Rue's and Joseph Walley's companies in Colonel Horry's regiment.

He was living in Columbus County, North Carolina in 1828.

He was allowed pension on his application executed November 12, 1832, at which time he was seventy-one years of age and was living in Columbus County, North Carolina.

He died March 6, 1844, and was survived by children but their names were not given. The papers in this claim contain no further data relative to the soldier's family.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of this soldier's pension and the names of the person or persons (possibly his children) to whom it was paid, it is suggested that you address The Comptroller General, Records Division, General Accounting
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Offices, Wahington, D.C. citing the following data:

Samuel Hickman, Certificate 7033, issued February 23, 1832, rate $33.33 per annum. commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, North Carolina Agency.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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Left Side Page

1933-Oct 23, Hon John Kee adv cost of pliates. See carries in Geo Swain R.10329
1933 - Oct 27 hist to Hon John Kee See re of Geo Swain R.10329

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Rev War

9381
INVALID

File No 9581
Samuel Hickmon
Priv Rev War

Act June 7th, 1832

Index Vol 1 Page 173
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Samuel Hickmon
Records corrected Jany 31, 1905
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1828 papers
to be filed
with Ad
OW Inv
File #9581
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Samuel Hickmon

North Carolina

Ad. Inv File No 9581
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I Charles Baldwin clerk of the Court of the County of Columbus in the state of N. Carolina do hereby certify that Luke R Simmons before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time a Justice of the Peace for the said county and duly empowered to administer oaths.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this 10th day of November in the year of one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight.

Chs Baldwin - Clerk

SEAL
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Brief objections to the admission of pension claim of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Samuel Hickman 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? - BLANK

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? - NO

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? - NO About nine than 2 years

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under 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 been produced, is there any reasons 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? - NO

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?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

NO

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? - BLANK

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? - YES

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And if not, which of them s not so answered? - NONE

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, etc. 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 blank year, blank months and blank days, I served as a blank for blank months and blank days I served as a blank; and for such service I claim a pension."
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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, etc. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served, the duration of each term of engagement, the particular place or places where the service was performed, that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority, that he was either in the field or in garrison, and for the time during which the service was performed he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

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 matter 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 form 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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Treasury Department
Second Comptroller's Office

Dec 24th 1842

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" and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, Samuel Hickman a pensioner on the roll of the N. Carolina Agency at the rate of thirty-three dollars and 33 cents per annum under the law of the 7th June 1832 has been pai at this department from the 4th of March 1840 to the 4th Sept 1841.

Respectfully yours

Albion K Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present
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Revolutionary Claim

For the purpose of obtaining the amount of pay accruing to me the half year ending on the second day of September one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight under the act entitled and act for the relief certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the revolution approved the fifteenth May 1828.

I Samuel Hickman in the county of Columbus in the state of North Carolina do hereby declare that I was a private in soldier of the army of the revolution in the continental line and I have been found entitled by the "Secretary of the Treasury" under that act to the pay of a private in the said war. witness my hand this first day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight.

Samuel Hickmon

Before me Luke R Simmons

A Justice of the peace for the county of Columbus in the state of North Carolina personally appeared Edward Connard and James Stanaland of said county who did severally make oath that Samuel Hickmon by whom the foregoing declaration was made and subscribed is well known to them to be the person therein described and that he is generally reputed and believed to have been a private soldier in the army of the revolution war in manner as therein stated and that the said declaration was mad and subscribed by the said Samuel Hickmon in their presence on the day and date above written witness my hand this first day of November 1828. Sworn before me the first November one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight.

L R Simmons - JP

Whiteville County Court NC is the nearest [illegible] and Fayetteville, Cumberland Cty NC [illegible] state.

James Stanaland