Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5481, Hezekiah Hargrove, Va.
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Va.    Hargrove, Hezekiah        S.5481
         or Hargrave.

carded
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Virginia 16.190
Hezekiah Hargrave of Nelson in the State of Virginia who was a fifer in the company commanded by Captain Cabel of the Regt. commanded by Col. Meredity in the Virginia line for 2 years.

*Hezekiah Hargrove Records ok.
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia May 3rdd at the rate of 88 dollars -- cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of July 33 and sent S. Garland Lexington Va.

Arrears to the 4th of March '33         176
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept "   44
                  $220
 {Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Wm. Miller Clerk,
Book E.    Vol. 6.    Page 12
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Virginia
     At a Court of Monthly Session here for Nelson County at the Courthouse on the 25th day of September 1832.

 State of Virginia and 
 County of Nelson
 to wit:
     On this 25th day of September 1832 personally appeared before the Court of the County of Nelson Hezakiah Hargrove a resident of the County of Nelson and State of Virginia age eighty four years the 21st day of February last past who being duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832: That he enlisted in the State troops of Virginia or
as they were then usually called minute men, in the County of Amherst in the year of 1775 to the best of his recollection with Captain Nicholas Cabell; and that he was called into actual service and entered the same under the said Cabell and was attached to a regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel Meredith (No. not recollected) which was marched to and stationed at old Jamestown where they stayed for some time, untill he was detached under Lieutenant James Pamplin and sent to Halifax town in the State of North Carolina where he stayed for a short time.  from thence he went to Cross Creek in North or South Carolina where he stayed but a short time; on his way from James Town to Halifax Town he passed through the lower part of Virginia near the Dismal Swamp as he then was informed. In going from Halifax Town Cross Creek he went the most direct route he imagines as the object of the expedition was to guard a cargo of ammunition to Halifax Town and Cross Creek. after the delivery of the said ammunition he returned to old James Town in Virginia where he was attached to the same
Company and Regiment, which was commanded by the same Officers, where he stayed but a short time, and then went to Richmond, under the command of Captain Nicholas Cabell on board a Schooner, where he was discharged from that tour, which was about sixteen months duration. from thence he went to Amherst County Virginia that being his place of residence where he stayed but a few weeks; when he was ordered out again under the same Captain to go against the Indians to the west, whence he advanced as far as Lynche’s ferry in the uper end of Amherst County where he stayed a short time perhaps
fifteen or twenty days where he was discharged owing to the great indisposition of many of the Company which rendered them unfit for service; he then returned home where he stayed perhaps two weeks when he was again ordered out under the same Captain, and marched to Williamsburg, where he joined other troops but can’t recollect the names of the field officers.  After remaining there about two months he was discharged from that tour and returned home, where he stayed perhaps six or eight weeks, when he was again ordered out under Captain James Pamplin, who was successor to Captain Nicholas Cabell and was then marched to South Carolina, crossing the Roanoke River on his way, and was attached to the army of General Gates near Charleston, as he was then informed
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where Captain Pamplin left him, and he was put under the command of Officers whose names he can’t recollect; after being there a few days, an engagement ensued, in which General Gates and his army was defeated, and he was put to the route after which a part of the said army rallyed at Atkins River in North Carolina, he believes it was, but the names of the Officers there he don’t recollect, as they were all strangers to him, and the army was not organized before he left there for home, which as well as he recollects was but a short time after, as he is confident that he was but about two months in service that tour; and he thinks the only discharge that he got at that place was from an Officer, rank not recollected, whose name he thinks was Leftridge, who merely told the soldiers they had as well go home as they were under no discipline and from there he went home, where he stayed some time; when he was again ordered out under Captain James Pamplin and marched to what was then called Hoods ferry just below the mouth of Appomattox River on James River where he was stationed about four months. he don’t recollect the names of any of
 the Officers there, except Captain Pamplin and his Lieutenant, whose name was Stewart: after
 the expiration of the said four months he was discharged, and went home, where he stayed
some time, and was again ordered out under Captain Azariah Martin and was marched to a place called the Halfway house between Hampton and Williamsburg, where he joined some troops, he thinks commanded by General Matthews, where the enemy attacked them in the night and produced some commotion: but it proved to be a scouting party for horsemen who fled before day. nothing more of importance took place while he remained there, which was in the whole
 about four months: after the expiration of which he was discharged and went home, where he stayed some time, and was then ordered to the Barrox near Charlottesville,
Albemarle County Virginia to guard some prisoners that was stationed there, and as well as he recollects the Captain under whom he served was named Maryweather or Mereweather: his tour there was about two months, he then being discharged went home; where he stayed not long when he was again ordered out under Captain James Franklin and marched to Mobbin hills between Richmond and Williamsburg, where he joined some
 troops commanded by General Stevens, he thinks, where nothing of importance took
 place for about two months, when he was discharged and went home: where he stayed but a short time when he was ordered out under Major Pope and marched to Lynche’s ferry, on James River, where he waited some time for the arrival of some prisoners said to have been taken at the battle of the Cowpens  and after their arrival he went with them as a guard to Rockfish on the Blue ridge where he received orders that he must march again in a day or two under Captain James Franklin (this last tour having been about two months from the time he left home) which he done and went to Petersburg, where he was attached to the troops commanded by General Scott, as well as he recollects where nothing of importance took place for about two months, when he was
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discharged and returned home; his company of State troops having by this time been so reduced that he was enroled in the Militia and ordered out under Captain Young Landrum and marched to Cumberland Courthouse where he joined the troops commanded by General Losson to which was attached Colonel Holcomb and Major Skipworth. from thence they marched to Gilford Courthouse, where they joined General Green’s army, after which a general engagement ensued about Eleven Oclock one morning, which waxed hot for about three hours, when General Green’s army was compelled to give ground, owing, it was then said, to about 800 North Carolinians having fled from the left wing; after burying our dead, the enemy, having left their position, we pursued them for eight days and nights down to a River I think called deep River, close to Cross Creek where the enemy took shiping, where he was discharged and returned home, after a tour of about four months. he recollects that the next time that he was ordered out, was under Captain John Loving in Septr or Octor 1781, to go to the siege of York , and marched to the County of Buckingham, Virginia, where he got bit by a rattle snake after which accident he hired a substitute, and that was the end of his military services. he says that if there is any mistake in the foregoing, it is in the order in which one tour follows another and this he thinks may be the case, as he has no memorandum to refresh his recollect. In conclusion, he says that during the whole of the foregoing services he acted as fifer.
 Questions by the Court. 1st. where and in what year were you born?
 Answer. An old aunt of mine has frequently told me, that I was born in Caroline County, State
 of Virginia, the 21st day of February 1748.
 2nd
 have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
 Answer I have none.
 3rd
 Where were you living when called into the service, where have you lived since the
 revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
 Answer I lived in the County of Amherst State of Virginia when called into service, have lived in that part of old Amherst County which is now Nelson County since and now live in
Nelson.
 4th How were you called into service: were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a
substitute and if a substitute, for whom?
Answer I went as one of the State troops or minute men, except the two last times, and then was drafted.
5th 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 service?
Answer I have stated the names of all the officers that I now recollect to have served with, and all the circumstances of any importance that I recollect to have been connected with my services, and I do not recollect the No of any Regiment with which I served.
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 6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so, by whom was it given, and
 what has become of it?
Answer I was at each term of service discharged, but whether by a written discharge or not I can’t say with certainty: but this I do know, that I never left the army without being
told by an officer that I was at liberty to go home untill called again.
 7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood,
who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution.
 Answer The Court will please enquire of Spotswood Garland & Robert C. Cutler, and any other of my neighbours to say whether I am a man of veracity, and their belief of my services as a soldier of the revolution, the Court will also please enquire of the same gentlemen, who can testify, whether or not from their acquaintance with me, they believe me to be as old as I represent and that I am reputed and believed in my neighbourhood to have been a revolutionary soldier, and whether or not they concur in that opinion.
      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. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
                                Hezekiah Hargrove

We, Spotswood Garland and Robert C Cutler residing in the neighbourhood of Hezekiah Hargrove do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said Hargrove who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty four years of age, that he is reputed.   Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
                                 Sp: Garland
                                 Ro: C Cutler:

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.  The Court further certifies that Spotswood Garland and Robert C. Cutler who have signed the preceding certificate, are residents of the County of Nelson, that they are both credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.  A Copy of the record.
     In testimony whereof I Spotswood Garland clerk of the said Court do hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of my Office, this 9th day of November 1832 and in the 57th year of the Commonwealth.
                     Sp: Garland

(seal)
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Hezekiah Hargrove
Va
No. 25184

RW
Admit as a fifer

Pen $88

e:l:
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 show what is necessary to be done.  These 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.
A Statement, showing the Service of Hezekiah Hargrove

Period when the service was rendered.
1775 enlist
Drafted
1781

Duration of the claimant's service
Years. Months. Days.
about 16 (months)
perhaps 15 or 20
about 2
about 2
"4
"4
"2
"2
"2
"2
"4

Rank of the claimant.
Fifer

Names and rank of the Field officer under whom he served,
Genl. Losson
Col. Halcomb

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
84 years
Amherst Co. Va.

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary

                I am, respectfully,
                        Your obedient servant,
                        J.L. EDWARDS,
                          Commissioner of Pensions.


Col. S. Meredith
Maj. Pope
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         REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832
     The following regulations have been adopted:
     This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line,"  "State troops,". "militia", and "Volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c.  Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
     Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
       1.  The Regular Troops.
       2.  The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
       3.  Persons employed in the Naval Service.
       4.  Indian Spies.
     As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned offices, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

                                       DECLARATION
                         In order to obtain the benefit of the
                     Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832
State, Territory, or District of 

     On this _____day of______personally appeared (a) before _____A.B. a resident (b) of _____in the county of_____and State, Territory or District of _____aged (c)_____years, who first being 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)_____, with_____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, if 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 or any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____.                         A.B.
     Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
     [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.
     I_____ 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) herby 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. and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
     I, _____Clerk of the Court of _____do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of ____for a pension.
                     In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my 
                     hand and seal of office, this ____day of 
                      _____&c.

Every applicant will product 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 product 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 alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person
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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 or 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 ex-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?
     How were you called into service;  were you drafted, did you volution, or were you a substitute?  And if a substitute, for whom?
     5.  State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops, where you served;  such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your services.
     6.  To a Soldier {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
          To an Officer {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
    7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
     The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
     The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.  If one of these persons is a clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
     The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party.  And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the 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 the 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.

(The following are small type footnotes at the bottom of the page.)

[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 claim cannot be had.  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 Just of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that, by reason 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 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.
     [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 ribbons, 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.
     [j]  The notes from [a] to [i] are 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 indispensable 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.
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                  November 12, 1934
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                  BA-J/MCS
                  Hezekiah Hargrove, S.5481

Mrs. C.F. Leonard 
528 West Duarte Road
Monrovia
California

Dear Madam:
     The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S.5481, based upon the military service of Hezekiah Hargrove or Hargrave.
     He was born February 21, 1748, in Caroline County, Virginia, names of parents not given.
     White living in Amherst (which was later Nelson) County, Virginia, he enlisted in 1775 and served at various times until September or October, 1781, amounting in all to at least two years and six and one half months as fifer with the Virginia troops under Captains Nicholas Cabell, James Pamplin, Azariah Martin, Merriwether, James Franklin, Young Landrum and John Loving and Colonel Samuel Meredith and was in the battles of Gates' Defeat and Guilford.
     He was allowed pension on his application executed September 25, 1832, while a resident of Nelson County, Virginia. 
     The papers in this claim contain no data relative to the soldier's family.
              Very truly yours
              A.D. HILLER
              Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Death not on Agency Book
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5481
Rev War
INVALID.
File No. 5481
Hezekiah Hargrave
Fifer Rev War
Act: June 7th 31
Index:- Vol. M, Page 159
[Arrangement of 1870.]
*Hezekiah Hargrove.  Records corrected
May 3 '04 a

(right panel)
1924. Feb 9. Hist to Mrs. W. Lee Cash
1933. Fe 18. hist to Mr. Philip S Johnson WCS
1934. Nov. 12. hist to Mrs. C.F. Leonard W.C.S.
1935. Feb. 12. Mrs. C.F. Leonard unf. no information rel to soldier losing arm. etc. See Daniel Morgan B.L.Wt. 1496-850. WCS
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       Feb. 12, 1935
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       BA-J/MCS  OWN
       Hezekiah Hargrove, S.5481

Mrs. C.F. Leonard
528 West Duarte Road
Monrovia, California

Dear Madam:
     Reference is made to your request for information in regard to the Revolutionary War pensioner, Hezekiah Hargrove.
      The papers on file in the pension claim, S.5481, based upon the information in regard to this soldier having crossed the Delaware with General Washington or to his having lost an arm during his service.
     In order to obtain the date of last payment of his pension, the name and address of the person to whom it was paid and possibly the date of soldier's death, it is suggested that you address the Comptroller General, Records Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C., citing the following data:
    Hezekiah Hargrave, Certificate 16190, issued July 16, 1833, rate $88 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Virginia Agency.
                            Very truly yours

                            A.D. HILLER
                            Executive Assistant to the                           
                            Administrator
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                      November 12, 1934
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                      BA-J/EEL
Mrs. C.F. Leonard
528 West Duarte Road
Monrovia, California

Dear Madam:
    Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of Hezekiah Hargrave, Daniel Morgan and Joseph Benjamin, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
     You are furnished herewith the histories of Hezekiah Hargrove or Hargrave and Joseph Benjamin, the only soldiers with those names that are found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.  No record of a soldier named Daniel Morgan could be identified.
                
                          Very truly yours
                          A.D. HILLER
                          Executive Assistant to the
                          Administrator
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                          February 18, 1933
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                          Hezekiah Hargrove, S.5481
                          BA-J/MCS

Mr. Philip S. Johnson
Franklin
Indiana

Dear Sir:
     Reference is made to your request for information in regard to Hezekiah Hargrove or Hargrave.
     He was born February 21, 1748, in Caroline County, Virginia, names of parents not given.
     While living in Amherst (which was later Nelson) County, Virginia, he enlisted in 1775 and served at various times until September or October, 1781, amounting in all to at least two years six and one half months as fifer with the Virginia troops under Captains Nicholas Cabell, James Pamplin, Azariah Martin, Merriwether, James Franklin, Young Landrum and John loving and Colonel Samuel Meredith and was in the battles of Gates' Defeat and Guilford.
     He was allowed pension on his application executed September 25, 1832, while a resident of Nelson County, Virginia.
     There are no data on file in the papers of this pension claim, relative to the soldier's family.

                     Very truly yours

                     A.D. HILLER
                     Assistant to Administrator

Death not on A.B.
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WCS

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

                     February 9, 1924

Mrs. W. Lee Cash
1008 Fairmount Ave.
Bristol, Va.

Madam:
     I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.5481, it appears that Hezekiah Hargrove or Hargrave, was born February 21, 1748, in Caroline County, Virginia.
     While a resident of Amherst (later Nelson) County, Virginia, he enlisted in 1775 and served at various times, as a fifer in the Virginia Troops under Captains Nicholas Cabell, James Pamplin, Azariah Martin, Merriwether, James Franklin, Young Landrum and colonel Samuel Meredith,  was in Gates' Defeat, South Carolina, and the battle of Guilford, serving two years six and one half months in all.
     He was allowed pension on his application executed September 25, 1832, while a resident of Nelson County, Virginia.
     There is no data on file as to his family.
                         Respectfully,
                         Commissioner
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                  Monrovia California
                  January 25 1935

Mr. A.D. Hiller
Washington DC

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VETS. ADM READER #15

Dear Sir:
In regard to BA-J/MCS -- Hezekiah Hargrove, since you have the pension claim on file and allowed I feel that you could give me the date of his death.  Also please note if any mention is made of the lose (sic) of an arm.  He is supposed to have crossed the Delaware with Washington and lost an arm.  Please look once more for Danial (sic) Morgan, he was a General and there must be a record.
I thank you very much for the past favors.
Very Sincerely,
Inez Leonard (Mrs. C.F.)
              Registrar Encinitas Chapter
              Daughters of the American Revolution
Inez Leonard
528 West Duarte Road
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from
Mrs. C.F. Leonard
528 Duarte Road
Monrovia California

Monrovia California
October 29 1934

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NOV 3 1934
MAIL-SUB DIV
VETS ADM 
READER #15

Dept. of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Rev. War Division

Dear Sir:
Please send me the record of the following names:
Hezekiah Hargrave who crossed the Delaware with Washington and lost his right arm
Danial (sic) Morgan -4-
          Conn
          Va
          Mass
          NJ
Joseph Benjamin born in England 1742 and died in Charles Md. 1830

With much appreciation
signature?
Inez Leonard
(Mrs. C.F.)
Registrar Encinitas Chapter D.A.R.

1820
72
1848
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                       Franklin Ind.
                       Dec. 30 1932.

Veterans Administration.
Washington. D.C.
     Please send me the pension record of Hezekiah Hargrave, who served as a fifer during the American Revolution with Nelson County. Virginia. troops.
     Address.--
                        Philip S. Johnson.
                        Franklin. Indiana.
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                              1008 Fairmont Ave.
                               Bristol, Virginia.
                               Jan. 7, 1924.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
My dear Sir:-
     Will you kindly give me the record of "Hezekiah Hargrave (fifer) (Nelson) S. of W., 1833, - Pen. 2, 176" Revolutionary Soldier of Virginia.
     Also of Daniel Walker
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(Mecklenberg), S. of W. 1835. Pen. 2,169 - Same.
     Assuring you this information will be appreciated.  I am
                       Yours truly
                       Mrs. W. Lee Cash
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Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace for the county of Nelson in the State of Virginia Hezekiah Hargrove who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that the draftsman who drafted his Declaration improperly stated his first term of service at sixteen months when it should only have been six months and he being old and hard of hearing did not notice the mistake when it was ready to him.  he also saith that it is impossible for him to state the period of the war when his service was performed with more precision than they are stated in his declaration and he also 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 his first tour was not less than 6 months his second not less than 15 days, his third not less than 2 months his fourth not less than 2 months his fifth not less than 4 months his sixth not less than 4 months his seventh not less than 2 months his eighth not less than 2 months, nis ninth not less than 2 months and tenth not less than 2 months and his eleventh not less than 4 months and he further saith he knows of no one now living by whom he can prove the above services and for the said services he claims a pension.  Given under my hand and seal this 24th day of June 1833
(seal)
Benjm. Harris   J.P.

State of Virginia
Nelson County to wit
     I. Spotswood Garland, Clerk of the Court of Nelson County do hereby certify that Benjamin Harris is a Magistrate as (smudge) above, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
     In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 27th day of June 1833.
(seal)                    Sp. Garland