Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31154, Peter Hubbard, S.C.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE                            
S. C.      

Hubbard, Peter.     

NUMBER
S.31154

CONTENTS
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Letter to S. Breese 18 April 1839
?in to Pen. Agt 3d Oct 1839
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To Illinois from 4 Sept
1838. 26 Oct 1839. notification to Perin Greenville Ill.
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Paid at the Treasury under the
Act of the 7th April 1838 from
4 Sept 1838 to 4 Sept 1839 
Agt. notified 10 June 1840
_______________________
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[printed form, blanks filled in by hand]

Illinois 7266
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Peter Hubbard
of Montgomery Co in the state of W T (West Tennessee)
who was a private in the company commanded
Captain Wise of the Regt commanded
by Col Thompson in the S Carolina
line for 2 years
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Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee
at the rate of 80 Dollars -- Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of March
1833 and sent to Peter
W N Marr Clk  Montgomery Co
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833             $160.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept               40.00                                                                             =====                                  
$200.00
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{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }

Recorded by [signature] Daniel Boyd Clerk
Book E  Vol. 7    Page 82
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Application for a transfer
State of Illinois County of Bond } ss.
On this nineteenth day of September 1839 before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace for the said County of Bond Personally appeared Peter Hubbard who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company command by Captain John Caraway Smith in the Regiment commanded by Colonel William Thompson in the service of the United States that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Tennessee from whence he his lately removed that he now resides in the State of Illinois and County of Bond where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable in future. 
The following are his reasons for removing from the State of Tennessee to the State of Illinois is to reside with his children.
[signature] Peter Hubbard
Sworn & subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid
[signature] James Bradford JP.

State of Illinois Bond County }
I, Thomas S Hubbard having been acquainted with Peter Hubbard whose name appear to the above affidavit do solemnly swear that he is the real person described in said affidavit.
[signature] Thomas S Hubbard

Subscribed & sworn to before me this 19th Sept 1839
[signature] James Bradford JP
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State of Illinois Bond County } ss.
I,  James Bradford an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County having been personally acquainted with Thomas L. Hubbard whose signature appears to the above affidavit, do hereby certify that he is a person of respectability and veracity Given under my hand and seal this 19th day of September A.D. 1839
[signature] J. Bradford J.P.

State of Illinois Bond County } ss.
I, James Bradford Clerk of the County Comissioners Court in & for said County do hereby certify that James Bradford whose name appears to the foregoing affidavits and certificate was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Greenville this
nineteenth day of September A.D. 1839
[signature] J. Bradford Clk

[illegible Court Seal affixed at left]
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11.002
Montgomery County
Tennessee
Peter Hubbard
from 1776 private
3 years
look in S. C. Roll
$ 80
+
on Roll
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

Brief in the case of Peter Hubbard of Montgomery Cty. [County] in the State of Tennessee (Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? before a Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [blank]
3. How old is he? 77
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 

[table of service]
[table data presented in a narrative format]

Entered service in 1774 Aub until July 1776 for 6 months as a private under [illegible] and Captn Wise
And continued in service for three years when he was discharged at Eutaw Springs, as a private, Captn not recollected.
In 1779 he served on other tours as a private under General Marion

5. In what battles was he engaged? Sullivans Island
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? South Carolina in Cheraw District
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By a living witness
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
[signature] John Holsteen[sp]
Examining Clerk.
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State of Tennessee Montgomery County } s.s.
On this 27th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before the Circuit Court of Montgomery County Peter Hubbard aged seventy seven years a resident of the County of Montgomery, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the law passed the 7th day of June 1832. that entered the service of the United States in the year 1774 or 1775 as a regular soldier in the Third Regiment for six months service or if required for three years in the company commanded by Sam'l Wise & the Regiment commanded by Col. Wm. Thompson that he was enlisted in the State of South Carolina in Cheraw district, where I at the time resided. that they were marched to Charleston and stationed on Sullivans Island and continued there until after the Battle of Sullivans Island.  Volunteers were then called for from among the Regular troops to go to St Augustine, & that he together with many others volunteered upon that expedition & started upon that expedition in the month of July 1776 he believes but did not continue the expedition as he had expected and was marched to Savannah in the State of Georgia and continued there until the fall[?] when the troops became very sickly $ were sent to Augusta for the benefit of their health & then he received a furlough to go home. that he went home & remained some time, how long he does not recollect & rejoined the army at the Ten Mile house above Charleston & continued in the service until the expiration of the three years, when he was discharged at the Eutaw Springs where the Regiment had been for some time stationed to which he was attached & which was then commanded by Lieutenant Col Charles Mason who signed his discharge
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that he then returned home to Cheraw & was then placed in the Militia, which was divided into the classes and discharged his duty alternately with the Militia, by the month until the 6th of March 1779, when the class of the Militia to which I was attached was ordered to [3 illegible words] Charleston we were pursued by the British & the troops had occasional skirmishes with British & tories but no regular engagement. we were then under the command of Col Huks who returned before we reached Charleston & we were then under the command of [illeg] Elebee. we continued on this expedition until the 15th of July when I reached home. after my return I was continued in my place among the militia & performed my duty when called on, which was frequently the case. he performed one of the tours under the command of Gen. Marion, when we marched to & took possession of the Scoth lake fort on the Santee -that he was then a Lieutenant in the militia & marched [illegible] company to join Marion & was then placed in the command of some Capt whose name he cannot now recollect that he supposes he continued at that with Marion five or six weeks, that this took place a short time before peace was made - that he never received any pay for his services in the Militia & rec'd all his pay for his regular service except twenty Dollars.  That his discharge has been by some means, lost or destroyed. that he has no written evidence to prove his services. That James Baggot a resident of Montgomery County & now a pensioner, belonged to the same company with him, whilst in the regular service and he [illeg] that Morgan Brown now a resident of Davidson County in the State of Tennessee was a Sargent in the company in which he fought while she knows of no other living witness by whom his services could be proved except his sister who he presumes could not recollect his having been in the service
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that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open Court
[signature] Peter Hubbard
Test
[signature] PN Mars Clk

State of Tennessee Mongomery County } s.s.
James Baggot a citizen of Montgomery County, aged 77 years personally appeared in open Court and makes oath that he was acquainted with Peter Hubbard in Cheraws District in the State of South Carolina before the Revolutionary War, & that he knew of his going into the service of the United States as a regular soldier in the Regiment commanded by Col. Wm Thompson -  and that s'd Witness afterwards enlisted in the same Regiment - and served with Peter Hubbard & knew him well whilst a soldier in s'd Regiment - he recollects marching to Charleston & Sullivans Island & the battle on Sullivans Island and that s'd  Hubbard was with him & he continued in the service with him until both was discharged -  the affiant also states that he served either fifteen or eighteen months and thinks that Mr Hubbard served longer than him. s'd witness further testifies that he heard at the time of s'd Hubbard afterward serving in the Militia but did not know it of his own knowledge - that he has lived a near neighbour of Mr Hubbard for the last Thirty years has well known him & knew him to be the same man who served with him in the Regiment of Col Thompson - sworn to & subscribed in open Court the day & date first above written
[right] his
[right] James X Baggot [X being his mark in lieu of signature]
[right] mark
Test
[signatre] PN Mars Clk
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State of Tennessee Montgomery County } s.s.
Mathew Morgan a Clergyman resident in the County of Stewart in said State makes oath that he believes the applicant Peter Hubbard to be seventy seven years old as he states in his declaration - that he has resided near him for twenty five or thirty years  - and that he has been reputed in the neighbourhood where he lives to have been a revolutionary soldier - & that s'd Hubbard is a member of the same church with him & has the character of being an upright honest man - Sworn to &  subscribed the day & date above mentioned in open Court.
[signature] Mathew Morgan
Test
[signature] P R. Mars Clk

And the s'd Court after having examined the said Hubbard as requested by the Secretary of War is of opinion that s'd Hubbard was a revolutionary soldier and that he served as stated in his declaration & that he is of the age of seventy seven years - and also certifies that James Baggot a resident of Montgomery County is a credible person and that Mathew Morgan a Clergyman resident in Stewart County is likewise a credible person - and that their testimony is entitled to credit
[signature] P W Humphry Judge &c.

I, Peter N Mars Clerk of the Circuit Court of Montgomery, certify, that the preceding is the original papers & affidavits for the  application of Peter Hubbard for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and private seal having no other official seal this 27th day of August 1832
Test
[signature] P. N. Mars Clk of
Montgomery Circuit Court

[handwritten private seal at left]
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[handwritten]
Peter Hubbard
S. 31154


[typed letter]

March 12, 1931

Rev .& 1812 Wars Section
MMHF:MLB [pmn handwritten]

Mrs. Charles J. Dawdy
720 N. Elm Street
Greenville, Illinois

Dear Madam:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 31154, that Peter  Hubbard, while a resident of Cheraw District, South Carolina, enlisted in 1775, served three years as a private in Captains Samuel Wise's and John Carraway Smith's companies, Colonel William Thompson's South Carolina regiment, and was at the battle of Sullivan's Island.

He then returned home and continued to serve at various times on short tours in the militia until the close of the Revolution, a part of the time under Colonel Hicks, and as a lieutenant under General Marion.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 27, 1832, while living in Montgomery County, Tennessee, aged seventy-seven years.

In January, 1839 he moved to Bond County, Illinois, to be with his children. Their names and the name of his wife are not stated.

Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.  3-525

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., __________,19__

In reply to your request of __________, received __________ for a statement of the military history of Peter Hubbard a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired  information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.    S. 31,154

[[Table with the following headings]
DATES OF  ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
RANK.         
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM   SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. COLONEL.
STATE.
__________________________________________________________________________________
Enlisted in 1775 for 3 years as a Pvt. [Private] under Captain Wise, Capt John Carraway Smith, Colonel William Thompson in S.C.        

After above he continued to serve various tours in the Militia until the end of the War, part of the time under Col Hicks and later as Lieutenant under Gen Marion

Battles engaged in, Sullivans Island
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Cheraw Dist. SC.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 27. 1832 His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Montgomery Co. Tenn.
Age at date of application, 77 years Date of death is not shown
Remarks: 
In 1839 he removed to Bonds Co. Ill. to reside with his children whose names are not stated.

Respectfully,

Commissioner.
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[right, handwritten] MMHF

[typed letter, page 1 of 2]

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
May 23, 1925,

Mrs Marian T. Banes
1226 South Main St.,
Carthage, Mo.

Madam:


I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 31154 it  appears that Peter Hubbard while a resident of Cheraw District, South Carolina enlisted in 1775, served three years as a private in Captains Samuel Wise and John Carraway Smith's Companies, Colonel William Thompson's South Carolina Regiment and was at the battle of Sullivan's Island.

He then returned home and continued to serve at  various times on short tours in the militia until the close of the Revolution, a part of the time under Colonel Hicks, and as a Lieutenant under General Marion.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 27, 1832 while living in Montgomery County, Tennessee aged seventy-seven years.

In January 1839 he moved to Bond County, Illinois to
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be with his children,their names and the name of his wife not stated.

Respectfully,

WILDER S. METCALF.
Commissioner.

[Handwritten note]
Date of death not on AB
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[handwritten note]
June 4, 1913.
E.E. to Adams.

[typed letter]

Sur. File No. 31,154, Peter Hubbard aged about eighty-two years and a resident of Bond County, Illinois in 1839, enlisted in the Cheraw District, South Carolina, in 1774 or 1775, in  Captain Samuel Wise's company. Colonel William Thompson's 3d South Carolina regiment. was in the battle of Sullivan's Island, and served three years.

Very respectfully,

G. M. Saltzgaber [signature]
Commissioner.
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[printed letterhead, handwritten letter, page 1 of 2]

[DA Wheel with Flag and Stars]
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Benjamin Mills Chapter
D. A. R.
GREENVILLE, ILLINOIS

Feb 16" 1931
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
I am trying to establish the fact that Peter Hubbard - served in Revolutionary War. It is my belief that he was granted a pension in 1832. The date may be wrong-
Peter Hubbard - born in South Carolina - lived in Montgomery Co Tenn. - moved to
Bond Co. where he - died & was buried in 1844. His wife's name was Mary Ann. She died before he did.
Will you send me copies of the record showing he did receive the pension?
He served in S. Carolina enlisting - in 1775 and served under Capt Samuel While, Capt Carraway Smith & Col Wm. Thompson.
He was in the battle of Sullivan's Island and a prisoner of the British on Long Island.
Later he served in the S C. Militia under


[date stamp]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE B
FEB 19 1931
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Gen. Marion until the end of the war.
Thanking you in advance I am
Sincerely
[signature] Mabel E. Dawdy.

Address
Mrs Charles J Dawdy
720 N. Elm St
Greenville Ill
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MRS. MARIAN TEBBETTS BANES
1220 SOUTH MAIN STREET N. 7 1928
CARTHAGE, MISSOURI
November 17, 1925
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
My dear Sir: 
Will you kindly inform me if the name, Peter H. Hubbard is on the pension list. He died Aug. 26, 1844, at Granville, Ill. He
is buried at Mulbury Grove, near Granville, and on his Tombstone is the statement that he was a soldier of the American Revolution, and that "by the side of the gallant Marion,
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fought many a hard battle for his country's Independence"
Any information on this point will be gratefully received.
Respectfully
[signature] (Mrs) Marian Tibbetts Banes

[date stamp]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE  C 
MAR 23 1925
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C. E. DAVIDSON
ATTORNEY AT LAW
OFFICE, COR. 4TH ST. AND WASHINGTON AVE
GREENVILLE, ILLINOIS

Aug. 15, 1914

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly inform me if Peter Hubbard, a Revolutionary Soldier, who enlisted from Tenn. or N, Car, drew a pension?
I also want to know if Joseph N Adams a Rev. soldier who died in Bond Co. Ill. in 1840, drew a pension?
An answer will be greatly appreciated -
Very Sincerely
[signature] Mrs. Chas. E. Davidson,
Regent Benjamin Mills Chapter D.A.R.

✔

{date stamp}
U. S. PENSION  OFFICE O
AUG 17 1914
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[printed letterhead, typed letter]

CHRISTIAN COUNTY
Republican Central Committee

P. S. HANER, Chairman
TAYLORVILLE

E. E. ADAMS, Secretary
TAYLORVILLE

E. E. DOWELL, Vice - Chairman
PANA

B. A. TURNER, Treasurer
EDINBURG

COMMITTEEMEN  TOWNSHIP PO Address
F. W. Baxmeyer, Assumption 1, Assumption.
Ira Hinkle, Assumption 2, Assumption.
Fay R. Best, Bear Creek, Palmer.
B. A. Turner, Buckhart 1, Edinburg.
Jhhn [John] G. Hill, Buckhart 2, Stonington R. R.
P. M. Klinefelter, Greenwood, Morrisonville R. R.
J. A. Klinefelte , Johnson, Taylorville R. R.
J.W. Hardy, King, Morrisonville.
Dr. Tankersley, Locus, Owaneco.
Frank Willey, May, Taylorville R.R.
D. C. Armstrong, Mosquito, Mt Auburn R. R.
Chas. Tankersley, Mt. Auburn 1, Mt. Auburn.
Logan G. George, Mt. Auburn 2, Breckenridge R. R.
B. F. Simpson, Pana 1, Pana.
Theo. Vaughn, Pana 2, Pana.
Geo. W. Marsland, Pana 3, Pana.
W. M. Warren, Pana 4, Pana.
E. E. Dowell, Pana 5, Pana.
George T. Jacobs, Prairieton, Moweaqua R. R.
Louis Johnson, Ricks 1, Morrisonville.
Oscar Mundhenke, Ricks 2, Morrisonville.
R. J. McAfee, Rosemond, Rosemond.
Wm. Lawrence, South Fork, Pawnee R. 49.
J. P. McLaughlin, Stonington, Stonington.
S. J. Osborn, Taylorville 1, Taylorville.
P. S. Haner, Taylorville 2, Taylorville.
F.A.  Zimmerma, Taylorville 3, Taylorville.
B. V. Martin, Taylorville 4, Taylorville.
[commas added to above for clarity]

Taylorville, Illinois,   May 22,  1913

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Sir: -

Kindly furnish me such information as may be afforded by the pension records of one Peter Hubbard, who is listed in a publication of the government of the year 1840 as a pensioner of the Revolutionary war,resident in Bond county, Illinois.

Very respectfully,

E. E. Adams, [signature]

[stamp]
U. S. Pension Office C
MAY 24 1918
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31154
Revy INVALID

File No. 31,154
Peter Hubbard
Pri Rev War

Act:  June 7" 32"
Index: --Vol. 2, Page 197
[ Arrangement of 1870. ]

1913 June 4. Hist. to E.E. Adams [?]
1914 Aug. 20: Hist to Mrs. Charles E.
Davidson, M.B.H
1925 May 23 - Hist. to Mrs. Marian
T. Banes, MMNI
1931 - Mch. 13 Hist to Mrs. Charles
J. Dawdy Awf.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
May 30th, 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, Peter Hubbard a Pensioner on the Roll of the Carmi Illinois Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars ["and ---- Cents" lined thru] per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th Sept. 4th of Sept 1838 to the 4 of Sept 1839
Respectfully, yours,
[signature] Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present
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Union Bank of Tennessee
Nashville 12th October 1839
J. L. Edwards Esq
Dear Sir:
Your esteemed favor of the 3d Instant requiring information to what time Peter Hubbard a Revolutionary Pensioner under act of the 7 June 1832 and at the rate of $80 per annum was last paid to at this office is duly to hand
And in reply have to inform you he has been paid to the 4th of September 1838.
I am, very Respectfully Sir
Your Obt Servt
John M Bass  P[illegible]
& Pension Agent
By S. Cantrell [signature]
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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  eter Hubbard 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 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 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?  No
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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? a Clergyman

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 

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?  

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

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? answered-

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                                                                     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_________mpnths   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 pension 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 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 embolied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either 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 oflicer, 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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State of Illinois Bond County ss:  
Be it known that before me the subscriber Judge of the Second judicial circuit of the state of Illinois, and presiding Judge of the Bond circuit court, personally appeared Peter Hubbard and made oath in one form of law, that he is the identical person named in an original Certificate in his possession of which, I Certify the following is the true copy, namely: 
" War Department 
Revolutionary Claim
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832 Peter Hubbard of the State of West Tennessee who was a private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive eighty dollars and --- cents per annum, during his natural life commencing on the 4th of March 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September, in every year -
["L.S." in hand drawn cloud]
Given at the war office of the United States this twenty first day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
[signature] Lew Cass Secretary of War

Examined and Countersigned}

J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions "
and which said certificate is endorsed on the back thereof as follows, viz: "Payments to be made
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at Nashville by the Prest. of U.S.B. Bank agent for paying pensioners, in the Agency of West Tennessee".  Recorded in the Pension office in Book E. Vol. 7 Page 82 by David Boyd Clerk."

That he now resides in Bond County in the State of Illinois and has resided there since the fifteenth day of January last, and intends to continue to reside there, and that previous thereto he resided in Montgomery County in the State of Tennessee, and that he desires to be transferred to the Pension Agency of the State of Illinois -
[signature] Peter  Hubbard

Sworn and subscribed before me, Judge as aforesaid, this 26th day of March 1839      
[signature] Sidney Breese
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State of Illinois Bond County } ss.

I James Bradford Clerk of the Circuit Court in and  for said County do hereby certify that  Sidney Breese whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit is and was at the  time of signing the same Judge of the 
Second Judicial District of the state of Illinois and presiding Judge of the  Circuit Court of Bond County and  that the signature purporting to be his  is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name  and affixed the seal of the said Circuit Court at 
Greenville this 26th day of March A.D. 1839
[signature] J. Bradford Clerk

[illegible Court Seal affixed at left]