Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38057, for Henry Hutto, South Carolina
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
S. C.

Hutto, Henry

NUMBER
S. 38057

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CONTENTS
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20,354
Georgia
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Henry Hutto
of Baker Co. in the State of Georgia
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Cottles [?] of the Regiment commanded 
by Colonel Pinkney in the S. Carolina
line, for the term of [blank]
from [blank] 1777 to [blank] 1783
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Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to
commence on the 27 day of August 1831
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Certificate of Pension issued the 16 of September
1831 and sent to John S. 
Porter, Esq.  Byron, Ga.
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Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1831               $   2.35
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Mrch 1832     48.00
                                                             $50.35

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Acts March 18, 1818,}
{and May 1, 1820.}

Rec. Book D.
Vol. 8  fol 134
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Henry Hutto of the County of Baker and
State of Georgia on the eighteenth day of June
eighteen hundred and Thirty one personally appeared
in open Court, it being a Cort of Record --
Henry Hutto resident in said County, aged
eighty one years, who being first duly sworn
according to Law, doth on his oath make the
the following declaration in order to obtain the
provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th
March 1818 and the 1st May 1820 that he the said
Henry Hutto enlisted in the year 1777 in the month
of April / as near as he now an recollect not 
having his discharges to aid his memory and was discharged 
in August 1780 having served under his enlistment
more than three years, in the State of South
Carolina in the Company Commanded by 
Benjamin Cattles, and in the Regiment first commanded
by Colo. William Cattles and after his 
Death by Colo. Charles Coatsworth Pinkney [Pinckney]
in (he believes) the first Regt. So. Ca. line in the Continental service
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That as well as he can recollect he was discharged
on the 15th day of August 1780 shortly after he again enlisted
at Orangeburg So. Ca. in a Company Commanded 
first by a Capt. whose name he cannot recollect
but afterwards it was Commanded by Capt. Jesse
Baker in the Regt. Commanded by Colo.
William Thompson.  he was taken prisoner in 
Charleston, and exchanged (he thinks in 1782) his times
of enlistment having expired while a 
prisoner he was discharged & he then went to Georgia
[illegible] and joined a Regt. Commanded by
Colo. George Lurington in which Regt. he 
continued to serve untill the conclusion of the 
War, when he was discharged in the State 
of So. Ca.  That he hereby relinquishes any
claim whatever to a pension except the present
that his name is not on the Roll of any State
except So. Ca. and that the following are the reasons
for not making earlier application for a pension
that about eighteen moths ago he did make an
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attempt to have his name placed on the list but
has been informed that his papers never
reaches the Secretary of War's Office (by which 
means he has lost his discharges.  that previous to his
attempt above referred to no person in an effort to 
arange his papers, and he was unable to do it 
himself and that while he was able to labour he 
was not anxious to become a pensioner on his
Country.  And in pursuance of the Act of the
first of May 1820 I do Solemnly Swear that I was a 
resident Citizen in the United States on the 18th
day of March 1818.   and that I have not since
that time by gift, sale or in any manner 
disposed of my property or any part thereof with
intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself
within the provisions of an Act of Congress
entitled an Act to provide for certain persons
engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the 
United States in the Revolutionary War, passed
on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not
nor has any person in trust for me any property
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or Securities or contracts or debts due to me
nor have I any income other than what is 
contained in a Scedule hereto annexed and 
by my subscribed and that my wife is who is aged & infirm is all my family that since the 18th of March
1818 the following changes or increases have been
made in my property.  (Viz) that on the 18th day 
of March 1818 I do not believe that I was worth
five dollars exclusively of a few articles of clothing
and Beding - That I have at present one Bed
and furniture 4 Pots 5 Cups and Saucers, 3
knives & Forks 6 Plates 6 head of Cattle, 1 Hog
and 405 Acres of Land which I drew in the 
State Land Lottery of this State as a Revolutionary
Soldier but which I have been informed
is about 150 miles from where I live and which 
is worthy very little having offered it for 
Fifty dollars with being able to effect a sale

Henry Hutto

Sworn to and declared on this 18th day of 
June 1831 before us

John Musgrove J.P.
John Bowls J. P.
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Rev.  War Section.          [initials AW]

April 4, 1931.

Hon. Charles R. Crips,
House of Representatives.

My dear Mr. Crisp:

In response to your letter of the first
instant, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers
in the Revolutionary War pension claim, Survivor File No. 38,057,
it appears that Henry Hutto served from Apr. 1777 as a private in Capt. 
Benjamin Cattell's Company, Colonels William Cattell and Charles
Cotesworth Pinckney's S. C. Regiment, and also in Capt. Jesse
Baker's Company, Col. William Thompson's Regiment.  He was 
taken prisoner at Charleston, S.C. and after he was exchanged
he joined Col. George Lenington's Regiment and served until
the close of the war.  
He was allowed pension on his application executed June
18, 1831, at which time he was 81 years old and a resident of 
Baker County, Georgia.  He then referred to his aged and infirm
wife, but did not state her name.  There is no further
data on file as to family.  The date and place of his birth
are not stated.  

Very truly yours,

Commissioner.
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38057
INVALID.
Revy.
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File No. 38,057
Henry Hutto
Pri Rev War
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Act:  18 March 18
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 243

[Arrangement of 1870.]


[notes on top right side]
1921 Mch. 12  Hist. to Mrs. 
Ilene Cocker.
1921 Apr. 4.  Hist. to 
Hon. Chas. R. Crisp. M. C.
see letter in Lewis 
Stowers S. 31996.  AW
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Henry Hutto
Papers
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Georgia
Baker County

I James J. Goodwin Clerk 
of the Superior Inferior and 
Court of Ordinary and acting Clerk of
this Court now in session.  Do certify that
it appears to the satisfaction of the Court
that the said Henry Hutto did serve in the 
Revolutionary War as Stated in the preceding declaration
against the common Enemy for the term of Nine
months and more under one Enlistment on the Continental 
establishment.  I also certify that the foregoing
Oath and scedule thereto annexed are truly
copied from the Records of said Court, and I 
do further certify that it is the opinion of the said
Court that the total amount in value of the property
exhibited in the aforesaid scedule is Seventy six
Dollars.  In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the private Seal of the Court (there 
being no County Seal) this 18th day of June 1831.

James J. Goodwin Clerk

[seal]
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Dept of War
[illegible]

A D Hiller
Comms.  27 Augt 1831

[written sideways]
Byron, Ga.
4th August

His Excellency
Andrew Jackson
on S. C. roll
Washington City
pen: to Com. 27 Aug. 1831

[written upside down]

Dept. of War
referred for inquiry
as to his rightful
claim and that answer may be given
to the old veteran thereof.
A.J.
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[This is identical to page 11 just turned in a different direction.]


Dept of War
[illegible]

A D Hiller
Comms. 27 Augt 1831

[written sideways]
Byron, Ga.
4th August

His Excellency
Andrew Jackson
on S. C. roll
Washington City
pen: to Com. 27 Aug. 1831

[written upside down]

Dept. of War
referred for inquiry
as to his rightful
claim and that answer may be given
to the old veteran thereof.
A.J.
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Byron Ga   20th June 1831

His Excellency
Andrew Jackson

Sir, as a Georgian
I served under and was frequently at your Quarters
during the Florida Campaign; this circumstance
to gather with the object of these lines, will I hope obtain
a pardon for troubling you with that which belongs
to another Department.  Fifteen or eighteen months
ago I attempted to aid the subject of the enclosed papers
in getting the relief from his Country, due him by 
his labor for that purpose I forwarded to Col.
Foster (Representative there in Washington) the discharges
of Mr. Hutto and requested such information as would 
enable me to have his papers regularly arranged, he gave it 
and the papers were enclosed to the Secretary at 
War, in October but Colo. Foster informs me they
were not to be found in the Secretary's Office.  In the 
absence of all Mr. Hutto's papers and from his memory alone I have attempted to have another set made out but 
his memory is so frail I can scarce embody anything from it.
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the papers are iregular of course but I hope contain
facts sufficient to direct an inquiry in the Archives
of the War Office to establish the justness of the claim
of the applicant; that they may again be lost or misplaced
(or as he believes neglected)  I have had to promise to send 
them to you, in you he has confidence, but in the
head of department he has none  for his satisfaction
may I request a notice of the reception and disposition
when and the manner he may expect anything
altho he may not live to get benefit, it would 
be of much consolation in his last hour to believe his
Country intended him award.  he is an honest meek old
man and as far as I can learn was always abstemious and
industrious, but lost everything by fire in So. Ca. in 1817
he then moved this State and never has been able to but scantily 
live since & now under severe afflictions which he 
cannot survive long.

That the good Sprit may long preserve
the Hapiness of our Countries Chief
in the sentiment of your 
Humble City  

Jno. [John] T. Porter


The President
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The President [illegible] of Mr. Porter's is sufficient to
justify [illegible] in placing confidence in his
representatives.

L. C.
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Dawson Ga
Feb 2, 1921

Commissioner
Washington D. C.

Dear Sir:

I am seeking the Revolutionary
record of my great, great, 
grandfather, Henry Hutto, a 
private and corporal in 
the First South Carolina
regiment, also the Third
S. C. regiment commanded 
by Col William Thomson.
I find his name also on 
the Ga line of soldiers.
He died in Baker Co after


[date stamp]
CHIEF'S [faded out]
FEB 4 1921
U. S.  BUREAU OF PENSIONS

[date stamp]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
FEB. 4 1921

[handwritten note on right side]
Recd
Rev Section
Feb. 5. 21
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1835.  I find he is also
a Ga pension soldier.
I will appreciate very 
much if you will give 
me all the necessary
data, as I am anxious
for this information as 
the early records of Baker Co
have been destroyed and 
the authorities are unable 
to give me this information.  
I desire his birth, death, and
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marriage dates of Henry
Hutto, also the name 
of his wife and all
children.  I want this
information  for D. A. R.
application.  Please let 
me have this at your
earliest convenience.
I will appreciate it 
so much and I need 
it at once.  

And oblige
Mrs.. Steve Cocker
Leesburg Ga
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.      
3-525
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.    [blank date]

S. F. 38057

In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank]
for a statement of the military history of Henry Hutto
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.
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DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Apr. 1777
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
[check mark]
RANK.
Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Benjamin Cottell
COLONEL.
William Cottell
Chas. Cotesworth Pinckney
STATE.
S. C.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
[check mark]
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
[check mark]
RANK.
Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Jesse Baker
COLONEL.
William Thompson
STATE.
S. C.
Taken prisoner at Charleston and exchanged.
He then went to Georgetown and Joined
Col. George Lenington's Regt. in which he served until end of war.
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Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, June 18, 1831 His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Baker County, Ga.
Age at date of application, 81 years.  Date & place of birth not stated.
Remarks:  In [illegible] he referred to his old & infirm wife
but no name is stated.  and there is no further data on 
file as to his family.
The above noted is the only soldier of this name &c.

Respectfully,

Commissioner.

S-2856 [form number]

[written on left margin]
Chart above taken May 12, 1780.
so could not have been [dis. first & lived?] in Aug. 1780