Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4365, Joel Hicks, Va.
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SERVICE: Va.
Hicks, Joel
NUMBER: S. 4365
Carded
CONTENTS
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Not found in little books [cents sign]
Stopped. see letter to Pen at Oct 29 1836. do. to J.A. McKinney Nov. 5 1836

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26535
Jonesboro Tennessee
Joel Hicks
of Hawkins in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the com commanded by Captain Lipscomb of the regt commanded by Maj Banks in the Virginia line for 10 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Jonesboro Tennessee at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of March 1834 and Hon. Sam Bunch House of Representatives

Arrears to the 4th of March                 100.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 1o Sept      16.67
                                                            $116.67

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk,
Book E Vol. 7 Page 126
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State of Tennessee Circuit Court
Hawkins County } September Term 1833.
On this 7th day of October, 1833, personally appeared in open court before the Judge of the Circuit Court now sitting, Joel Hicks, a resident of Hawkins and State of Tennessee aged 68 years on the 21st day of this month, who being first duly sworn according to law; doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832, That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated; That he was born in Hanover County in the State of Virginia on the 21st of October in the year 1765; that there was a record of his age in his father's Bible now in the possession of his sister in Albemarle County in Virginia; that he has in his possession a copy from said record; that he lived in Hanover County in Virginia when he was drafted in to the service of the United States in the summer of 1781 under Capt Ambrose Lipscomb; that the different Captains companies undegroused at Hanover Court House & formed a Regiment under Maj Burk as well as this applicant can now recollect; that from Hanover they marched to South hamton; that at this place they were stationed two months; or more to guard that place, that while they were at Southhamton Lord Cornwallis visited Hanover Court House from which he was driven, as well as this applicant can recollect, by General Green, that he then took his stand at Little York at which placed he was forced to surrender to the combined forces of America & France. This applicant further states that from South hamton he &
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the other forces were marched to Richmond, expecting that Lord Cornwallis would attack that place as it was in its neighbourhood; that while they were stationed at Richmond, guarding that place, the surrender of Cornwallis took place at Little York in October 1781.
This applicant further states that after they received the information at Richmond of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, they were marched to Hanover Court House, where they met with the prisoners taken at Little York; that here this applicant was put under one Capt William Grimes, for the purpose of going on with the prisoners & guarding them to Albemarle County, that in a few days they set out with the prisoner, with the intention above mentioned; that they arrived safely with the prisoners at their place of destiny, which was about four miles from Albemarle Court House, where they threw up Barracks to shelter them while guarding the prisoners; that while stationed at these barracks guarding the prisoners, his six months for which he was first drafted expired; that after the expiration of his six months, he again entered the service, at the barracks, as a substitute in the place of one John Hill; that this was under the same Capt Grimes & this term of service as a substitute lasted four months, as well as he can recollect; that finally the prisoners were dismissed & this applicant discharged from service that he received his discharge at the expiration of his six months service & also the discharge as a substitute from the hands & signed by Capt Grimes, & returned home; that his discharges have been misplaced, or lost so that he can not now find them; that he took very little care
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of them, thinking he would have no use for them. This applicant further states that he knows of no one now living by whom he can prove his services, but that he is known in his present neighbourhood to Eldridge Hord & William H. Smith who can testify to his character & their belief of his services; he further states that there is no clergyman in his neighbourhood; that after the revolutionary war he lived in Albemarle County, Virginia till the last 24 years, during which he has lived in Hawkins County, Tennessee where he now lives. That it has been so long and his memory has failed him so that he cannot state safely any of the names of the officers, except those who had immediate command over him; he further States that he never received a commission He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension, or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State; (or if any), only on that of the Agency of the State of Tennessee. That owing to the loss of memory, he cannot swear positively to the length of time he served, but believes according to his best recollection he served not less than the period above mentioned making in all ten months & for such service I claim a pension

Joel Hicks his X mark

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.

W. B. Mitchell, Clk.

We Eldridge Hord & William H Smith residing in the neighbourhood, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joel Hicks, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 68 years of age; that he is reputed
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& believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion

Eldridge Hord

William H. Smith

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid

W. B. Mitchell, Clk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department; that 
the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states; and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Eldridge Hord & William H. Smith, who have signed the preceding certificates are residents in the neighbourhood and credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit

S Powes Judge of the Circuit Court of Hawkins County

I Willie B Mitchell Clerk of the Circuit Court of Hawkins County State of Tennessee, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court
in the matter of the application of Joel Hicks for a pension.

In testimony whereof I havehereunto set my hand and affixed my private seal having no seal of Office at Office in Rogersville this 7 day of October A.D. 1833.

Seal [circled]

W. B. Mitchell, Clk.

I do hereby certify that Willie B Mitchell Esquire, is Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County of Hawkins in the State of Tennessee, and that the signature to the annexed certificate is in my opinion the proper handwriting of s'd Mitchell Given under my hand this 1st March 1834

Saml Bunch
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28.810
Joel Hicks
Tennessee
for 1781 for 10 -
$33.33/100

Hon S. Bunch
H R
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,

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 shew what is necessary to be done. Those 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 compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of Joel Hicks

[column headings: Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.]

1781. 6 months. Pr. Cap Lipscomb Maj Burk. 68 Va. Traditions.
1782. 4 months. Pr. Cap Grimes.

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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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 officers, mucicians 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 } ss.
County of
On this
day of
A. B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
of
aged (c)
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, 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, in 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 of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
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.
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)
hereby 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.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
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.
1,
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 produce 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 produce 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
A
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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 principlal means of corroborating the declaration of ther 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 expected. All applicants will appear berfore 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 Counrt will propound the following (m) interrogatories for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, Stae 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?
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, 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 as 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?
6. To an Officer   Did you ever receive a commision, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of the 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 service 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 applicantt.

The applicant will further produce in court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without to 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 their acquaintance with him, that 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 concured in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so cetrtify, and they will also certify to ththe 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 inquiry whether the belief is general,  and whether any doubts have ever existed  upon the subject.

Appliccants unable to appear in court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to examination, before a Judge or Justice of the 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.

Whdenever any official act is requiredto be done by Judge or Jusatice of the Court of record, or by a Justice of the Peace , the certificate of the Secretary of the Sate or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of Court or County, underr his seal of office , will be annexed, stating that such a 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 matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open court, unless prevented from doing so by reason fo bodily infirmity; in which case the delarant 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 claiment must invariablybe 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 satisfactory  examination of the claim cannot be laid. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language definite as to enable the Department to determine what amount of pension he is entitled. In case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memeory, state precisely how long he served, he should ammend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
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July 26, 1935.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Mrs. Dora D. Allen
621 East Terrace Street
Chattanooga, Tennessee

BA-J/ady
William Nelson, S.4615
Joel Hicks, S.4365

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to William Nelson and Joel Hicks, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.

Their records are furnished you herein as found in the claims for pension based upon service in the Revolutionary War.

William Nelson, S.4615

William Nelson was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia, in 1747, day, month, and the names of his parents are not shown.

While a resident of Surry County, North Carolina, William Nelson enlisted the first of July 1777 and served four months as private in Captain Cox's Company, Colonel Williams' North Carolina Regiment. He enlisted the first of July 1779, served two months as private in Captain Joseph Claud's North Carolina Company and was in an engagement with Tories. He enlisted in the fall, the year not stated, served twelve or fourteen days in Captain Claud's North Carolina Company and was in a skirmish with the Tories. He also served three weeks in Captain Claud's North Carolina Company, date not given.

He moved from Surry County, North Carolina, to Hawkins County, Tennessee.

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 29, 1834 while a resident of Hawkins County, Tennessee.

In 1834 soldier referred to his son, his name or age not stated. The name of soldier's wife is not shown and there are no further family data.

William Nelson died August 8, 1834, place not stated. [handwritten] On A.B,
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Joel Hicks, S.4365

Joel Hicks was born October 21, 1765 in Hanover County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not shown.

During the Revolutionary War he was a resident of Hanover County, Virginia, after the Revolution he lived in Albemarle County, Virginia, and about 1809 he moved to Hawkins County, Tennessee.

Joel Hicks applied for pension October 7, 1833 while a resident of Hawkins County, Tennessee, and stated that he entered the service in the summer of
1781 and that he served ten months under Captains Ambrose Lipscomb and William Grimes and Major Burk in the Virginia troops.

His claim was allowed. Upon an investigation of his claim by the United States District Attorney at Rogersville, Tennessee, it was found that he never served as a soldier of the Revolution, in consequence of which his name was dropped from the pension roll October 29, 1836.

In 1833 a sister of Joel Hicks was living in Albemarle County, Virginia, her name or age not given. It is not stated whether Joel Hicks was ever married.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Rev. War Section.

November 4, 1936.

Miss Byrd Blankenship,
34 Lombardy Way,
Atlanta, Georgia.

Madam:-

In response to your letter which was received on the 16th ultimo, you are advised that in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. File 4,365, it appears that Joel Hicks was born in Hanover County Virginia, October 21, 1765, and while residing in Hawkins County, Tennessee, was allowed pension on his application executed October 7, 1833 in which he alleged that he served for 10 months in the Virginia Troops during the Revolution, but upon an investigation of his claim by the United States District Attorney at Rogersville [illegible, likely Tenn] it appeared that he never served as a soldier of the Revolution and his name was dropped from the pension roll on October 29, 1836. It is not stated whether he was ever married.

Very respectfully,

Acting Commissioner.
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4365
INVALID.
File No. 4365
Joel Hicks
Pnr, Na, line
Act: June 7u?32
Index: -Vol. A, Page 172

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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certificate returned in the case by D. Alexander - Feb 1857
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VA   Hicks, Joel   S 4365
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Rogersville East Tennessee

Sir

I have been requested by James Cooper, Joel Hicks, and John Sawel, as their Agent, to request you to have their names, transferred from the Pension Agency at Jonesbor, E. Ten. to the agency at Knoxville, East Tennessee. They apply for this transfer on the ground that it is too inconvenient for them to get their pen. money at Jonesboro. Sometimes it is impractical for them to get there on acc't of the River Holston & other streams to be crossed and there being in fact no direct communication with Jonesboro,  Whereas there is a daily intercourse between Hawkins and Knoxville -

Joel Hicks certificate is no 26.535
James Cooper do do 13.949
John Sawel do (dup.) do 26.888.

and now in my possission [sic]

please to forward notifications of transfer to me as soon as is convenient. they have not drawn their two or three last semi-annual
payments -

i am very respectfully
your obt Servant
D. Alexander

J.L. Edwards Esq.
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Rogersville Octr 18th 1836
Sir
I had the honor to receive your letter of the 18th of July last enclosing the original papers upon which Robert Henely Obtained a pension from the United [sic] as a revolutionary Soldier Immediately on the receipt of these papers a warrant was issued against Henely on a charge of Perjury.  He was brought before three majistrates [sic] of this County & several Witnesses against him and on his behalf examined in the presence of numerous Spectators, and I believe the unanimous opinion of all who heard the Testimony was that he had never been in the Revolutionary War, that his whole storey [sic] was a tissue of falshoods [sic], and that he ought to be stricken from the pension Roll  He was recognized to appear at the Circuit Court of the United States and at the Session of that Court what was held last week at Knoxville the Grand Jury found & true bill against
[?] Perjury. He continued the cause
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Several of the United States Witnesses are aged and my own opinion is that Henely put off his trial in hope that some of these Witnesses may die before the next Term of the Court which will be in Oct 1837.
I have also been informed, and have no reason to doubt the truth of the information that a man named Joel Hicks who resides in this County (Hawkins) has improperly obtained a pension as a Revolutionary Soldier.  When in fact, as is Stated to me he never was in the Revolutionary War and has obtained his pension by means of perjury.  I have the information from Hicks own nephew and others I promised them to communicate the information to the War Department and to await the Instructions  I might receive on the subject. If you will transmit the original papers in his Case I will esteem it a duty on my part to cause a prosecution to be instituted against him.  I have also heard of others in the same situation in an adjoining County whose names I will transmit to the Department as soon as I can get the necessary information.
I am satisfied that enormous frauds have been practiced on the
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Goverment in obtaining pensions by
those who have no legitimate claim
to have their names on the pension Roll.
I am, very respectfully, Sir
Your Obed Serv
John A McKinney
United States Att L
George Wm Cramp, Esquire
Acting Commissioner
of Pensions
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War Department,
Pension Office,
November 4, 1836,
We the subscribers, clerks in the Pension
Office, do hereby certify that we have examined
the annexed four pages, signed "Samuel Bunch, 1st
March, 1834," & that they are correctly copied from
the original
D. McCurdy,
S. A. Elliot
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Rogervsille Dec'r 1st 1836
Sir
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 5th ulto together with the original papers, upon which Joel Hicks obtained his pension, which you have been pleased to forward to me for the purpose of enabling me to investigate the conduct of Hicks, who it is alleged, never was a revolutionary Soldier as in his declaration made for the purpose of obtaining a pension he has alleged
I am respectfully
Your Obed't Svt
John A McKinney

J L Edwards, Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
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15 Jany 1838
D. Alexander
G C

Record 7 46 Page202
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War Department
 Pension Office 
15th Jany 1838 
Sir 
In answer to your letter of the 5th inst I have to inform you the instructions as pointed out in the enclosed Printed Sheets Should be complied with before the names of [marked out: James Hicks], James Cooper and John Sawel can be transferred from the Jonesboro to the Knoxville Agency.  Joel Hicks was Suspended on the 29th Oct 1836 & the Suspension has not been removed. 
I am Sir 
Very Respectfully 
Your ob't Serv

D. Alexander Esq.
Rogersville
Tennessee
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June 20/44.

[the remaining item has bled through from the opposite side of the page and as such is a reverse image of a correspondence]
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414
Pension Office
June 20, 1844

Sir,
I herewith return the letter of Colonel Critz, and have the honor to state that the pension of Joel Hicks was stopped on the 29th of October 1836, for the reason, that, on a re-examination of his case, [marked out: on information received at the office,] it was apparent that he never served as a Revolutionary Soldier.  This paper, was, on the 5th of Nov 1836 sent to U S District attorney at Rogersville Tenn with the view of prosecuting Hicks, for perjury, since which time they have not been returned to this office.

Hon. A Johnson,
Greenville,
Tenn.
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Joel Hicks  Dec 10
Tennessee
file this with
Copies ret
26535

[vertically:  

Rogersville, T

Free

J L Edwards, Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
Washington City
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Joel Hicks

Payments to be made
at Jonesboro Tenn'e
by Wm K Blair
Agent for paying Pension-
ers, in the Agency of Jones-
boro, Tennessee
26,585. '32

Recorded in the Pension Of-
fice in Book E Vol 7
Page 126 by Dan'l Boyd
Clerk

Ret by S. Alexander
Feb '57  Ten
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United
States of the 7th June, 1832, Joel Hicks
of the State of Tennessee
who was a private in the Army of
the Revolution
is entitled to receive Thirty-three dollars and 
Thirty-three cents per annum, during his natural life, com=
mencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-
annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in 
every year.
Given at the War Office of the United
States, this Eighth day of 
March one thousand eight
hundred and thirty-four
Lew Cass
Secretary of War
Ex[amined] and}
Countersigned}

J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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16 [check mark]  Blankenship  Rev. Sec.
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34 Lombardy Way Atlanta, Ga Oct 12-1916 Rcd Sec  Commissioner of Pensions-Washington, D.C.  Dear Sir:  In the published list of Pensioners of the Revolutionary War, I find that my great grandfather Wm Troller drew a pension while living in Obion Co. Tenn in 1833, and also another ancestor, Joel Hicks of Hawkins Co. Tenn was a pensioner in 1833.  Will you kindly send me the record of their services, & greatly oblige  Yours Very Truly, Miss Byrd Blankenship
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Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:  I would like to obtain the service record and pension statement of two
reveolutionary soldiers  if your department will be kind enough to furnish the information.
Joel Hicks served in the Virginia military organizations and drew pension for his service. 
William Nelson served in North Carolina. He also drew pension.
Thanking you for this information,  I am, [ signature] Mrs Dora Davis Allen 621 East Terrace St
Chattanooga Tenn   
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