Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8670, William Hay, N.C.
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N.C.
Hay, William
S. 8670

carded
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Date of death not on A.B.

North Carolina  12.969
William Hay of Sampson in the State of N.C. who was a pri in the  commanded by Captain  of the Rgt commanded by Col Lytle in the N.C. line for 12 mo: & 10 days
Mc from $44.43-
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 54. Dollars 43 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14- day of Nov:34 and ? Taylor's Ridge - N.C.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep.-34      190.51
Semi-anl. allowance ending ?: 35  27.21
                                                    $217.72
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Wm Miller Sr VRia Clerk,
Book E  Vol. 6  Page 42
E2 - 6/u - 58
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State of North Carolina
Sampson County
Court of Pleas & Quarter
Sessions May Twenty 1833.

  On the 20th day of May A.D. 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Worshipful
Justices now holding the court aforesaid vis William McKay, Jesse Oates & Whitney Royal Esquires, William Hay a resident of Sampson County in the State of North Carolina aged seventy 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 act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
  That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officer and served as herein stated.
  1st  In the summer of 1780, he served ten days in a company of New Hanover militia as a private under Captain Henry Waters, Samuel Ashe Lieut, the other officers he forgets; that when he entered the service he resided in New Hanover County, N.C., that in this service he was a substitute for James Stanley; that he joined his company at Rutherford's Mills on Holly Shelter, where Rutherford's army was then stationed, that he was in no battle and made no marches; that he served with continental troops under Gen Rutherford; that the regular officers he knew were Captain Joseph Rhodes, Curtis Ivey, Robert Raiford, Col.  Arch Lytle, Gen. Green, Lieut. Campaine, Capt Evans, William Bush, which are all he now recollects, that he has no documentary evidence and knows of no person by whom he can prove this service - 
  2ndly.  In a company of New Hanover militia under the command of Captain James Devane,   William Sloan he thinks was Lieutenant and William Wright Ensign, his other officers he forgets, in the first of the year 1781 and served four months
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as a private, that he was a volunteer; that he was in no battle; that he was stationed at Half way Bluff on Long Creek to guard negroe Head Point road; that he has no documentary evidence, but has procured the testimony of Capt James Devane whose affidavit is hereunto affixed, to prove this service in the year 1782 with either Capt. Joseph Rhodes or Capt Robert Raiford and served in unknown regiment of the North Carolina line under the following named officers, vis Gen Green, Col. Archibald Lytle, Robert Raiford Major awhile, Captain Joseph Rhodes, Samuel Ashe Lieutenant or Ensign, his other officers he forgets, that while in this service he was Transferred to another set of officers, whose names as far as he recollects them were the following vis Captain Evans or Capt William Bush. - Campaine Lieut or Ensign, William Hadley Captain also awhile Carter Ivey Adjutant, that he enlisted for eighteen months, that he left this service in August: 1783 sometime after peace was concluded, having served thirteen months; that he was in no battle; that he joined his company at the residence of Major James Thompson's near Duplin old Court House and marched over Rockfish bridge by South Washington to Washington, thence to the Brickhouse in Brunswick County, thence across Pedee at Strawberry ferry, through Georgetown, across Santee to Ashley Hill, where the army took up Head Quarters & where he joined Gen Green's army, thence to James's island, thence to Hadley's Point, thence for Wilmington & on his march thither was furloughed.
  Answers of William Hay the aforesaid applicant to the questions propounded to him by the Court aforesaid as prescribed by the War Department.
  1st  I was born on Black River in New Hanover County in the year as well as I can ascertain 1762.
  2nd  I have no record of my age.
  3rd When called into service is was living in New Han-
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over County N.C. Since the Revolutionary war I have lived in the lower part of Sampson County N.C. on Black River & I now live there.
4. In as first a substitute, then a volunteer & lastly enlisted.
5. I beg leave to refer to my declaration.
6. I never received any written discharge. I secured a furlough when in the continental service.
7. James Robinson, Ephraim Johnson, George Robinson, Amos Johnson, Patrick Murphy, & others I could name. 

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever 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 & subscribed the day & year abovewritten.
Test
Thomas J Faison Clerk
            his
William X Hay
           mark

  We Ephraim Johnson residing in the County of Sampson and Patrick Murphy residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Hay who has subscribed and sworn to the preceding declaration; that we believe him to be seventy 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 day & year abovewritten.
Test
Thomas J Faison Clerk
              his
Ephraim X Johnson
             mark
Patrick Murphy

And the said Court hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was
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a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Epraim Johnson & Patrick Murphy who have signed the preceding certificate are credible  persons and that their statement is entitled to credit and further that there is no clergyman residing in the immediate vicinity of said applicant. Given under our hand the day & year abovewritten.
W. McKay J.P.
Jesse Oates J.P.
W Royal J.P.

I, Thomas J. Faison Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Hay for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have set my hand & seal of office, this the 21st day of May A.D. 1833 in the 57th year of American Independence.
Thomas J. Faison Clerk
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No 25.262
William Hay
Sampson Co - 
N. Carolina

Admitting as appraised
1 yr. 4 mo. $ 10 days
$44.43
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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

N. Carolina
A Statement, showing the service of William Hay Sampson Co - 

Table columns: 
Period when the service was rendered.
Duration of the claimant's service. Years. Months. Days.
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.

Sub summer 1780  10 Days.  Private  Capt Waters

2nd Vol 81  4 Months. Private  General Rutherford  Capt Devane

Enlisted 82 until Aug  1 Years  Private  Capt Rhodes  Col Archibald Lytle  Capt Evans

1. Years. 4 Months. 10 Days.

70 years old, Hanover County N. Carolina

Witness of Devane for 4 months service in 1781 but not stated credible and traditional evidence stated credible

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions
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                                 2
 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 County of     } ss.
  On this      day of       personally appeared (a) before       A. B a resident (b)     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 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 i.e. 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.
  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) 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.
  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 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
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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 of 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?
    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 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 a 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.
  [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 other must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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----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 authenticating 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 ribbon, 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.
  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.

John N Ashton
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September 1, 1936
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Mrs. P. L. Hay
124 Georgia Avenue
Macon, Georgia

BA-J/ALB
WILLIAM HAY
S. 8670

Dear Madam:

  Reference is made to your letter of recent date, in which you request the Revolutionary War record of a William Hay who served
from North Carolina and pensioned there on account of his service. You state that you are trying to find the names of the parents of
Howell Hay who came to Georgia about 1800 or 1803 and drew land lottery in Wilkes County, and died in Meriwether County, Georgia.

  You are furnished herein the record of the only William Hay found in the Revolutionary War records of this office who served
from North Carolina and was pensioned there, also. There is no way to determine from the data given by you whether or not this is
the soldier in whom you are interested, or whether he had a son named Howell Hay. The data which follow were obtained from pension
claim, S. 8670, based upon service of William Hay in the Revolutionary War.

  William Hay was born in 1762 on Black River in Hanover County, North Carolina; the names of his parents are not stated.

  While residing in New Hanover County, North Carolina, William Hay enlisted in the summer of 1780 and served ten days as private in Captain Henry Waters' North Carolina company. He volunteered early in 1781 at the Big Bridge in Hanover County and served four
months as private in Captain James Devane's North Carolina company. He enlisted August 1, 1782, and served as private under Captains
Joseph Rhodes or Robert Raiford, William Bush or Evans and William Hadley, and under Colonel Archibald Lytle in the North Carolina
troops, and was discharged in August, 1783, after having served on this tour thirteen months.

  After the Revolution, the soldier resided on Black River in the lower part of Sampson County, North Carolina.
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  William Hay was allowed pension on his application executed May 20, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Sampson County,

  No reference was made in the claim to wife or children.

  In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of William Hay, you should
apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:

William Hay
Certificate #12969
Issued November 14, 1834
Rate, $54.43 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act June 7, 1832
North Carolina Agency,

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Patrick
Murphy
Aug 534
GC

Recorded Vol 34 Page 311
G.C.
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Department of War
Pension Office
Aug 5. 1834

Sir

  An error has been discovered in the computation of the pension allowed to William Hay; you will request him to return the certificate to the Office in order that it may be corrected.

Patrick Murphy Esq
Clinton CH
Sampson Co
NC
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20950
Pension Office
27 Apr 1829
North Carolina
William Hay
Act 18 March 1818

Rejected 27 May 1829
See letter to Patrick 
Murphy Esq

See letter Apl 9. 1830 to
Hon E.B. Dudley
HR-

4797

Pension Office of the War Department
City of Washington
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Daughters of the American Revolution
Macon Ga
Aug. 11, 1936

Pension Bureau
Washington DC

Will you give me the records you have of William Hay, who served belonged in the militia of 1776. No 3871 Wilmington Dis N.C. Drew pension list 1835. Wife? Children? when he died?

I'm really trying to find the parents of Howell Hay who came toGa about 1800 or 1803
He drew land lottery in 1803 in
Wilkes Co draw of 1803. This lottery
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was not confined to Wilkes Co. He
lived and died in Meriweather Co.

  Will appreciate any information.

Very sincerely
Mrs P. L. Hay
124 Ga. Ave.
Macon Ga

RECEIVED
AUG 14 1936
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Acts of Jul14, 1862, and March 3, 1873
4797
P.O.______
William Hay
Service: See Admitted Soldier Files
8670 -
Enlisted:_____, 18  .
Discharged:_____, 18  .
Application filed:_____, 18  .
Alleges:_____
Re-enlisted:_____
Attorney:_____
P.O._____
_____Recognized.  _____Contract.
_____Cert. of      Dis. Searched for_____, 18  .

REJECTED
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8670
Rev War

INVALID.
-
File No. 8670
William Hay
Pri Rev. War
-
Act: June 7th 1832.
Index: -- Vol. 1st, Page 16
[Arrangement of 1870.}
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1936 Sept 3 - Hist. to Mrs.
P. L. Hay - M L B
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State of North Carolina
  Secretary's Office
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the
State aforesaid do certify that it appears from
the musterrolls of the Continental line of this
State in the revolutionary war, that William
Hays a private in Capt Hadley's Company of the
10th Regiment enlisted the 1st of August 1782
for the term of 18 months, and that nothing mor is said of him on said rolls.
  Given under my hand this
  15th day of June 1833
 W. Hill
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Payments to be made
at Fayetteville
by the Presd U.S. Br. Bank
Agent for paying Pension-
ers, in the Agency of North Carolina

Issue new certificate for
  $54.43

Patrick Murphy Esq
Layton Bridge P.O.
  NC
Recorded in the Pension Of-
fice, in Book E Vol. 6.
Page 42 by Wm. Miller
Clerk.
William Hay
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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, William Hay of the State of North Carolina
who was a private in the war of the revolution
is entitled to receive Forty four dollars and
Forty three 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.

  GIVEN at the War Office of the United States
  this 20th day of
  June one thousand eight
  hundred and thirty three

  John Robb
  Acting 
Secretary of War

Examined and
Countersigned. }
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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12.969
North Carolina
William Hay
of Sampson in the State of N. Car:
who was a pri: in the company commanded 
by Captain Evans of the Regt. commanded 
by Col. Lytle In the North Car:
line for 16 mos. & 10 days

Should be 54.23

Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina
at the rate of 44 Dollars 43 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of June '33 and sent Patrick Murphy
Clinton C.H. Va.

Arrears to the 4th of March '33 -       88.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 sept. - 22.22 1/2
                                                         $111.07 1/2   

  {Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Wm. Miller Clerk, 
Book E Vol. 6 - Page 42

 1st Patrick Murphy Aug 5 34
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State of North Carolina
New Hanover County}
  On this the 23rd day of April A.D. 1833 before me Charles Henry an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared James Devane a resident of New Hanover County in the State of North Carolina aged seventy five years the 1st of August
1832, to me well known and entitled to full faith and credit, who being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that he knew William Hay a resident of Sampson County, N.C. aged about seventy years
during the Revolutionary war, that said William Hay who is now an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of June 7th 1832 was to the knowledge of this deponent a soldier in that war and served under this deponent who was Captain at least four months, that no battle occurred during that period, that said Hay was a volunteer
the whole force of New Hanover County being ordered out at that time, which was in the year 1781. about the commencement of that year; as the enemy at that time had possession of Wilmington; that said Hay entered service under this deponent at the Big Bridge in New Hanover County and marched from thence to Halfway Bluff on Long Creek to guard Negroe Head Point road and continued there till the four months were expired
  James Devane
Sworn to & subscribed before me the day & year first above written}
  Chas Henry J.P.

I, John W. Stanly Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for New Hanover County hereby certify that Charles Henry before
whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn to & subscribed is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly qualified, and authorised to administer oaths 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 the 24th day of April A.D. 1833

  John W Manly Clerk