Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5091, Joseph Hodgin, Ga.
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Ga Hodgin, Joseph R. 5091

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CONTENTS
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29685

Joseph Hodgin's
Declaration

September

for Knoxville Agency

Sent by JBlain
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832.
State of Tennessee
Jefferson County 8 January Term 1834.
On this 21st day of January in the year or our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four personally appeared in open court, before the honorable Edward Scott Judge of the Circuit Court of Law and Equity for the County of Jefferson aforesaid within the Second Judicial Circuit. Setting as a court of record Joseph Hodgin, a resident of the county of Jefferson and state aforesaid aged seventy two 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 provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 4, 1832. That he the said Joseph Hodgin entered the Service of the United States and served in the Revolutionary War as follows, That he enlisted for the term of two years, the previous time that he enlisted he does not - now recollect - but thinks it was in the year 1777. At the Court House in Warren County in the State of Georgia was enlisted by Col. Sciras Dunn, in the company commanded by Captain Robinson. He even then marched to
Augusta, and was in the Siege at that place in the Regiment-Commanded by General Clark in the Georgia line. Thence he was marched to the waters of Brian Creek where he was in a engagement with the Brittish and Tories. Thence he even marched to Savannah and was in the battle that was fought at that place and from thence he was marched back to Augusta, thence to Warren Court House in the State of Georgia, where he was discharged having been two years in service_received a discharge which has been lost. he hereby relinquishes every claim
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Ga   Hodgin, Joseph    R5091
whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension role of any agency in any State.

Sworn to and subscribed to in open court the day and year aforementioned.

Joseph Hodgin

And the said court do hereby declare herein *** *** that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states.

Edw Scott Judge

I Theodorick I Bradford clerk of the Circuit Court of Land and Equity in and for the County of Jefferson do hereby certify that the foregoing *** the *** proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Joseph Hodgin for a pension.

In testimony whereof I heard hereunto *** my hand and seal of office at office in Dandridge the 21st day of January AD 1834.

Theodorick I Bradford Clerk of the Circuit Court of Law and Equity for Jefferson County

State of Tennessee

I Edward Scott Judge of the Circuit Court of Law and Equity for the County of Jefferson do certify that Theodorick I Bradford *** is Clerk of said Court and makes this *** agrees and is in due form of land.

Given under my hand the 21st day of January AD 1834.

Edw Scott
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State of Tennessee
Jefferson County

This day personally appeared before me William Barton, one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Jefferson Zilpha Hodgin aged Sixty Seven years a [reputable?] witness and Nancy Elmore aged Sixty Nine years all of Jefferson County and made oath that they are personally acquainted with Joseph Hodgin who has sworn and subscribed to the forgoing declaration, that they have heard and read and that the facts as stated is true, that in the year 1777 as well as they recollect he enlisted in the Service of the United States in Warren County  in the State of Georgia for two years, was enlisted by Col Dunn as mentioned in his Declaration & went into service and continued in Service two years and returned home, it has always ben {sic} reported & believed he was honorably discharged-& served his Country faithfully.
Sworn and subscribed before me on the 10th Day of March  AD 1834.
{Signatures below]     Zelpery Hodgins
                                   Nancy Elmore
William Barton
Justice of the Peace

Seal of Tennessee
            I Joseph Hamilton Clerk of the Court of 
Pleas and quarter Sessions of Jefferson County do certify that William Barton [illegible]  Whom the above affadvits was sworn to before is now, and was at the time of an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of
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Jefferson detach aforsaid duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit is given and due to to all his official acts as such

In (3 illegible) and hereunto set my and and seal of office at office in Dandridge, Me 17 Day of November AD 1834

Joseph Hamilton
Clerk of Jefferson 
County
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                  Washington          October 14, 1931

                                                BA-J/AWF

Dr. Will S. Hodgen
Lebanon, P.O. Box5557 (crossed out) P.O Box 557
Kentucky.

DearSiir:

      Reference is made to your letter relative to Joseph Hodgins and Samuel Hodgen soldiers of the War of the Revolution.

      Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers in that war.

       A careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the service of Samuel Hodgen, all spellings of the surname searched.

       It is suggested that as a possible means of securing information in regard to the military service of said Samuel Hodgen, you apply to The Adjutant General, War Department, this city.

       The (illegible) following is the record of the only Joseph Hodgin (searched under all spelling of the surname) that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.

      The data herein are obtained from the papers on file in the pension claim, R. 5091, based upon the military service of Joseph Hodgin in the War of the Revolution.

       Joseph Hodgin enlisted at the Court House in Warren County, Georgia, sometime in 1777 and alleged
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that he served in Captain Robinson's company, under General Clark in the Georgia troops, that he was in the Siege of Augusta, and battles of Brier Creek and Savannah, and served two years.

     He applied for pension, January 21, 1834, then a resident of Jefferson County, Tennessee, and aged seventy-two years.

(Illegible crossed out) His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish satisfactory proof of six months service, as required by the pension law.

     There is no reference to wife and children.

                         Very truly yours

                         A.D. Hiller
                         Assistant to Administrator
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Acts of July 14,1862 and March 3, 1873
 Rejected
5091
P.O. Joseph Hodgins
Alleges: The printed list of 1852 
shows reasons for rejection
Re-enlisted: "not six months service"

1931-Oct.14 -Hist by: Dr Will S Hodgen
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Rejected
 See letter to Hon. J Blair
14 Jan. 1835
7 no letters found
5091
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Service: Ga. (Georgia) 
Name: Hodgin, Joseph
Number: R. 5091
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James L Edwards
    Commisioner of Pensions
            Washington City
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                                                                    1834
                           Dandridge 18 Nov
Hon. J L Edwards
     Dear Sir
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Dr Will S. Hodgen              Sep 26 1931   
                                             Bureau of Pensions 
Dentist                             E. W. Morgan Act. Com,
P. O. Box 857                 Washington , D.C.
Lebanon, KY
Dear Sir: -
            Virginia Reports for 1912 page 151 - list as Revolutionary Soldiers "Samue(o)l  Hodgen" and  " Joseph Hodgins" (only)
           Can you throw any light on the service of these two soldiers of the Revolution, in your department?
           If not, will you please tell me where else to write? 
                  Thank you,
                   Will S. Hodgen
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BOUNTY LAND WARRANTY CARD*

NAME Hodgins, Samuel GRADE Private in the LINE Invalid Corps

WARRANT NUMBER 13219 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED September 3, 1791 (torn)
to Edith McKel, Admx.

The information concerning the issuamce of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 188" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subse-
quent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.