Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9559, John Hammon, N.C.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N.C.

Hammon, John

NUMBER
S. 9559

Born in Va.

Carded
CONTENTS
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Page is folded in half
Left side:

Ohio 30,248
John Hammon
of Hamilton Co. in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the _____commanded______by _____Captain of the Regt. commanded______by 
Cleveland in the N. C. Militia line for 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 20 Dollars ____ Cents per annum
in commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.


Certificate of Pension issued the 31st day of October 1835 and sent to B. Storer Cincinnati, Ohio


Arrears to the 4th of Sept 35  90.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March '36.  10.00
$100.00

{ Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book E. 2. Vol. 8 Page 26 

Right side:

Copies of papers sent to Hon B Storer HR. Apl 14. 1836
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4597
John Hammon
Ohio
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The State of Ohio
County of Hamilton J:

On this sixth day of October Anno Domini 1835 personally appeared in open
Court, before the Court of Common pleas of Hamilton County aforesaid, now sitting John Hammon a resident of Cincinnate in said County & State, aged Seventy four 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 7. 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States, as a militia man in the year 1777 at the age of sixteen years, under the command of Captain Benjamin Cleveland in Wilkes County. on Roaring River in North Carolina, from thence he marched to Watauga, at the mouth of Doe river, where he was stationed for the space of three months, under the same commander, with a guard of about thirty men, to perfect the inhabitants against the Tories and Indians. From this place, after the three months had expired, the deponent returned to his mother, residence with his commander. On the return of said Cleveland, he was promoted to a Colonel's commission, and his brother Larkin Cleveland took his place as Captain; shortly after that time, deponent marched out under the command of said Colonel Cleveland, who then had the charge of three or four hundred men, to the Catawba River in a Scouting party, in which more than a month was spent during this time, in a skirmish with the Tories, the said Captain Clevland had his thigh
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broken by a [illegible], and being unable to perform his duty, Martin Gunther was chosen Captain in his stead. 

After the tour was accomplished, the deponent, under the order of the same Colonel Cleveland, and Captain unther, marched to Kings mountain, in which battle the deponent fought. Colonel Campbell, being the eldest officer on the ground took the command after ; being three times driven down the side of the mountain, the British & Tories were finally defeated, and their army taken
prisoners. after the battle deponent returned home with with his officers, and during his absence, had served more than one month-

Shortly after the deponents return, Col Cleveland, & said Captain Gambril, raised another party of men, among whom was deponent, and marched them to New River, where they remained hunting the tories, fifteen or sixteen
days.  While the party was out, three tories [illegible] captures, one of whom by the name of Ingraham, having used and some severe language to the said
Captain Gambril, was killed with the breach of said Gambrils gun, in consequence of which said Col Cleveland, immediately suspended said Gumbril his command; and John Morgan was appointed in his stead.
under said Morgan, deponent marched to the New River the second time, where he spent, under and about one fortnight. Then were a part of the more remarkable incidents in which deponent was engaged. He also marched with
Col Levon, to join General Greene, but the troops were ordered back, before they met the army: Deponent further saith, that he served in the war of the
Revolution, more than one year; during which time he was actively engaged as a militia man Deponant before the [illegible] of the war moved to Kentucky
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and settled at Bryants station; and in the year 1782, joined Col Benjamin Logan, in Clear Creek and having crossed the Ohio, marched against the
Shawnee Towns, which were burned, and thirty or more prisoners taken, which was taken to Danville in Kentucky.

This deponent has no documentary evidence of his service in the Revolution. He is now poor, decrepid & helpless: has resided for the last ten years in Cincinati aforesaid.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever 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 to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
W H Harrison Clerk HC        John his X mark Hammon

At the same time & place, in open Court as aforesaid personally appeared Colly Holbrook, who resides in Owen County, Kentucky but who has come
to this place, to verify so far as he can the declaration of said John Hammon above madesaid Colly being duly sworn according to law deponeth & saith, that he was born in Orange County in Virginia in the year 1769 that he lived in the neighborhood of John Hamman aforesaid when he went out as militia man with Col Cleveland in the Revolutionary war that deponent was then about eight or nine years old, and distinctly remembers when John Hammon went out as aforesaid: the ten of said Hammons service, and the kind of service he performed, this affiant cannot state; but he does know that he has always understood from the comrades
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of said Hammon, and others, that he said Hammon was actively engaged as a militia man; that he was at Kings Mountain & partook in all the dangers of that battle from what he knew himself and from what he heard at the times. and since from them who served with him said Hammon deponant verily believes that he served as a militia now for the space of one year - He has
been acquainted with said Hammon from his childhood, & believes him to be a man of veracity-
Sworn to & subscribed, as of the day & at the place
aforesaid-
W H Harrison Clerk H. C.    Colly Holbrook

We Robert Richardson, a clergyman, residing in the City of Cincinnati, and Septimus Hasen & Andre Herron residing in the same, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Hammon who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration:  that we believe him to be seventy five years of age:
that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion_
Sworn to & Subscribed}    
this day & year aforesaid}  R Richardson
in open Court} Septimus Hazen
to H Harrison NC    Andrew C. Herron

And to the following interrogatories propounded by the said Court, the said John Hammon answers & ays - In the first: Where, and in what year were you
born?  He answers, that he was born in James River, ten miles below Carter's Ferry in Gorchland County
Jany 29th 1760 -
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To the Second: Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it?
He answers & says, that his father died, when the deponent was about three years of age, as he has been told by his mother: his mother died a short time before deponent emigrated to Kentucky. He therefore has no record of his birth, as he came to the west, a young man, on adventure & took no evidence of his birth. At the time of her death, his mother, who had married the second time resided in Wilkes County North Carolina

To the third: where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live-
Answer- He was living in Wilkes County, North Carolina, on Roaring River, at the foot of the Blue Ridge when called into service; since the Revolution
he has resided in Kentucky. Indiana & Ohio, and now resides in Cincinnati, Ohio

To the fourth:. How were you called into service?
Answer. He was several times a volunteer, was once drafted, never served as a substitute_

To the fifth-- State the names of some of the regular officers, who was with the troops, when you served 
He answers, that he never served with the regular troops, or under Regular officers; the officers were all of the militia & the Regiments militia_
of the Militia officers, Col Benj Cleveland, Col
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Campbell, Shelby & McDonald, at Kings Mountain. Captain Cleveland, Morgan & Gumbril, for the circumstances of his services, he refers to his declaration.

To the sixth. He says he does not recollect that he ever received a written discharge from the service if he ever did, it is lost.

To the seventh- He names, Robert Richardson, Septimus Haran, & Andrew C Herron

on to & subscribed 
on the day & in open Court as aforesaid⎬   John his X mark Hammon
W.H. Harrison Clerk HC

And the said Court of Common Pleas of said Hamilton County, do hereby declare the opening after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certified that it appears to these that Robert Richardson, who has signed the preceeding certificate is a clergyman resident in Cincinnati, and that Septimus Hasen, and Andrew Herron, who have signed the same are also residents of Cincinnati, and that these statements are entitled to credit.
J. William Henry Harrison, Clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of
Hamilton, do hereby certify that the foregoing
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Sheet, and the sheet in which this certificate is written contain the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of John Hammon for a pension
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & seal
Office this Seventh day of October. Anno Domini 1835
W. H. Harrison Clerk H.C.
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Record Division,

August 4, 1909.

Mr. Robert R. Jones,
405 Custom House,
Cincinnati, Ohio.

Sir:

In reply to your letter dated the 28" and received the 30" ultimo, you are herewith furnished the records of the following Revolutionary War pensioners.

Inv. File No.S 9,539, John Hammon, Private, North Carolina troops; born January 29, 1760, in Goochland County, Virginia; a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1835, date and place of death unknown.

Inv. File No. 4,601, John Nelson, Private, Pennsylvania troops in the Revolution and also served in General Harmer's campaign in 1790; born
March 3, 1763, in Cecil County, Maryland; a resident of Batavia Township,
Clermont County, Ohio in 1832, date and place of death unknown.

Wid. File No. 10,451, John Brooks, Private, Orderly Sergeant, Ensign and Lieutenant, New York troops, born December 4, 1755 in Ridgefield, Connecticut, a resident of Florence, Huron County, Ohio in 1833, died September 22, 1846, place unknown.

Inv. File 40,238, Abraham Parmetter, Private, Massachusetts troops,
born in 1760, a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio in 1821, place of birth and
date and place of death unknown.
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Inv. File No. 16,245, Elijah Serjeant, Private, Maryland and Virginia troops, born in 1754, a resident of Washington Township, Clermont County, Ohio in 1832, place of birth and date and place of death unknown.

Wid. File No. 9890, John Wilkinson, Private, Pennsylvania troops born September 11, 1760 in York County, Pennsylvania, died August 29, 1841 in Fairfield Township, Butler County, Ohio.

A careful search of the records fails to show a claim for pension filed on account of the service of any soldier named Amos Mitchell prior to or in 1840, but Inv. File No. 36,699, Amasa Mitchell, Fifer Massachusetts troops born in 1752 resided in Scott County, Indiana in November 1839, having lately moved from Ohio, date and place of death unknown.

Charles Vattier referred to by you was pensioned for service in General St. Clair's army in 1791.

Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
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War Department
Pension Office
October 16, 1835.

 Sir, 

The papers of John Hammond have been examined and they are herewith returned in order that the credibility of Colly Holbrook may be certified as required in note sign the enclosed printed sheet. The applicant has only specified six months service. A pension for that length of service only,
can therefore be allowed. The original papers which were heretofore presented at this office should be again returned.

I have the honor to be

Very respectfully
Your Obt Sert.
J. L. Edwards


Hon B. Storer
Cincinnati
Ohio
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Suspended
Cat: 16 Oct. 1835
Hon B. Storer.
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Cincinnate October 1835

Sir -

     I will as an application for pension, for an old Revolutionary soldier, who I have
no doubt is entitled to the consideration of his country -
     I have known him some time myself, and his acquaintances give him a
good character-
     An application was made some two years since, in his behalf, by my predecesor
M Lytle - but it was withdrawn in 1834. to amend it, at the suggestion of the Department -
     The applicant is old crippled & poor, and the sooner his application is decided on,
the relief it will afford -
    Please direct to me at Cincinnati, if the certificate should be granted, let it better the Law crucade.

Respectfully
B Storer
M. C.
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M Hamman


Admit as private
mo. $20-

Upside down at bottom:


J.L. Edwards, Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Vertical on right side:

Oct 30. 
Ohio

Stamped
CINCINNATI. OHIO.
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J.L. Edwards, Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.


Upside down at bottom:

M Hamman


Admit as private
mo. $20-


Vertical on left side:

Oct 30.
Ohio

Stamped
CINCINNATI. OHIO.
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Cincinnati  October 24, 1835

Sir
I am communication dated Oct. 16 1835, and received yesterday. & I waited until
to day hoping that the papers you refer to, unto have been forward, but as they have to come. I now transmit you, the order of Colly Holbrook veracity, which an be attached to the papers on file already:

From what I have seen both the old man, I have no doubt but they are entitle to wit: Under the relief that Mr Hammon ask, is soon granted, he will he begin the rest of all its benefits_

The paper, heretofore, presented, which you time the original paper I have never
seem, they were entrusted to with Mr. Lytle. My predecessor and he has mislaid them; he has made search and cannot find them-

I am respectfully
B. Storer.

please send the pension to me, when granted. The [illegible] the Clerk, magistrate & myself are all gratuitous & we
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take an interest for the old man, as we think he denies the [illegible] and he asks
very respectfully
B Storer
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Apl 11

Jno Hammond
Ohio [illegible]

2 papers
McCurdy


Vertical in the middle of page:

J. L. Edwards
Com of Pensions
Washington DC

Normal:

Hon B Storer 
HR
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Will Mr Edwards, be kind enough to send me a copy of the declaration of John Hammond of Ohio, forwarded to you during the last autumn from Cincinnati, and upon which a pension of $20 per annum was allowed_?

I am resp
B Storer

Jas L Edwards
Com of Pen_
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The State of Ohio
Hamilton County ss:

We the undersigned being duly Sworn testify, depose & say, that we are personally
acquainted with Colly Holbrook, formerly of North Carolina, now a resident Kentucky, and whose signationure to the application of John Hammond
for a pension, for services in the Revolutionary war, we of the undersigned saw affixed thereto, in open Court, on the Seventh or eighth day of October present, and
knos it to be genuine. We further testify that said Colby Holbrook is an aged infirm man, we should judge nearly seventy years of age per his older: that he is reputed to be a man of veracity, & we verily believe him to be intitle to that character:
& further we say not.
Andrew C. Herron
C. C. Randall
Jonathan Stamper


I certify that the above named Andrew C. Herron Cyrus C. Randall & Jonathan Stamper personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace in & for said County of Hamilton, on this twenty third day of October Anno Domini 1835, and being first duly sworn, made solemn oath, that the above affidavit by them signed, was true. I further certify that I am well acquainted with said affiants, and that they are highly respectable witnesses of Cincinnati, and are entitled to credit and belief
Given under my hand & seal, this twenty third day of October Anno Domini 1835
Livius Hayne J.P Seal
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The State of Ohio
Hamilton County  ss:

I William Henry Harrison Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton County in the Ninth Circuit do certify that Lewis Hasen -- Eqr. who has signed & sealed the certificate on the other side of this sheet is an acting justice of the peace,
within & for said County, duly elected. & qualified to act in that capacity. and that
full faith is due to his official certificate. 
Given under my hand & the seal
of said Court of Common Pleas
at Cincinnati this twenty third
day of October AD 1835.
W H Harrison Clk HCP
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JRW


No. 9, 559, Inv.,     June 14, 1904.
Revolutionary War.

Sir:

In reply to your inquiry you are advised that one John Hammond, residing at Cincinnati, Ohio, applied for pension October 6, 1835. He stated that he was born January 29, 1760, in Goodland county, Virginia, enlisted as a private in Wilkes county, North Carolina, and served three months under Captain Benjamin Cleveland, and that in 1780 he served one month under Captain Larkin Cleveland and Colonel Benjamin Cleveland, and one month under Captain Gambrill and last-named colonel; also other short tours not definitely described, making his whole service one year. He was in the
battle of King's Mountain. His claim was allowed.

No record of Jacob Hammon has been found.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner. 

Mr. H. B. Hammon,
Bristolville, Ohio.
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9559

3 -- 068.
(Old No. 3 -- 649.)
Bureau of Pensions.

John Hammon
Oct 6 1835 - 74
Cinti Ohio

77  Wilkes Co NC
Capt Benj Cleveland
Col
pvt  3m

80 Capt Larkin Cleveland
Col. Benj Cleveland
pvt  1 m

Capt Gambrel
Col Cleveland
1 m

Born Jany 29, 1760 in
Goochland Va
Kings Mountain

served other short
terms not definitely
described that his whole
service was more than
one year
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3 -- 871.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.

Briefed by    A Wilson
Claim No.
Certificate No. On 1840 census of
pensioners as of
Claimant    Hamilton Co. Ohio
Soldier   Amos Mitchell
Service
Additional Service.
No. ___ claim, State records.____190___
No claim, combination records,____ 190___

REMARKS:
No Old War inv. wid
or req. claim for any service
prior to 1840



0-8   Chief Division
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Back side of a typed letter.

Only thing on this page are stamps:

PENSION OFFICE
U. S.
A
JUL
30
1909


RECORD DIVISION
JUL 31 1909
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The Obio Society of Sons of the Revolution.
OFFICE OF THE HISTORIAN.
ROBERT RALSTON JONES,
405 Custom House.

Cincinnati, O. Jul 28, 1909.

The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
In connection with the work of identifying Soldiers of the Revolutionary War, whose names will be placed on a bronze tablet, I am anxious to learn if certain pensioners named in the census of 1840 were Revolutionary Pensioners.

My requests for information in the past have received such courteous response from your Department that I hesitate to ask for more, but in the closing up of our work I wish to leave no clue untried. The names of men concerning whom  information is desired are given herewith, together with the township in which they lived in 1840; all of Hamilton County, Ohio:

John Wilkinson,   Springfield Township,  80 years in 1840
Charles Vathier,    Delhi   do.   70 do.   do.
Elijah Sargent,    do. do.  82  do. do.
Abraham Parmetor, Columbia  do. 79 do.   do.
Amos Mitchell,  Anderson do. 80   do.  do.
John Hammond, Fulton  do. 87   do.    do.
John Brooks, City of Cincinnati,  do. 78   do.   do.
John Nelson,  do.  77   do.  do.

If any or all of the names are those of pensioners other than Revolutionary, there is no need of pursuing the subject futher, but if some were Revolutionary pensioners, you will greatly aid our work and assist in perpetuating the memory of the soldiers themselves by giving such data concerning them as you can consistently.

Very respectfully,
Robt. Ralston Jones
Historian and Chairman of Committee for
marking graves of Revolutionary
Soldiers.
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Page is 2 fold

Left side:


June 13, 1904
Hist to H.B. Hammon
Bristolville Ohio

1909 Aug. 3. Tombstone data to and
R.R. Jones, Ohio S.A.R. Cincinnati O.


Right side:
Written to the side of below: Rev War check mark

9559
INVALID.
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File No.  9559
John Hammon
Priv. Rev. War
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Act: June 7th 1832
Index: --Vol. 1, Page 162


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