Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2.365, Hosea Ball, N. C.
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(3-1776) N.C. 
SERVICE N.C.
Ball, Hosea 
NUMBER S. 2365
CONTENTS [blank]
carded
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[left hand page]
[illegible]John Hunter 20 feby [February] 
1835 pay [illegible]
 21 Pension

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N. Carolina 12.619
Hosea Ball
of Currituck in the State of N. Carolina
who was a Priv. & Ensg [Ensign] in the 
company commanded by Captain [John] Jarvis
of the regt. commanded by Col. S. [Samuel] Jarvis  
in the N. Carolina line for Ensg [Ensign] 10 months- Priv. 14 months

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 
146 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of May 33 and sent W. B. Shepard Elizabeth City N.C.

Arrears to the 4th of March 33 [$]293.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4th Sept. [$]73.16 
[$]366.48

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by R. Newman Clerk,
Book E- Vol. 6 -Page 34


{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
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10.346
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[Declaration page 1]

State of North Carolina
Currituck County

On this 29th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before Caleb Etheridge, John B. Jones, William Bray & Benjamin T. Simmons Justices of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions now sitting Hosea Ball a resident of Currituck County and the State of North Carolina aged seventy five Years who being first 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

He saith that he volunteered and joined Captain Nathan Poyner's Company in November 1775 and marched to the Great Bridge in Virginia & joined the army then under the Command of General [William] Woodford and was under his command at the time of Fordyce's [British Captain Charles Fordyce] defeat [Battle of Great Bridge, Virginia 1775] and after that engagement returned to Currituck [County] NC, & was discharged & now has his discharge dated 12th December 1775

He further says that on the 31st day of August 1776 he enlisted a private soldier in Captain John Jarvis's company in said County of Currituck [NC] and was stationed on the Currituck Banks [NC] for the year and four months and was discharged on the 28th of January 1778 by the Captain of the Company, and yet has his discharge ready to produce when and where directed 

The Company was raised and stationed on the Banks pursuant to an act of the General Assembly of the State of N Carolina for guarding the Coast of the state 

He further states that about the last of December 1779 he was drafted in said County as Ensign in Captain Thomas Poyner's to go to Charleston South Carolina and march with the Company as far as Kingston North Carolina where I was ordered back to Currituck to bring on the delinquents and hasten the late drafts on to head quarters -

After performing this service I marched out with my command under Colonel Samuel Jarves [Samuel Jarvis] and the men under
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[Declaration page 2]

my command were placed in  Comd [commander] Alexandria Whitehall Company and I was made Quarter Master in Colo. John Jarvis' Regiment and marched to Pede River [Pee Dee River] in North  Carolina where we heard of the Gates Defeat [Battle of Camden, South Carolina 1780] which prevented our going on to Join him, 

We then  marched up the Country and Joined the Army under Command of General Jethro Sumner and remained in or near Salisbury & Charleston in North Carolina untill  the time of our draft expired 
& was the discharged on the Yadkin [River, North Carolina in Rowan County in the last of October 1780 & returned home for this service he has his commission as Ensign - and can prove it by Lieutenant [John] Jarvis

He further states that he was drafted under the state authorities on the 10th May 1781 and marched in Captain William Goodman's company to South Carolina and joined the Army under command of General Green [General Nathanael Greene] at the place where the Town of Columbia now stands and was in the battle of Eutaw Springs [Battle of Eutaw Springs, South Carolina 1781] where Captain [William] Goodman was killed 

I was then placed under command of Captain Benjamin Bailey untill the time of service expired and was discharged  
& has lost his discharge and has no documentary Evidence but can prove that he was drafted & left the county with the company & returned when the company was discharged this I can prove by colonel Thomas Poyner 

He hereby relinquishes all claims whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares his hame is not of Pension Role of the Agency of any State.
Sworn & subscribed the day and Year Aforesaid 
(signed) Hosea Ball
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[Declaration page 3]

We Edward Hardy a clergyman residing in the County of Currituck and State of North Carolina & Foster Jarvis of the same County and State hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Hosea Ball who has subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be of the age of Seventy five Years & 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 & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
(signed) Edward Hardy
(signed) Foster Jarvis

Thomas Jarvis maketh oath that he was a Lieutenant under the Command of Captain Alexandria Whitehall and knows that Hosea Ball who has subscribed and Sworn to the above statement did perform the service which he has stated to be within the knowledge of this affiant 
(Thomas Jarvis)

Thomas Poyner maketh oath that he knows that Hosea Ball who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration was drafted as stated and believes that he left the County & returned with troops as stated above
(signed) Thomas Poyner

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 Certify that it appears to them that Edward Hardy and Foster Jarvis are both Clergymen and Credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
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I Spence Hall Clerk of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Currituck and State of North Carolina do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Hosea Ball for a pension 

[seal]
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 12th day of September A. D. 1832.
S/S.HALL. C.C.C
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10346
Hosea Ball

[illegible] for proof he [illegible] 
in NC. line & [illegible]
under Cap [illegible]

Admit as Ensign 10 mo. 100.00
14 mo as private - 46.66
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$146.66


Apl. 13. '33 - - 
P. 337.


Spencer Hall Esqr.
Carrituck [sic: Currituck]
No. Ca.
Hon W B Shepard
Elizabeth City
N.C
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BRIEF in the case of Hosea Ball  County of Curituck [sic: Currituck] in the State of No. Carolina
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court of a Judge?  In open Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [blank]

3. How old is he? [blank]

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

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[table with the following headers: Period. (In.) | Duration of Service (Years, Months, Days,) | Rank (As a) | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served (Gen.) | ]
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Volunteer in November In 1775 | - 1 - | private | Capt Nathan Poyner No. Carolina Inf.

Enlisted 31st Augt 1776 - discharged 28 Jany 1778 | 1. 4 - [crossed out 68 days | √ | Capt John Jarvis

drafted about last Decr 1779, discharged last of Oct 1780 | - 10 - | Ensign - | {Capt Thomas Poyner} {Col. Samuel Jarves [sic: Jarvis]} {Comt. Alexander Whitehall} 

drafted under the State Authority May 1/81 | not stated | private | Capt Wm. Goodman



5. In what battles was he engaged? Eutaw Springs

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Currituck Coy. No. Carolina

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? living witnesses and traditionary evidence

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? no

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.


Chas. S Wilcox   Examining Clerk.
13. Feby 1833
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State of North Carolina }
Currituck County }
Amended Declaration
I Hosea Ball do make the following Amendment to my former Declaration to which this annexed. that is to say I do state that at the time I was drafted by the state authorities on the 10th of May 1781 and Marched to South Carolina that I was drafted for one Year and served out the whole term and was discharged near Charlston [sic: Charleston] South Carolina by Colonel Hardy Murfree 
signed Hosea Ball

Sworn to and subscribed in open Court before Caleb Etheridge. John B. Louis [,] Benjamin T Simmons and William Bray [,] Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County and State on this 7th day of May 1833.


And the said Court do hereby certify that Thomas Jarvis and Thomas Poyner who has Certified to the [crossed out: former] Services mentioned in the former Declaration to which this is an annexed Copy are credible persons and [strikethrough] that their statement are entitled to credit


I Spence Hall Clerk of the County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County f Currituck and state of North Carolina do hereby Certify that the above contains a copy of the original proceedings of the said Court in the above amended proceedings in the matter of the application of Hosea Ball for a Pension

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In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal office [sic] this the 7th day of May 1833.
S/S. HALL, C.C.C
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2365
Rev War
INVALID.
FILE NO. 2365 
Hosea Ball
Ensign Rev War
Act: June 7 1832
Index:- Vol. A, Page 17

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Hosea Ball
S.. F. 2356 NC
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State No. Caroilina
Currituck County
This may Certify that Hosea Ball of sd. [said] County Listed in my Company and Served as a soldier one year and fore [four] months in the year of 1776 and 1777 and then Discharged from [illegible] services as witness my hand this 25th of Janry [January] -1775
John Jarves Cap 
A File 2365
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Hosea Ball
S.F. 2356
NC
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I do certify that Sergt [Sergeant] Hosea Ball of the N. Carolina Line on the 21st March last Joined the Fatigue for the Quarter Master's department, in which Line he has continued diligent & Industrious to this Day.

Given at Camden 10th May 1782
Saml. [Samuel]  Mathis
D. L. M.
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Hosea Ball
S. F. 2356
NC
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Sir, you are hereby Commanded to Return back to Currituck [County, NC] to bring back the delinquents of the Draughts [drafts] and hasten the Late Draughts [Drafts] from that county and hasten on to head quarters as quick as Possible, From your friend 
Thos, [Thomas] Poyner Capt.
March 20th 1780
To Hosea Ball Ensign
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[Ensign Commission]

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.

To Hosea Ball Esqs - Greeting.
WE, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, do by these Presents constitute and appoint you to be Ensign of a Company of Foot in the Currituck - - - Regiment of Militia under the Command of Colo Samuel Jarves
You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of Ensign - - - - - - - - - - by exercising and well disciplining the Officers and Soldiers under your Command, and by doing and preforming all Manner of Things thereunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command to be obedient to your Orders as Ensign - - - - - - - And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions, from Time to Time, as you shall receive from your superior Officers, according to the Rules and Directions of military Discipline, and the Laws of this State.

WITNESS RICHARD CASWELL, Esq; Governor, Captain-General, and Commander in Chief, in and over the said State, under his Hand, and ^the great^ Seal [crossed out: at Arms] at Kingston the Twentieth Day of July Anno Domi 1779 and in the fourth Year of our Independence.

By His Excelly's [Excellency's] Comd. [command]

[illegible]
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Hosea Ball
S.F. 2356
N.C.
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State of No Carolina
Currituck County
These may Certify that Hosea Ball
Turned out as a soldir [soldier] in the Militia of the County aforesaid and marched under my command to the assistance of the Virginians in the Company to the Great Bridge and served his time and therefore he stands Clearly Discharged from me
December 12th 1775 
[illegible] File 2365
Nathan Poyner Cap
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BG.
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G. O. 4 Feby 82 -
The guard at the [illegible] is to place three Sentinels in the day on the rampart & two at night One Sentinel at the Q.M. & One at the celler [sic: cellar] door [illegible] the prisoners to be turned in the [illegible] & the door lockd [sic: locked] every [illegible]. the door
not to be opened on any [illegible] what ever during the night
Sergt. Ball & Caswell is to take [illegible] the Guard
two or three times during the night a [illegible] will
be given every night the Sergt. whos duty [illegible] ^if it^ to [illegible] will call 
[illegible] on the Condt. for it, the Condt. are to be directed 
To hale every person & not suffer them [illegible: to approve?] the [illegible: Prevost?]
without calling up the guard & incase the person can't give
the Countersign one is to be Kept [illegible] till Morning
Sergt: Ball will be sent this Evening


[noted at bottom: found mutilated (signature cut off)  when opened by AW Aug 8. 1910]

[round stamp: THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES]
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[left side, sideways]
no certification sent October 23d, sent to 
Benjamin Swan Windsor, Vermont


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12.927
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Vermont
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Humphrey Ball
of Windsor in the state of Vermont who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Huntingdon of the Connecticut line, for the term of Six Years -
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Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont - at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 25 of March 1819
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Certificate of Pension issued the 30th of June 1819 and sent to Elihu Luce Esqr. Judge 
Windsor - Vermont
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Arrears to 4th of Septr. 1819. 5 mo. 7/31 & 4/30 - 42:86
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Annl. payt. 4th. Septr. 1819 - 42:86
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{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }

Continued
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Humphrey Ball
Connect line
1st: or Colo. Huntingdon
April 28 - 77 War



The Hon. Secretary for the department of War
Washington City


Correct by [illegible]
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[Humphrey Ball Declaration]

State Vermont }
Windsor County ss. }
On the 25 Day of March 1819 Before me the subscriber chief Judge of Windsor County Court personally appeared Humphrey Ball aged Seventy eight Years resident in Norwich in the County of Windsor and State Vermont who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the late Act of Congress entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary War [.] That he the said Humphrey Ball enlisted into the service of the United States sometime in the month of June or July (as he now recollects) In the Year 1777 at Newhaven in the state of Connecticut. In Capt. Richards Company Colo. Huntingtons Regiment of the Connecticut line during the War continued in the same company and same Regiment untill [sic: until] he discharged. at the time he was discharged sd. [said] Reg[imen]t. was commanded by Colo. Sherman and he was dischargd. [discharged] near West Point State New York a few months before the ^close^ revolutionary War and that he is reduced in his circumstances and stands in need of assistance from his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his sd. [said] services & that he has ever been a citizen of the United States
S/Elihu Luce chief Judge of Windsor County Court


State of - }
Windsor County ss }
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid hon Elihu Luce Chief Judge of Windsor County County [sic] Court as aforesaid  do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that that [sic] the sd. [said] Humphrey Ball did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the comon [sic: common] enemy and that he has produced satisfactory evidence to me that he is reduced in his circumstances and stands in need of assistance from his country for support. And I have transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the secretary for the department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of congress [.] in witness whereof I have hereunto caused [strikethrough] the seal of said Court to be afixed [sic: affixed] - 
S/Elihu Luce chief Judge of Windsor County Court
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State of Vermont }
Windsor County ss }
I Benjamin Swan Clerk of the County Court within & for the County of Windsor, do testify that Elihu Luce is Chief Judge of said County Court and that the within signature are his hand writing - ~

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County Court this Fourteenth day of May AD 1819 - 
S/Benj Swan
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93
Humphrey Ball

12:927
Sept 1819
Con - 8.
old - 80
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served [crossed out: from] more than six years
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93
Humphrey Ball

12:927
Sept 1819
Con - 8.
old - 80
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served [crossed out: from] more than six years
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STATE OF VERMONT, }
WINDSOR COUNTY . . . ss. }
At a special term of the Supreme Court of Judicature, begun and holden at Woodstock in the County of Windsor, on the last Monday in July, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and twenty.

ON this First day of August - 1820, being the second - day of said term, personally appeared in open Court, (the same Court being a Court of record agreeably to the laws of this State, having the power of fine and imprisonment, &c.) Humphrey Ball aged Eighty years, resident in Norwich in said County of Windsor, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war, as follows: that in the month of June in the year our Lord 1777 - he enlisted into a company commanded by Capt. Richards, his christian name not remembered, in a Regiment commanded by Col. Jedidiah Huntington during the Revolutionary war - that he served during the said war - and that he received a discharge which was sent to the secretary of War's office at the time of his original application - 




the he made his original declaration on the twenty fifth day of March 1819 has received a Pension Certificate, No. 12.927 - And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; - and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.

viz. About 25 acres of Land with a miserable old cottage thereon - a little old barn & one poor old horse & waggon [sic: wagon] two Cows & one small heifer & a few implements all old & worn on   $216.50
also 10 sheep 10,00 - 1 old clock 20,00 - 30.00
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$246.50

There are debts against him to Doct Lewis $36.00-
to Hodgeman 1.50 - to [illegible] blacksmith } 3.   4.50
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$40.50
And I the said Humphrey Ball do further swear that in consequence of much sickness - that I am unable to labour any & have not been able for years past to attend public worship on the Sabbath but very few times - my wife is also an old sickly woman, have no children & myself and wife are both helpless sickly old people - 
Humphrey [his mark X] Ball

Sworn to and declared on the First day of August 1820, before said Court.
Attest, Benjamin Swan Clerk.


STATE OF VERMONT, }
WINDSOR COUNTY . . . ss. }
I Benj Swan Clerk of the Supreme Court for the county of Windsor, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court: - And I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Two Hundred & fifty eight dollars.

[seal] 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, at Woodstock, this fifth day of August 1820.
S/Benj Swan { Clerk of the Supreme Court for Windsor County.
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39176
Revy INVALID.
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File No.  39.176
Humphrey Ball
Pri[vate] Rev War

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Act: 18" March 18"
Index: - Vol. 3, Page 22

[intentional brackets as printed]
[Arrangement of 1870.]