Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6, 972, Alexander Hargrove, S.C.
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(8- 1776)

SERVICE                                                      NUMBER
SC            Hargrove, Alexander     S. 6,972

                                                                          Carded
CONTENTS
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Mississippi 13. 358
Alexander Hargrove
of  Simpson Co in the State of Mississippi who was a Private in the Co
commanded by Captain Hope of the Regt
commanded by Genl Hall in the Carolina
line for 18 mo.

Inscribed on the Roll of Mississippi
the rate of 60 Dollars 00 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 3d day of July
1833 and sent to C. H.
Brown Westville, Miss
---
Arrears to the 4th of March 33 120,-
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 1883  30.-
$150.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by W. M. Palmer Clerk, 
-Book E Vol.8. Page 69.

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Suspd see letter snt to 1836  L.P. Agt.

Letter to C. K. Brown 7 Nov 1837.
Duplicate Certifi
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The State of Mississippi
Simpson County SS
In the Circuit Court
At October Term 1832 

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act  of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

On this the fifteenth day of October in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the honorable Edward Turner Presiding Judge of the second Judicial District of said State holding the Circuit Court of the County of Simpson & State aforesaid now sitting Alexander Hargrove a
resident of the of the said County of Simpson and State aforesaid aged seventy three 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 the said Alexander Hargrove was
born about the year 1759 in the State of
North Carolina on Neuse River about twenty
five miles above Newmontown [Newton] that about the year 1775 he was drafted and entered
the service of the United States under one
Captain William West in the South Carolina
militia in a compain [campaign] against the Creek Indians in which tour the Indians were driven
by the whites out of the State of Georgia over
the Alabama river and persued [pursued] near to the
Tom Bigby to the Standing Peach Tree and in
which compain [campaign] he was engaged in the said
service of the United States as aforesaid for the
sum of six months and that he resided in
the state of South Carolina on the Saluda River
in Edgefield District when he was drafted ted and entered the service as aforesaid that shortly afterwards he the said Alexander
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Hargrove was again drafted and that he again
entered said service of the United States under the command of Captain Sampson Pope
as he believes and our General Otho Holland Williams in which service at this time
he remained and served something more than
one year during which last mentioned service
, he was in the battle of old ninty six
perhaps in the year 1789. at which battle
he belies [believes] Gen Nathaniel Green Commanded.  That after the battle the Americans crossed the Saluda river that during the said service he the said Alexander Hargrove was in the battle of the Eutau [Eutaw] Springs at which battle he believes also that General Green had command
that it was a very hard battle, but victory
was at last gained by the Americans. That he
recollects what was called the Maryland
and Virginia continentals were in the battle
That the Americans took part of the British
Prisoners. That the conduct of Gen. Green on that occasion was highly approved
injury approved by the Amer
can troops. That he served in said service
of the United States in all he knows more than
one year and six months. That he resided in in the State of South Carolina Edgefield District on the Saluda River as aforesaid when he entered the said service
That he has no documentary evidence and
that he knows of no person whose testimony
he can procure who can testify to his service
That he lives in the said State of Mississippi
where he has resided about twenty five
years. And that he the said Alexander Hargrove
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 in
the union   Sworn to and subscribed the day
aforesaid before
E. Turner Presiding Judge
Alexander Hargrove   His mark

mark
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21630
13.358
Alexander Hargrove
Simpson County
Mississippi

[Ask EdM Edwards]
Aom   1 year and
6 months

Charles K Brown
Westville
Simpson Cty
Mississippi
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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 (this: }). 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.

A statement, showing the Service of Alexander Hargrove  Simpson Cty 
Period when the    duration of the             rank of       name and rank.     name and rank.    Battles in which      Country through.  place of abode     
service was             claimants service            the         of the Company.   of the General.      the applicant was   which he                 when he entered
rendered                   years months days    claimant   officers  under      and Field officers         engaged             marched                  the service             
                                                                                                whom he served                                                                                                      age at present
 1775                                         5                                          Capt West.             Genl  Hall &                   Eutaw                    So Carolina               Edgefield
     "                                  1 or more.                                     Capt Pope.              Williams                        Springs                                                      District
                                       __________                                                                                                                                                                                   S C 73
                                          1       6 mo

Evidence by which
the declaration   
is supported
Traditionary


I am, respectfully, 
your obedient servant, 
James L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions

[Note in left margin]
Draft
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                                                      REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been constructed to extent, 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 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, etc., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefit 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 the Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians 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 applicants reside. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

                                                                   DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
                                            State Territory, or District of
                                             County of
On this             day of                                personally appeared (a) before  
          A B. a resident (b) of                              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 offices:

(Here set forth the names and ranks of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service ; (and if he server under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particlar 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 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 name 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 the 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 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. 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 Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the orginal proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for pension.

 In testimony whereof, I 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 orginal 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 hid personal knowledge of the service oh the applicant, and such circumstance connected therewith as may have a tendency to throw lightupon 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 material facts, which can be used in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the department.  Avery full account of the service of each person
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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, it one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be 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 nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, fromtheir 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 certity to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deened 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 or 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 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 ofice, 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 genine signature.

No payments can be made upon 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 theopinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

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(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 of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldiers 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 depots and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positive as to the precise length of his service; but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the period mentioned below, and in the following grades: ---For____year_____month____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 service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  ome persons who apply for pensions mere state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  

It must begin every case, be clearly shown under what officer the applicant severed; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corp 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 n 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 fix 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 certified officer, should accompany the papers.                                                   
                                                                  
                                                                    Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certifing officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certiicate 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 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 verify 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 note
 from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is 
The 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.
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We John R Hubbert a clergyman and John
Hailes both residing in the said County of
Simpson and State of Mississippi do hereby
certify that we are well acquainted with
Alexander Hargrove who has made &
subscribed to the above declaration that we
believe him to be seventy three years of age
that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur
in that opinion.

Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid before
 E. Turner   Presiding Judge
John R. Hubert      John Hailes
and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interogatores prescribed by the war department that the above applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states
And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John R Hubert who has
signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the said County of
Simpson in said State and that John
Hailes who has also signed the same is a
resident in the said County of Simpson
and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit

E. Turner Presiding Judge

I John R Hubert Clerk of the Circuit Court
of the County of Simpson and State of Mississippi do hereby certify that the foregoing contains (a true copy of the ori-
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ginal proceedings of the said Court in the
matter of the application of Alexander
Hargrove for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of office this the fifteenth day of October in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty
two and fifty seventh year of American
Independence
John R Hubert Clerk

 [Vertical on bottom side of letter]
Alexander Hargrove
Declaration for a Pension 
Re 1852
Copy verbatim
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[ The State of Mississippi Simpson County ] In the Circuit Court  At October Term 1832  Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. On this the fifteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable Edward Turner  presiding Judge of the second Judicial  District  of said State holding the Circuit Court  of the  County of Simpson  & State aforesaid  now sitting  Alexander Hargrove  a resident of the said County of Simpson and State aforesaid  aged seventy three 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 the said Alexander Hargrove  was born about the year 1759 in the  State of North Carolina  on Neuse river about twenty five miles above Newmantown that about the year 1775  he was drafted and entered the service of the United States  under one Captain William West in the  South Carolina Militia in a campaign against the  Creek Indians in which  tour the Indians were driven by the whites out of the State of Georgia over the Alabama River  and pursued  near to  the  Tombigbee to the  Standing Peach tree and in  which campaign he was engaged in the said service of the United States as aforesaid for the term of six months and that he resided in the  State of South Carolina on the Saluda River in  Edgefield District when he was drafted and entered the said service as aforesaid. That shortly afterwards he the said Alexander Hargrove was again drafted and
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that he again entered the said service of the United States under the command of Captain Sampson  Pope  ( as he believes )  and under General  Otho Holland Williams  in which service at this time he remained and serve something more than one year during which  last mentioned service he was  in the battle of old Ninety Six  perhaps in the year 1787  at  which battle he believes  Gen. Nathaniel Greene commanded. That the  Americans crossed the Saluda River .  That during the said service he  the said Alexander Hargrove  was in the  Battle of Eutaw  Springs at which battle he believes also that  General Green had command. that it was a very hard battle but victory was at last  gained by the Americans . That he recollects what was called the Maryland and Virginia Continentals  were in the  battle . That the Americans took part of the British prisoners. That the conduct of  Gen. Green on that occasion was highly  approved by the American Troops . That he served in said service of the United States  in all he knows more than  one year and six months. That he resided in the  State of South Carolina in Edgefield District on the Saluda River as aforesaid when he entered the service. That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person  whose testimony  he can procure who can testify to his service. That he lives in the  said State of Mississippi  where he has resided about  twenty five years and that he the said Alexander Hargrove 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 in the Union.  Alexander Hargrove ( his mark X ) Sworn  to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid  before   E. Turner  ( signed ) presiding Judge
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BY A. G. Mc NUTT,

Governor of the State of Mississippi.

TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS,

Be it Known, That Charles A. Folsom was a 
Justice of the Peace /and now is/
on the 13th day of June in 1837,  in and for the
County of Rankin,  and that full faith and credit are due to
all his acts as such.

GIVEN UNDER MY HAND, and the Great Seal of 
said State, at the City of Jackson 
the 23rd day of July A.D.
1837

BY THE GOVERNOR.
A. G. Mc NUTT,

Thomas R Woodward,      SECRETARY OF STATE.
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APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE

State of Mississippi
County of Rankin  ss.
On this Seventeenth day of June 1839, before me,
the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Rankin personally appeared Alexander Hargrove who, on 
his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Sampson Pope in the 
regiment commanded by Colonel Butler in
the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Mississippi that he received a certificate of
that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the first day of December 1836
at The house James Ellis in Newton County, in
the Sate aforesaid  he the Said Hargrove lost 
or mislaid so that he has not been able after deligent 
Search & inquiry to find or obtain the same 

Sworn and subscribed to, before.                         his
me, the day and year aforesaid. §.        Alexander X Hargrove  
                                                                                          mark 
Chas. A. Folsom [signature]


NOTES.—The last four blanks are left for the applicunt fo set forth, the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction
of the original certificate.

The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly 
authenticated.

If the pensioner has never received a formal certificate, but has drawn his pension on a mere notification, as was the
case in a few instances many years ago, he should leave out the above words in italics, and insert, in lieu thereof, "but has never received a formal certificate, and now wishes to obtain one."

The pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person must swear that
he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit.  The magistrate must certify that the deponent is a
person of veracity. This oath must also be authenticated by the certificate of the proper officer, under his of office setting
forth that the officer before whom the affidavit may be made is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the 
case may be.

When a person acting as an Agent or Attorney for a Pensioner, lose the certificate, the affidavit of that person is also 
required, which must be authenticated as above.   

In every case where the Clerk of the Court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a
member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should be sent with the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers, - In every instance where the certifying officer who authenticates
the papers is not written on the same sheet contains the affidavit or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be
attached thereto by a piece of tape or small ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certificating officer
so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

No attention will be given to applications from persons who act as agents, unless they are known at the War Depart-
ment or are vouched for as respectable persons by some one who is known to the Department.
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[ State of Mississippi Rankin County ] And for a more particular statement  of the facts touching the loss of is original certificate the said Alexander Hargrove upon his oath before me  the undersigned Justice of the peace  declares . That he is  embittered  & aged & his memory  much impaired as to recent events; that he may be in error as to having formerly obtained a certificate from the war department as stated on first age, but that the  following are the proceedings in the matter which he does recollect ( to wit )  That in  1832 he made an application  for the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7th June 1832,  That in  1833  he received  a compensation  from the Government  in two small  remittances through  some Government agent  ( as he supposes )  at Natchez in this State. That the said application ( here filed ) was prepared by his attorney  Charles K Brown , and the said money was by said  Brown rec'd and paid over to him  said Hargrove ; That said Brown  is now dead. He further states that he has drawn no money  since 1833 - And that he went to see said James Ellis alluded to in the first page  late in the year 1836, that he took with him  to said Ellis's  a small roll of papers in which  was his pension papers ; that one  John Nabors  was at the time staying  with said Ellis & that his papers were placed among those of said Nabors, that said  Nabors  was about the same time killed in a fray  with said Ellis ; that the business papers of Nabors were  much scattered  & confused  & many of them lost , and that after strict search  he has been unable to find no other paper except his said application above alluded to & filed  & marked A.  & made part of this affidavit. Alexander Hargrove ( his mark X ) Subscribed and sworn to  before me this 17th day of June  1839 - Witness my hand and public seal of office . Chas. A Folsom ( signed )
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[ State of Mississippi Rankin County ] Richard A Hargis  and Thompson P. Ware personally appeared before me  the undersigned  Justice of the peace and made oath that Alexander Hargrove  is the same person mention in the affidavit  on the first page  hereto , that they know him  well and believe him to be a man of veracity , and is so reputed in this State where he has lived for many years. R. A. Hargis ( signed ) Thompson P . Ware ( signed ) Given under my hand  & official seal  this 17th day of June 1839.  Chas. A Folsom ( signed )    I Charles A Folsom a Justice of the peace and Notary Public Ex officio  do certify that I well know  the above named  R. A. Hargis  & T. M. Ware, that  said Ware is an atty at law  in the town of Brandon, & that said Hargis was late a Senator in the Miss. Legislature, and that they are  both men of veracity   & entitled to strict credit.  Given under my hand  and seal of  office this 17th day June 1839 Town of Brandon - Rankin County State of Mississippi.  Chas. A Folsom ( signed )   [ State of Mississippi Rankin County  ] I John Sate Clerk of the  Probate Court of said County do hereby certify  that Chas. a. Folsom whose signature is affixed to the foregoing certificates is and was at the time of signing the same
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an acting Justice of the peace for said County duly Commissioned and qualified as such and that his signature is genuine.

Witness my hand and seal of
office at Brandon
June 18th 1839
John Sate ( signed )   clk
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21630
Alexander Hargroves
of Simpson County Mi
Pensionary Declaration
Supplement 1833

C. K. Brown
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[ State of Mississippi Simpson County ] In the Court of Probate  at May Term  1833. Before his honor Bruster H. Jayne  Judge of said Court. Supplementary  declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th  1833 . On this the twenty seventh day of May in the year of our Lord  1833. personally appeared in open Court before the honorable Bruster H. Jayne  Judge of the Court of Probate of the County of Simpson and  State of Mississippi  now sitting  Alexander Hargrove a resident of the  State and County aforesaid  who being first duly sworn according to law doth  on his oath make the  following declaration in addition to one made by him in the  Circuit Court  of said County on the fifteenth day of October  1832 which is hereunto annexed in order to obtain  the benefit of the Act of Congress aforesaid : In addition to the declaration of the 15th  October 1832 aforesaid  he the said Alexander Hargrove says that in the year 1775  he was drafted by the officers of the United states  for the period of  six months and entered the army thereof  and served under one Captain William West  with an embodied corps called into service by the Government  of  the said United States for the said period of six months in the South Carolina Militia in a tour against the Indians  as stated in the declaration  hereunto annexed. In which said campaign he believes he served under one John Watson  as his Colonel . That afterwards  in the year 1779 or 1780  he was again drafted by the officers of the United States  government  and entered the service  thereof and actually  served for the period of one year in the State of South Carolina  with an  embodied corps called into service by competent  authority as he  at that time understood  commanded by Captain Sampson Pope  under the circumstances in
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in the annexed declaration  mentioned and set forth . That by reason of old age  and the consequent loss of memory  he cannot at this time recollect  the name of the Colonel under whom he served the last mentioned  tour of one year . That he served  all the said time as a private soldier. Alexander Hargrove ( his mark ) Sworn to and subscribed in open Court  the day and year aforesaid before me   Bruster H. Jayne  ( signed ) Judge of the Probate Court for Simpson  Co. Mississippi     We Harmon Powell and John Hails both residing in the  County of Simpson  and State aforesaid  do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Alexander Hargrove  who has made and subscribed to the above declarations  that we believe  him to be seventy three years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have  been a soldier of the revolutionary war and that we concur in that opinion . Harmon Powell ( signed ) John Hails ( signed )     And the said Court  does hereby declare its opinion after the investigation  and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department  in open Court  that the above named applicant  was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the said Court further cer-
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testifies that John Hayles who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the said county of Simpson in said State and that Harman Powell who has also signed the same is a resident in the said County of Simpson and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Brewster H Jayne 
Judge of the Probate Court
for the County of Simpson

I Richard A Gargis Clerk of the court of Probates in and for the County of Simpson and State of Mississippi do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Alexander Hargrove for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal of office this 28th day of May in the year 1833.
B.A. Hargis  Clerk
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[Stamp]
Brandon Mi.
OCT
16 

FREE

Secretary of War
Washington 
D.C.

B872
Nov 3, 1837
Pension Office
Nv Evans
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Brandon Mi
Oct 16th 1837
Sir 
I have been called on today by Alexander Hargrove formerly of Simpson County Mississippi and who some three or four years ago I placed on the Pension list at $60 per annum and who informed me that he has lost his Pension certificate and asks of me the favor to aright [write] to the department for him and make application for another Pension certificate to be forwarded to me a this place for him. I know nothing of the practice of the department in such cases but make the application for the old man adding that tho [though] I know nothing about whether his certificate is lost or not only what he says himself. I know he had one and he says it is lost and I think it very probable as he indulges very freely in his cups. Refer this matter to Col. Claibourne if necessary 
Respectfully
Your obt servant
C.K. Brown
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Rev War

6972
INVALID

File No. 6972
Alexander Hargrove
Priv Rev War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index-Vol 1, Page 160

[Arrangement of 1870]
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J.L. Edwards Esq
Com of Pensions
Washington City-
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Mr John R Hubert
John Hails
a clergyman and both residing in the siad county of Simpson and State of Mississippi do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Alexander Hargrove who has ^ made &^ subscribed to the above declaration. that we believe him to be seventy three years of age that he is reported and believed in the neighbourhood [neighborhood] where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. 
John R Hubert
John Hails

Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid before
E. Turner Presiding Judge

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 applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And that court further certifies that it appears to them that John R Hubert who ^ has ^ signed the preceding certificates is a clergyman resident in the County of Simpson in the said State and that John Hails who has also signed the same is a resident in the said County of Simpson and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
E. Turner Presiding Judge
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I John R. Hubert Clerk of the Circuit Court of teh County of Simpson and State of Mississippi do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Alexander Hargrove for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this the fifteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two and fifty seventh year of American Independence.
John R Hubert Clerk

[Text written with page turned 45 degrees to left]
Alexander Hargrove
Declaration for a pension DD
1839
21630
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[Vetical note on left[
Aug 17. 1842
Missi
Alexander Hargrove

J.L. Edwards Pensions
Commr of
War Department

[Vertical note of right side}
Hon  J Thompson
 HT
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House of Reps
Aug. 15 1842

Sir
Please furnish me the
information desired in the enclosed
letter.
With respect
J. Thompson
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Brandon, Missi July 24th - [illegible]
J.W. Edwards Esq
Dr Sir
I recd [received] in dece[text missing page torn]
last you instructions forms & relative to the application of Alexander Hargrove (alias Argro) for a duplicate certificate
And now after some months of active and laborious research & trouble he has the honor ot lay before all the certificates affidavits &c as he hopes full & complete according to your directions. 
If Sir, they satisfy the pension Act & will yield him any pecuniary aid will you allow me to ask on his behalf the very earliest attention & assistance you can give him; for he has been for many months wandering and decrepid [decrepit] mendicant. 
Will you please advise (by first post) of the fate of this application
I am Sir very respectfully &c yr. obt. svt
TP Ware
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Alex Hargrove

See letter Aug 15. 1839
F. P. Ware-
let 17 Aug 42 Hon
Jacob Thompson