Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,442, William Hammock, N.C.
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SERVICE   
N.C.
NUMBER S 15.442

Heammock, William

carded
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26647
Kentucky
William Hammock
(illegible)
in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the comp commanded by Captain Threodgile of the reg commanded by Col Johnson in the N Carolina line for 9 months 
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 30 Dollars - Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of April 1834 and Hon C Lyon H R
Arrears to the 4th of March 
Seni-any. allowance ending 4 Sept 
90.00
15.00
$105.00
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7. 1832
Recorded by David Boyd Clerk, Book E Vol 7 Page 45
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State of Kentucky
Union County
On the 17th day of December in the year of our Lord 1832 personally appeared in open court before Joseph Hay John S Chapman John Blue Justices of the County Courts of Union County now setting William Hammock a resident of the county of Union and State of Kentucky aged seventy two on the 15th day of June 1832 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 papered June the 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated General Malmadee Col Johnson Captain Threadgill Captain Parsons Lieutenant Scurlock that he entered the service the date not recollected in Anson County State of North Carolina as a volunteer Militia man under the commission of Captain Threadgill and the company to which this affidavit belonged was attached to the regiment of North Carolina Militia under the Command of Col Johnson we were marched down to a place called the hanging rock where the regiment was stationed for a few weeks and during the time which he believes in the month of August from the circumstances of it being peach time the regular army commanded by General Malmadee came on and the Regiment of Col Johnson to which he belonged was ordered to follow on and join the regular army at the Utaw springs which was done the next day where we fought a battle with the British and defeated them the army was in a four day marched back to the hanging rock where we continued until we were discharged + sent home he states the was in actual services three months on said expedition that the said affidavit states that he then resided in Anson County + state of North Carolina
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Hee states that after his return home he was taken by a gang of tories and carried by them and given w/in to the British Army then stationed a the Cheraw Hill on the waters of the Congarie near Waidsboro and was discharged by taking the oath of allegiance to George-King of Great Britain and on the return home of of this affiant he immediately joined a volunteer light horse company commanded by Captain Joseph Carsons and continued in the service eighteen months on operations in this expedition was principally against the tories who was still embodied in companies uner the command of Fanning Denson & Ellrod our operation was confied to the state of North Carolina about the counties of Anson Gilford and the Waxlaw Settlements &o 

Hee states that some short time after his discharge from the last mentioned campaign he again volunteered under Captain Price and was attached to the expedition that was sent out to treat with the creek Indians, we were marched down to a place called Shoulder Bone, it being the mouth of a creek that empties into the oconey where we met the Indians, this was three months tour. The affiant states from his youth where he was engaged in the service of his country in the revolutionary war, and his advance age now (which has greatly impaired his his recollection) he is unable to pin dates to his defunct campaigns, he states that he has no doubt but he was in actual service about twenty four months if he ever had a written discharge he has long since lost it, or thrown it away considering it of in importance. Hee states that he knows of no person now living whose testimony he can produce who can testify to his service.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares his name is not on the pension roll or agency of any state sworn to and subscribed the day and years aforesaid.

William [illegible] Camnveh
Mark
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Mr. Moses Moore - a clergyman residing in Union county and state of Kentucky and John Pierson residing in same hereby certifies that we are well acquainted with William Hammock who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to seventy two years of age that he is [illegible] believed in his neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion sworn to subscribed the day and year [illegible]. 
Morris Moore 
JP 

Questions asked by the court and answered by Hammock
Questions 1st where and in what year were you born 
And in Amelia County of State of Virginia on the 15th day of June 1760 - 
Question have you any record of your age and if so where is it 
And I have not in my [illegible]
Question where were you living when called into the service where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live. And in Anson county and State of North Carolina, since the war I have lived in North Carolina, Georgia, and Kentucky and now lives in Union County [illegible] 
Question how were you called into the service ever you drafted or did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom And I volunteered 
Question state the names of some of the regular who were with the troop where you served such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the [illegible] circumstances of your service
And General Malmadee was commander, and the militia regiment I belong to was called Johnson’s regiment and the circumstances of the service I have stated in the declaration 
Question did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it 
And I have no doubt but I have had discharges but I have no doubt lost [illegible] long ago 
Question state the name of person to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify to your character for veracity and their belief of your service as a soldier of the revolution 
And the [illegible] Moore Mr John Pierson
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And the 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 the court further certifies that Moses Moore who has signed the above certificate is a clergyman residing in the County of Union and State of Kentucky and that John Pierson who has also signed the same is resident of same and is a credible person and that their statements is entitled to credit. 
Joseph [Hay] J.P.
John S. Chapman JP
John Blue JP 

I James R. Hughs clerk of the court of Union County in the State of Kentucky do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of William Hammock for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the Union County Court clerks office this 7 day of December 1832. 
James R. Hughes
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21,064.
William Hammock
Kentucky
from Sep 1781 per
quote
$30
4
Mr Lyon of Ky
House of Reps
Morganfield
Hughes
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 17 1833
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 shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of William Hammock, of Union Cy.
[Column headings: Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. (Years. Months. Days). Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company
officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode
when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the 
declaration is supported.]
1] kb [crossed out: bol 1781]. Pr. Capt. Threadgill. Gen. Malmades [*possibly DeMalmedy], Col. Johnson. Eutaw Springs. Anson County, N.C.- from thence to Eutaw Springs. Anson County, N.C. Aged 72 years. Tradi-
2] bol. 18. Pr. Capt. Joseph Parsons
3] bol. 3. Pr. Capt. Price

 The applicants first service was Sept. 1781. The surrender of Cornwallis took place in Oct. 1781, and Charleston was evacuated Dec 1782, after this period hostilities nearly ceased. It 
is therefore probable that the applicant did
not perform an active service after the battle of Eutaw of more than six months, exclusive of his last service of 3 months, which was after the war. Nine months only can be allowed.
Apl. 3, 1834
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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2. REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 4. Indian Spies. As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, 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 applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. DECLARATION, In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832 State, Territory, or District of Count of ss. 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 officers: [Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers, the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A.B. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. I _ of the Court of _ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court of the matter of the application of _ for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [illegible] If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: (k) We, A.B. a Clergyman, residing in the _ and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. _ who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _ and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. I, _ Clerk of Court of _ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _ for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal _ of office, this _ day of _ &c. Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible Witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. If such a surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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I certify that I have been personally acquainted with the applicant WmHammack for Twenty five years or more, that he had been a cripple for many years So as to able to ride on horseback with great difficulty - That he has always born a good character for honesty & probity and that I have full credit in his statements he has always since my acquaintance been reported & believed to have been a soldier of the Revolution

                                     [Illegible] Lyon
                                      ______ . _______
                                       140 of Ri [illegile]
                                        August 1, 1834
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Mrs. J. D. Tweedy
Dawson
Georgia
Dear Madam:
December 13, 1932
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/AWF
William Hammock
S. 15442
Reference is made to your request for the
Revolutionary War records of Benedick, John, Joseph, Samuel and William Hammock.

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

A search of the records fails to show such
claims on file on account of the services of a
John Hammock of Georgia, or of any Benedick, Joseph and Samuel Hammock.

You are furnished herewith the record of the
only soldier named William Hammock, that is found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office.

The data which follow were obtained from the
papers on file in pension claim, S. 15442, based upon the Revolutionary War service of William Hammock.  

He was born June 15, 1760 in Amelia County,
Virginia, the names of his parents are not given.

While residing in Anson County, North Carolina,
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he served in the North Carolina troops, as follows-

Three months under Captain Threadgill in
Colonel Johnson's regiment and was in the battle of Eutaw Springs; on his return home he was taken by a gang of Tories and given over to the British Army, then stationed near Wadesboro on the Congaree River, on taking the Oath of Allegiance to King George of Great Britain, he was discharged and immediately
joined a company of Light Horse commanded
by Captain Joseph Parsons and was in the service eighteen months; after which he volunteered under Captain Price and served three months against the Creek Indians, and was in an expedition to "Shoulder Bone". There are no definite dates of service given.

After the Revolution he moved from North Carolina to Georgia and thence to Kentucky.

He was allowed pension on his application executed December 17, 1832, then a resident of Union County, Kentucky.

There are no data in this claim relative to
family.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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[postmark stamp]
DAWSON
NOV 21 
1932
GA

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS

Vetrans Administration [stamp] 11 23
Old Record Division
Washington D.C.

[received stamp]
RECEIVED
NOV 23 1932
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Nov. 21 1932
Dear Sirs, 
Please give me 
Revolution war records
Of Benedick Hammock, 
John Hammock, 
And Joseph Hammock
Soldiers of Georgia. 
Also, Samuel Hammock,
Of N.C. He was Pt. In 
Bacots Co 1782 - 18 mos. 
Also WM Hammock
Of Virginia.
For which, I thank you. 
Sincerely,
Mrs J.D. Tweedy 
Dawson GA
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Mrs. W. T. Mastin
Owensboro
Kentucky

September 2, 1932
BA-J/AWF
William Hammock
S. 15442

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter requesting
the Revolutionary War record of William Hammock.

The data contained herein were obtained from
the papers on file in pension claim, S. 15462, based upon the Revolutionary War service of William Hammock.

He was born June 15, 1760 in Amelia County,
Virginia.

While residing in Anson County, North Carolina, he served in the North Carolina troops, as follows- three months under Captain Threadgill in Colonel Johnson's regiment and was in the battle of Eutaw Springs; on his return home he was taken by
a gang of Tories and given over to the British Army, then stationed near Wadesboro on the Congaree River, on taking the Oath of Allegiance to King George of Great Britain, he was discharged, and immediately joined a company of Light Horse commanded by Captain Joseph Parsons, and was in the service eighteen months; again volunteered under Captain Price, served three months against the Creek Indians, and was in an expedition to "Shoulder Bone". There are no definite
dates of service given.

After the Revolution he moved from North Carolina to Georgia and thence to Kentucky.

He was allowed pension on his application exe-
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cuted December 17, 1832, then a resident of Union County, Kentucky.

There are no data [hand written note] in this claim relative to his family

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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15442
INVALID.
File No. 15442
William Hammock
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7'' 32
Index:-Vol. 1, Page 164
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1932-Sept. 2 hist  Mrs. W. T. Mastin Gery
1932-Dec. 13 hist Mrs. W. J. Tweedy Gery
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
-
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
OFFICE OF THE CLERK
WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY
OWENSBORO
August 17th, 1932

[stamp]
REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS
SECTION
AUG 19 1932
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

Bureau of Pensions,
Revolutionary War Section,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:

Will you please send me the Revolutionary
Service record of William Hammock, who enlisted from N. C. and later moved to Union County, Ky. and died there aged 90.
" Union County - Wm. Hammack, Pvt., N. C.
4-14-1834 -- 3 -14-1831 aged 74. "
Thanking you in advance, I am

Yours very truly,
Emma Dean Mastin
(Mrs. W. T. Mastin )

[hand written note] 
If there is any family data should so like
to have that
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Notwithstanding I am
of opinion
that the applicant is intitled
to a pension for a longer period than
nine months but as no additional
testimony can be obtained I return
the paper, and request that a certificate
may issue for what is deemed equitable
and Just
Chitt Lyon
Ho of Reps
Apr 10 1834
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State of Kentucky
Union County 
On this 17 day of September 1833 personally appeared before John S. Chapman a qualified and acting justice of the peace in and for the county [illegible] aforesaid William Hammock a resident of the county and state aforesaid aged now seventy three on the 15th day of June 1833 who first being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration as an amendment to his former declaration hereto attached in order to obtain the benefit of the provisioning made by the act of Congress [illegible] 
June [illegible] 1832 - He states that from old age and consequent decline of memory he cannot state with perception the date he entered the service of the United States, as he is illiterate and has no record of the date of fact to refer to, and his memory is his only recourse, but from his recollection he believes it was in the year 1778 or 1779. This applicant having reflected on the facts stated in his former declaration, is led to the conclusion that perhaps he was mistaken in the fact that he was attached to the regiment of Col. Johnson at the scene at the [illegible] Spring, he is now under the impression that it was one Col. Campbell command there, the regiment to which this affiant was attached, and it was Col. Johnson, who commanded the regiment to which this affiant belonged, at the shoulder [illegible] treaty as related in his former declaration, this affiant states from his best recollection the battle of the [illegible] spring took place sometime in the fall of the year 1781 as he believes
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This affiant states that the shoulder bone treaty for the flint river lands took place in 1785 1786. He was attached to the company of Capt Price on said expedition, he’s recollection does not serve him well enough to fix dates to any other tour of duty he served, nor is this affiant certain those dates has given all correct, but this is his best recollection. 
He has no other amendment or correction to [illegible] to his former declarations, except he is informed he has miscalled the name of the General office under whom he served, he has called him in his former declaration Malmadee, and he is now informed his name is spelled De Malmady, but be this as it may, he was called by the soldier of the Army Malmadee, and he is unable to [reach] history to determine whether it is an error or [illegible].
This affiant states that by reason of old age [illegible] the consequent [illegible] of memory, he cannot [swear] positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection 
He served not [illegible] two years as a volunteer militia man as a private and for [illegible] service [illegible] claims a pension
Sworn to before me on the day
Of year aforesaid, as a Justice aforesaid for the county and state aforesaid. 
John S. Chapman
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[Along right side of document are last letters of unrelated words from a previous script.  Edges of document faded and tattered]

[The following is in extremely faded ink at the top of the document.]

Being an acting Justice of the peace in and for
Said County of Union a nation [not sure of transcription] State of Kentucky
and being a near nabour [neighbor] of the within named 
William Hammack for the last fourteen years had [it may be "having" as paper torn] 
called at his house to Qualify him to the foregoing
certificate knowing as I do that he Said Hammack has been for the last thirteen years a criple
I make no hesitation in certifiing that he is and has been ever since my acquaintance with him
Since [? Said] Hammack a Criple in his back so that he cannot ride [?] as he has always stated to me
without suffering a great deal of pain afterwards and in addition to that from a fall Early
Last winter he got hurt So as to make him
[the following sentence has been written over in black ink]
a criple in his right sholder and ann [?][end of faint ink]

[The following begins black ink.  First line is written above and over last line of faint ink]

[First part of word illegible] ing the hole circumstances to further make  [insert ^] him [end insert] unable to attend court + given ["+ given" written below "to attend"]
under my hand this 7[?]th day of [inverted ^ ] October 1833 
John S. Chapman J pule [?]

  I James R Hughes clerk of the county court 
of Union County in the commonwealth of Kentucky
as certify that John S. Chapman who hath subscribed his name to the above certificate is and was at the 
time of subscribing the same, a Justice of the peace and qualified as such

   In Testimony whereof I have here
   unto set my hand and affixed the
   seal of the said Court this 17th day of
   March 1834 in the 42nd year of the
   Commonwealth
       James R. Hughes.
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I certify that I have been personally acquainted with
the applicant Wm Hammack for
Twenty five years or more, that he had been
a cripple for many years
So as
to able to ride on horseback with great
difficulty-- That he has always been a
good character for honesty & probity
and
that I have full credit in his statements
he has always since my acquaintance
been reputed & believed to have been a
soldier of the
Revolution
Chitt Lyon

Ho of Reps
April 1 1834