Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21803, Joshua Hammond, S.C.
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Service S C 
Hammond, Joshua
NUMBER S.21803
Born in Va
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16.145
South Carolina
Joshua Hammond
of Edgefield in the State of South Car
who was a pri: & Lt: in the company commanded by Captain [John] Hammond of the Regt commanded
by Col. [Richard] Richardson in the South Car
line for 24 months
Inscribed on the Roll of South Car:
at the rate of 119 Dollars 99 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of July _ and sent J. Richar_
Edgefield C.H. S. C.
Arrears to the 4th of March '33 - 239.
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept " 59. = $299.9
Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832        Recorded by Wm. Miller Cl
Book E Vol. 6 Page 69

Let to P. Agt 15 Sept 18 3_
Order to pay 22 Dec 1837
Same ---       19 Sept 1838

Paid at the Treasury under
Act of Mar 6th April  1838
act of the 6 Apr 1838
from 4 Sep 1838; to 4 Sept
1839. Agt Notified 8 Oct 1840

Paid as above from Sept 4th 1840
to March 4th 1841. Ag notified
Oct 6th 1842.

let to Hon W. L. Yancy Apl 1846
Let. E. King, Jan 6 /55
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State of South Carolina, Edgefield District
On the first day of November 1832 Personally appeared in Open Court before me Richard Garnett – now sitting – Joshua Hammond a Resident of at present in the State of Georgia – and many years a Resident of the State and District aforesaid in the Seventy Sixth or 77 year of his
Age, and being first duly Sworn as the Law directs, doth on his said Oath make the following declaration in Order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed the 7th of June 1832.
The Applicant states that he was born in the State of Virginia as he is informed by family Record – that he Removed into the State aforesaid while very young with his father, John
Hammond, & Resided in the District aforesaid until the Commencement of the Revolutionary War, that his father was then appointed a Captain of a Volunteer Company, in the Ninety Six Regiment of Militia, in the year date not recollected – he entered as a Volunteer in his father's Company and served with him in an Expedition against the Tories, then called Drayton's [William Henry Drayton] Campaign & Snow Camp – That he was in the attack upon the Tories
at big Cainbrake [Great Cane Brake], he thinks the time was something
over three months, that he continued some time in Service, after, which he again went with his father's Company as a Volunteer upon an Expedition against the Cherokee Indians under the Command of Colonel Andrew Williamson, & attached to Colonel LeRoy Hammond's Regiment, that he was in the Battle at Seneca [August 1, 1776], when Salvador [Francis Salvador] was killed in the battle of Tugaloo – in a skirmish at the Apple Orchard at Tamassee [Battle of Ring Fight] & the Dark Holes [Battle of Black Hole] that he
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was in Service upon that Occasion about four months that he then Joined Captain F. [Francis] Sinquefield, and served with him upon the frontiers; on Seneca River &
served there six months – Shortly after his return from that service, he Joined Captain John Carter, in which Company he was appointed a Lieutenant & marched with the company under the Command of General Andrew Williamson upon an Expedition to East Florida & continued in that Service to the Close of the campaign about ten months – that he was then a short time Out
of Service, but when the British took Possession of Augusta in the Early Part of 1779 – he again Volunteered in his father's Company, until the British Retreated from that Place – after that he performed a Tour of Duty as a Militia man, three months at the Two Sisters ferry on the Savannah River, from that time to the fall of Charleston in May 1780 – was Out of service, Except occasionally riding Expresses & that soon after that he was made a prisoner & Paroled &
continued so until that Parole was violated by the British --, that on the arrival of Colonel Clark [Elijah Clarke] of Georgia near Augusta, in his attack upon the British fort at Augusta,
considering himself absolved from the Obligations of his parole, he Joined Colonel Clarke and was with him in his attack of the British fort at a place called the White House, that on Clarke's retreat he was out on a Detachment, & not being informed of the Retreat, he was taken prisoner, & 
confined 10 weeks in Close Confinement – That he then was again Paroled by Giving Security
that he would remain as Such until Exchanged or other way liberated; that he afterwards found himself liberated and on Colonel Samuel Hammond's arrival in the District of Ninety Six – with the
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intention of embodying the friends of the Revolution in aid of the force he & Colonel James Jackson of Georgia brought with them – he Joined them and was with them during the Siege of Augusta until Brown's Surrender of that Place; that upon General Green's [Nathanael Greene's] Retreat from before 96 he Retreated also under the Command of Colonel Leroy
Hammond & Joined General [Andrew] Pickens West of Ninety Six and continued with that Command until they Joined General Greene North side of Congaree [River], and still continued with General Pickens into the Present District of Edgefield, after
which he was continued in service under the Command of Captain John Carter on the Enoree River, constantly actively employed watching the movements of the Enemy ccasionally
skirmishing with Tory & British parties – and continued in that Service until the British retired below Dorchester that he was in the whole never out of service from the Commencement of the Siege of Augusta, until the Troops were Generally Discharged on the news of Peace & altogether that he was in actual service for more than three years & he hereby relinquishes every Claim whatever to a pension or Annuity except the Present and declares that his name is not on the
Pension Roll of the Agency of Any State. S/ Joshua Hammond
Sworn to in Court before,
S/ Richard Gantt, P. J.

We Thomas Norris, Clergyman Residing in the District of Edgfield and William Garrett Sen do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joshua Hammond who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy six years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he has resided many years to have been a soldier of
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Revolution & that we concur in that Opinion. s/ Thomas Norris
Wm Garrett Senr
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid s/ A B Addison QU

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 & served as he states. And the Court further certify that it appears to them that Thomas Norris who has signed the preceed certificate is a Clergyman resident in the said district and William Garrett who has also signed the same is a resident in same
District is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
Richard Garrett

I Jeff Richardson Clerk of the Court of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the Matter of the applicant of Joshua Hammond
for a Pension
In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this first day of November A D. 1832-
J. Richardson Clk
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I fully empower Peter G Washington
Esq to envestigate the claim of the
within Power of Attorney.
John Milledge
Washington City
May 2 1852.

Power of Attorney
from Josuah Hammond
and Josuah Hammond
Administrator to
John Milledge

Pension Office
in Book E. Vol 6
Page 69. by W Miller
Clerk
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South Carolina
Edgefield District
Know all men by their presents that I Joshua Hammond a Revolutionary pensioner, do hereby constitute and appoint John Milledge of the City of Augusta and State of Georgia, my one and only Agent and Attorney for me, and in my name, place and stead to proceed to the city of Washington, there to make or cause to be made such investigations and searches of the books and records of either or [illegible] of the Departments of the Government, as will elicite any information of or concerning any claim or demand I may have against the Government of the United States for or on account of my services as a Revolutionary Soldier, or an account of and increase pay due me from said Government as a pensioner - and further to make for me as the representative of the Estate of my Father John Hammond similar searches and investigations of the books and records of any of the Departments of the Government, as will tend to elicite any information or precede any evidence showing what if anything is due from
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said Government to the Representatives of my deceased father for an or account of Services he rendered in the country as a soldier or an officer in the Revolutionary Army of whatever character enter to this representative on account of commutation ha__ or as a pensioner or Hereby fully empowering my said Agent and Attorney not only tru___ for either in my own name or on my own individual account on the books of the Government whatever is yet due or owing to me principal and interest but also _____ for me in my Representative Capacity as Administrator of my Father's Estate whatever my be due or owing to his Estate, to make and affix my name and seal ____ and every description of releases discharges and acquaintances which may be demanded and required of me by the said Government as fully and perfectly to do all such acts and things in the premises which ____ do myself of _____ _____ ____.  Hereby giving him my said Agent and Attorney every species of authority to act for me in any way in the premises fully conforming ratifying and agreeing to everything he may do or cause to do done to carry out the ____ of this kind of Attorney and also revoking ____ aside as absolutely null and void any other power of attorney which may have at any
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heretofore been given by me for a similar purpose.
In writing to the above Instrument I have here unto sit my hand and affixed my seal this the Eight day of April Eighteen Hundred and fifty two.
Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of James R Cook AM Rodgers
South Carolina
Edgefield District
This day personally app___ before me AM Rodgers who being only sworn  ____ on oath that he was personally ____ and saw the witness in and Joshua Hammonds sign seal and deliver the power of attorney himself for the use and purposely that of and he with __ R Cook in the premises of each other with___  ___ an exception of ____ power of attorney and subscribes their many accordingly sworn before me the *th of April 1852
Robert Anderson
Magistrate
AM Rodgers
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Georgia Spalding County ⎬ On this 27th Day of November One Thousand
Eight Hundred and fifty four personally appeared before the
Justice of the Inferior Court in and for the State & County aforesaid, Abner Hammond one of the Heirs at Law of Joshua Hammond Decd. who was a Pensioner of the United States at
the Rate of One Hundred and Nineteen Dollars and ninety nine cents per Annum, from Edgefield District South Carolina and after being duly sworn according to Law Declares upon his Oath that the said Joshua Hammond Departed this life
in the Receipt of said Pension on the Twenty Second day of March One Thousand Eight Hundred and fifty three leaving Surviving him Abner Hammond the present applicant and
Charles Hammond Joshua Hammond and Nancy Hammond the only surviving children and Heirs at Law of him the said Joshua Hammond, as he left no widow surviving him his wife having died many years previous after which he remained a widower. He further states that the said Joshua
Hammond his father was as he always affirmed and declared
and as applicant verily believes entitled to more Pension than he received as he served as stated in his declaration for all of which service he was not allowed a Pension. This
Application is therefore made to obtain an increase of said Pension & to obtain what of that Increase he is entitled up to the time of his death
s/ Abner Hammond
Sworn to and subscribed in open
Court this day & date above 
s/ James P Wood CIC
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Georgia Spalding County ⎬ I James
Wood Clerk of the Inferior Court in and for the State & County aforesaid do hereby certify that it has been made appear in evidence to the satisfaction of the Court. By the Oaths of Applicant and Samuel
Hammond that Joshua Hammond a Revolutionary Pensioner and the
Father of Abner Hammond the present applicant departed
this life in the Receipt of a Pension Leaving Surviving him no widow but that he did leave surviving him the Present Applicant & Charles Hammond Joshua Hammond and Nancy Hammond the only surviving Children and Heirs at Law of him the said Joshua Hammond decsd. all of which is Ordered by the Court to be certified to the Pension Department
and all of which is hereby certified - I further certify that the present applicant and Saml Hammond are both credible and Respectable witnesses and their statements are entitled to credit. I also certify that the foregoing contains the Orriginal Proceedings had in the application of Abner Hammond for an Increase of Pension due his Father Joshua
the Decsd.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at my Office in the Town of Griffin this 27th day of November 1854. s/ James S Wood C.I.C
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Georgia                  ⎬
Spalding County ⎬ Know all men by these present
that I Abner Hammond of the State & County afor
-esaid do hereby constitute and appoint Elisha
King of Adaireville Ga My true attorney for me
and in my name to prosecute my claim to [illegible]
Increase of Pension due my Father Joshua Ham
mond and Decd and to receive from the Commiss
sioner of Pensions a Certificate for the same

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my seal this 27th
day of November 1854. --
Abner Hammond
attest
James. S. Wood C.J. C


Abner Hammonds
Declaration for a Pension
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Admit as 
Private 20 mo.   66.66
Lieut      4 mo.   53.33
                        -----------
                       $119.99
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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 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 Joshua Hammond & Saml Hammond
Period when the service was
rendered. _
Duration of the claimant's service. 
months  3+4+6+10+3+3+6=35 
Rank of the claimant. Private, Pvt, Volunteer, Lieutenant, Volunteer
Names and Rank of the Company
officers under whom he served.
John Hammond, F. Sinquefield, J. Carter
Names and Rank of the General
and Field officers. Col. Richardson, Maj A. Williamson, Genl Marion, Col Leroy Hammond, Col Jackson,[Illegible]
Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Stated in Declaration
Country through which he marched.
So Car, Cherokee, 96 Dist, Georgia, & part of Florida
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Dist of [Illegible] 96
Evidence by which the declaration
is supported. _
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions
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Rev War  June 7  2
REGULATION 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 claim
ing the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians 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} ss.
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_______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 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 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 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 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 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.
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 the 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 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  know at the Department.  A very 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, if 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.
[C - 3] 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 Solder.     } 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 be come 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
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their 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 certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.

[Competed with]

[c 3]The traditionary evidence of service is deemed 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
enquiry whether the belief is general, and 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 a 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.

[d3.] 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 office, 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 genuine signature.

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

[13 -] [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 or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier 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, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss 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 less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year----months----, and ------------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 his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months,
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps 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 in 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 affix 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 certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
                                                                                     
                                                                                          Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate 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 a 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 certify 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 notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j]  applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is insepensible 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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Mrs. Minnie E Hogan
College Park, Ga  2.
Madam
In reply to your request of the 15 th last, received the 17th for a statement of the military history of Joshua Hammond a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau. SF.21.803,
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
v
1776
1778
1779
1780
1781
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
3 Mos.
4 mos
6 mos
10 mos,
6 mos
6 mos
1 year 3 mos.
RANK,
Pvt.
Pvt.
Pvt.
Lieut
v
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. John Hammond, his father
 John Hammond
Francis Sinkfield
John Carter
John Hammond
John Carter
COLONEL. Draytons Snow Campaign
Andrew Williamson
Le Roy Hammond
Leroy Hammond
Leroy Hammond
Genl Clark
LeRoy Hammond
STATE. S.C.
Battles engaged in, skirmishes with Indians & Tories, twice captured by the Brit. & Paroled, Battle of White House, Siege of Augusta Ga
Residence of soldier at enlistment, SC
Date of application for pension, Nov.1 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Georgia. Pens in Edgefield Co. S.C.
Age at date of application, Aged 75 or 76 years, born in Va.
Remarks: Soldier died Mch 22 1853 leaving no widow and only the following Children; Abner, resident of Spaulding Co Ga, Charles, Joshua, Nancy
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Hammond, Joshua
SC S21803

Printed death notice from newspaper of Capt Joshua Hammond is on file in pension claim 21275
Benjamin Hatcher EEL
April 19, 34
Also reference to many other Hammonds
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TREASURY DEPARTMENTS 
Second Comptroller's Office
Sept 19th 1842

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, 
and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,“ and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending 
the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pen=
sion agents,  Joshua Hammond
a Pensioner on the Roll of South Carolina 
Agency, at the rate of one hundred & nineteen Dollars 
and 99 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 
1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 
4th of Sept.1840, to the 4th March, 1841 _
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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William Canaway admt Georgia 12. 788
Joshua Hammond adm  [illegible] 16145

Both cases were admitted about
the year 1834.
L.P. W. Jr.
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[letterhead] The King Lumber Co.
Atlanta, Ga.

Thomaston, Ga Sept. 4th 1911
Com of Pensions
Washington DC
Dear Sir
My Great grandfather, Joshua Hammond was a Revolutionary soldier and received his pension in Edgefield District Hamburg S.C
Please send me his service.
Mrs Nettie Johnson
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AUG 18 1910
College Park, Ga., 8/15/10
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir
you will find on page 50 Georgia Section, Senate Documents, Pension Roll, 1st Session 23d Congress
1833-34, One Joshua Hammond
Private and lieutenant Muscogee Co., Ga. Served in South Carolina Militia, Pvt. on roll July 11th 1833, age 79
you will also find Joshua Hammond, of Union, served as private in Capt. James Brannon's Battalion Artillery
South Carolina Militia, and that his service began Oct. 2nd 1814, and ended March 8th 1815.
are these two the same?
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Was the last service the 1812 War, or which war?
Where was he lieutenant, was it in the war of the Revolution?
If the records show this I would be very grateful to know it; I have all
the proof necessary - that my great grand father was a Revolutionary Soldier. I wish to know where he
served as lieutenant, and where he served from Oct. 2nd 1814 to March 8th 1815.
Thanking you in advance for any information the Records give, I am
Respectfully,
Mrs Minnie E. Hogan
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W. D. G.

3-871.
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RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
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Briefed by A. War D. 19/8'/10
Claim No.
Certificate No.
Claimant .
Soldier Joshua Hammond
Service  S.C.
Additional Service.   Rev.

No               claim, State records, 191..
No claim, combination records, 191....
REMARKS:
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Revolution 
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File No. 21,803
Joshua Hammond
Lieut Rev War
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Act: June 7" 32"
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 167

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1910- Aug 25  Hist to Mrs. Minnie E. Hogan                             M. B. H
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1911. Sept. 11 History to
Mrs. Nettie Johnson.  F.w.
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Abner Hammonds
Power of Atty_____
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State of Georgia Spalding County ⎬ Know all Men by these presents
that I Abner Hammond of the State & County aforesaid and the son & heir of Joshua Hammond Decst who
was a Pensioner of the United States from the District of Edgfield South Carolina. Reposing special Trust
and confidence in Elisha King of Adairsville Ga do hereby constitute and appoint him my True & Lawful Attorney for me and in my name to prosecute m  claim for the amount of Increase of Pension which accrued and fell due to my father the said
Joshua Hammond under the provisions of the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832, and to receive
from the Commissioner of Pensions a Pension certificate for the Same, -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
Set my hand and seal this 19th day of July A.D. 1853
s/ Abner Hammond
s/ A. Bellamy JP
I Alexander Bellamy a Justice of the Peace in and for the State & County aforesaid do hereby certify that
Abner Hammond who has this day executed the foregoing power of attorney doth appear before me & acknowledge the same to be his act and Deed, In witness whereof
I have hereunto set my hand & seal this day & date above written
s/ A. Bellamy JP
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Planters & Mechanics Bank
Charleston 10 Sep 1838

J. L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

Sir

I forward herewith for Authorty
to pay, Voucher of Joshua Hammond

I am Respectfully

Your Obt Sev
A Spears
Pension Agent
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Adairsville Ga 28th Decr 1854
Col L. P. Waldo
Dear Sir
Please find enclosed the declaration of Abner Hammond for an increase of Pension to his Father, Decst
You will find upon an examination of this case that Joshua Hammond Father of applicant claims in his declaration to have served as a Lieutenant under Capt Carter
Genl Williamson, a Tour of Ten Months To E. Florida which service was well established by proof accompanying his application, he also set out several Tours of service
in the Militia as a Private which was also proved. Making in all Over two years Service, and on the adjustment of his claim he was granted an allowance for 4 months service
as a Lieutenant and 20 months Private when he was entitled to 10 months as Lieutenant and 14 months Private he of course was entitled to pay for the highest grade of service which he rendered. I presume you will discover the error at once and will correct it
I am Very Respecitfully
Your Obt Servt
Elisha King
Col. L. P. Waldo
Washington City
DC
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Sir Will you be so good as to
send to me a set of blanks for
one to fill & be guided by in making
out proof of being entitled to a
pension, account of services of
the husband during the revolutionary
war
If possible be so good as to inform me where Capt Joshua Hammand, a soldier of the revolution in So Ca & who draws a pension, resides
Your &c
W. L. Yancey
April 21. 1846
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Planters Mechanics Bank of So Ca
Charleston 12 December 1837
J L Edward Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

Sir

I forward herewith for your
Authority to Pay Voucher of Joshua Hammond
upon which 12 Month  Pension is due.
I am very respectfully
Your Ob Serv:
A Spears
Pension Agent
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Adairsville Ga 28th Oct 1853
Col F.F.C. Triplette,
Dear Sir
Inclosed I send you the power of Atto
of Abner Hammond, Authorizing me to prosecute his claim for an Increase of Pension for his Father Joshua Hammond Decst who was a captain in the war of the Revolution, and
Drew only $119.99 per Annum up to his death which was in 1852. the date at which he was pensioned I do not know but he last drew 4th Sept 1852.
Will you have the goodness to call up the papers and sketch out a brief of his statements as to his service also
of the Proof upon which he was pensioned, Both Parroll & Record
proof, and then give me your views as to the chances for an increase of Pension in the case. If there is any
chance for an Increase. I will forward you a Declaration from Abner Hammond the son properly authenticated at once, as he lives but a short distance from me, I can
have it made out any month, be so good as to forward me the Brief or sketch above alluded to so that I may be able to corroborate it if possible. Your prompt attention will oblige me,
I am Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt
Elisha King

Col F.F.C. Triplett
Washington City
DNB. C
please file the power of atto in the case with the original papers
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South Carolina State SEAL
Robt Y. Hayne
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
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BY HIS EXCELLENCY
Robert Y. Hayne
GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF IN AND OVER THE STATE AFORESAID.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME.
Know ye that Charles Hammond Lee whose
Signature appears to the
[illegible] Instrument of April
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME.
Know Ye that Charles Hammond [illegible] whose signature appears to the annexed Instrument of writing JP was at the time of executing the same, a  Justice of the Quorum in the District and State aforesaid
THEREFORE, all due Faith, Credit and Authority is and ought to be had and given to his proceedings and certificates as such.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and caused to be affixed the Seal of the State, in the Town of Columbia the Thirtieth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Thirty Three and in the Fifty Seventh year of Independence of the United States of America.
BY THE GOVERNOR,
S Hammond
SECRETARY OF STATE.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
September 30th, 1840.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Joshua Hammond, - a Pensioner on the Roll of the S. Carolina Agency, at the rate of one hundred & nineteen Dollars and ninety nine Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1838. to the 4th Sept. 1839.
Respectfully yours,
J. Seaver
Acting Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
BY HIS EXCELLENCY
Jas Hamilton Jr.
Governor and Commander in Chie fin and over the state aforesaid
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME
Know ye that Rich'd Garett
whose signature appears
to the annexed instrument of [Illegible] is and was at the time of the execution one of the true and lawful associate Justices of the State of So Ca and J Richardson Clerk of the Court of Common plea

Therefore, all due Faith, Credit, and Authority is and ought to be had and given to his proceedings and
certificates as such
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused to be affixed the seal of the state in the 
town of Columbia the Tenth of Decr
in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and thirty two and in the 57 th year of the Independence
of the United States of America
s/ S. Hammond Secretary of State.
BY THE GOVERNOR.
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Synopsis, or Summary View of Joshua Hammonds Claim to Pension
under the Law of Congress of 7th June 1832 as Stated on his declarations
_________
1 Snow Camp as Stated in declarations " 3."
2 Cherokee War as Stated in dcs "4"
3 Company of Carolina Volunteer Beuregards " 6 "
4 East Florida Expedition Mili  "10"
5 Genl A. Williams Camp near Augusta Carolina "3"
6 Two Sister Ferry Carolina "3"
7 Clark Siege of Augusta as Mili. Augusta Carolina "6"
Service under Genl. Green & Pickens as Stated in declaration 1. 3.
---
Three years & 11 months  - 3. 11
Refer to his declarations & the accompanying testimony to [illegible] his claim
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J H deposition
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State of South Carolina
Richland District
Personally Appeared before me James S. Guignard, Clerk of the Court, Common Pleas, of Appeals & Judge of Quorum ---
Samuel Hammond who being Duly sworn as the Law directs States that in the Month of January 1779, he saw Joshua Hammond, in Camp in Carolina apposite Augusta serving as a Volunteer in Captain John Hammonds Camp of Col. LeeRoy Hammons Regiment of Militia & Genl. Andrew Williamsons Brigade, that the said Joshua Hammond Volunteered with Depont. upon several particular Expeditions under the Order of Genl. Williamson, in the State of Georgia, & & on Return from those Scouts as they turned [crossed out] were then turned rejoined his own Company - that they were often together for three months, when the Depont. left him in Service, & with his own Command Marched to the lower part of So. Carolina, under the Order & Command of Genl. Lincoln, & had no further intercourse with him untill some short time after the Battle of Stono - When the Depont. Returned to 96 & Collected a Company of Volunteers to March towards Savannah to Rejoin Genl. Lincoln & Genl Williamson, Joshua Hammond Volunteered in that Company but taken ill was obliged to decline the service. Some time in April 1780, the Deponant was ordered with his own Company & the Drafts from Col LeeRoy Hammonds Regiment, into Georgia, & being appointed assistant Brigade Quartermaster Joshua Hammond was employed by him in that service while preparing for a March under the order of Genl Williamson & Governor Howley - of Georgia - the fall of Charleston, being announced and the Expedition was given over & the troops Disbanded; the Deponant [crossed out] - Refusing to surrender upon Capitualation, as was proposed by the Genl. & field Officers of the District of 96; the Deponant Raised a company of Volunteers upon his own Responsibility & Joshua Hammond enroled himself as one of that company, but going home for Equipments was taken Prisoner; by the Toreys & carried into confinement - the Deponant further states that in May 1781 Col James Jackson of Georgia
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& himself arrived in the District of Ninety-Six, under the order of Genl Green & Pickens, for the purpose of Raising a force from our friends to prepare for the siege of Augusta & 96 Joshua Hammond joined them immediately & from his knowledge of the County & the character of the inhabitants was actively useful, & from that time to the General Discharge of the Militia on news of peace, the Deponant knows he was constantly in active service, in Commission in the Confidence of the General & field Officers - and generally employed by them in confidential Service & further sayeth not.
S Hammond
Sworn to before me
18 June 1833
James S Guignard
Clerk of [text covered by stamp] Court &
Quorum [text covered by stamp] ex off
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State of S Carolina
Edgefield District -
On the 29th day of April 1833 Personally appeared before me Charles Hammond one of the Justices fr. 1st Dist. Joshua Hammond at Present in the State and District aforesaid, where he has lived many years, but is now moving to the State of Georgia, aged as set forth in his application for a Pension dated on the first day of November 1832, being first duly sworn on the land District doth on his Oath make the following Amenditory Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress Passed  7th June 1832.
The applicant states that he served as a Private in John Hammonds Company 96. Regt. Militia as stated in his Previous declaration & Performed duty three months
That again went in the Service & Performed a Tour of Duty and Colol. Andrew Williamson afterwards Genl Williamson that on that occasion he was in Service for months - that he then served a company of militia Reserved for the Protection of the frontier settlements between Savannah River & [illegible] commanded by Captain Francis Sinkfield & Served in the said Company Six months - & then Discharged but Discharges lost - .
After that he went in to Service as a Lieutenant in Capt. John Carters Company of Colol LeRoy Hammonds Regiment & marched in May under Command of Genl Andrew Williamson attached to Genl Horne   in Continental Service, on an expedition to East Florida, and served six months - to the month of Oct. Precise day not none remembered
That he again went in to Service in January 1780 & continued in
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Service untill Genl. Ashes Defeat on Brier Creek three months -
North Service was in same year 1779 he marched to the Two Sister ferry on Savannah with Part of John Hammonds Company and a command of Major Hugh McClelan of Colol. LeRoy Hamonds Reg- 2d C. Militia - I was stationed there three months as a guard. -
That after the fall of Charleston, he was made a prisoner of War & Paroled to his farm - but soon after being ordered to surrender his Parcel, & become a Sargent, believing himself absolved in North in his former Declaration, he claimed Genl Clark, as also held in S. Declaration, & he considered himself while a prisoner as in the worst kind of Service, & then relieved, he entered the Service & the Regiment to which he belonged & Remained in actual Service untill the Militia was Generally Discharged near the Close of the war, The Precise time he does not nor Remember, or has he at this distant date any Person who can prove the Exact [illegible] of those Services.-
Joshua Hammond
Sworn to & Subscribed 
before me this day &
date first written
Charles Hammond Lieut.
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