Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3,812, Isaac Hill, N.C.
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N.C.
Hill, Isaac
Hill, Nancy
W. 3812
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 7219

Georgia

Nancy Hill

Widow of Isaac Hill
N Ca
who was a private

in the North Carolina line                        

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
2 Dollars ___
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of  March, 1843

Certificate of Pension issued the
19, day of August, 1845
and sent to
J.  H. Souie, Sen
Watkinsville
Georgia

[Act of March 3, 1843]
& 17 June, 1844
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2  Page 166


(on right side - vertical direction)

No 801

Date of death (illegible)-
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Georgia 16.487
Isaac Hill of Clarke in the State of Geo. who was a pr- in the - by Captain - of the Regt commanded by Col. Moore in the [illegible] line for 6 months -
Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Augst. 32 and sent to Edwd. C. Paine Watkinsville, GA
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 40
Sem-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 10
$50.-
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Nath. Rice Clerk, Book E Vol. 6 Page 92
died 15 Aug. 1833
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No. 25625
Isaac Hill Clarke County Georgia

Admit as a private
6 mo $20=

Edward C. Paine Watkinsville, Clarke County Georgia
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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 herein 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: (symbol)). 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 Isaac Hill Clarke County Georgia
Period when the service was recorded Duration of the claimant's service Year Month Days   Rank of the claimant   Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.    Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.   Proof by which the declaration is supported

Not Draft  3  private  Gen'l Sumpter, Colonel Robertson, Cap Bean, Gl. Butter, Col Moore
71 years Woke County  Tradionary (illegible)
correct
N. Carolina


I am, respectfully
Your obedient servant,
J.L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions
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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, etc., Teamsters, Boatmen, etc. 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
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 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 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, etc.)  
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.
(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 etc.
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 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 the 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 applications 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
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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 ex-expected [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 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. 

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. 

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.

(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 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 places 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 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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State of Georgia Clarke County
On this 14th day of May 1833 personally appeared in Open Court William Dicken presiding Judge of the Inferior Court of said County -- now sitting, Isaac Hill a resident of the County of Clark and State aforesaid aged Seventy one 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 7th of June 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officer served as herein stated. He was born on the 10th day of 1761 in Chowan County in the State of North Carolina. We know his age from the information of his parents, & from having seen their old Family Record which is now destroyed, but which he distinctly recollected, His father moved to Wake County when he was six years of age, & where he remained with his Father until he entered the service of the United States Army -- (being there 19 years old & a volunteer) under General Sumpter, under whom served three months Tour, Charles Roberta [Robertson] was Colonel of the Regiment, Robert Bean Capt of the Company, & William Smith [Smyth] Lieutenant. In which tour there was an engagement with the British & toried on the waters of Big Broad River, & in that engagement a fort was taken in South Carolina. In the Second Tour he was drafted & had a skirmish under General Butler at the Shallowford on the Yadkin River in North Carolina, he was in the army of command by General Sumpter at the time. Gates was
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Service N.C. [North Carolina]
Hill, Isaac 

Defeated in South Carolina. (scratched out text). In his second tour two weeks after the first served 3 months
Commanded by General Butler, William Moore was the Colonel of the Regiment, Nedom Bryant 
(illegible) Capt. John Hopson Lieutenant. After this second tour which he believes was the last in the Revolutionary War, he was discharged & that discharge he has long since lost. This comprised the principal important Events that transpired during Mr. Hills attachment to the United States army He (illegible) that he had no Documentary Evidence that he (illegible) no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present. & Declares that his name is not on the Pension Role of the agency of any State
(Scratched out sentence) Sworn to subscribed this day & year aforesaid  Isaac Hill
Wm Dicken
Presiding J.J.P
Chle Samuel Glendon & Thomas Booth
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac Hill who had subscribed & sworn to the above declarations that we believe him to be 71 years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the Neighborhood where he resided to have been a Soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that Opinion. Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. James Hendon
Thos Booth
Wm Dicken Presiding J.J.P.
And the said Court do hereby certify & declare
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Their opinion after investigation of the matter
& After putting the interrog... Prescribed by the war department that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he had signed the preceding certificate is a Clergy...
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Supplementary affidavit

for an increase of pay - proof of marriage

State of Georgia  
Clark County 
Be it known that on this the 21st day of [illegible] 1845 before me Eli Bradbury a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Nancy Hill a resident of said County and State who being first duly sworn according to law saith that she is the widow of Isaac Hill late of said County -deceased. That the said Isaac Hill was a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress of the 7 June 1832. On the roll of the Georgia Agency at the rate of $30 per annum at the time of his death. That she has always understood and verily believes that her
said husband Isaac Hill was a private and served in the War of the Revolution in the North Carolina Militia two years or upwards, for which she claims a Pension according to the lines and meaning of the acts of Congress
of the 7 June 1832 and 7 July 1838. That she knows of no persons now living by whom he could prove the service of the said Isaac Hill and for proof of his services she refers to his Declaration and proof of service now of file on which he obtained he obtained his pension
and the Comptrollers Certificate now produced.
And deponent further states that the said lsaac
Hill died on the 15th day of August 1833 - leaving as his widow and that she has ever since remained his widow. That she was legally married to the said Isaac Hill in Wilkes County State of Georgia and she s informed that their is no Documentary proof of her marriage to be found on record or of file in the Clerks office of said County. That she has no family record
showing the date of her marriage that she has no registry in her family Bible showing the ages of her children. That her said husband in his lifetime kept a registry of their childrens ages-- in his Pocket Book which was the only family register that was made of their family
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the the [illegible] hereunto annexed was taken from said Pocket-Book and hereunto annexed and is their original family registry and a true record of their Childrens ages-- that she is unable to state whose handwriting it was registered in and knows no person
who can testify to the handwriting. But that it
has been in her possession ever since her husbands death and has gone through no alteration more than the impacts of time has defaced it. That it was the only record ever refered to by her said husband to her knowledge it was a registry for a considerable length of time before his death. That she knows of no person living who could
testify to the precise date and legality of her
marriage. That Robert Barber and his wife is
the oldest acquaintances she has within her knowledge (except - her Brother) But that she was legally married by a Justice of the Peace prior to the [illegible] day of  January 1794. See her Declaration of file Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above mentioned before me.
Eli Bradberry JP
Nancy Hill 
Her Mark
I further certify that Mrs Nancy Hill the affiant is personally known to me and that this leaf hereunto annexed-was-cut out of an old Pocket-Book in her possession and hereunto annexed by me and that it purports to be a family register of her childrens ages and 
that most of them are personally known to me. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand [illegible] this the 21st day of June 1845
Ele Bradberry J P
Clark Co Ga
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Georgia I John Calvin Johnson 
Clarke County Clerk of the Superior Court of
Said County hereby certify that Eli Bradberry is 
a Magistrate in above, and that the foregoing
signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
Given under my hand and seal
of Office, at Office this 7th
day of July 1840
John Calvin Johnson Clerk
Sup Court Clark Co Ga
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Elizabeth Hill was born august the 14 1785
Sarah Hill was born the July 25 1787
Elender Hill was born July the 29 1789
Christian Hill was born February the 28 1791
Middleton Hill was born March the 27 1793
Charlotty Hill was born June the 25 1795
[illegible] Hill was born May the 28 1797
Nancy Hill was born September the 28 1799
Doderick Hill as born February the 7 1801
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 July 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows.

State of Georgia
Clark County  SS
On this fourteenth day of October 1844, before
me the Subscriber a Justice of the Inferior Court for said County personally Mrs Nancy Hill a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged Seventy eight years past who being first duly
Sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled
an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows; That she is the widow of Isaac Hill of the County and State aforesaid the identical person who was a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress of the of June 1832 in the County and State aforesaid at the rate of $20 per annum. That the said Isaac Hill was a
private in the War of the Revolution and served in the North Carolina Militia and for proof of his services she refers to the evidence on which he drew his pension. And this deponent further states that the said Isaac Hill died on the fifteenth day of August Eighteen hundred and thirty three in Clark County State of Georgia. And this deponent further declares that she was married to the said Isaac Hill on the day of March Seventeen hundred and eighty four
by John George a Justice of the Peace/ according to the laws of the State /in Wilks County State of Georgia. That she has no Documentary evidence, having no family register. That she knows of no person living who could testify to the fact of their having been married on the day aforesaid, That they resided in the County of Wilks for the space of six or eight years and moved from there to Clark County where her husband died on the day aforesaid leaving her as his widow and that she is still his widow. That she was not married prior to her husbands last service. But was married prior to the 1st day of January 1794 [illegible] at the time above states all of which will more fully
appear by reference to proof hereunto annexed.
Nancy Hill
Her Mark
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[illegible]
the foregoing Declaration Sworn to and subscribed on the day and date first written before me a Justice of the Inferior Court
for Clark County State of Georgia I further certify that from Bodily infirmity Mrs Nancy Hill, the declarant is unable to attend Court. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of October Eighteen hundred and forty four.
Stephen Jackson J.J.C.

State of Georgia
Clark County
Be it known that on the 14th day of October 1844 before me Stephen Jackson a Justice
of the Inferior Court for said County personally appeared Roderic Hill a resident of said  County and State who being first duly
Sworn Saith on oath that Isaac Hill the identical person who was a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress of
the 7 June 1832, at the rate of $20, in Clark County State of Georgia died in the County and State aforesaid on the fifteenth day of
August Eighteen hundred and thirty three leaving Nancy Hill, the declarant, as his widow, and that she is still his widow.
Roderick Hill

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and date above written before me I further certify that Mr Roderic. Hill is a reputable person. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of Oct 1844. 
Stephen Jackson J.J.C.

State of Georgia
Clark County
Before me Stephen Jackson a Justice of the Inferior Court personally appeared Henry Burt a resident of said County and aged forty four years past who being first duly sworn saith on oath that he has been acquainted with Isaac Hill and Nancy Hill the declarant for the space of thirty years or more - past that they
lived together peaceably as man and wife from and
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before his first acquaintance with them and were always reputed and believed in their neighbourhood where they have resided to have been legally married and he concurs
in that opinion. And this deponent further states that the aforesaid Isaac Hill died on the day of --- 1833 in Clark County Georgia leaving Nancy Hill as his widow and that she is still his widow.
Sworn to and subscribed before me Henry Burt this 14th day of October 1844.
Stephen Jackson J.C.
I further certify that Mr Henry Burt is a respectable person and a creditable witness In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand officially this 14 Oct 1844.
Stephen Jackson

State of Georgia Clark County
The Inferior Special Court Mar 28, 1844
The Declaration of Mrs Nancy Hill for a pension under the act of Congress of the 7 July 1838 duly certified by Stephen Jackson on the 14th day of October 1844 having been
submited to the Court it doth appears his acts
and personage as a Justice of said Court and hereby direct the Clerk to endow this approval on the papers.
E. L. Newton J. J. C.
A.F. Nunnally J.J.C.
Thos. E. Williamson J.J..C

State of Georgia Clark County
I John Johnson Clerk of the Inferior Court for
said County certify that Stephen Jackson is an acting Justice of said Court duly commissioned and legally qualified and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine and that the foregoing is the original
order of said Court In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and
[illegible] my name this 28th day of October 1844.
John Calvin Johnson Clerk
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 October 31, 1931
Mr. M. M. Lewis BA-J/EEL
80-90 Eighth Avenue
New York, New York
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Isaac Hill, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, W. 3812, based upon the military service of Issac Hill in that war.
Isaac Hill was born February 10, 1761, in Chowan County, North Carolina, and when six years of age moved with his father to Wake County, North Carolina. The names of his parents are not stated.
While residing in Wake County, North Carolina, he volunteered at the age of nineteen years, exact date no given, served three months as a private in Captain Robert Bean’s Company, Colonel Charles Robertson’s North Carolina Regiment, and was in an engagement on Big Broad River and took a fort in South Carolina; two weeks after the termination of this service, he re-enlisted and served three months in Captain [illegible] Bryant’s Company, Colonel William Moore’s North Carolina Regiment and was in a skirmish at the shallow ford of the Yadkin River in North Carolina, dates of service not given.
After the Revolution, he resided in Wilkes County, Georgia, for six or eight years, and in 1791, moved to Clarke County, Georgia.
He died August 15, 1833, in Clarke County, Georgia.
The solider married in March, 1784, in Wilkes County, Georgia.
Nancy Crane
Soldier’s widow, Nancy, was allowed pension on her application executed October 14, 1844, at which time she was aged seventy-eight years and resided in Clarke County, Georgia.
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Their children were:
Elizabeth born August 14, 1785(illegible).
Sarah born July 25, 1787.
Elender born July 29, 1789.
Christian born February 28, 1791.
Middleton born March 27, 1793.
Charlotty born June 25, 1795.
Isaac(?) born May 28, 1797.
Nancy born September 28, 1799.
Doderick born February 7, 1801.
(Rod)
Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator.
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1923, Jan. 30 hist. to Mrs. Penelope J. Allen- E?
1928, Apr. 9 W.C. Davis requested to notify full hist of this soldier is desired 
WC
1930, Oct. 1, Miss Winifred Hall ado. soldier [illegible] Isaac Hill instead of Isaac Hall
WC
1931-Oct 31-Hist. to MM Lewis-EES

[handwritten notation] Revy [?]
Widow, &c.
File No. 3812
Nancy Hill
Wid.
Isaac Hill
Par. N.C. line
Act: March 3rd toJune 17th
Index:-Vol: A, Page 333
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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1526
Nancy Hill
Georgia
[illegible] hundred
Hon. H. Cobb, Dec 20th 1844
Act of July 7th 38
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11,526
Nancy Hill
Georgia
Act July 7th 38
Admd
[illegible]
$20-
also Act 3 march
4347 June 44
J. H. Lowe Senr. Esq
Watkinsville
Clark Co
GA
Hon. H. Cobb
H. R.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 3rd March 1843 granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 4 1838 & the act of 14 June 1844.

State of Georgia
Clark Country

On this 14th day of October 1844 personally appeared before me Stephen Jackson a Justice of the Inferior Court for the county and state aforesaid Mrs Nancy Hill a resident of said county and state aged seventy eight years past who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3rd day of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War and the act of 17 June 1844 enstilled an act to continue the pensions to certain widows. That she is the widow of [illegible] Hill who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution in the North carolina [Carolina] malitia [militia] and was a pensioner of the United States under the act of 7 June 1832 at the rate of $20.00 per annuim in Clark County state of Georgia That she was married to the said Isaac Hill on the day of March 1784 that he died on the 13th day of August 1833 having her as his widow and that she is still his widow.

her
Nancy Hill
X
mark

Sworn to and [illegible] on the day and date above written before me
Stephen Jackson J.J.C

I further certify that Mrs Nancy Hill the Declarant is personally known to me. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand officially this 14th day of October 1844
Stephen Jackson J.J.C

State of Georgia Clark County
I John C. Johnson clerk of the Inferior court for said county do certify that Stephen Jackson is an acting Justice of said court duly commissioned and legally qualified and that the forgoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and [illegible] my name this 16th day of November 1844 John Calvin Johnson Clerk
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[illegible]
[stamp] [RALEIGH N.C. MAR 18]
Mr. Jno Calvin Johnson
Watkinsville
Clarke County
Georgia
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Comptroller’s Office Raleigh N. C.
I, William F. Collins, Comptroller of Public Accounts, do hereby certify, that it appears of record in my office, that Isaac Hill had the following certificates issued in his favour, purporting to be for military service, - viz. – one for sixteen pounds, seventeen shillings, - (L16, 17s,) issued June 12th, 1783; and found in Book No. 1 page 19; - another for twenty pounds five shillings (L20, 5s.) issued April, 1784; and found in Book No. 6 page 25; - another for three pounds, seventeen shillings & six pence 9L3. 17s. 6d.) issued August 7th 1782;
And found in Book no. 6 page 16; - and another ^a currency certificate, for two thousand two hundred pounds, No: of certificate, 621; and found in Book A, No 11. Page 45.
The first three certificates are specie certificates; the last one, is a currency certificate – The whole amounting to fifty four pounds, nineteen shillings, and six pence (L 54. 19s. 6d). given under my hand and seal this 17 day March A.D. 1845
Wm. F. Collins Compt
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Watkinsville Ga (1 1/4) oz
July 8
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Comr. of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
July 12, 1868.
[illegible] case
Nancy Hill
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Watkinsville Ga
7th July 1845
J. L. Edwards Esq
Comr. Pensions
Washington City. 
Sir.
En P: I send you further evidence in case Mrs Nancy Hill widow of Isaac Hill Revolutionary Solider.
If any thing further is needed, please advise me.
Very Respectfully
John H Lowe Senr.
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House of Rep. 12th Dec 1844
Sir
I enclose to you the application of Mrs Nancy Hill for a pension and would respectfully ask your early attention to it and to inform me of any difficulties that may suggest themselves to you in  reference either to the from of the papers or the evidence submitted.
I would also inquire the condition of the application of Mr John McCrosky of Georgia for a pension
Respectfully your
obet. Servt.
Howell Cobb
J L Edwards Esq
W. C
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Rev Dec
[seal] [DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION]
MRS. P. J. ALLEN
STATE HISTORIAN, TENNESSEE D. A. R.
BOX 54, CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE
January 12, 1823
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:
Will you send me the record of service and any family data which you have on file, relative to Isaac Hill of Clark Co. Georgia, who was placed on the pension roll in 1833 as a Revolutionary soldier. He died in 1833.
Thanking you for your courtesy
I am,
Very truly yours
(Mrs.) Penelope J. Allen
[stamp] [PENSION OFFICE U. S. E JAN 18 1923]
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Hon Washington [illegible]
[illegible] Precinct
Washington 15c
803 Juniper St. N.E.
Atlanta Ga.  7/12/27

Dear Sir,
I find that Isaac Hall
was a Georgia Revolutionary Pensioner
Senah Document Pension Roll.
23rd Congress, No 12.
Does your department give his war
record?  Where he enlisted? When 
he died? The name of his wife?
Did she receive pension after his death?
I will greatly appreciate any informa
tion I may be able to obtain about him

[illegible]
Yours Truly
W. C. Davis
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IN REPLY REFER TO
Rev. and 1812
Wars Section.
AWF: MLB
3 - 2027
( April, 1930 )
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington
September 9, 1930
Miss Winifred Hall
2251 Myra Street
Jacksonville, Florida

Dear Madam:


I advise you that this bureau is unable to furnish the
history of a soldier of the Revolutionary War unless a claim
for pension or bounty land has been made to the United States 
on account of his services.

A careful search of the records fails to show such a
claim on file on account of the services of Isaac Hall, as
described by you. (There may have been an error in my description) 
The Isaac Hall I am interested in
did apply for and receive a pension
while living in Clarke Co. Georgia
Any information you can

Very truly yours,
EW Morgan
E.W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner.

give me will be
greatly appreciated.
His name occurs in Reprint of Society of
War in relation to pension establishment
of the U.S. Senate Document Pension Roll
first Session 23rd Congress (Printed by Duff Green 1833)
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The American Historical Society, Inc.
Publishers
80-90 Eighth Avenue
New York City

Department of Reserrch and Statistics
M.M. Lewis
Payne-A.F. Ger 29
October 15, 1931

Commissioner of Pensions
Veterans Administration
Washington, D..
Dear Sir:
We are anxious to obtain the complete Revolutionary War record of Isaac Hill, Jr. who was born in 1762, and died in Clark County, Georgia, August 15, 1833, son of Isaac Hilll. In his will, he disposed of land drawn for Revolutionary service. The grant, received in 1827, was in Muscogee County, Georgia, when drawn.
We shall be most grateful for any information you may be able to provide.
Yours very truly, 
The American Historical Society, Inc.
M.M. Lewis
MML/EHD/MC
Bearing stamp reflecting receipt Oct 14, 1931
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
MCS: MLB

October 1, 1930

Miss Winifred Hall
2251 Myra Street
Jacksonville, Florida

Dear Madam:
You are advised that the Revolutionary War records of this
bureau fail to afford any information in regard to an Isaac Hall
who was pensioned while a resident of Georgia.
The records show an Isaac Hill, W. 3812, who was born
February 10, 1761, in Chowan County, North Carolina. He was
living in Wake County, North Carolina, when he enlisted in the
Revolution. He married in Wilkes County, Georgia, in March, 1784,
Nancy Crane. He was living in Clarke County, Georgia, when he
applied for pension in May, 1833, and he died in that county
August 15, 1833.
If you desire the full history of this Isaac Hill, W. 3812,
it will be sent to you upon request.
The above described soldier, Isaac Hill, is recorded in the
" Report from the Secretary of War in relation to the Pension
Establishment of the United States, printed in 1835 by
Duff Green.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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Rev.&1812 Wars Section,

April 7, 1928.
W. C. Davis,
803 Juniper Street, N.E.,
Atlanta, Georgia.

Sir:
I advise you that the Revolutionary War records of
this bureau fail to afford any information in regard to
an Isaac Hall who was pensioned while a resident of
Georgia.
The records show an Isaac Hill, W. 3812, who was
born February 10, 1761, in Chowan County, North Carolina.
He was living in Wake County, North Carolina, when he enlisted
in the Revolution. He married in Wilkes County,
Georgia, in March, 1784, Nancy Crane. He was living in
Clarke County, Georgia, when he applied for pension in
May, 1833, and he died in that county August 15, 1833.
This is the only pensioner of Georgia with a name
that is in any way similar to Issac Hall, that is found
on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
If you desire the full history of this Isaac Hill,
W. 3812, it will be sent you upon request.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
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NC     Hill, Isaac   W.3812
           Nancy
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[stamp] [MONROE OCT 22 GA]
Paid 6
Mr. Robert Barber [illegible]
Athens
Ga
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State of Georgia
Clarke County

Be it known that on the 4 day of November 1844
before me, Elizeir L. Newton a Justice of the Inferior Court for said County personally appeared Robert Barber a a resident of said County and State aged seventy five years past who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following statements: that he resided in Wilks County State of Georgia the year 1880 and resided there for the space of twelve or fourteen years. and lived immediately in the settlement and was personally acquainted
 with Isaac Hill and Nancy Crane now Nancy Hill before there were married and was creditably informed that there were legally married by John George a Justice of the Peace in Wilks County (. the date not collected by this deponent- But-) that they lived together peaceably as man and wife that he this deponent- boarded and resided in the house with them the year seventeen hundred and ninety one. They then had three children and in that same year (1791). their fourth child was Born that they removed from Wilks County to the County of Clark (. State of Georgia and were always reputed and believed in their neighborhood where they have formerly resided to have been legally married and that he this deponent- fully concurs in that opinion and believes from the best of his recollection that they were married about- the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty four.
Robert Mamber
date above written before me
Elizar L Newton J.J.C.

I further certify that I am personally acquainted with Mr. Robert Barber, the affiant, that he is a respectable person and a credible witness. In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand this day of November 1844
Elizar L. Newton J.J.C.
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State of Georgia Clark County. Be it known that on the 4th day of November 1844 before me Elizar L Newton a justice of the inferior court for said county personally appeared Mrs Sarah Berlir a resident of said county and state aged sixty six years (...) who being first duty following statements that the formerly resided in Wilkes county, state of Georgia and has been acquainted with Nancy Crane formerly now Nancy Hill from her first recollection that she became acquainted with Isaac Hill a few months before they were married. That she was not herself a guest of the marriage but was creditably informed that they were legally married from her best recollection she believes some time prior to seventeen hundred and eighty five that they removed from Wilkes county to Clark county, Georgia and lived together frankly as man and wife to the death of the said Isaac Hill and always seputed and believed in their neighourhood to have been legally married and the fully concurs in that opinion. Sivom to and fulscrilid on the day and year above written before me (...) that Mrs Sarah Barler is a respectable (...) In testeny whenof I have hereunto set my hand this 4 Noveb 1844.

State of Georgia Clark County 
I John C Johnson Clerk of the inferior court for said county certify Elizar L. Newton is an acting justice of said county duty commissioned and legally qualified and that the foregoing signatures purpositing to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affirmed my seal of office and (...) mmy name this 5th day of November 1844.
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Mr. Robert Barber,
Dear sir I have framed an affidavit for you and Mrs. Barber, as near in your own word as I could do without your dictation if they contain any thing erroneous, you will please have new ones drawed up. such as you can give in a fair legible hand - free from enterlineing or eracing any words.
you might see Judge Newton individually by leaving the paper with him and when convenient be qualified at any time before the 1st Tuesday in November next - will be soon enough. Please request Judge Newton to take charge of the affidavits and deliver them to Mr. Johnson the Clerk by the time above state or before
Yours Respectfully
John H. Kilgore [illegible]
request of Mrs. Nancy Hill,
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Georgia
Nancy Hill
widow of Isaac Hill —
who was a prisoner under the act of 1832,
and who died on the 15 August 1833,
of Clarte C° in the state of Georgia,
who was a private in the ——————
commanded by Captain ——————
of the Regt:- commanded by Col: Moore in
the N. Carolina line for six months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Savannah -
at the rate of 20 dollars — cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March 1836.

Cerificate of pension issued the 19th day of
August 1845, and sent to J.H. Sowe, Sen. Watkinsville, Georgia

Total Amount, $ ———
Recorded by - Clerk, Book D - Vol 1 - Page 319