Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7,008, William Hillhouse, S.C.
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Service:  S C
Hillhouse, William
Number S7008
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to William Willhouse
Marengo Co
Alabama
Robert [struck through]

Adm 1. yr Lieut
4 months Serg.
6 months priv

Pr. Inf  1 mon  17 days = 5.21
P. Cav. 2    "   = 8.33
Sergt 1"         =5.00
St Inf 2 ", 10 days = 31.00
Lt. Cav 1 " 10 days = 22.20
Capt  1 "  22 days  = 18.33
                              = 90.17

[illegible]  Murphy
    
7 mos private                          30.00
                           =120.17

George Cunningham Cless
Linden
Marengo Co.
Alabama
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Honorable J. P. Edwards
Pension Office
War Department
Washington City
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,  28. May  1833
Sir
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.
The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These 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.
Statement, showing the service of William Hillhouse Marengo Co. 
Alabama

Dec.1775 2 months  Pri.
Gen. Richardson, Col. Neil, Col Kirkpatrick 
72 Years old, York Dist.   SC   
 Traditionary

July 1776  2 months   Pri.          " [officers as above] 

Dec. 1777    40 days   Pri.       Gen Williamson
Pri, Sergt, Lieut, Capt.

Mar 1778    3 Months          Gov. Rutledge

1780   1 yr. 4 months  Sergt, & Lieut.
Gen Sumter, Col. Neil, Capt Jamison


I am respectfully 
       Your obedient Servant
J. L. Edwards

Applicants, as commissioned officers are required to produce their original commission or satisfactory proof that he was duly commissioned and served as such.
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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, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or of
On this day of County of of A. B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before in the county of
and State, Territory or District 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) served in the (e) regiment of the
With 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
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. 
And 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
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same) 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
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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 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 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 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 inquiry 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.
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.
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.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. 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 -- For -- months and – 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 want 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.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
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.
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 to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in applies to continental troops only.
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Let Compt Genl May 12  '96 
letr 30 May 36 to Pension
agent and to pensioner
do. to Hon F.S. Lyon Jan
2 1837. do to same March 22'd
1837. same Jan 10 1838
same March 28 1838
payment ordered. See letters 30
March to P. Agt & Hon. F.S. Lyon H.R.

Letter to 3rd auditor 10 Jany 1839
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4 March 1836 to 4 March 1838
Agt notified 16 Jany 1839

Order to pay 19th Sep 1843
Letter to Hon J Thompson 7 March 1814
"  Same Pension & Retn to Pension Agent 19 April 1844
Circl to Agt at Turkaloma May 14 1844

To Missi from 4th Sep 1843 21 June 1844 Notification to Penr [Illegible] Missi

Let Hon Wm S Barry Feb 7/55

[Much of the text is light and illegible]
William Hillhouse 
of [Illegible] in the State of [Illegible]
Who was [Illegible] in the Company commanded by Captain [Illegible] of the regiment commanded by [Illegible]  in the [illegible]
line for  [Illegible] [Illegible]

 Inscribed on the Roll of [Illegible] at the rate of  
[Illegible] Dollars. [Illegible] Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of pension issued the [Illegible] day of [Illegible] and [Illegible]

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 [Illegible]
Semi-anl allowance ending June [Illegible]
[Illegible]
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J T Sprague, Clerk
Book C Vol 8 Page 54
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832
State of Alabama
Marengo County

On this third day of February personally appeared in open Court before the Hon. William J. Alston Judge of the County Court of Marengo, now sitting, William Hillhouse resident of
[illegible] [illegible], Marengo District in the county of Marengo and state of Missouri aged sixty three years on March 18 last past: who first being duly sworn according to law doth depose [&] make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832.

... Col Thomas Neil
__ October,1781
__ District South Carolina
__ called to go into actual service. 
__ i marched thence to the [illegible] of York and in  the district of S Carolina
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and [illegible] County North Carolina. During this Campaign I had no service with any Continental troops nor was [illegible]
[illegible]. My next term of service commenced about [illegible] [illegible] in July 1776 and continued two months.  This [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]
Indian.country, in the said [illegible] [illegible] of Greenville. Under [illegible] and s'd [illegible]. in [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] & in this period of service, there was skirmishes with [illegible], [illegible] [illegible] [illegible], and a few of our soldiers [illegible] [illegible] [illegible], not that might be affected in battle. I was next called into actual service about the first of December in the year 1777, which service was [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]. I [illegible] [illegible] for 60 days.
I was then under the command of Brigadier Gen Williamson and marched through the 
Districts of Union, Laurens and Mobile to [illegible] [illegible]  and Fort Independence.
About the last of March in the year I commenced at
one of [illegible],  [illegible] which is situated on the  [illegible] of [illegible],  [illegible]. At my said service, I was commanded by his Excellency Governor Rutledge and marched through about all of the [illegible] country of North Carolina, especially those parts written by Cooper and  [illegible]. 
 Count Pulaski a Regular officer, having under his command a troop of Cavalry, frequently visited the encampment to which I belonged. In May 1780 I again went into actual service and continued until October, 1781.
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I entered as orderly Sergeant, in which capacity I served a short time, when I was elected Lieutenant of the Company in which I had little [illegible] duty.  Brigadier Gen Thomas [illegible] now commanded the Brigade, and Col. Andrew Neil the Regiment to which I belonged, and Cape. L Davidson the company.
During this campaign I marched through the greater part of [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] sections of South Carolina and through a consdierable portion of North Carolina.  As well as I can recollect I was during this term of duty in the following.
[illegible] at Williamson's Plantation in the District of York.  [illegible] [illegible] a battle in which the British and Tories were commended by the British officers, Captains [illegible] and [illegible], and most  gloriously defeated by a few of the boys, my companions in arms, commanded in Col. Neil. 
Sometime in the same month, i was called to face 
 [illegible]  [illegible] enemy at Rocky Mount, where our brave and beloved Colo died as a Soldier. 
Eight days after I was in the [illegible] of the Georgia [illegible], in which my Captain was [illegible] wounded and ordered unfit for service. In the heat of said battle. I took command of the Company which [illegible] I held util sometime in the April Following, when I resigned. Some time in the month of August on the same day [illegible] [illegible] in which Gen. Gates was defeated, I was in a battle at [illegible], where I was captured, [illegible] [illegible] and [illegible] of waggons.
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In two or three days after I was in the battle where my brave [Illegible] Sumpter was defeated. the next battle in which I was engaged, was I believe in the month of Feb. 1781 at Granby Fort on the Congaree River. In a few days after, I met and fought the British at a place called the Big Savannah where our
forces captured a large guard and a great quantity of Military stores. Some four or five days after I was in another engagement at Fort Watson commonly called Wright Bluff
In a few days, I again fought the enemy near Black river not far from Kingstreet Bridge
In the month of May 1781 I was in a second rencounter with the enemy at Fort Granby
In the August following the Brigade to which I belonged was marched under the command of Gen. Green to Orangeburg, in S Carolina, with a design to draw out the enemy from his intrenchments [entrenchments]; but he refused to come out, and there was no battle. During this time I had the pleasure of knowing
Gen Green Col Washington and Lee. I would also state to the War Department, that the British Commander and Chief Lord Cornwallis on his march to Virginia in Jan. 1781 made
my plantation his place of rendezvous from Tuesday till Friday, stripping me of all my posessions [possessions] except the land
which he could not destroy. I have no documentary evidence to offer to the Department in proof of the foregoing
declaration but have procured the testimony of two witnesses, whose certificates are here annexed in proof of my service, and the
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rank I held during the Revolutionary conflict.  I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any state.  I became the lieutenant of the company to which I belonged the first of July 1780 and continued in that command about three weeks, when owing to the disability of Capt Jamison as before stated, I took the command of the company after Capt & with the other wounded were put in a place of safety and the soldiers who had charge of them had returned to camp an election was held for captain in which I was unanimous by elected.  This election took place about the last of July which rank I held until the last of April 1781 under the command of Col Wm Bratton at which time I resigned.*   * after my resignation Frame Woods was elected Capt under whom I served five months.  The Department will therefore discover from this declaration that I served during the Revolutionary war fourteen months as private soldier, five weeks as a sergeant, three weeks as a Lieutenant, and nine months as captain The answers of the said William Hillhouse Lieut. to the interrogatories prescribed by the war Department
Answer to the first  I was born in the year 1760 on the 18 day of March near Land's Ford on the Catawba river in the state of S Carolina and in the bounds of what is now called Chester District as I think.
Answer to the second
I have no record of my age as to that and the place of my birth I received the information orally from my parents
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answer to the third
When called into service I was living in what is now called York District S Carolina, since the Revolutionary War.  I have lived for the most part of the time in the District of Pendleton S Carolina then in Green County Alabama, and now in Marengo county Alabama.
Answer to the fourth
I went into service as a volunteer 
Answer to the fifth
Gen Greene, Col Cont Pulaski, Col Washington and Col Lee were occasionally with the troops among whom I served.  The continental regiments were those of Col Washington (horse) Col Lee (horse) Col Pulaski (horse); the Militia Regiments were those Col A Pickins Col John Thomas, Col Thomas Brandon, Col Edward Lacy, Col Richard Wynn there were others not recollected
I was in the following engagements at Williamson's plantation, SC, Rock Mount, Hanging Rock, Camden ferry, Sumpter's defeat, Fort Granby, Fort Mott, the Big Savannah, Fort Watson on Santee; near Kingsten on Black river  and another on Fort Granby and Biggin Church near Monks Corner As to a more particular detail I beg leave to refer to my declaration Answer to the sixth
I never received any written discharge we were discharged by our Captain verbally.
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I never received a compensation I was elected by the company owing to the situation of the state during the period that I was in office it being overseen by the enemy the Governor and Council were compelled to suspend the operations of the Executive department and consequently officers could not receive commissions In confirmation of this fact I would refer the Department to Ramday's History of S Carolina from the 12 of April 1780 to May 1781
Answer to the seventh
I refer to His Execy: John Gayle, Col Patrick Norris (a revolutioner) both of Greene County, the Hon J Murphey Representative in Congress from the state of Alabama, Col James Pickins of Marengo County and Frederick Peck Post master at Greensborough Ala. 
Wm Hillhouse 
We James Hillhouse a clergyman residing in Marengo Co Ala: and John Burke of the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Hillhouse Lieut who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy three years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood [neighborhood] where he resides to have been a soldier of
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the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid } James Hillhouse
John Burke

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states And the court further certify that it appears to them that James Hillhouse who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of Marengo and that John Burke who has also signed the same is a resident in Marengo County and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
Wm J Alston
Judge Presiding
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Rev. & 1812 Wars SEction.
October 26, 1928.
Lt Colonel P M Stevens
12 Capitol Square
Atlanta, Georgia
Sir: 
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 7008, it appears that William Hillhouse was born March 18, 1760 near Land's Ford on the Catawba River, South Carolina.
While residing in York District, South Carolina, he enlisted in December 1775 and served at various times in the South Carolina Troops as follows:  Fourteen months as private, five weeks as sergeant and three weeks as lieutenant, under Captains Thomas Kirkpatrick, Joseph Woods and James Jamison, Colonels Thomas Neil, Andrew Neil and William Bratton, he was at the battles of Biggins Church, Williamsons Plantation, Rocky Mount and Hanging Rock, where his captain James Jamison was wounded and he was appointed captain and served under Colonel William Bratton, was in the battles of Camdens Ferry, Catawba Ford, Granby Fort, Big Savannah, Wrights Bluff, Black River, Fort Motte and again at Fort Granby, he served as captain until the last of April 1781, when he resigned. After which
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he served until October 1, 1781 under Captain Frame Woods.
He was allowed pension on his application executed February 3, 1834, while a resident of Marengo County, Alabama.
In 1844, he was living in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, where he and his children had moved from Alabama, names of children not stated, nor is the name of his wife on record.
Soldier died April 28, 1848, leaving the following children: William, Jane and Sarah Hillhouse.
The Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to afford any information in regard to Gus Stephens and John Hillhouse. 
Respectfully,
EW MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
COPIED BY ADY
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The State of South Carolina
Anderson District} Before me personally came and appeared James Brown & made oath that he was well acquainted with William Hillhouse during the revolutionary war that this deponent & he lived within about a mile of each other in York District, South Carolina This deponent was with him in the battle at the Hanging Rock under Genl Sumter and Capt Jameson & Lieut William Hillhouse where Jameson was wounded & Hillhouse took command of the company, this deponent knows when Hillhouse was elected I was there and I did several tours of duty with Hillhouse in the same company was with him at the battles Cogaree Wrights Bluff, and at the Big Savannah we took tracheers [trachers] Waggon [Wagon] & took all or killed them except one wagoner I think I served from ten to fourteen months with him he was a good Whig & did by his duty faithfully there was no better officer of his grade he removed to Alabama several years ago I have always understood & believe.  James Brown 
Sworn this 1st Oct 1833 before me
Benj Dickson J Joss
I am acquainted with James Brown above named. He is credible & it was owing to my hurry at Anderson court caused me to neglect to have Magistrate  cert J Grishh
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The state of South Carolina Anderson District} I Van A Lawhorn clerk of the court of Sessions and Common pleas for Anderson District do hereby certify & make known to all whom it may concern that Benjamin Dickerson Esquire before whom the written affidavits was made and whose signatures and attestation appear thereto is now & was at the time of the making and attesting the same an acting justice of the quorum for the district aforesaid duly appointed & sworn & that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to his official acts as such
In Testimony of which I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office the first day of October one thousand eight hundred & thirty three fifty eighth year of America 

Van A Lawhorn 
CC
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The State of South Carolina
Pickins District} Before me personally came John Craig and made oath that he knew William Hillhouse in time of the American Revolution in York District in South Carolina They both belonged to Capt Jamesons company of volunteers was a long time with him William Hillhouse who was Lieut and when capt Jameson was wounded at the Hanging Rock Hillhouse took command of the company, and this deponent did help to appoint him captain & served with him as captain several tours, this deponent was with him a Lieut This deponent knows that William Hillhouse & James Brown was good soldiers was much with them that the said Wm Hillhouse as he has understood has moved into the state of Alabama Marengo County Deponent was with Hillhouse at the Big Savannah when they two killed four men & took six prisoners at the Big Savannah 
Sworn to 8 October 1833 John (his X mark) Craig
Before Bailey Barton JQ
I certify that the above named John Craig is a respectable & credible person & is reputed to heave been a good soldier of the Revolution
Baily Barton JQ
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The State of South Carolina
I William L Keith clerk of the court for Pickens District do certify that Bailey Barton Esquire whose signature appears to the written is an acting Justice of the Peace of the Quorum for said district and that the signatures written are genuine
Given under my hand and seal of office at Pickers Court House this 9th day of October 1833
William L Keith
clerk of the court of Pickens District
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I Thomas Anderson clerk of the county court of Marengo county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of William Hillhouse Senr for a pension 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature and seal of office at Linden this third day of February AD one thousand eight hundred and thirty four and of the American Independence the fifty eighth year attest Thomas Anderson clerk
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I William Hillhouse of the county of Greene and state of Alabama solemnly aver that the following statement and explanation of a declaration heretofore made by me for the purpose of drawing a pension is true
I am aged and infirm and unable to ride to any considerable distance to make an other declaration and I deem it necessary as I respectfully call the attention of the pension agent to the one formerly made by me In that declaration (if my memory serves me correctly) I charged that I had served at different times during the revolutionary war in all accounting to twenty five months.  To wit under General Richardson for the term of two months beginning in the latter part of the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy five and ending in the beginning of seventy six Also one tour in the same (latter) year for the term of two months under General Williamson Also a tour of two months under the same General in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven Also a tour of three months under Governor Rutledge of S Carolina in the year seventy nine in all accounting to nine months for which I was paid in Continental money which was almost totally valueless to me but for which time I never made any charge against the State of S Carolina and it is not embraced by the record of services filed with the comptroller of public accounts of the state of S Carolina
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I also served seven months at intervals as required and was generally in actual service and always ready at a moments morning except about three months of Sickness brought on by over exertion and fatigue and suffered for from home and in a strange land For which seven months I never made a charge against the state of S Carolina and for which I have never received any even the smallest compensation This latter service was not performed under any field officer but was very severe and at the time thought efficient It will appear by the records in the office of comptroler of public accounts of the state of S Carolina that nine months and a few days service together with the loss of two horses was charged by me against the state of S Carolina for which I had received no compensation But I did not charge the nine months for which I had been paid in continental money Nor did I charge the seven months all original service in which time I had been sick and all which time I had not been under any field officer
This explanation is given from memory written the power of deferring to my declaration heretofore made to which reference is respectfully salicited 
Given under my hand this 9th of March AD 1838
 Wm Hillhouse 
In presence of W F Studwick
E Young
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER
The state of Mississippi
County of Oktibbeha ss
On this third day of April 1844, before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Oktibbeha personally appeared William Hillhouse who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Joseph Woods Captain Thomas Kirkpatrick, Jameson, William Hillhouse, Frame Woods in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Neal in the service of teh United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Alabama whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District, or Territory) of Mississippi where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future.  The following are his reasons for removing from the state of Alabama to state of Mississippi my children moved from the state of Alabama to the state of Mississippi and being aged and infirm than was of their attention aid and assistance. 
Wm Hillhouse
Test Martha Burdock
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid} John McGahey Justice of the peace
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer under his seal of office.  The County Clerk Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity.  He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit.  The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should be sent with the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers. In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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The State of Mississippi Oktibbeha County} Personally appeared before me John McGahey an acting justice of the peace in and for said county Martha Bardwell and made oath who is a person of veracity that William Hillhouse in person who has taken the above oath and signed the same is the identical person described in the foregoing affidavit Martha Bardwell
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3d day of April 1844
John McGahey
Justice of the peace
The state of Mississippi Oktibbeha county} I Charles Debrell clerk of this Probate court of the county and the state aforesaid do hereby certify that John McGahey is a justice of the peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified to act as such and that due faith and credit to all his official acts and that his signature above written is genuine
Given under my hand & seal of office  
this 3d of April 1844 Charles Debrell clk
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The State of Mississippi Oktibbeha County} I David Ames judge of the probate court in and for said county do hereby certify that Charles Debrill whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate is now and was at the date 
thereof, clerk of the probate court of said county duly elected commissioned & qualified to act as such and that his certificate is in due form of law Given under my hand and seal this 3rd day of April 1844
David Ames seal 
Judge of Probate 
A copy of a certificate
War Department Revolutionary Claim
I certify that in conformity with the laws of the United States of the 7th June 1832 William Hillhouse of the state of Alabama who was a private sergeant and Lieutenant during the Revolutionary War is entitled to receive two hundred dollars per annum during his natural life commencing on this 4th of March & 4th of September in every year.
L S 
Given at the war office of the United States this third day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty four
(signed) Lew Cass Secretary of War
Examined and Countersigned 
JL Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Sir
Please have Mr Thompson
asked for made out
Respectfully
J Edwards

[below is upside down]
FREE
[post marked]
STARKVILLE MI
APR 6
To Hon Jacob Thompson
Washington City
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Oktibbeha County Starkville April 3rd 1844
Dear Sir
Enclosed you will find a certificate made out and certified in the best manner possible within my knowledge for a transfer of the payment of my pension hereto  allowed in by the General Government when I was a resident citizen of the  state of Alabama to the pension agent of this state. If all is not right please send back and I will comply with all instructions necessary to effectively fix and  any other before matters please write.

Respectfully yours
William Hillhouse
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Hon F S Lyon H R
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19th October
[illegible faded]
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The Revolution he is not 
[illegible faded]
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William Hillhouse
June 7 1832

Joseph Parksdale
M C

Hon G C Whiting
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
DC
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[illegible faded]
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Pension office Jany 4 1857
The third auditor will please certify the date to which within named pensioner was paid and if paid to his death the party or parties who drew the arrears
Very respectfully 
S Cole
Chief Clerk

Geddes
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The case of William Hillhouse to be subscribed and refered to Hon W S Barry
L P Waldo Coms
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Copy
Tushaloosa, Ala June 10. 1844
William Hillhouse was paid by me up to 4th Sep 1843
Signed
J A Dearing
Pension Agent
See paper Hugh Marron
Miss Agency 7 June 1832 for original letter No 7213.
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Mobile April 27th 1844
Sir
In reply to your letter of the 19th in relation to William Hillhouse once a pensioner on the rolls of this agency I find he was transferred from this agency to the agency at Tuskaloosa in 1839 I also discover that he was paid at this agency to the 4th of March 1839
I am very respectfully your obd servant
J Perrine
Pension agent 

JL Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Washington Dec 29th 1857
Sir
I have the honor to direct your prompt attention to the inclosed letter and petitioner.

Very Respectfully
Your obt Sevt
Wm Langsdale
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M Fieh
Case Wm Hillhouse
Allison 

Hon F S Lyon
H R
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Havana 31st Jany 1837
Dear Sir
I have taken your papers to a Justice of the peace and made the affidavit as required and here in close it you for pains. Best example as in my case the affidavit is as complete as I can make it, as I know of no man having by who I can make further proof and as respects the amount of service returned in my declaration was as I considered at that time to be come or as shown in the  affidavit and as to the act santry was only to able. By which under a field officer and as to the amt. of time Returned by me I think I think must certainly never been misunderstood which will appear by a further explanation
I am Sir yours Respectfully
William Hillhouse
Hon F S Lyon
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JL Edwards Esqr
Commissioner Pension office
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J L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir I have rec'd the declarations of Wm Hillhouse and John Darugh both of Marengo County Alaba which had been sent back for amendment. Your objection seems to have been to the mere form of authentication. This is now noted In the case of Wm Hillhouse who served as a commissioned officer but never recd a commission on account of the peculiar state of times, the the proof I hope will be certainly satisfactory. Commissions then could not be regularly given to the officers. I am well acquainted with Mr Hillhouse, and believe that his veracity is unquestionable.  He is a respectable orderly pious man. I [illegible] these applicants will receive the bounty of their county as I am persuaded they are entitled to it.
I am very respectfully 
Yr obt sevt 
John Murphy

Salnday
Feby 22 1834.
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[illegible faded]
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[illegible-fragments transcribed below]

[illegible-first three lines]
The seven months 

[illegible- lines 4, 5, 6]
at the time of the [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] it as a service for which he might [illegible] receive pay, [illegible] in fact that in [illegible] but that he may change [illegible] [illegible] . It cannot, therefore, be allowed to him at this time.  He may receive a certificate in lieu of the [illegible] certificate of [illegible] for $120. [illegible]  [illegible] should he [illegible] the Department. That such [illegible] [illegible].
The letter of Ab’t C Young is herewith returned.

I have the honor to be 
Very Respectfully 
Yr. Mo Ob't S't
J L Edwards

Hon F S Lyon 
House of Representatives
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Agent's Office [illegible-city] [illegible-date]

Sir, 
Your two forms of the 30 ult’o have been received, in one of which you request modifying the pension of William Hillhouse at  [illegible], [illegible] 200$ per annum. In your letter of the 31 May 1836 it appears that he drew [illegible]. The pension was reduced to  [illegible] [illegible] $ per annum (and suspended until the amount you paid was refunded.) Be pleased to accept and modify [illegible] upon  [illegible] [illegible].
I enclose for your examination the vouchers of William Taylor a pensioner per Act 7 June 1832 at 109 $ per annum.  [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] 23d June 1836, [illegible] 4th November 1836 [illegible] March 1838.
I am very respectfully your ob’t serv’t.

Geo S Gaines
J L Edwards Esqr
Comm of Pensions
Washington City DC
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Capt Wm Hillhouse's
a/c for
Revol Services
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The State of South Carolina
Due to Capt William Hillhouse
For Light Horse service done in Gen. Sumter Brigade 

To 30 days as a Sergeant at  £1.2.6 per Day £33.15 

To 40 days as a Lieutenant at £2..5.0 per Day                                       110.0.0

To 40 Days on Foot as a Lieutenant at £2.5.0 per Day                                    90.0.0

To 30 Days as Lieutenant at £2.5.0 per day 
                                                  67.10.0 

To 22 Days of a Capt of Horse Company at £3.10.0.                                       77.0.0

 To 29 Days as a Private at one pound per day                                            29.0.0 

To 31 Days as a Private at one pound per Day Woods (Capt)               31.0.0

To  57 Days as a Private at Ten Shillings per Day                                      28.10.0 
      ___                                      _______                              
      279 [day total]                £446.15.00 [money total]

To Two Horses lost at Gen. Sumters defeat

 appraised to sum of 135       135.0.0                                                                                                                                                            _                                              ________                          
                                     Total £601.15.0 

Sworn to this 8th May 1783
 Wm Tate J.P. 

Endorsed  "I do hereby certify all the within Duty, except what was certified by Woods
certified by W. Bratton Col'o

Controller Generals Office
Columbia,  24th May, 1836

 I certify the above to be a true copy of the original account of William Hillhouse for service, rendered in the War of the Revolution as settled and filed in this office, and for which an Indent. [indenture] No 502 Book R. was Issued. - William Lavrel Compt. Gen.

per

 John T. Seibels
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[Form with handwritten reponses]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT 
Second Comptroller's Office, 
January 12th, 1839. 

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, William Hillhouse, 

a Pensioner on the Roll of the Mobile, A, Agency, at 

the rate of Two hundred Dollars 

per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has 

been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1836, 
to the 4th March 1838. 

Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris 
Comptroller. 

To the Commissioner of Pensions, 
Present.
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1911 June 3 To Mr Gen US & for tombstone
1925 July 27 Hist to Mrs James Y Fowlkes aus
1928 Oct 26 Hist to Lieut Col P M Stevens aws
Rev War
INVALID
File No 7008
William HIllhouse
Pri, Sgt & Lt  Rev War
Act June 7, 1832
Index: Vol 1st Page 173
[Arrangement of 1870]
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Agricultural College
Mississippi
Oktibbeha Co
May 8 1911
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC
Dear Sir
Will you kindly give me all the information in regard to a Mr William Hillouse that you have on record This William Hillhouse
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was a Revolutionary soldier living at Starkville Mississippi at the time of his death and was 95 years old The records of pensions application in SC were burned during the war but understand they can be obtained from Washington
Will greatly appreciate any assistance you may give in the matter  The DAR Chapter at Starkville wish to obtain a marker for his  grave.  Thanking you in advance
Very truly Mrs William F Hand
Regmt Kic a cha ba ha
Chapter DAR
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Selma, Alabama, 
May 27th, 1925. 
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C. 

Gentlemen:

In Bulletin No. 5, Dept. of Archives & Hist. of Alabama page 55, WILLIAM HILLHOUSE, a resident of 

Maringo Co. Ala., private, sergeant and lieutenant S.C.

 Militia, enrolled on March 3rd, 1834, under act of Congress of 

June 7th, 1832, payment to date from March 4th, 1831, annual

allowance $200, sums received to date of publication of list

$600. Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. XIV, Sen. Doc. 514,

23rd. Cong. 1st sess. 1833-34. He resided in Greene County, Ala.

June 1st, 1840 aged 81. Census of Pensions, 1841 p. 149. "

Please look upon your Revolutionary Soldiers files, and give 

me all the data you have upon this Revolutionary Soldier: 

WILLIAM HILLHOUSE, as I want to join the Daughters of the 

American Revolution. If there are any charges for what you 

have on record in regard to Rev. Sol. William Hillhouse, let me know. 

Thanking you very much for an early reply,

Very resptly,(respectfully)

 Mrs. James Y. Foulkes, 

Selma, Alabama, 

[Stamp with:]

US PENSON OFFICE
A
JUN
1
1925
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12 Capitol Square, SW, Atlanta, GA
October 22, 1928

Subject: Revolutionary Records
To: Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.

1. Request that you furnish me with a record of the following men named below, who were granted pensions or land grants for service in the Revolutionary War:

Ons Stephens from Massachusetts. Settled near Bowling Green, Ky.

William Hillhouse, York District, S.C.

John Hillhouse, S.C.

Written Signature: P. M. Stevens
Print Signature: P. M. Stevens, Lt. Colonel, Infantry, DOL.
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Rev. and 1812
War Section.

July 27,1925

Mrs. James Y. Fowlkes
625 Dallas Ave
Selma, Ala.

Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 7008, it appears that William Hillhouse was born March 18, 1760 near Land's Ford on the Catawba River, South Carolina.
While residing in York District, South Carolina, he enlisted in December 1775 and served at various time in the South Carolina Troops as follows- Fourteen months as private, five weeks as Sergeant and three weeks as Lieutenant, under Captains Thomas Kirkpatrick, Joseph Woods and James Jamison, Colonels Thomas Neil, Andrew Bell and William Bratton, he was at the battles of Biggins Church, Williamsons Plantation, Rocky Mount and Hanging Rock where his captain James Jameson was
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wounded and he was appointed captain and served 

under Colonel William Bratton, was in the battles of 

[illegible] Ferry, Catawba Ford, Granby Fort, Big Savannah, 

Wrights Bluff, Black River, Fort Motte and again at 

Fort Granby, he served as captain until the last of 

April 1781, when he resigned. After which he served 

until October 1, 1781 under Captain Frame Woods. 

He was allowed pension on his application 

executed February 3, 1834, while a resident of Marengo 

County Alabama. 

In 1844, he was living in Oktibbeha County, 

Mississippi, there he and his children had moved 

from Alabama, names of children not stated, nor is 

the name of his wife on record. 

Soldier died April 28, 1843, leaving the 
following children - William, Jane and Sarah Hillhouse.
 
Respectfully, 

WINFIELD SCOTT 

Commissioner.