Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25,773, Jesse Hicks, N.C.
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SERVICE
NC

Hicks, Jesse 
or Hickes
Zilvira

NUMBER 
W. 25,773
BL Wt. 17, 871 - 160-55
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SERVICE
NC

Hicks, Jesse
or Hickes
Zilvira

NUMBER
W. 25,773
BL Wt. 17, 871 - 160-55
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Act March 3/55
104.077 April 28/55

Zilvira Hicks
Widow
Jesse Hicks

Private
NC Troops
Revolutionary War

Pensioner under Act 3/53
S.C Feb 53- 4213

Ad 160 acres Mar 1/56
Dodge

Benj H. Baldwin
Washington D.C. 

Cir BH Baldwin Dec 18/55

Vol. H 5

Written diagonally:
No 17871 of Mar 6/36
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South Carolina 4213
 Zilvira Hicks widow of Jesse Hicks
Who served in the Revolutionary War, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate 
of 20 dollars
00 cents per annum, to commence 
on the 3d February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued 
5th day of June 1854 
and sent to William B M Creight
Darlington District S.C.

Recorded on Roll of Pensions under act 
February 3, 1853, Page 143 Vol. A
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South Carolina N 23,904
Jesse Hicks
of Darlington in the State of So. Carolina
who was a Private in the - commanded 
by Captain - of the Regt commanded 
by Col. Kenyon in the N. Carolina Mil
line for 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina 
at the rate of 20 Dollars
- cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of April 
1834 and sent to John B. Bruce 
Darlington C.H. S.C.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1834  60.00
Semi-ani allowance ending Sept  10.00
$70.00

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, 
Book E Vol 6 Page 69

Right side:

Order to pay 9 July 1838. 
Paid at the Treasury under the 
Act of the 6 April 1838 from 
4 March 1838 to 4 Sept 1838 
agent notified 10 June 1839

Letter to Pen Agt 12 Nov 1846 
to the Hon. A. D. Sims Jany 21/48
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State of South Carolina}
Darlington District}
On this twenty fifth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty four personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common
Pleas of Darlington District now sitting Jesse Hicks a resident of Williamsburgh District in the State aforesaid aged seventy two years who being 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 7 June 1832. That he was drafted on the Rigten the day of March one thousand seven hundred and Eighty one as a militia man in the County of Dobbs State of North Carolina and served in the bragade commanded by Gen Caswell in a regiment commanded first by Col Leiston in the company of Capt Johnson, that he was [illegible]  afterwards commanded by Colonels John Kenyon & Axom that he was engaged in a battle with the British at Rockfish Hanover County near Wilmington. that he believes the British will be commanded by Major Craig and from infirmity of force the Americans were defeated that Col Kenyon commanded the Americans. that he was discharged on the twenty fifth of September one thousand and seven hundred and eighty one having served a tour of duty of six months - he further swears that he has no documentary evidence of his services nor does he know of any person who can testify as to his that services. He further hereby relinquished any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to and subscribed the day
and year aforesaid. Jesse Hicks   
in open Court
Jno. B. Bruce
CCPls
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Certificate
We J. Morgan Timmons a Clergyman residing in the District of Darlington and William Timmons residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jesse Hicks who has sworn to and subscribed the above declaration: and that we believe him seventy two 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 to and subscribed the day
in aforesaid  John M. Timmons
in open Court Wm Timmons 
Jno B Bruce
J Simmons
CCPls

Interrogatories by the Court
1st Where and in what year were you born

2d Have you any Record of your age and if do where is it?

3d. Where were you living when called into service? Where have you lived since the Revolutionary war? and where you now live?

4t How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, & if a substitute for whom?
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5 State the names of some of the regular officers were with the troops where you served; such continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your service?

6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interogatories 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 J Morgan Timmons who has signed the preceeding certificate is a clergyman resident in the district of Darlington and that William Timmons who has also signed the same is a resident in the same and is a creditable person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Josiah J Evans 
Presiding Judge 
25 March 1834
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And I John B. Bruce Clerk of the Court of Darlington District do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeds of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jesse Hicks for a Pension.
Given under my hand and seal of Office this
25th day of March One thousand
Eight hundred and thirty four
Jno. B. Bruce
C.C.Pls

[seal]
[in margin 30466]
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104.077
[illustration of eagle with banner 'E PLURIBUS UNUM"]
BOUNTY LAND CLAIM
OF 
[blank]
War [blank]
No. [blank]
Filed, [blank] 185[blank]
BY
BENJ. H. BALDWIN, Attorney
WASHINGTON, D.C.
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State of South Carolina}
Darlington District}
On this first day of May Eighteen hundred and fifty four, personally appeared before the Judge of of the Probate Court, for the district aforesaid, Zilvira Hicks, a resident of the District and State aforesaid, aged Sixty (60) years, who first being 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 3d February 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war, that she is the widow of Jesse Hicks, who was a private, in the continental line of the State of South Carolina; that he served, as a private during the war, that he was a pensioner, from the 4th of March 1831, until the time of his death; that his certificate for a Pension was found on the 9th day of April, Eighteen hundred & thirty four; that said certificate, was signed by Lewis Cass Secy of War, and J. L. Edwards, Com. of Pensions, and that Jesse Hicks, her deceased husband, received his pension semi-annually from the Pension Agent in Charleston in the State aforesaid, She further declares, that she was lawfully married to the said Jesse Hicks, on the 31st day of July
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Eighteen hundred and thirty nine; then her husband died on the third day of October Eighteen hundred, and forty nine; that she was not married to him prior to the second day of January Eighteen hundred, she further declares that she is now a widow
Zilvira her X mark Hicks
Sworn to and subscribed to on the day & year above written 
Rewben Beasley 
Judge of Probate for D.D.
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APPLICATION OF A WIDOW WHO HAS HAD A WARRANT.
STATE OF South Carolina
Darlington District.
On this 19th day of April A. D., 1855, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the peace, within and for the County and State, aforesaid Zilvira Hicks aged 63 years, a resident of the County of Darlington in the State of South Carolina who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Jesse Hicks deceased, who was a Soldier of the Revolution in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] in the Regiment of [blank] militia, commanded by Col. [blank] in the War with Great Britain, known as the Revolutionary War,  that she was married to the said Jesse Hicks in the year 1840, that her maiden name was Silviana Maxwell that her said husband died in the year 1849 and that she is now a widow.
For the proof of these facts she refers to her for Pension under the act of Feby 3, 1853. upon which she has obtained a Pension for $20 per annum.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under Act of March 3d, 1855, never having received nor applied for bounty land under this or any other Act of Congress except as above stated, and refers to her Pension papers on file in the Pension office for proof of Marriage husbands death & service
(Signature here) Zilvira her X mark Hicks  {seal}

AFFIDAVIT OF TWO WITNESSES.
Personally came James T Miller and Samuel Shoemaker residents of the Darlington District in the State aforesaid, who upon oath declare, that they are personally well acquainted with Mrs. Zilvira Hicks and saw her sign (or make her mark to the foregoing declaration, that they know her to be the identical person therein represented, and that she is now a widow.
(witnesses here) 
James T. his X mark Miller [SEAL.]
Saml his X mark Shoemaker  [SEAL.] 

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me this 19th day of April 1855; and I certify that I believe the claimant to be the indentical person she represents herself to be, that the witnesses are credible persons, and that I have no interest in this claim and the the above interlineations were made before signing- 
S. Wilds Du Bore 
May 1 DD

STATE OF South Carolina 
District of Darlington } set
I hereby certify that S Wilds Du Bore Esq., before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were made, is and was at the time of taking the same, an acting justice of the peace within and for the District and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature above is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 19th  day of April 1855.
E B Brunson Clerk.
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Revy
Widow, &c

File No. 25,773
Zilvira Hicks
Wid. of
Jesse Hicks
Pri Rev. war

Act. Feb 3rd 1833.

Index: Vol. A, Page 337.

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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2 Pres: 3d Oct: 49.


"B J Boynton"
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May 29 1854
Zilvira Hicks
Wid. of No 4740
Jesse

Darlington Dist.
S.C.

Act /53
$20.00 per an
Comm: Feby 3d 1853.

Revy

Wm B. M Creight
Darlington C H
SC
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[handwritten]

Jesse Hicks Act 1832 S. Carolina Admitd
[illegible]
[illegible, appears to be initials]
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[handwritten]

17.871

Rev Army
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[handwritten]

[left margin]
Zilvira Hicks
Wid
Jesse

B
Boynton

[round stamp]
Ticonderoga N.Y.
Feb 23

Hon. J. Minot
Comm. of Pensions
Washington
DC

[stamp]
FREE

Additional
Page 20

[handwritten]

S.C.
Zilvira Hicks 
wid
Jesse

[round stamp]
Darlington
S.C. May 34

M
Boynton

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
DC

Recd May 29th 1834
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
May 29th, 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",  Jesse Hicks,------------------------
a Pensioner on the Roll of the South Carolina Agency, at 
the rate of Twenty Dollars
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March, 1838,
to the 4th Sept.., 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
(signature of Albion K. Parris)
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pension,
Present.
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Darlington, C. H. S. C.
May 24, 1854

Sir:
I  have the honor to enclose herewith, an application of Mrs. Zilvira Hick. for a pension, under the act of  3d Feby. 1853, to which I beg leave to call your earliest attention to.
Very Respectfully
Your obt. sert.
Wm. B. M. Creights
for pensioner
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Admitted as a private
6 months $20.
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The Comm. of Pensions will please
forward the Certificate for Jesse Hicks
(whose application is enclosed) pension,
to the subsrcriber at Darlington
Court House South Carolina.---

(signature of Jno. B. Bruce)
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Admitted as a private
6 months $20.
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Brief in the case of Zilvira Hicks, Widow of Jesse,
Darlington Dist: State of South Carolina.
act 3d Feb; 1853.

Claim, ('original')

Proof exhibited, (if original)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.

Husband was a pensioner under the Act of
7" June 1832.
For witness, testify, they were present at the marriage.

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?



Wm. B. M. Creight, Esq.
Darlington, Dist:
Name and residence of Agent 
(signature of Wm. B. M. Creight)
Examining Clerk.
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[handwritten]

Benj. H. Baldwin
Atty
Washington 
DC
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State of North Carolina
Comptroller's Office
Geo. W. Brooks, Comptroller of the Public Accounts in
and for the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that
it appears of Record in my office among the payments
made by said State to Sundry persons for
military service in the Revolutionary war as follows-
J. Hicks, (for Jesse Hicks)
Book No. 24 Page 35 £ 1. 14. 0
Book No. 24 Page 62 £5. 12. 0
Book No 26 Page 64 £ 8. 0. 0 army certificate returned from [illegible]
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto subscribed my
name and affixed the Seal of
office at Raleigh this
15 day Feby. AD 1856 

Geo. W. Brooks
Comptroller
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PENSION OFFICE,
Dec. 18th 1855.

Sir:
The claim of Zilvira Hicks
for bounty land under the act of the 3d of March, 1855,
No. 104.077 has been examined and suspended.
The revolutionary service of Jesse Hicks
the husband of the applicant, does not appear of record in this
office. Served in N. Carolina.
The 3d section of said act requires a a service of "Fourteen
Day" to be established by Record Evidence.
Upon the production of such evidence of service, the claim
will be favorably considered.

Very respectfully. 
J. Minot,
Commissioner

B. H. Baldwin Esq.
Present.
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Planters & Mechanics Bank of S. Car.
Charleston 2 Jan. 1838

J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of  Pensions
Washington

Sir

I forward herewith for your authority to pay, voucher of Jesse Hicks, also a report shewing the amount of Payments, and Receipts at this Agency for
the quarter ending 31 Dec 1837, and the Balance, at close of 31 tttth

I am very respectfully
Your Obt sevt.
N. Spears
Pension Agent

*Report taken out
JDW
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House of Reps.
Jany. 7th: 1848.

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir.
I have received from one of my constituents the the enclosed letter.  It sums that Mr. Jesse Hicks - of Williamsburg District - S.C. a Revolutionary Soldier is now drawing a pension of $20-- per. an.   Be so good as to inform me -what is the smallest revolutionary pensions allowed by Law, and also of what class of R. Pensioners is Mr. Hicks- any other information connected with the accompanying letter will be thankfully received.
Very respectfully
A. D. Sims

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Com of Pensions.
Washington City
D.C.
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[illegible] Office
May 30, 1854.

Sirs:
Please certify the time to which the within named pensioner was paid or date of his death.

Very respectfully,
S Cole

First Commissioner
[illegible]



Francis Burt, Esqr
This United Tresury

Vertical:

Jesse Hicks, act 1832, $20 paid tp 4 Sept 1849

J. Burt
Auditor
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David Hicks
S. F. 38831
The discharge certificate
of David Hicks,
showing service of 2 yrs,
8 mo. 25 days in the R.I.
troops, dated Dec. 25, 1783,
and signed Major William
Allen, has been removed
from this claim and
locked up in the Record
Division
S.C.A.
Nov. 12, 1910
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South Carolina}
Marion district}
Before me, personally appeared Mark Modlin who being duly sworn according to law and that he was present at the marriage between Zilvira Bain and Jesse Hicks, then a resident of Williamsburg District in the State aforesaid, That the said marriage took place in Darlington District, at the residence of Zilvira Bain on the 31' of July 1839; that Stephen Jones, was the minister who officiated, and that the said Jesse Hicks departed this
life on or about the 25" day of October 1849, and that he resided in Williamsburg District, in the state aforesaid at the time of his death and I also certify that the above named Mark Modlin is a credible witness.
Mark his X mark Modlin
Sworn to before me the 11th May 1854.
Saml. J. Steele
Magistrate

State of South Carolina}
Dist of Marion}
I  E. B. Wheeler Clerk of the Common Pleas and General sessions in and for the District of Marion & State aforesaid do hereby certify that Sam J Steel [illegible] before whom the above affidavit was made was at the date of the Same. a magistrate in and for the District of Marion, State aforesaid & is authorized by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgements, and that his name appearing to the same, as appears from his own hand writing is his genuine signature. in testimony whereof I have subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office, the 31 day of May AD 1854

E.B. Wheeler. C. C. T.   C. G. G.     
Hicks, Jesse  N.C. W25773
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South Carolina
Darlington District}
Personally appeared before me, John Hockin, and being sworn according to law, say that he was present, at the marriage between Zilvira Bain and Jesse Hicks, then a resident of Williamsburgh District, in the State aforesaid; that said marriage took place, on the 31 of July Eighteen hundred, and thirty nine; that Stephen Jones was the Minister, and who afficiated and that the said Jesse Hicks, departed this life on the 23 day of October (1849) eighteen hundred & eighty nine, I, also certify that
aforesaid John T. Modlen is a credible witness
Sworn to before me
this the 18th day of May 1834
Archibald McLaughlin LS
Magistrate
Savanna Dist
John Hockin

State of South Carolina}
District of Darlington} ss  I, E.B. Brunson Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas & General sessions in and or the District of Darlington & State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Archibald McLaughlin before whom the foregoing affidavit was made was at the date of the same a magistrate in and for the District of Darlington & State aforesaid, duly authorized by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgements, and that his name
according to the law, as appears from his own hand writing is his genuine signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office the 18th May 1854
E.B. Brunson Clerk Court