Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31115, Thomas Hackworth, Va.
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(8-1776)

SERVICE
Va

Hackworth, Thomas

NUMBER 
S. 31115

B.L. Wt. 36726-160-55
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CONTENTS
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Kentucky   16-705
[crossed out-Virginia]
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  Thomas Hackworth
of Bedford Co in the State of Virginia
who was a private in the Company commanded
by Captain Cummins in the regt [regiment] commanded 
by Col. [Colonel] Tucker in the Va man
line for 7 mo.  [months]
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Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of Sept.
1833 and sent to
R. C. Mitchell Clk. Ct  [Clerk of Court]
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833.                     $58.33
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4th March 34-      11.66
                                                                          ________
                                                                         $70.00
                                                                          ________
                                            { Revolutionary Claim,}
                                            { Act June 7, 1832       }

Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk
Book  E  Vol.  6  Page  14

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J. J. Fry & Pen Agents
  June 10, 1837.
Letter to P. Preston 1 Sep. 1839
Same person 14 Oct 1839.
Letter to 3d. Auditor 24 May 1842.
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Paid at the Treasury under the
Act of April 6th 1838 from 4th
March 1837 to the 4th Sept. 1841
Agt. notified June 6th 1842
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Cir to Pension Agent & letter
to L. W. Andrews 23d. July 1842.
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To Kentucky from 4th March
1842. 6th August 1842.  Notified
-trans to Hon. L. W. Andrews. H. R.


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235630
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235.630                 Act Mar. 3, "55
                                Feb. 20. '56

Thomas Hackworth, pri, [private]


Capt. [Captain] John Trigg

Revy. [Revolutionary] War
Pen.  [Pension[ Act

[Illegible] :16000,  Aug: 8/56
               Boynton
Ky line [illegible] 16705


J. M. Robb, 
Greenupsburg, Ky.

[written perpendicular over previous writing]
No 36726
if Aug 12/56

R M

Vol H=1=38
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State of Virginia    }
County of Bedford}   Ss
               On this 27th day of May 1833 personally appeared
in open Court before the Court of Bedford County now sitting the
same being a Court of record, Thomas Hackworth a resident
 of the said County and State of Virginia aged Seventy years
 on the 11th day of April last 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
June the 7th 1832~ That he entered the service of the 
United States under the following named officers & served 
as herein stated~ In the month of March 1781 the day he cannot recollect he entered the service under the command 
of Captain Alexander Cummins and Lieutenant Conrad
Speece as a militia man drafted to serve; he marched from
his residence in Bedford County to New London in the same
County for the purpose of guarding the magazine which
was there: that he remained here in actual service being
engaged in no civil employment three months and not less 
than three months as a private soldier when he was regularly discharged in the first part of the month of June of the same
year as well as he can now remember, but by reason of
old age and the consequent loss of memory he is unable to 
State with certainty in any case when he left or when he 
entered the service~ He received his discharge for this tour
from Captain Cummings but it is now lost or mislaid as
he took no particular pains to preserve it after the war was
over~ In the latter part of July or the first of August of 
the year 1781 he was again drafted as a militia man
from Bedford County and marched under the command 
of Captain John Trigg to York Town in Virginia by the
way of Prince Edward County and Petersburg, crossed
James River at James Town~ He believes he was attached
to the Regiment commanded by Colo [Colonel] Tucker but he does not know the number of the regiment~ Genl [General] Washington and Genl [General] Lafayette were the chief commanders at this place[.] He was at the siege of York during the whole time ^ and served a tour of three months duty and not less than three months during which time he was engaged in no civic employment ~ He was discharged on the 20th of October 1781 by order of General Lawson who had
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the command of the Brigade to which his regiment was attached: 
he however received his discharge from the hands of Capt. [Captain]
John Trigg it is now lost or mislaid; he though had it many
years after he received it~ after he was discharged he was
employed a month in guarding the prisoners taken on the
surrender of Cornwallis and marched from York Town
with them to Winchester in Virgina, when after serving
a month and not less than a month in this engagement[.]
He was discharged and returned home~ He did not receive
a discharge for this part of his service; he was in the capacity
of a private Soldier in every instance of his services.
He has no documentary evidence to prove his services but
refers to the testimony of John Arthur accompanying this 
declaration and by whom the services for two tours of Six months
[word crossed out] is proven~ He was born in the County of Bedford in the State of Virginia on the 11th day of April 1763 as appears by a
record herewith exhibited~ He resided at the time he entered
the service in the County of Bedford and State of Virgina.
and now resides there.  He is known in his present neighbourhood
to William Leftwich and Nichodemus Leftwich who can testify 
as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a
Soldier of the Revolution~
He makes the following to the several interrogatories prescribed
by the War department~
To the 1st he answers~ In the County of Bedford on the 11th 
of April 1763~
To the 2nd he answers~ I have & it accompanies this declaration.
To the 3rd he answers~ In the County of Bedford in the State of Virginia.
To the 4th he answers~ I was drafted as a Malitia [Militia] man.
To the 5th he answers~ They are mentioned in the body of my Declaration.
To the 6th he answers~ See the body of the Declaration for an answer.
To the 7th he answers~ See the body of the Declaration for answer.
          The whole of his services will amount to not less than 
seven months to Wit~ not less than three months he was in
service at New London under Captain Cummings~ not 
less than three months at York Town under Captain
Trigg~ and not less than one month in carrying prisoners 
to Winchester Va.~ He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever
to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that
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his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State~ Subscribed and sworn to this day and year aforesaid in open court      Thomas Hackworth  his X mark   

William Leftwich a clergyman residing in the County of Bedford  and Nichodemus Leftwich residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Hackworth who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Seventy years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
                                     Wm Leftwich
                                     Nichodemus Leftwich  his X mark
Subscribed & sworn to this day &}
year aforesaid in open court~      }
Bedford County to Wit~
              This day John Arthur Sen. a credible man whose statement is entitled to credit, personally appeared before me David W. Quarles a Justice of the Peace for the county aforesaid and made oath that he believes that Thomas Hackworth of Bedfored County served a Tour of duty at New London in Bedford County of Three months in guarding the magazine at that place and it was notorious in his neighbourhood that he did, serve said Tour and that in the ^ year seventeen hundred and eighty one he knows that said Thomas Hackworth served a Tour of duty of three months at York
Town in Virginia when the British army was captured at that place, he the said Thomas Hackworth marched under Captain John Trigg of Bedford County~ Given under my hand this 13th day of May 1833. 
                                                        D. W. Quarles

And the court do hereby declare their opinion, after an investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states.  And the court doth further certify that it appears to them that William Leftwich who has signed the annexed certificate is a Clergyman resident in said County and the Nichodemus Leftwich who has also signed the same is a resident in said County is a credible person, and that their Statement is entitled to credit.
      I Robert C. Mitchell Clerk of the County Court of Bedford
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in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains a true copy of the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Hackworth for a pension.
And I do further certify that David W. Quarles before whom the annexed affidavit of John Arthur Sr. was made and whose name is thereto subscribed, is and was, at the time of signing same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified according to law.
                                        In testimony of all which I have hereto set 
                                        my hand and affixed the seal of said
                                        Court this 6" day of June one thousand
                                        eight hundred and thirty three.
                                                             R. C. Mitchell.
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Bounty Land
claim of
Thomas Hackworth
War of the Revolution
 235.630



J. M Robb   attr  [attorney]
Greenupsburg 
                         Ky
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State of Kentucky        }
County of Greenup  Ss}
     On this 23rd day of April A. D. One Thousand
Eight Hundred and Fifty Five personally appeared before me
an Examiner within and for the County and State aforesaid Thomas
Hackworth aged Ninety four years a resident of Greenup County
in the State of Kentucky, who being duly sworn according to 
Law declares that he is the identical Thomas Hackworth who
was a Private in the Company Commanded by Captain John
Trigg in the ~~~~~ regiment of Virginia Militia Commanded
by Colonel William Trigg in the the Revolutionary War declared
by the United Colonies against Great Britain on the 4"
say of July                A. D. 1776,
That he volunteered at Bedford County in the State of
Virginia on or about the                 day of                    A. D
for the term of Sixth Months; and Continued in actual service in
said War for^ fourteen days, and that he was honorably discharged after the Capture of Lord Cornwallis and his army at 
Yorktown but has since lost or mislaid his discharge
and his officers, as he verily believes, being all dead, he cannot
now remember either the date when he volunteered or the time
and place of his discharge.  He is now a Pensioner for his
Services in said War and has been for many years.
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the
bounty land to which he may be entitled under the act approved
March 3rd, 1855.  He also declares that he has not received
a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of
Congress nor made any other application therefor.
                                 Thomas Hackworth   his X mark
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We James D. McCroskey and Bennett M. Creasy 
residents of Greenup County in the State of Kentucky 
upon our Oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was
Signed and acknowledged by Thomas Hackworth in our
presence, and that we believe from the appearance and
Statements of the applicant that he is the identical person he
represents himself to be, and that we know that he received
a pension from the United States for his services in the
Revolutionary War.                 James D. McCrosky
                                               B. M Creasey

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and
Subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I 
certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons: that the
claimant is the person he represents himself to be, and that I have
no interest in this claim.                     J. M. Robb Examiner for
                                                           Greenup County Ky.

the State of Kentucky }
Greenup County   Ss  }
I Willliam Crum Clerk of the Greenup County Court in the
State of Kentucky do certify that J. M. Robb is and was at
the time of making the foregoing Signature (which I certify to be
genuine) an acting Examiner in and for Said County having
been duly qualified according to Law, and the by the Laws 
of Kentucky, Said Examiner is duly authorized to administer
Oaths for general purposes.
                    In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto
                    affixed the Seal of Said Court, and Subscribed
                    my name tis Eleventh day of February A. D.
                    1856.                            William Crum Clerk
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No  25414
Thomas Hackworth Bedford County
Virginia


Adm 7 months


46.66
11.66
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58..33


Robt. C. Mitchell Clk Bedford County
Virga.
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                                                         WAR DEPARTMENT,
                                                                            Pension Office,
                                                                                                                         183


Sir:
               The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1932, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following, is a statement of
your case in 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 regulations will shew [show] 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.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
A Statement, shewing [showing] the Service of Thomas Hackworth Bedford County Virginia
_______________________________________________________________________________________________[Column 1]
Period when the service was rendered.

Draft  Mar  1781
Draft  Augt 1781
Served -        "

[Column 2]
Duration of the claimant's service.
-  Years   3   Months    -  Days
-  Years   3   Months    -  Days
-   Years  1  Months    -  Days

[Column 3]
Rank of the claimant.

Private
    "
    "

[Column 4]
Names and rank of the Field officers under who he served.

Genl [General] Washington
Cap [Captain] Cummins,
Cap [Captain] Trigg, Col [Colonel] Tucker,
Genl [General] Lawson
Guardin[g] prisoners

[Column 5]
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.

70 years

[Column 6]
Proof by which the declaration is supported.

Traditionary & one witness
papers correctly attached

Seige [Siege] of York,

                                                 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 term "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, mucicians [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                             }  SS.
     On this            day of                         personally appeared  (a) before
                   A. B. a resident (b) of                        in the county of                  and State, Territory or District
of           aged (c)            years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)          , with                and
served in the                  (e) regiment of the                            line, under the following named officers:

          [Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched.  > This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

      He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of                      
      Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.                                                       A. B.

               [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

     And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
     I                                                                                     of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said Court in the matter of the application of                                                                        for a pension.
               In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
                             day of                                           &c.    
      If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
     Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz;
     (k ) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the                                     and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with                                                         , who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he reside, to have been a soldier 
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
                                       Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
                        [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
     And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that A. B.  who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the 
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
     I,                                            Clerk of the Court of                              do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding 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 declaration 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 form 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 the county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rules.
    (c)  The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
    (d)  The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
    (e)  Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
     "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:  --For_______year________months, and________days, I served as a ____________________.  For _________months and ________days, I served as a ___________; and for such service I claim a pension."
     It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must, in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or 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 he 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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Rev. and 1812 War Section.
 
                                                   March 18, 1925

Mrs. W. S. Barriger,
413 Wapping St.
Frankfort. Ky.

Madam:     
     I have to advise you that from the papers in
the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 3115, it
appears that Thomas Hackworth was born April 11,
1763 in Bedford County, Virginia.
     While residing in said county, he enlisted
in March 1781 and served three months as a private
in Captain Alexander Cummins' Virginia company.
     He enlisted in July or August 1781 and served
three months as a private in Captain John Trigg's
Company, Colonels William Trigg and Tucker's 
Virginia Regiment, and was at the Siege of York.
     Immediately afterwards he served one month and
guarded prisoners from Yorktown to Winchester, Virginia.
     He was allowed pension on his application exe-
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cuted May 27, 1833, while a resident of Bedford County, Virginia.
     In 1842, soldier was living in Greenup County,
Kentucky, and referred to all of his children as
having moved to Kentucky, but did not give any
names.
     Owing to a lack of clerical force available for
this purpose, only two reports are furnished each inquirer.

                                Respectfully,

                                      Acting Commissioner.
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235.630
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                                    Greenupsburg, Ky     }
                                     February 11th 1856 }

Dr. [Dear] Sir,
            Enclosed you will find the applications of
Nancy A Poage, Reuben Hackworth, John I Bellew, Gilbert Crum, Rachael Nicholls, Elizabeth Wilson, William
Horsely, Benj. Ulen, Joseph Meek, James Darby Senr, [Senior], James E Nicholls, Joseph Wiste, Thomas Hackworth, James Horsely, Jacob Howe, B. D. Price, Nathan Bush, Andrew Hood, Charles Craycraft and Tabitha Waring, nearly all of whom have heretofore recd. [received] land warrants under act Sept. 28th 1850.
Please acknowledge receipts of them.
                                               Respectfully
                                                     J. M. Robb

Hon. [Honorable] J Minot                              }
             Comr [Commissioner] of Pensions   }
                     Washington                              }
                               DC                                  }                

P.S.   The above are sent in 3 packages
of then date
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                             ++
Thomas Hackworth

declaration for pension

Bedford Count Va.
[flourish]
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       31.115

  Revy INVALID

      ---***---
File No.     31.115
Thomas Hackworth
     Pri Rev War
       ---***---

  Act: June 7 32"
Index: Vol. 2,  Page 173.

[Arrangement of 1870]

[written perpendicular]
1925-Mch ] [March] 18-History sent [illegible due to ink blot]
W. S. Barringer-see letter in claim William Hackworth W 3415 (ela)
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July 27 1842
Mr Evans
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                                               Bank of Virginia
                                                                June 25 1842
Sir
                   The last payment of this agency, to Thomas Hackworth, a
pensioner under the Act of the 7th June 1832, at $23.33 cents per annum,
was to the 4. day of March 1842.
                                            I am, very respectfully,
                                                  your obedt. [obedient] Servt. [Servant]
                                                         Anty [Anthony] Robinson
                                                            for J. Brockenbrough
                          


J. S. Edwards, Esq; [Esquire]
Commissioner of Pensions,
                       Washington
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              H Reps [House of Representatives 22nd July 1842

J. L. Edwards. Esq [Esquire]
Comr [Commissioner] of Pensions
      Washington
                     DC

             Dr [Dear] Sir

                                      I send you
here in the application of Thomas
Hackworth desiring to be removed to
the Ky Agency.  Please Send to me
the order of Transfer that I may
transmit it to him[.]   your friend
                               LW Andrews
                                        of Ky
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                     TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
                            SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
                                       May 26th, 1842.

Sir:
            Under the date 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,"
                                     Thomas Hackworth
a Pensioner on the Roll of the          Richmond, Va...-
Agency, at the rate of      Twenty three    Dollars and
33 Cents per annum, under the law of the    7th June
1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 
4th of March 1837, to the 4th Sept. 1841.
                        Respectfully yours,
                            Albion K. Parris
                                 COMPTROLLER

To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
                                                        Present.
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                                                                       Rev


                     J. L. Edwards Esq. [Esquire]
                                 Comr [Commissioner] of Pension
                          Washington DC

[post office cancellation stamp]


[written perpendicular]

Ths. Hackworth,  June 10
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                      Richd. [Richmond]  8 June 1837

Dear Sir
                     Please direct
the agent --to pay the enclosed
pension--
                     Respectfully
                            J J Fry
                            [flourish]

                           po  4 Sept. 1837
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Davis Mills Va}
Octo 8th        }
                                                   care of
                                     J L Edwards Esqr [Esquire]
                                  Commissioner of Pensions

                             War Department
                                    Washington City

[written perpendicular]

Mr Evans   Oct 11
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                           Davis,s Mills Bedford County &
                            State of Virginia  Octo. [October] 8th 1839
Sir
           Yours of the 1st September, in reply to a letter from me-
enclosing an informed pension paper, Sent to me by Thomas Hackworth
from Kentucky to draw his pension.  You reply "That the papers
in the Case of Thomas Hackworth a pensioner under the act of the
7th June 1832, have been placed in the files of this office.  In his
Original declaration upon which his pension was granted he made 
his signature by a mark or cross, in the Voucher now presented his 
name is written in a fair and legible hand Writing an explanation
is required on this point before my further action can be
had in the Case-, In reply I can only say the Mr. Hackworth
formerly resided in this County & near my place here.  That I
drew his pension for Several Years.  That he moved from this
neighborhood to Greenup County Kentucky.  That once since he 
moved there he came back on a Visit and to draw his pension.
that I drew the papers for him & he did draw it-& also requested the
[the] pension agent in Richmond to have his pension Transferred to
this Agency for payment in Kentucky & Supposed it had been done-
until I received the Communication I enclosed to you.  He is
Illiterate & Cannot Write his name.  Why his papers close not having
his Mark.  I Cannot tell, but you will observe they are [illegible]
Made out any how  -- He has relations that are respectable
residing near here, who says he is still living and in the
County above, state, I have delayed this reply until I could
make the enquiry of Them.  If this explanation is not deemed
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^ sufficient for the Transfer of his pension- and you will again drop
me a note, I will write to him for further explanation 
or a letter addressed to him will answer equally as well.
He is quite a respectable Old Man and although not entirely
dependent on his pension for a support it will be a great
Convenience to him to get it.  Wish as little delay as
possible
                                     Yours. Very. Respectfully
                                        Pleasant. Preston
                                              [flourish]
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Hon [Honorable] L. W. Andrews
                       HR [House of Representatives]
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                                                                 MADISONIAN OFFICE.

                               APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER

State of Kentucky
County of Greenup.  SS
          On this twentieth day of June 1842, before
me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Greenup
personally appeared Thomas Hackworth who, on his oath, declares that
he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain John Trigg in the Regiment commanded by Colonel William Trigg
in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Virginia, from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State, [crossed out (District, or Territory)] of Kentucky where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future.  The following are his reasons for removing from Bedford Co. Virginia to Greenup Co. Kentucky.
to wit- That being old and infirm and his children having all removed to the State of Kentucky, he thought fit to also remove to Greenup County & State of Kentucky whither he removed five years ago, November last past.
                                                                    Thomas Hackworth  his X mark
Sworn and subscribed to before me, }
    the day and year aforesaid            }
   Ro J. A. Harrison
__________________________________________________________________________________
     > The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, who 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 were 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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State of Kentucky  }
Greenup County   }   Ss
                    This day personally appeared before the
subscriber an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said
County Gilbert Crum, Alexander O Howel and William
Fowler who being duly sworn declare that the within
named Thomas Hackworth, is the identical person
named in the within affidavit and application for 
Transfer, that they have been acquainted with the
said Thomas Hackworth for the past Seventy years 
1st from their Boyhood in Bedford County and State
of Virginia and 2nd for the past Five years in the State
of Kentucky in the County of Greenup whence the 
said Crum, Howel, & Fowler ^removed from the s.d [said]
State of Virginia~
     That they are fully conversant with his having
drawn his pensions at Richmond, Virginia until his
removal to Kentucky & that they of their own knowledge
know of his many fruitless & unavailing efforts to 
draw said pension, since his removal from Virginia to
Kentucky~ June 20th 1842. 
                                 Signed.  Gilbert Crum his O mark
                                               A O Howell
                                                Willliam Fowler

Sworn & subscribed to}
before me The day &   }
year aforesaid~            }
Ro J A Harrison J. P.
   ~        ~      ~
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State of Kentucky }
Greenup County  {   Ss
                        I Ro J A Harrison an acting
Justice of the Peace in & for said County do hereby
certify that Gilbert Crum, Alexander O. Howel and
 William Fowler whose names are appended to
the certificate on the opposite page are men of honesty
good character & veracity.
                       Given under my hand this twentieth
day of June 1842          Ro J A Harrison J. P.
                                          [flourish]


State of Kentucky  }
Greenup County   }   Ss
                            I William Corum Clerk of the
Court of Greenup County, certify that Robert J. A.
Harrison is a magistrate as above and that the foregoing
signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
                In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
                affixed my seal of office and Subscribed
                my name this 6th day of July 1842.
                                      William Corum  Clerk
                                       of the Court of Greenup County
                                                        [flourish]
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 36.726

   [flourish]

Rev Wars
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Davis Mills, Va
August 14th 
                                    Care of
                                 Mr. J L Edwards
                       Comr. [Commissioner] of Pensions
                            

                  War Department
                                     Washington City

[written perpendicular]

Pension Office
Aug 30.
Mr Evans
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                          Davis Mill's Bedford County Va
                                    August 14th 1839

Dear Sirs
            Inclosed [enclosed] you will receive Mr. Thomas
Hackworth's pension papers, forwarded to me for the purposes
of collecting The Same, they are so full of informalities that
I feel assured that they would not be received-Mr. Hackworth
formerly resided in this County but removed about 2 1/2 Years 
ago to Greenup County Kentucky-as will appear from the
enclosed papers, which have forwarded to you as evidence of the [illegible-? Fact] of his removal- if any such evidence is required beyond
the information given by me- Mr. Robertson, the agent
for paying pensions in Richmond Va- was requested to
give the information for Mr. Hackworth's removal at the time he
had drew which was up to the 4th March 1837, and request
that he should be Transferred to The pay Roll of Kentucky.
You Will Oblige Mr Hackworth very much by now doing
so, as he is a permanent Resident of that State.  [crossed out word] and it would be very convenient for him to have to come, or forward his papers, as done in this instance to this State to have it drawn him.  Please Say to me if can & will Transfer him to the pay Roll of that State that I May give him the Information


                   Very Respectfully
                    Pleasant Preston
                     [flourish]
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State of Kentucky  }
Greenup County   }   Ss
 Be it known, that before me Robert Jordan, Addison Harrison a Justice of the ^Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Thomas Hackworth, and made oath in due form of
Law, that he is the Identical Thomas Hackworth named in
the original certificate now
in his possession, of which I certify, the following is a true copy;
            War Department - Revolutionary Claim
I Certify, that in conformity to the law of the United States
of the 7th of June 1832, Thomas Hackworth of the State
of Virginia, who was a Private in the Revolutionary War
is entitled to receive Twenty three ^ dollars and thirty three
Cents per annum, during his natural life commence
on the 4th of March and 4th of September in every
year.  } Given at the War Office of the United
States, this Sixteenth Day of September one thousand
Eight hundred and thirty three[.]      Lew Cass
                                                         Secretary of War


examined and }
Countersigned}   J. L. Edwards
                           Commissioner of pensions

That he now resides in Greenup County Kentucky and has
resided there for the Space of upwards of three years past
and that previous thereto he resided in Bedford County
Virginia[.]                       Thomas Hackworth
Sworn and Subscribed this 5th day}
of August 1839                               }
before me Robert Jordan Addison Harrison J. P.
                                                                   [flourish]
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November, 16 of 05

payment to be made
at Richmond
by Prest. US B2 Bank
agent for paying pensioners
in the agency of Virginia


Recorded n the pension office
in Book E Vol. 6
page 14 by W. L. Williams
                   Clerk
Page 39

know all men by these presents, that I Thomas Hackworth
of Greenup County, Ky. Revolutionary pensioner of the united
Stated, do hereby constitute and appoint Pleasant Preston of
Bedford County, Va. my true and Lawfull attorney, for me and
in my name to receive from the agent of the united States for,
paying ^pensions in the City of Richmond State of Virginia, my
pension from the 4 day of March 1837, to the 3 day of March 1839.
Witness my hand and Seal this 5th day of August 1839.
                                                 Thomas Hackworth {Seal}


Sealed and delivered in 
presence of Robert Jordan Addison Harrison
William Corum.
State of Kentucky }
Greenup County  }  Ss

Be it known, that on the 5th day of August, 1839, before the 
Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for Said ^County personally
appeared Thomas Hackworth, above named, and acknowledged 
the foregoing power of attorney to be his act, and deed, in
Testimony whereof, I have ^hereunto Set my hand, the day and year
last above [word crossed out] mentioned.
                                                 Robert Jordan Addison Harrison J. P.

State of Kentucky, Greenup County Sct.
     I William Corum Clerk of [crossed out-Greenup] the Court of Greenup County Certify that Robert Jordan Addison Harrison is a magistrate as above, and that the foregoing Signature, purporting to be his is genuine, in Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my Seal of office and Subscribed my name this fifth day of August 1839.
                                                         William Corum Clerk
                                                              Greenup County Court
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Know all men by these presents, that I Thomas Hackworth
of Greenup County, Ky. Revolutionary pensioner of the united
States, do hereby constitute and appoint Pleasant Preston of
Bedford County, Va, my true and Lawfull attorney, for me and
in my name to receive from the agent of the United States for 
paying ^ pensions in the City of Richmond State of Virginia, my pension from the 4 day of March 1837, to the 4 day of March 1839.
Witness my hand and Seal this 5th day of August 1839.
                                            Thomas Hackworth {Seal}
Sealed and delivered in
presence of Robert Jordan Addison Harrison
William Corum.

State of Kentucky  }  S.S.
Greenup County   }  
Be it known, that on the 5th day of August, 1839, before the
Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for Said ^county personally
appeared Thomas Hackworth, above named, and acknowledged
the foregoing power of attorney to be his act, and deed, in
Testimony whereof, I have ^hereunto Set my hand, the day and year
last above [word crossed out] mentioned[.]
                    Robert Jordan Addison Harrison J. P.

State of Kentucky Greenup County  Sct.
I William Corum Clerk of [crossed out-Greenup] the Court of Greenup County Certify that Robert Jordan Addison Harrison is a magistrate as above, and that the foregoing Signature, purporting to be his is Genuine, in Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my Seal of office and Subscribed my name this fifth day of August 1839.
                              William Corum Clerk
                                            Greenup County Court