Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3070, Joseph Hull, S.C.
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(3 - 1776) 

Service
S. C. 

Hull Joseph

Number
S. 3070

Carded

Contents
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[Form with handwritten responses]
25117
West Tennessee
________________________
Joseph Hull 
 [illegible]  in the State of Tennessee 
who was a private in the [illegible] command
by Captain Roberts of the [illegible] command
by [illegible] Roberts in the [illegible]
line for 2 years

S. C Line Records corrected, Feb 24 '04
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Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 100 dollars no cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
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Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Nov
1833 and Hon [illegible]Dunlop Present
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 250.00
Semi-ans allowance ending 4 March 50.00
$300.00
{Revolutionary Claim
{Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk
E Vol 7 Page 83
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. [ State of Tennessee Hardeman County ] County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions October Term 1833. On this 10th day of October 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter  Sessions  in and for the County of Hardeman and State of Tennessee  now sitting Joseph Hull  aged 78 years and a resident to the County of Hardeman in the State of Tennessee 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 June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States  under the following named officers and serves as herein stated. This declarant lived in Anson County in the  State of North Carolina  where he enlisted in the fall of 1776  and served  to the 15th of June 1777 he served his tour and obtained his discharge and then  enlisted for and
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during the war  in the same regiment, commanded by the following named officers  Col. Owen  Roberts. Co. Beckman, and Maj. John F. Grimpkie  we were marched  to  Charleston  and  James Island and from hence we joined Genl Lincoln's army  and  went to the battle at Stono where Col. Roberts was killed, after whose death the command then dissolved when  Col. Beckman and we then marched to Savannah where we had a battle from hence we marched and returned to Charleston  where this declarant was taken prisoner and  remained as such till he was discharged at  James Town in the State of Virginia. This declarant was left sick in Virginia and die not return to his place of residence until  after peace was proclaimed and continued there  and he removed to the County of Wilson  which was in  the  year 1806 and in  the State of Tennessee and resided there until 1827, and in that year he removed to  Hardeman County in the State of  Tennessee where he has resided ever since. He further states that he is not in the possession of any documentary evidence  and that he knows of  no one in the State  or any person , now living  whose testimony ne can procure to confirm with certainty his tours of service being  far distant
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from the State  in which he served and being separated from  they who were his compatriots in arms at that period. He  hereby relinquishes every claim  whatever to a pension or annuity except the present  ant that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.  The Court  then  propounded the following interrogatories to the said applicant as prescribed by the war department.  1st. Where  and in  what year were you born. Answer . I was born on the  Eastern shore of Maryland, and am seventy eight years in my seventy ninth . 2. Where did you reside when called into service and where have you resided since the revolutionary war and where do you now live.  Answer. I lived in Anson County  North Carolina  when called into service, I have resided in Brunswick Cty  Va. part of time and part in Anson Cty  N. Carolina and now reside  Hardeman County  State of Tennessee. 3rd. How were you  called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute. Answer. I enlisted in the fall of 1776 to serve  till June 15,1777 which tour I served and  then enlisted for and during the war as stated in my declaration.
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State the names of the officer who were with you  when you served  such Continentals and militia regiments as  you  recollect and the general circumstances of you services.  [ Hon . W. C. Dunlop Present ] Answer . I was commanded by  Capt. Richard Roberts  , son of Col. Roberts, Col. Beckman and Maj. John F. Grimpkin. I was in what they called the Continental South Carolina  Artillery as well as  I recollect  I don't know that there were any militia regiments with us. we kept  garrison till we joined  Genl. Lincoln's army  to march as I stated  in my declaration.  State the names of person to whom you  are known in your neighborhood and who can testify as to your veracity and their belief of your service and as a soldier of the revolution. Answer. I am known to many  respectable persons in the county and in my neighborhood among whom I know is Doct. William B Elgin and West Harris by who  will testify  as to a belief of my services as a soldier of the revolution.  Joseph Hull ( signed / sealed )  Sworn to and subscribed  this 10th Oct. 1833. Tho J Hardeman ( signed ) clk
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28,332
Joseph Hull 
Tennessee
Hardeman Co 
from 1776 private of Artillery 2 yr
$100. 
S.C. Roll
on Roll
Hon: W.C. Dunlop
Present
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office
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 show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus}). You will when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Joseph Hull 

Period when the service was rendered /
Duration of the claimants service Years/months/days/ Rank of the claimant /
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served /
Age at present and place of above when he entered the service / Proof by which the declaration is supported.

1776 / / / Pr / Cap Roberts Col Roberts / 78 NC / Traditionary and on Roll
1777 for the in / Pr / Col Beckman SC Artillery 

I am respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L EDWARDS
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, & c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c.  Persons who serviced 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 or privates, will in the first instance, make applications 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 duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)     , with     and served in the      (e) regiment of the     line, under the following named officers:

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

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,                             A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I     of the Court of     do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of     for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this     day of      &c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman. residing in the     and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with     , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be     years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certified, 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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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corrobating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be at 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 your age, and if so, where is it?
3.  Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4.  How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?  And if a substitute, for whom?
5.  State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.  {To a Soldier.} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?  {To an Officer.}  Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.  The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.  The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.  If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party  And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.  
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that by reason 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 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 and under his seal of office. 
[i] 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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JNT
OW and N Division
Department of the Interior
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, DC no 1893
Sir
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Joseph Hull a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau S3070

DATES OF ENLISTMENT / LENGTH OF SERVICE / RANK / OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED CAPTAIN / COLONEL / STATE
fall 1776 / June 1777 / Pr / Richard B Roberts / Owen Roberts / SC
1777 War / " / do / do / "
In Regiment of Artillery his Colo killed in battle of Stono 
Battles engaged in Stono, Charleston & [illegible] prisoner for 16 mo exchanged at Jamestown, Va
Residence of soldier at enlistment Richmond or Anson Co NC Original Co probably divided 
Date of application for pension August 1828
Residence at date of application Hardeman County Tenn
Age at date of application born on Eastern Shore Maryland Age stated in 1828 as 73 years
Remarks: In 1826 moved to Wilso Co & 1827 to Hardeman Co, both in Tenn
Was taken sick in 1782 & did not again join the army
Very respectfully
Mr Joseph T Hull
67 & 69 Front St New York City

7941b-3m
Commissioner
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Papers  Act 1828 See note "Evidence Insufficient  "act 1828, Filed with  Ad OW Im # 3070
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Joseph Hull Pvt- S. Carolina line Term - Ex'd one  old Book & Ref. Ex'd Wid. Act Inv. File No 3070 Act 1828, Evidence insufficient
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Hardeman County   18th July 1829 Hon Sir, I  have your kind letter dated 23rd May in which you stated that my name was not found to  corroborate with my declaration sent on and as I did not  state the time of my enlistment and the length of my services I will give you a relation in full . I lived in North Carolina  and in the fall of 1776  being about 22 years of age I enlisted in the  S. Carolina Artillery  Regiment  commanded by   Col. Owen Roberts to serve till June 1777 . I served my tour  and got my discharge and on ground. I enlisted during the war in the same artillery regiment by  officers  viz Col. Owen Roberts  & Lt Col Bernard Beckman , Maj. John F. Grimpkin , Captain  Richard B. Roberts , son of Col. Roberts.. ( illegible ) Weakly , Davis  and Georgett the non-commissioned officers.  I could name many but it suffice say one of whom I shall have occasion to speak hereafter viz. John Bostick,  in some  time after were attached to the army  commanded by Genl  Lincoln was in the battle at Stono where Col Roberts was killed . I was at the  battle at Savannah Georgia from there we  returned  to Charleston where I was taken prisoner  at the surrender of the town where I  continued a prisoner till we were carried around to James Town Virg. to be exchanged, after the exchange our orders were to march on  to .. ( illegible ) to join Gl. Green's army and  on our way  I was taken sick on Nantaway River  30 miles from Petersburg and was left with another sick soldier of the 2nd Reg't of S . Carolina where he died. I continued sick till the last of Feb. 1782 and not being able to proceed gave over the idea and never got my discharge and in the year 1794  after I had settled in the same Richman N. C. where I  lived when I first enlisted.
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enlisted I heard of claims with land  that soldiers were entitled to. I made inquiry  and found that the above named John Bostick or his speculative company  had forged a power of attorney  in my name  and had drawn my claim . I believe at Philadelphia. I sent to him and being in great need of money  and not able to prosecute the fraud, I offered him half payment and  said that was half my  claim  demanded for which I resigned my claim  but got nothing for my  land I am now further from  establishing a testimony  respecting my service in the  army that when I lived in N. Carolina  neither do I know of any living witness in any section of the country  . I am old and weak and not able to work nor have any income about 3 years ago  I moved to this country  from N Carolina with my sons on whose aid I get my support if the above lines will add any thing to the truth of my declaration and you will be so kind as to direct me in a  way whereby I may obtain  a pension for the support of you  needy and very   Humble servt.      Joseph Hull ( signed )  Hon. Asbury Dickins Acting Secretary  Washington  City ( vertical notes ) ( Joseph Hull  10 m 1627.3066 Rec'd 31 July  1829.   229 )
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Rec 12 March 1821  2495  Hardiman County Tenn 14th Feb 1838
Hond Sir
I recd your letter dated 7th Dec 1830 which came to hand the 25th of Jan last on which commenced my 77th year and find by the contents that you Recd mine dated the 6th of October in which I gave you an account of my Inlistment and the length of time and where I servd and when I was taken prisoner at the captureation of Charleston SoC and that I remained a prisoner 14 or 16 months if I have made a mistake in the length of time it may be asertained when the Tow was taken and the prisoners were exchanged I can give but little account of the exchange I had been aboard of the prison five months where I was taken sick and brought ashore to the hospital where I was when we were told we were to be exchanged I was carried around in the hospital ship with the envited to Williamsburg and stad there with the sick till we had orders to march to the So to join Genl Greens army we went to Petersburg Virg where I with more was left I mended so that I thought I could move on and another soldier of the 2nd Regmt of SC I had no officer belonging to my regmt an officer of the 2nd Regmt was there he went to him got a pass for himself and me with an order to the Commissary to supply us with provision on our way we set off being very weak it took us two days to get to Nataway River being 30 miles we were both taken Jouen again he was taken to a naved 3 or 4 miles from where I lay sick
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he did I was ther sick when Cornwallis was taken and Continued sick till Feb 17 82 I was then naked and no money nor a pass and remained there till peace was proclaimed and in the year 1794 I returned and settled int he place wher I lived when I first inlisted where I raised my family and resided till the 1826 and moved with my son to this country where I now live with my eldest son and with my own hand wrote the above letters and to this subscirbes
Your very humble servant 
Joseph Hull
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RECORDS
CHANGE TO BE MADE
State, West Tenn
S File No 3070
Class Invalid
Name Joseph Hull
Service SC
CORRECT

INCORRECT
NC

Mlenisthwaite
Feby 24 1904

Company, Regiment, &c should be invariably specified
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Revolutionary Claim
Honbl Asbury Dickins
Washington City
25
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( notes at top of page ) ( 10 Nov 1839 2249 ) Hardeman County Tennessee 6th October 1830 Honl Sir It has been now better that two years since I have sent in my declaration respecting my services in the Revolutionary war you wrote to me that it could not be found to corroborate any of the records that could be found in the war department, it may be that there is not an individual belonging  to that artillery regiment hat have their  names enrolled in the war department for there was but a few when the exchange took place at old Jamestown in Virginia for some were slain in Battle same by death and some  deserted before the siege of Charleston and some dead while  prisoners of the  British  so that there was but a small remnant left. I should be glad to know whether that Artillery Regiment has any record in the war department or not , if it is  am conscious  that I have a right  to claim a pension as a revolutionary soldier if  I can never establish a living testimony of my service which appears to be  and of my power  I am now upwards of 75 years and not able to work and all my dependence  is on my children  and their dependence is to work for their livings. You  wrote me word in your letter dated 15th of May 1829 that if I requested it you would cause to be prepared and transmitted to me a list taken from the papers which  have been received at that Department under the above mentioned act of the names and evidence  of such officers of the line and Regiment to which I represented myself to have belonged as  we know to be now living. I will once more state my declaration respecting my
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service in the Revolutionary war and leave it to you to judge the truth of it . I lived in N. Carolina Richmond County  and in the fall of 1776 I enlisted to go to Georgetown  S.C. 200 miles below where I lived to serve in the S.C. Artillery Reg't who kept a garrison at Georgetown and on Cat Island  and 9 miles below Georgetown to serve from then till the 5th of June  1777  in the artillery reg't  commanded by Col. Owen Roberts I serve my tour  got my discharge on Cat Island  fort signed by Col. Owen Roberts and on said ground  enlisted for enduring the war in said reg't commanded by the same officers viz. Col. Owen Roberts, Lt. Col. Beckman , Major John G. Grimpkin I belonged to Capt. Richard B Robert's company , son of Col. Ed. O Roberts, some time after were attached to Genl Lincoln's army . I was at the battle at Stono where Col. O. Roberts was killed. I was at the battle at Savannah  Georgia we still continued with the army  till our return to Charleston where I was when the town was taken where  I continued  till the time for an exchange which was about 14 or 16 months in which time I was 5 months on board a prison ship  that I never set my foot on land I have given a detail of my service, the length of time  and place to which I would be qualified before any Court of Justice  if such means would entitle me to a pension or any other as you would be so good as to prescribe  I should  acknowledge my gratitude for the same if there can be no means prescribed wherein I can obtain it and you will be so kind as to let me know  I shall still remain Your very  Humble servt. Joseph Hull ( signed )
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Sir
In response to your personal inquiry relative to Joseph Hull, a Revolutionary soldier and pensioner I have the honor to state that
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Joseph Hull of Hardeman County  Tenn., in his claim for pension under act  of may 15, 1838, states that while living in North Carolina " in the fall of 1776 , being about 22 years of age he enlisted in the  So. Carolina Artillery Regiment  commanded by Col. Owen Roberts to serve til June 1777. I served my tour  and got my discharge and on said ground I enlisted during the war in  the same Artillery Regiment by officers viz. Col.
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2) Owen Roberts, Lt. Col. Bernard Beckman , Maj. John F. Grimpkin, Capt. Richard B Roberts, son of Col. Owen Roberts . In some time after we were  attached to the compy  commanded by Genl Lincoln . I was in the Battle of Stono , where Col. O. Roberts was killed. I was at the Battle of Savannah from there we returned to Charleston  where I was taken prisoner at the surrender of the town where I continued a prisoner till we were carried
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30 around to Jamestown  Virg. to be exchanged  orders were to march on to the So. to join Gl. Green's army  and on our way I was taken sick  on  Nantaway River  30 miles from Petersburg and was left with another such soldier of the 2nd Reg't  of So. Carolina  where he died. I continued  sick till the last of February  1780 and not being able  to proceed gave over the idea and never
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4) got discharged And in the year 1794 [ IP ]He did not return home until peace was declared [ IP  ] I had settled in the same County Richmon So. Carolina where I lived when  I first enlisted" He states that he was a prisoner 14 or 16 months , five months of which  he was on board a prison ship. He traveled 200 miles to Georgetown  S.C. to  enlist in the S. C.  Artillery Regiment . He raised his family in
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5) Richmond Co. N.C. and moved " with my sons "  to Wilson Co. Tenn. in 1826 . He was living then with his eldest son in 1831 - was still living there in 1833 and was there in his 79th year. He was born on the Eastern shore of Maryland . He states in another paper that he was residing in Anson County when he enlisted. Anson County adjoins Richmond  County. He also states  that he had resided in Brunswick Co. Va.
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It is proper to add that  there is no law under which any person would  be entitled to bounty land warrant on account of the service of this soldier.  Hon. Darwin R. James House of Reps.
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OSCAR G. RAFFERTY IMPORTER AND WHOLESALE DEALER IN Hermetically Sealed Goods and Fancy Groceries, 67 & 69 FRONT STREET ( post mark ) [ U.S. PENSION OFFICE NOV 13 1893 ]  # 1.  New York November 10, 1893  Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.  Sir, I learn from a letter dated at the Pension office Apl 21, 1885  and addressed to the  Hon. Darwin R. James, at that time a member of Congress from New York, that there are on file in your office two or more letters from Joseph Hull a revolutionary soldier  and pensioner, bearing on his application for a pension. This Joseph Hull was my grand father. He served in the South Carolina Artillery Regiment. I would like very much to  ( procure copies ) ( underscored ) of the above mentioned papers for use in establishing membership in the " Society of the Sons of the Revolution " May I ask you to send me                                (  vertical note ) ( send usual statement )
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OSCAR G. RAFFERTY
IMPORTER AND WHOLESALE DEALER IN   Hermetically Sealed Goods and Fancy Groceries, 
67 & 69 FRONT STREET
#2             New York    189......
copies of tha..( Illegible )  Any expense that may be incurred I will willing pay.
Trusting to receive a favorable reply. I am
Very respy
Joseph T. Hull ( signed ) 
1st Lt. and Adj 23rd Regt
N.T.S. N.Y.   ( post mark ) [ U.S. PENSION OFFICE NOV  13 1893 ]
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Dec. 6/93 (illegible) Herst, to Joseph T. Hull,
67469 Front St., New York, N.Y.C.

3070 Rev War
Invalid
File No. 3070
Joseph Hull Priv N. C. line
Act. June 7 of 32 
 Index: -Vol. A, Page 183

Arrangement of 1870
St. Service Recods corrected
Feb'y 24 Oct
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Revolutionary Claims
Treasury Department Sept. 19, 1828
Joseph Hull of ...in the County of Hardeman, in the State of Tennessee, has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officer and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain Roberts's company in the Artillery regiment of the So. Carolina line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828 on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary,
A. Dickins

Treasury Department,
Third Auditor's Office,
23 September 1828,
It further appears that Joseph Hull is not now on the pension list of any agency, and has not been so since the 3. March 1826
The name of Joseph Hull cannot be found among those of the South Carolina line, to whom certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars were issued.
Peter Hagner Aud.
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War Depart: Bounty land Office
15 May 1829
The records of this office do not show that Joseph Hull of the So. Carolina line ever received or is entitiled to bounty land of the United States.
Robert Taylor

W. Hull states that a man by the name of John Bostick obtained his land on a forged power of attorney in Philadelphia about the year 1794.
F A Dickens 
... Dept. 7 Aug 1829

A renewed investigation of the case of Joseph Hull serves but to confirm the foregoing statement made by Robert Taylor Esq. late of this office.
Wm Gordon
Bounty Land Office 
Aug. 11th 1829
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We William  B Elgin a clergyman and West Harris residing in the County of Hardeman and State of Tennessee do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the above applicant who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be aged seventy-nine years and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we have 
in (illegible) that opinion.
Sworn to and Subscribed this 10th October 1833
WmB Elgin
The Hardeman Clerk West Harris

And the said Court do hereby certify and declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations as presented by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he (illegible) and the Court further certifies that  it appears to them that the said William B. Elgin and West Harris who have signed the presiding certificate is a (illegible) resident in the County of Hardeman and state of Tennessee and (illegible) the (illegible) West Harris Esq. who have signed the (illegible) is also a resident of the aforesaid County and State of (illegible) and are Credible persons and their statements are entitled to credit.
Th L Shaw
Allen Hill
R. Baker
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J. Thomas   J. Hardeman   Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Seprous in and for the County of Hardeman and State of Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in their matter of application of the said Joseph Hull for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 10th of October 1833
Thomas J Hardeman
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for the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the Act ... ( page faint and illegible )
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