Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3991, Daniel Henson, Continental Va.
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SERVICE

Continental
Virginia

Henson, Daniel
or
Hinson

Fariba

NUMBER
W.3991
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[Two columns. Left column:]

Letter J. McRae July 16 [19]49
Reported

7 [illegible]
Act 28, 1837

[Right column:]
989

North Carolina
Fariba Henson
widow of Daniel Henson Virginia
who served in the Revolutionary war
as a private
inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
60 Dollars ___Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
29 day of July 1848
and sent to
Honorable J.L Clingman
House of Representatives

Recorded on
Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 211 Volume 1
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23.007
North Carolina

Daniel Henson
of Haywood in the State of N. Car
who was a pr. in the      commanded
by Captain         of the Regt commanded
by Col: Willes in the Va
line for 18 months - 

Inscribed on the Roll of No. Carolina
at the rate of 60. Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Oct 33 and sent J.B. Love.
Haywood CH No. Ca.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833           150
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar: 34   30
                                                           $180
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Nath: Rice  Clerk,
Book E  Vol. 6 1/2  Page 58.

Pay susp:  19 Mar:  35
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State of North Carolina
Haywood County
Court of Pleas and quarter sessions October Sessions 1833

On this 3rd day of October 1833, personally appeared in open Court before this Justices holding the Court aforesaid, Daniel Henson aged 69 years a resident in the County of Haywood and State aforesaid, and after being duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions of an act of Congress passed on the 7th of June 1832
that he entered the service of the United States on the 10th day of March 1781 as a private soldier in the County of Culpepper in the State of Virginia in the company of Infantry commanded by Capt. Fields who marched him to Fredericksburgh, where he was placed under the command of another captain, whose name he does not recollect in the regiment commanded by Col. Willis.  He marched from there to Boyds hole on Potomac River where he remained a short time and was marched back to Fredericksburgh  from there he marched to Powatan [Powhatan] Court house in Virginia where he was placed under the command of the Baron Steuben was marched from there to Richmond where he remained one day and night and crossed the river to Manchester where he remained about a week.  from there he marched to Point Fork where he remained until the British Army under Cornwallis approached them and they marched towards North Carolina over Staunton River.  from there they marched back and joined the main army under the command of Genl  at a place called the White Oak Springs.  From there they marched to an old forge the name of which he has forgotten, where he was detached from the foot service in the latter part of July or first of August 1781. to the Horse in the company commanded by Captain Hughs under the command of Col White:  that he remained scouting about through the month of October when he marched to York Town in Virginia and was in the seige against CornWallis.  After the surrender of that place he marched to Petersburgh in Virginia.  from there he marched about the first of December under the command of Genl. Wayne
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for Georgia.  He marched through North and South Carolina and to a place called Ebenezer where he remained until the cessation of hostilities.  He then marched to Savannah in Georgia and from there to Charleston in South Carolina within 16 miles of which place he was discharged in the month of September 1782 having served 18 months during all of which time he was entirely under the command of his officers and engaged in no other business whatever.  That he has no documentary evidence or any other means of proving his said services but by his own oath hereby relinquishes his claim to any pension whatever except the present and declares his name is not on the Pension roll or the agency of any State.

Where and in what year were you born?
Answer  In Culpepper County State of Virginia in the year 1764 on the 17th of August.

Have you any record of your age?
Answer  I took a copy of a record from my fathers Bible about 41 or 42 years ago, which is now in my own Bible.

Where were you living when called into the service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
Answer I lived in the County of Culpepper State of Virginia.  After I was discharged in South Carolina I had the Ague and fever and did not get home to Culpepper County in Virginia until February 1783 where I remained until April 1784.  I then removed to Chatham County N Carolina, I remained in N Carolina until December of the same year when I returned to Virginia Culpepper County where I remained till the month of May 1786 when I returned to Chatham N Carolina where I made one crop and then removed to Anson County N. Carolina until about the year 1810 when he removed to Haywood N. Carolina where I have resided ever since and now reside.

How were you called into the service; were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute?
I was a substitute for my father Charles Henson who had been drafted.

State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops
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where you served, such continental and militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your services.
Answer Anthony Wayne, Barron Steuben, Col. Willis, Col. White and Genl Green, the general circumstances of my services are stated in this foregoing declaration.  The reason, as I understood it why I was detached from the foot service to the Horse was that two hundred horsemen were wanted to complete Col White's Regiment.  There was about 165 enlisted and the ballance were drafted out of the 15 months militia.

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

Answer I got a discharge signed by Col. White.  I put it in a small pocket Book, which I lost and the discharge in it before I got home.

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.

Answer Banister Turner a clergyman Ninion Edmonston Mr. John Gooch Jacob Smith and Jacob Evans.

Sworn to in open Court 3rd of October 1833.

Daniel Henson

We Banister Turner a clergyman residing in the County of Haywood and Ninion Edmonston residing in the same County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Henson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 69 years of age, that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion

B. Turner
N. Edmonston

Sworn to in open court
the 3rd of October 1833

Jno. T. Chanley [or Chanby]  Clk

And the said Court do declare their opinions 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 Banister Turner who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergiman resident in the County of Haywood and that Ninion Edmonston who has also signed the same is a resident of the same
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County and is a credible person and that there certificate is entitled to credit.
Arn Enloe JP
Davie Bugg JP

I John Chambers Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions for the County of Hawood do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Henson for a pension.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 4th day of October 1833.
Jno. T. Chanley Clk
[SEAL]
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State of North Carolina
Haywood County SS
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions March Term 1844

On this 18th day of March One thousand Eight hundred and forty four (1844) personally appeared before the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of said County (It being a court of record) Fariba Hinson, a resident of the County and State aforesaid, aged seventy five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838. "Entitled an act granting half pay and Pensions to certain widows."
That she is the widow of Daniel Hinson late Revolutionary Pensioner deceased of Haywood County North Carolina. who was a private soldier in the Virginia militia in the War of the Revolution, and was allowed a pension as such at the rate of Sixty dollars per annum.
She further declared that she was married to the said Daniel Hinson in Anson County North Carolina in the month of July and in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty Eight 1788, that her husband the aforesaid Daniel Hinson died on the 1st day of January, in the year Eighteen hundred and forty three, and that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but
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but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four, Viz: at the time above stated.
She also declared that she has no family record showing either the date of her marriage or the births of her children, nor does she know or believe that their is any record to be found showing the date of her marriage;  that she and her said husband was not married under a license but their marriage was published in Church by the Minister of the Gospel who married them , whose records have been sought for, but could not be found.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written before the Court
Fariba Hinson X her mark
Teste  W. Brown Clerk
of the county court of Haywood County

I Walter Brown Clerk of the Court aforesaid do hereby certify that it was shown in evidence to the satisfaction of the Court that the aforesaid declarant Fariba Hinson is the widow of Daniel Hinson, who was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of Sixty dollars per annum that lived in the County of Haywood in the State of North Carolina and died in said County and State on the first day of January one thous Eight hundred and forty three leaving said declarant a widow.
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I further certify that the declarant Fariba Hinson is known to the court to be a person whose statements are entitled to full faith and credit.
And I also certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of Fariba Hinson for a pension, whereupon the Court ordered that the Clerk certify the same to the War Department.
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at office in Waynesville this 18th day of March A.D. 1844
W. Brown Clk
of Haywood County
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State of North Carolina
Haywood County         } On this 17th day of September 1844, personally appeared before the Court of Pleas and Quarters Sessions of Haywood County and State aforesaid, Absalum Henson, a resident of said County, and made oath in due form of Law, that he is a son of Daniel and Fariba Hinson of the said County of Haywood, the former a Pensioner late deceased of said County.  the latter of whom is now applying for a Pension due on the account of the Revolutionary services of her husband the aforesaid Daniel Hinson deceased:  That he deponent is the second child of the parties aforesaid as he has always understood and that he was born on the 17th day of October in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety, 1790, according to the best of his knowledge and belief which belief and knowledge is based on the facts set forth in an old family Record that was formerly in the possession of his parents which Record was many years ago destroyed by getting wet and that he has now no Record of his age, nor either is there any Record in any branch of his Fathers family to his knowledge showing the ages of the children

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year aforesaid before the Court

Test W. Brown Clerk

Absalum (his x mark) Henson

Allen Henson a son of Daniel and Fareba Henson above named appeared befor the Court and made oath in due form of Law that he is the fourth child of the parties aforesaid and that he was born on the 22nd day of September in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety seven according to the best of his knowledge and belief that he has no Record of his age but that he has always understood and fully believes that he was born in the year above stated

Sworn to and subscribed on the 20th day of September 1844 before the court.

Allen (his mark) Henson

Attest
W. Brown Clk
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State of No Carolina}
Hayward County      }  I, Walter Brown Clerk of the Court of Pleas & quarter Sessions of Haywood County Do certify that Absalum Henson and Allen Henson who have this day Sworn to & subscribed the fourgoing affadavits before the court are persions whose statements are entitled to credit.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my hand as clerk and affixed the Seal of the court at Waynesville the 20th day of September 1844

W Brown Clerk
of Haywood Co. Court
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22716
Daniel Hinson
North Carolina
On the Continental Rolls
Admit as a 
Private
18 mos $60=
e.m

J.B. Love  Esquire
Haywood CH. [Courthouse]
North Carolina
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
May 13 183_

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. 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, and this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of _____
Period when the service was rendered.
[1] 10th March 1781-
[2] detached Augt. 1781.
Duration of claimant's service. Years. Months. Days.
[1] [crossed out: 4 Months]
[2] ...
Rank of the claimant.
[1] PRivate
[2] . . 
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
[1] Cp Field
[2] Cp Muger
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
[1] Col. Willis-
[2] Col White
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
[1] at the Siege of York
Country through which he marched.
[1] Marched to Fredericksburg - Powatan 6th. House Potomac River White Oak Springs
[2] N.C. and South Carolina
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
68 - born Culpepper Va. and entered the service there now lives in Haywood C.y N.C.
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
Certificate of two Citizens
Served in all - 1 Year 6 Months.

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

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &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 law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having a 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 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 officer:

[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.]
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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 corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. [To a Soldier]Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given what has become of it?
6. [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 explanation 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 services 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 name 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;
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 maut 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.
[h]In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the rec ords 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 witcess
, 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] to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule note [j] applies to continential troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indespensable 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 at the War Department, with the declaration.

The applicant must specify his services as required above
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RECORD DIVISION
REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION
aws.   our
W. 3991

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., ____ , 19__

In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Daniel Henson or Hinson, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ([crossed out: or] his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. || LENGTH OF SERVICE. || RANK. || OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. || STATE.
Mch 10. 1781 || [blank] || Pvt. || Captain Fields, Colonel Willis || Va.
July or Aug 1781 to Sept. 1782. || [blank] || [Pvt.] || Captain Hughes, Colonel White || [Va.]

Battles engaged in, Taking of Cornwallis
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Culpepper Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Oct 4 1832. His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Haywood Co. N.C.
Age at date of application, born Aug. 17, 1764 in Culpepper Co. Va.
Remarks: Soldier was substitute for his father Charles Henson. Soldier died Jan. 1, 1843 in Haywood Co, N.C.  He married in Anson County. N.C. July 1788 Fariba Pool.  she was al. pens. on an app. in Mch 18, 1844 while living in Haywood Co., N.C. aged 75 years. she was dead in 1851.

Respectfully,
Commissioner.

6—2856
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A.U.F.

Rev. War Section.

January 29, 1923.

Jetta Henderson
812 Normal Street,
Springfield, Mo.

Madam;
In addition to the military history of Daniel Henson or Hinson W. 3991 Revolutionary War, you are furnished the following data as to his children.
Loyd Hinson born December 27, 1789.
Absolum Hinson born Oct. 17, 1791 or 1790.
Wiley Hinson born August 20, 1793.
Allen Hinson born Jan. 20, 1795 or Sept. 22, 1797.
Aaron Hinson born December 28, 1798.
A daughter Charlotte Cobb was living in Union County, Georgia in 1851.
Sons Loyd and Absolum served in the War of 1812.
There were other children, no names stated.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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Revy Widow, &c
File No. 3991
Fariba Henson
Wid.
David Henson
Pvt. Rev: War

Act: Feby. 2/48
Index:-Vol. a, Page 324
Arrangement of 1870

1923 Jan. 29 Hist. to Jetta Henderson  AWF
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See letter to P. Agt [Pension Agent] Aug. 5. 1845

7162
North Carolina
Fariba Henson
widow of Daniel Henson
who was a private
in the Virginia line

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
60 dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the
22 day of July 1845
and sent to T.S. & A.J. Smith
present

Act of March 3, 1843.
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2  page 155.
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9498
North Carolina
Fariba Henson
widow of Daniel Henson
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 1st:  January 1832
of Heywood in the State of N. Carolina
who was a pr: in the         
commanded by Captain        of the
Regt: commanded by Col: Willis in
the Va line for 18 months

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina
at the rate of 60- Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836

Certificate of Pension issued the 22d day of
July '45 and sent to T.L. & A.J Smith, present

Total amount,           $100

Act July 7, 1838.

Recorded by WM Stewart Clerk,
Book D vol. 1 Page 281.
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10784
Fariba Hinson
North Carolina
let to Honorable T.L. Clingman
May 25, 1844
[illegible] D. M Barringer November 25:[18]44
Letter to H.H. Sylvester April 11. '[18]45

Act 7th July 1838.
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1/20/23
I am sending the additional data for Daniel Henson & John P. Cobb.
Daniel Henson was born in Va. about 1760? and died about 1840?  He enlisted in the Rev. Army 1775 in Va. ad stayed with Washington until the close 1781.  After the war he went back to Va. and was married there.  Later the family moved to N.C.  One of his girls Charlotte Henson was born 1806 in Hawood Co., N.C.
I found this information from the Va. State Library at Richmond about Daniel Henson.

[STAMP]
U.S. Pension Office
O
Jan 12 1923
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on page 226 of a manuscript volume in Library known as War 4:
"Henson, Daniel, Sold infantry, his pay drawn by Col. Strother,
May 5, 1786, £18-S16-do"
This same information was given me from War Dept.
John P. Cobb born in England, 
settled in New York and then moved 
to S.C.  Entered war 1776, July 4, at 
Charleston, S.C. went back to 
S.C after war and then to N.C.  
He married Lyda Keese in Burk Co., 
N.C. (John P. Cobb was Lyda Keese second 
husband, her first husband was Dentist (?) Mullan.)  
One of [crossed out]
John P. Cobb's son Wm Alfred was born Aug. 9, 1809 Berk or Burk Co, N.C.

[STAMP]
U.S. Pension Office
O
Jan 12 1923
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Rev Sec   

812 Normal St
Springfield, Mo.
Nov. 14, 1922.

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U.S. Pension Office
O
Jan 12 1923

Dept. of Interior
Bureau of Pensions.
Dear Sir,
I wrote to the Bureau of Pensions,
Oct. 28, regarding information 
about a Daniel Hinson. I have found 
from other members of our family it is 
spelled Henson instead 
of Hinson.
I desire to join
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the D.A.R. and wanted this information to prove my eligibility.  Am sorry I did not get correct spelling at first.
Daniel Henson entered the war when Geo. Washington did and stayed with him until war closed.  He was Washington's courier.  He was present when Cornwallis surrendered.
And please give me information about J.P. Cobb who entered the war July 4, 1776 in South Carolina.
Thanking you, I am
Yours truly,
Jetta Henderson

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U.S. Pension Office
O
Jan 12 1923
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Adopf  -

H.H. Sylvester
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State of North Carolina
I Norfleet D. Boggan Clerk of the Court of Pleas 
and Quarter Session for Anson County do hereby 
certify that application and search has been made 
in my office for the marriage Bond of Daniel 
Hinson to Mary Fareba Pool whom it is alleged 
was married in the aforesaid County in 1788 and 
I have been unable to find the said bond which 
is the only record my office affords of marriages
In Testimony where of I have hereunto 
affixed my seal of Office and 
subscribed my name this 17th 
day of December A.D. 1844
N.D. Boggan MC

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State of North Carolina
Stanley County
On this 26th day of December 1844, personally appeared before me, John F. Miller one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for said County, Dorothy Sill, a resident of the County and State aforesaid, an old aged woman, and made oath, in due form of law, that she was many years ago well acquainted with Daniel Hinson & wife Fariba who were a living in the year Seventeen hundred & ninety in the edge of Anson County joining the aforesaid County, and were at the above date considered as lawfully man and wife by all that knew them.
Sworn to and subscribed this 26th day of December 1844 before me.
John F. Miller JP
Dorothy Sill x her mark

I certify that Dorothy Sill the affiant above in an intelligent & respected person 
Given under my hand the day & date above written
John F. Miller JP

North Carolina
Stanly County 
I D. Hearne Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter sessions for said County do hereby certify that John F. Miller is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly qualified &c, that the annexed signatures purporting to be his are genuine and that due faith and credit are due all his official acts as such
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said County at office the 10th day of January 1845
D. Hearne Clk
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This must be returned for the sanction of the Court of which the magistrate before whom the proofs are made as a member
HHS
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State of North Carolina
Haywood County
On this 30th day of May 1845 personally appeared before me, William Moore, one of the acting Magistrates in and for the said County, Fariba Hinson, a resident of the County and State aforesaid, aged seventy six years, who being duly qualified according to law, deposeth and saith, that she is the widow of the late Daniel Hinson a pensioner deceased of Haywood County North Carolina, and that she is now applying for a Pension due to her on the account of the Revolutionary services of her said husband, and that she has no record evidence in support of the date of her marriage, that she had a record of the ages of their children which was by accident destroyed a few years since.  But the following is a true statement of the birth of their children viz:
Loyd Hinson their first child was born Decr. 27th, 1789
Absolum Hinson second child was born October 17th, 1791
Wiley Hinson third child was born August 20th, 1793
Allen Hinson fourth child was born January 20th, 1795
Aaron Hinson fifth child was born December 29th, 1798
And she further stated that she has other younger children whose names are not set forth above, but those are the five oldest and that she knows of no other evidence than such as has been made in her claim except the opinion of her neighbors as to the ages of her children.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year first above written before me
Wm. Moore J.P

Fariba Hinson  x her mark
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State of North Carolina
Haywood County
I, F.B. Evans a resident Citizen of the County aforesaid do hereby certify, upon oath, that I am and have been well acquainted with Fariba Hinson, widow of Daniel Hinson the affiant above for the last twenty years, also with her family and from my knowledge of said family I do believe that the statement made of the ages of the children on the opposite page to be just and true.  I further certify that in the year 18 hundred and thirty eight I was Capt. of a Company of Militia to which Absolum Henson (the second child) belonged and it was in that year the said Absolum Hinson was struck off from the Muster Rolls it being satisfactorally proved that he was Forty five years of age, and he at the same time claimed that he was Forty seven instead of forty five which was the general opinion and that he had ought to be exempt two years before he was
And I do further certify that Fariba Hinson the affiant is a woman under a good moral & religious character & her statements are entitled to full credit
Sworn to and subscribed this 30th day of May 1843, before me
Wm. Moore J.P
F.B. Evans

State of North Carolina
Haywood County
I, William Cathey a resident Citizen of the County aforesaid aged sixty eight years, do hereby certify, upon oath, that I am & have been for the last thirty odd years well acquainted with Fariba Hinson, widow of the late Daniel Hinson, who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit, setting forth the ages of her
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children by said Daniel Hinson and from my knowledge of her family and after examining of her record made, I do believe that her children are of the ages set forth by her, in her affidavit.
I further certify that in the year 1813 or 14 in time of the last War Loyd Henson the oldest son named in Mrs. Fariba Hinsons affidavit was on the Muster rolls and volunteered to go into the Army and entered as a Soldier in the United States service;  and it is my present impression that Absolum Hinson their second son was on the Muster Rolls at that time
I also certify that the affiant Fariba Hinson is a woman of a good moral chcaracter & is to be believed on oath.
Sworn to and subscribed this 30th day of May 1845 before me
Wm. Moore J.P

Wm. Cathey

I do hereby certify that Col. Wm Cathey & F.B. Evans who have this day sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affidavits before me, are persons of respectability and intelligence and to their statements is due full faith and credence.
And I further certify that Fariba Hinson the affiant above is a credible person and to be believed on oath, and that I believe her statements made of the ages of her children to be correct and true and that opinion as to the ages of said Hinsons in their neighborhood is general.
Given under my hand May 30th 1845
Wm. Moore JP
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Declaration
"In order to obtain the benefits of the resolution of Congress of the 23d January, 1845."
State of North Carolina
Haywood County
Whereas the act of the 30th of April, 1844, prohibited me from drawing a pension for the same period during which my husband was a pension, I now make the following statements under oath to obtain the benefits of the resolution above mentioned. I am the widow of Daniel Henson who was a private soldier in the war of the Revolution and I have applyed for a pension under the act of July 7th 1838 and never ask for the amount due me from the 4th March 1836 under said resolution. I made my declaration before the 30th of April, 1844, and it was filed in the Pension Office before the 23d. of January, 1845.

Sworn to and subscribed before me on this 29th day of May 1845. 
Wm. Moore JP
Fariba X Hinson ("X" her mark)

I certify that the declarant above is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual that she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit
Wm.Moore J.P.
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State of North Carolina ss:

I Elijah Devar a resident of the county aforesaid do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Fariba Hinson who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit also with her late husband and family and that I have known them well for thirty years past, and that I have examined the record of the ages of said affidavits children made & qualified to by her and that from my knowledge of of the family I should say that the record is correct and true.

I also certify that I was a Lieutenant in the United States service in the last war, and Loyd Hinson was a private soldier under me and from his appearance then he must have been from twenty to twenty five years of age.

I further certify that Fariba Hinson the affiant is a moral religious woman & her statements deserve credit.

Sworn to and subscribed this 30th day of May 1845 before me Wm. Moore JP

Elijah Devar

I do hereby certify that Elijah Devar who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit is a respectable and intelligent person and his statements deserve full credit. Given under my hand May 30th, 1845.
Wm. Moore JP
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State of No. Carolina
Haywood County
I Walter Brown Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that William Moore Esqr whose signatures appear to the fourgowing affadavits and certifficates hereto appended is and was at the time of executing the same an acting Magistrate in and for Haywood County and state aforesaid duly commissioned and qualifide according to Law and that the fourgowing signiturs perputing to be his are genuine
I further certify that Elijah Deaver Francis B Evans and Col William Cathey who have subscribed and sworn to the fourgowing affadavits are persions in point of carrecton and varrasity of the first standing in this county and to there statements are due full faith and credit.
In testamony of all which I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of office at office at Waynesville the 31st day of May AD 1845
W. Brown Clerk
of Haywood County
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State of Georgia
Union County
Know all men by these presents that I Charlotte Cobb formerly Charlotte Henson daughter of Daniel Henson & Feraby Henson pensioners of the United States on the North Carolina Roll at the rate of - dollars per annum and Feraby Henson his widow at the rate of    dollars per annum do hereby constitute and appoint Thomas Lumpkin of Washington City my true & lawful attorney for me and in my name to examine my late mother's Feraby Henson Declaration and proof on file in the Pension Office and see if she drew as much pension money as she was entitled to under the Acts & Resolutions of Congress providing for the widows of Revolutionary soldiers hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said attorney may lawfully do by virtue of these presents.
Given under my hand and seal this the 15th day of July 1851
Charlott Cobb   [handwritten seal]
Signed sealed and delivered in presence of
Wm A. Cobb
Andrew Young PPC

State of Georgia
Union County
I Thomas M Hughs Clerk of the Superior Court of said County do hereby certify that Andrew Young whose genuine signature appears
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to the foregoing Power of Attorney is an acting Judge of the Inferior Court of this County commissioned & duly qualified as such
Given under my hand and seal of office this 16th day of July 1851
Thom. M. Hughes C.S.
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F Henson
Ga

Ex by July 27 1851
Col. Lumpkin
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July 29 1851
Rel: to case of Fariba Henson
Widow of Daniel

Thos. Lumpkin
Present

Mr. Triplett
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Washington D.C.
July 28th 1851.

Sir,
I have ex." by authority the case of Fariba Henson, widow of Daniel Henson, N.C. roll, Act 2nd Feb. 1848, and find her pension omitted from 4th March, 1836 to 4th March, 1841, which she was entitled to having presented her declaration under Act of 7th July, 1838, in March, 1844, previous to the 30th April, 1844 as provided for under the Joint Resolution of 25th Jany, 1845.
I am Sir,
Very Respy
Th. Lumpkin

Hon. J.E. Heath,
Comr. of Pensions.
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Fayetteville N.C.
July 10th "49

Dr. Sir
The enclosed papers were examined by the late Pension Agent at this place before his removal from Office, And he decided that all the requisite proofs were made but not in the precise form required.  He advised that they should be submitted for your adjudication.  Being the last payment & certificate surrendered, I hope you will allow it to be paid.
Very Respectfully &c
John McRae
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Aug 2d '45

James S. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington.


Comr
Farabe Henson
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Pension Office
Fayetteville July 29th 1845

James L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
I have supposed that all Pensioners under the Act of 1843 were entitled to the additional 4 years pay -- under the Act of June 17 1844 --
Authority is to day received to pay Faraba Henson act of 1843 for one year & it is stated that the pension expires on the 4 March 1844: possibly pensions admitted to the roll, since the passage of the latter act, are not [illegible] entitled to the extension of time.
Please advise me as to what is proper in this case & others like it.
I am Sir
very respectfully
Your Obt Ser
Jno Huske
Agt.
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Feby 12th '45

Sir
Enclosed you will find additional proof in the case of Mrs. Fariba Henson if it be pleased to report to me.
I am Respectfully
H.H. Sylvester


Col. Edwards
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Hon Clingman H.R.


Admitted

Hon. T.L. Clingman
H of R
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Declaration (underlined)

"In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 2d Feby 1848 entitled an act making further provision for surviving widows & soldiers of the Revolution"

State of North Carolina Haywood County

On this 10th day of July 1848 personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the acting magistrates in and for said county Farriba Hinson, a resident of the state and county aforesaid, aged 79 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress  passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War, That she is the widow of Daniel Hinson late pensioner deceased of Haywood County who was a private soldier in the Army of the revolution and a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $60. per annum

She also declares that she was married to the said Daniel Hinson in the summer of 1788, and that her husband the aforesaid Daniel Hinson died on the 1st January, 1843, and that she has remained a widow ever since that period or his death. Also that she has drawn pensions under the Acts of 7 July, 1838, the 3 March, 1843, and the 7 June, 1844. At the rate of sixty dollars per annum and now asks for the benefit of the Act above named.  Sworn and subscribed in the day and year first above written before me A C Hartgrove JP
Farriba Hinson ("X" her mark)

And I the said magistrate do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Farriba Hinson the above declarant, and that she is the identical person that she has represented herself to be in the foregoing declaration 

Viz: the widow of Daniel Hinson a soldier of the Revolution, and has not intermarried since his death, and a pensioner. Given under my hand on the day and year first above written

A C Hartgrove JP
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State of North Carolina
Haywood County
I Walter Brown Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for Haywood County & State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that A.C. Hartgrove Esqr before whom the foregoing declaration was made is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, at office in Waynesville this 11th dayof July AD. 1848

W. Brown Clerk
of Haywood County

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10784
Fariba Hinson
North Carolina
Act 7 July 38
husband. died 1 January 43
Declaration. filed March 44
Admitted
18 mo private
60-
Also Act 3 March [18]43

T.L. & A.T. Smith
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State of North Carolina
Haywood County
On this 16th day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty four 1844 before me William Moore one of the acting Magistrates in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Elijah Hinson a resident of the said County aged Eighty three years (83) and made oath in due form of Law to the following statements to wit;
that he is well acquainted with Daniel Hinson late Revolutionary pensioner deceased of Haywood County, also with his wife Fariba who is now applying for a pension on the account of her said Husbands Revolutionary services 
that this affiant was present and saw the said parties married which took place in Anson County N. Carolina in the summer of the year Seventeen hundred and eighty eight or nine.  that the said parties Daniel Hinson and Fariba Pool were married by a minister of the Gospel and that they have always lived togeather as husband and wife up to the time of the death of said Daniel Henson who died in said County of Haywood in the year 1843, leaving his wife Fariba a widow who has remained a widow ever since.  this affiant also stated that the parties were married without a licence  that their marriage was published which was the custom of that day and time
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before
Wm Moore JP

Elijah Hinson X his mark
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State of North Carolina
Haywood County
I certify that Elijah Hinson who hath this day sworn to and subscribed the foregoing certificate before me is is a credible person and to be belived on his oath.  Given under my hand this 16th day of March 1844.
Wm Moore JP

State of North Carolina
Haywood County  SS
I Walter Brown Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County do hereby certify that William Moore whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Magistrate in and for Haywood County North Carolina duly commissioned and appointed, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office in Waynesville this 18th day of March 1844.
W. Brown  C.C.C.
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Daniel Hinson
application
for a pension
on Va certificate 18#
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State of North Carolina Haywood County: Superior Court of Law October term A.D.1832

On this 5th day of October 1832, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable David L. Swain the judge holding the court aforesaid Daniel Henson aged 68 years a resident in the county of Haywood and state aforesaid and after being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions of an Act of Congress passed on  7 July term 1832 that he was born in the county of Culpepper in the state of Virginia on the 17th of August 1764. That he entered the service of the United States on the 10th day of March 1781 in the county of Culpepper in the state of Virginia in the infantry in the company commanded by Capt. Fields who marched him to Fredericks burgh where he was placed under the command of another captain whose name he does not recollect under the command of Col. Willis, he marched from there to Boyds Hole on Potomac River where he remained a short time and was marched back to Fredericks burgh, from there he marched to Powetan (Pohatan?) court house in Virginia in when he was placed under the command of the Baron Stueben. Was marched from there to Richmond where he remained one day and night and crossed the river to Manchester where he remained about a week, from there to point fork where he remained until the British under Cornwallis drove them out, and they marched towards North Carolina over Staunton River,  then he marched back and joined the main army at a place called the White Oak Springs, from there they marched to an old forge the name of which he has forgotten where he was detached from the foot service in the latter part of July or first of August 1781
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in the horse in the company commanded by Captain Hughes under the command of Col. White, that he remained scouting about the month of October when he marched to York Town and was in the siege against Cornwallis. After the surrender of that place he returned to Petersburg in Virginia, from there he marched about the first of December under the command of Genl Wayne for Georgia, he marched through North and South Carolina and to a place called (illegible) where he remained until the cessation of hostility, he then marched to Savannah and from there to Charleston in South Carolina where he was discharged or within 16 miles of there at a place called Bacon's Bridge in the month of September 1782 having served 18 months. that he has no means of proving his service except by his own oath, he hereby relinquishes his claim to any pension whatsoever except the present and declares his name is not on the pension list or the (illegible) of any state.
Daniel Henson

Sworn to in open court 5th of Oct. 1832
J B Love Clk

Mr. Jacob Smith and John Gooch recording in the neighbourhood of Daniel Henson do certify that we are well acquainted with said Daniel Henson who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be 68 years of age; that it is repeated and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides that he was a soldier in the Revolution and we concur in that opinion. Sworn to in open court 5th of Oct. 1832 Jno B Love Clk

Jacob Smith
John Gooch ("X" his mark)

I David L. Swain the judge holding the court aforesaid declare that itis my opinion after the investigation of matters, and after putting the following interrogatories, to wit, where and in what year were you born? Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? Where were you living when called into the service; where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you live now?
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How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute? 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 service. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity and your services as a soldier of the Revolution; that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And I further certify that it affiant to me that Jacob Smith and John Gooch who have signed the above certificate do reside in the neighbourhood of the said applicant, that they are creditable persons and their statement entitled to credit
D. L. Swain (illegible)

I John B Love, clerk of the Superior Court of law for the county of Haywood aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Danl. Henson, for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office Oct. 5, 1832
 Jno B Love Clk