Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17469, John Hair, Va.
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Va.

Hair, John

S.17469

Carded
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[form]

19342

Indiana

John Hair
of Hamilton in the State of Ina
who was a pr in the co commanded by Captain Roberts of the regt commanded by Col Harrison of the Va. line for 7 mos 10 ds

Inscribed on the Roll of Ina
at the rate of 24 Dollars 44 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 27 dat of Augt 1833 and Calvin Fletcher Indianoplis

Arrears to the 4th of March             48.88
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 12.22
                                                              61.10

Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by David Boyd
Book E Vol. 7 Page 114

Death date not on A.B.
Va.
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John Hair

Application for a pension

No 6622
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State of Indiana Hamilton County Ss

On this 15th day of August 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before John Finch the sole judge of the probate court of the said County of Hamilton, now siting. John Hair, a resident of the county aforesaid, aged seventy five 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 act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.–That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. To wit, he entered the said service by a draft in Augusta County, Virginia, to march on an expedition against the Indians then committing depredations on the frontier settlements in the State of Pennsylvania, in the neighborhood of Pittsborough, there called Fort Pitt. This applicant states that he belonged to a company commanded by Captain Robert Cravens, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Harrison of the Virginia Militia. This applicant does not recollect the names of any other officers commanding the said expedition except one Captain Con Swarrengen & Col. Campbell. He recollects that there were about two thousand men in company one thousand of which were regular soldiers. He states that they crossed the Ohio river about 18 miles below Fort Pitt, where they erected a fort on the north west side of the river, which they called Fort McIntosh, that this fort was left in possession of a Garrison of which Col. Campbell had the command while the remainder od the soldiers were marched under the command of the other officer to the Msukiingum river in pursuit of Indians, but they returned without having any engagement. The said applicant does not recollect the month or year in which he was drafted but thinks it was in the month of September that the expedition and lasted for
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the space of at least three months all of which was spent tome North West of the Ohio River except the time spent in marching to said river. That the militia were discharged at Fort McIntosh from which place the said militiamen returned home without any person acting as commander. This application was in no battle during this expedition–This applicant states that after he was dismissed from the service aforesaid & returned home to Augusta County aforesaid, where a short time before the battle between General Green and the British army at Guilford Court house he entered the service a second time in the company commanded by Capt James Tate in Col. Moffit's or Campbell's regiment, that he was in said battle at Guilford Court house in which his captain was killed, and about one half of the soldiers belonging to Capt. Tates company company were killed wounded or taken prisoners as this applicant distinctly recollects that out of about 60 men belonging to his company only about thirty two or three were left fit for duty. That a few days after the aforesaid battle this applicant was discharged at a place called the old Ironworks, whence he returned home to Augusta County, having spent in the service in this tour about two months and a half–The fall ensuing the expiration of the last mentioned services, the said John Hare entered the service a third time in Captain Buckhanan's Company, that the men meet at a place called Rock fish gap where they were put into company under Captain Buckhannon's were marched from that place to Richmond where they were joined by several other companies of militia, whence they were marched to the siege of Cornwallace [sic] at Little York, that the British were driven ot of some of their fortifications the evening before the party to which this applicant belonged reached Little York, and that they
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rendered as prisoners of war seventeen days after this applicant arrived at Little York. That the party to which he belonged was sent as a guard of the British prisoners to Winchester, but that he was taken sick after having marched several days and so soon as he became able to travel returned home–This applicant states that he has a recollection of many of the officers of the regular army among whom were Washington & LaFayette, That he spent in the service during this campaign at least two months–That he has no dockumentary [sic] evidence, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and he declare that his name is not on the agency{?} of any state or territory.

Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.

[signed] John Hair

Jno. D. Stephenson Clk, [?], P, [?]

Mr. William S. Goe and James Stephenson both residents of the County of Hamilton, Indiana, and of the neighborhood of the above named John Hare (there being no clergymen residing in said neighborhood) do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John Hare who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy five years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.

[signed] William S. Goe
James Stephenson

Jno D Stephenson Clk
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And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interogatories [sic] prescribed by the War department, that the within named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states, And the court further certifies that it appears to him that William S. Goe and James Stephenson who have signed the within certificate are residents of the County of Hamilton and State of Indiana, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

[signed] John Finch
Probate Judge of Hamilton Co.

Indiana To wit
Hamilton County

I John D. Stephenson clerk of the probate court of Hamilton County Indiana, Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Hair for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Noblesville this fifteenth day of August AD 1832.

[signed] Jno D Stephenson Clk

John Hair
Application for a pension
No 6622
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6622
John Hair
Indiana.

from 1776 private
7 1/3 months
$24.46/100

4.5.
Int 1.2.3.6.7.
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[?] Nov 24

Calvin Fletcher
Indianapolis
Inda
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[printed form with handwritten answers]

6622

BRIEF in the case of John Hair of Hamilton County in the State of Indiana
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In open court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? 75 years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.
does not recollect the months or years but thinks it was in September & 

entered the service again

Entered again

Duration of Service.
Years, Months/ Days.
that the expedition lasted for 4 mths. at least

Served about 2 1/2 months

served 2 months at least

Rank.

Names of General and Field Officer under whom he served.
Gen.
Va. militia
Colo. Harrison' Regt.
Capt. Robert Cravens
Colo. Moffitt or Campbell's Regt.
Capt. James Tate
Capt Patrick Buchanan

5. In which battles was he engaged? Battle at Guilford Ct. He.

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Augusta County, Virginia

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary evidence

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what  respect?

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Examining Clerk.
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[Printed form with handwritten responses]

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Hair a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Six months before battle of Guilford

Five or six mos. before the surrender of Cornwallis

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
3 mos.
2 mos. 10 d.
2 mos.

RANK.
Private
"
"

OFFICERS UNDERR WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Robert Craven Built Fort McIntosh
James Tate
Patrick Buchanan

COLONEL.
Harrison
Moffitt & Campbell

STATE.
Va.

Battles engaged in, Guilford Court House (Mch 1781) 7 siege & surrender of Yorktown (Oct 6 1781)

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Augusta Co., Virginia

Date of application for pension, Aug. 15, 1832. His claim was allowed.

Residence at date of application, Hamilton Co., Indiana.

Age at date of application, born Apl. 25, 1758 in Augusta Co., Virginia

Remarks: after the Revolution he resided in Kentucky 10yrs., Ohio 20 yrs.; & 7 years in Indiana previous to 1832. Date of his death not known. There is no family data on file.

Respectfully, Commissioner

1832
    39
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1793

Office note: 
Fort McIntosh was built in 1778.
.
Lossing II p. 293
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17469
INVALID

File No. 17.469

John Hair
Rri Rev War

Act: June 7 32
Vol. 1, Page 165

[Arrangement of 1870.]

1919 Nov. 4 Hist. to Clarence C. Heald, letter in S. 4325
John Hair
1935 Aug 1. Hist. to Mrs. Nina Kenery
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August 1, 1935

Mrs. Nina Kemery
208 East Maumee
Angelo, Indiana. 

BA-J/ ILL
John Hair
S. 17469

Dear Madam: 

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Hair (Hare), who was pensioned while residing in Hamilton County, Indiana. 

The data given herein regarding John Hair, as he signed his name, are found in the papers on file in his claim for pension, S. 17469, based upon his service in that war. 

John Hair was born April 25, 1756 in Augusta County, Virginia; the names of his parents are not shown. 

While a resident of Augusta County, Virginia, he enlisted and served three months as private under Captian Robert Graven's company, Colonel Harrison's Virginia regiment, during which period he assisted in building Fort McIntosh. He enlisted about six weeks before the battle of Gailford, served as private in Captain James Tate's company, under Colonel Meffett and Campbell, was in the battle of Gailford, in which his captain was killed, and was discharged at the Old Iron Words, having served two months and ten days. he served next in the fall of 1781, two months in Captain Patrick Buckingham's company, marched to Yorktown and was in the Siege there, afterwards, guarded prisoners to Winchester, length of said service at least two months.

After the Revolutionary War, the soldier resided in Kentucky about ten years, afterwards resided in Ohio about twenty years, then moved to Indiana. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 15,
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1832, at which time he resided in Hamilton County, Indiana. He stated that he had resided in Indiana about nine years. 

John Hair made no reference to wife or children. 

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of the pensioner, you should reply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following: 

John Hair
Certificate #19345
Issued August 27, 1833
Rate $34.44 per [illegible]
Commenced March 4, 1831. 
Act of June 7.
Indiana Agency. 

No charge is made for this service. 

Very truly yours, 

A. D. HILLER, 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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Angola Ind. 
July, 21. 35

Veterans Administration
Washington. D. C

Dear Sir

I am trying to find out the service record of John Hair (Hare), who served from Virginia during Revolution War, and received a pension while living in Hamilton County Indiana. 

If you have the service record and any family data would be pleased to hear from you and what would the charges be, to secure same. 

Sincerely,

Mrs Aria Kemery
208. E. Maumee
Angola. Ind.
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The State of Indiana
Hamilton County

Be it remembered that on the 30th day of April 1833 personally appeared before me the undersigned, a justice of the peace for the County of Hamilton, Indiana, John Hair 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 year he entered the service of the United States as a soldier during the revolutionary war and for the same reason cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services, but according to the best of his recollection he entered the service of the U States the first time in the year 1776 of 1777 but as to the year he may be mistaken but us certain it was within the first two years after Washington was appointed commander in chief of the armies of the U States the first time, and he served not less than in the periods mentioned below and in the following grades: 1 For three months in active service and one week returning home after my discharge at Ft. McIntosh I served as a private. 2 I entered the service as set forth in my application the second time about six weeks before the battle of Guilford Court House and for two months and ten days I served as a private. 3 I entered the service to perform my third tour five or six weeks before the summer of Lord Cornwallis at Little York; and for the two months I served as a private and for such service I claim a pension. 

This applicant further upon his oath says he is informed that he was born in Augusta County Virginia 25 day of Apl 1758. That he has at his residence in this county in his bible, a record of his age.

That he was residing in Augusta Co. when called  to perform his 3 terms of duty.

That since the revolution he has resided ten years in Kentucky--20 in Ohio & about 9 in this state, where he now resides
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that he received a written discharge from Capt Cravens for his first tour of service which he has lost - That he cannot state with certainty whether he received written discharges for his 2 & 3 tours of duty or not, 
if so, they are lost-

This applicant is not acquainted with any clergyman residing in his neighborhood or county but that he has been well acquainted with Wm S Goe for about 9 years and James Stephenson for upwards of thirty years, who have both resided in his present neighborhood for several years past & who testifies as to his character for truth and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution - 
John Hair

Sworn and subscribed to the day and year first above written. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal
Jesse Wilson [handwritten seal]
Justice of the peace of Hamilton County Ia

Indiana To wit
Hamilton County 
I John D Stephenson Clerk of the Hamilton Circuit Court, hereby certify that Jesse Wilson Esq before whom the above affidavit was made and whose name appears to the above certificate is now and was at the time of taking and signing the same an acting  justice of the peace within and for said  County duly commissioned and sworn into office. And that faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Noblesville this 30th day of April Eighteen hundred & thirty three -
Jno D Stephenson 
Cl

[round seal with ribbon attached]
HAMILTON COU
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John Hair Application for a pension--corrected.

Please direct any communication on the subject to C [?] Indianapolis
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Brief objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Hair [handwritten] which require further proof or explanation. 

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? 
Yes [handwritten]
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 
Yes [handwritten]
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? 
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war he served? 
No [handwritten]
V. Has he mentioned the 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? 
No [handwritten]
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? 
Yes [handwritten]
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? 
Yes [handwritten]
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? 
Yes [handwritten]
IX. Had the Clerk given his certificate? 
Yes [handwritten]
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? 
Yes it has a device. [handwritten]
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to the belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? 
certified by two citizens [handwritten]
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 
yes- no clergyman visiting in the neighborhood. [handwritten]
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? 
Yes [handwritten]
VIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? 
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? 
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such age, as to have a person knowledge of the applicant's service? 
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? 
Yes [handwritten] 
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactory? and if not, which of them is not so answered? 
1, 2, 3, in part 6 and 7. 

EXPLANATORY NOTES. 
QUERE V. 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, &. 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 the following grades: For [blank] year [blank] months [blank] days, I served as a [blank]. For [blank] months and [blank] days, I served as a [blank]; and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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 of four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectable. 
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service. 
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under her seal of office. 
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.