Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7,012, Robert Hill, N.C.
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(3-1776) 

SERVICE
N.C.  

Hill, Robert 

NUMBER
S.7012

Carded

CONTENTS
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3792 
North Carolina
Robert Hill Senr.
of Stokes in the State of N. Carolina who was a Pt , Lt & Captain the company commanded by Captain Goode of the Regt commanded by Armstrong in the N Car. [Carolina] line for 14 months from 1776

Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 173 Dollars 33 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of January 1833 and sent to Hon A H Shepperd House of Reps

Arrears to 7th of Sept 1832. 
Semi-ann'l allowance ending 4 Mar: 33
259.99
86.67
$346.66
Revolutionary claims Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk
Book D Vol. 8 page 32

Let to Hon D.S. Reed Jan 31 '11
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3792 
North Carolina
Robert Hill Senr.
of Stokes in the State of N. Carolina who was a Pt , Lt & Captain the company commanded by Captain Goode of the Regt commanded by Armstrong in the N Car. [Carolina] line for 14 months from 1776

Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 173 Dollars 33 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of January 1833 and sent to Hon A H Shepperd House of Reps

Arrears to 7th of Sept 1832. 
Semi-ann'l allowance ending 4 Mar: 33
259.99
86.67
$346.66
Revolutionary claims Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk
Book D Vol. 8 page 32

Let to Hon D.S. Reed Jan 31 '11
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Address Eisha Smith at Salisbury N.C.

Robert Hill
NC at [illegible] 32

Robert Hills power of attorney
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Elisha Smith
Power of Att.
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Elisha Smith Power of Att.
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Elisha Smith 
Power of Att.
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Know all men by these presents that we Joel Hill and John Hill of the county of Stokes and State of North Carolina, sons and heirs at law of Robert Hill deceased, who was a revolutionary soldier and officer, do nominate institute and appoint Elisha Smith of Rowan County and State of North Carolina, our true and lawful attorney for us and in our name to examine the records of the war department for widows as to the services of our father as aforesaid, and all the papers that may be on file in the pension office on which he drew a pension, or was entitled to receive a pension. And the commissioner of pensions or other officers of the government who may have on file any papers in their offices will please let our agent and attorney examine those papers. We make this power of attorney for the benefit of our brothers and sisters as well as for ourselves.
In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our names and seals this the 5th day of January 1852. Signed Sealed and delivered in the presence of Joel F Hill
Joel Hill {seal}
Jno Hill {seal}
On this the 5th day of January 1852, personally appeared before me James M. Covington a Justice of the Peace duly authorized to take acknowledgments within and for the county of Stokes and State aforesaid Joel Hill and John Hill who subscribed to the foregoing and acknowledged the same to be their act and deed for the purposes therein set forth and described. I further certify that they are interested as claimants in the casae and that they did personally make oath before me to the same fact.  J. M. Covington JP
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State of North Carolina
Stokes county  }
I John Hill Clerk of the court of pleas and quarter sessions for Stokes county do hereby certify that James M. Covington is a magistrate as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 5th day of January 1852
JNO Hill CCC
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State of North Carolina
Stokes County  }
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace for the county of Stokes aforesaid Robert Hill who being duly sworn deposeth and with that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he can not swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served no less than the period mentioned below and in the following grades:
For five months I served  as a private
For five months I served as a lieutenant 
For four months and two weeks I served as a Captain
and for such service I claim a pension 
Sworn to and subscribed the 21st November AD 1832 before Thos T Armstrong JP
Robert Hill


And the said Robert Hill hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any other state whatever.  Witness  Thos T Armstrong JP  Robert Hill

State of North Carolina
Stokes County   }
I John Hill Clerk of the court of pleas and quarter sessions for the aforesaid county of Stokes certify that Thomas T. Armstrong whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit is a duly commissioned, qualified and acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county of Stokes and that his signature as such, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto  set my hand  and affix the seal of said courts at office the day and year above written  Jno Hill ccc
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North Carolina
Stokes County }  
On the 14th day of September 1832 personally appeared William Core William Poindexter and H Sanderson, in open court before the court of Pleas and quarter sessions for the county of stokes in the State of North Carolina now calling Robert Hill senior aged eight one years on the 19th of February next a resident of the county of Stokes in the state of N Carolina who being first sworn in open court 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.
He states that he was born in Carolina county state of Virginia on the seventeenth of February  1752 according to the tradition or account of  my parents. That he has no record of the same in his possession but supposes that it remains amongst the parish register of the County of Caroline aforesaid.  That he removed to North Carolina in the year of 1770 and settled in what was then the county of Rowan now the county of Stokes and where he has ever since continued to reside. At which time that in the early part of the year 1776 according to the best of his recollection he volunteered as a militia private in the county of Surry now Stokes  as aforesaid for a tour of service against the Tories that were embedded near Cross Creek now called Fayetteville  in North Carolina under Captain
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Richard Goode of the regiment under Col. Alexander Martin that he accordingly with his company marched to the said  town of Fayetteville and cross creek but before the arrival of the troops to which he belonged the Tory force had been defeated by the troops under the command of Governor Caswell. His services had been known and called the Scotch expedition on account of the Tory force in that part of the state being principally comprised of that people. That the object of the march being then effected, deponnt with the rest of the troops to which he belonged was dismissed at Fayetteville,  but, did not receive any written evidence of his discharge. He is unable to state the length of time in which he was engaged in the service during the tour but thinks it was a month or more. That upon his return home on  or about the middle of July 1776 in the then county of Surry (formerly Rowan and now Stokes he volunteered under Captain Richard Goode, Thomas Evans Lieutenant and marched under the command of Colonel Martin Armstrong to Turkey Creek in the county of Wilkes in order to reclaim a fort besieged by the Indians on the Walauga. While at Turkey Creek they received intelligence that the Indians had retired from the same. That he remained in that [illegible] or [illegible] for two or three weeks when his company was marched back to Surry County when his company was placed under the command of Colonel Joseph Williams and Major Joseph Thurston and  was marched to the long Island  and Hoboken where they were encamped for four or five weeks. that at this point they were joined by the
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Virginia troops from whence they marched under Genl Christie to the Cherokee towns that previous to the arrival of the force to which deponent was marched. The hostile indians had been defeated by the South Carolina forces and had retired from the settlement- That he was at several of these towns that were described, many of which were by us destroyed. He remained in the Indian country until the conclusion of peace. That from thence he was marched back and left the troop by permission at new river, being anxious to reach home more speedily than by remaining in the line of march. That in the expedition he was employed as near as he can tell for about five months, though the particular time he cannot now recollect. That he was merely discharged by permission or direction of his officer and without any written evidence thereof. That after returning from the expedition that militia were frequently employed in or immediately surrounding [the] county in suppressing the depredations of the Tories. That in the war he as Lieutenant was on several occasions out in actual service, some being for a few weeks out and some were for a longer time  but he is unable to state the entire period embraced by the irregular service but thinks it could not have been less than two months.

That in the year 1780 he volunteered and went as Lieutenant under Captain William Meredy or Meredith and marched on a southern expedition to join General Gates at Salisbury and his company found General Rutherford of the North Carolina militia
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under whose command he marched still farther south when in the county of Cabarrus North Carolina, deponent while encamped with the regiment was seriously injured by the falling of a tree upon him,  which actually killed a soldier sleeping by his side. That on account of the injury he was unable march on with the troops which succeeded in joining General Sharkly before his defeat That in consequence of the accident he was detained for several weeks in the neighborhood where it happened at the house of one Barreyes. As soon as he was able to ride he returned home but was for some time thereafter and for a longer time than the end of the three months for which he had engaged unable to perform the duty of an officer or soldier. For this reason he came home by permission of his superior officer but without any discharge in writing. That about the first of February or last of January 1787 he as Captain raised a volunteer company under Major Joseph Winston and marched near Hillsborough North Carolina where he joined the troops from South Carolina under the command of General Pickens. Shortly thereafter he was directed and returned home in order to raise additional volunteers and to return to the army within ten days. But before this period had expired and before he had accomplished the object for which he was detached, the battle of Guilford had taken place and the expedition ended. In this service he was engaged as well as he recollects about six weeks. That shortly after the battle of Guilford deponent again commanded a company of
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volunteers and marched with them in pursuit of the British who were retiring towards Wilmington in North Carolina. His company was under the command of Robert Smith acting either as Colonel or General (and he is unable to state which). In the service he remained near the sea coast of North Carolina where he remained until intelligence of the capture of the British forces at York town reached the troops to which he was attached. Soon after which he returned home . In this service he was engaged for three months or more. He states that he has no written or documentary evidence of his services nor is it reachable for him without great trouble and expense to offer any other proof thereof except the accompanying affidavits of Joseph Banner, Charles Davis and William Merit.

That Solomon Petree and Joseph T Wright and others of his neighbors are ready to testify to his general good character for veracity and their belief in his having been a soldier in the Revolution. 
Robert Hill
Sworn to and subscribed in open court, the day and year above stated. 
Attest John Hill ccc [clerk of county court]

Joseph Banner Senior maketh oath that he was well acquainted with Robert Hill who has made the foregoing declaration during the revolutionary war that they were fellow soldiers together in the expedition mentioned here by declaration against the Cherokee indians in the year 1776.
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that he well recollects that Richard Goode was his Captain, Thomas Evans Lieutenant. That he continued in the service and served or stated by him until peace was made with the Indians. That he also well recollects that said Hill as Lieutenant and Captain had frequent command of volunteer company engaged in securing the county aforesaid as stated by him. Deponent was himself under the command of said Hill while engaged in the services. 
As to the other expeditions, Deponent has no personal knowledge, not being engaged in them. But as he all the time of the war lived a neighbor to said Hill he well recollects him going out as Militia soldier at the time mentioned and [illegible] and he does not doubt then entire truth  of his statement and declares to the same. 
Joseph Banner
Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year above stated. Test John Hill CCC [clerk of county court]

Charles Davis maketh oath that he knew Robert Hill the applicant during the war of the revolution. That he was [illegible] with said Hill in the expedition mentioned by him to the south in order to join General Ealy in the year 1780. He well remembers the circumstances of said Hills being wounded by the fall of a tree as mentioned by him and that while deponent marched on with the army the next day, said Hill was unable to proceed with them and  afterward he saw said Hill confined by the injury at the house of one Saul Barreyes in Cabarrus county NC. That said Hill acted as Lieutenant.

William Merit also swears that he was of the expedition mentioned by said Robert Hill to the South in order to join General Gates in 1780 He well remembers said Hill being crippled by the fall of a tree. That he deponent was detached with two others to remain and wait upon said Hill during his illness. Said Hill acted in other expeditions as Lieutenant under Captain William Merit 
Charles Davis
William Merit
Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year above stated. 
Attest John Hill CCC [clerk of county court]
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James T. Wright a regular clergyman in the [illegible] Methodist Church and Solomon Petree residents of the county of Stokes State of NC certify that they are well acquainted with Robert Hill of the county aforesaid, an applicant for a pension. That he is esteemed in his neighborhood as a man of veracity and reputed to have been a soldier in the revolution, in which opinion they concur. They further certify they believe him to be of the age stated by himself. S. Petree James T Wright
Sworn and subscribed in open court the day and year above stated. 
Test Jno Hill Ccc

And the said court do hereby certify and declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant Richard Hill was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. & [illegible] the court further certifies that it appears to them that James T Wright who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the said county of Stokes and that Soloman Petree who has also signed the same is a resident also of said county of Stokes and is a  credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. And the court further certifies that Joseph Banner Charles Davis and William Merett who have made the accompanying affidavits of the Revolutionary services of the applicant are credible witnesses and that their statements are entitled to belief.
I John Hill Clerk of the court of Pleas and quarter sessions, of Stokes county NC do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the
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in the matter of the application of Robert Hill for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Office in Germantown in said County of Stokes this 15th day of September AD 1832
Jno Hill ccc
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August 11, 1936
Mr. Harry Z. Tucker
Stokesdale
North Carolina

Robert HIll
S.7012
BA-J/MLB

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of August 6, 1936, in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Robert Hill, a pensioner of Stokes County, North Carolina.  You state that this is your second request for the record of that soldier.

No record has been found of the receipt of your former letter.

The record of Robert Hill follows as found in pension claim, S. 7012, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

Robert Hill was born February 17, 1752, in Caroline County, Virginia; the names of his parents are not given. He moved to North Carolina in 1770 and settled in that  part of Rowan County which was later Surry County and still later Stokes County that state.

Robert Hill volunteered  early in 1776 in Surry County, North Carolina, and served a month as private in Captain Richard Goode's company, Colonel Alexander Martin's North Carolina regiment, in the Scotch Expedition, and returned home about the middle of July, 1776.  He then volunteered under the same captain and served as private in Colonels Martin Armstrong's and Joseph Williams' North Carolina regiments. length of this tour four months. He volunteered in 1780, served as lieutenant in Captain William Meredith's North Carolina company on a southern expedition, and while encamped with his regiment in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, was injured by a falling tree which incapacitated him for some time, length of tour five months. In the beginning of the year, 1781, he served six weeks as captain under Major Joseph Winston in the North Carolina troops, and after the battle of Guilford served three months as captain in Colonel Robert Smith's North Carolina regiment. 

The solider was allowed pension on his application executed September 14, 1853, while a resident of Stokes County, North Carolina.
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At the time of his application for pension, he was referred to as Robert Hill, Senior.

The name of soldier's wife is not given.

In 1852, Joel and John Hill, sons of Robert Hill, the soldier, were living in Stokes County, North Carolina.  They referred at that time to their brothers and sisters but gave no names.

In 1852, one John Hill was Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, and M. O. Hill was Clerk of the County Court of stokes County, North Carolina; their relationship to the soldier was not stated.

Very truly yours
A.D. Miller
Executive Assistant 
to the adminstrator
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Address: "Chief of the Record and Pension office, War Department 
Record and Pension Office
War Department,
Washington, October 20, 1902
Respectfully returned to 
Mrs. F. L. Bills
Urbana, Illinois 
Under the rules of this department applications of this character, to receive consideration, should contain a statement setting forth the relationship of the applicant to the person whose record is desired.

Recd. Back R. & P.O Oct 24, 1902 AC
By authority of the Secretary of War
F C Ainsworth
Chief, Record and Pension Office.
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Record and Pension Office
War Department,
Washington  November 25, 1902

Respectfully returned to
Mrs. F. L. Bills
Urbana, Illinois 
Nothing further has been found of record in this office relative to the service of Robert Hill, Rynam's Company of North Carolina Militia, Revolutionary war, additional to what is stated in the communication to you from this office of the 25th ultimo. For information from the pension records relative to the soldier application should be addressed to the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C, who is the custodian of the pension records of the Revolutionary war, and whose office is separate and distinct the Record and Pension office of the war department.

One inclosure.
Dec 3 1002 Files

By authority of the Secretary of War,
FC Ainworth
Chief, Record and Pension Office.
Per 
(300a)
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Address: "Chief of the Record and Pension office, War Department Washington Dc'

Record and Pension office
War Department
Washington, October 25, 1902
Respectfully returned to
Mrs. F. L Bills,
Urbana, Illinois 
It is shown by the records of this office that one Robert Hill served as a private in Bynum's Company of North Carolina Militia, Revolutionary war. His name appears only on a roll of the company for the company of April, 1781, which affords no additional particulars relative to his service. 

One inclosure.
Recd. Back R. & P.O Nov 25, 1902

By authority of the Secretary of War
FC Ainsworth
Chief, REcord and Pension office
per
(300a)
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House Representatives
Washinton Jan 29, 1846

Sir,
Please examine the enclosed letter of Mr. Duval and inform me where there is any thing due the heirs of Robert Hill and if so, what it is.

Very  Respectfully,
Your Obt sert
David S. Reid

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Com. of Pensions
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[Left Column]

[illegible-1st entry]
1896 Apr 11
Hist to D. L. Hill Germantown NC
May 4'96 [illegible] [illegible] to Mrs. M H Gibson Chicago Ills
July 6 97 Hist to R H Kerr, Chicago Ills
Dec 13-1902 Mrs. F.L Bills Urbana Ill
1906 March 23- History of Robert Hill to Mrs M. S.  Armed - mmhf

[Center Column]
Rev War
7012
INVALID

File No.  7012
Robert Hill [illegible]
Capt Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: - Vol. 1st, Page 173
[Arrangement of 1870]

[Column on right]
1936 August 11 Hist to Harry Z. Tucker
1907 June 28 Hist to L. H. Hill M. D. 1907 Dec 4. Hist to E.W. Ross
1915 Dec 1. Hist to Hon Wm. Rucker  1918 March 19 Miss Margaret Cassell
1935 May 25 Hist to Miss Adelaide L. Fires (see let in clm D.3723 of David Poindexter - mlb
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Office of Secretary
[seal]
Missouri Society
Bethany, Mo  Jan 5, 1895
Hon Wm Lochren 
Commissioner of Pensions,
Dear Sir,
Please send me the military history of Robert Hill Sr. a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
He was placed on the pension roll Jan 3rd 1833 while a resident of Stokes Co North Carolina.
I desire his information for his descendant Mr. W. S Gardner Of Clinton Iowa.
Very Truly yours,
Henry Cadle
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Chicago
Apr 27th 1876
Pension Department
Washington DC
Commissioner of Pensions - Kindly furnish me with copy of application papers of Robert
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Hill Stokes Co. North Carolina presented in 1833.  He served in the American Revolution and I wish to present my claim as a Daughter of the American Revolution.
Hoping to hear from you soon. I am lineal descendant of Robert Hill.  Martha Hill Gibson 5319 Washington Ave  Chicago
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Chicago Chapter
Mrs.. Frederick Dickenson Chapter regent 26 Bryant Ave
Mrs. Dwight W. Graves Vice Regent 214 Goeth St
Mrs. Richard H. Kerr Registrar 5319 Washington Ave
Mrs. Seymour Morris Rec.Sec'y 5342 Washington Ave
Mrs. J Ellsworth Gross  Cor. Sec'y 3600 Michigan Ave
Mrs. J. A. Coleman Treasurer 72 E 48th St

Chicago
June 22nd 1897
Department of the Interior
Will you furnish me with an exact copy of Capt Robert Hill Sr. Pension Papers? He enlisted from surry County North Carolina and an
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Chicago Chapter
Mrs.. Frederick Dickenson Chapter regent 26 Bryant Ave
Mrs. Dwight W. Graves Vice Regent 214 Goeth St
Mrs. Richard H. Kerr Registrar 5319 Washington Ave
Mrs. Seymour Morris Rec.Sec'y 5342 Washington Ave
Mrs. J Ellsworth Gross Cor. Sec'y 3600 Michigan Ave
Mrs. J. A. Coleman Treasurer 72 E 48th St


Sept 14th 1832 was granted a pension for services in the Rev. War. It is the information concerning our families that the pension papers will furnish is why I am so desirous of obtaining an exact copy of these papers.
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Chicago Chapter
Mrs.. Frederick Dickenson Chapter regent 26 Bryant Ave
Mrs. Dwight W. Graves Vice Regent 214 Goeth St
Mrs. Richard H. Kerr Registrar 5319 Washington Ave
Mrs. Seymour Morris Rec.Sec'y 5342 Washington Ave
Mrs. J Ellsworth Gross Cor. Sec'y 3600 Michigan Ave
Mrs. J. A. Coleman Treasurer 72 E 48th St

Family records destroyed during the "civil war".  A reasonable charge  will be gladly paid.
Most truly yours
 Mrs. Richard H. Kerr
53 Washington Ave
Chicago
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[circle stamp]
Pension Office D U S Dec 1, 1902

Commissioner of Pensions Washington DC

Dear Sir,
The Records and
Pensions Bureau refers me to your department for  information desired concerning Robert Hill Supposed to be a Major in Revolutionary war
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Kindly give me what you have on record concerning him as  Major or if enclosed material concerning his pension is correct.
Thanking you  I am 
Respectfully yours
Grace Somers Bills
Mrs F L Bills
Urbana
Nov 22 1902
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[stamp]
Record and Pension office  703444 1902

 Urbana Ill Oct 18/02
Robert Hill
N C Rev War
Grace Sumers Bills requests rev war record
of above named

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OLD WAR & NAVY FILES U S P B
Dec 3 1902
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Record and Pension Bureau
Washington DC
Messrs
Please give me military service of Robert Hill Major from North Carolina, services the Revolutionary war. I wish this information for the purpose of establishing my claim to the member[ship]
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membership in the DAR. I think  Robert Hill received a pension. Hoping to receive an early reply.  I remain respectfully yours 
Grace Somers Bills
(Mrs F L)
Urbana, Ills, Oct 8th 1902


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Pension Office D U S Dec 1, 1902
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R and PO 703444 Nov 25 07

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Pension Office D U S Dec 1, 1902
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Records and Pension Bureau
Washington DC
Messrs
Since yours of the 25th of October I find this information concerning Robert Hill. Kindly inform me if correct - Robert Hill enlisted for service in Revolution from Surry Co N.C. applied for pension
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Sep 14th 1832.. He resided on date of application, Stokes Co. NC. Age at date of application 81 years. The above Robert Hill assisted in establishing American independence by serving in the capacity of Major.  According to dates the Robert Hill
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of Rynums Company and Major Robert Hill are one and the same person. Can the records prove this by date of application for pension. Thanking you for an early reply. I remain Grace Somers Bills (Mrs F L)
Urbana Illinois  Nov 23 1902
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L.H.Hill, MD
Physician and Surgeon
Germanton, N.C

Germanton N.C. June 10th 1907
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions 
Washington DC
I have been informed that Congress, has passed a law allowing the descendants of Soldiers of the Revolution the amount of land warrants or money allowed by pension. My Grandfather Robert Hill Sr. applied for pension Sept 14, 1832 but died before drawing it. I have a genealogical record of most of his descendants and am his youngest grandchild, 70 years old. If any money is due him, or his descendants, I would like to know and institute means to get it. My object is to place a suitable
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monument to his grave as there is nothing to mark it but an ordinary gravestone. He died in 1834.
Very Respectfully
L H Hill MD

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O W & N DIV 
Jun 12 1907

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PENSION OFFICE A U S
JUN 11 1907
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Washington DC,
Nov 23, 1907
The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC
Sir,
I have the honor to request that you furnish me information as to the service of Robert Hill SR. As shown by the records of your office. Hill fought in the Revolutionary War, first as a private, then a lieutenant, and later became a captain. His home was twelve miles north of Statesville, NC in what was then Rowan County- the "Liberty Hill" settlement.
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He was born about 1740, his parents James and Elizabeth Hill coming from Ireland; died June 12, 1800. Hill's second wife was Mary Logan and the date of her death is August 28, 1821.
Respectfully 
EW Ross
1700 Fifteenth Street.

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PENSION OFFICE A U S
NOV 25 1907
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3-595
Record Division
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Dec 3, 1907
Searched by Gill
Original no. _____
Certificate no._____
Claimant , ______
Soldier, Robert Hill Sr.
Service. Capt, etc N.C line Rev War
Remarks: no claim as above except  I 7012

Chief of Division ____
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Harriman Tenn. March 9th 1918
Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington DC
Dear Sir:
Please furnish me with the pension records of Capt. Robert Hill of Stokes Co. NC a soldier of the Revolutionary war, and Arthur Frogge a soldier of the War of 1812.
Thanking you in advance, I am,
Yours very truly,
Miss Margaret Cassell
[stamped] Pension Office Mar 11, 1918
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Stokesdale, N.C.
August 6, 1936

Veterans Administration 
Washington, DC
My Dear Sirs:
Will you please send me what data you have on Robert HIll, a soldier of the Revolution, who was granted a pension while a resident of Stokes County, North Carolina?
This is my second request, and I trust that you will be able to give this your immediate attention.
Very Truly,
Harry Z. Tucker
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O.W. & N Div.
L. H. R.
I.7012   Department of the Interior 
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington DC   May 4th, 1896

Madam,
Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of Robert Hill, Sr., a soldier of the Revolutionary war, I have the honor to advise you that he made an application for pension on September 11th 1832, at which time he was residing in Stokes Co. NC and 80 years of age, and his pension was allowed for five months actual service as a private, five months service as a lieutenant, and four and a half months service as a Captain in the No. Carolina troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Richard Goode and Col. Martin. He enlisted from Surry Co., N.C.
Owing to the pressure of other and more important work of the Bureau it cannot undertake to furnish detailed statement of the service of Revolutionary soldiers as set forth in their pension papers.
Very respectfully 
Commissioner 

Mrs. Martha Hill Gibson
5319 Washington Ave., Chicago Ills.
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This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services. Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary war and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the government are on file in the Record and Pension office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary war may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original states.

M. E. C.
Inv. 7012
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, DC July 6, 1897
O.W.& N DIV. Revolutionary

Madam
Replying to your request for information concerning Robert Hill Sr., a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you are advised that he made an application for pension on September 14, 1832 at which time he was eighty years of age and residing in Stokes Co., North Carolina, and his pension was allowed for five months actual service as a private, five months service as a Lieutenant, and four and one half years months service as a Captain in the North Carolina troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Richard Goode and Col. Martin. He enlisted in Surry Co., North Carolina.
There is no appropriation of money by congress for carrying on work of this character and, owing ot the pressure of other and more important work, this Bureau must decline to comply with your request for a copy of the papers on file in the claim of the above named soldier.
Very respectfully   Commissioner

Mrs. Richard H. Kerr,
5319 Washington Ave
Chicago Ills.
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O. W.& N. Division
Department of the interior
Bureau of pensions
Washington, DC.  April 11, 1888[?]

Sir:
In response to your personal request, in behalf of Dr. L. H. Hill of Germantown, N.C. I have the honor to transmit herewith a statement of the military record of Robert Hill Sr., a soldier of the revolutionary war.
Very respectfully   Acting Commissioner

Hon Thomas Settle
House of Representatives
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March 25, 1935

Miss Adelaide L. Fries
234 South Cherry Street
Winston- Salem, North Carolina

Robert Hill S7012  RA-J/MLB

Dear Madam.
The date herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S7012, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Robert Hill.

Robert Hill was born February 17, 1752, in Carolina County Virginia; the names of his parents are not given. He moved to North Carolina in 1770 and settled in that pat of Rowan County which was later Surry County and still later Stokes County, that state.

He volunteered early in 1776 in Surry County, North Carolina, and served a month as  private in Captain Richard Goode's company, Colonel Alexander Martin's North Carolina regiment, in the Scotch Expedition, and returned home about the middle of July 1776. He then volunteered under the same captain and served  as private in Colonel Martin Armstrong's and Joseph Williams' North Carolina regiments, length of this tour four months.  He volunteered in 1780, served as lieutenant in Captain William Meredith's North Carolina company on a southern expedition, and while encamped with his regiment in Cabarras county, North Carolina, was injured by a falling tree which incapacitated him for some time, length of tour five months. In the beginning of the year 1781, he served six weeks as captain under Major Joseph Winston in the North Carolina troops, and after the battle of  Guilford served three months as captain in Colonel Robert Smith's  North Carolina regiment.

Robert Hill was allowed pension on his application executed September 14, 1832, while a resident of Stokes County, North Carolina. At the time of his application for pension he was referred to as Robert Hill, Senior.

The name of the soldier's wife is not given.
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In 1852, Joel and John Hill, sons of Robert Hill, the solider were living in Stokes County, North Carolina.  The referred at that time to their brothers and sisters but gave no names.

In1852, one John Hill was Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, and M. O. Hill was Clerk of the County Court of Stokes county, North Carolina; their relationship to the soldier was not stated.
Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Executive assistant to the Administrator
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December 2, 1915

Hon. William W. Rucker
House of Representatives 

My dear Judge Rucker:
In response to the enclosed letter from Miss Elizabeth Eleanor Hill of 320 E. Carpenter St., Moberly, Missouri, requesting information in regard to her ancestor Robert Hill Sr. (Sur. File No. 7012, Rev. War) I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in his claim, it appears that he was born February 17, 1752, in Caroline County, Virginia, volunteered in what was then Surry County,  (formerly called Rowan and afterwards Stokes County) North Carolina, early in 1776, and served as a private under Captain Richard Goode and Colonel Alexander Martin in the Scotch Expedition, one month; upon his return home about the middle of July, 1776, he volunteered and served under the same Captain and Colonels Martin Armstrong and Joseph Williams, four months; in 1780, he served as Lieutenant under Captain Meredy or Meredith, five months; in the beginning of 1781, served as captain under Major Joseph Winston, six weeks; and after the battle of Guilford he served as
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Captain under Colonel Robert Smith, three months.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 14, 1832, while a resident of Stokes County, North Carolina. 
The date of his death is not shown, but in 1853, Joel and John Hill claimed to be children of Robert Hill Senior, deceased, names of other children not stated.
It is not stated in the papers that the soldier participated in any battle, on the contrary, it is shown that he was injured by a falling tree in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, which incapacitated him during the battle of Camden and that the battle of Guilford took place in the interval between his service under Major Winston and Colonel Smith.
Very truly yours, 
E. C. Tieman  Deputy Commissioner
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June 23, 1907
L.H. Hill, M.D.
Germantown, NC

Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the 10th instant and received on the 11th, you are advised that Robert Hill Sr. was allowed pension (Survivors file #7012) on an application executed September 14, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Stokes county, North Carolina. He stated that he was born February 17, 1752, in Caroline county, Virginia, volunteered in Surry County, North Carolina early in 1776 and served as a private under Captain Richard Goode and Colonel Alexander Martin in the Scotch Expedition for one month; that upon his return home about the middle of July, 1776, he volunteered  and served under Captain Richard Goode and Colonel Martin Armstrong and Joseph Williams for 4 months: in 1780 he served as Lieutenant  under Captain William Meredy or Meredith, five months: from January or February, 1781 served as Captain under Major Joseph Winston, six weeks: and after the battle of Guilford served as Captain under Colonel Robert Smith, three months.
In 1853 Joel and John Hill testified that they were sons of Robert Hill deceased.  Other children's names not stated
Enl'd in what was then Surry County, Rowan afterwards Stokes Co. N.C.
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L.H. Hill, M.D.

For the dates of soldier's death and last payment of pension, together with the name of the person to whom the said payment was made, apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department, Treasury Department, citing the following data:  "Certificate #3792, issued January 3, 1833, under the Act of June 7, 1832, at the North Carolina Agency.
There is no law under which the descendants of soldiers of the Revolutionary War can now claim pension or bounty land.
Very respectfully   Commissioner
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In reply to your request for a statement of the military history Robert Hill Sr., 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.  S 7012
Dec 4, 07
Date of Enlistment or appointment :  early in 76  Length of Service 1 mo.  Rank  Pvt  Officer under whom service was rendered. Capt Richard Goode  Colonel Alexander Martin  State  NC.

Date of Enlistment or appointment :  July  76  Length of Service 4 mo.  Rank  Pvt  Officer under whom service was rendered. Capt Richard Goode  Colonel Martin Armstrong and Joseph Williams  

Date of Enlistment or appointment :  1780  Length of Service 5mo.  Rank  Lieut Officer under whom service was rendered. Capt William Meredy or Meredith  

Date of Enlistment or appointment :  Jan or Feb 1781  Length of Service 6 wks Rank  Capt. Officer under whom service was rendered. Major Joseph Winston 

Date of Enlistment or appointment :  1781  Length of Service 3 mos Rank  Capt. Officer under whom service was rendered. Robert Smith 

Battles engaged in , [check mark]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enl. in what was then Surry Co. (formerly called Rowan and afterwards Stokes Co NC)
Date of application for pension, Sept 14, 1832, Cl. .allowed
Residence at date of Application, Stokes Co, NC
Age at date of application , born Caroline Co. VA Feb. 17, 1752 date of death not stated
Remarks Sol. Sons Joel and John were alive in 1853, There were other children whose names were not stated. Name of his parents and wife not given. The above is the only Capt Robert Hill of NC, found on the Rev War pension rolls. Very respectfully
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& N. Division
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions Wahsington DC {illegible]

Madam
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of ---Robert Hill, Sr., --- a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widows)  application for pension on file in this Bureau.

Dates of Enlistment or appointment  1776 Length of Service: 5 mos.  Rank: Pvt  Officers under whom service was rendered: Capt Richard Goode  Colonel Alexander,  Armstrong,  Joseph Williams  State : NC.

Dates of Enlistment or appointment  1780 Length of Service: 5 mos Rank: Lt  Officers under whom service was rendered: Capt Wm Meredith  Colonel   Armstrong   State : NC.

Dates of Enlistment or appointment  Feb 1781 Length of Service: 4 1/2 mos.  Rank: Capt  Officers under whom service was rendered:   Colonel    Joseph Winston  Robert Smith State : NC.

Battles engaged in:  None mentioned
Residence of soldier at enlistment: Surry Co., North Carolina 
Date of application for pension: September 14, 8132
Residence at date of application: Stokes Co., NC
Age at date of application : 81 years on Feb. 17, 1752

Remarks [illegible]
Very respectfully  Commissioner

Mrs. W. S. Gardner
Clinton, Iowa
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March 25, 1935
Robert HIll   S.. 7012
David Poindexter  S. 3725

Miss Adelaide L. Fries
234 South Cherry St
Winston Salem North Carolina 

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary war records of Robert Hill who served as captain and was pensioned from Stokes County, North Carolina, also of David Poindexter who was a resident of Stokes County, North Carolina, in 1835.

Their records are furnished herewith.
Very truly yours  A.D. Hiller  Executive assistant to the administrator
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1876
Richard Hill
Declaration for a pension

Stokes C'y, N C
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Robert Hill

from 1776 private
Lieutenant and captain
14 1/2 months
priv  5 mos 16.66 2/3
Lt.    5 mos 16.22 2/2
Cpt  4 1/2 mo 90-
       14 1/2

$ 173.33

Hon A. N. Sheppard
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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 Richard Hill which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
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 when he served?  Yes
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable to department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?  NO
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  NO
VIII. Has the court given their opinion?  Yes
IX. Has the clerk given his certificate?  Yes
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
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  -----'
XIII. If the applicant has not 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?  Has witnesses
XIV. If the applicant as 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?  yes  
     Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?  yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such and age as to have personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  yes
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct.  110
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  Ansd

Explanatory Notes
Quere V. Ina  case where the applicant cannot, by reason of 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 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."
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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 or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.

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 his 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 form being improperly attached to the certificate.