Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13383, John Hill, N.C.
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Service
Hill, John
Number - S. 13383
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13383
INVALID.
File No. 13383
John Hill
[illegible] Rev War
Act: June 7th 1832
Indes: - Vol. 1, Page 173
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Kentucky - 2067
John Hill - of Hopkins in the State of Kentucky was a [illegible] in the county commanded by Captain Thurbeld of the [illegible] commanded by Col. Nall in the [illegible] for 23 months from 1780.
Transcribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 76 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of [illegible] 1832 and sent to Sam Woodson Madisonville, KY.
Arrears to 4th of [illegible] 1832
Semi=anl. allowance ending March 1833

$114.99
  +38.33
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$153.32

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832}     
Recorded by Nathan Rice clerk, Book D Vol. 9 Page 43.
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Kentucky
Hopkins County
Be it remembered that here to fore, to wit, at a Court held for the County aforesaid at the Courthouse in the town of Madisonville on the 13 th day of August 1832 the following entry among others war made of the minutes of said Court Viz.
John Hill a soldier of the revolution and applicant for a pension this day produced in Court his declaration under an act of Congress [illegible] June 7th 1832 and subscribed and sworn to the same. And the certificate of Charles Campbell and William Davis thereunder written was also subscribed and sworn to in open Court. Whereupon the Court do hereby declare their opinion as too the investigation and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department that the above of [illegible] was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Charles Campbell who subscribed the certificate above named is a clergyman in the County of Hopkins and that William Davis who also signed the same is a resident in the same County and is a credible person and that this statement is entitled to credit.
I Samuel Woodson clerk to the County Court of Hopkins County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true transcript of an entry in the minutes of said Court as the same now remains in my office. I further certify that the paper here to attached marked [illegible] is the original declaration mentioned.
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in said entry as having been subscribed and sworn to by the said John Hill and that the certificate there under written signed by Charles Campbell and William Davis is the original certificate mentioned in said entry as having been subscribed and sworn to by them. In Testimony where of I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County the 18 th day of August 1832 and in  the 41st year of the Commonwealth.
                                             Sam Woodson
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John Hill Served 23 months
3582
from 1780 [illegible] 23 months
$76.66 [illegible]
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State of Kentucky
County of Hopkins } Ss
(A)
On this 13th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the County  Court of Hopkins County aforesaid now sitting John Hill a resident in the said County & state aged seventy three 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 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers & served as herein stated.  He states that he was born in the State of North Carolina in the year 1759 and substituted in Wilkes County in said State (the place of residence of this applicant) for James Reynolds for a term of three months under Lieut William Reynolds Maj [illegible] Caswell that he marched into the neighborhood of Charleston in S. Carolina but did not arrive in time to join the Army under General Lincoln then [illegible] in the city [illegible] H. Clinton but was in hearing of the guns of the [illegible] arriving at the time the American General surrendered.  After the surrender he was marched to Cross creek in North Carolina and thence to Salisbury where he was discharged having served his full term of three months he saw Col. Buford on this [illegible] a continental officer.  He received a discharge signed by his Capt but the same hath been accidently (sic) burnt.  He cannot recollect the date
He afterwards in Wilkes County aforesaid volunteered
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for three months under Cat. Wm Thredkeld in Col. [illegible] Regiment of N. Carolina Militia marched thence and joined the army under Gen. H. Gates in the neighborhood of Camden in S. Carolina was in the battle at Camden and was taken prisoner but made his escape & joined General Arrington at cheraw Hill and served [caret] under him the residue of his term of three months he received written discharge but does not recollect by whom it was signed it [caret] was destroyed by fire--does not recollect date

He volunteered at Cheraw Hill under General Arrington for eleven months He served in the Company of Capt. Threadgill [caret] in Col. McDonald's Regiment he marched thence to Rocky river and aided in building a Magazine just below the mouth of said river on the [illegible] was in a skirmish with the enemy on Rocky river--after remaining at the Magazine on the [illegible] some time he was marched back to the cheraw Hill and discharged having served out his full term of eleven months he received a written discharge signed by his Capt but the same has been burnt cannot remember the date
After his discharge at Cheraw Hill he set of hor home in Wilkes County at Carolina and on his way near Guilford Court house volunteered under Capt. Isbell [caret] of the Carolina Militia for three months and marched with him to York Town in Va was present at the cap there of Lord Cornwallis & his army by Gen'l Washington in
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he was after the surrender of the British army discharged & returned home having served his term of three months.  He received a written discharge signed by his Capt but the same hath been burnt. He cannot recollect the date.  He afterwards volunteered under Capt John [illegible] of the North Carolina Militia for three months & faithfully served with the same in guarding the frontiers on the head of Holston River against the Indians.
He has no documentary evidence & 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 declares
that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
John Hill X his mark
We Charles Campbell a Clergyman residing in the County of Hopkins & state of Kentucky & Wm Davis residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Hill who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy three years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides
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