Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,519, Hezekiah West, S.C.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
S.C.

West, Hezekiah

Number  
S 34,519

CONTENTS
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Illinois 13.411
Hezekiah West of Johnson Co in the state of Illinois who was a Infy & Cavalry Private in the Co commanded by Captain Frost of the Regt commanded by Col Wyner in the S. Carolina line for 7 mos
6 mos Infy. 20
1 mo Cavalry 4.17
24.17 $24.17
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Inscribed on the Roll of Illinois at the rate of 24 Dollars 17 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of July 1833 and sent to John McIntire P.O. at Vienna IL Hes.
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. 48.34
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 33. 12.09
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$60.43
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{ Revolutionary Claim Act June 7 1832 }

Recorded by Wm. R. Palmer Clerk
Book E Vol 8 Page 64
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No. 20574
13.411
Hezekiah West
Johnson County Illinois
Return 
Adm 7 months
1 Month thereof Cavalry.
12/56
4166
John McIntire clerk
Johnson County Vienna P. Office
Illinois
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office
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. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus}). You will when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of Hezekiah West Johnson county, Illinois

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

Vol 1779 or 80 1 mo / mounted ranger / Capt Frost Lieut Elisha Gore / Col Winn Gen lysses / none stated / crossed Brvad inen Enoreed Tigar & Bush rivers to Rendezvous at Minisborough from doaonss Conganee river to orangeburg on Edisto river Saw mills on Edisto river Foreholeste santee river col larorenies ferry / 69 years / Traditionary
/ 2 mo / Private / Capt John McCool/ Col Bratton / / 
1780 es 81 / not stated / Guard / John W Cook Capt Robt Hopkins
1781 about 1 mo / Private / Frost Capt McCord /
Enlis states his time too indefinitely to make a comct brief 

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

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, & c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c.  Persons who serviced on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.  The Regular Troops.
2.  The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3.  Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4.  Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will in the first instance, make applications by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides.  And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832
State, Territory, or District of
County of } ss.
On this     day of     personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of     in the county of     and State, Territory or District of     aged (c)      years who being duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)     , with     and served in the      (e) regiment of the     line, under the following named officers:

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

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

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

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman. residing in the     and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with     , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be     years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certified, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the     and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the     and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,     Clerk of the Court of     do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of      for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this    day of     &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corrobating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be at attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.  
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1.  Where and in what year were you born?
2.  Have you any record your age, and if so, where is it?
3.  Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4.  How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?  And if a substitute, for whom?
5.  State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.  {To a Soldier.} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?  {To an Officer.}  Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.  The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.  The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.  If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party  And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.  
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:  For  year  months, and  days, I served as a  For  months and  days, I served as a  ; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served:  the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must   certify to the creibility of the witnesses and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
[i] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops,  The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
2.3 [m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Daniel D Davidson Exam: Clerk
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Illinois 13.411
Hezekiah West of Johnson Co in the state of Illinois who was a Infy cavalry Private in the Co commanded by Captain Fist of the Regt commanded by Col Wyner on the So Carolina line for 7 mos
6 mos July 20
1 on cavalry 4.17
24.17 $24.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Illinois at the rate of 24 Dollars 17 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of July 1833 and sent to John McIntire Po at Vienna IL Ces
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833.48.34
semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept 33.12.09
$60.43
{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7 1832}
Recorded by Wm R Palmer Cle
Book E Vol 8 Page 64
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letter 10 Feb 1835 to Hn L Cap
letter 4 Apil 1827 Hon Z Casey
Paid at the Treasury under the act 6 April 1838 from 4 Sep 1841 to 4 March 1842 agt notified 30th Oct 1844
1873 Sept 5 J McBride Request to come from clerk of court 
d July 39 1845 aB
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Declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832
State of Illinois County of Johnson } on this Third Day of December 1832
Personally appeared in open Court before James Bane John Peterson & David Sharer Judges of the county Commissioners Court in said county & state aforesaid & now siting in the Town of Vienna Hezekiah West a resident of the county & state aforesaid aged 69 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 vz - I Hezekiah West a Native of the state of Maryland & what was then called Fredrick County Born in the year 1763 & was removed with my parents to the state of South Carolina when I was about 7 or 8 years of age My Father John West settled on Sandy River in what was then called Camdon District (but Latterly Chester) where I was sent to school under the tuition of Joseph Coyle & afterwards to Daniel Stringer & in the year 1777 as I believe or thereabout I was taken from school my teacher vz Daniel Stringer having Listed into the service of the United States into a Company of Grenidears as I understood & My Father John West also Listed in the service of the United States into a Company of Mounted Rangers under the command of Captain Richard Winn & Colonel Thompsons Regiment as I understood & do yet Believe in which service My Father John West was killed in time of Battle while fighting under Command of Captain Richard Winn at St Tilles as I was credibly informed & do firmly believe & for which services of the said John West I as the only heir of my Fathers family that is now Living have for some years past been trying to obtain something from Congress as a matter of Right but not being able to make such proof of his service & Losses as Congress Required have hitherto failed altho I am fully persuaded & well assured that my widowed mother in her life time never received any of my Fathers wages of 14 Months service or any pay for his horse & saddle & gun &c for these Rangers Mounted armed & Equiped themselves (as I well Remember) all of which was Lost & neither my widowed mother or any of my Fathers heirs has ever yet received so much as one cent for I being an only son have good recollection of my Fathers Listing & hearing of his Death for I was then about 14 years of age as my mother informed me & from which time I have kept my own age & at 16 years of age or immediately after I entered into the service of the United States in Colonal Winns Ridgement & Captain Frosts company the first tower of service was in the year 1779 as I believe or 1780 not sure which but think it might have been in 1779 as I am aware that was te date in
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which I became 16 years of age & as I was well grown of my age there was but Little Chance for me to Escape for the Militia Law Compelled all from 16 to 60 to serve as soldiers unless they were cleared by a court Martial nor did I feel much objection to serve my country for as my Father had lost his life in the Defense of our Rights & Liberties I was zealous to avenge my countrys wrong & as there was a call for mounted rangers I turned out I think volunteer &  mounted armed & equiped myself & was marched under command of a Lieutenant in Captain Frosts company & Winns Rigement by the name of Elisha Gore we crossed Broad River at (I think) Lileses ford some small Distance as I believe below the mouth of Sandy River & Ranged about on Enoree & on Tigar & Bush Rivers in what was then called the Dutch fork between Broad River & Saluda Rivers the design of this expedition (as it was to Suppress the tories that was said to infest them parts & was doing mischief & perhaps had killed some of the whigs in them parts after General Green marched his army from the siege against the Brittish at Ninety six and marched his army across Broad River at or near the fishdam ford & across Sandy River near to where I was then Living with my widowed Mother & they Prossed a saddle from me for one of general greens wounded men to ride on as they were retreating from the said siege at 96 which saddle never was returned to me nor have I ever received any pay for - Some short time after general green had retreated from the siege at 96 & the Brittish had also evacuated that post at 96 - & had left some of their friends the tories in the such was the time that I was called on to perform the above tower of Rangeing but I know not how Long I was out on that tower tho I think not more than one month perhaps not quite so much but I know that some short time after my return home from the above tower I was called  on by my Captain Frost to Perform a tower of Duty as a Malitia foot man & was ordered to Rendevouse at Winnsborough which order I promptly obeyed & was marched under the command of Captain John McCool from Winsborough across the Congaree River Down to Orringeburg on Edisto River where we were stationed for 2 months vz February & March I think in the year 1780 but not sure whither 1780 or 1781 in which time I was called on to guard some public Waggons that was going to general greens army that was stationed (as I understood) between us at orringeburg & the Brittish at or near to Charleston in South Carolina I went with these public waggons in company with sundry other soldiers as a guard as far as the sawmills on Edisto River where we were Discharged from this Duty of guarding those waggons & returned back to Camps at orringeburg & I think that about the first of April that year I was releived by another division of men in Winns Ridgement & returned home & think & believe that I stayed at home only about two
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two months for I think & believe that about the last of May or first of June that same year I was again ordered to rendevouse at Winsborough & was again marched from Winsborough under Command of Captain Robert Frost & again crossed the Congaree River & was marched to a place called the foreholes where we joined the malitia then under command of Colonal Bratton who was I think commander in chief of the men at the foreholes about 300 men as well as I can remember general green still being stationed between us & the Brittish as I understood but I cannot recollect the name of the chief commander while at orringeburg but I remember to have seen general Sumpter there but think he did not stay long from the foreholes I was ordered to march with a detached party under command of a captain Mccord & in company of my own captain Robert Frost across the country from the foreholes to Santee River & were stationed at Colonal Lawrences ferry where we remained during the balance of that tower but I know not how long that was but I believe that it must have been one Month or I think some more takeing what time I was at the foreholes & Santee togather & soon after I had returned home from this last named tower at the foreholes & Santee & had recovered from a hard spell of sickness (accationed as I suppose by the fategue of marching on foot in the heat of summer & in a bad watered part of the country I listed as it was called Listing or at Least I joined a company of horse troops or volunteer rangers under the command of captain John McCool in Colonal David Hopkins Ridgement Colonal Winn haveing been promoted to general as I understood this captain John McCool is the same that I served my 2 months tower at orringeburg under & with these Rangers I remained untill the end of the Revolutionary War but how long that was I am not prepared to say for I have no Dockuments to shew Day or Date as I had the Misfortune to have my house burned soon after I was married & after the close of the Revolutionary war this might have been done by some vilion of a tory or was suspected to have been first robed & then set on fire by a man by the name of Holdman as he very shortly after fled from them parts but I think it reasonable to suppose that takeing the whole of my services togather I served more than six months considering that the Malitia in South Carolina & in Winns Ridgement was Classed into 3 Divisions & I think at Least a part of the time into only two Divisions so that we had to serve one half of our time but suppose it might have been 3 Divisions & Reckoning from the year 1779 at which time I Entered into the service of the United States as I believe until peace was made & the tories subdued so that we could stay at home in peace must I think have been two years or more & perhaps 3 years so that if I had [crossed out Contin] not listed or joined the horse troops or volunteer rangers I must have served at least one third part of that time that is from 1779 until peace
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until peace was made & the tories subdued in South Carolina & in them parts where I performed my services but as I joined them rangers & served with them untill the end of the Revolutionary War it Doth appear I think that I must & did serve more than one third part of that time tho I cannot (in positive terms) say how long I was in actual or effective service as some times I might have been indulged by my officers to stay at home on account of my poor & widowed Mother when I have to go home for fear of outliving & murderous tories that infested them parts (for these were perrilous times) some of those tories that was commanded or headed by a Wm Nichols had killed my Mayor Moses Bond in his own house as was the general report & as I firmly believed & do yet believe this was just before I entered into the service of the United States & my Lieutenant John Mayfield was also killed after I joined the Rangers under John McCool & after Mayfield was killed Joseph McCooll took his place & Many Miles have I rode both by Day & by night in order to suppress & drive out the tories from them parts between the Catawba & Broad Rivers & towards Saluda River & on Sandy River nor Did we ever lease (long at a time) untill we expelled thetories from them parts or caused them to submit to the goverment of the United States & as to my services as a Militia footman when Drafted as above stated I have no disitation in saying that I know the terms of time was at Least three months & I think some more 2 months at orringeburg & one month or more at the foreholes & Santee togather & this I have once before sworn to when IsLaid in my claim to Congress for my fathers services & losses & also my own of the 3 months & the saddle that was prossed from me by general greens army when on their Retreat from 96 as above mentioned but I said nothing about my Rangeing towers at that time because I could not recollect how long I served in them towers nor do I yet know how long I was in actual & effective service any farther than what I have already stated as to the term of time from the year 1779 untill peace was made & the tories subdued another reason of my not making some mention of my Rangeing towers at that time because I considered them as voluntary & did not know whither Congress would consider themselves bound to allow pay for volunteer services as when men were drafted & compelled to serve as I have no proof within my reach or power to procure that I now know of by which I can make proof of my services in the revolutionary war I submit the above declaration to the investigation & judgement of such as may have a right to inspect & judge of
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of what I have on my solemn oath stated & leave the matter with them to say whither from the year 1779 unto the end of the war I must not have served a term of eight months or more even under the malitia law & as I joined the company of rangers under Capt John McCool in Colonal David Hopkinses rigement in which service we mounted arrived & equiped ourselves I think it very reasonable to suppose that I served more but say 3 months as a malitia foot man of which I am very confident I did serve & say one month or near that long in the Dutch fork & if it was only four months under McCool would make 5 more as a mounted Ranger but as I cannot remember how long I was a mounted ranger in all I would be willing to say 3 months Rangeing & three more as a foot man for this much I can say & that in good concience & from my own knowledge & recollection that from the time that I was turned of 16 years of age which agreeable to the account given me by my parents was in 1779 unto the end of the Revolutionary War I was obediant to every call of my country & command of her officers under which I was placed I never took protection of the Brittish altho many others in South Carolina Did so & some of my neighbours & acquaintances I never (to my knowledge at this time) disobeyed the orders of my officers that had a right to command me I gloried in the cause of our rights & liberties & in the name of a true Whig I did not like the Brittish & I thought far less of the tories
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state or Teritory (to my knowledge)
Hezekiah West

James Jones a clergyman residing in the county of Johnson and state of Illinois and William McFatridge Jos Chapman and Joshua Gore residing in the county & sate aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Hezekiah West who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be sixty nine years
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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
Wm McFatridge
Jos Chapman
Joshua Gore
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that James Jones whose certificate is inclosed is a clergyman residing in the county of Johnson and state aforesaid and that William McIntire Jos Chapman & Joshua Gore who have also signed the same are residents in the same county and state and are credible persons and that their ment is entitled to credit
John Peterson
James Bain
David Shaver
I John McIntire clerk of the county commissioners court of Johnson county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Hezekiah West for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 4th day of December 183
John McIntire ccccJC
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State of Illinois 
County of Johnson
This day personally appeared before me an acting justice of the peace in and for said county Hezekiah West who being duly sworn  deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory [illegible] 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 period mentioned below and in the following grades.  
For the year 1780 1 month I served as a private mounted volunteer.  For 1781 2 months [illegible] and at another tour service in the same year.  1 month I served as a private  [illegible].  For 1782, 3 months as a private mounted volunteer and for such service I claim a pension.  Sworn to and described this 4 day of [illegible] 1833.
Trey Reynolds Sr. J. P.  Hezekiah West

State of Illinois 
Johnson County
I John McIntire clerk of the county [inelligible] court in and for said county to hereby certify that the above [inelligible] is an acting justice of the peace and [inelligible] full faith and credit [inelligible] to all his office and acts and attest the signature [inelligible] is his [inelligible][inelligible] 





State of Illinois
Johnson County
Be it remembered that at a County court [illegible] in the town of Vienna in the County and State of [illegible] before the [illegible] James [illegible] John Peterson and Daniel Shaw judges of said court on the [illegible]th day of June 183[illegible] in open court appeared Hezekiah West and after being duly sworn, deposith, and saith, in answer to the [inelligible] [illegible] by the court as following







Q[ilegible] Where and in What year were you born?
A[ilegible] I was born in Frederick County State of Maryland [ilegible] 1763
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Q. 2nd.  Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it?
A. 2nd.  I have none; my knowledge of my age was derived from the account my parents gave me verbally.
Q. 3rd   Where were you living when called into service; where have you since [inelligible]  war and where do you now live?
A. 3rd. I was living in the state of South Carolina in Camden district when called into service and since the revolution I lived in the same place until 1804 then moved to [inelligible] in Jackson County and lived there 5 years and then moved to  Kentucky and lived there 2 years wince which I have lived in Johnson County State of Illinois which is my place of residence at this time. 
Q.  4th How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute?  And if a substitute for whom?
A.  4th I volunteered.
Q 5. State the names of some of the regular officers names who were with the troops where you served such continental and militia regiments you can recall and the general circumstances of your service.  
A 5.  I saw General Sumpter of Orangeburg, Col.. Brettan Commanded the troops at the [inelligible] and I was commanded during my service by Captains Mc[inelligible], Mc[Inelligible] and Frost in Col [Inelligible]. I served in all [inelligible].  The first [] month a mounted volunteer, the next two tours a militia footman.  the last I served as a mounted volunteer for three months.  
Q6.  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what was the earn [inelligible]
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A.  6.  I have no recollection of ever having received a discharge if I did it has escaped my memory.

Q. 7th state the names of persons to who you [inelligible] in. your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and [inelligible] of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

A.  7th.  Thomas Gen, Joshua Gen Thomas Standard have been personally acquainted with me for 30 years and James Jones a clergyman, resident of the same county in which I reside has known me for the last 14 years and can testify as to my character for verasity

Sworn to and subscribed this day and year [inelligible] above written

Hezekiah West
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a [inelligible] soldier and served [inelligible] states.

I John McIntire clerk of the county [inelligible] court of said county of Johnson, so hereby the verify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of amending the application of Hezekiah West for a pension.  In testimony whereof I have [inelligible] unto set my hand x seal of office this the 4th cay of May 1833
John McIntire [inelligible]

State of Illinois
county of Johnson
I James Jones a clergyman resident in said county and state hereby testify that I am well acquainted with Hezekiah West who has [subscribed] to this amendment and the annexed declarations that I believe him 49 years of age that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Revolutionary soldier and that I concur in that opinion.  Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforementioned.
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And the said Court do hereby certify that that James Jones was a clergyman who has signed the preceding [illegible] is a resident of Johnson county Ill's is a creditable person and that his statement is intitted to credit
I, John McIntire Clerk of the County Comms's Court of Jonson County this do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of amendment to an application of Hezekiah West for a pension.
In testimony whereof I [inelligible] set my hand and seal of office this 4th day of June 1833
John McIntire [inelligible]
Vienna Johnson County Ills June 4th 1833
Dear Sir after consulting the return from your office to the application of Mr. West I thought it most [illegible] to amend the declaration by attaching the interrogations together with the affidavits [inelligible] with the former delcaration though I am aware that Mr. West most unlike the balance of his [inelligible] may not give the date of many of the battles yet it never has been doubted his neighbors trust that he served in the Revolution, beloved, respected and esteemed yet poor so am  [inelligible] to double his veracity.  You will please direct your next communication on this subject to the undersigned at Lanceboro [inelligible] county Ill's Your Most Obt. Serve 
John Daugherty
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Mr. Theodore A. Thacker 
1000 - 19th Street, 
South Arlington, Virginia  

Hezekiah West 
S. 34518  
BA-J/AFF 
 
April 23, 1937 
Dear Sir: In compliance with your request, you are furnished herein the Revolutionary War record of Hezekiah West, as found in pension claim, S.34519, based upon his service in that war. 

Hezekiah West was born in the year 1763 in Frederick County, Maryland. He was the only son of John West, the name of his mother was not shown. He moved with his parents, when about eight years of age, and settled on Sandy River in Camden District , South Carolina. 

His father enlisted in 1777 and served in Captain Richard Winn's company in Colonel Thompson's South Carolina regiment, and was killed in an engagement at St. Tibbes (?), after having served about fourteen months. Hezekiah West's widowed mother was living during the Revolution on Sandy River in Camden District, South Carolina; the date of her death was not given. 

After the death of his father, Hezekiah West served with the South Carolina troops at various times as a private under Captains Robert Frost, John McCool, McCord, and Colonels Winn, Bratton, and David Hopkins; most of his service was in the Mounted Rangers against the Tories. He continued in the ser-
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vice until the close of the war, amounting in all to seven months. 

Hezekiah West moved in 1804 from Camden District, to Jackson County, Tennessee, where he lived five years, then to Kentucky and lived two years, and thence to Johnson County, Illinois. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed December 3, 1832, then a resident of said Johnson County. 

Hezekiah West married soon after the close of the Revolution, name of wife not given, and there are no details of marriage stated, and no reference to children. He died July 29, 1845. 

In order to obtain the name of person paid the last payment of this pension, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and give the following data- 

Hezekiah West 
Certificate # 13411 
Issued July 18, 1833 
Rate 24.17 per annum 
Commenced March 4, 1831 
Act of June 7, 1832 
Illinois Agency. 

Very truly yours 
A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Mrs Taylor
1 case drawn
9-25-36
Civil War
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9/24
Miss Dorroh
4 cks
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EXPEDITE
TO
INDEX SUB-DIVISION
FROM 
MAIL SUB-DIVISION
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[stamp] RECEIVED SEP 24 1936 PENSION INDEX SECTION ->3.30

[stamp] RECEIVED SEP 21 1936 MAIL SUB-DIV. VET ADM 34

[stamp] RECEIVED SEP 28 1936 SEARCH SECT. INDEX SUB-DIV
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Okla city Okla
Sept 17/36 
Veterans Administration Washington DC
[stamp] RECEIVED SEP 24 1936 PENSION INDEX SECTION

Dear Sir:
Will you please send me the war record of the following names
Send to Mrs Finch
1st my fore father West Hezekiah S.34519
Revolutionary War.
Ba + JEEL
2nd my Grand father ^C923254 Dunsworth Harrison who was in sivil[civil] war Co C 1st Ill. Volunteers. WC 422912
3rd my brother in world war Burris Williams
xc-594,213 ^OK Master Sgt 1st field signal battalion Co C 1 Div
4th my brother Burris, Arthur L. Private Battery F 133 field artillery 36 Div. 9/24
5th my Brother Burris, George Dewey ^no rec^ drafted at Jefferson Barracks St. Louis Mo
At time of this signing of armistice thanking  for an early reply
Mrs. Celia C Donaldson
609 N. W. 4th St. Oklahoma City, Okla
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October 2, 1936 

Hezekiah West-S.34519 BA-J/AWF 
Mrs. Celia C. Donaldson 
609 N. W. 4th Street Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 
Dear Madam: Further reference is made to your letter in which you you request the Revolutionary War record of Hezekiah West, S. 34519, the Civil War record of Harrison Dunsworth, and the World War records of Willie, Arthur and George Burris. The record of Hezekiah West follows as found in pension claim, S. 34519, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. 

Report was furnished, September 28, 1936, in regard to the other matter cited above, Hezekiah West was the only son of John West and was born in the year 1763 in Frederick County, Mary land; the name of his mother is not given. He moved with his parents, when about eight years of age, and settled on Sandy River in Camden District, South Carolina . 

His father enlisted in 1777 and served in Captain Richard Winn's company in Colonel Thompson's South Carolina regiment, and was killed in an engagement at St. Tibbes(?), after having served about fourteen months. After his father's death, Hezekiah West served with the South Carolina troops at various times as a private under Captains Robert Frost, John McCool, McCord,
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and Colonels Winn, Bratton, David Hopkins, most of his service was in the mounted Rangers against the Tories. He served until the close of the war, amounting in all to seven months.

Hezekiah West's widowed mother was living during the Revolution on Sandy River in Camden District, South Carolina . 

Hezekiah West moved in 1804 from Camden District to Jackson County, Tennessee and lived five years, then to Kentucky there two years and thence to Johnson County, Illinois. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed December 3, 1832, then a resident of said Johnson County. He married soon after the close of the Revolution, name of wife and no details of marriage stated. There is no reference to children. He died July 29, 1845. Very truly yours A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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July 17, 1934

BA-J/MMHF/ILL
Hezekiah West
S. 34519

Mr. H. H. West
214 South Hill Street
Los Angeles, California

Reference is made to your letters of June 2, and July 10, in which you request, for family reasons, copy of letter from John McBride of Belleville, Illinois, written in 1873, which is on file in Revolutionary War pension claim of Hezekiah West, S. 34519. 

In the letter referred to above, there are no family data whatever. John McBride stated that Hezekiah West resided in Johnson County, Illinois, from the year 1812 to July 29, 1845, at which time and place he died. He stated further that he (McBride) had his (West's) pension certificate, and was particularly interested in ascertaining from the War Department exact date and place of enlistment and date of discharge from service of Hezekiah West, the information to be used in court. He made no statement, whatever, in his letter in regard to the court procedure, or the nature of the claim which he anticipated presenting to the court. 

Your letter of July 2, has been received, also, in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Abraham Skinner. 

There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of the Abraham Ekinner described in your letter. 

It is regretted that your letters could not have been answered sooner. Letters in regard to soldiers of the Revolutionary War are answered as rapidly as possible in order of receipt. Very truly yours, A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.
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October 13, 1933
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BA-J/MMHF:MLB
Mr. H. H. West
HEZEKIAH WEST
214 SOUTH HILL STREET
S. 34519
Los Angeles, California
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of August 29, in which you request to know whether or not the Memorial of the State of Illinois in behalf of Hezekiah West, dated January 27, 1835, and which was presented to the House of Representatives, is now with the Revolutionary War pension claim of Hezekiah West, S. 34519, on file in this office. 
The original papers on file under No. S.34519 pertain only to the claim for pension of Hezekiah West, which was made to the United States based upon his service in the Revolutionary War,  and which claim was allowed under an act of Congress approved June 7, 1832.  The other claims noted in your letter of August 29, were private claims presented to Congress, to which you were referred by this office on June 30, 1933. They are not in this office and never constituted a part of the Pension Office records which records are now in custody of the Veterans Administration. 
This office is unable to inform you what disposition was made of the original documents in those private claims, whether or not they were preserved and placed on file in Congressional records when they were acted upon by that body, or whether the printed records, of which you enclosed a copy, are all that exist of the transaction. 
Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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June 30, 1933.

Mr. H.H. West
214 South Hill Street
Los Angeles, California. 
BA-J/MMHF/ILL
Hezekiah West
S. 34519
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request further information in regard to the place of death of your ancestor, John West, father of Hezekiah West (S. 34519), both Revolutionary War soldiers.
This office has no further information than was furnished you from the pension claim of Hezekiah West.
With reference to the Congressional records, it is suggested that information might be obtained from the Congressional Library, this city, if you will cite House List of Private Claims, 1st to 31st Congress, Vol. 3, Hezekiah West, Compensation for Revolutionary services, 16" Congress, 1st Session, page 126 of Journal, date of report February 21, 1820, also, 20th Congress, 2nd Session, page of Journal 166, date of report January 22, 1829, also, 21st Congress, 1st Session, page of Journal 67, date of report April 2, 1830, also, John West, heirs of, Compensation for services rendered and for clothing furnished during Revolutionary War, 16" Congress, 1st Session, page 126 of Journal, date of report February 21, 1820, also, 20th Congress, 2nd Session, page of Journal 166, date of report January 22, 1829, also, 21st Congress, 1st Session, page of Journal 67, date of report April 2, 1830, also, 23rd Congress, 2nd Session, page of Journal 489, no date for report, also, 24th Congress, 1st Session, page of Journal 157, no date for report. The pages of the above noted journals may contain data in regard to John West's services which are not shown in the claim for pension of Hezekiah West on file in this office.
Very truly yours,
A.D. HILLER,
Assistant to Administrator
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May 5, 1933
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RA-J/MMHF/eel
Mr. H. H. West
214 South Hill Street
Los Angeles, California

Dear Sir; 

Reference is made to your letter in which you request verification of the name of the place where John West, the father of Hezekiah West (3.34519), was killed in the Revolutionary War, as stated by said Hezehiah.
The name of the place in question is written to look like St. Tibbes, or it could be deciphered as St. Tilles. In the effort to verify the record, no battle or skirmish was found that was so named, therefore, in the record furnished you it was questioned.
 In B.J. Lossing's "Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution" volume 2, page 522, in a statement in regard to the attack on Fort McIntosh in February, 1777, it is shown that the garrison was commanded by Captain Richard Winn of South Carolina and that Fort McIntosh was a small stockade situated upon the northeast side of Saltilla River in Camden County, 

You will note that John West enlisted in 1777 and served in Captain Richard Winn's Company. His son may have misstated the year of enlistment, as his father had served about fourteen months when he was killed. Presuming that the enlistment was in early 1776, and that he was killed at Fort McIntosh on the Saltilla River in February, 1777, Hezekiah West in his declaration to the Court may have said that his father was killed in battle at "Saltilla", which, in dictation, would convey the sound of "St. Tilles. He was killed while fighting under Captain Richard Winn according to Hezekiah's statement. This seems to be a plausible solution of the matter. however, it is all supposition, yet may aid you in your research. Very truly yours A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.
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April 19, 1933
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BA-J/MMHF/eel
Mr. H.H.West
214 South Hill Street
Los Angeles, California
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of April 12, in which you state that on February 26, 1933, you requested the Revolutionary War records of Hezekiah and John West, and that about a month later you repeated your request with that letter sent a stamped envelope, which has been returned and no reply yet received in answer to your letters.
Reference to the records show that on March 10, 1932, reply was made to your letter of February 26; that when your letter of March 16 was received, it was noted that office letter had been mailed to you, in an official envelope with return address, for which no postage was necessary, so your stamp was returned to you,  assuming that by that time the letter had reached you.  It evidently miscarried.  Another report identical with the one which was furnished you on March 10, 1933 is enclosed herewith.
It is regretted that the matter has been thus delayed.  Very truly yours, A. D. Hiller Assistant to Administrator.
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April 19, 1933
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BA-J/EEL
Hezekiah West - S.34519
Mr. H.H.West
214 South Hill Street
Los Angeles, California
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you requisition information in regard to Hezekiah and John West, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made on your behalf and no record found of a claim for pension having been made on account of the services of John West, who served in the South Carolina Troops and was killed in service.
A full record of Hezekiah West is given below as found in the papers on file in his claim for pension (S.34519) based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.  No charge is made for this service.
Hezekiah West
S. 34519
AWF
Hezekiah West was the only son of John West and was born in the year 1763 in Frederick County, Maryland; the name of his mother is not given.  He moved with his parents, when about eight years of age, and settled on Sandy River, in Camden District, South Carolina. 
His father enlisted in 1777, and served in Captain Richard Finn's Company in Colonel Thompson's South Carolina Regiment and was killed in an engagement at St. Tibbed (?), after having served about fourteen months.
After his father's death, Hezekiah West served with the South Carolina Troops at various times as a private under Captains rober Frost, John McCool, and McCord, Colonels Winn, Bratton, David Hopkins,
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most of the service was in the Mounted Rangers against the Tories.  He served until the close of the was, amounting in all to seven months.
In 1804, he moved from Camden District, South Carolina, to Jackson county, Tennessee and lived five years, then to Kentucky, two years, thence to Johnson County, Illinois.
He was allowed pension on his application executed December 3, 1832, then a resident of said Johnson County.
He stated that he married soon after the Revolution but gave no further details.  There is no reference to children.
He died July 29, 1845.
Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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March 10, 1933

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BA-J/EEL
Hezekiah West - S. 34519

Mr. H. H. West
214 South Hill Street
Los Angeles, California

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information
in regard to Hezekiah and John West, soldiers of the Revolutionary
War.

A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made
in your behalf and no record found of a claim for pension having been
made on account of the services of a John West, who served in the
South Carolina Troops and was killed in service.

The full record of Hezekiah West is given below as found in the
papers on file in his claim for pension (s.34519) based upon his service
in the Revolutionary War. No charge is made for this service.

Hezekiah West 
S. 34519

copied from A. W. F.

Hezekiah West was the only son of John West and was born in the
year 1763 in Frederick County, Maryland; the name of his mother is
not given. He moved with his parents, when about eight years of age
and settled on Sandy River in Camden District, South Carolina.

His father enlisted in 1777, and served in Captain Richard Winn's
Company in Colonel Thompson's South Carolina Regiment and was killed
in an engagement at St. Tibbes(?), after having served about fourteen
months.

After his father's death, Hezekiah West served with the South 
Carolina troops at various times as a private under Captains Robert
Frost, John McCool, McCord and Colonels Winn, Bratton, David Hopkins,
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most of the service was in the Mounted Rangers against the Tories.
He served until the close of the war, amounting in all to seven
months

In 1804, he moved from Camden District, South Carolina, to Jackson
County, Tennessee, and lived five years, then to Kentucky, two
years, thence to Johnson County, Illinois.

He was allowed pension on his application executed December 3,
1832, then a resident of said Johnson County.

He stated that he married soon after the Revolution but gave no
further details.  There is etc

AB He died July 29, 1845.

There is no reference to children.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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November 4, 1932
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BA-J/AWF
Hezekiah West
S. 34510


Mrs. M. C. Pearce
Proctor
Arkansas

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which
you request informardon in regard to Hezakiah West,
a soldier of the War of the Revolution.

The data furnished herein were obtained from
the papers on file in pension claim, S.34519, based
upon the Revolutionary War service of Hezekiah West.

He was the only son of John West and was born
in the year 1763 in Frederick County, Maryland, the
name of his mother is not given. He moved with his
parents, when about eight years of age and settled
on Sandy River in Camden District, South Carolina.

His father enlisted in 1777 and served in Captain
Richard Winn's company in Colonel Thompson's
South Carolina regiment and was killed in an engagement
at St. Tibbes (2), after having served about
fourteen months.

After his father's death, Hezekiah West served
with the South Carolina troops at various times as a
private under Captains Robert Frost, John McCool,
McCord and Colonels Winn, Bratton, David Hopkins, most
of service was in the Mounted Rangers against the
Tories. He served until the close of the war, amounting
in all to seven months.

In 1804 he moved from Camden District, South Carolina
to Jackson County, Tennessee and lived five
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years, then to Kentucky two years, thence to Johnson
County, Illinois.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
December 3, 1832, then a resident of said Johnson
County.

He stated that he married soon after the Revolution,
but gave no further details.

He died July 29, 1845.

There is no reference to children.

Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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January 24, 1913.

Hon. Napoleon B. Thistlewood,
House of Representatives.

My dear Mr. Thistlewood:

In reply to your letter dated the twenty-second and received the twenty-third instant, I have the honor to advise you that Hezekiah West, Sur. File No. 34519, Rev. War, was allowed pension on his application executed December 3, 1832, at which time he resided in Johnson County, Illinois. He was the only son of John West, and was born in 1763, in Frederick County, Maryland, and when about seven or eight years old, removed with his family to Sandy River, Camden District, South Carolina, where his father John West enlisted in 1777, in Captain Richard Winn's company of Mounted Rangers, Colonel Thompson's regiment, served fourteen months, and was killed in an engagement at St. Tibbes.

Hezekiah West stated that he served in the South Carolina troops in 1780, as a Private in Captain Frost's company of Mounted Rangers in Colonel Winn's regiment for one month; in 1781, Captain Robert Frost's company of Foot, three months; in 1782, in Captain John McColl's company of Mounted Rangers in Colonel David Hopkins' regiment three months. He died July 29, 1845, in Johnson County, Illinois.

Very respectfully,
J [illegible] Davenport
Commissioner.

The same letter sent to Hon H Robert Fowler H.R. this date. Letter of inquiry returned to him.
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January 19, 1912.
also sent Dec 22, 1911

Hon. William B. McKinley,
House of Representatives.

My dear Mr. McKinley:

In response to your letter dated the 17" and received the 18 instant, I have the honor to advise you that the only Hezekiah West found on the Revolutionary War pension records served in the South Carolina troops and was allowed pension, Sur. File No. 34519, on his application executed December 3, 1832, at which time he resided in Johnson County, Illinois. He was the only son of John West, and was born in 1763, in Frederick County, Maryland, and when about seven or eight years old, removed with his family to Sandy
River, Camden District, South Carolina, where his father John West enlisted in 1777, in Captain Richard Winn's company of
Mounted Rangers, Colonel Thompson's regiment, served fourteen months and was killed in an engagement at St. Tibbes. (?),

Hezekiah West stated that he served in 1780 as a Private in Captain Frost's company of Mounted Rangers in Colonel Winn's regiment for one month; in 1781 in Captain Robert Frost's company of Foot, three months; in 1782, Captain John McCool's company of Mounted Rangers in Colonel David Hopkins' regiment three months. He died July 29, 1845, in Johnson County, Illinois
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September 28, 1936.

BAHB

DUNSWORTH, Harrison E.,
XC-923 254.

Mrs. Celia C. Donalson,
609 N. W. 4th Steet,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Dear Madam:

In reply to your communication of September 17, 1936, you will find enclosed a statement regarding the Civil War service of Harrison E. Dunswort.

The Veterans Administration is not permitted to furnish information from the records of veterans who served in the armed forced of the United States subsequent to April 20, 1898.

Your inquiry regarding the record of West Hezekiah, Revolutionary War veteran will be answered under separate cover.

By direction,
W. C. BLACK
Chief Clerk.

Enc.
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[illegible writing in upper right hand corner]

Agents for
BASCA MFG. CO.
SPRAKER RUBBER CO.
KARPEX MFG. CO
EXCELSIOR LEATHER WASHER MFG. CO.
BRAGER BROS.
THE OHIO CARBON CO.
ATLAS PRODUCTS CO.

H. H. WEST CO.
Manufacturers' Representative
214 South Hill Street
VAndike 1818
Los Angeles, Calif.

January 15, 1937.

Veterans Adminstration,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen: OWDF

I have just learned that I can secure photostats of pension applications and supporting documents, etc.

Will you please examine all the documents in envelope containing the application of Hezekiah West, No. S. 34519, and advise me what the cost will be to photostat everything in the envelope, and how I can arrange to have it done.

Thanking you, I am,

Yours very truly,
H. H. West.

P.S. 
Hezekiah West is my great grandfather.

Round stamp mark:
RECEIVED
JAN 18 1937
MAIL SUB. DIV.
VETS. ADM.
READER 38

25
20
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5.00
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H. H. WEST CO. Manufacturers Representative 214 South Hill Street VAndike 1818 Los Angeles, Calif. 
Agents for BASCA MFG. CO. SPRAKER RUBBER CO. KARPEX MFG. CO. EXCELSIOR LEATHER WASHER MFG. CO. BRAGER BROS. THE OHIO CARBON CO. ATLAS PRODUCT CO.
February 23, 1937.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C. 
HEZEKIAH WEST S. 34519 BA-J/MMFH:MLB
Gentlemen:
I have your favor February 17, 1937 telling me that you will furnish me photostatic copies of all the papers on file in the claim of HEZEKIAH WEST, S. 34519 for $5.00, and to make remittance by money order drawn to the order of the Treasurer of the United States.
Enclosed find the money order for $5.00 as requested.  Please make and send me the photostats at your earliest convenience.
Yours very truly, HHWest. H. H. WEST
HHW/M
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RECEIVED RECEIVED CHIEF CLERK MAR - 5 1937 AM

RECEIVED MAR 1 CASHIER VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 

RECEIVED MAR 2 1937 EMPLOYEES' COUNTER
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February 17, 1937
HEZEKIAH WEST
S. 34519
BA-J/MMHF:MLB
Mr. H. H. West
214 South Hill Street
Los Angeles, California
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request photostatic copies of papers on file in Revolutionary War claim for pension, S. 34519, based upon service of Hezekiah West.
Photostatic copies of the papers on file in the claim cited by you will be furnished at the rate of twenty-five cents a page. The number of pages to be copied is twenty.
The record of this soldier was furnished you in 1933.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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1936 October 2 [illegible] to Mrs. Celia C. Donaldson [illegible]
1937 Mar. 16 Photos mailed to H. H. West + Acctg Div notified same day - MLB
1937 April 23 [illegible]  to J [illegible] a Thacker
1937 May 12 statement to the adj. general in re to records of Hezekiah + John West MJ
34519
Reg INVALID
File No. 34,519 Hezekiah West
Priv Rev War
Act: June 7th 82
Index: -- Vol. 2, Page 444
[Arrangement of 1870]
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1911 Dec 22 Hist to Hon Wm B McKinley Q.C.per [illegible]
Jany 19, 1912 Hist. to Hon Wm B McKinley
1913 Jany 24 Hist to Hon A. B. Thistlewood and Hon H Robt Fowler [illegible]
1915 Dec 6. To Mr Gen USA for Tombstone
1921 June 30 Hist to Victor V Mattin
1932 Nov 4 Hist to Mrs. M C Pearce
1933 Mar 10 Hist to H. H. West  EER for ANF
1933 Apr 19 Hist to H. H. West EER for ANF
1933 May 4 Ad. H. H. [illegible] to battle of St. Tibbs MMHF
1933 June 30 Mr H. H West no further data etc MMHF
1933 October. 13 - Mr. H. H. West add orig papers in private claim not in this office etc MMHF
1934 July 17 H. H. West add  ref to the letter of John McBride inclosed MMHF
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3-081.
CONGRESSIONAL.
No.
NAME OF CLAIMANT:
P.O.
NAME OF SOLDIER: West
Hezekiah Hart
Co, 
Reg't So. Carolina Rev. War
The above-named claimant is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a bona fide resident of the District which I represent; and this inquiry is not made at the request of any pension attorney or claim agent. 
I desire to be [illegible] 
COMMISSIONER JAN 23 1913 ROOM 202
For Hon. Robert Fowler M. C. Jan 23, 19113
These slips are exclusively for the use of Representatives in Congress and when used by any other person will not receive consideration.  Representatives will greatly aid the Bureau of Pensions in giving them an early answer, if they will fill and use these slips in making calls in pension cases.
J. L. Davenport
commissioner.
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Proctor, Ark. Oct. 24, 1932
Gentlemen;-
Will you please let me have the pension record of Hezekiah West of S.C.
He wa a private 1780 in Capt. Frost's Company mounted Rangers, in Col. Winn's Regt., 
Please let me have all family data contained there in.
Yours Respt., 
Mrs. West Pearce
Mrs. M.C.Pearce
received Oct 27 1932
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Wm. B, BcKinley
186y Ill District
House of Representatives U.S
Washington DC
December 20, 1911
The Honorable, The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
At the request of a lady who is seeking to establish some of her Revolutionary ancestors I beg to inquire whether it will be possible for you to give the date of service and the names of the following pensioners of the Revolution:
Hezekiah West -  North Carolina Troops
Greenery Choat - Virginia Troops
Jacob Harwick - North Carolina Troops
Very truly yours, 
WBMcKinley
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House of Representatives U.S.
Washington, D.C
January 17, 1912
The Honorable,
The commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
About December 29th I wrote you asking whether it would be possible of you to furnish the dats of service and the name of the following pensioners of the Revolution:
Hezekiah West - North Carolina Troops
Greenbury Choat - Virginia Troops
Jacob Harwich - North Carolina Troops
You were good enough to send me a reply giving the data available at your office office.  Unfortunately this letter has become misplaced among my files and I am unable to locate it.  May I ask that you furnish me with a copy thereof at your earliest convenience.  Thanking you for this trouble, I am,
Very truly yours, 
WBMcKinley
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House of Representatives  U.S. Washington, D.C
Jan. 22, 1913
Hon. J. L. Davenport Commissioner of Pensions Washington
Dear Sir: 
I am enclosing herewith a letter which I directed to the Adjutant General, in regard to the service of Hezekiah West, and you will note his reply to me.  I shall appreciate any information you can give me.
Yours very truly, 
N.B.Thistlewood
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June 15, 1921
Commissioner of Pensions,  Washington, D. C. 
Sir:
I have made application for membership in the District of Columbia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution on the strength of my great-great-great-grandfather's (John West) and my great-great-grandfather's (Hezekiah West) services in the American Revolution, and my application had been returned for further information if it is possible to obtain same.  What is wanted is the name, birth, death and marriage of Hezekiah West and it is thought that as he was a pensioner, which is evidenced by the accompanying copy of a letter form the Bureau of Pensions, your office would be able to furnish this data.
I submitted the attached copy of letter from the Commissioner of Pensions, addressed to the Hon. H. Robert Fowler, M.C., which was obtained for an uncle of mine several years ago, and it has been requested by the Society that I secure the original of this letter, which is extremely difficult at the present time, or that I have this copy authenticated, so I kindly ask that either an original letter covering the same data be addressed to me or that accompanying copy be authenticated by you. 
Any further information along this line that may be obtained from the records of the Pension Office, and which is it thought may be of assistance to me in securing the desired membership, I would indeed appreciate the same being supplied me. 
Very respectfully, Victor V. Martin
Victor v. Marting
#1524 - 12th St. N. W., 
Washington, D.C.
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H. H. West Co.
Manufacturers Representative
214 South Hill Street
Vandike 1818
Los Angeles, Calif
May 24, 1933
Veterans administration. Hezekiah West Pension S. 34519 Washington, D.C. Reference: BA-J/MMHF/33l
Sirs:
Referring again to. your letter may 5 on above subject, I took up the question with the State Historical Association of Georgia, and on the 17th installment. have reply
"For your information I state that the Still River is called by different "names as follows: St Illa (Spanish and probably the original name) Saltilla and "Mantilla.  I have this suggestion to make to you.  Frequently when the applications "for pensions were made the applications were referred to Committees of Congress "and the passage of the bill was based on the report of such Committees.  It is "possible for you to find in the records of Congress the reference to Hezekiah "West's application for pension and the report of the Committee on said application "in which a full statement of particulars brought before said Committee may be "found.
As my great, great grandfather served 14 months in the Patriot Army and lost his life in the service of his country, your records indicate no pension awarded his family, or other recompense for this sacrifice, I am asking at this late date on behalf of his numerous descendants to assist us in locating the place of his death.
With the suggestion from the State Historical Association of Georgia, quoted above, will you not make an investigation, or direct us to the proper authorities who will do so.  It would seem in the circumstances we are entitled to special consideration.
Thanking you in advance, I am, Yours truly, HHWest
HHW-M
Received May 29 1933 Mail sub-div. Vets. Adm. Head
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H. H. WEST CO.
Manufacturers Representative
214 South Hill Street
VAndike 1818
Los Angeles, Calif.   April 24, 1933.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C 
Refers to: 
BA-J/EEL Hezekiah West - S.34519
Sirs:
Thank for your communication April 19.  With reference to statement that John West was killed in an engagement at St. Tibbes (?):  can you identify this place?  I have seen it written St. Tibbs and St. Tibbe, but neither the Historical Society of South Carolina nor Georgia can locate the place.  Is it possible that it was  Gt. Tibbe, and is intended for Great Tybee? The question mark after the word in your letter seems to indicate something.  Will greatly appreciate further advice.
Yours truly, 
HHWest
H.H.West.

HHW-M

Received Apr 28 1933
Mail sub-div.
Vest. Adm. Reader #11
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H. H. WEST CO.
Manufacturers Representative
214 South Hill Street
VAndike 1818
Los Angeles, Calif. April 12, 1933
The Veterans Administration, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Sirs:
On February 26, 1933,I wrote the Pension Bureau as follows:
"Our family record read:  
"John West enlisted in the patriot army in 1777, in Cap't Winn's Co.
"(presumed to have been in Camden District, South Carolina) of mounted
"rangers in Col.Thompson's regiment.  Served 14 months and was killed
"in an engagement at St. Tibbs.
"Hezekiah West, his son, served in 1780 as a private in Cap't
"Frost's company of mounted rangers, In Col. Winn's regiment for one
"month. In 1781, in Cap't Robert Frost's company of foot three months.
"In 1782 in Cap't John McNeal's company of mounted rangers, in Col.
"Davis Hopkins' regiment three months.  He was allowed a pension
"April 3, 1832, at which time he resided in Johnson County, Illinois."
"Please advise if there is a Bureau charge for verifying these statements, 
"and if so, how much.  also, what would it cost to get a copy of Hezekiah West's 
"pension paper?"
Not receiving a reply to this letter, some thirty days later, I sent a copy of it, together with a stamped and self addressed envelope for your reply, thinking it might be necessary.  Today I receive my envelope from your department, in an official envelope of yours, but there was no reply to my letter, nor any explanation.  I would like very much to get a reply to my letter of Feb. 26, love quoted, or some advice as to what the trouble is.  Thanking you, I am,  Yours truly, HHWest
H. H. West. 

HHW - M

Received April 17 1933
MAIL SUB-DIV
VETS. ADM.
PENSION 3
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H. H. WEST CO. Manufacturers Representative 214 South Hill Street VAndike 1818 Los Angeles, Calif.  March 16, 1933.
The Pension Bureau, Washington D.C.  This request has been answered Mch 10 1933
Sirs:
On February 26 I wrote you as follows:
"Our family record read: 
John West enlisted in teh patriot army in 1777, in Capt Winn's company (presumed to have been in Camden District, South Carolina) of mounted rangers in Colonel Thompson's regiment.  Served 14 months and was killed in an engagement at St.Tibbs.
Hezakiah West, his son, served in 1780 as a private in Capt.Frost's company of mounted rangers, in Colonel Winn's regiment for one month. In Capt.John McNeal's company of mounted rangers, in Col.Davis Hopkins regiment three months.  He was allowed a pension April 3, 1932, at which time he resided in Johnson County, Illinois.
"Please advise if there is a Bureau charge for verifying these statement, 
"and fi so, how much.  Also what it would cost to get a copy of Hezekiah West's 
"pension papers.
Having had no reply Tony letter, am led to believe no attention is paid by your department, unless postage is sent for reply, and am therefore enclosing self addressed and stamped envelope for an answer to my inquiry.  I would appreciate very much a response. returned to write.Yours truly, HHWest H. H. West
RECEIVED MAR22 1933 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS. ADM. PENSION #3
HHW - M
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H. H. WEST CO. Manufacturers Representative 214 South Hill Street VAndike 1818 Los Angeles, Calif.  Feb. 26, 1933.
Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Sirs: Our family records read:
John West enlisted in the patriot army in 1777, in Cape. Winn's Company (presumed to have been in Camden District, South Carolina) of mounted rangers in Colonel Thompson's regiment.  Served 14 months and was killed in an engagement at St.Tibbs.
Hezekiah West, his son, served in 1870 as a private in Capt. Frost's company of mounted rangers, in ColWinn's regiment for one month.in 1781 in Capt.Robert Frost's company of foot three months.  In 1782 in Cape. John McNeal's company of mounted rangers, in Col. Davis Hopkins regiment three months.  He was alloed a pension April 3, 1832, at which time he resided in Johnson County, Illinois.
Please advise if there is a Bureau charge for veryfing these statements, and if so how much.  Also what it would cost to get a copy of Hezekiah West's pension papers. 
Very truly, HHWest. H. H. West
HHW - M
RECEIVED MAR 3 1933 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS. ADM. PENSION#3
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H. H. WEST CO.
Manufacturers Representative
214 South Hill Street
VAndike 1818
Los Angeles, Calif. August 29, 1933.
U. S. Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C. 
Dear Sirs:
Attached is a copy of Memorial of the State of Illinois in behalf of Hezekiah West (You No. S. 34519) dated January 27, 1835.  Also a memorandum showing the presentation of the Memorial in the House of Representatives, and the discharge of the Committee on Tuesday, January 19, 1836; petition to lie on the table  Also copy of letter from the Library of Congress dated August 24, 1933, with enclosure from Dr Martin.
Please note what the Librarian says about inquiring of you for the Memorial and accompanying papers.  Are these attached to Hezekiah West's pension papers, of have you the documents somewhere among Revolutionary claim papers, or can. you advise me where I may find the papers, or the various claims of the heirs of John West, which are disallowed?  thanking you, I am, Very truly, HHWest
Enclosed HHW - M 
Received Sep 6 1933
MAIL SUB DIV.
VETS ADM
READER #20
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C O P Y.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
WASHINGTON
OFFICE OF THE LIBRARIAN
AUGUST 24, 1933.
Dear Sir:
Your letter of July 31 (acknowledged on August 18) has received the attention of the Division of Manuscripts, which has custody of many unprinted Congressional Documents. A search of the material in that Division has been made as you will see by the enclosed report from Dr. Martin, Acting Chief of the Division. As he states, the Library has no "Archives Division."
For further investigation we suggest inquiry to the U. S. Veterans Administration, this city, which has taken over the files of Revolutionary Claims formerly in the Pension Office.
Regretting very much the delay in our response, which has been due to pressure of official business.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) Jessica L. Farnum,
Secretary 
(For the Librarian)
(enclosure)
Mr. H. H. West
214 South Hill Street,
Los Angeles, California.
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MEMORANDUM.
From the Division of Manuscripts
August 22, 1933
To the Librarian of Congress
Referring to Letter of July 31, from
H. H. West, 214 South Hill St.,
Los Angeles, California.
The Library has no "Archives Division." It would be very different from our Manuscript Division, which is primarily for the care of personal rather than official papers. But in the absence of a National Archives establishment, some archive material including the House of Representatives papers have been deposited here.
A search of the materials in this Division reveals only that a Memorial, evidently that of January 27, 1835, was presented by Mr. Reynolds of Illinois, March 2, 1835, whereupon it was referred to the committee on Revolutionary Pensions. So far, the papers of that committee have not been found. The Memorial was, apparently, before the House again in January 1836, when it was ordered to lie on the table; but there is no further information. If the matter ever went to the Senate, the Memorial and supporting Documents may be in the Senate files in the Capitol.
(Signed)
Thomas P. Martin
Acting Chief, Division of Manuscripts.
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Los Angeles, July 7, 1933.

Journal of the House of Representatives, 23rd Congress, Second session, Monday, March 2, 1835. (Page 489)

Mr. Reynolds presented a memorial of the Legislature of the State of Illinois in behalf of Hezekiah West of Johnson County, in said State, praying remuneration for loses sustained by his father in the Revolutionary War: which petition was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary pensions.

Journal of the House of Representatives, 24th Congress, First session, Thursday.  January 7, 1836. (Page 157)

Journal of the House of Representatives, 24h congress, First session, Thursday.  January 7, 1836. (Page 157)

Mr. Reynolds of Illinois presented the memorial of Hezekiah West, heretofore presented March 2, 1835, which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary pensions.

Tuesday, January 19, 1839.

On motion of Mr. Wardwell, ORDERED: That the Committee on Revolutionary claims be discharged from the consideration of the petition of Hezekiah West, and that said petition do lie on the table.
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List of Private Claims Presented to the House of Representatives of the United States from the 1st to the 31st Congress, inclusive:  Volume III, pages 614-615.

WEST, HEZEKIAH.
Compensation for Revolutionary Services, 16th Congress, 1st session; petition, page of Journal 126; referred to Committee on pensions and Revolutionary claims; reported back February 21, 1820, adversely, and House laid on table.

WEST, HEZEKIAH.
Compensation for Revolutionary Services, 20th Congress, 2d session; Resolution; page of Journal 166; referred to Revolutionary claims Committee; reported back January 2, 1829, adversely, and House laid on table.

WEST, HEZEKIAH.
Compensation for Revolutionary Services; 21st Congress, 1st session; Petition; Page of Journal 67; referred to Committee on Military Pensions; reported back April 2, 1830, adversely, and House laid on table.

WEST, JOHN, HEIRS OF.
Compensation for Services rendered and for clothing furnished during the Revolutionary War; 16th Congress, 1st session; Petition, Page of Journal 126; Referred to Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims; Reported back February 21, 1820, adversely and laid on table.

WEST, JOHN, HEIRS OF.
Compensation for services rendered and clothing furnished during the Revolutionary War; 20th Congress, 2d session; Resolution; Page of Journal 166; Referred to Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims; Reported back January 22, 1829, adversely and laid on table.
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(2)
WEST, JOHN,  HEIRS OF.
Compensation for services rendered and for clothing furnished during the Revolutionary War; 21st Congress; 1st session; Petition; Page of Journal 67; Referred to Military Pension Committee: Reported back April 2, 1830, adversely, and laid on table.

WEST, JOHN, HEIRS OF.
Compensation for services rendered and for clothing furnished during the Revolutionary War; 23rd Congress; 2d session; Petition; Page of Journal 489; Referred to Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.  (No further entries in list regarding this claim)

WEST, JOHN, HEIRS OF.
Compensation for services rendered and for clothing furnished during the Revolutionary War; 24th Congress; 1st session; Page of Jornal 157; Referred to Committee on Revolutionary Claims. (Not reported back, nor date.)  Disposed of by the House of Representatives as "Discharged; laid on table."
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To the Honerable[sic] the senate and House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States

The Memorial of the Legislater[sic] of the state of Illinois respectfully reprasents[sic] to your honorable body That Hesekiah West a respectable citizen of Johnsen County in this State of-Illinois-in the opinion of your memorialits[sic] has valid claims on the general Goverment[sic] for lease sustainst[sic] by his father in the revolution (he being the only heir) and that by reason of the death of his only witness is unable to make legal proof of the same other than by respcutable witnesses who heard the witness denger who knew him to be a respectable man every way worthy of beliefs and whose deposition was taken deferarded to  the Pension deparment of the United States it is repoteerted to us that the facts statened the deposition aluced to was first that Jone West the father of the said Hezekiah West last a horse saddle bridle and gun in the service of the United States worth one hundred and fifty Dollars
second that said John West was a listed soldier in Captain Winn company in co Thompsons regiment of Mounted Rangers the equiped[sic] them selves in the State of South Carolina 
3rd  That said John West during the service was wounded in battle [illegible] that he died of his wound in a few hours
4th [strikethrough] the deponent further stated that he knew the widdow[sic] of the said John West d Hezekiah the son [illegible] and neither of them ever received any compensation from the General Government said John West who a native of South Carolina and there entered the service of the United States as stated
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Y   Yourmemorialist[sic] unhesitatingly [agree] that creddit[sic] is due the petition and thus
pray [strikethrough] Congress may grant such relief
as they in thare[sic] wisdom may deem Just and rite[sic]


Passed
Adopted by the H. R. Jan 27' 1835

D Prickett Clk H. R.
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H. H. WEST CO.
Manufacturers Representative
214 South Hill Street
VAndike 1918
Los Angeles, Calif. | June 2, 1934.
[date stamped] RECEIVED | JUN 6 1934

Veterans Adminstration[sic],
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:

In the file of papers in the application of HEZEKIAH WEST No. 8 34519 for 

Revolutionary War Pension is a letter from John McBride of Bellville, Illinois, dated, I believe, in 1873.  I would like to have a copy of this letter for family reasons.  What would be your bureau charge to send me a copy of this letter!

Yours very truly,
[signature] H H West
H. H. West.


HHW - M
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H.H. WEST CO.
Manufacturers Representative
214 South Hill Street
VAndike 1818
Los Angeles, Calif.

 July 10, 1934. [date stamped RECEIVED | JUL 14 1934 |

The Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

June 2, I wrote as follows:

"In the file of papers in the application of HEZEKIAH WEST,
"No. 8 34519 for Revolutionary War Pension, is a letter from
"John McBride of Bellville, Illinois, dated, I believe, in 1873.
"I would like to have a copy of this letter for family reasons.
"What would be your bureau charge to send me a copy of this letter!"

As ever a month has elapsed, I am wondering if my communication has been received, as I have received no reply.  Will you please advise and oblige,

Yours very truly,
HH West
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Hezekiah Wests Declaration for Pension
20574
Page 70

Treasury Department, Second Comptroller's Office, Sept. 15th, 1843.

Sir, Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,"  and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, Hezekiah West, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Illinois Agency, at the rate of twenty four dollars and seventeen cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1841, to the 4th March 1842,
Respectfully, yours. 
[illegible] 
Comptroller
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War Dept. Pen Office
Paril 4, 1837
Sir
The affidavit of William Garland is support of the claim of Hezekiah West to an increase of pension has been examined and filed with his original papers in this office.  The affiant testifies to the claimants having served a time as a militia man in S. Carolina for 1782. This service in Capitan McCord's Co.  This service is alleged by the claimant and has been [illegible] in fixing his rate of pension.  The claimant states in his declaration that he thinks he entered the army in  1779 and that he served at least six months.  But from the facts stated [illegible] with his first term of service it  could not have been earlier than June 1781.  It is therefore highly [illegible] that the claimant did not serve for  a more
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than seven months for which time is [illegible] in his declaration and for which a pension has been allowed.

Hon. Z. Casey
April 4, 1837

Recorded Vol 41 P 376

Hon Z Casey
Mount Vernon
Illinois
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Mt. Vernon Ill
March 21 from
J.L.Edwards Esq
Comm. of Pensions
Washington City D. C.
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Mount Vernon Illinois March 20th 1837 
Sir
since my arrival at home I have received the inclosed testimony in relation to the claim of Mr West of Johnson County for an increase of his pension. pleas examine the subject and inform me of the result. very respectfully your obt serv Zadok Case I L. Edwards Esq Com of Pensions
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Hon sec. cup 
Sec of War 
Feb. 10, 1835. 
a
O C 
R. Vol. P. 102
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War Department Pension Office February 10th 1835
Sir
The letters in relation to the case of John West are herewith returned.  Neither the books or papers of this office furnish any evidence of his Revolutionary Service.  There is no law with the execution of which this Department is charged which could afford any relief in this case.
W. Hezekiah West, the writer of one of the enclosed letters, asks whether his pension can be increased on his making [illegible] a claim for three months service not allowed in the settlement of his claim made the  act of June 7, 1832, and an proving the service by William Garrard of Crawford County, Illinois.  The charge of having been a tory during the revolution has been made against Garrard and until he can remove the imputation cast upon his character by such an accusation, his affidavit cannot consistently with [illegible] be received as guidance.
Hon. Lewis Cap Secretary of War.
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132U
24421
Belleville St. Clair Co. Illinois
Aug. 29th 1873
J Sockey Actg commissioner
Dear Sir, your favor of Aug 9th 1731 has been received and in reply say that the Hezekiah West whose name I am sure is on the pensions list and which I wish to find, resided in Johnson Co. Illinois from the year 1812 up to July 29th 1845 at which time and place he died.  I have his "Pensions Certificate" and here is a true copy of it which will assist you to find the name  "War Department, Revolutionary Claims" I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th of June 1832 Hezekiah West of the state of Illinois was a Private in the infantry and cavalry in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive twenty four dollars and seventeen
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cents per annum during his natural life commencing on the 4th of March 1831, and payable semiannually on the 4th of March and 4th of September in every year, given at the war office of the United States this the eighteenth day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty three (1833)
John Cobb
Acting Secretary of War
examined and counter signed J L Edward Comissioner of Pensions
I am paticular about ascertaining from the War Department exact copies if possible of the date of entrance of this said Hezekiah West into the Revolutionary War, where enlisted (which I suppose to have been
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either in Maryland or South Carolina in the year 1778 or 79) also state of discharge, as I want to use them in court, you understand. no fee in your favor so I will enclose none now, but wait your reply, hoping to hear again from you soon, I am
yours most respectfully
John McBride Belleville
P.O. Box 314 S. Clair Co, Illinois
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[illegible]
Vincent Jones
March 3
Zadoc Casey Esq
Mt. Vernon
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State of Illinois Crawford County SET
This Day personally appeared William Gornand [illegible]before me the undersigned an acting  justice of the peace in and for the county and state aforesaid and after being duly sworn according to law deposes and saith that in the year 1782 this deponent saith that Hezekiah West did serve part of a [illegible] and duty with said deponent in the Revolution [inelligible] under Captain McCord in the state of South Carolina on the Santee River at a certain [illegible] fall [illegible] or Gillans ferry at that time the military drafty was [illegible] to be three months towns and further this deponent saith that Hezekiah West who is now drawing pensions who resides in Johnston County and State of Illinois is the identical same that he served with in the Revolution and further this deponant saith that he saw said Hezekiah West saw a man from Drownding and also he said West caught a young aligator and brought the same in to camp and further this deponent saithes not
William Garland
I hereby certify the above was signed and sworn to before me this 21st day of January 1837
D. Boatright Esq W
State of Illinois Crawford County Set
I [inelligible] clk of the county commissioners Court of the County and State aforesaid do hereby that Daniel Boatright before whom the foregoing affidavit was made is and was at the time of taking the same an acting justice of the peace in and for county and [inelligible] full faith and credit are due to all his acts[inelligible] In testimony whereof shall herewith set my hand and seal of office at Palestine this 27 January 1837
Alfred G [inelligible] eck
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March 16, 1937
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hezekiah West
S. 34519
BA-J/MMHF:MLB
Mr. H. H. West
214 South Hill Street
Los Angeles, California
Dear Sir:
In accordance with your request, you are furnished herewith photostatic copies of twenty pages on file in Revolutionary War pension claim S. 34519, based upon service of Hezekiah West, for which your remittance of $5.00 was received.
Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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REV. & 1819
BA-J/MLB
No. 363
March 12, 7
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section  xxxxxxxx. War & Navy, Branch 970
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Rev. War claim for pension of Hezekiah West, File No. S. 34519 Actual 1 of each page
The old Brief + pages were omitted -
The reverse side of Wm Garrard's affidavit was copied and furnished with this order + all other papers
xxxxxxxxx $5.00 20 pages
Kindly leave margin of 11/2 inches at top of each page and return papers in case in folder with corresponding name and number.  The word "omit" written in pencil on those pages which were not to be copied.  Chief, Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
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April 10, 1937
Veterans Admin
Kindly furnish Res. War record of Hezekiah West File S 34579
Theodore A. Thacker
1000-19th St. South
Arlington, Virginia
April 10, 1937
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May 12, 1937

A.G.201
West, John (3-30-37) ORD
LLB/RL
BA-J/MMHF:MLP
Major General E. T. Conley
The Adjutant General 
War Department
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of May 4, 1937, in which you request information in regard to the case of John West noted in letter of Mr. H. H. West, of Los Angeles, California, and in a copy of a letter enclosed by him in which is it shown that certain papers pertaining to John West and Hezekiah West were returned February 10, 1935, by the Commissioner of Pensions to the Secretary of War, of which papers Mr. West desires photostatic copies. 
The papers to which Mr. West refers are not on file  in the Veterans Administration.
All information available in this office in regard to said John West and Hezekiah West, Revolutionary War soldiers, has been furnished mr. West at various times, also, all known references which might aid him in this matter. 
Mr. West's letter and this copy which he enclosed are returned herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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A. G. 201
West, John (3-30-37) ORD 1st Ind. LLB/RL
War Department, A. G. O., May 4, 1937 -- TO: The Veterans Administration. Attention: Miss Nevitt. 1. It is desired that a statement be furnished setting forth any information relative to the case of John West referred to in the basic communication and inclosure. 2. No record of John West has been identified in this office. These papers should be returned to this office. 1 Inclosure. (Letter 2 - 10 - 35, copy )
E.T.Cowley Major General The Adjutant General By CTM
Received May 6, 1937 Mail Sub.Div. Vets Adm. reader No. 19