Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 32318, Jacob Hickman, Del
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(8-1776)
SERVICE                   NUMBER

DEL- Hickman, Jacob S32318

CONTENTS
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Indiana 29.578
Jacob Hickman
[illegible] Floyd Co. in the State of Indiana
who was a private in the company commanded 
by Captain Bonard of the Regt. commanded 
by Col. Wheatley in the Delaware Mil.
line for 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana
the rate of 20 Dollars ______ Cents per annum.
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of Decr.
1834 and Sent to Hon. John
Carr H. R. 

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1834                           70.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March '35              10.00
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                                                                           $ 80.00
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{ Revolutionary Claim}
{ Act June 7, 1832.     }

Recorded by D. Brown  Clerk,
Book E - 2 Vol. 7            Page 124
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State of Indiana 
Floyd County Ss.   Jacob Hickman on the 
27th Day of May 1834 personally appeared before me Patrick Shields one of the Judges of 
the Floyd Circuit Court being the same 
person named in the papers hereunto 
annexed. and being first duly sworn according
to law, doth [strikethrough on his illegible] on his oath says that during the three years mentioned in his declaration hereunto annexed, he was in actual service one half of the time, that those who were engaged in 
and volunteered under Capt. Banard 
were permitted to return to their farms and 
tend to their crops, every other week, that and 
half of his men were kept at the Cape [?ing]
every week, so that all might have 
a chance to raise something for there
families
his 
Jacob x Hickman [signature]
mark
 
Sworn & Subscribed         
the day & year aforesaid}
before me - 
Patrick Shields

I Patrick Shields one of the associate Judges
of Floyd County Circuit Court do certify 
that the above Jacob Hickman cannot
from bodily infirmity attend Court. his 
testimony whereof I hence herewith set
my name this 27th day of May 1834 -
Patrick Shields
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I Harvey Scribner Clerk of the Floyd County
do hereby certify that Patrick Shields before whom 
the above proceedings in the matter of the [application]
Amendment to the application 
of Jacob Hickman for a pension was herd 
is a Judge of such Court, what said Court 
is a court of Record, I who certify that the 
Signature annexed to the papers is his given 

In testimony whereof I have herewith 
let my hand and affixed the seal 
of the Floyd Circuit Court 
this 21 Day of November 1834,
Harvey Scribner Clk
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State of Indiana
Floyd County on this 10th Day of March 1834
personally appeared before me Patrick
Shields one of the Judges of the Floyd County
Court, Jacob Hickman a resident of Franklin
Township in the County of Floyd State
of Indiana aged eighty seven years, who
being first duly sworn according to the law on his oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of the act of congress passed June 1st 1832

That he entered the service of the United 
States under the following named officers
In the month of August 1776 he volunteered in the Militia under Capt. Henry Banard
& marched from Kent County State of 
Delaware to Albany in New York 
& then Capt Banard returned to Delaware
& he went under Capt Peter Adams to 
White plains & remained there untill 
June 1777 & then returned to Kent County 
State of Delaware [State] making a time
10 of service of ten months -

In the month of September 1777 he volunteered
again under Capt Banard, in Col William
Wheatly's regiment and marched to Delaware
Bay and was engaged in this service guarding 
3 yrs the [illegible] three years -

He was born in the year 1746 at Kent County
State of Delaware. has no record of his age
was living when called into the union at Kent
County State of Delaware, and lived there 
untill the 1799 then moved into Henry County
State of Virginia and lived there untill 1802
then moved into Lincoln County in Kentucky
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where he lived untill 1814, then moved to [strikethrough what] what is now Floyd County State of Indiana where he has lived ever since & where he now lives - he volunteered in the war was a private -
His Capt in the first time of service was
first Henry Banard & then Peter Adams
in the 2d Capt Henry Banard. Col William 
Wheatly
He received a regular discharge, when he lived 
in Virginia house was burnt & his
discharge was burnt in it - 
he is well acquainted with Frederick
Reason a Clergyman who lives in his neighborhood
- & with the Hon. John Conner
who can testify as to his for 
veracity & their belief of his service as 
a Soldier of the revolution
he has no documentary evidence and knows 
of no person whose testimony he can procure 
who can testify to his service,
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever
to a pension or annuity except the present 
and declares that his name is not on 
the Pension Roll of the agency of any
State -

Sworn to and Subscribed 
the day and year aforesaid,
Patrick Shields 
his
Jacob x Hickman [signature]
 mark
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Rev Frederick Reason, a Clergyman, residing 
in the County of Floyd & State of Indiana 
& John Conner hereby certify that we 
are well acquainted with Jacob Hickman 
who has subscribed & sworn to the above
declaration, that we [have] believe him to 
be eighty seven years of age, that he is
reputed & believed in the neighborhood
where he resides to have been a Soldier 
of the revolution & that we Concur in 
that opinion

Sworn & Subscribed               } Frederick Reason
the day and year aforesaid     } John Conner

Patrick Shields

I Patrick Shields one of the Judges
of the Floyd Circuit Court do hereby 
declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the 
interrogations presented by the war
department that the [illegible] named applicant 
was a revolutionary Soldier 
and served in the States, and I 
further certify that it appears to me
that Frederick Reason who has
signed the preceding certificate is 
a Clergyman resident in the County 
of Floyd in the neighborhood of 
the said Jacob Hickman & that 
John Conner who has also signed
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the same is a resident in such County
of Floyd and is a Constable person
& that this statement is entitled to Credit
I also certify that the said Jacob Hickman
cannot from bodily infirmity attend Court
for testimony wherof I hence herunto set 
my name this 10th day of March 1814
Patrick Shields 

I Henry Scribner Clerk of the
Floyd Circuit Court, do hereby certify
that Patrick Shields before whom
the above proceedings in the matter
of the application of Jacob Hickman
for a pension, was herd [heard], is a Judge 
of said Court, which said Court
is a court of record, I also certify 
that the signature annex to the papers
is his genuine signature

In testimony wherof [whereof], I have
hereinto set my hand & afixed
the seal of the Floyd Circuit
Court this 11th Day of 
March 1834.
Harvey Scribner Clk
[paper seal with ribbon]

29.986
Jacob Hickman

Jacob Hickman

Carr
hr
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.

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 compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of Jacob Hickman
-Period when the | Duration of the               | Rank of  | Names and rank of the Field officers |  Age at present,   | Proof by which the declaration is supported.

-service was          |  claimant's service.         |         the |    under whom he served.                  
| and place of abode
         
-rendered.             |  Years. Months. Days.    | claimant.|                                                
|  when he entered
                                                                                                                                                                                                                
-                             |                                       |               |                             


   the service.
-1776                                  10                          Pri.               Capt Bonard     

-1777                             3                                Pr                Capt Bonard
                                                                                           Col Wheatley
   
The applicant it is believed,  belongs to the 
militia, They were not in actual service in 
Delaware under one engagement, for a longer period
than three months.  The applicant holding himself in 
readiness to turn out when called upon does not constitute 
a claim, It is only
for actual service that 
an allowance can be made in 
militia services as minute men.

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7,1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
The law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, 
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in the Department, all persons claiming 
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first 
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of 
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and 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 } ss.
County of                             }
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 thereby 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 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 the 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 male 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 certifies, 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
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alleged service, as they are known in the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
will be Indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be atlemped; 
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 will sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
case.

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of 
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.

1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary 
war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops,   where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, 
                          { 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 the 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 
inquiry 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
Judge or Justice of a Court of record, or a Justice of the Peace, and the 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 credibility of the witnesses,  
and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

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. 
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declarations.
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32318
Revy INVALID.
File No. 32,318
Jacob Hickman
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 32nd
Index: Vol. 2 , Page 187
[Arrangement of 1870.]