Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4,547, Joel Hampton, N.C.
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N.6. Hampton,Joel R.4.547
Hannah
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No. 12614
Hannah Hampton
of Logan Co. Ky.
Acts of 1838, 1843 & 1844.
Widow of Joel Hampton.

E. F. Brown, Agent.

Wash. D. C.
4th March '46
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State of Kentucky ⎬ Set
County of Logan
Personally appeared before the undersigned an
acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County Hannah Hampton
resident of said County aged 79 years who being first duly sworn
according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed on the
7th July 1828 and also all subsequent acts, granting pensions
to the widows of Revolutionary Soldiers
That she is the widow of Joel Hampton, who was a
soldier in the Revolutionary War, from Wilkes County North Carolina
; that from what she has heard her husband
said Joel Hampton say touching his service in said
war said Hampton entered said service as a private
in the North Carolina Militia or State Troops in the
spring of the year one thousand seven hundred and
Seventy nine and continued in said service untill  [until] the
close of the war in the year 1783 she states that during the
above time he occationly [occasionally]returned home but
did not remain long untill [until] he was gone again
she states that she was living in the same neighbourhood
when said Hampton lived, when at home, and she recoll [recall]
[illegible] distinctly that he was in said service almost all
the time the war continued. She states that owing
to the lapse of time and a failing memory, she can
not now recollect the names of his captains &
she remembers that he was a good part of his time
under Col. Cleaveland and also under Col. Campbell
and Gen. Morgan and that he was at the battles
of Stone, Hanging Fork, Ramsours Mills, Cowpens
Kings Mountain, on Deep River, and others that
she can not now call the names of.
She further states that said Joel Hampton received
at the time he left said service, several Discharges
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that she has seen said Discharges frequently but
that they have all been distroyed [destroyed] or lost long since.
She further states that said Joel Hampton died on
the 20th day of August 1833 in Logan County Kentucky
She further states that she was married to said Joel
Hampton on the 14th day of November one thousand
seven hundred and eighty three in Wilks [Wilkes] County North Carolina
at the house of John Green and by John
Brown, a Justice of the Peace about one month after
said Hampton had returned home from an expedition
against the Indians. She states that she does not know
of but two persons now living who were present
at her marriage - her sister Pethiah Mitchell
of the State of Missouri and Temperance Green of
Kentucky. She states that her maiden name was
Hannah Mitchell and that she thinks she was
married by license as she remembers hearing the
people joking said Hampton that the only cost
him one dollar. She states that she has never
married since the death of said Hampton but
continues to be and remain his widow. And that
she was married to said Hampton prior to the year
one thousand seven hundred and ninty four to wit
on 14th November 1783.
Sworn to & signed by making
her mark before me this 18
July 1846 W Barr J.P.|
her
Hannah Mitchell [crossed out]
mark [crossed out]
Hannah Hampton
mark.
I certify that I am well
acquainted with the above Declarant and that she
is an old Lady of truth and respectability and the
above statement is entitled to full faith and credit
and that she is the widow of the late Joel Hampton
Given under my hand this 18th February
W. Barnett J.P.
1846
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State of Kentucky
County of Logan | Set
At a County Court begun and held in
Russellville in and for said County on the 23d day of
February A.D. 1846 the following proceeding was
had: "This day was exhibited in open Court the
Declaration of Hannah Hampton for a pension
Sworn to and signed before William Barnett who is
known to this Court to be, and was at the time of signing
said Declaration, an acting Justice of the Peace in
and for said County, duly commissioned and qualfied [qualified]
according to law, that all his official acts as such,
an entitled to full faith and credit and the
foregoing signatures, purporting to be his are
genuine"
I, Marmaduke B. Morton Clerk of said Court do
certify that the foregoing is truly copid [copied] from
the records in my office
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
affixed my Seal of office and
subscribed my name this 23rd day of
February 1846.
Marmaduke B. Morton
Clerk of the Court of Logan County
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FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
Smith Greer and
Nancy Hampton
was maried [married] December
the 9th 1810
Wilburn Michell
and Malinda Greer
was maried [married] May 8th
1834
Warren Greer and Francis
Simpson was maried [married]
August 29th 1838
Franklin Greer and E.
Jane Gibson was maried [married]
March 22 1840
William Johnson and
Hannah Greer was
maried [married] Oct 4th 1841
Robert Johns and
Rhoda Greer was maried [married]
April 21th 1848 |

MARRIAGES.
State of Kentucky Edmonson
County, Set December 25th AD
1847 I William Anderson 
an acting magistrate in and
for said County do certify the
that the accompaning [accompanying] family
Record containing the ages
of the Family of Smith Greer
was cut out of the Family
Bible in the possession of
and belonging to said Smith
Greer in my presence 
and under my eye
given under my hand
this day and date above 
William Anderson [illegible]
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Family Record.
Births.
Smith Greer was
born April the
6th 1786
Nancy Greer was
born February the
5th 1785
Warren Greer was
born September the
21st 1811
Malindia Greer
was born September
the 4th 1842
Logan Greer was
born January the
1st 1814
Jerusha Greer was
born June the 2nd
1815
Terral Greer was
born February the
1st 1817
Franklin Greer was
born May the 11th
1818 |
Births.
Anderson White Greer was
born February the
1st 1820
Hannah Greer
was born November 
the 1st 1821
Rodah Greer was
born December the
1st 1823
Smith Greer was
born August the
1st 1825
Argin Greer was 
born September the
31st 1828
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                                          March 12, 1939
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                                        Joel Hampton-R. 4547
Mrs. Louisa A. Williams
30th East 68th Street
New York, New York

Dear Madame,
       Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Joel Hampton who was at the Battle of King's Mountain, Revolutionary War. 

      The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension slain, R. 4547, based upon the military service in that war of Joel Hampton, the only soldier of that name that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.

     The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Joel Hampton are not shown.

     The soldier married November 14, 1783, in Wilkes County, North Carolina, Hannah Mitchell. The date and place of her birth and the names of her parent are not stated.

     Joel Hampton died August 29, 1832, in Logan County, Kentucky.

       February 18, 1846, Hannah Hampton, then aged seventy-nine years and residing in Logan Count, Kentucky, about sixteen miles from the Russellville, applied for pension that might have been due on account of the service of her husband, Joel Hampton, War of the Revolution, and stated that enlisted in Wilkes County, North Carolina sometime in the spring of 1779, and served at different times on short tours, some of which were three months in length, until 1795; that he served under Colonel Benjamin Herron and Micajah Leiws, Colonels Cleveland and Campbell in the North Carolina troops, and that he was at the battles of Stone, Hanging Fork (probably meanth for Hanging Rock), Ramsour's Mill, Cowpens, and King's Mountain; also in an engagement on Deep River.
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Hannah Hampton's claim for pension was not allowed as she
failed to furnish proof of service as required by the pension laws.
In 1846, the following children of Joel and Hannah Hampton
were living: James, Joshua, William, Andrew, Sally, Ally and
Hannah Hampton. The oldest daughter, Nancy, then deceased was born
February 5, 1785, and married December 9, 1810, Smith Greer, who
was born April 6, 1786, and in 1847, was living in Logan County,
Kentucky.
Children of Smith and Nancy Hampton Greer

Warren Greer ... born September 21, 1811,
August 24, 1838, married Frances Simpson.
Malinda [written in]
Matilda Greer ... September 4, 1813,
May 5, 1834, married Wilburn Mitchell.
Logan Greer ... January 21, 1814.
Jeresha Greer ... June 2, 1815.
Terral Greer ... February 1, 1817.
Franklin Greer ... May 11, 1818,
March 22, 1840, married F. Jane Gibson.
Anderson White Greer ... February 1, 1820.
Hannah Greer ... November 1, 1821,
October 4, 1841, married William Johns.
Rodah or Rhoda Greer ... December 1, 1823
April 21, 1842, married Robert Johns.
Smith Greer ... August 1, 1825.
Argin Greer ... September 30, 1833.
In 1847, Pethiah Mitchell, sister of the widow, Hannah Hampton,
was living in Saint Francois County, Missouri, aged seventy-seven
years, and in same year, a brother of the widow, Moses Mitchell,
was aged sixty-seven years and resided in Edmonson County, Kentucky.
In 1857, one Nancy Greer was aged ninety-seven years and one Temperance
Greer, was aged seventy-six years and both resided in Edmonson County,
Kentucky, Temperance stated that Joel Hampton and Hannah Mitchell were
married at the home of her grandfather, John Greer, in Wilkes County,
North Carolina; no relationship of the above named persons with surname
Greer to Smith Greer, husband of Henry Hampton, daughter of the
soldier, Joel Hampton, was shown.
No reference was made to any brother or sisters of the soldier.
The date of death of the widow is not given.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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State of Kentucky
County of Edmondson
Personally appeared before [deleted] [illegible] an acting justice of the peace [illegible] for said Cty Temperance Greer citizen of said Cty aged 73 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath depose and say that she knows that the said Joel Hampton and Hannah Mitchell was married at her grandfather's house in Wilkes County North Carolina for she was at the wedding and saw them married according to her recollection. She states that it has been so long that she is not certain she [illegible]married but she is positive she was at the wedding further more she states that the said Joel Hampton was a soldier in the Revolutionary war that he served in atotal of three months at one time and no times home and was after wards frequently gone as a soldier in the army and would return home and stay [illegible] time and gone again in the army and continue doing so untill the war was ended and after the war was ended he was married to Hannah Mitchell she further states that she was
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N6
Hampton, Joel Hannah, R4547
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BA-J/AWF
[mail seal marked "Received Dec 12 1933]
La Grange, Missouri  Dec. 8th- 1933.
Route 1,
Veterans Adm.
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir: Your reference to the
"Hampton [damage] y" received = Now will
you ple [damage] e me names & records
of any Hamptons of North-Carolina
who had service in Revolution?
If you will please do that for mes [me] I
will sure appreciate the favor
Am begining [beginning] to trace the family history
and am working through the
Libraries of Ky & N. C.
Now this Michael Andrew and Adam [Perry B[illegible]]
had service in the war, but I don't [S.41448]
understand how & where to find
out about it.
So please give me list of those
you may have from North-Carolina
and thank you so very much
Mrs J.D. Loudermilk
Route 1.
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30 East 65th Street
New York City
Pension Office
Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:
only 1 [handwritten above Joel Hampton]
In a book by Katherine Keogh White she lists Joel Hampton for Rev. War service at King's Mt. 1779-1783   She gives the name of his wife and those of his children and calls him a Rev. War pensioner
Have you any more information about him: name of father or mother or brothers etc
Very truly yours,
(Mrs.) Louisa A. Williams
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12614 Original Claim
March 5, 1846.
Hannah Hampton
July 7, 1838
Original
B [large]
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Present
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Letters addressed to this Office must be post-paid.
[Notary stamp of Edmund F. Brown]
United States Agency and Notarial Office
Washington City,
4th March 1846
J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir:
Herewith I enclose the 
Declaration of Hannah Hampton, under Acts of 1838, 1843 and 
1844.
I shall to day write to North Carolina for proof 
of service and marriage, which I hope will arrive 
before you take up the case for examination.
Very Respectfully,
Your Obt. Serv.
Edm. F. Brown
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Letters addressed to this Office must be post-paid.
[Notary Seal of Edmund F. Brown]
United States Agency
and Notarial Office,
Washington City,
April 2, 1846.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir:
In the case of Hannah Hampton,
which I sent you on 4th March ult.,  I herewith enclose the Artifacts
of the Comptroller of North Carolina of Specia payments
to Joel Hampton of ... £ 13.1. -
to J. Hampton of ... 24.0.10
£ 37.1.10
which are doubtless the same, amounting to about $92.50.
I also enclose Affidavits which establish the Marriage.
Very Respectfully,
Yr. Obt. Svt.
Edm. F. Brown
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Raleigh N.C.
Comptrollers Office
I William F Collins Comptroller of Public
Accounts in and for the State of North Carolina
do hereby certify that the
name of Joel Hampton appears of record
in this office as having had issued a
Specia certificate in his name for
Military Service for thirteen Pounds
One shilling, certificate baring [bearing] at
March 2nd 1784  See Book No 9 page 6 also
it appears in Book No 24 page 9 that
J Hampton had a Specia certificate
issued in his favor for Twenty four
Pounds and ten pence (£24.0.10) given
under my hand and seal this
7 day March 1846.
William F. Collins, Compt.
£ 13. 01. 00
24. 00. 10
37. 1. 10

37[subscript]2
_____
74
18.50
_____
92.50
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                                          January 26, 1954
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                                         Joel Hampton-R. 4547
Mrs. J.D. Loudermilk
R.R. #1
L Grange, Missouri

Dear Madam;

       Reference is made to your letter in which you request a list of all Revolutionary War soldiers of North Carolina with surname Hampton. 

      This office has records only of these soldiers upon whose services in the Revolutionary War claims for pension or bounty land have been made to the United States.  As previously [circled, line to note: " See Benj. Bowles], stated, there are no such claims on file based upon service of Michael and Andrew Hampton, nor is there such claim under the name of Adam Hampton.  It is suggested that information in regard to their military service might be obtained from the Adjutant General, War Department, this city.  The records show only one claim for pension on file based upon service of a Hampton in the North Carolina Troops, that of Joel.  His record is given herein as found in pension claim, R.4547.

      The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Joel Hampton are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.

     He married November 14, 1783, in Wilkes County, North Carolina, Hannah Mitchell. 

     The soldier died August 29, 1832, in Logan County, Kentucky.

       On February 18, 1846, soldier's widow Hannah, then aged seventy-nine years and residing in Logan Count, Kentucky, about sixteen miles from the Russellville, applied for the pension that might have been due on account of the service of her husband, Joel Hampton, War of the Revolution, and stated that enlisted in Wilkes County, North Carolina sometime in the spring of 1779, and served at different times on short tours, some of which were three months in length, until 1795; that he served under Colonel Benjamin Herron and Micajah Leiws, Colonels Cleveland and Campbell in the North Carolina troops, and that he was at the battles of Stone, Hanging Fork (probably meanth for Hanging Rock), Ramsour's Hill, Cowpens, and King's Mountain; also in an engagement on Deep River.
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Hannah Hampton's claim for pension was not allowed as she
failed to furnish proof of service as required by the pension laws.
In 1846, the following children of Joel and Hannah Hampton
were living: James, Joshua, William, Andrew, Sally, Ally and
Hannah Hampton. The oldest daughter, Nancy, then deceased was born
February 5, 1785, and married December 9, 1810, Smith Greer, who
was born April 6, 1786, and in 1847, was living in Logan County,
Kentucky.
Children of Smith and Nancy Hampton Greer

Warren Greer ... born September 21, 1811,
August 24, 1838, married Frances Simpson.
Malinda [written in]
Matilda Greer ... September 4, 1813,
May 5, 1834, married Wilburn Mitchell.
Logan Greer ... January 21, 1814.
Jeresha Greer ... June 2, 1815.
Terral Greer ... February 1, 1817.
Franklin Greer ... May 11, 1818,
March 22, 1840, married F. Jane Gibson.
Anderson White Greer ... February 1, 1820.
Hannah Greer ... November 1, 1821,
October 4, 1841, married William Johns.
Rodah or Rhoda Greer ... December 1, 1823
April 21, 1842, married Robert Johns.
Smith Greer ... August 1, 1825.
Argin Greer ... September 30, 1833.
In 1847, Pethiah Mitchell, sister of the widow, Hannah Hampton,
was living in Saint Francois County, Missouri, aged seventy-seven
years, and in same year, a brother of the widow, Moses Mitchell,
was aged sixty-seven years and resided in Edmonson County, Kentucky.
In 1857, one Nancy Greer was aged ninety-seven years and one Temperance
Greer, was aged seventy-six years and both resided in Edmonson County,
Kentucky, Temperance stated that Joel Hampton and Hannah Mitchell were
married at the home of her grandfather, John Greer, in Wilkes County,
North Carolina; no relationship of the above named persons with surname
Greer to Smith Greer, husband of Henry Hampton, daughter of the
soldier, Joel Hampton, was shown.
No reference was made to any brother or sisters of the soldier.
The date of death of the widow is not given.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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State of Kentucky
County of Edmondson | Set
Personally appeared before the undersigned are
Justice of the Peace in and for said County Temperance
Greer, a resident of said County aged 76 years of age, who
being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath
depose and say. That she was born in Wilkes County North 
Carolina and was about 13 years of age at the time
of the marriage between Hannah Mitchell and Joel
Hampton, She states that they were married at the house
of her grand father John Greer's in said County in the
autumn of the year one thousand seven hundred and
eighty three. She states that said John Green lived at
that time about three miles south of the County Seat
and that she was born and raised in the same neighbourhood [neighborhood] about one mile from her grand father's said
John Greer. She states that she recollects as distinctly
as if it occured [occurred] yesterday, the very day when they
were married and that they were married by a Justice
of the Peace of the name of John Brown and the cause
of the marriage being at said John Greer's she states
was that some of the relations were opposed to the match.
She further states she was well acquainted with Joel
Hampton before the said marriage and that he was a
Revolutionary soldier, that she recollects distinctly
that said Hampton and her father John Green Served
together a three months tour at one time and there
served several tours afterwards; they served under Col.
Cleaveland and the first tour of three months they were
in the south on Pedee [Pee Dee] and Charleston and were at
a battle called Stone this was about 18 months or 2
years prior to said marriage. She further belives [believes] that
said Hampton was at three other engagements
after the first tour of three months in Ramsour's Mills
Cowpens and Kings Mountain and that she has
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known the said Hampton well ever since, both in
North Carolina and in Kentucky, untill [until] his death
about 13 years ago, and that he always had the
reputation of being a brave soldier of the Revolution
and a true Whig. And further saith not
Sworn to & signed before 
me this 27 day of February |
her
Temperance [x] Green
mark
1846
William Anderson J.P.


State of Kentucky 
County of Edmondson | Set
Personally appeared before the undersigned acting Justice
of the Peace in and for said County Mores Mitchell a resident of
said County aged 67, who being first duly sworn according to law
doth on his oath depose and say: That he is the brother of Hannah
Hampton formely [formerly] Hannah Mitchell and that he was
about four years of age at the time he has always understood
that his said Sister Hannah was married to said Joel Hampton.
Said marriage took place in the year one thousand
seven hundred and eighty three in Wilks [Wilkes] County North Carolina. 
He was too young to remember the event of the marriage
aforesaid but he states that when he could first remember
they were living to themselves as husband and wife and
he was well acquainted with them untill [until] the death of
said Hampton and that they raised a large family
of children. And that he always understood that said
Joel Hampton was a brave soldier of the Revolution
And further saith not.
Sworn to & signed before me
this 27 day of Febuary [February] 1846 |
his
Moses [x] Mitchell
mark
William Anderson J. P.
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State of Kentucky
County of Edmondson | Set
I, Augustus M Barret, Clerk of the Edmondson County Court do certify that William Anderson Esq whose name appears to be subscribed to the foregoing 
Affidavits is now and was at the time of signing
the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for
said ^ County and that all his official acts, as such are
entitled to full faith and credit and the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine
[seal covered in paper]
In Witness whereof I have here
unto set my name and affixed 
the seal of my Office
in Brownville, this 10th day of
March 1846 and in the 54
year of the Commonwealth
A. M. Barret C.E.C.C.
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State of Kentucky
County of Edmondson | Set
Personally appeared before the undersigned an
acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County Nancy Greer
a resident of said County aged 96 years, who being first duly
sworn according to law, doth on her oath depose and say.
That she was living in Wilks [Wilkes] County North Carolina at
the time of the marriage of Hannah Mitchell and
Joel Hampton. She states that she was living in the same
neighbourhood when they were married and that
they were married in the autumn of the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty three at the house of
John Greer in said County and by a magistrate of the
name of John Brown, She states that she was not present
at the wedding, [crossed out: though she was invited] and that
soon after that event they settled off to themselves
as husband and wife and raised a
large family of children. She further states that
said Hampton was a Revolutionary Soldier and
that he served with affiant's husband and that
she recollects distinctly that they both went into the
service together and come home together and
that they served occassionally [occasionally] during the whole
Revolutionary War. And further saith not.
Sworn to & signed before
me this 27 day of February 1846 |
her
Nancy Green
mark
William Anderson J. P. -
State of Kentucky | Set
County of Edmondson
I certify that all the above Affiants are persons
of truth and respectability and each of their statements 
is entitled to full faith and credit
Given under my hand this 27 day of February 1846
William Anderson J. P.
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State of Missouri
St Francis County |
Personally appeared before the undersigned, an
acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County
Pethiah Mitchell aged 77 years, who being
first duly sworn according to law, doth, on
her oath, depose and say: - That Hannah
Hampton of Logan County Kentucky is the
sister of this Affiant and that Joel Hampton
and her sister Hannah were lawfully
married in Wilkes County North Carolina
at the house of John Greer in said County
by a magistrate of the name of John Brown
on the 14th day of November one thousand
seven hundred and eighty three - that 
she was present at the wedding and
witnessed the celebration of marriage
And she further states that Joel Hampton
served for a long while in the Revolutionnary 
war - And further saith not.
sworn to & signed before me
this 26 day of June 1847
Mahlon M. Doughty J.P.
her
Pethiah Mitchell
mark
certify that the above statement is entitled
to full credit and faith
Mahlon M Doughty J.P.
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State of Missouri | SS
County of St Francois ⎬ I John Cobb Clerk of the County Court within and
for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that Mahlon M Doughty Esquire
whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificates as a Justice of the Peace
is now and was on the day the same were made, an acting Justice of the
Peace within and for St Francois County aforesaid, duly Commissioned and
qualified, and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to
his official acts as such, in all courts of Record in a sister State, and
that his said signature is genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name
and affix the seal of said Court (the same [illegible]
Court of record) at office at the Town of Farmington
this 28th day of June AD 1847
John Cobb.  Clerk
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Case of
Hannah Hampton
of Kentucky -
Widow of Joel.

Additional evidence.

E. F. Brown
Wash. D.C.    Agent
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State of Kentucky
County of Edmondson|
Personally appeared before the undersigned, an
acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County.
Nancy Green, a citizen of said County aged 97 years
who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth
on her oath depose and saith: That she was well
acquainted with Joel Hampton in Wilkes County
North Carolina, in the time of the Revolution and
she was also well acquainted with said Hampton
States the said was in Kentucky in this
County [illegible]] Logan County Kentucky where
he died in August 1833.  She states that she
lived a neighbour to him in Wilkes County
North Carolina and that said Joel Hampton
served as a soldier of the United States in said
war. That soon after the taking of Charleston
by the British in 1780 that a company was raised
in Wilkes County North Carolina by Captain
Benjamin Herron and Captain Micajah Lewis
(both of whom were in command alternately) who
were under [illegible]
for a period of three months and that she
knows that said Hampton was one of said
Company and that he served out the tour
of three months and came back home and
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that he soon left home again for another tour of three months and this continued in the war untill peace was made, occassionally returning home and staying a short time and then gone again in the war She states that her husband John Greer and said Joel Hampton were soldiers together at the time and she knows that said Hampton did render the aforesaid service and she further states that said Hampton and Hannah Mitchell were married  at the house of  John [illegible]  - Wilkes County NC Soon after the war was over in November 17-- [illegible]  
That the present widow of this said Hampton, Hannah Hampton who is widow applying for an pension now lives in Logan County Kentucky 
And further saith not 
                                                    her
Sworn to & Signned  }             Nancy [X] Greer 
before me this 10 day                mark
of  August 1847
William Anderson  J. P.

I certify that the above affiant is truthfull and [illegible] and this above [illegible]....   that under my hand this  [illegible ] crossed out 
William Anderson J.P. 

[A lot of bleed from the other side of the page]
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State of Kentucky
County of Edmondson |
Personally appeared before the undersigned an
acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County
Smith Greer a citizen of said County aged 61
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law,
doth on his oath depose and say: That he married
a daughter of said Joel Hampton and Hannah
his now present widow and his wife was the oldest 
child of said Joel & Hannah Hampton and
that she would be if now alive 62 years old
that her age is record in this Affiant's Bible
and according to that she was born on the
day of         1785
This Affiant has know Joel Hampton almost
as long as this affiant can remember and
he has frequently heard said Joel speak of
his services in the Revolutionary war and that
said Joel was always considered a soldier at
the time of said war & that he died in Logan Co.
Ky in August 1833 leaving a widow the present
applicant for a pension, & further saith not
Sworn to & signed before me ⎬
this 20 day of June 1847 | Smith Greer
J. P.

I certify that the above statement is entitled
to full faith & credit & the said Affiant is a man
of Strict truth & respectability William Anderson
J. P.
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State of Kentucky
County of Edmondson |
I, Augustus M. Barret Clerk of the Edmondson
County Court do certify that Wm Anderson Esq whose
name appears to be subscribed to the foregoing
depositions, is and was, at the date of signing
the same, an acting magistrate in & for said
County duly commissioned and qualified according 
to law that all his official acts, as such,
are entitled to full faith and credit and
the foregoing signatures purporting to be
his
[seal covered by paper]
-
In Testimony of which I have
hereunto my name and
affixed the seal of said
County Court this 23 day of
August 1847 and in the 50th
year of the Commonwealth
A.M Barret C.E.C.C.
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1934 Jan. 25-7 LisF to Mrs. J D Londermiel [illegible initials]
1937 March 12  [illegible] to Mrs. Louisa A. Williams. EL
[crossed out] Acts of July 14, 1862 and March 6, 1873     
REJECTED
 4047
Hannah Hampton
Papers sent Jany 24, 1848 to Hon B.S. Clark
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State of North Carolina
Wilkes County |
I Williams Mastin,
Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions
for the County aforesaid, certify herewith, that
no Licence [License] Bond, concerning the marriage of
Joel Hampton with Hannah his wife, is to
be found in my Office.
In Witness whereof I have herein
to set my hand and affixed the
Seal of Office this the 10th day of
June A.D. 1846
Wm. Mastin Clk
By J. E. Mastin D.C.
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Cannonsburgh, Wash. Co. Pa.
14th September 1847.

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commr. of Pensions,
Washington City
Sir:
Herewith I enclose
additional evidence in case of Hannah Hampton,
which, with papers heretofore filed by me, and
recently by M. D. Hendrick Esq. from Evansville
Ind., as he informs me he sent them on 9th ult.
I trust will enable you to allow the claim
and send me her certificate of Pension
As it is uncertain when I can return
home, please direct to me as usual, present.
I have the honor to be
Very Respectfully,
Your Obs. Svt.
Edm. F. Brown
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[Mail stamp: Evenasville Ia. Aug 10]
[Overlaid: Aug 47 [illegible] Hannah Hampton]
FREE

Col. J. L. Edwards Comm. Pensions
Official business | Washington City
D.C.
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Evansville Indiana
August 9th, 1847
Col. J. L. Edwards
Dear Sir
Enclosed is the deposition of Pethiah Mitchell of Missouri touching the application of Hannah Hamilton of Logan County Kentucky for a pension as the widow of Joel Hampton.
The papers of Mrs. Hampton were prepared by me and forwarded to E F Brown Esq of Washington City and he presented them to your Bureau in March 1846.
You will please file this paper and before it shall come up for examination in its turn in your office.
I will forward you the proof of the identity of said Joel Hampton.
Respectfully
M. D. Hendrick
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Letters addressed to this Office must be post-paid.
[Notary seal of Edmund F. Brown]

United States Agency
And Notarial Office,
Washington City
13. July 1846.

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Comm. of Pensions

Sir,
Enclosed I hand you
a Supplemental Declaration of Hannah Hampton of Logan Co. Ky. and a Certificate from the Clerk of Wilkes Co. N.C. that he cannot find a Marriage bond.
Before these papers are examined, I hope to file something additional.

Very Respectfully,
Yr. Obd. Svt.
Edm. F. Brown
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V 12614
Hannah Hampton
Ky
Let. to E.F. Brown [crossed out]
to same [crossed out]
Sent to M.D. Hendricks
Sept 7. 47[crossed out]
Sent to E.F. Brown [illegible] [crossed out]
Sent to Hon. B.L. Clarke
[crossed out]
Act 7 July '38
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E [illegible] Col' Berret
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E.F. Brown
Augt 31. 46
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Pension office
August 31 46
Sir, 
The additions declaration
and testimony in the case of Hannah
Hampton have been examined and
filed. None of the objections pointed
out in my letter of the 28th May last
are [crossed out] removed,
E. F. Brown Esq.
Present
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613
Pension Office
May 28, 1846
Sir,
The papers submitted by you in the
case of Mrs. Hannah Hampton have been
examined and filed.
Against the admission of this claim, in
its present shape, there are several material
objections. First, in the declaration, the
rules of the office have not been complied
with in specifying, in proper detail, the tours of
service alleged to have been performed. Next,
the date of the marriage has not been established
by that kind of evidence which is ^ considered best, and is easy [second "easy" crossed out]
access in North Carolina, namely, the certificate of the Clerk of the Court from which the
marriage license encrated; and, lastly [crossed out] which
is of partial importance, not an iota of evidence has been introduced to identify the Joel
or J. Hampton mentioned in the certificate
of the Comptroller of N.C. with claimant's
husband,
E.F. Brown, Esq, Present [line crossed out]
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The necessity of insisting upon a specific detail of the service which is set up will
be apparent, when it is known that such
detail enables us to compare the service
claimed with the authorized service of N.C. [crossed out]
troops in N.C. during the revolutionary war

[to side]
Edm. F. Brown
May 28, '49

Edmund F. Brown, Esq
Present
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M.D. Hendricks
Sept. 1. 47
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12
Pension Office
The affidavit
September [crossed out] Sept 1 1847

Sir
The affadavit of Pethiah Mitchell
in the Case of Hannah Hampton and of God
Hampton does not remove the objection to
the admission of her claim
The specifications of service and
the proof of quantity as will as of the marriage
required by my letter to E F Brown of the
28th May [crossed out] 1846 must be furnished before
[crossed out] pension can be granted to Mrs. Hampton
D Hendricks Esq
Evansvill [Evansville]
[crossed out] Ind.
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E.F. Brown
Oct. 5, '49
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42
Pension Office
October 5th, 1847
Sir,
The duplicate statements of Nancy and Temperance Grern and the affidavit of Smith Grern
transmitted by you in support of the claim of
Hannah Hampton, widow of Joel Hampson have
been examined and filed with her other papers.
As again the marriage of these parties the
Statements of the two first [illegible] add nothing to their former affidavits, and as they could not possibly have 
had such personal knowledge of the service of Claimants 
husband as would enable them to specify the commencement 
and duration of each war with the names of the
in conforming with the regulations[between main lines]
several officers so as to supply the defect in applicants
declaration, their testimony is not deemed at all satisfactory 
to identify him as the Joel or J. Hampton reformed
to by the Comptroller of North Carolina in his certificate
of the 7 March 1846. And as Smith Green refers to a
family record by which he ascertains that his wife was
born in 1785, [crossed out] his testimony
should[crossed out] be sustained by the production of that record
Edmund F. Brown [illegible]
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Hon. B.L. Clarke
Jan 24, 48
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203
Pension Office
January 24 1848
I have the honor to return herewith
Mr Hendricks letter and to enclose the papers in
the case of Hannah Hampson widow of Joel
Hampton. Numbers from 1 to 8 inclusive, and
have to request that you will acknolion the
receipt thereof
Hon B.L. Clarke
House of Reps
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Hannah Hampton,
widow of Joel[note]
Widow of Joel Hampton.
Revy NC[note]
Logan Co. Kentucky.
Petition for Revolutionary Pension.
Acts 1832, 1838, 1843 & 1844.
January 31.1848 Referred to the
Committee on Revolutionary Pensions

March 14, 1848. vs 1780
Presented
refference askes
By B.L. Clarke [crossed out]
-
B.L. Clarke
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To the Honorable the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled.
The Petition of Hannah Hampton, of Logan County, Kentucky, respectfully represents:
That your Petitioner is the Widow of Joel Hampton, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and died on the 20th. day of August 1832; that your Petitioner was married to her said Husband on the14.th of November 1783; that she believes her said husband was ignorant of the Pension Laws; that as soon as she was informed that there were laws to provide for her, she applied to a person to prepare her application, but as she never saw that person afterwards she delayed until the month of February 1846, when she met with another person who prepared her papers and sent them to the Pension Office; that your Petitioner believes from conversations of her husband before and after their marriage and so short a time after the War, that he served several tours of three months each, most probably in the Militia; but as your Petitioner never was acquainted with the peculiar technicalities of the different terms "Militia", "State Troops","Continental", etc. , and as she has no records of dates, she cannot state positively the length of her husband's service nor the grade he held, but as he several times visited his relatives for short periods and returned to service in the Army, she presumes he was a Private of Militia and served more than two years; that your Petitioner believes that she has fully proven her Husband's Service and Marriage, but as it is impossible to prove his {identity (underlined)} as the person of that name who received Certificates of Pay in North Carolina sixty three years ago, the Pension Office has refused to allow her the Pension to which she believes she is justly entitled.
Your Petitioner respectfully submits to your Honorable Bodies the following papers, viz:-
No.1.  Her Declaration dated 18. Feb. 1846, setting forth all the particulars she could recollect.
No.2.  Her Supplemental Declaration stating some particulars she could not recollect when she made the first, and correcting the year in which her husband died; said Supplemental Declaration dated 20. June 1846, and made in compliance with requisitions
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from the Pension Office..

Nº 3. Deposition of Nancy Greer, of Edmonson Co. Ky. 13. Aug. 1847, aged 97 years, proving from her personal knowledge, the service and marriage of your Petitioner's Husband. 

Nº 4. Deposition of Temperance Greer, aged 76; of Moses Mitchell, aged 67, and Nancy Greer, 96; all proving the same facts above stated. 27, Feb. 1846. 

Nº 5. Certificate of the Clerk of Wilkes Co. N.C. that there is no marriage Bond of Joel Hampton to be found in his Office. 

Nº 6. Certificate of Clerk of Logan Co. Ky. relative to the Will of Joel Hampton, proving that he died on 20. August 1832. 

Nº 7. Certificate of the Comptroller of North Carolina dated 7. March 1846, showing that Specie Certificates were issues in 1784, to Joel Hampton for $13.01.00; and to J. Hampton, for $24.00.10 for military service, amounting together to about $83, which would pay for more than a year's service as a Private.

Nº 8. Deposition of Pethiah Mitchell of St. Francois Co. Missouri, aged 77 years, dated 20 June 1847, showing that she is the sister of the Petitioner and recollects well her marriage and her Husband's service in the war.

Nº  9. The Original Family Record of Smith Greer, cut from his Bible on 25th December 1847, showing that his Wife Nancy, the eldest Daughter of Joel and Hannah Hampton, was born on the 5th of February 1785, which conclusively proves the marriage of the Petitioner before 1794. 

Your Petitioner would further state that all the papers above mentioned, except the last, have been presented at the Pension Office, but have been deemed insufficient to comply with the Regulations of that Office; and your Petitioner would respectfully submit to your Honorable Bodies whether the proofs herewith presented are not sufficient to satisfy any unprejudiced mind of the justice of her claim to the benefit of the provisions made by the several laws granting Pensions to the widows of Revolutionary Soldiers. 
Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays that your Honorable Bodies will pass a Special Act, granting to her the Pension
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Pension due to her husband under the Act of June 7. 1832, from 4. March 1831 20. August 1832, the day of his death, and also a Pension for herself under the Acts of July 7. 1838, March 3. 1843, and June 17. 1844; or grant her such other relief as your wisdom may devise.
And your Petitioner, as in duty bound, will ever pray.
Hannah Hampton 
by Edm. F. Brown
her Attorney
Washington City,
January 29. 1848.
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2
Hannah Hampton
of Logan Co. Ky
-
Supplemental Declaration
-
Original claim filed
4th March 1846
_
E. F. Brown, Agent
Wash D.C.
13 July 1846
Page 55

[ink has bled through from the other side of the document, heavily obscuring some parts.]
State of Kentucky
County of Logan | Set
Personally appeared before this his designated
and acting Justice of the Peace in and for said
County Hannah Harrison a resident of said
county [illegible]
[illegible] according to law, doth on her oath make the following
then declaration, as the widow of
the nation, who was in
the war of the Revolution from Wilkes County
North Carolina and served in said war as
is set forth in her declarations of February
1846.  That she was married to the said Hampton
in Wilkes County North Carolina on the 14th day
of November one thousand seven hundred
and eighty three, and that said Hampton
died in Logan County Kentucky on the
20th day of August 1832 and not as
the 20th day of August 1833, as she stated
in her declaration of February 1846
since making said Declaration last February.
She has reflected more on the date
of his death and she is now satisfied that
he died on the day & month above written in 1832
She further states that said Hampton was a
poor uneducated man and the presumes
that he was totally ignorant of any provision
[[illegible]] granting pension under 
the act of June 1832 and that he never
did make any application for pension
at any time.  She states that the following
the names of the surviving children of
her and the said Hampton to wit James
Hampton, Joshua Hampton, William Hampton
Andrew Hampton, Sally Hampton, Ally Hamp[ton]
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[ink has bled through from other side of paper throughout]]=
ton and Hannah Hampton
The above declaration is on [illegible] to
[illegible] the benefit of the provision made
by the act of Congress of the 7 June 1832
[illegible] Revolutionary
[illegible] the further state as supplemented
to his [illegible] of February last
That the reason why the d'cd not [illegible]
apply for a pension that he has heretofor
and [illegible] lives at least 16 miles from
Rignell in the County Set of Legal
in another part of the County and [illegible]
could get [illegible] pension to make the off [illegible]
for never and that she knew nothing of the course
to be [illegible] in make the application
that the hearing of the one
and in order to make the application.
That [illegible]
his he entered they had but that has
chains and the holiest
portane for her in the Suthunt

[illegible]
Hannah Hampton
Mark

State of Kentucky
County of Logan |
I certify that [illegible]
with alone but that the said
in this mishion for many year that
he was well with Josie
Hampton in this and that the
is his reputed demand of any
of Strict with their statement in
entitled to full faith and the
my hand
June 1846
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State of Kentucky
County of Logan | Set
At a Court held in Russellville in and for
said County on the 22nd day of June 1846
the following proceeding was had: to wit
"This day was exhibited in open Court the Declaration
of Hannah Hampton for a pension Sworn
to and signed before M. Bennett, who is known
to this Court to be an acting Justice of the
Peace in and for said County, and was such
at time of signing the same, duly commissioned
and qualified according to law
that all his official acts, as such, are
entitled to full faith and credit and
the foregoing signatures; proporting
to be his and genuine
Satisfactory eminence was also addned
in open Court to prove that Joel Hampton 
died in Logan County Kentucky on the
20th day of August 1832 and that Hannah
Hampton the above declarant is his widow
and that ^John James Joshua William Andrew
Sally Ally and Hannah Hampton are
his surviving heirs"
I Marmaduke B Morton Clerk of said Court do
certify that the foregoing is truly copied
from the records in my office
In testimony of which I hereto set my
name and affix the seal of said County
Court this 22nd day of June 1846 and in
the 54th year of the Commonwealth
Marmaduke B. Morton
Clerk of the Court of Law County
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(3-223.)
No. 21.667 Revy
_. EX'R.
OLD WAR INVALID.
Hannah Hampton widow of
P.O.[crossed out] Joel Hampton, of Ky
Pri, Col. Cleaveland N. C.
Service: REJECTED
Enlisted: _, 18  .
Discharged: _, 18  .
Application filed: March, 1846.
Alleges: _
Re-enlisted: _
Attorney: E F Brown 310
P.O. Washington D. C
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State of Kentucky
Logan County of

I Marmaduke B Morton as clerk of the said Logan County Court do certify that at a County Court held for said County at the Court house in Russellville on the 1st day of October 1832. 
The nuncupative will of Joel Hampton dec'd was proven in open court and ordered to be recorded and reads in the words the following towit
"The nuncupative will purporting to be the last will and testament of Joel Hampton decd as follows towit that he Joel Hampton wished his wife Hanah Hampton to have his land he then lived on and all the balance of his property except his coopering tools during her natural life that she will either live on the land or sell the land and live on the proceeds or do with it just as she might think proper and that he wished his son William Hampton and William Lowe to have his coopering tools 24th August 1832 which was proven by William Lowe and Matilda Lowe who stated that the decd died on the 20th Augt 1832 and this statement was committed to writing 24 Aug 1832, and that the foregoing statement contains the last will and testament of dec'd which is ordered to be recorded
A Copy Teste M. B. Morton Clerk of Logan County Court
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

Name Hampton, John
Grade Private
Line Artillery Artificers

Warrant Number 13232
Acreage_100_
Issued November 1, 1791 to ~not shown~
Notation: "On file, not delivered"

The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.