Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21309, for Harman Hurst, [Blank]
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]
(3-1776)
SERVICE					NUMBER
[illegible]	Hurst, Harman			S.21309
		or Harmon
				
CONTENTS
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East Tennessee 27.64
Harman Hurst
of Claiborne Co in the state of Tenn who was a Priv in the company command by Captain Tulles of the reg't command by Capt Johnson in the [N Carolina] line for 
8 mos Pr $ 28.33
Inscribed on the roll of East Tenn
at the rate of 28 dollars 33 cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of pension issued the 20th day of Sept and Sent to B.F. Cloud Tazewell
Arrears to the 4th of Sept '31                 99.10'
Semi-anl. [semi-annual] allowance ending 4 Feb '33    14.15'
                                                            $113.32
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by J. T. Sprague Clerk 
Book C 2 Volume 7 Page 65
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are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. 

I Benjamin F Cloud clerk of the court of [common] Pleas and quarter sessions for the County of the court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said court in the matter of the applicatios of Harman Hurst for a pension.

31662
Harman Hurst 
Transferred
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State of Tennessee }
Claiborne County }
This day being the 19th day of March 1833 personally appeared before the court of pleas and quarter sessions held for said county, the same being a court of Record, Harmon Hurst aged about 76 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June the 4th 1833 States that he Entered the service of the United States under the following named officer and served as herein slated
There he Resided in the state of North Carolina and in the county of Wake and that some time the Spring the year of 1776 he was drafted to perform a three months tour of duty in the service of his country and that he belonged to a company commanded by Capt Jonas Tulles which said company was attached to a Regiment commanded by colonel Peter Johnson and that they marched to Charleston in the state of North Carolina where they arrived some time about the 1st of June in said year and that he was stationed at Charleston until the 25th of said month when the battle commenced and this
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begs leave to state that he was taken prisoner in the battle and Remained so for about 18 or twenty days and that he then Received a paroll [parole] of honour and that this applicant then Returned home after having been about two months and a half in the service of his country 
and the applicant be so learn for then [or them] to represent to the department that he still Remained in the county of Wake in the state of North Carolina and that some time in the fall of 1776 that he substituted him self in the servis [service] of his country for the term of three months in the towne and [state] of Charles Liles. And that he belonged to a company commanded by Capt George Whitesides which said company was attached to a Regiment commanded by colonel Stephen More [or Mow] and we marched from there to the Haw River and from there to the head of the Adkin [sic] and after my time of servis [service] expired I received my discharge from Capt Whitesides and returned home which said discharge I have lost or mislaid so that I can not produce it and this applicant states that he still Resideded [sic] in the county of Wake and some time in the Spring of
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1777 he was again drafted to perform a three months leave of duty and that he he [sic] then Resided in the said county of Wake and that he belonged to the company commanded by the same Capt Whitesides, and which said company was attached to the Regemint [regiment] commanded by Colo Stephen More and we marched from there to Camden in the State of South Carolina where we were stationed about six months we were then marched to Pine Tree where we served General Gates Briggaid [brigade] where we were stationed until my leave of service had Expired and I Received my discharge and Returned home

and this applicant states that he still Resided in the county of Wake and some time in the year of 1780 he substituted his services in the army of united in the Room and stid [sic] of 18 mon for the leave of 18 months and that he belonged to a company commanded by Capt John Harman which said company was attached to the Regiment commanded by colo Joel Lane and we marchd [marched] from there to York county in the state of South Carolina and from there to Kings Mountain where we joined General Morgans Briggaid [brigade] and we marched
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to the [illegible] where we arrived on about the middle of January 1781 as well as this applicant can remember it was on the 17th day of said month that the battle was fought and when we defeated Tarlton and a day or two after the battle was faught [fought] we marche [marched] near the shallow ford of the Adkin [sic] where we were stationed for some time and we then marched to Ramsoures [sic] Mill where we were stationed for some time and we then marched to Guilford Courthouse where we had a very sour battle with the British and we were defeated and this applicant states that he then in the battle Recivd [received] a wound in his Right leg which fractured the bone so much that it has been of little or no use in getting a living and that he was taken from the battleground to Hillsborough and then placed in the Hospital and by the time that his wounds were healed his term of service had Expired and that he then Read his discharge and I then Returned home after having been more than two years and two months in the army in the United States in the Revolutionary War
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he states that he has no documentary Evidence of his service nor does he know of any livinng [living] testimony by whom he can prove his [crossed out] service he states that he is a very poor man and that his wife is old and very inferior he hereby Relinquishes even claim to a pension or an annuity Except the resident and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency of any state whatsoever.
Interrogatories
Where and in what year was you born. Have you any Record of your age and if so where is it. Where were you living when you were called in to service and where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live .[crossed out] how were you called in to service. were you drafted a volunteer or a substitute? and if so for whom. 
State some of the officers whom you know. [crossed out] did you ever receive a discharge 
and if so from whom. state the names of some of  the persons in your neighborhood who can testify as to your character and veracity for truth.

 Harman x Hurst his mark
Sworn to in
Open Court 19th March 1833 
B F Cloud
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State of Tennessee
Claiborne County }
I William Williams one of the clergymen Resident in the County aforesaid do hereby certify upon oath I am well acquainted with Harman Hurst who is making this application for a pension and that I believe him to be the years of age that he states and that it is Reputed [and believed in the Neighborhood where he Resides that he was a soldier of the Revolutionary War and served as he states that I concur in that opinion. William Williams 

in open Court this 17th March 1834 [illegible]
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I Thomas Berry one of the citizens of the state of Tennessee in  Claiborne County [crossed out] do upon oath state that I am well acquainted with Harmon Hurst who is making this application for a pension and that I believe him to be the years of age that he states and it is Reputed and believed in the Neighbourhood [sic] where he lives that he was a soldier of of [sic] the Revolutionary War and that I concur in that opinion. 
Thomas Berry 
Sworn to an open court
March 19th 1833 
B F Cloud Clk

I George Ford a citizen of said county of  Claiborne in the state of Tennessee do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Harman Hurst who is making this application for a pension and do state that it is reputed and believed in the Neighbourhood [sic] where he Resides there he was a soldier in the revolutionary War and that I concur in that opinion. 
George Ford his mark
Sworn to an open court
March 19th 1833 
B F Cloud
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And the said court do hereby their opinion  after the investigation of the matter & 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 William Williams who has signed the proceeding certificate is a clergyman residing in the County of Claiborne & state of Tennessee And that Thomas Berry & George Ford, who has also signed the same is residents in the County of Claiborne & state of Tennessee are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Benjamin F Cloud Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter sessions for the county of Claiborne aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said court in the matter of the application of Harmon Hurst for a pension. 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office of [illegible] this 19th day of March 1834  
[Signed] Benjamin F Cloud 

31662
Harman Hurst 
Transferred
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21309
Invalid
File No. 21,309
[illegible]
Act: [illegible]
Index: - Vol. 2 Page:195
Arrangement of 1870.
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31, 662
Harman Hurst
Tennessee
Apr 1776 pr 8 mos
$28. 33/100

[Handwritten calculations}
28.33
3
85.00
14.16
99.16

2833
4
113.33

Benj. F Cloud
Tazewell
Tennessee
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State of Tennessee }
Claiborne County }
Sept the 17th 1834 Sept Term of county court
The amendment of Harman Hurst for a pension the applicant in open court. makes this his Relinquishment to the government of the United States. For services due him from the government in the Revolutionary War. For the term of 18 months as charged and said in his Declaration for he is very old and and [repeat is intentional] Poor and infirm so much so that he cannot go or is he able to hire any person to go to the state of North Carolina for him to procure testimony in his case he therefore fully Relinquishes the same and only claims pay for the 8 months and a half as described in his Declaration as a substitute and as a drafted man.
[Signed] Harman x Hurst his mark
Acted in open court Sept 17th 1834 
[Signed] Benj F Cloud Clk

I Benjamin F Cloud clerk of the court of pleas and quarter sessions held for said county of Claiborne do hereby certify that the above Relinquishment is the original amendment of Harman Hurst for a pension in open court. 
Given under my hand and seal affixed of office in Tennessee  the 17th Sept 1834 [Signed] Benj F. Cloud clk.