Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2,615, John Hill, N.C. Creek War. War 1812,
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N.C		Hill, John or John P.		S.2.615
Creek War	     
War 1812
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32.820          
Tennessee. Nashville                 
John Hill of Sumner Co. in the State of Tennessee he was a captain private in the company commanded by Captain Daulton of the Regt commanded By Col Alcorn in the N.C. line for 9 months 25 days Private Captain 2 mos, 5 days [unreadable] Troop               
Inscribed on the roll of Nashville at the rate of 40 dollars 69 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 183       
Certificate of pension issued the 14th day of Feby 1831 and sent to Hon A Ewing                   
Arrears 4th day of  Hop A.       
Era              
{Revolutionary Claim,  Act June 7, 1832}        
H. R . Weightman Clerk                 
E.2,  Vol 7,    Page 65                    
T. Barry Jun 21/51                
T. Barry Dec. 11/1853             
Hon. Geo. W. Jones, Mar 23/[unreadable]
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State of Tennessee} Sumner County}ss    On this the seventh day of September 1846, personally appeared John Hill In open court before the Court of the County of Sumner & State of Tennessee now sitting, the said John Hill a resident of the county of Sumner and state of Tennessee aged 87 years who being first sworn according to law doth at this 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 of America under the following named officers and he served as herein stated.                
That he was born in the county of Charles City in the state of Virginia in a mile of the Court house and there made his Residence until the Spring of 1780 , he left his parents and determined to join the army of the United States; for this purpose he [unreadable] on foot through through State of North Carolina to the edge of South Carolina, some 12 miles from the Cowpens, where in the month of June 1780 where he volunteered and joined the Company of Captain William Clark in Regiment Commanded by Colonel Robert Mumford, both of which offices were Virginians, he was acquainted with Captain Grissom and Colonel Gaines; that he continued in said service and was in the Battle of the Cowpens fought by Morgan vs Tarlton on the 17th day of January 1781 he continued in the service and marched with his said Corps was with them and fought at Gilford on the 18th day of March 1781 with his said Corps he continued and served and marched to Black River where the army stopped a while; afterwards marched and Crossed James River and stopped in through at Nixons ware house, where we remained some time; he recollects where in this march or pursuit of Cornwallis, whom the soldiers familiarly called the “Old Fox” that Gen. Greene on This said pursuit found at different times letters purporting to be from Cornwallis in which he threatened that if Greene did not quit pursuing him so Close that he would slaughter              
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the women and children in his march, - that after leaving Nixens warehouse he with said corps continued his said service and marched to Yorktown and was at the Seige of Yorktown, and was present when Cornwallis surrendered to Washington; he saw Cornwallis deliver his sword to Washington and heard the conversation that passed, - That Washington when returning the sword to Cornwallis, he said to him “to wear his sword that he was worthy of it.” Declarant further states. that he was among The number detailed to guard the Prisoners at Yorktown after the surrender which was the 19th of October 1781, - said continued in said service until April 1782 when he was regularly discharged and received his certificate of discharge from Col. Robert Mumford by whom it was signed, Declarant further states that after his discharge he returned home in Virginia; where he preserved his said Certificate of discharge until 1799 when he purported to move to the State of Tennessee, and before leaving he had in his possession a number of old papers and among them his said certificate which he considered useless not worth packing with him so far; and he burned them up which accounts for his not presenting his said certificate itself. – that he moved from Virginia to Davidson County & State of Tennessee where he lived until the Creek War when he volunteered his services and joined in Nashville the Company of Capt. Gideon in the Regiment 2nd of Infantry, he served through the Creek war & returned to his home; he afterwards volunteered & joined the company of Capt John Dalton and descended the River under Carrol to New Orleans and was in the battle of New Orleans,  He returned home and lived Davidson and Williamson Counties until October 1844  He moved to Sumner County his current residence  That he is personally known in Davidson County to William Philips, John Hogan, Jesse Maxfield, James Perkins, John Thompson, John Nickol (Nashville), General Robt Armstrong
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Armstrong, E.H.Foster & John Bell & others, from to all and each of whom he refers for his character;                 
That his name is not found on the Pension Roll of any state in this Union and on no pension Roll whatever, - that he hereby relinquishes all and every claim whatever to any pension or annuity except the present.      John Hill his mark
Sworn to & subscribed in open court Sept 7 1846.   
Wm. S. Munday Clerk           
of this County Court of Sumner County                        
We Richard Johnson clergyman residing in the county of Sumner and State of Tennessee and Richmond P. Tynes Residing in the same county certify that we are well acquainted with John Hill who had subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be 87 years of that he is reputed and believed to be in his neighborhood to be a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in the opinion and I Richard Johnson further certify that said John Hill is a member in good standing in the Methodist Church Sworn to and subscribed in open Richard Johnson Court Sept 7th 1846             Richard Johnson    Richmond P. Tynes          
Wm S Munday Clerk of Court                   
Personally appeared in open court William Wood who being first sworn on the Excellent of Almighty God by Elijah Dodge Chairman of the County of Sumner County by him interrogated, when deponent an oath deposes and says that he is personally acquainted with John Hill the same man whose name is affixed; to the forgoing declaration - that of his own personal knowledge he knows that said Hill did serve with army of the Revolution as stated in his said declaration, and that he was in the corps as stated, - that he never met with him until in July last since his discharge at Yorktown.             William Wood his mark
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court Sept 7th 1846              
Wm S Munday Clerk of Sumner County Court
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The court by the Chairman then propounded to said John Hill in open court the following questions          
1st where and in what year were you born?            
Ans. In Charles City county Virginia in 1759. I have no record of my age                 
2nd How were you called into service.                 
Ans I volunteered during the war.                  
3rd Where were you living when called into the service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live                  
Ans. I was living in the county of Charles City VA where I lived until 1799 when I moved to Davidson County Tennessee  since lived in Davidson & Williamson County until 1844, when I moved to Sumner County my present Residence                 
4th. State the names of some of the officers who were with the troops when you served                      
Ans. I knew Gen. Greene, Morgan, Col. Mumford, Col Gaines, Capts Clark and Grissom     
5th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?                   
Ans. I did receive a discharge signed by Colonel Robert Mumford, I destroyed it supposing it to be valueless when I left Virginia for Tennessee in 1799.                
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and full examination of the applicant in the foregoing declaration and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named John Hill was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Richard Johnson who has sign ed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of of Sumner and State of Tennessee and that Richmond P Tynes who has assigned his name thereto is a credible person and the their statement is entitled to credit.               
State of Tennessee Sumner County}         I William S Munday Clerk of the Court Sumner County do hereby certify the foregoing contains the original proceedings of this said Court in the matter of the application of John Hill for a pension    In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 7th day of September 1844_ The insertions on first page between tenth and fourteenth lines made before signing Wm Munday Clerk
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State of Tennessee} Sumner County} On this the 2nd day of Sept 1850 personally appeared in open court before the worshipful County Court of Sumner acting at Gallatin it being a court of probate jurisdiction John Hill who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of an act of Congress passed in 1832 and all other acts and resolutions of Congress applicable to the facts of his case - he being a resident of the county and state aforesaid he states the he was ninety one years old last July and in consequence of his age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to many facts that he is informed that is material for him to swear to but swears according to the best of his recollection leaving blank where his memory does not serve him. He further states he is a illiterate man can neither read nor write he states that he enlisted in the Army of the United States either in the year 1776 or 1777 the former he thinks, that he enlisted as a private under Capt Clarke - Regiment of North Carolina Regulars for the term of and during the war and served out the term of his enlistment and was honorably discharged The above Capt Clarke was promoted and he was then under Capt Sharpe He was at York Town when
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Lord Cornwallis surrendered   That during his term of service he belonged to more than one Division of the Army part of the time he was under Gen Morgan and a part of the time under Gen N. Green. He disremembers the County in which he enlisted but thinks it was in the State of North Carolina near the South Carolina line and not far from the battlefield of the Cowpens - he further makes oath that he was in the engagement following Viz. he was at the battle of the Cowpens and thinks he served under Col Washington that he went from the Cowpens under the command of Gen Morgan in the direction of Guildford before nearing the latter place he was placed under the command of Gen Nat Green he was in the battle of Guilford in 1781 and that he was also in the battle of Eutaw and was at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis as before stated at York Town He states that he was in actual service in the United States Army for the term of 4 years part of the time as private and part as first Corporal. After his discharge he went to Charles City County Virginia and remained in Virginia until 1797 and then moved to Tennessee and he further states that he served as Volunteer under Capt Gideon 2nd Regiment of Tennessee Volunteers commanded by Col Tom Williamson under Gen Andrew Jackson That after his term of enlistment had expired he returned
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home and his services being again called for he volunteered under Capt John Dalton Regiment Commanded by Col John Allcorn and was at the battle of new Orleans after which he returned to Tennessee and is now a citizen of Sumner County in that State he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension and annuity except the present He declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State He further states that when he was about to move to Tennessee he examined all his papers and destroyed those which he thought would never be of any value to him among these was his discharge which was about fifty five years ago         
John Hill his mark               
This day appeared in open Court Samuel H Adams aged about 50 years who being sworn accord ing to law states that he married a daughter of John Hills the forgoing applicant about twenty two years ago Previous to my marriage in the family I have heared John Hill make the statements repeatedly in the foregoing declaration which has been read to me He made the statements before me before the Pension law of 1832 was passed. years after I was married I saw and old man by the name of Mathew who lived in Jackson or Hickman County Tennessee he told me that he knew John Hill well and asked me if he was drawing a pension I told him he was not Mathews then said that Hill was as much entitled to a pension as himself for the had served in the Revolution
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together that he knew Hill well The reason I had for beleiving he did know Hill was that he remarked that Hill was always called Petersburg a nick-name that John Hill has always gone by ever since I knew him John Hill has always been considered a man of Truth and veracity and no ever doubt who knew him well that he had been a Soldier of the Revolution Mathews further told me that he and Hill lived in the same County in Virginia I do not recollect Mathews given name He said Mathews was then drawing a pension but is now dead                  
J H Adams                
This day personally appeared in open court B S Harper who makes oath that he has known John Hill for the last 5 or 6 years intimately they both being members of the same church he states that John Hill is an orderly respectable worthy member of the Methodist church and that he has always been considered a soldier of the Revolution by his acquaintances Marcus Rickman joined in the above statement Jesse Tucker likewise concur in the statement of B S Harper He said Rickman and Tucker having been sworn according to Law             
B S Harper            
Marcus Rickman              
Jesse Tucker
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June 17 )47
Declr of John Hill
under Act of Jun / 32. ~
FREE
Honl Jas L Edwards
Comr of Pensions
Washington City 
D.C.
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State of Tennessee} Court of Sessions Sumner County} June Term 1847               
On this 7th of June 1847 personally appeared in open Court before the County Court of Sumner now siting John Hill a resident of Sumner County and State of Tennessee aged about eighty eight 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      He states that in June 1780 he enlisted in the State of North Carolina he does not recollect the name of the District at a small village the name of which is not recollected about 18 miles from where the famous battle of the Cowpens was fought – he states that he was commanded by Captain Clarke he thinks his given name was William – from the place where he enlisted his recollection is that he marched to the Cowpens and was in the battle at that place in January 1780 He thinks Col Mumford commanded his regiment at the battle of the Cowpens Gen Morgan was commander in Cheif at that place From the Cowpens he was marched under the same Capt to Guilford House North Carolina and was in the battle of that place He thinks this battle took place in Mar 1781 From Guildford Court House he went to York Town Virginia and was engaged in the seige of that place being present taken Lord Cornwallis surrendered his sword to Gen Washington he thinks after the Battle of Guildford that Capt Clarke was promoted to a Colonels place to the best of his recollection He was discharged after peace was made at Yorktown and thinks he was
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discharged by Col Mumford at that place which discharge was burnt or he believes as he moved out from Virginia to Tennessee by his wife – she saying that it would never be of any use – he first settled in Davidson County Tennessee where he resided for forty three years for the last five years he has resided in Wilson and Sumner counties Tennessee for the last three years in Sumner County he is now residing near Hartsville in said County He further states that he enlisted as a Regular Soldier for the whole war of the Revolution He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever 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 or if any only on that of the Agency of      
sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid            
John Hill his mark    
Sworn to in open Court June 7th 1847      
Wm S Munday Clerk               
I Elijah Boddie Chairman of the County Court of Sumner certify that John Hill whose signature appears above is a man of good character and I have no doubt of the truth of his statements made in the foregoing Declaration & further certify that Wm S Munday is acting and sworn clerk of said court and that his official acts are entitled to full credit as such throughout the United States as witness my hand and seal June 8th 1847          
Elijah Boddie {seal} Chair of G. C. Court
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State of Tennessee}  I William S Munday Clerk of
Sumner County}  the County Court of said County
do hereby certify that the foregoing named Elijah
Boddie is Chairman of the County Court of said
County, duly elected and qualified as such, and 
that his within attestation is made in due form
of Law
In Testimony whereof I have hereto 	set my hand and affixed the 	Seal of Office at Office in the  Town of Gallitin, this 8th day of
June A D 1847
Wm S Munday Clerk

thinks his
where he
to the Cowp
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State of Tennessee Sumner County}            
On this 15th day of January 1857 personally appeared before me William Wood aged 88 years who first being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following affidavit or statement he states that he is well acquainted with John Hill who resides in Sumner County and who is now an applicant for a Revolutionary Pension He states that he was with John Hill at the battle of the Cowpens on the battlefield he saw said Hill pursue British Soldiers some sixty or seventy five yards He then said Hill stuck his bayonet in the back of the British Soldiers by throwing his musket at him This wound was slight and the British soldier continued to retreat He further states that he himself was wounded by a Cannon ball upon the left leg. This ball striking the outside of the calf of the leg - which was confirmed with said wound.  The said John Hill dress the wound repeatedly This wound he received at the Battle of Gilford. He further states that he was with John Hill about Three years during the Revolution during the whole of which time the said Hill was acting as a Soldier in the United States Service, & was with said Hill at the battle of York Town and know that he was there and was commanded by Capt Sharpe who was an officer in the Regular service in of the Unites States. He further states that said Hill was Honorably discharged after peace was made. 
Test Jos Smith JP             
William Wood his mark             
State of Tennessee Sumner County}            I Joseph Smith an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county and state hereby certify that the above affidavit or deposition was taken by me at my house in Sumner County
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State of Tennessee Sumner County}
On this 15th day of January 1857 personally appeared before me William Wood aged 88 years who first being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following affidavit or statement he states that he is well acquainted with John Hill who resides in Sumner County and who is now an applicant for a Revolutionary Pension He states that he was with John Hill at the battle of the Cowpens on the battlefield he saw said Hill pursue British Soldiers some sixty or seventy five yards He then said Hill stuck his bayonet in the back of the British Soldiers by throwing his musket at him This wound was slight and the British soldier continued to retreat He further states that he himself was wounded by a Cannon ball upon the left leg. This ball striking the outside of the calf of the leg - which was confirmed with said wound. The said John Hill dress the wound repeatedly This wound he received at the Battle of Gilford. He further states that he was with John Hill about Three years during the Revolution during the whole of which time the said Hill was acting as a Soldier in the United States Service, & was with said Hill at the battle of York Town and know that he was there and was commanded by Capt Sharpe who was an officer in the Regular service in of the Unites States. He further states that said Hill was Honorably discharged after peace was made.
Test Jos Smith JP
William Wood his mark
State of Tennessee Sumner County} I Joseph Smith an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county and state hereby certify that the above affidavit or deposition was taken by me at my house in Sumner County
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that the whole of the service in my own
hand write & further state that I known the
said Wood for the last four years during the whole of said time he has lived at my house I have he heard him repeat in substance what is in the foregoing deposition and I have no
doubt about it being wholly true in all my
intercourse with the said Wood I have always 
found him to be a man of the strictest truth
and veracity and that is the character
he was with all who know him & have 
examined the left leg of the said Wood and 
there find the marks of the wound he
describes in his disposition & further state 
that owing to bodily infirmity the said 
Wood is unable to attend any Court of 
record my house being five miles from 
the Court house and his health being delicate
He is not now in the habit of leaving his
home to go to his needs but has the same 
put to him in his own room.
    Given under my hand and seal
     this the 15th day of January 1851
		Jos Smith
	       Justice of the Peace of Sumner County
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State of Tennessee)
Sumner County}  I John L Bugg Clerk
of the County Court of Sumner County
hereby certify that George A Wylie is chair-
man of the County Court of said County
	I further certify that Joseph Smith
	whose signature  appears to the
	foregoing affidavit or statement
	is and was at the time of signature the
	same and acting Justice of the Peace
	in and for said county and State
	I further certify that his foregoing sign
	atures are genuine (illegible)
	I have hereunto set my
	hand and affixed my seal of office
	at office in the Town of Gallitin
	Tennessee on this the 17th day 
	of January 1851
			John L Bugg Clerk
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State of Tennessee} Sumner County}             I George A Wylie chairman of the County Court of Sumner County hereby certify that John L Bugg clerk of said court and that his official acts as such are entitled to full credit through out the United States I further certify that Joseph Smith is an acting justice of the Peace in and for said county and State and that no man stands as high for honesty and truth and every other virtue that [unreadable] a good citizen given under my at office in Gallatin on this the 17th day of January 1851               
George A Wylie JP            
Chairman of the County             
Court of Sumner County
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State of Tennessee Sumner County}    
On this the 5th day of December 1853 personally appeared John Hill a resident of said county and State aged 95 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 provision made by the act of Congress pass ed June 7th 1832 that he enlisted in the of the United States in the year for the particulars with regard to the time of his enlistment and services reference is here made to a declaration formerly made by him now on file in the Pension department on which declaration he obtained the pension certificate here enclosed he makes this amended declaration in order to obtain an increase of Pension as he served nearly twelve months in the Revolutionary War as 2nd Lieutenant and served for about 3 months as Captain in said war with great Brittain and in the service of the United States when Captain Sharpe went home about the close of the war Declarant took his place as Captain and as said Sharpe never returned he acted as Captain in his place and discharged said company or was present when they were discharged while in said service Declarant was in the Battle of the Cowpens and was at Yorktown when
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Lord Cornwallis surrendered as to farther particulars with regard to said service he here refers to his declaration now on file and adapts everything that is contained in said declaration The reason why he did not state to Thomas Barry his attorney who drew the first declaration that he acted as 2nd Lieutenant and Captain was that he thought there was no difference in the pensions paid to privates and officers of any grade He hereby claims the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 and that of all other acts and resolutions of Congress applicable to the facet of his case he hereby relinquishes any claim 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 except the Agency at Nashville Tennessee Sworn to and subscribed the day and year before written He makes this Declaration for an increase of pension               John Hill his mark                
I Josiah Walton Chairman of the County Court of Sumner do hereby declare it as the opinion of the County Court of Sumner County that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and that he served as he states The Court further certify that he is the identical man who applied for a pension years ago in the Court and to whom the certificate
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enclosed herewith was granted
& further certify that John L Bugg
is clerk of said court and that
his official acts as such are entitled 
to full credit throughout the United
States  I further certify that his signature
be below is genuine
		December 5th  1853
		     Josiah Walton {seal}
		     Chairman of the County Court of
		     Sumner County
I John L Bugg clerk of the County
Court of Sumner County do hereby 
certify that the foregoing contains
the original proceedings of the said
court in the matter of the application
of John Hill for the increase of
a pension I further certify that
Josiah Walton is Chairman of said 
Court and that his foregoing signature
is genuine  In testimony I have bere
unto se my hand and seal of office
this the 5th day of December 1853
		John L Bugg  Clerk
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Mr. James Kee   
RALEIGH N.C.  NOV 23 18
	Gallatin
	    Tennessee
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		Raleigh 20th Nov 1849
Dear Sir	
	Your letter of the 9th instant was re-
ceived this morning.  I find several John Hills
on the musterrolls and not finding your for
mer letter asking a certificate for a person of
that name, I cannot tell which of them you
want a certificate for.  I send you one if that
is not the ne you want write again.  I am 
entitled to a fee every time, it is as much trou-
ble to give a second as the first
		Yours respectfully
		Wm Hill
Mr. James Kee
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant John Hill was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states    I John L Bugg clerk of the County Court of Sumner county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Hill for a pension I further certify that G. S. Gray is chairman of said court In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 2nd day of Sept 1850         
John L Bugg Clerk
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I G.S. Gray chairman of the County Court of Sumner County hereby certify that John Hill S.H. Adams, B.S. Harper, Marcus Rickman and Jesse Tucker are all men of respectability and standing and that within letter from W Hill Secretary of State for the State of North Carolina was read in open court and relied on as evidence in the case of John Hill – I further certify that John L Bugg is clerk of the County court of Sumner county and that his official acts as such are entitled to full credit throughout the United States Given under my hand and seal this 3rd day of September 1850 G.S. Gray [seal]          
Chairman of Sumner County Court
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GALLATIN TEN
Decl John Hill
old entry
Hon J L Edwards
Washington D.C.  
Tennessee
Sumner County
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State of Tennessee} Act Term of Circuit Court Sumner County}        
On this the 22nd day of October eighteen hundred & forty nine Personally appeared in open court before the Circuit Court of Sumner County sitting at Gallatin, it being a Court of Record &c John Hill who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration he being a resident of the State of Tennessee & of the County of Sumner, above mentioned        
He states that he was ninety years old last July and in consequence of the loss of memory cannot sweare positively to many things & facts that he is informed it is material for him to sweare to, but swears to the best of his recolection           
He states that he enlisted in the army of the United States as private, in the year. 1776 – or 77. the former he thinks. That he enlisted under Captain Sharp - Regiment of North Carolina Continentals for the term of during the War and served out the term of his enlistment up to the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown in 1781    That during this time he belonged to more than one division of the army most of the time he was under the Command of Gen Morgan & part under that of Gen Green That he enlisted in the state of North Carolina nere [near] its southern line or boundary He further makes oath that he was in the engagements betwen the American & British forces at the following places. 1st at Cowpens, that he went from Cowpens toward Gilford. & before reaching that place, was placed 
Address T.  Barry Gallatin Tenn
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under the Command of Gen Green, that he was in the battle of Gilford and that afterwards he was in the battle of Eutaw Springs and at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown And that a short time afterwards he was discharged, which discharge he has long since lost, no knowing that it would ever be of value to him.                     
That after his discharge he went to Charles City County Verginia & remained there until 1797. he than moved to Tennessee He further states that he served as a volunteer. under Cpt Giden, Regiment commanded by Col Williamson and having served out his term of enlistment returned to Tennessee. His services being again called for he volunteered a 2d time under Capt John Daulton Regiment commanded by Col Alcorn, devision commander by Gen Jackson That he was at the battles of the [Unreadable] & at New orlens. After his latter discharge he [unreadable] returned to Tennessee where he has remained since, He relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or any annity execpt the present. he declairs that his name is not on any pension role of any agency in any state.            
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year aforesaid sworn to and subscribed his in Open court October 24th 1849                
John Hill  his mark                  
Pascal Head clerk
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State of Tennessee Sumner County}      
I Pascal Head, Clk of the Circuit Court of Summer do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the aplication of John Hill for a pension In testamony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand seal of office his the 2nd day of 49 Pascal Head Clk

I Thomas Manney Judge of the 6th Judicial agent in Tennessee do hereby certify that it was proven to me by two credible witnesses in open court that John Hill the above mentioned aplicant for pension is a man of varacity and integrity and is generally thought to have been a soldier in the revolutionary war by those who know him I further testify that Pascal Head is clk for the circuit court of Sumner County and that his official acts as such are entitled to full credit throughout the United States This the 2 day of Oct 1849               
Tho Manney Judge             
6th Jud. Circuit of Tennessee
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State of Tennessee}  February term 1848
Sumner County}  of the County Court
		}  of said County
This day personally appeared before me
Elijah Boddie Chairman of the County
Court of said County in open Court
John Hill a resident of said County 
and State who being sworn accord-
ing to Law doth on his oath make
the following Declaration in addition 
to two others which he has heretofore
made in order to obtain the benefit
of an act of Congress passed on the
of June 1832 and all other acts and
resolutions of Congress applicable to the
facts of his case   He states that he first
enlisted in about 18 miles from the place
where the Battle of Cowpens was fought
he enlisted under Capt Clarke for 3 years
as for the battles or service which he performed
while this enlisted see his former Declarations
after he was discharged from this Service
he enlisted also in the State of North 
Carolina as he believes under under Capt
Sharpe who was a Regular officer with
United States service during the latter 
part of his service under Capt Sharpe
he acted as Corporal and claims pay as
such   He omited to state this in his former
Declarations because he is old and his
memory is bad but when the name 
of Sharpe was first mentioned he had
a distinct recollection of his (illegible) Capt,
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and his own service under him as
Corporal his recollection of the person
of Capt Sharpe is that he was
a lean spare man with quick fine
action   He further States that he was eighty-
eight years old 4th day of last July
Sworn to and subscribed        his
(illegible) Court		John (x) Hill
			       mark
February 7th 1848
	        Wm S. Munday Clerk
State of Tennessee}
Sumner County}  I Elijah Boddin Chair=
man of the County Court of as above stated
that the above attestation of his is made
in due form of Law and by the
proper appear and as such areentitled
to full faith and credit.  Given
under my hand and seal, this 7th day
of February 1848.		Elijah Boddie {seal}
			Chairman of Sumner County Court
State of Tennessee:  I William S Munday
Clerk of the County Court of said County do hereby cer
tify that Elijah Boddie is Chairman of 
the County Court of said County duly (illegible)
and qualified as clerk and that his above
attestations  is under form of Law & by the proper office
		In Testimony  whereof I have
		hereunto set my hand and
		affixed  the seal of Office at
		office in the town of Gallatin this
		7th day of Febry 1848
			Wm S Munday Clerk
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John Hill
21 Feb 1848    
Gallatin Feb 9
add evidence
John Hill
Act 1832  
DC
Hon W Barrow  HR   
FREE
Mark Barrow
Washington DC
Barrow
Petition of John Hill
of Tennessee praying for
a pension on account
of Revolutionary Services
February 16. 1849 referred to the
Committee on Revolutionary pensions
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Jany 21 48
A00 US
John Hill 
June 14
Ten.         
FREE
Jas L Edwards
Washington 
D.C.
W3742
John Hill
Ten
Act 7 June 1832
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State of Tennessee Sumner County} Sept  Term of County Court                 
On this day 6th September 1847 personally appeared in open court being a court of record for the county and state aforesaid John Hill resident in said County, age. 88. who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress of 1831 and all other acts, that he has applied for a pension from the U States, and in and declaration he stated by mistake, that he enlisted in the service of the United States in the State of South Carolina about Eighteen miles of the heat of the battle of Cowpens, but on reexamination and election he is satisfied that it was in eighteen miles of Cowpens in the State of North Carolina his mistake was from his ignorance of the north position of the line between the two states And the Court further certifies that the said, John Hill is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.    Test T. Boyes      John Hill his mark
Sworn to in open  Sept. 6th 1847.      Mr William S. Munday Clerk                 
State of Tennessee Sumner County William S. Munday Clerk of said Court of Sumner County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original procedings of the said Court in the matter of application of John Hill for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 6th Sept 1847 Wm G. Munday   Clerk
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State of Tennessee  Sumner County }    I Elijah Boddie Chairman of the Sumner County court of said County do hereby certify that William S Munday is clerk of Sumner County Court and that his foregoing attestation is made in due form of law.               Signed under my hand and seal this 6th day of September 1847                 
Elijah Boddie  [seal]    
Chair of S.C. Court
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Dear Sir     Gallatin  Jan 13th 1848
	I must respectfully ask of you 
if you decide against this case that you
consider this letter as an application
to the secretary of War and that
you deliver over to him all the 
papers in the case for that purpose
Hon JL Edwards          Yours respectfully
		W Barry
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State of Tennessee Davidson County           
I Robert B. Castleman Clerk of the County Court of said County do hereby certify that the affadavit of John Rains Sr. .R. B. Turner J. H. McEwen & John Hogan to which this certificate is appended or Sealed with the seal of said Court was made or sworn to in open court being a court of Record at the Decr Term 1847 attesting the character & other facts therein stated of John Hill Given under my hand & the Seal of said Court at office in as will this 6th day of December 1847. R. B. Castleman Clerk of said Court                 

Jany 21 48       
A00 US    
Jun 14    
John Hill  
Ten    
FREE
Jas L. Edwards
Washington D. C. 
W. 37 402
John Hill
Ten
Act of June 1832
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State of Tennessee Davidson County}   December term 1847 of the County Court of said County     
Jno Rains Sr.   R. B. Turner   J.H. McEwen affiants                     of said County and State make oath that they have known John Hill for twenty five or thirty years during the whole of time said Hill has maintained an excellent character both for truth and honesty about the year he heard said Hill state that he had served as a private soldier in the Revolutionary war              
I have known Mr John Hill for fifteen years I believe him to be a man of truth and honesty William H. Philips                 
I have known Mr John Hill for forty years I believe him to be an honest man John Hogan      
I have own John Hill for twenty five years and believe him to be a man of honesty J. H. McEwen      
I have been acquainted with John Hill for nearly fifty years I have heard him say he was in Revolution and I believe him to be as honest man  John Raines               
I have known Mr John Hill for fifteen or twenty years I now him to be an honest man     H. G. Rains    
The above statement is intended to be used in the Pension department and I wish the clerk to  authenticate it in such a manner that it can be used as evidence in that department  [unreadable]
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Davidson County State of Tennessee I certify that I have been acquaint with John Hill personly near forty years and believe him to be an honest man and never have heard anything alleged to the contrary Dec 3 1847 Herbert Anton       
This is certify that I have been acquainted John Hill for near forty years and beleive him to be a truely honest man Dec 3 1847       Peter Alven
This is to certify that I have been acquainted with John Hill forty five years and believe him to be an honest man and that I have hear him say that he was a soldier in Revalution War     
Wm Mcalpin                         
This is to certify that I have been acquainted with Mr John Hill more than Forty years and know nothing of him contrary to honesty. C. P. Sneed Decr 4th. 1847                          
I have been acquainted with Mr John Hill for twenty five or thirty years and belive him to be a man of truth and veracity      
Decr 4 1847                     A J. May        
R. B. Turner                     
T. H. Evens            
Thos Ewing
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Declaration of John P Hill for a pension               
State of Tennessee  Williamson County } Court of Pleas quarter sessions October  Term    
 On this 15- day of October 1835 personally appeared before us John Hughes S. Eastern & William Maney Justice of the Court of Pleas and quarter sessions held for the County of Williamson state of Tennessee at Franklin in said county John P Hill a resident of said county aged 75 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 provisions of the Act of Congress passed 7th June 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. I was born in Virginia Charles City county in the year 1759 in July where I resided when I first entered the service of my county in the revolution. I enlisted as well as I now can recollect on the 15th October 1779, into Capt Clark’s company attached to Col Robert Mumford’s regiment in which Reuben Humphreys was a major we marched from Williamsburgh to the Eutaw Springs where we had a severe battle with the Brittish After the battle we marched to various places many of which I cannot now recollect I recollect the Cowpens among other places. When CornWallis after maneuvering had entrenched himself at Little York we marched to that place, and I was in the Battle I was who in the battles of Germantown and Brandywine – after the battle
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of Yorktown I was discharged    My excuse for not coming forward sooner with my claims is that at first I thought I was able to work for my living and had concluded that I would not apply to government for a bounty, but recently I have been much afflic ted with the rheumattic pains and have been much solicited by my friends to apply for a pension. I also laboured under the apprehension that unless the applicant could produce his discharge (and I had lost mine) he could not succeed; and it was but lately that I was correctly informed on that subject I lost my discharge as I came to this county.  After the war I moved to Henrico County in which Richmond is situated. I removed from thence to Sussex County via where I lived till the year 1800 when I moved to Williamson County where I now live and have lived ever since. I have no documentay evidence- My age was recorded in my father family bible, which I have not..Neither have I a transcript of my age from said bible I know of no person who can prove my services as stated I do not recollect
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recollect regiments or offiser except those I have mentioned I served under them during my whole tour of two years. I can state George Mayfield Alexander Smith James D Smith William Volk & John Frost Felix Grundy and Robert C Foster who are acquainted with my character for veracity and to whom reference can be had as the probable truth of my statement and my character as a soldier of the revolution                  
I hereby relinquish every claim to anuity or pension whatever except the present and declare my name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state       John Hill his mark             
Sworn to in open court 7th Apl 1835           
We E J. Dodson clergyman a resident of said county, and Jubey Owen also a resident of said county and state do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Hill who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 75 years of age & that he is reputed and believed in this neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the revolution and that we concur in that opinion sworn to Sworn to and subscribed this day and year above written                     
Sworn to in open court 7th April 1835                     E. J. Dodson                  
Juby Owen
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We [unreadable] court hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after the putting of the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the court further certify that it appears to them E J Dodson who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing certificate is a clergyman resident in said county and that Jabez Owen who has also signed the same is a resident of said county and that this statement is entitled to credit                 Jno Hughes       
G Eastes              
W Maney                
State of Tennessee  Williamson County }     I Thomas Hardeman Clerk of the county court of Williamson aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding in the case of the application of John P. Hill for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office this day of October  1836         Thos Hardeman 33.300              
John P.  Hill               
Tennessee
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Sept 9 1846
SEPT 11
TENN
John Hill
June 7 1832
Free
James L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.
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Gallatin Sept. 9th 1846                
James L Edwards Esq                   
Dear Sir                   
Enclosed please find the application of John Hill a Revolutionary soldier for a pension. Mr Hill is a very venerable old gentleman in appearance very stout and robust at the advanced age of 87 years. We hope that you will consider and act on his application as soon as practicable. The hand write is not so plain nor the paper got up on as good taste as may be desirable, if objected to on this account the fault is with us and not the applicant. Having under our view of the law to have the whole business done under the immediate injunction of the Court and to send the original papers themselves the appearance of the papers so far as the handwriting is concerned is not so good as we ourselves [unreadable].                   
The character of this old gentleman is unquestioned and unquestionable; he has been for thirty years a regular and acceptible member of the M. C. Church. He has been all his life opposed to the principle of giving pensions until a short time past, his necessities require of him something and he has at length solicited us to make his application for him. We send by the mail with this the application of Mr. Wood; You will please inform us in yours whether the applicants will be entitled to go back to the passage of the law and to what pension they will by law be entitled. Please address us at Gallatin Sumner County Tennessee           
Respectfully         
Robb & Head
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Dec 7 / 5
GALLATIN NOV 29 TE
Enguiry [unreadble] claim of John Hill
T Barry
Gallatin
Ten
J. L. Edwards
Washington   
D. C. 
Dec 7/50
Triplett
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Dear Sir, Gallatin Nov 27th 1850                   
I think that justice requires of me to again urge upon you the claim of John Hill I have not one particle of doubt about his having been a Revolutionary soldier and that he performed the service mentioned in his declaration He is now living in poverty and on charity after having fought entirely through one war and half through the long war of the Revolution If you desire that a personal interview with him and think that would be more satisfactory to you his friends might by contribution raise a sufficient amount to take him to Washington if a pension  [unreadable]               
Yours respectifully,     
T. Barry
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Dear Sir)	Gallatin Tenn Nov 6th 1853
	I enclose you the amended
Declaration of John Hill for an increase of pension.  The old man perhaps made
a power of Attorney to Judge Ellis or 
Mr Ellis of Washington if he did he desires
it withdrawn and if necessary he will
send on a revocation you will see
the original declaration is in my hand
write.  John Hill I know to be one of 
the most honest and best men living
he served 3 years as well as I recollect
in the Revolution and during the whole
of the war of 1812  You will discover
by the certificate of Pension itself that 
it states- he was Captain as well as 
private   If it is necessary to write
to the Secretary of State of North
Carolina let me know and I will
forward the evidence   Of course
he wants the certificate of pension
returned to him unless one for a much
large amount is granted and sent which
I have no doubt it will be done   I refer
you to Gen Robt Armstrong or Senator
Nicholson for my statements
J P Waldo		yrs Respectfully
			T Barry
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John Hill
Tenn
Act 7- June 1832
Act  Pri  9 mo 25  $32.79
Cap 2 -   5 - 7.79
$40.69
Per ann from 4 test
1831
Cer sent to
Hon A Ewing
H Reps
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Pension Office,
     May 8, 1848
Comm. of Pensions
selective to the appeal
of John Hill
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Pension Office
May 8. 1848
Sir:
	The papers in the case of John
Hill, eleven in number, are herewith enclosed.
My letter to the Hon. John H Eaton of the 1st
of September 1846, a copy of which I herewith enclose, will show what objections exist in this case
     We cannot investigate any claim understandingly, unless the evidence is prepared as the regulations direct.
	The letter of the Hon. W. Barrow, in
which he takes an appeal from the decision of 
this office, is also enclosed herewith.
			I have the honor to be,
			Very respectfully
			yrs. obt.servt.
				J L Edwards
Hon. W. L. Marcy
     Secretary of War
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, 
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE. 
I, WILLIAM HILL, Secretary of State, in and for the State of North Carolina, do hereby certify, that it appears from the muster-rolls of the Continental line of this State, in the Revolutionary War, that John Hill a private Soldier  in Capt.          Company of the 10th Regiment, entered the service on the 17th day of March 1776, for the term of three years was discharged 1st Febry 1780.     That John Hill a private in Capt. Sharpe’s Company of the 10th Regiment, entered the service 5th Apl 1781 for 12 months.    Corpl in Jany, left the service 5th April 1782                 
Given under my hand this 13th day of January 1848.                  
W. Hill Secretary of State
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37 402
John Hill
Tennessee
Act 7. June ‘32
rejected 
did not serve
6 months
32.8211
Act 7.th June 1832
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37349                
John Hill                 
Ten.          
Let [letter] to J. H. Eaton Sept 1846              
to Hon. L. P. Chase Dec. 24th 1846            
to Hon L. P. Chase   Dec 26, 1846      
let to Sec. W.  to Sec [unreadable]  May 8. 1848 
Let to T. Barry  [unreadable]  1849                     
Let Hon. Andrew Ewing Aug 20 / 50 
Hon Andrew Ewing  Sept 18th 1850          
Hon Andrew Ewing  30 Dec 1850
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Jany 11/49         
H. H.  Jany 29. 49.                  
Hon. Washn Barrow.                 
Asks decision on his appeal on claim of John Hill.                   
B50 Rec  Jany 30 / 49            
Pension Office
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House of Representatives                
Jan 29. 1849.              
Sir,                 
During the last session probably in May - I requested the Commissioner of Pensions to forward to you an appeal for his decision- the papers in the case of John Hill, a claimant for a revolutionary pension - and I write to you at the time of the fact that he stated he had done so. 
Now I call your attention to this matter, as soon as you can give it, and I am continually receiving letters from the attornies of the applicant very respectfully,                   
Washington Barrow                  
Hon. W. L. Marcy,            
Secretary of War.
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H.Re.  April 29: 48.
Hon. W. Barrow
Appeals on pension claim
of John Hill
B207. Rec April 1.48,
	Pension office
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	House of Representatives,
		April 29. 1848.
Sir,
	The Commissioner of Pensines has
decided adversely the case of John Hill,
an applicant from Tennessee for a re
volutionary pension.  I have been direct
ed by the agent of the old man to 
take an appeal to your office.  I, there
fore, respectfully request that the necessary
order may be made in this case, and 
that I may be informed, when the
papers are before you.
	I have the (illegible) to be,
	     very respectfully,
		your obt sev’t,
	     Washington Barrow
Hon. Wm L Marcy,
	Secretary of War.
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Mar 9 claims  June 2 / 49
John M Hill &
(illegible)

Hon J L Edwards
Washington DC
GALLATIN TEN MAY 8 
Mail
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Gallatin Tenn 24 May 1849      
Mr J L Edwards                    
Dr Sir                  
Please inform me forthwith something in relation to the case of John M Hill a pension applicant The papers were [unreadable] by Genl Barrow our representative who at the time is at the North or I should not have troubled you I understand it was submitted to a committee whose action I have not learned; If any objection please let me know together with the character of the objection in order that it may be remedied Also the same information in relation to William Harris, and a Declaration of Wm Henry sent some 12 months ago and an admendment to William Woods papers I have not heard from you since the papers were sent. Please examine and let me know whether or not such papers ever reached your Department                
Respectfully         
James Key
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Oct 25 [unreadable]
GALLATIN TEN Oct 8
AOO US
John Hill
Hon Jas L Edwards
Washington D.C.
FREE
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Dear Sir)     Gallatin Tennessee  Oct 16th 47
	I have not written to you in months
nor have I received any thing from you
in month.  I suppose you are completely overwhelmed with business that
it is impossible to attend to any part of 
what is before you but as the case of
old man Hill is one of peculiar merit
I most respectfully request of you that you
give your attention to it (illegible)
This is in my humble opinion as honest and
truthful a man as any in Tennessee  he fought
the two or three years in the revolution 
and through the whole of the last war
and is now living on the mere
charity of some most indigent friends
		Yours respectfully
		T Barry
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(copy) Pension Office             
September 1. 1846           
Sir.                
The imperfect and unsupported declaration of John Hill for a pension under the act of the 7th June 1832 has been examined and filed. His postponement of his claim until time has diminished the means of proof from comrades, afford no ground for releasing him from producing satisfactory evidence of his several terms of service. He is required to comply with the rules by setting forth each tour in detail. viz – period, length and grade – names of Captain and Colonel – stations – distance of station from home – probable number of troops embodied as a Corps – how quartered subsisted and paid. The certificate of the Comptroller of North Carolina as to the proof of service afforded by his records should be filed, but the service credited to the common name of John Hill will not avail him without proof to identify him with it. If will also be necessary to adduce satisfactory proof of his age.                        
Very Respectfully yr obt servt             
(signed)  J. L. Edwards
Jno H. Eaton Esqr  Present}
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Augt 14 / 57     
Jno Hill – Ten
W. Ames
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John Hill applied some years since for a pension as 
a soldier in the revolutionary War under Captains
Sharpe and Clarke – The first Captain of the Company 
(Capt Clarke) was promoted and the 
Company was then commanded by Capt Sharpe
he was at the Battle of the Cowpens and this fact
is proved by the Certificates on file – 
	Report to
	     Hon. A Ewing
		H.R.
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Know all Men by these Presents:  That I, John Hill
a party interested in the claim herein mentioned, do hereby constitute and appoint Vespian Ellis, of Washington City, my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the claim of John Hill for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent and Attorney to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, and to do all things that I might or could do, were I personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.  
	WITNESS my hand and Seal, this 18th day of October A. D., 1852
							his		{seal}
						     John (x) Hill
							mark
Signed and Sealed in presence of }
W Barry
J. A Littleton
State of Tennessee}
County of Sumner } 88
     On this 18th day of October  A. D., 1852, before me the subscriber, personally appeared, John Hill and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed, for the purpose therein mentioned, and also made oath that he is a party directly interested in the claim above mentioned, as a claimant
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, } Josiah Walton  JP   {seal}
	the day and year aforesaid.}
State of Tennessee
Sumner    John L Bugg        Clerk of the County Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Josiah Walton before whom the foregoing paper was executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and that the name thereunto subscribed, is his signature.
	In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed
		my official Seal, this 18th day of October,  A. D. 1852
					John L Bugg  _  Clerk.
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	Dear Sir)	Gallatin Oct 19th 1852
		I see from the certificate
of John Hill that he served as Captain as
well as private he also says that he
served as Corporal  he belonged to the 
North Carolina corps  Be sure to examine
everything in his case  see that he has got 
all the land he is entitled to  I write at the request
of Mr Leach
Please hand the enclosed affidavit of 
Abston to the Pension department
I simply enclose it to you to (blotted out)
sending too documents of course
I dont not want your services in
this case and shall expect you to make
no charge  in Hills case if you get 
anything you will be well paid
yrs Respectfully
W Barry

John Hill
Tennessee
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State of Tennessee}
Sumner County}	I Elijah Boddin Chairman of the
County Court of said County, do hereby certify that William
S Munday is Clerk of the County Court of said County, duly
elected and qualified as such, and that his foregoing att=
estation is made in due form of Law.  Given under
my hand and seal this 9th day of September  A. D. 1846
				Elijah Boddie {seal}
				Chairman of the Sumner County Court
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				House of Representatives
					March 19, 1854
Hon L. P. Waldo
	Com of Pensins
		Sir,
			The enclosed certificate
of W. Hill, Secretary of State, North Carolina, is filed  for increase of Pension to John Hill, who is now on the Pension Rolls at Nashville Tennessee for a lower rank than the established by this certificate, He lives in Sumner County, Tennessee,  I was recently examining his papers on file_  Please let me hear from you as
soon as convenient on this case.
			Respectfully
				G.W.Jones
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House of Representatives
March 19, 1834
Hon.  L. P. Waldo
Comm of Pensions
Sir,
The enclosed certificate of W Hill, Secretary of State, North Carolina, is filed for increase of Pension to John Hill, who is now on the Pension Rolls at Nashville Tennessee for a lower 
rank than that established by this certificate,   He lives in Sumner County, Tennessee;  I was recently examining his papers on file_  Please let me hear from you as soon as convenient on this case.
Respectfully
G W Jones
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			Washington   January 28  1851
Sir
	I have just been informed that additional testimony has
been filed in the case of John Hill as an applicant for a 
Revolutionary Pension.   It would be a great accommodation to
me to have a sppedy and if possible favourable report
			Yrs Respectfully
J. E. Heath			Andrew Ewing
	Com of Pensions
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		Pension Office
		     December 16th  1853
Sir.
	The additional evidence in the case of John Hill,
of Tennessee has been received.
	In his original application, John claimed very
different services from those now stated.  He has
already been allowed all he is entitled to.
	I return his Pension certificate.
		I am, respectfully
		     Your Obt. Svt,
			LP Waldo
		         Commissioner.
T. Barry, Esq
     Gallatin
          Tennessee
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Dear Sir) Gallatin Tenn Dec 24th 1853                   
There is no doubt about John Hill having served as Lieutenant and Captain his memory is bad and he is geting very old but there is no man who doubts his veracity He is an exemplary member of the Methodist Church and Governor Truesdale himself is not a more truthful man I have sent on to N Carolina for aditional evidence I think you rejected his claim too hastily The great misfortune is that when men are put in such places as you occupy they forget that they are acting as judicial officer, between the government and citizen and they become the mere advocates of government interest This was espicially the case with your predecessor Jos L Edwards No man ever commited more injustise upon the citizens of U.S. and they the most worthy ones than he did  Mere men clothed with little brief authority play such fantastic tricks before high Heaven makes Angels weep                 
Yrs Respectfully           
T Barry     
Hon L. P. Waldo
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April 7.  1857
Rel. to case of Mrs
Margaret Jackson
Ponds Capt. Joshua
Hadley & Fisher
Mr. Triplett
T Barry
Gallatin Tennessee
2 other cases see the inner pages if you please 
James E. Heath Com Pen
Washington D. C.
Page 76

Dear Sir)	Gallatin Tenn  March 19th 1851
	I received yours yesterday directed
to Margaret Jackson  you say that her Decla
ration and proof must be made in a Court
of Record  Suppose from bodily infirmity she
is unable to attend a court of Record what then 
is necessary   I wish you would send me full
instructions and all the necessary forms in her 
case   She is not able to attend at a Court of Record give this case and the case of Mrs Ponds your early attention Capt Josua Headley of the Revolution died leaving six heirs  my sister married a son who is now dead   send me the necessary forms and instructions to draw his back pay
In the case of John Hill you gave him only 
40$ 69 cts per year  how is this when he served 2
years or more in the Revolution   If there is
a mistake in his case I wish it corrected
I am in hopes you will adminster and
execute the Pension Laws in the spirit of 
benevolence in which they were enacted
and that the heartless iron precedents of Jos
L Edwards will be disregarded otherwise
the laws will remain obselete
Yours Respectfully
T. Barry
Hon Jas W Heath
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(3-223.)
No. 21668  Revy
Ex’r.  REJECTED
OLD WAR INVALID
John (P) Hill  Private
R.O. Col Mumford (Va & NC)
These papers & the rejd 21.bbg
wer recd together from Congress but are 
different person – this one,
having born 1759 in VA
& the other 1765 in N.C.
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Rev War
2615
INVALID
File No. 2615
John Hill
Prvt Rev War
Act:  June 7  1832
Index:-Vol A Page 172 
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE
I, WILLIAM HILL, Secretary of State, in and for the State of North Carolina do hereby certify, that it appears from the muster-rolls of the Continental line of this State, in the Revolutionary War, that John Hill a private Soldier, in Capt. Sharpe’s Company of the 10th Regiment, entered in service on the 5th day of April 1781 for the term of twelve months was a Corporal in January, left the served 5th April 1782.
	Given under my hand this 20th day of Novemb 1849
			Wm Hill Secry
				of State___
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State of North Carolina.
	Office of Secretary of State
I William Hill, Secretary of State in and for the 
State of North Carolina, do hereby certify that it
appears from the musterrolls of the Continental
line of this state in the revolutionary war, that
John Hill an Ensign in the 10th Regiment, entered the service on the 4th of April 1781, was made Lieutenant on the 5th. of July 1781.  A land warrant was issued for his services on the 20th April 1784, for 2560 acres of land No544, drawn by Major Blount.			
Given under my hand this 1st
			day of march 1854
			   W. Hill Secretary
				of State
[unreadable] for [unreadable] $1600 [unreadable] 11795
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	BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD
Name    Hill, John           Grade  Private              Line  Pennsylvania
Warrant Number 96(illegible)        Acreage   100      Issued  March 17, 1791
						to Alexander Power-assignee
*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 warrands 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.