Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3,814, John Hill, Continental Va.
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Continental Va. Hill, John Nancy W. 3814
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Georgia 7229
Nancy Hill widow of John Hill who was a Private of Cavalry in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 100 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of August 1845 a.B and sent to Henry Rogers Sparta, Georgia
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. va June 17, 1846 Vol. 2 

Letters to John H. Hilgana 17. Aug '45
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Georgia 16.102 John Hill of Hancock in the State of Georgia who was a priv: cav in the company commanded by Captain Gaskins of the Regt commanded by Col. Parker in the Virginia line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of 100 Dollars per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of July '33 and sent C. E. Haynes Sparta GA
Arrears to the 4th of March '33        200
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept  50
                                                        $250
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Wm. Miller Clerk, Book E. Vol. 6. Page 92
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The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Newly translated out of the Original Greek, and With the former Translations diligently compared and revised By His Majesty's Special Command, App[illegible] in churches. London [illegible] King's most Excellent  [illegible] Robert Baskett MDCCLX
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Nancy Kesterson Daughter of George Kesterson & Nancy his wife was born May the 29th 1761
Chloe Kesterson Daughter to George Kesterson and Mary his wife was born January the 27th 1763
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Molley Hill Daughter to John Hill and Nancy was born in the year of our Lord 1781 Elesabeth Hill Daughter to Jn Hill and Nancy was born in the 20 of May 1783
George Hill son of Jn Hill was born the 27th of March 1785
Dolley Hill Daughter of Jn Hill and Nancy was born the 9 of June 1787
Nancy Hill Daughter to Jn and Nancy was born January the 2 in the year 1790
Salley Hill Daughter to Jn Hill and Nancy was born the 12 of March 1792
Martin Hill was born in July the first day 1794
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Lues Hill was born December the 15 179[illegible]
Trissy Hill was born the 17 of March 1803
Henrietta was born the 20th October in the year of 1806
Martin Hill was born July the first day 1794

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divine being that entrusted me with them, and inspired with these good resolutions concerning them, enable me, by his grace, to make a due use of them, and carefully to put in practice what I have thus religiously resolved upon.
There are some other mercies, which might be set down in the catalogue of talents, as the graces and motions of God's holy spirit, and the use of his holy ordinances, under the ministry of the gospel; but there being included and insisted on, under several of the foregoing heads, will not require a distinct consideration.
FINIS.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 3rd of March 1845 granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of Congress of the 7 July 1838 and the act of 17th June 1844 continuing the pensions of certain Widows.
State of Georgia  July term 1845
Hancock County  Court of Ordinary
On the 7th day of July 1845 personally appeared before the Honourable the Court of Ordinary in and for the County [illegible] the same being a Court of record Mrs. Nancy Hill a resident of said County and State ages as appears from her family registry produced eighty four years past who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath doth make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the several acts of Congress applicable to her case namely an act paper on the 3rd March 1843 granting pensions to certain widows for one year and this act passed on the 17 June 1844 continuing the pensions of certain widows. That she is the widow of John Hill who was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress of the 7 June 1832 at the rate of $100 per annum at the time of his death in Hancock County State of Georgia that she believes the said John Hill was a private and sergeant and served in the War of the Revolution in the Virginia Continental line and for proof of his service she refers to the evidence on which he obtained his pension and deponent further states that she said John Hill died on the 12th day of November eighteen hundred and forty two in Hancock County Georgia leaving her
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his widow for proof of which she refers to the Certificate of identity she obtained in order to obtain the arrears of pension due her deceased husband at the time of his death.
And deponent further declares that she was legally married to the said John Hill in the year 1779 or Seven teen hundred and eighty in the County of Northumberland State of Virginia that she was married in Church Minister of the Gospel of the Catholic order. That she has no documentary evidence further than the record of her children's ages which she believes to be a true registry in the order of their Births and in the hand writing of her said husband down to the age of Martin her seventh child that she knows of no person living who could testify to her marriage. That she removed from Virginia to the State of Maryland and from there to Georgia Hancock County where her husband died on the day aforesaid. That she has remained a widow ever since the funeral of her husband's death. That she was not married  prior to the last actual service but was married prior to the 1st day of January 1779 all of which will more fully appear to affirm to proof sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first mentioned in open Court.  attest Henry Rogers Clerk Infr Court    Nancy X her mark Hill
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Personally appeared in open Court Henrietta Hill (Daughter of the declarant) and being first duly sworn deposeth and saith that the leaf hereunto annexed purposing to be a family register has the names of her Brothers and Sisters all of which are reported the legitimate children of said Parents John and Nancy Hill and that the registry down to the age of her Br Martin she believes to be in the handwriting of her said father John Hill.
Sworn to and subscribed on this seventh day of July in Open Court eighteen hundred and forty five  Attest  Henry Rogers Clk Inf Court seal 
Henrietta H Hill

Personally appeared in open Court John Bonner and James B. Ransom a resident of their County Hancock State of Georgia who being first duly sworn deposeth and saith that he has been acquainted with Nancy Hill aka declarant and her husband described by her for thirty years or more past all of which time they were reputed legally husband and wife and that the leaf hereunto annexed purporting to be a family registry contains the names of their reputed legitimate Children and that he believes by comparing the handwriting the first part to be in the handwriting of the said John Hill died. He further says Nancy Hill the declarant has remained a widow ever since the period of her husbands death on the 12th day of November 1842 Sworn to and Subscribed in open Court on this 7th day of July 1845
attest Henry Rogers Clk Inf. Court seal
John Bonner
James B. Ransom
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and the said Court do hereby certify that the leaf hereunto announced purporting to be a family registry was cut out of the family Bible claimed by the declarant and found in her possession in open Court and hereunto annexed with three wafers and that John Bonner and James Ransom are respectable intelligent and creditable witnesses and affirm full investigation of the matter do hereby declare in its opinion that the leaf contains on an biased family registry 
Given under our  hands in open Court on this seventh day of July in the year 1845.

Mist Henry Rogers  clk Inf Court   R S Hardwick  [illegible]
Tho M turner  J H   J W Simmons JGC

State of Georgia Hancock County 
I Henry Rogers Clerk of the Court of Ordinary in and for said County do hereby certify that the forgoing [illegible] are the original proceedings as had in said Court in the matter of Mrs Nancy Hill for a pension.
Given under my hand and seal of office [illegible] on this 7th day of July 1845  Henry Rogers Clerk Inf Court
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State of Georgia  County of Hancock
On this 4th day of February 1833 personally appeared before the Inferior Court for the County and State aforesaid John Hill a resident of the said county of Hancock and state of Georgia aged about eighty two or three 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 pension made by the act of Congress passed  June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United Stated in the fall of 1775 or the spring of 1776 with Captain Thomas Gaskins of the County of Northumberland in the state of Virginia and served in the fifth Virginia regiment of the continental line under the following officers. He served out , to within a few weeks his first enlistment of two years with Captain Thomas Gaskin and General Carlson McAdams. He does not remember the name of his major, but his regiment was commanded by Colonel Richard Parker. A very few weeks before the close of his enlistment he re enlisted into the regiment of cavalry then commanded by Colonel Theodorick  Bland. He enlisted into the regiment with Captain Alexander Spotswood Dandridge who commanded the third troop of Bland's regiment for the term of three years which he served out  faithfully and received his discharge Colo-
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nel William Washington on Cape Fear in North Carolina some time in the year 1780, the precise time not now recollected. His discharge had long since been lost or destroyed , as he could not foresee its importance as evidence in any application to the justice or generosity of said country. He resided at the time of his first enrollment in the County of Northumberland in the State of Virginia. But re-enlisted shortly before his first enlistment expired he might , properly, at time. When he went into the cavalry, he was commanded as noted by Captain Dandridge, his regiment being commanded by Colonel Bland. He does not recollect the change which took place in his commanding officers so as to state them. After having served a considerable portion of his second enlistment in the same regiment and having been used oppressively by one of its officers and being determined to avenge himself, he was induced, after much solicitation to exchange into the infantry. The precise time of this exchange is not recollected -- So much time has elapsed and the events of that period occurred so rapidly, he has no distinct recollection of the number of the regiment into which he exchanged, nor the names of its officers nor the state which it belonged. About if
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to this he felt confident, that it was after the attack on Savanna by General Lincoln and Count De Estaing, shortly before the battle of the Cowpens. Under the exchange he served in the infantry at the Siege of Charleston as the British and was taken prisoner at its surrender. Such was the severity of his imprisonment at Charleston that accepted permission from the enemies officers to work in their shops as a shoemaker for the purpose of obtaining an opportunity to escape. This he affected, a, well a, he recollected in about three weeks and after enduring hardship and privation which need not be mentioned, joined the cavalry then commanded by Colonel William Washington on Cape Fear in North Caroline and received his discharge as before stated. He was in the Battle of Germantown in which he received a wound from a buck shot in the breast. He was in that time and matter remis; he, on one of which he was  slightly  wounded in the leg. He was prevented from sharing in the battle of Trenton and Princeton by being then on detached service. He was engaged in the attack on Savannah before mentioned and was led to the charge by Count Polaski and saw him fall. As
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before stated, he served in the American infantry during the siege of Charleston until General Lincoln was compelled to surrender. There are all the Battle, and siege of consequence in which he was engaged. In the charge on the redoubts at Savannah his sword arm was disabled by a wound from a musket ball in the wrist. In the course of his service he marched through portions of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York,  North and South Carolina and Georgia. He hereby recognizes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declared that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state.  John Hill

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above mentioned applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he stated. Henry Rogers Clerk of the Inferior Court of the County of Hancock and State of Georgia do hereby certify that the forgoing containing the original  proceedings of the said court in the matter of application of John Hill for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I have recounts set my hand and seal of office, this 4th day of February 1833.  Henry Rogers Clk Inf. Court
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November 8, 1957  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Bl-3/EEL  John Hill-W.3814
Mrs. Dan Williamson  408 North Breed Street  Winder, Georgia

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you furnish further information in regard to John Hill, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, is whom you are interested.

A further search of the records has been made and no record found identical with the description of John Hill, as furnished by you. The record has been found, however, of a John Hill , who served from Virginia and received pension while living in Georgia. That record is furnished herein as it may be of interest to you in your research

The date and place of birth and name of the parents of John Hill are not shown. 

While residing in Northumberland County, Virginia, John Hill enlisted in the spring of 1776 [addition handwritten on left margin: he said he enlisted in 1775 or 1776 in 5th Va but as this regt. was not organized until 1776, left out 1775] served as a private in Captain Thomas Gaskin's Company, Colonel Parker's [inserted by hand in margin: He said Richard Parker but it was Josiah Parker who was Col of the 5th so I omitted Christian " and Thos Gaskin was Capt of the 5th Va] 5th Virginia Regiment: after serving almost two years, he reenlisted in Captain Alexander Spotwood Dandridge's Company, Colonel Theodoric Bland's Regiment of Cavalry, was afterward transferred to the infantry, names of officers not shown, and was at the siege and surrender of Charleston, where he was captured and held in captivity about three weeks when he made his escape and joined the cavalry under Colonel William Washington by whom he was discharged in 1780, having served three years.. He received a wound in the breast from a buck shot at the battle of  Brandywine, a wound in the wrist at the siege of Savannah and was also wounded in the leg in a skirmish, name of place where said skirmish took place not stated. He stated that at Savannah he served under Count Pulaski and saw him fall.

After the Revolution, he lived in Maryland, then moved to Hancock County, Georgia.
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John Hill was allowed pension on his application executed February 4, 1833, while residing in Hancock County, Georgia, and aged eighty-two or eighty-three years.

He died in said Hancock County, November 12, 1842.

The soldier married in 1779 or 1780, in Northumberland County, Virginia, Nancy, daughter of George and Mary Kesterson. Nancy was born May 29, 1761, place not stated. Nancy stated that they were married in church by a minister "of the Catholic order."

Soldier's widow, Nancy, was allowed pension on her application executed July 7, 1845, while residing in Hancock County, Georgia.

She died about December 10, 1845, in Hancock County, Georgia.

The following names of children of John and Nancy Hill are shown.

Molly Hill...........born January or June, 1781. 
Elizabeth Hill... "       May          26,     1783. 
George Hill.....   "       March      24,      1785.
Dolley Hill .........  "     June            9,      1787.
Nancy Hill .........  "     January        2,     1790.
Salley Hill .......  "        March         12,    1792.
Martin Hill,  .......  "      July             1,      1794.
Luas Hill  ........  "        December    15,    1796.
Trisy Hill ........  "         March           17,    1803.
Henrietta Hill  "         October       20,     1806, made affidavit in Hancock County, Georgia in 1805

Five children survived their mother, one living in South Carolina, the others in Georgia. Their names are not designated.
The following data appears, also: Chloa Kesterson, daughter of George and Mary Kestrson, born January 27, 1765.
Very truly yours
A.D. Miller  Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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[illegible] Georgia
Sparta Ga  May 1
Hon Lewis Cass   T+
Secretary of War
Washington City
[illegible two lines written upside down]
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Sparta, Georgia, 1st May, 1833

Hon. Lewis Cass, Sir 
Enclosed you will receive the application of Mr. John Hill a revolutionary soldier residing in this County, Hancock. This application would have been forwarded several months ago but was mislaid in the clerk office and not covered or that discovering not communicated to me until to day. When the decision of the Department shall have been made, you will be pleased to come to same to be communicated to.
Your obt. Serv.
Charles Eaton Haynes
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White Plains Ga. June 14 1843  Jn Hill  Geo Tull

J Bonner

Pension Office Washington City D.C.
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White Plains Greene County Georgia  June 9th 1843

Dear Sir:
I write to ascertain whether or not Nancy Hill a widow of John Hill decd a Revolutionary Pensioner is entitled to receive a pension or not. They were married before the close of the Revolution - lived together until the 12th Nov last when John Hill (of Hancock County Georgia) died. At the time of his death he was receiving a pension and she is applying for and will receive the balance due him for 4th Sept until his death. It seems that Tuttle H. Audas, clerk of the Court of Hancock County does not know the law nor whether Mrs Hill is entitled or not to a pension. She is quite an old, poor and ignorant old lady and does not know the specific time they were married. If any thing can be done for her should like you would let me know and at the same time inform T H Audas Clerk of Hancock County how to proceed. 
Respectfully yours  John Bonner
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Washington City 15th Jan 43

Sir
Let me ask His means of a reply to Col Bonner's Letter and how it returned to me. 
Your  Mark A Cooper
J L Edwards Engr  Cons L C
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Oct. 13, 1845
Returning certificate of Nancy Hill 

J L Edwards  Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
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Savannah 9th Oct 184?

Sir
The enclosed pension certificate accompanies a with a voucher was sent to me for collection and believing the certificate to be incorrect and the copy thereof on the voucher was also incorrect I have forwarded to you for correction of requesity that the voucher may be made perfect. 
Very Respectfully  Wm Morel 
J L Edwards  Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
DC
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[circular stamp]
MONROE GA
Aug 13

Aug 17 46
Mr Evans
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[written at 90 degrees]
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J L Edwards Esq Commsr Pens
Washington City
D.C
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Monroe Georgia August 12th 1846

Dear Sir
On or about the 10th of December last Mrs Nancy Hill named in the enclosed copy certificate died without receiving the Pension due leaving Some five Surviving children. One residing in South Carolina and the others in different Counties in the State of Georgia.
With the view of saving expense and trouble and by request of a portion of the children (those that have been heard from) Henrietta Hill one of the Surviving Children has applied for Litters of Administration upon the Estate of Nancy Hill deceased in anticipation of applying for the arrears of Pension due the said Nancy Hill at the time of her death for the sole use of herself and the other Surviving Children. 
Mr Morel of Savanah intimates that  the arrears of Pension will be paid to the Surviving Children only on each of them  as they may prefer to apply. This mode of payment would be very inconvenient and attended with more cost.
I therefore in advance of further trouble Respectfully ask of the Pension would not be paid to the Administrative under the act of 19th June 1840 for the sole use of the children - if so please to send me Blank Forms of proceedings with the enclosed certificates.
Very Respectfully
Yours [illegible] John H Kilgore
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Sparta G July 7 '45  Henry Rogers
Due pension claim of Mrs. Nancy Hill  
R M due July 11/45/
[illegible] office
The Honorable The Secretary of War of the United States  Washington City D.C
Nancy Hill
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8063 812
Nancy Hill Ga Act of July 38 m. before 94 and 42
rejected
Act 3 march 43
17 June 44  $100

Nancy Rogers
Sparta Ga
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Sparta 7th July 1845
To the Honorable the Secretary of War of the U. S. 
At the request of Mrs. Nancy Hill I transferred to you the enclosed papers. should a certificate [illegible] upon them, she desires that it be sent to Col. John Bonner, White Plains, Green County  Georgia as she resides near that place she also requests that you will enclose him the necessary blanks to enable her to draw her money in Savannah Georgia.
Respectfully yours Henry Rogers
P.S. should the papers be informal in any respect, please addup as above to Col B.
H.R.
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Revy Widow, &c.
File No. 3814
Nancy Hill
Wid.
John Hill
Pvt Rev War
Act: March 3rd/43 June 17th/44
Index:--Vol. A , Page 333
[Arrangement of 1870.]
[handwritten notes on left side of form]
June  24, 1904- His to Mrs. J Lester Dillon Augusta Ga
Oct. 2, 1905: History to Mrs. Annie Barthold A.E. P
1921 July 8 Hist to Hon Chas H Brand au
1924 June 26 Hist to Mrs. C. E. Boynton . See letter in William Water S 41293 aws
1937 Nov 8 Hist to Mr. Dan Williamson
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[handwritten] OK
In reply to your request of , received 
for a statement of the military history of [handwritten] John Hill 
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired 
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension 
on file in this Bureau.
Wid. File 3814
Dates of Enlistment or Appointment | Length of Service | Rank | Offices under whom Service was Rendered | Captain | Colonel | State
[handwritten]
Fall [illegible] Sp [illegible] | nearly 2 years | Pri. | Thos. Gaskin | Richard Parker | Va
nu. re-enl- in Alex. Spotswood Dandridge 3rd troop | Theodorick Bland Cavalry
[crossed out ] Not sent after June
Shortly after at [illegible]
was [illegible] at Sur of Charleston, escaped after about 3 [illegible] and again joined the cavalry under Cnl Wm Wash and recd his disc after 3 yrs.
Battles engaged in, [handwritten] Germ. gsw at breast. Attach in Savannah gsw at wrist
Some [illegible] in leg.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, [handwritten] Northumberland Co, Va
Date of application for pension, [handwritten] Feby. 4, 1833. His cl al -
Residence at date of application, [handwritten] Hancock Co, Ga
Age at date of application, [handwritten] 82 or 83
Remarks: [handwritten] [illegible] Co [illegible] Nancy [illegible] May 29 1761
dau Geo + Mary Kesterson; he died Nov 12, 1842 [illegible] Ga
Wid. applied July 7, 1845 res Hancock Co, Ga [illegible] [crossed out] about Dec. 10, 1845
over
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Children
Molly Hill born Jany or June 1781
Elizabeth May 26, 1783
George Mch. 24, 1785
Dolley June 9, 1787
Nancy Jany. 2, 1790
Salley Mch. 12, 1792
Martin July 1, 1794
Lues Dec. 15, 1796
Trisy Mch. 17, 1803.
Henrietta Oct. 20, 1806.
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No. 1296.
Incorporated 1847
Purely Mutual
Agency of
The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company,
of Philadelphia, Pa.
HARRY F. WEST, PRESIDENT.
GEORGE K. JOHNSON, VICE PRESIDENT HENRY C. LIPPINCOTT, MANG'R OF AGENCIES
HENRY C. BROWN, SEC'Y AND TREAS. HENRY H. HALLOWELL, ASS'T SEC'Y AND TREAS.
JESSE J. BARKER, ACTUARY HARRISON S. GILL, SUPERVISOR OF APPLICATIONS [AND DEATH CLAIMS
JOHN W. HAMER, MANG'R OF LOAN DEPT

Mrs. J. Lester Dillon,
Manager, Woman's Dept.,
PENN MUTUAL LIFE INS. CO,
Room 319 Dyer Bldg,
AUGUSTA, GA.

Department of the Interior
Washington, D.C.

[square stamp]
U.S.P.S
OLD WAR & NAVY
JUN 14 1904
FILES.

Gentlemen - 
Do your files of the Revolutionary Soldiers give any records of the services of the following men:
1 John Hill - Chesterfield Co. Virginia
2 William Hill - his son - but a soldier 
in Georgia who settled in Warren Co. Ga after the Revolution closed.
3 Gibson Flournoy Plum Branch Virginia afterwards of Warren Co. Ga
4 Thomas Lester, of Georgia

[circular stamp]
PENSION
A
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JUN 13 1904
OFFICE
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No. 1296.
Incorporated 1847
Purely Mutual
Agency of
The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company,
of Philadelphia, Pa.
HARRY F. WEST, PRESIDENT.
GEORGE K. JOHNSON, VICE PRESIDENT HENRY C. LIPPINCOTT, MANG'R OF AGENCIES
HENRY C. BROWN, SEC'Y AND TREAS. HENRY H. HALLOWELL, ASS'T SEC'Y AND TREAS.
JESSE J. BARKER, ACTUARY HARRISON S. GILL, SUPERVISOR OF APPLICATIONS [AND DEATH CLAIMS
JOHN W. HAMER, MANG'R OF LOAN DEPT

Mrs. J. Lester Dillon,
Manager, Woman's Dept.,
PENN MUTUAL LIFE INS. CO,
Room 319 Dyer Bldg,
AUGUSTA, GA.

Any information and dates in regard to the service of these men will be appreciated by this one of the descendants.
Yours very respectfully,
Julia Lester Dillon

U.S.P.S
OLD WAR & NAVY
JUN 14 1904
FILES.

PENSION
A
US
JUN 13 1904
OFFICE
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Weatherford Texas
Aug 31" 1905
Mr. J.C. Davenport
Acting Commissioner
D. pt. Interior
Dear Sir,
In reply to questions of Aug [illegible] in regard to John Hill of Rev. War [illegible] say:
Do not know place
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of enlistment or officer - I think he died in E. Tenn was from N.C. or Va. he was twice married to Mary Bond and Nancy Currier
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can learn would like to kow if pension was granted for his service. Respectully Mrs. Annie Barthold
{inside stamp:] First Deputy Commissioner Sep 5 1905 U.S. Pension Office]
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House of Representatives
Committee on Banking and Currency
Washington
July 2, 1921

Commissioner of Pensions,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C. 
Dear Sir: I will appreciate it if you will furnish me with the information requested in the enclosed letter from Mrs. Steve Skelton of Hartwell, Georgia
Very truly yours, 
C H Brand
CHB:T
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408 North Broad Street
Windsor, Georgia
October 9, 1937

Mr. A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.                   [stamp] Received Oct 12 1937 Mail sub- 
                                                                                                  Div 12
Dear Sir,
Referring to your letter of Oct 1, 1937 in which you said you could not identify the war records of John Hill, David Smith and Joe Smith with the date I furnished you.
I am giving additional information on John Hill. He was born in Virginia, married in 1789 or 90 Annie Naomi Camp ---. She was a widow at the time of her marriage to John Hill and met him while nursing injured soldiers. I do not know her first husband's name. Later John Hill lived in Rutherford Co. and Tryon Co N. C., and still later at Hill's Iron Works, York Co., S. C. Then they came to Georgia where he died.
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and is buried near Winder, Barrow Co., at that time it might have been Franklin, Jackson or Walton Co. John Hill has three living grand daughters who remember him and his wife and they say he was a Revolutionary Soldier.
I cannot give you additional information on Joe or David Smith except that they may have lived in Franklin or Jackson Co, Ga. at the time they would have received grants.
I shall greatly appreciate any information you can give me.
Very truly yours,
La Trelle H Williamson
Mrs. Dan)
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Aug [handwritten top right corner]
Rev. and 1812
War Section
June 26, 1934.
Mrs. C.E. Boyton,
Habersham Road,
Atlanta, Ga.
Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 3814, it appears that John Hill, while living in Northumberland County, Virginia, enlisted in the fall of 1775 or the spring of 1776, as a private in Captain Thomas Gaskins' Company, Colonel Richard Parker's Virginia Regiment, and after serving nearly two years, re-enlisted in Captain Alexander Spotswood Dandrige's Company, Colonel Theodorio Bland's Regiment of Cavalry he was afterwards transferred to the Infantry, and was captured at the surrender of Charleston, escaped after three weeks imprisonment and joined Colonel William Washington's Regiment of Cavalry from which he was discharged in 1780, after three years service. He was wounded in the breast at the batle of Ger-
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mantown, and wounded in the wrist at the battle of Savannah also wounded in the leg in a skirmish. He was allowed pension on his application executed February 4, 1833 while a resident of Hancock County, aged eighty two or eighty three years. He died in Hancock County, Georgia, November 12, 1842. He married in Northumberland County, Virginia in 1779 or 1780, Nancy, who was born May 29, 1761, the daughter of George and Mary Kesterson. His widow was allowed pension on her application executed July 7, 1845, while living in Hancock County, Georgia.
Their children were-
[In columns]
Molly born January or June -- 1781.
Elisabeth " May 26, 1783.
George " March 24, 1785.
Dolley " June 9, 1787.
Nancy " January 2, 1790.
Salley " March 12, 1792.
Martin " July 1, 1794.
Lues " December 15, 1796.
Trisy " March 17, 1803.
Henrietta " October 20, 1806
[unreadable handwritten note in right margin]
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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Rev. War Sect.
July 8, 1981.
Hon. Charles H. Brand,
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Brand:
In response to your letter of the second instant, and the enclosed letter of Mrs. Steve Skelton, of Hartwell, Georgia, I have the honor to advise you, that the the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to John Gray, or Grey, or Virginia, who moved to South Carolina about 1795. [handwritted] see neg slip
From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, Widow File No. 3814, it appears, that John Hill, while living in Northumberland County, Virginia, enlisted in the fall of 1775, or in the spring of 1776, as a private, in Captain Thomas Gaskins' Company, Colonel Richard Parker's Virginia Regiment, and after serving nearly two years, re-enlisted in Captain Alexander Spotswood Dandridge's Company, Colonel Theodoric Bland's Regiment of Cavalry, he was afterwards transferred to the Infantry, and was captured at the surrender of Charleston, escaped after three weeks imprisonment and joined Colonel William Washington's Regiment of Cavalry from which he was discharged in 1780, after three years service.
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He was wounded in the breast at the battle of Germantown, and wounded in the wrist at the battle of Savannah, and wounded in the leg in a skirmish.
He was allowed pension on his application executed Feb. 4, 1833, while living in Hancock County, Georgia, aged 83, or 83 years. He died there on November 12, 1842.
He married in Northumberland County, Virginia, in 1779, or 1780, Nancy, born May 29, 1761, the daughter of George and Mary Kesterson. His widow was allowed pension on her application executed July 7, 1845, while living in Hancock County, Georgia. The name of the soldier's parents and the date and place of his birth are not on record.
Their children were:
Molly born January, or June, 1781.
Elizabeth " May 28, 1783.
George " March 24, 1785.
Dolley " June 9, 1787.
Nancy " January 8, 1790.
Salley " March 13, 1793.
Martin " July 1, 1794.
Lues " December 15, 1796.
Trisy " March 17, 1803.
Henrietta " October 30, 1806.
Very truly yours,
[handwritten] [illegible] Gardner
Commissioner.