Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5006, Richard Hill, N.C.
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[3-1776]

SERVICE
NC
Hill, Richard
        Rebecca

NUMBER
R.5006

CONTENTS
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State of Kentucky
Muhlenberg County S.S. 
On this 26 day of November 1832 before the Justices of the Muhlenberg County Court it being a Court of record now sitting Richard Hill a resident of Muhlenberg County & State of Kentucky aged 78 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June the 7th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States as a private and served as herein stated under the following named officer that in the year 1776 and as well as he now recollects he then residing in Franklin County North Carolina he was drafted in the United States service for five months under Captain Britain Harris [Britton Harris] Lieutenant __ Hawkins the Battalion Commanded by Maj [Major] Sherrard General Ash [John Ashe] & General Bryan [William Bryant] Commanded us [to] were [delete] marched [march] to Kingston [Kinston] & from thence to Elizabeth Town thence we were marched to Augusta when we arrived near Augusta the British had possession of the Town we
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encamped near the Town & in a few days the British left the Town & we took possession of it they went down to Brier [sic, Briar] Creek [Battle of Briar Creek, March 3, 1779] & took up the Bridge after they had crossed we had to encamp at the Creek the British came upon our rear & fired we had to retreat & get across the River in the best way we could some by swimming shortly after we were discharged[:] that in the year 1781 he was drafted in the service of the United States for three months under Captain Eaves [Benjamin Eaves] Lieutenant __ Parish General Butler [John Butler] commanded us he was marched to the Battle Ground of Guilford & was in the battle [March 15, 1781] & were driven & dispersed & your affiant with many others retreated home & remained there until the Army collected at Ramsey's Mill where he joined the Army again crossed out – the] General Butler told us we must enlist for one year or during the war [crossed out - as we] which your affiant did. Lieutenant Campbell took us ahead of the Main Army to Thompson's Fort [Thomson's Fort] on the Congaree [River] & took the Fort after constant firing for seven
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days before they surrendered we took about 400 prisoners then went to Augusta there was two Forts in Augusta one British the other Tory we took them both after siege of 17 or 18 days we took all in the Forts prisoners we were then Marched to General Greenes headquarters on high hills of Santee from the high hills of Santee we were Marched to Camden all the sick were left at the Hospital at that place & he was left at
with them sick he then joined General Greene at his head quarters after the Battle of the Eutaw Springs he had recovered before the battle but was nursing the sick at the time of the battle he remained in South Carolina untill his time was out he was regularly discharged in 1782 he was under the command of Capt Perrard the regiment by Col Murphy he has lost his discharge & has no documentary evidence of his service that he moved from Franklin County North Carolina to Muhlenberg County Kentucky in the year 1812 where has resided ever since
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[He] hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. 
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aferesd [aforesaid]. 
Richard [his x mark] Hill {Seal}

We Silas Drake, a clergyman, in the County of Muhlenberg and Miles Cary residing in the same hereby certify that they are acquainted with Richard Hill who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Silas Drake 
Miles [his x mark] Cary 

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war Department that the above named of applicant
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was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.

And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Siles Drake who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County of Muhlenberg and that Miles Cary who has also signed the same is a resident in the said County and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit And the Court furthermore certify that the depositions of Micajah Wells and Benjamin Dukes hereto annexed marked No 1 & 2 were sworn to in open Court and that they [^ are] credible persons residing in the County last aforesaid.

I Charles F Wing Clerk of the County Court of Muhlenberg County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Richard Hill for a pension.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 26 day of November 1832

C F Wing
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Richard Hill makes the following amendment to his declaration for a pension under the act of Congress passed the 7th June 1832 – that he entered the service of the United States in the month of February 1776 under Captain Harris as stated in his Original Declaration that he acted as a private in said Company for the space of five months at the end of which term he received a discharge – that on the 5th day of April 1781 he entered for twelve months & served as stated in his original declaration & was discharged in April 1782 – when under the command of Captain Brevard or Prevard, their Regiment commanded by Col. [Colonel] Murphy. He would here observe that after Receiving a discharge for the 5 months tour he entered the service in the winter of the year 1780 under Captain Eves & served one month being drafted for three months. 

In order that in this declaration may appear plain & Satisfactory to the Department, he would here state that in his first Tour he received a discharge for 5 months, that when drafted the second time for 3 months under Captain Eaves, he was in the service only a few days over one month
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the militia being dispersed at the battle of Guilford he returned home & being informed that the Army had [^ again] collected at Ramsour's Mill [Ramsey's Mill] he hastened to join them in order to serve out the ballance [balance] of the three months – here we were met by General Butler who inquired the cause of our absence, he then informed us that unless we would enlist for 12 months he would Return us as Soldiers during the War, in consequence of which this deponent on the 5th of April did enlist for 12 months which he faithfully served out and received his discharge, which discharges are lost – he states unhesitatingly that in these three tours of duty he served his Country one year & six months [^ as a private Soldier]. He will now proceed to answer the interrogatories required by the Department 

1st: When and in what year were you born? 
Ansr [Answer]: I was born in Granville County North Carolina in the year 1754. 
2nd Have you any record of your
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age [and if so, where is it]? 
Ansr [Answer]: My age was set down in one my father's neighbor's books & when he removed carried it with him 
3rd Where were you living when called into the service? Where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live? 
Ansr [Answer]: I lived in Franklin County North Carolina when I entered the Service that in the year 1812 he removed from Franklin County N. C. to Muhlenberg County Kentucky where he has Resided ever since & still resides
4th [How were you called into service; were you drafted; did you volunteer, or were you a substitute and if so for whom did you substitute?] 
[Answer:] He states that he was drafted the two first tours & volunteered the third. 
5th [State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service.] 
[Answer:] The Regular Officers who were with the troops where I served were Genls [Generals] Butler & Ashe, Greene Col [Colonel] Murphy & Major Sherrod. 
6th [Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and if so by whom was it given; and what has become of it?] 
[Answer:] I received one discharge from Colonel Murphy for 12 months Service but by whom the others were signed I do not Recollect they were lost or destroyed. 
7th [State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify to your character for veracity and good behavior and your services as a Soldier of the Revolution.] 
[Answer:] He states that he is acquainted with Major Micajah Wells, Capt. A. B. Drake,
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Francis Wells, James Weir & Richard Thompson, who can testify as to his character for veracity & their belief of his Services as a Soldier of the Revolution. 
Richard [his x mark] Hill

Kentucky}
Muhlenberg County} SS 

This day personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace for said County Richard Hill & made Oath that the statements contained in the foregoing amended declaration are strictly true to the best of his knowledge & belief.

Given under my hand this 20th day of June 1833 
Henry W Black JP

Commonwealth of Kentucky}
Muhlenberg County} Sct 
I Charles F Wing Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid do certify that Henry A Black whose signature appears above is an acting Justice of the Peace for sid [said] County and that due faith & credit is & ought to be given to all his official acts. 

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of 20th day of June 1833 

C F Wing
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[left side] [Illegible] 1836 C. F. Wing

19264
Kentucky
Richard Hill
of Muhlenberg Co. in the State of Keny [Kentucky]
who was a pr [Private] in the co [Company] commanded
by Captain Hains of the [Va?] commanded
by Col. [Illegible] in the [Va?]
line for 18 mo [months]

Inscribed on the Roll of Kenty [Kentucky]
at the rate of 60 Dollars - Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Aug
1833 and sent Charles F. Wing Greenville 

Arrears to the 4th of March 120.00
Semi=anl. [annual] allowance ending 4 Sept 30.00
$150.00
{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Danl Boyd, Clerk
Book E Vol. 7 Page 13
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Richard Hill 
Mulenburg Co [Muhlenberg County]
Kentucky 
from 1776 private 18 month 
$60 

Greenville

Carles F. Wing Clerk 
Mulenburgh Co [Muhlenberg County] Kentucky
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

WAR DEPARTMENT
PENSION OFFICE

Sir:

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done these points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (these:}). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A STATEMENT, showing the Service of Richard Hill Mulenburg Co. [Muhlenberg County] Kentucky

[column headings: Period when the service rendered / Duration of the claimant’s service. Year Month Day / Rank of the claimant / Names and Rank of the Field officers under whom he served. / Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. / Proof by which the declaration is supported.]
1776 / 5 months/ private / Gen. Ash & Gen. Breyan; Maj. Sheareard; Capt. Harris; Lee Hawkins N Car / 78 years at present / Two Witnesses

1781 / duration Not Stated; Private / Gen. Butler; Gen. Green; Capt [Illegible]; [Illegible; Col. Murphy; Capt [Illegible]

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 
1. The Regular Troops. 
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 
3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 
4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians OR privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration. which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. 
State, Territory, or District of} ss.
County of}
On this     day of     personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of     in the county of     and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being 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, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)    , with    and served in the      (e) regiment of the      line, under the following named officers: 
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State. or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
1               of the Court of              do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of                for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of       &c. 
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: 
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the             and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with              , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be               years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the            and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the            and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I,        Clerk of the Court of            do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of              for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this     day of     &c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in bis declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not. proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. 
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 
1. Where and in what year were you born? 
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live? 
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. {To a Soldier.} {To an Officer.} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates. 
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. 
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. 
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. 
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will trans nit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. 
(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. 
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. 
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. 
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. 
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. ln a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words : "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:-For    year    months, and     days, I served as a    . For     months and    days, I served as a     ; and for such service I claim a pension." 
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c without specifying the tours, the names of the officers and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served: the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 

Lou N. Drury, Esq
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Declaration

In order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the act of Congress of the 4 July 1836
Commonwealth of Kentucky}
Muhlenberg County} Sct 

On this 14th day of October 1836 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in for the County aforesaid Rebecca Hill, a resident of Muhlenberg County and State of Kentucky aged 81 years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4, 1836. That she is the widow of Richard Will who was a private in the Revolutionary war and was a pentioner [pensioner] at the time of his death as will more fully appear by reference to records of the pension office his certificate being of No 19264. 

She further declares that she was married to the said Richard Hill on the  [blank] day of September in the year Seventeen hundred & Seventy Eight; that her husband the aforesaid Richard Hill, died on 14th day of July One thousand Eight hundred & thirty four, and she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. 
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above Written before the subscriber 
Rebecca [her x mark] Hill
Strother Jones JP
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Commonwealth of Kentucky} 
Muhlenberg County} Sct

This day Jacob Johnston Aged Sixty three year who being first duly sworn deposeth and saith that his father lived in the neighbourhod [neighborhood] of Richard Hill decd [deceased] the husband of the within named Rebecca Hill [crossed out when] during the Revolionary [Revolutionary] War they resided at that time in Franklin County N Carolina. The deponant [deponent] says he was Small at the time but recollects the time the said Richard decd [deceased] and said Rebecca were married this deponant [deponent] had two sisters older than himself that [^ they] were frequently called on to stay with Mrs. Hill while her husband the said Richard Hill was in the Army of the United States during the war of the Revolution and this deponant [deponent] himself stayed some time with said Rebecca while in her husband was engaged [^ in] the war that he assisted in nursing their Elder son Dempsey Hill during the time said Richard was in the Army of the Revolution 
Jacob Johnston 

The foregoing deposition and dictation was taken at the house of Sterling Hill the said Rebecca Hill being so aged & infirm that she could not attend at the Court of the County to give her testimony before the Court.
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And I also certify that Jacob Johnston the person who has signed the foregoing deposition is a man of respectability and whose testimony may be relied on as being correct.
In Testimony whereof I Strother Jones a Justice of the Peace for said County have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of October 1836, 
Strother Jones J. P.

Kentucky 
Muhlenberg County Sct

This day came Benjamin Dukes aged Sixty Seven years and deposeth & saith that he resided in Franklin County N Carolina with his father a Neighbor to Richard Hill now dec.d [deceased] and the late husband of Rebecca He that he was young at the time of the Revolutionary war but he was living at that time within less than a mile of said Hill that he had every reason to believe that the said Richard & Rebecca were lawfully married & he recollects that said deponents father & said Hill were together in the army of the Revolution after the birth of the eldest son of the said Richard Hill He also states that said Hill removed to Muhlenberg County
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Kentucky some years after this deponant [deponent] did but after he moved to Ky [Kentucky] he lived neighbour [neighbor] to said Hill untill [until] he died and the said Rebecca still remains the widow of said Hill.

Benja [Benjamin] [his x mark] Dukes 

Commonwealth of Kentucky}
Muhlenberg County} Sct 

Benjamin Dukes made Oath before the undersigned a Justice of the peace for said County that the foregoing statement signed by him contains the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth And I further certify that the said Benjamin Dukes is entitled to credit on oath.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of October, 1836
Strother Jones J P M C

State of Kentucky} 
Muhlenberg County} Sct 

I Charles F Wing Clerk of the County Court of Muhlenberg County certify that Strother Jones Esquire is an acting Justice of the peace in & for County aforesaid duly commissioned & qualified according to law and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office & subscribed my name this 15th day of October 1836 
C F Wing

[written sideways] Act 6 July 1836 No1431 Rebecca Wd [Illegible] Kentucky
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[crossed out] Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.

[Stamped] - REJECTED

5006

P. O. Rebecca Hill

Service: Richard 19264

Enlisted: ____ ,18
Discharged: _____ ,18

Application filed: _____ ,18

Alleges: ______

Re-enlisted: ______

Attorney: ____
P. O. ____
___Recognized.  _____ Contract.
___Cert. of Dis.  Searched for ____, 18.
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Richard Hill

23045
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(No 1)
Richard Hill the aforesaid applicant for a pension this day introduced Micajah Wells Esquire a resident of Muhlenberg County into open court before the justices of the Muhlenberg County court, to testify as to the military services of said applicant, and the said Wells being duly qualified and sworn in open court deposeth & saith he recollects that Mr. Hill was in the revolutionary war in two terms for some considerable time but how long he does not know – he does not know what officers he served under and further this deponent sayeth not. 

Micajah Wells
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(No. 2) 

State of Kentucky 
Muhlenberg County SS 

Benjamin Dukes came before me a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid & made oath that he lived near Richard Hill who is an applicant for a pension from the time he entered the Service of the United States he lived in one mile of said Hill & knows that he went Two years in the Revolutionary War – that he never saw him in the Army but knows he went into the service he first entered in 1776 he [^ Hill] was in the service 18 months at least your affiant believes it 19 or 20 months from home in the service this affiant is now 64 years of age in March next he now lives near said Hill in Muhlenberg County. 
Given under my hand this 29th of September 1832 
W Campbell, JP

Sworn to in open Court November 26th 1832 

Ch F Wing, clk [Clerk]
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Rebecca Hill 
Kentucky 
Suspended
Let [Letter] 6 Nov. 1836
to C.F. Wing

5006 
1836
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Greenville Ky [Kentucky]
Oct 15 

[Illegible]

The War Department 
{Pension Office 
{Washington City

[written sideways] Oct 27 Ken 4 July 1836
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Greenville Ky [Kentucky] 15th Oct 1836

Dear Sir,

Inclosed [Enclosed] I hand you poor old Mrs. Hills papers, I hope they are prepared tho [though] clumsily) so as being her case within your Rule 

Verry Respectfully 
Yours,
Ch F Wing