Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21825, John Hodge, S.C.
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Service S.C.
Hodge, John
Number S21825
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16,530
South Carolina 
---
John Hodge
of Union in the State of So Ca
who was a Pr. -- in the -- command
by Captain --- of the Regt commanded
by Col. Brandin in the No. Ca ---
line for 7 months
---
Inscribed on the Roll of So Carolina
at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
---
Certificate of Pension issued the 31st day of Aug 33
and [Illegible] Jno. Rogers
Union CH So Ca

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833   46.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 11.66
                                                        $58.32

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Nath: Rice - Clerk
Book E Vol. 6 Page
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South Carolina
Union District

On this 11th day of
October personally appeared in open court before
John B. ONeall presiding Judge of the Court of
Genl. Sefsions & Common Pleas now sitting at Union Court House
on the District & State aforesaid, John Hodge a
resident of the District & State aforesaid aged seventy
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 Congrefs
[illegible] June 7th 1832.
1st  That he was born in the State Pennsylvania
in York County in or about the year 1762.
2d  Has no record of his age at this time, the record
being destroyed by fire in the time of revolutionary 
war.
3d  Was living in the District of Union then
called Ninety Six, [illegible] Packet River in the State
of South Carolina where he now lives & has
continued to live ever since the Revolutionary War.
4th  Entered into the service of the United States as a
volunteer in an Indian expedition under Capt
Zacheriah Bullock & Genl Williamson & was stationed
about three or four weeks near the grindel shoals
where he was employed in building & guarding a
fort - Soon after the Battle at King's Mountain
he again entered the service of the United States as
 a volunteer in Oct 1780 under the commande of Capt John
Thomson & Lieut Francis Latimore & Col.Brandon
& Leuit Col. Farr & soon afterwards united with
Genl. Sumpter's army & was engaged in a battle
at Black Stockesford on Tyger river where
Genl Sumpter was wounded in the shoulder.
From this place he marched with Genl. Sumpter
to Broad river there left him & joined Genl Morgans
army at the grindel shoals on Packet river
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& with the dragoons under the command of Col. Brandon
& Col. Washington marched to Hammond's Store
being about a day's travel from Genl. Morgan's
camp where an attack was made upon a body of
tories & about 40 of them made prisoners - [illegible]
returned to Genl Morgan's army and was soon after
wards engaged in the battle of at the Cow Pens in Canden 1781.  After
the battle this applicant was placed as one of
the main guard over the prisoners & thence marched
acrofs Broad River at the [illegible] Fort where this applicant
was relieved from guarding the prisoners, & placed
as one of the guards over the baggage waggons.
This applicant then left the service about the 1st of July and the 14th of
April following interned the service under
Capt. Thomson & [illegible] a tour of duty for three months
during which time he served mostly as a guard
over the Block house containing prisoners-  This
applicant further states that he served another
three months tour under command of Capt
Thomson & performed the most of his services at
Neals Mills - this applicant further states
that he was frequently engaged in the performance
of patrol duty but cannot state the pricise
time he was thus employed.
6.  Never received any written discharge, nor
has he any documentary evidence of his service.
7th  In support of the above declaration & for
my character as a man of veracity, I refer
to the Revd Elias Mitchell and James Mosely
the mentioned of whom knew me
while a soldier in the service of the United
States in the revolutionary war.

He hereby relinqushes every claim whatever
to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that
his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.

John Hodge

Sworn to & subscribed the
day and year aforesaid
Jno B. ONeall [illegible] Judge
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John Hodge

Admit as a private
7 months  $23.33

State of South Carolina
[illegible] District

I John Robers Clerk of the
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State of South Carolina
Union District
We Revd Elias Mitchell
residing in the District & State aforesaid and James
Moseley residing the same hereby certify that we
are well acquainted with John Hodge who has subscribed
and  sworn to the above declaration; that we believe
him to be seventy years of age; that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood where he resides
to have been a soldier of the revolution &
concur in that opinion
Elias Mitchell
Sworn & subscribed the day
and year aforesaid
Jno b. ONeall Pres Judge
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State of South Carolina
Union District

The said court do hereby declare
their opinion after the investigation
of the matter and after putting the interrogatories  prescribe
by the war department, that the above mentioned ap=
plicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states;
& the court further certifies that it appears to them that
Elias Mitchell who has subscribed the preceeding certificate
is a clergyman resident in the District & state aforesaid
& that James Moseley who has signed swearing [illegible] 
is a resident in the aforesaid District & state and
a credible person and that his statement is entitled 
to credit
Jno. B. ONeall
[illegible] Judge 

John Hodge
Admitd as a private
7 months $23.33

State of South Carolina
Union District
I John Rogers Clerk of the
Court of Sefsions & Common Pleas for the said District of
Union, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the
original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the appli
cation of John Hodge for a pension
In testimony where of I have hereunto
set my hand & seal of office at [illegible]
Court & [illegible] this 15th Oct 1832
J. Rogers Clk
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.

February 1, 1924

Katherine Waits
703 Filmore St.,
Corinth, Miss.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in pension
claim S.21825 it appears that John Hodge was born in York
County, Pennsylvania, about 1762.  While living on the Pacolet
River in Ninety Six District, South Carolina, he enlisted in
1776 and served about one month as a private in Captain
Zachariah Bullock's South Carolina company under General
Williamson and was in an expedition against the Indians.
He enlisted in October 1780 and served as a private in
Captain John Thomson's Company, Colonel Brandon's South Caro-
lina Regiment and was in the battles of Blackstocks Ford,
Hammond's Store and Cowpens and was discharged February 1, 1781.
He enlisted in 1781 and served three months as a private
in Captain John Thomson's Company, Colonel Farr's South Caro-
lina Regiment.
He enlisted in 1782 and served three months in Colonels
Farr and Brandon's South Carolina Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed Octo-
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ber 11, 1832, while a resident of Union District, South Caro-
lina (formerly called Ninety Six District).
There is no family data on file.

Respectfully,

Commissioner.
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21825
Revolution
Invalid.

File No. 21825
John hodge
Pri Rev. War

Act: June 7" 32"
Index: - Vo. 2, Page [illgible]

1909 Apl. 1. Hist. to Hon e. S. Candler [cents symbol]
1924 Feb. 1 - Hist. to Katherine 
Wats

UM
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State of South Carolina
Union District

I James Mosely [illegible] of the
District and State aforsaid do hereby certify that
I am acquainted with John Hodge the subject of
the within declaration and that I saw the said John
Hodge once in the year 1782 at the Block House on
Fairforest in Union District doing duty as an American
soldier.  And also that I have good reason to believe 
that the said John Hodge was engaged in the Amer
=ican service during the war.  The revolution and [illegible]
he was at the Battle of the Cowpens.

James Moseley

Sworn to and Subscribed
before me this the 10th Oct. 1832
Jno. B. ONeall
[illegible] Judge
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State of South Carolina
Union District

John Hodge came
personally before me and deposeth as follows in
order to explain & make more explicit his appli
cation for a pension under the act of June
7th 1832 - and saith that during the Revo
lutionary War he entered the service of this
country against the Common Enemy the
British & Tories & Indians, & [illegible] as herein 
set out, I entered the service under Caps
ZachariahBulock & Genl Williamson in the years
1776 against the Indians, one months at the
building & guarding a Ford and Packolete River
again in 1780.  I entered the service as a volunteer
under the command under Capt. John Thomson
& Colo Brandn & Colo. Farr.  Soon after joined
Genl Sumpter army war in the battle of Black
Stocks & served a tour of there [illegible] and I was
also during this tour in the battle of the Cow
pens in Jany 1781 under Gel Morgan-
Again in the same year in the fall 1781 I served
another tour of duty of three months under
Capt John Thomson & Col. Farr at Neals
Mills - again in the year 1782 I served
another tour of duty of three months under
Colos Farr & Brandon & in the [illegible] of 
my  services of three months tours I [illegible]
[illegible] Patriot duty
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during the last mentioned tour of
duty I was stationed mostly at the black
House - &from that tour until the place
of the war I was on repeated tours
ofduty as a patrole - this deponat
did serve ten months duty in behalf of
his country [illegible] the [illegible][ and as [illegile]
This deponent has no documentary evidence of
his service nor does he know of any [illegible]
proof that can be had-
John Hodge

Sworn to & subscribed before me
this 17 July 1833
D. Wallace J. P.

State of South Carolina
Union District

I John Rogers Clerk
of the Court of Sefsions & Common Pleas do
certify that David Wallace is an acting [illegible]
of the Peace and his official acts as such
are entitled to due faith & credit a such
that his signature to the above probate
is genuine
Given under my hand
& seal of office at Union
Court House this 22 July
1833
J. Rogers Clk
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John Hodge

4.5.0.13.L4
P232
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Brief objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
John Hodge which require
further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason
assigned for not doing so?]

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?  No

V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he
served, in language so definite as to enable the department ot determine to what amout of pension
he is entitled?  No

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the  regulations?

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
June 7, 1832?

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed?  And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished
from any other seal?
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and other respectiable citizen as to
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolu-
tionary service?

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain-
ing it?

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one
living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  No

XIV. [cross symbol] If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness
or witnesses as to his service? No
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the
regulations direct?

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI. [double cross symbol] Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily?  And,
if not, which of them is not so answered?

Explanatory Notes.
*Quere V.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the 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 recol-
lection he served not less that 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.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served;
and the partuclar 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 in-
definite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pension
merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the
officers, and other particulars respecting their servcie.  The form of a declaration is highly objection-
able.  It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the application 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 em-
ployed in any civil pursuit.

[cross symbol]QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must
provde his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of
the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the
regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths
must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magis
trate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

[double cross symbol] QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the cer-
tificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass
under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly
attached to the certificate.

In every case where the clerk of court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of
office, the certificate of a memeber of congress, proving the official character and signature of the
certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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SIXTIETH CONGRESS.
James M. Miller, Kans., Chairman,
Charles G. Tirrell, Mass.
Joseph Howell, Utah
William H. Graham, Pa.
George E. Waldo, N. Y.
Grant E. Mouser, Ohio
George L. Lilley, Conn.
Charles A. Lindbergh, Minn.
Willis C. Hawley, Oreg.
Hnry M. Goldfogle, N. Y.
Claude Kitchin, N. C.
Ezekiel S. Candler, Jr., Miss.
Dorsey W. Shackleford, MD
James O. Patterson, S. C.
John A. M. Adair, Ind.
Elmer L. Fulton, Okla.
A. P. Myers, Clerk.

House of Representatives,
Committee on Claims,
Washington, D. C.

Dict. to Porter.
Number/ 88,067.
Sub / Pen / ne.

March 30, 1909.,
Hon. V. Warner,
Comm'r of Pensions,
City,

Dear Sir:-
Jno. Hodge, of South Carolina, revolutionary soldier,
of S. C. Line was placed on the Pension roll of April 20th, 1833,
being from the Abbeville District.  His pension began on March
4th, 1831, age 79.  Please to give me all the information
available as shown by your records and his applicaiton.  I de-
sire to know his wife's name etc.  Thanking you in advance,
I have the honor to be,

Respectfully yours,
[handwritten signature]
L. C. First Dist. Miss.
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December 29, 1923

Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

I am asking for pension certificate
of John Hodge, of Pennsylvania or
South Carolina, or, in fact, a
John Hodge of any state.

Yours truly,
(Miss) Katherine Waits
703 Filmore St.
Corinth, Miss.

[rubber stamp]
PENSION
H
DEC
31
1923
US
OFFICE
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April 1, 1909

Hon. Ezekiel S. Candler,
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Candler:

In reply to your letter dated the30" and received the
31" ultimo, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in pension
claim Sur. File No. 21,825 it appears that John Hodge was born in York
County, Pennsylvania about 1762, and resided on the Pacolet river in Nine-
ty-six District, South Carolina, when he entered the service in 1776 under
Captain Zachariah Bullock, General Williamson, and served against the In-
dians, 1 month.
Volunteered in October 1780; under Captain John Thomson, Colonel
Brandon; was in the battles of Blackstocks Ford and Cowpens; served until
February 1, 1781.
Volunteered again in 1781, under Captain Thomson, Colonel Farr;
served three months.
Volunteered in 1782 under Captain Thomson, Colonels Farr and Brandon;
served three months.
He was allowed pension on an application executed October 11, 1832
while a resident of Union County, South Carolina.
There is no family data on file.
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Sur. File No. 21,825.--2

For the date of soldier's death and name of the person to whom the
arrears of his pension were paid, apply to The Auditor for the Interior
Department, U. S. Treasury Department, citing the following data:
John hodge, Certificate No. 16,530, issued August 31, 1883, under Act
of June 7, 1832 at the South Carolina Agency."

Very respectfully,

Acting Commissioner.