Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 20,384, John Hooker, N.C. S.C. Va.

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(3-1776)
SERVICE
N.C
S.C. (?)
VA (?) 
HOOKER, JOHN
NUMBER  R 20384
CONTENTS

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State of Georgia
Richmond County
City of Augusta
Court of Common Please
City of Augusta

On this Twenty Sixth day of March In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty Seven - Personally appeared in open court the same being a Court of Record, by the Legislature of the State aforesaid Established in and for said City, John Hooker a resident of the County & State aforesaid aged Sixty Six years and being duly sworn according to Laws doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the first of May 1820.

To wit That he the said John Hooker enlisted for the term of three years in the ear 1778 in the State of Virginia in the Company of Capt John B Ash attached to the fourth Regiment of United States Infantry commanded by Col Armstrong - which term he served out & immediately after again enlisted in Capt Porvels Company of Artilery [sic] attached to Col Hogans Regiment & where he served to the end of the war and was finally discharged at Bacons Bridge on Ashley River South Carolina. During this time of service was in several Battles and at Camden So. Ca. received a Slight Sabre wound in the head at the Battle of Guilford Court House North Carolina he received a musket or other small Ball in the ankle at Eutaw Springs received a musket or other small ball in the hip which brought him down

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down & while down was run over by a Dragoon's horse which trod on & Broke his Collar Bone, at the same battle but previous to receiving the wound in the hip a large Ball passed over his right instep & disabled him, the upper part of the foot being torn off by the force of the Ball & much injury done to the ankle & Bones of the foot & Leg, and in the same Battle lost his right Thumb in wheeling the Carriage of the gun by having it mashed off - That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension except the present that his name is not on the roll of any State except Virginia & North Carolina and that the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a pension, That untill [sic] recently he has been able by the Labor of his own hands to Support himself & a large family & did not conceive it consistent with his oath on enlisting to receive a Support or pension from his Country while he was able to maintain himself, but from the circumstances of his having been Several times Severely wounded and his age renders him now almost incapable of Laboring.

And in pursuance of the act of the first of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not Since that time by Gift Sale or any other manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it so as to bring myself within

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the provissions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval Services of the United States in the revolutionary war passed on the 18th 
of March 1838 and that I have not nor hath 
any person in trust for me any property or Securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in a Schedule hereunto annexed & by me subscribed 

Schedule 

212 acres of Land in South Carolina unfit for Cultivation & of no value to me having offered it at 121/2th acre without being able to effect 
a sale.

Sworn to & Schedule 
Subscribed in open Court 
this 26th day of March
1827       John Hooker 

Wm Jackson 
Clerk Cont of 
Common Pleas

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(Form with handwritten information and stamps)

Rejected

--- Ex'r. OLD WAR.
File No. 20.384  

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873. 

John Hooker 
Musician 
Capt Ash 

S.C. Line 

Revy War Attorney: P. O. ● . in 

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                                               Clerk
Application filed:----------------,18
Attorney:-----------------------------
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Written on right side 

Illegible
REJECTED

Evidence insufficient  Act 1828

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John Hooker    Musician 

 So. Carolina - 

Evidence insufficient
             Act 1828

(Illegible word)

 Ex" one old Book (illegible)
   "  Wid. Act  (illegible) - 8 other old book.

No Record
S o S
Nov 8/82

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State of Georgia}
Richmond County}
Personally appeared before
--- me, Dabney Berry, one of the
Judges of the Inferior Court of the County &
State aforesaid, George Smith aged according to his own belief Ninety five years, and being
sworn saith that during the time he served in
the army of the United States in the war of
the revolution, he this deponant was personally & well acquainted with John Hooker
also Soldier in the revolutionary war & that
he knows the said John Hooker did Serve
in the army of the United States within his
knowledge for the term of nine months & more
against the Common Enemy.
Sworn to before me}
this 2nd February 1828}
his
George Smith
mark
D Berrey J.I.C.R.C.

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Augusta 2nd Oct 1828
Dr [Dear] Sir
I herewith hand you the Claim of
John Hooker & beg that if any thing relative thereto is incorrect or so informal as to require further proof or information, that I may be be instructed so as to furnish it speedily
respectfully
Your ob [obedient] Serv [Servant]
Wm Jackson

Richd [Richard] Rush Esq
Secy. [Secretary] of Treasury

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Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officer and Soldiers
of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
21 Nov 1828.

The annexed paper, relating to the claim of John Hooker under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether it appears, by any
records in the War Department, that the claimant has received, or is entitled to receive,
the bounty in land granted by Congress for service in the Continental Line of the Army
of the Revolution.
The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.
R. Rush.
War Department
Bounty land Office
It is not shown by the records of this office that
John Hooker as a private of the Virginia or
North Carolina line ever received or is entitled
to receive bounty land of the United States
Robert Taylor
25th Nov 1828

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the Col.  is of N.C.
1162
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
5 Nov 1828.

John Hooker of [illegible]
in the County of
Richmond in the State of Georgia
has applied to the Secretary
of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution,” approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a musician in captain
Ash's company in the fourth regiment of the South Carolina line; and that he does not recollect to have received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.

By order of the Secretary
FA Dickins

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
7th November 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has
been issued to ____ in the ____ [The preceding line has been lined out.]

It further appears that John Hooker is not now on the pension list of any agency, and has not been so since the 3d March 1826-- [at the rate of has been lined out]

The name of John Hooker cannot
be found among those of the South Carolina line to whom Certificates for the gratuity of eighty Dollars were issued-
Peter Hagner Aud

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Georgia]
Richmond County} I Samuel Hale
one of the Justices of the Inferior Court for the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that
William Jackson whose signature appears to the Several foregoingaffidavits & the declaration is a notary Publick [Public] for said County & State & as such authorized to administer oaths.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
Subscribed my name this Twenty second 
day of August 1828 -
Samuel Hale J.I.C.R.C.

Georgia}
Richmond County}

I James McLaws Clerk of the
Inferior Court for the County & State
aforesaid do hereby certify that Dabney
Berry & Samuel Hale Esqrs are Justices of the
said Inferior Court & that the signatures to the
Certificate and affidavit accompanying those
documents are genuine & entitled to full faith
& credit

In witness whereof I have hereunto
Subscribed my name & affixed the
seal of the said Inferior Court
this Second day of October AD 1828.
James McLaws Clerk
[illegible seal at bottom left]

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1162
State of Georgia}
Richmond Count} 
For the purpose of Obtaining
the benefit of an act for the relief of certain
surviving officers & Soldiers of the Revolution, approved on the fifteenth of May 1828.
I John Hooker of Magees district in the County State aforesaid do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the army of the revolution for & during the war and continued in its service untill its termination at which period I was a musician in Captain John B. Ashs company & was transfered to Captain Powells & 
afterward back again to Captain Ashs company-- both of the fourth regiments of the South Carolina Line. I also declare that I have no recollection of ever having received a certificate
entitling me to any reward mentioned in the form proscribed [prescribed], under the resolution of Congress passed 15th May 1778 unless the same was mentioned 
in my discharge which I have long since
lost.
And I further declare that I was not on the
fifteenth day of March 1828 on the pension
List of the United States
John Hooker
Declared & Signed}
in presence of}
Wm Jackson
Notary Public

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Georgia}
Richmond County}
Personally appeared before me
William Jackson a publick [public] Notary
for said County & State duly admitted & Sworn, James Morgan who being sworn saith that he was acquainted with John Hooker during the war & served with him in the army of Genl [General] Green in South Carolina. The applicant John Hooker was then a drummer Boy & deponant knows him to have been in the service for upwards of nine
months, that after peace was restore he saw Hooker show his discharge to deponants Captain whose name was John McCool who in presence of Deponant (who could not read) said that Hookers discharge was right

his mark X James Morgan
Sworn to before me}
this second day of July 1828}
Wm Jackson NP

Georgia}
Richmond County}
Before me William Jackson a
Publick [Public] notary for the County & State aforesaid, Personally appeared William Howard & William Harsey both residents of the County & State aforesaid & did severally make oath that John Hooker by whom the foregoing declaration is subscribed
is generally reputed & believed to have been a Soldier in the army of the United States during the revolution in manner therein Stated
Witness my hand this Tenth day of July (1828)
in the year Eighteen hundred & twenty eight
Wm Jackson
Noty [Notary] Pub [Public]