Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7838, for Joseph Hutchison, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Hutchison, Joseph or Hutchinson
17838
B.L.Wt. 26100-160-55-
Hannah
CONTENTS

7446- Kentucky
Joseph Hutchinson of Breckinridge the State of Kentucky who was a private in the company commanded by Captain McMillin of the Ky. Inf. commanded by Col. Clift in the Va. army for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of April 1833 and Scott J. G. (A) Kenehole Hadenburgh Ky.
Arrears to the 14th of March 40.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 10.00 $50.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Daniel Day Clerk, Book 0 Vol. 7 Page 15
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of March 4th 1838 from 4 Sept 1838 to 4 March 1839. after Modified 24th April 1840
Paid as above from 4 March to 4 Sept 1840. Age Notified 5 June 1841
Paid as above from March 4 th to Sept 4 th 1841. Ag st note 2 June 29 th 1842

Wentucky 716.
Nannah Hutchinson widow of Joseph Hutchinson Virginia Hutchinson who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of Dec. 1837 and sent to
J. Jennings Hardinsburg Ky.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 174 Vol. 1 - A
Reported

330. Act March 3/50 30.330 - April 2/50 Hannah Hutchinson, widow Joseph Hutchinson, d. Pina
Sept 14/50 Sept 11/50 July 48-no 716
Capt Revolutionary War Virg Mil.
Ent. _____ day of _____ Dis. _____ day of _____ War Revolution Now a Pensioner of U.S. 716 July 48-716
AD 160 A9 May 16/52 B N/11/52
16
J. Jennings, atty Hardinsburg Ky
Vol 42. Page 132

No 20990
Joseph Hutchinson Breckenridge County Kentucky
cir 1777 print 16 moths. $ 20.
MS. A. 9. 2. 10 p. 10 V. 1
Joseph W. Kincheloe Hardenburg Kentucky

BRIEF in the case of Joseph Hutchinson  County of Machenbradge  in the State of Kentucky  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 75  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     a Drafted In 177- 3 Private Gen. Sham Capt McNichols Col Clap   " 1781 3 Col Peyton  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Louden Co Va  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living Witnesses - documentary Proof  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Oyer Castor
Examining Clerk.

Joseph Hutchinson Declaration for a Pension ~ ~ ~~~~~
20980

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832
State of Kentucky County of Breckinridge
On this 20 th day of November 1832 personally appeared before the Justices of the Breckinridge County Court an Joseph Westphalen a resident of the County of Breckinridge in the state of Kentucky aged 75 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 - That he was drafted into the Uni- ted States service in the Militia of Virginia into Captain Alexander McMeikins Company in the year 1777 as the  Black for and served in the Regiment of the Virginia line under the following named officers - Captain Alexander McMeikins Major - George West - as Colonel Josiah Chapman and General. He does not remember precisely when  where  or  how long  he  served . But he served this tour 3 months. And it was shortly after the battle at Germantown & Philadelphia He resided in the County of Loudoun &

state of Virginia when he entered the service, He passed thro' Frederick town Maryland after having passed which they met with Burgoyne's prisoners. He marched through next to Pennsylvania via. Joined the Main Army near the North Wales Meeting house and made an hospital of the meeting house, which was, he thinks about 20 miles from Philadelphia - And he continued there & between Germantown & Brandywine & Valley Forge until discharged - He was again drafted in the year 1781. But Colonel Francis Payton Commandant of the Regiment to which he belonged agreed that if he would recruit him men to serve in lieu of some Quakers who had been drafted & refused to serve that he should be clear of the tour of He was drafted for a period of three months He got the recruits in lieu of the Quakers And joined the Conducted them to the Army when After some time he obtained a discharge - He has no documentary evidence whatever to prove his service, except the order from Col. Payton which is herewith forwarded - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state Subscribed the day & year as Joseph Hutchinson

And the Said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named Applicant was a revolutionary soldier And served as he states
Then I was by being duly sworn in open Court state that I was acquainted with the above named Joseph Hutchinson in Loudoun County Va. I know of his serving the first four named in his declaration I was with him on that campaign where we were discharged at the same time & returned home together, this tour was at least 3 months - as to the 2nd tour I was not at home when he enlisted - I went out in the army - but when I returned it was said he had made the tour as he states - I never heard anything to the contrary - he was in Loudoun Co. Va. while he lived there & likely some time moved to this state he had been always reputed to be a Revolutionary soldier and I have no doubt he served as he has stated he was then of the county & was engaged in procuring provisions for the army & the quality threatened to kill him & destroy his property Sworn to this before me the day of year ago John G. Givney Trunk
And that he said Joseph Hutchinson was throughout the years 1780 and 1781 did and was employed in the United States Service in the following manner Collecting beef wheat and bacon and clothing for mostly excepting when drafted - & in the Service as before stated.
And the Said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states

State of Kentucky Court
I. Is Allen clerk of the County Court of Breckinridge County. do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Joseph Hutchinson for a partition
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office this
23 rd day of November 1832

30.330
Claim of Annah Hutchinson Widow of Jos. Hutchinson To Bounty Land
Revolutionary War
Presented by Heirs of Landisburg Ky

State of Kentucky County of Breckinridge ss
On this _____ day of _____ A.D. One thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me _____ a justice of the peace, duly authorized to administer oaths within and for the county and state aforesaid Hannah Hutchinson aged _____ years a Resident of the County Breckinridge & state aforesaid Who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Joseph Hutchinson deceased who was a _____ in the Company commanded by Captain _____ in the _____ Regiment Commanded by _____ in the Revolu- tionary war
That her said husband served as shown in his declaration and evidence forwarded to the proper Department in his life time, on which he was inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Twenty Dollars per annum on the _____ day of _____ 18_____ and continued to receive said pension during his life. and after his death on the _____ day of _____ 18_____ a certificate of Pension was granted her No. _____ at the rate of $20. per annum during her life or widowhood which she continues to receive on account of the Revolutionary services of her said husband Joseph Hutchinson decd. and she refers to her own declaration as well as that of her late husband now on file in the Pension Office and the evidence accompanying said application in support of her present application and

as part hereof, she is old and cannot now remember her services, she refers to her former declarations for the evidence of her marriage her husband's death &c. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the "Act granting additional bounty land to certain officers and soldiers, who have been engaged in the military service of the United States" approved March 3 1855.
She states that she never again married and is still a widow, and has never before applied applied for or rec d Bounty Land under any act of Congress. Nor does she believe her late husband Joseph Hutchinson ever did
sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written and hereby Certify that I believe the late Hannah Hutchinson who signed and executed the above declaration and is now present to be the identical Hannah Hutchinson widow of Joseph Hutchinson dec d who was a Reputed Revolutionary Soldier, and that she is of the age stated, and that I have no interest in said Claim
State of Kentucky, Breckinridge county ss
Personally appeared _____ and
_____ Citizens of said County and State aforesaid who being duly sworn depose and say that they are personally acquainted with the Hannah Hutchinson now present and that she is the person who signed and executed the foregoing Declaration, That she has been receiving a pension for several years on

Account of the military services of her late husband Joseph Hutchinson decd? - who was a reputed revolutionary soldier and as such recd a pension to his death. We further state that the said Hannah Hutchinson has never again married, but is still a widow
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 28th day of March A.D. 1855. and I.
Certify that the said Hannah Hutchinson is an credible respectable citizen
JPRB
State of Kentucky } ss County of Breckinridge
I Isabella Clark of the County Court now for the County aforesaid hereby certify that George P. Duncan Esq. before whom the foregoing declaration & affidavit were made & executed, and whose name is thereunto subscribed, was at the date thereof an acting justice of the peace duly elected commissioned & sworn, and that his signature thereto are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of said court this 28th day of March 1855.
J. Allen C.M. Breckinridge County Court

791
Hannah Hutchinson
Declaration
Hannah Hutchinson

Commonwealth of Kentucky County of Breckenridge
Personally appeared before the undersigned, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and who is duly authorized by law to administer Oaths Hannah Hutchison, a resident of said County aged Seventy Six years, who being first duly sworn by me cloth, on her oath, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed on the day of 1848 granting pensions to certain widows of Revolutionary Soldiers who were married prior to the year one thousand and eight hundred
That she is the widow of Joseph Hutchison, who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution from Loudoun County Virginia in the time of the Revolutionary war; but the particulars of whose services in said war this Declarant can not now give owing to the great lapse of time since she heard her said husband detail the same and a failing memory — She states, however, that Joseph Hutchison applied for a pension in consequence of said service soon after the passage of the act of 1832 and was allowed a pension of twenty dollars per annum from the United States until his death which event occurred on or about the 15 th day of May 1842 in Breckenridge County Kentucky
She further states that she was married to said Joseph Hutchison by the name of Hannah Ball on the 2 nd day of May one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight in Bourbon County Kentucky and that she has not intermarried since his death but is now the widow of the said Joseph Hutchison
Sworn to & signed before me This 2 nd day of March 1850
Hannah Hutchison
S. P. Humean J.P.

Commonwealth of Kentucky County of Breckenridge
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above Declarant, Hannah Hutchinson and that she is an old Lady of truth and respectability and the foregoing statement is entitled to full faith and credit and that she is the reputed widow of Joseph Hutchinson deceased. And further that owing to her extreme age and living fifteen miles from the Court House she could not go there for the purpose of making her declaration in open court with safety.
Given under my hand this 2 nd day of March 1850
G. P. Duncan J.P.
Commonwealth of Kentucky County of Breckenridge
Personally appeared before the undersigned, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County and who is duly authorized by law, to administer oaths, Elizabeth Adams, who being first duly sworn according to law, cloth, on her oath, deposes and say: - That she is the daughter of Joseph and Hannah Hutchinson - that her father Joseph Hutchinson died in Breckenridge County Kentucky on or about the middle of May 1842 and that for several years prior to his death he drew a pension of twenty dollars per annum from the United States and that the foregoing Declarant, Hannah Hutchinson, is his identical widow and has not intermarried since his death & further saith not.
Sworn to & signed before me this 2 nd day of March 1850
Elizabeth Adams
G. P. Duncan J.P.

I certify that the affiant Mrs. Elizabeth Adams is a person of truth & respectability and the foregoing statement is entitled to full faith and credit. Given under my hand this 2 nd day of March 1878
G. P. Duncan J.P.
Commonwealth of Kentucky County of Breckinridge
At a County Court held in Hardinsburg on the 20 th day of May A.D. 1850 in and for said County the following proceeding was had to wit:—
"This day was exhibited in open Court the Declaration of Hannah Hutchison for a pension sworn to & signed before George P. Duncan, Esq. who is known to this Court to be now and was at the time of subscribing said Declaration an acting justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified according to law that all his official acts, as such, are entitled to full faith and credit and this said proceeding before him is hereby approved and ratified by this Court and the foregoing signatures, purporting to be his are genuine."
J. K. Allen Clerk of said Court do hereby certify that the foregoing is truly copied from the records in my office
In testimony I here to set my name and affixed the Seal of Breckinridge County Court this 20 th day of May 1850 J. K. Allen Clerk Breckinridge County Court

Marriages by John Whetler
May 1798. 21 st Joseph Hutchinson and Hannah Hall. S c
John Whetler
State of Kentucky & County of Bourbon ss.
I Thomas P. Smith Clerk of the County Court outside County do certify that the above record of the marriage of Joseph Hutchinson and Hannah Hall is truly copied from the records in my office and that the day of the month, twenty first of May, & the date of the year One Thousand eight hundred and ninety eight, are both in figures on the record as above stated in the order above. In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed my Seal of Office this twenty fourth day of June 1850.
Thos: P. Smith Clerk

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
November 28, 1924.
J. W. Linkhart, Coleridge, Nebr.
Sir;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 7838, it appears that Joseph Hutchison or Hutchinson, while residing in Loudoun County, Virginia, enlisted in 1777 and served three months as a private in Captain Alexander McMickins' Company, Colonel Josiah Clapham's Virginia Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 20, 1832, while a resident of Breck- enridge County, Kentucky, aged seventy-five years, and he died there May 15, 1842.
Soldier married May 21, 1798 in Bourbon County, Kentucky, Hannah Hall, she was allowed pension on her

application executed March 2, 1850, while a resident of Breckenridge County, Kentucky, aged seventy-six years.
In 1850, a daughter Mrs. Elizabeth Adams testified in the case. There is no further family data on file.
The above noted soldier , is the only Joseph Hutchison found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau, all spellings of that name searched.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

1908 Nov. 14. Hist to Mrs. John T. Doneghy - L 1909 July 15. Hist to Mrs. E. A. S. Bush 1924 June 24 " " " Harry J. Wright car. 1924 Nov. 28 " " " J. V. Lunkhart car.
Revolutionary War
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 7838 Hannah Hutchinson Wid Joseph Hutchinson Print Rev War
Act: July 29  1848
Index: Vol. 8 , Page 356
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Declaration
Hannah Hutchinson
Kentucky
29 July 1848
Washington City D.C.
Wm. J. Purnell
Col. Samuel G. G.

Glenshawburg Ky August 23 1857
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commr. of Pensions
In closed I send you the declaration & evidence of Mrs. Hutchinson for a Pension under the late act of congress
Respectfully Yr
Harris art

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office, May 2 nd 1841.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Joseph Hutchinson, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Kentucky Agency, at the rate of Twenty — Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, to the 4 th Sept. 1840.
Respectfully yours,
Simon L. Harris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
April 15 th , 1840.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Joseph Hutchinson, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Kentucky Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and  Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 7 th of Sept. 1838, to the 1 st March 1839.
Respectfully, yours,
William B. Parsons Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 18 th , 1842.
Sir:
Under the date act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,"
The widow of Joseph Hutchinson, deceased, late _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Kentucky _____ Agency, at the rate of Twenty _____ Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of March, to the 1 st Sept. 1841.
Respectfully yours,
James M. Mason
COMPTROLLER.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Joseph Hutchinson 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 his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? 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 to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? 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?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
No
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?
XIV. † 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?
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. ‡ 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?
1. 2. 3. 7.
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 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 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 shewn 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.
† 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 prove 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 magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡ 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 certificate 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 the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Dear Mrs. Hutchinson with yr. Supt Ky -
Acct 29 - July 1848 for 6 mo. Pri. $20. per ann. from 4 - Mar 1848 -
Ever sent to J. Levening Henderson Ky

2 Hamburg Free Nov-27 Hon. Lewis C. 2698  10  12 Secretary of War Washington City
Dec. 7.
10/12

Wardinsburg Nov. 20 th 1832
Sir Enclosed are applications for pension on behalf of Charles Workinson T. Petty Sam l Avery & Joseph Hutchinson—
You will please address the decision of y r depart t on the subject to me at this place
Yours Respectf ly .
Hope W. Finchloe

Harrisburg Ky Sept 3/55.
J. Misset Esq Comr. of Pensions
Sir I am in receipt of yours of the 14 th of August - by which I am informed that the Claim for Bounty Land N o 30,330. of Mrs. Hannah Ed. Johnson widow of Joseph Ed. Johnson - on account of his services in the Revolutionary War, has been suspended for "want of evidence" of the services - I think the Department a construction of the "Interior" has given the act of 3 Mar 1855. which admits claims to be established without "record evidence" of the services - for instance if the applicant has no military discharge & his name cannot be found on the Rolls - if he can prove his services by 2. fellow soldiers - I believe all such claims have been allowed -
Joseph Ed. Johnson was allowed a pension of $20. per annum under the act of 1833. I prepared his Declaration & sent with it evidence of his services - (perhaps his discharge, considered sufficient by the Department to grant his pension - which he drew as long as he lived & his said widow continues to draw the same pension
I hope in the examination of her claim you did not refer to her husband original Declaration & evidence under which his pension was granted - if you did - I suppose she is without remedy under the present act - as I understand your construction - But was never intended by Congress - They certainly never intended to withhold bounty land from the few surviving widows of the soldiers of the Revolution - when they are drawing

a pension - which is high evidence of service a Reexamination & reconsideration of Mr. Eduljee's case is respectfully asked
Hemings Atty for him

2618 Coliseum St. -
New Orleans - La.
25 - January 1909 -
The Department of the
Interior -
Bureau of Pensions.
Washington D. C.
The commission for
Pensions -
Dear Sir:
May I be informed
whether the name of
Joseph Hutchinson occurs

on the roles of Revolutionary soldiers from Virginia? whether he received a pension? or received land in reward for his service?
Very truly —
(Mrs) I. A. S. Bush

Pension Dept Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
The following is taken from the Kentucky Year Book of the Sons of the American Revolution 1896.
Joseph Hutchinson Virginia Militia.
April 12, 1833 $20 Aged 77 Pensioner under the act of June 7 th 1832 - Please

inform me if you find this name upon your pension list - as I am anxious to learn County  has in Va.
Joseph Hutchison enlisted in
Very Truly
Mrs John T. Doughy Macon
Sept 1 st 1908 - Mo

MRS. HARRY T. WRIGHT, SR. 1003 EAST JACKSON STREET CHARLESTON, ILLINOIS
May 19
Commissioners of Pensions.
Dear Sir,
Have you the Revolutionary record of Joseph Hutchinson, he drew a pension in Breckenridge Co Ky. and does it give wife name. I will be very thankful for this information if you can give it to me
Yours truly Laura H. Wright.

LINKHART BROTHERS REAL ESTATE, LOANS AND CATTLE
COLERIDGE, NEBRASKA.
November 24, 1924.
Hon. Washington Gardner, Commissioner.
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
I have your favor under date of November 22nd, advising me that the Revolutionary War records of your Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to Joseph Hutchinson, who served in the Revolutionary War, as Corporal in Captain Andrew Russell's Company, Fifth Virginia Regiment, commanded by Colonel Charles Scott.
One of my Ancestors was Joseph Hutchinson, and I am sure that he made application for a pension. I find that there was one other, and possibly two others, by the same or similar name, who served in the Revolutionary War from Virginia. There was a Joseph Hutchenson, which is probably a mistaken way of spelling Hutchinson. This man served as Sargeant in the Virginia Infantry, and there is mention of another Joseph Hutcherson, Sargeant, in Virginia State Infantry. The organizations in which these men served are not further designated. If there was an application made for a pension by either or both of these men, I would like to know if their applications disclose the names of any of their children, as it is only by the names of the children that I can hope to identify the one of the three Joseph Hutchinsons, who served in the Revolutionary War, as my ancestor. I shall be under lasting obligations to you if you will give me any information relative to these men that the records of your Bureau disclose.
Yours truly,
J. W. Linkhart.
By J. W. Linkhart
JWL* HNH.

Miss Wilson would not use Rev. and 1812 War section.  Col. Francis Peyton -  as it was not military service - awf. 
Rev. and 1812 War section.
June 24, 1924.
Mrs. Harry T. Wright, Sr., 1003 E. Jackson St., Charleston, Ill.
Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 7838, it appears that Joseph Hutchison or Hutchinson, while residing in Loudoun County, Virginia enlisted in 1777 and served three months as a private in Captain Alexander McMickins' Company, Colonel Josiah Clapham's Virginia regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 20, 1832, while a resident of Breckenridge County, Kentucky, aged seventy five years and he died there May 15, 1842.
Soldier married May 21, 1798 in Bourbon County, Kentucky, Hannah Hall, she was allowed pension on her application executed March 2, 1850, while living in Breckenridge County, Kentucky, aged seventy six years.
In 1850, a daughter Elizabeth Adams, testified in the case. There is no further family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.