Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9598, for James Hutcherson, Virginia

SERVICE
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Hutcherson, James
S 9598
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65 34 Virginia
James Hutchinson
of Powhatan in the State of Virginia who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Wright of the Regt. commanded by Col. _____ in the Virginia line for 11 Months & 17 days
Inserted on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 38 Dollars 34 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of Feb. 1833 and due to H. H. March 1833
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 1832 $57 81 Pension allowance ending 4th '33 19 27 $77 08
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. H. Miles Clerk, Book Vol. 7 Page 129

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James Hutchinson
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Mr. Schacher H. R.

BRIEF in the case of  James Hutchinson  County of Powhatan  in the State of Virginia  (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? 71  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.     Entered In 1777 3 privat Gen. Capt John Knight   discharged 1779 3 " Capt Wm. Royall   re-enlisted April 1781 3 " Capt. Paulin Anderson   captured part of July or 1 st August 1781 until Exchange (17. Oct 1781) } 2. 17 " Capt. Lewis Ford    
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Amelia Co. Virginia  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? a living witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? no 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas. S. Melick Examining Clerk.  25 th July 1833

Genl. Hutchinsons affidavit
Wm. Nelson

The Affidavit of John Hutcherson taken before John Booker a Justice of the peace for the county of Amelia in the State of Virginia, respecting the services rendered in the Revolutionary Army by his Brother James Hutcherson. This affiant states that the said James Hutcherson went out first early in the Spring of the year 1778 and served about three months (the exact time not now remembered by him), but that it was some where about three months. This affiant also remembers that the said James Hutcherson went out and served three other times in the militia in the said war (but he cannot state particularly the exact dates) and that he served each time about three months. This affiant well remembers that said James was at the Siege of Yorktown at the taking of Cornwallis and his Army. This affiant cannot recollect the different officers under which the aforesaid James Hutcherson marched the four times aforesaid, but he is positive that he did march and serve the four times above mentioned. Given under my hand this 12 th day of September 1832.
John his Hutcherson mark
State of Virginia } County of Amelia } Set
This day the above named John Hutcherson made oaths to the truth of the above affidavits and put his mark thereto, before me. Given under my hand and seal this 12 th day of September 1832. I further certify that the said John Hutcherson is a credible person on oath the day above.
M c ADONALD Notary Public

Virginia. Amelia County, to wit:
I John A. Leigh Clerk of the County Court aforesaid, in the state aforesaid, do hereby certify that John Peter whose name is signed to the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the peace in the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified according to law, and that all due faith and credit ought to be given to his official acts as such. I do further certify that under the laws of this Commonwealth Jus- tices of the peace are authorized to administer oaths. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and af- fixed the seal of said Court, the 28th day of Sep- tember 1832, in the 57th year of the Commonwealth.
J. A. Leigh Clerk
Geo. Hutchinson, affidavit

Virginia, to wit;
At a Court of monthly Sessions begun and held for the county of Powhatan, in the state aforesaid, at the Courthouse of the said county, on Wednesday the 19 th day of September in the year 1832.
James Hutcheson a Resident of this county appeared this day personally in Court and made and subscribed a declaration of his services in the Revolutionary War in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the act of Congress passed the 7 th day of June 1832, entitled "an act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Revolution", and having made oath thereto in due form, the same was there- upon ordered to be entered of Record, and is as follows, to wit;
State of Virginia, Powhatan County, to wit; On this 19 th day of September 1832. personally appeared before the Justices of the County Court of Powhatan, James Hutcheson a resi- dent of the said county, in the state of Vir- ginia, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the follow- ing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June the 7 th 1832. - That he the said James Hutcheson is now in his 71 st year of age; that the register of the same is now in his possession; that he was born

"in the county of Amelia, and has always resid- "ed in the counties of Amelia, Cumberland, & "Pittsylvania, with the exception of one year in "the county of Goochland; that he entered the "Revolutionary Army sometime in the year 1779. "and marched under Captain John Knight of "Nottoway, (then a part of Amelia,) as a sub- "stitute for machinery goods of Amelia; that "he served out a term of three months in the "militia of the state of Virginia, and during "the said term they marched to Petersburg, "Williamsburg, and the vicinity of Norfolk; "that shortly after his return home, and "during the same year, he was drafted to "perform a term of duty for himself, and march- "ed from the same county in a militia company "commanded by Captain William Royall, in "which company John Royall was a Lieuten- "ant and Wm: Robertson an Ensign; that the "company was ordered to the same section of "country to which he had been ordered in the "term of duty under Captain Knight; but they "were stationed longest at Petersburg; that "this term was also for three months; - that "the said affiant was not again called out "until April 1781. when he was drafted to "perform a term of duty of three months in "the militia; that he then marched under "Captain Paulin Anderson of Amelia, with "Lieutenant Wm: Crowder, and Ensign Wm: "Wood; that this company was ordered to "join the forces at Malvern Hills on the

North side of James River below Richmond, and was chiefly occupied during the war about Richmond, and along up James River, flying before the British forces under the command of Lord Cornwallis; that after his loss of three months expired he was discharged at Culpeper for Court House by Col. Dick: - that his first and last term of duty was before and during the siege of Lord Cornwallis at York Town in Virginia; that on this occasion he was draft ed from the militia of Amelia, and marched sometime in the latter part of July or the first of August under Captain Lewis Ford, and was employed about Petersburg, Williamsburg, & Hog Island until the siege of York, where he remained until Lord Cornwallis's surren- der when he was discharged & returned home
He hereby relinquishes 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. - Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
(Signed)
James Hutchinson his X mark.
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 owed as he states: and the court further certi- fies that it appears to them that the said James Hutchinson is not acquainted with any Clergyman who can make the certificate pres-

scribed in the regulations of the War department. All which is ordered to be certified under the seal of the Court to the Secretary of the Depart- ment of War of the United States. ~
I William S. Dancer Clerk of the County Court of Powhatan, in the state of Virginia aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct copy of the Records and proceedings of the County Court aforesaid in the matter of the application of James Hutchinson for a Pension, including a copy of the declaration made and subscribed by the said James Hutch- inson upon that occasion. ~
In Testimony whereof I have subscribed my name and caused the seal of the said County Court to be affixed hereunto this 29 th day of September in the year of Christ One thou- sand eight hundred and thir- ty two. ~
Wm: S. Dancer C.

O. W. & N. Division.
L. W. B.
T. 9598.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., April 21st, 1896.
Sir:-
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of James Hutcherson , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1779 3 mos. Pvt. John Knight Va.   1779 3 mos. Pvt. William Royall Va.   Apr. 1781 3 mos. Pvt. Paulin Anderson Va.   Aug. 1781 3 mos. Pvt. Irwin Lord. Va.  
Battles engaged in, Siege of Yorktown.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Powhatan Co., Va.
Date of application for pension, September 19th, 1833.
Residence at date of application, Powhatan Co., Virginia.
Age at date of application, 71 years.
Remarks: During first enlistment served as a substitute for Mackness Coode.
Very respectfully,
Hon. J. C. Hutcheson, House of Representatives.

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9598
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Apr 21 '96 Doed a read to Hon J B Hutchesson JWD
File No. 9598
James Hutchesson Pr: Rev War
Act: June 1 st 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 185
[Arrangement of 1870.]

13.8.22 A copy of
James Hutchinson's
Declaration for a Pension.
Brief
Witness
Geo. Hutchinson
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Witness (Geo. R. ... private) 23.4
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