Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 107,997-160-55, for Samuel Hunt, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
866
Hunt, Samuel Susanah
B.L.Wt 107.997-160-55
CONTENTS

St. Louis Mo. 1862
No. 5682
Feb 6 60
Susannah Hunt wid. of Samuel Hunt Prints
Admitted to the Acns Apr 23. 1862 N.Y. State Revolutionary War
S. Pils. Jan 21/61. Lt. Col. 21/60 - M.H.W. Lt. May 28/60. M.H.W.
Original
St. L. Wallace Esq. Yorkville S. Law

3B.568
Susan Hunt widow of Samuel original application for county land Revolutionary War

South Carolina } Spartanburg District } On this 27 th day of January A.D. 1860. Personally appeared before me an acting Magis- trate in and for the District aforesaid duly authorized by law to admin- ister oaths Susanah Hunt aged 81- years past who being first duly sworn according to law declare that she is the widow Samuel Hunt de d who was private soldier in the army of The Reolutionary left Col Davis left horse or mounted militia a part of the time under General Davieson and that he then lived in Granville County N.C and that his service was done in that State and was out at one period three months and hired a substi- tute for three months more besides other service from all of which he was honorably discharged, but got no written discharge and has no documentary evidence of his service to her knowledge, but has given the above statements of service of her late husband, as she

has understood and believed and as she has often heard her husband the late Samuel Hunt repeat, but cannot "recollect" the name of his capt, at this time, but well recollects Col Davis, as her hus- band always voted for Col Wm Davis of Chester District, for Congress, when a candidate, because he said he had served under his Father Col Davis in the Revolution, although he was almost alone in his neigh- borhood in voting, as very few of his neighbors liked Col Davis as he lived in southeastern part of Pinckney Congressional District, and was a devoted friend to Col Davis family, on account of said service.
She further states that she was married to the said Samuel Hunt, in Spartanburg District S.C., on the 14th day of June 1804, by Rev John Blackwell who is now dead and that her maiden name before her marriage was Wood (Daughter of Capt John Wood, who was killed in Spar- tanburg District, in the Revolution by Col Connigan bloody scouts) and that her husband the said Samuel Hunt, departed this life, in Spartanburg

District S.C., on the 27th day of May 1832, and that she has not intermarried since his death, but is still his widow, and makes this declaration, for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land, to which she may be entitled, under the act of the 3 March 1855, and she further declares, that she has never before made application for bounty land under this, or any other act of Congress, and has been wanting to make this application, for the last four years, with out having a satisfactory opportunity.
She further declares, that she does not know of any person now living, by whom her late husband's service, can be proved, as his companions in service are all dead, as far as she knows, and would the justice of her claim, and clemency of the Government, and hereby authorizes A. S. Waller of York District, S.C. to prosecute my said claim, with all the powers usually conferred, Sworn, and subscribed this day and year above written, Before me Jno Banktop Davis Magistrate S.C. J. W. Hunt

We J. M. Jackson and W. J. Walden (Residents of Spartanburg District in the State of South Carolina) upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged in our presence by the claimant Susan Kate Hunt and that we know her to be the identical person set forth in her declaration and that we have no interest in this claim. J. M. Jackson W. J. Walden
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons and that the claimant is the identical person she represents herself to be and is still a widow and very intelligent and that I have no interest in this claim. J. B. Bankston Davis Magistrate S.C.

South Carolina } Spartanburg District } Before me personally appeared Susannah Hunt the declarant and made oath in due form of law that her marriage to Samuel Hunt deceased is a matter of record in her family Bible in the handwriting of her late husband and is strictly correct a copy of which is as follows: "Samuel Hunt was married to Susannah Wood his second wife June the 14 day 1804." and that the same has always been in her possession ever since together with the record of the births of their children issue of their said marriage which is also correct. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 27 th day of January A D 1860. Jno Bankston Davis. Susannah Hunt Magistrate, S.D.
I the said Magistrate certify that Susannah Hunt who has sworn to and subscribed the above affidavit before me is a lady of high credibility and that I transcribed the record of her marriage to her husband the late Samuel Hunt in the above affidavit from her family Bible and that it is transcribed correctly. Jno Bankston Davis Magistrate S.D.

South Carolina 2
Spartanburg District 2 Before me personally appeared Maj John W. Hunt and made oath in due form of law that he has heard the declaration now made by his mother Susannah Hunt to obtain Bounty land and that he fully concurs in the same as he has often heard his father Samuel Hunt speak of his services under Col Davis in the Revolution and that he was always the devoted friend of his family and voted for his son Col William Davis to represent the Pinehurst Congressional District in South Carolina as he was the son of his friend and commander in the Revolution and that he the deponent is fifty four years of age, and that he has no interest in this claim. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 27 day of January 1866. Jno. Bankston Davis Magistrate S.D.
John W Hunt
• I the said Magistrate do hereby certify that Maj John W. Hunt is a gentleman of high respectability and worthy of believe Jno. Bankston Davis Magistrate S.D.

State of South Carolina Spartanburgh District ss. J. B. Tolson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for the district aforesaid do hereby certify that John Bankston Davis Esq. before whom the within affidavit was made and who gave the within certificate was at the date thereof an acting Magis- trate for the district and State aforesaid who had been duly appointed and qua- lified and the signature purporting to be his is genuine and that full faith and credit should be given to all his official acts such
Given under my hand and Seal of Office at Spar- tanburgh Court House this 30 day of January 1860.
J. B. Tolson Clerk

107997
16000

Samuel Plant Dade
N 305568
Additional evidence claim for bounty land Revolutionary war
4 Indusore
Handwritten signature
Hon. A. G. Wallace
FREE
George C. Whiting. Commissioner of Pensions Washington city D.C.

first application for bounty land Revolutionary War, Mads claim,
Hon Geo. C. Whiting, Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

A. S. Wallace M.P., Yale Oiler to Carolina.
Suzanne Wallace
Suzannah Hunt
Send Warm AW

Department of the Interior, PENSION OFFICE.
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You are hereby informed that a Supplementary Affidavit is required in claim for Pension No. .... of ..... now pending in this Office, in which the claimant is entitled to the increase provided in Sec. 2, Act of

20556 Sunnyside Hills N.Y.
Additional Evidence for testimony here
Dear Genl C. Whiting I am of New York Washington City D.C.

Mr. Frank
I am of the opinion in such this case is made out -
Please confer with me in regard
to it. Yours

305. 568
[Faint, mirrored handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page.]

Yorkville S.C. July 1st 1860
Hon Geo. C. Whiting Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
Dear Sir: I herewith enclose the claim of Susanah Hunt widow of Samuel Hunt a revolutionary soldier. Application for bounty bond under act 3rd March 1835. Please examine and report as soon as convenient and oblige
Yours resp't &c A. S. Wallace per R. S. Wallace

Claim of Snook Hunt Woz of The Revolution act 3rd March 1855, No 306,568

Yorkville S.C. April 6th 1860.
Hon Geo C. Whitney Com of Pensions.
My dear Sir.
In answer to yours of the 20 th of Feb y last in claim of Sarah Hunt widow of Samuel Hunt, and, for bounty land act 3rd March 1855 No 305,568 I herewith hand you the Evidence of four gentlemen of this District which you will please examine and report to me as soon as convenient.
I have written to North Carolina, for evidence to sustain her claim, Samuel Hunt her husband done more service than she has claimed.

and was part of the time an officer. I think entitled to a pension
Very Respectfully Yours.
A. S. Wallace, Yorkville, S.C.

Yorkville S.C.
September 8th 1860
Hon Geo. C. Whiting Washington D.C.
Enclosed
you will find a certificate from the Comptroller of the State of North Carolina in the case of Susannah Hunt, widow of Sam- uel Hunt decd No 305.568, for bounty land under the act of March 3 1855. I hope this will prove satis- factory to the Department.
Your early attention will confer a favor on
Yours most respectfully A.C. Wallace per R.H.W.

Yorkeville S.C. Jan'y the 14 th 1861.
Hon George C. Whiting Com of Pensions
My dear,
In answer to your letter of the 23 Febr 1860, in claim of Mrs Susana Hunt, Widow of Samuel Hunt, De d for Bounty Land, act 3 March, 1855, No 305668, for service in the war of the Revolution I herewith hand you Certificate of Hon Jas L. Orr, which was omitted in the evidence last sent.
Please pass this claim on its merits, as the few but proof the case will admit has been sent.
Other proof of a similar character may be had.
Very Respectfully Yours, A. S. Wallau,

Spartanburg S.C. 6 April 1860 Hon Geo. C. Whiting Comr. Pensions.
Sir: I have been requested to give you my appreciation of the character and Credibility of the Rev. John H. Landrum of this District and whose affidavit is filed in the Case of Susannah Hunt widow of Samuel Hunt.
I have known Rev Landrum for many years. He is a gentleman of the highest character and of the most unquestioned probity and intelligence. He is a distinguished Minister of the Baptist Church and his professions are beautifully illustrated by his walk & conversation in Christian duty. Wherever he is known he is loved and respected.
I am Sir: very truly Yours Obt. Servt. &c.
James L. Orr.

Susannah Hunt widow of Samuel Hunt No 305.568.

State of North Carolina, Comptroller's Department.
I, C. H. Brogden, Comptroller of Public Accounts in and for the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that it appears of record in my Office among the payments or allowances made by said State to sundry persons for Militia services in the Revolutionary War, as follows:
Samuel Hunt,
Hillsboro' District.
Army Accounts, Vol. 12, Book A. No. 11, 22 Page 22
£ 9 — 2 6 specie.
Indent No. 51 £ 9 — 2 6 "
June 10th, 1783.
Page 51, No. 173 £ 174 currency —
Indent No. 173 £ 174 = "
Equal to 13 8 — 4 D specie.
April 4th, 1781.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office, in the City of Raleigh, this 3rd day of Sept. A. D. 1840.
C. H. Brogden, Comptroller.

South Carolina } Spartanburg District } Before me Pensionally appear- ed Isaac Bowling, a highly cred- ible Citizen of Spartanburg District aged 77 years past, who being first duly sworn, according to Law, on oath says that he has been intimately acquainted with Samuel Hunt and wife Susan- nah since their marriage, and lived a near neighbor, never over two miles, and was always very intimate with them, up to his death, and with his widow Susanah ever since, who is still living, and unmarried, and a lady of good mind, very intelligent, and of the highest respectability, and she is, and has long been a consistent member of the Baptist Church, and her Husband, also a member of the same Church, to his death, and a leading citizen of the neigh- borhood, in which he lived.
Sworn to, and subscribed, This 4th day of April, 1866.
and that he has no interest in the claim Jno. Earl Rorer } Isaac his Bowling Judge of Court of Ordinary } Mark
Ephraim Bonham also a near neighbor of the said Susan- nah Hunt, aged 59 years on oath says that he fully concurs in the

Statements made by the above witness Isaac Bowling, which he believes to be very true, from his own personal knowledge of the said parties, and that the said Isaac Bowling, is a citizen of said dis- trict of good character and that he has no interest in this claim Sworn to and subscribed, this 4th day of April A.D. 1860, before me James Earl Rorer Judge of Court of Ordinary      Ephraim Bowling
We Morgan a respectable citizen of Spartanburg District says, that he is now sixty four years of age, that he was born in the neighborhood of said Hunt and wife Susannah above named, and has been acquainted since his first recollection, and that he always under- stood and believes that the said Sam Hunt was a soldier in the War of the Revolution, but cannot say what rank he held, whether a private or a soldier or an officer, but has often heard him speak of his service in the Revolution, as the deponent commanded a company of militia in the neighborhood of the said Sam Hunt for eight years, and was succeeded by the son of the said Sam Hunt, now May Ino Mr Hunt, and that the said Sam Hunt always taken a lively interest in the

Company, and often spoke of his hardships in the Revolution, in presence of deponent and the Company,
Same think the above named, was a man of good character and a leading man in this neighborhood, and was a member of the Baptist Church, (Clerk and Deacon) for many years before his death and that his widow Susannah is still living, of sound mind, very intelligent, and a lady of the highest respectability, and the reputed daughter of Col Jas Wood, who was killed by Cunningham's (BLOOD) SCOUTS in Spartanburg District in the year 1781, and that he has no interest in this application,
Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 4 th day of April 1860
Jno. Earl Pomer Judge of Court of Ordinary
W. S. Morgan
Rev John G Lanum aged Forty nine years past, a citizen of Spartanburg District, on oath says, that he has been minister of the family for the last thirty years by the first of Oct next, and as such preached the funeral of said think above named, whose widow is an applicant for County land, and married all the family and taught a part of the children, and fully concurs with the affidavit of W S Morgan, which I have above read as they were once

Of the most respectable families of the district, and his reputation as a Revolutionary Soldier was good, which opinion was general and never doubted, and very fully endorsed all that has been said by the above witnesses in relation to Susannah Hunt the present applicant, and that he has no interest in the application. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4 th day of April A. D. 1860.
Jno. Carle Bomer Judge of Court of Ordinary
John G. Sandum
South Carolina } Spartanburg District } I, Jno. Carle Bomer, Judge of the Court of Ordinary for the District aforesaid, certify from my own personal knowledge that, Isaiah Bowling, Ephraim Bonham, W. S. Morgan and John G. Sandum whose genuine signatures appear to the foregoing affidavits, are citizens of Spartanburg District of intelligence and respectability, - the latter a Baptist Clergyman of eminent ability - and that their evidence is entitled to the most implicit belief.
Given under my hand & seal of Office at Spartanburg Court House on the fourth day of April A. D. 1860.
Jno. Carle Bomer Judge of the Court of Ordinary