Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 2217-200, Philip Hockaday, Va.

SERVICE
Va.
Hockaday Philip
NUMBER
B.L.Wt. 2217-200.
CONTENTS

Power of attorney for Hadys heirs for W. S. Branty Land
1781
On warrant issued 24th March 1783

Know all men by these presents that we John Williams and Cynthia his wife John G. Mitchell guardian of Elizabeth Hoachady John Jones and Mary his wife Abner W. Hoachady William Hoachady and Susan B. Tyree all of New Kent County and State of Virginia do hereby constitute and appoint Henry Overthorp of Louisville Kentucky best man our business at Washington City our true and lawful attorney with power of substitution for us and in our names to ask demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States a warrant for the Bounty land due us in right of the services of our Great Uncle Philip Hoachady as a Lieutenant of the Virginia Continental line of the Army of the Revolution and who fell in battle at the Battle of Brandywine. And our said attorney is hereby authorized to deposit the said Land warrant when so received with the Commissioner of the General Land Office and to ask demand receive and receipt for the certificate or land scrip due thereon and to assign transfer and make sale of the same and to do and perform all manner of things necessary to be done in and about the business. Witness our hands and seals this 14 th day of May 1833
Witness
Richmond Williams Nathl. Turner
Cynthia Williams John G. Mitchell John M. Jones
Mary Jones Abner W. Hoachady William Hoachady
Susan B. Tyree
State of Virginia ) Personally appeared before me the New Kent County ) subscribers a Justice of the Peace in and for said County the above named John and Cynthia Williams John G. Mitchell John and Mary Jones Abner W. and William Hoachady and Susan B. Tyree a Widow signers and sealers to the foregoing power of attorney and acknowledged the same to be their voluntary act and deed for the purposes therein named. Also the said Abner W. Hoachady being duly sworn according to law saith that to the best of his knowledge and belief his Great Uncle was a Lieutenant of the Virginia line line of the Army of the Revolution and was killed at the Battle of Brandywine and that he now his Co Heirs have received a warrant from the United States for the Bounty land due in right of the said Philip's services neither does he believe

That any one else has ever received it or that the said Bliss were transferred his right to it during his lifetime. I have subscribed and acknowledged before me this The 14 th day of May 1838
John S. Lacy D.
Virginia
New Kent County, to wit,
I John D. Christian Clerk of the Court of the County aforesaid in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that John S. Lacy whose name is subscribed to the above certificate is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for the said County duly Commissioned and qualified to that Office.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County at the Courthouse this fifteenth day of May in the year 1838.
J. D. Christian
At a Court held for New Kent County at the Courthouse on Thursday the 8 th day of January 1835.
The Court assigns John G. Mitchell guardian to Elizabeth Stockaday orphan of James Stockaday decd. who thereupon together with George W. Richardson and Abner W. Stockaday his securities entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of Two hundred dollars with condition according to Law.
I John D. Christian Clerk of the Court of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing is a copy from the record, in Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County at the Courthouse this 15 th day of May 1838.
J. D. Christian

Philip Stockaday N. 2217.
Power of attorney Stockaday heirs for W. S. Branty Pond CVO 1
On warrant issued 29th Crown 1783
A. Northrop Heir of said Philip Stockaday

Copy of Hachadaya Kierchik —
Ent o
th N o June 4. 1838

Virginia. James City County. }
At a Court held for the County of James City on Monday the 14 th day of May, 1838.
On motion of William S. Peachy Atty. It was proven in open Court, by the affirmation of John Hookadey, to the satisfaction of the said Court, that James Hookadey, dec d late of the County of New Kent was the devisee, & also the elder brother and heir at Law of Philip Hookadey , lieutenant of the Virginia continental line of the "army of General Washington" of the Revolution, and who fell at the battle of Brandywine, being a single and unmarried man, also William Hookadey dec d late of the County of New Kent, was the eldest son of the said James Hookadey, who departed this life, intestate, and at a period when his eldest son the said William, became his heir at Law of any real estate; also that the said William Hookadey departed this life in the said County of New Kent, intestate, about 15 or 16 years ago, and that Cynthia wife of John Williams, James Hookadey dec d . John Hookadey of Lynchburg Va., Abner W. Hookadey, Wm Hook- adey, Mary wife of John Jones, & Susan B. Tyree (widow) are his children & only heirs at Law; also that Elizabeth an infant, under the age of 21. is the daughter and only heir at Law of the said James, dec d . son of Wm Hookadey dec d who died intestate, which is or are to be certified accordingly.
State of Virginia.
County of James City to wit.
I Thomas O. Cogbill Clerk of the Court of said County. Do hereby Certify the foregoing to be a true Copy from the records in my office.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Williamsburg the fourteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, in the 62 nd year of the Commonwealth.
Th. O. Cogbill. C.

***** From the records of this bureau it appears that Philip Hockaday entered the service in March 1776 and was Lieutenant in the Sixth Virginia Regiment, and was killed at the battle of Brandywine.
It is stated that he was a single and unmarried man.
Warrant No. 2217 for two hundred acres of bounty land was allowed the following heirs-
Cynthia, wife of John Williams; John Hockaday; Abner W. Hockaday; William Hockaday; Mary, wife of John
Jones; Susan B. Tyree, a widow, all of whom were the children of William Hockaday, who was the son of James Hockaday, the eldest brother of the soldier, Philip Hockaday; also Elizabeth, daughter of James Hockaday (deceased) the son of the said William Hockaday.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.
This letter is addressed to Hon. A. J. Mendague, for Miss Ethel C. Clarke - See correspondence in James Clarke S. 1835/927.

of Philip H. S. Hookaday, elder brother and deceased and him at law Wm Hookaday eldest son of S. James H. and him at law died 15 or 16 years ago
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leaving as his heirs at law
Cynthia Williams
John Hookaday
Abner M. Hookaday
William Hookaday
Mary Jones
Susan B. Tyree
Children of Wm Hookaday
Elizabeth Hookaday - daughter and only heir of James Hookaday deceased who was a son Wm Hookaday deceased

Copy from the Contepecate on file in The Council Chamber at Ouchinwand Wa 11

Certified that Lieutenant Philip Hockaday of the Sixth Virginia Regiment entered in the service March 1776 and on the continental establishment fell in the action at Brandywine 11 th September 1777 - Given under my hand this 14 th June 1783
O. Towles Lt. Col.
At a Court held for New Kent County 11 th Sept. 1783 this Certificate was produced to the Court and was proved by the oath of John Hockaday - and also that James Hockaday is heir at Law to the within Philip Hockaday - and the same is ordered to be certified
Jeste Will: Clayton
War Department
May 17 1838
The above is a true copy of a paper filed in this Department
J. B. Richardson Secy Com.

Mary Meares Galt
APARTMENT 605 WILLSONIA 1830 K STREET, N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C. TELEPHONE: NATIONAL 9086
Oct. 21,
Revolutionary Records & Pensions
Veteran's Administration
Washington, D. C.
The Adjutant General's Office has suggested that I apply to you for informa- tion concerning a Revolutionary Officer, Capt. John Hockaday , of New Kent Co., Virginia, who served in the U. S. service in the Continental line (over),

Capt. John Hockaday's heirs had two "Ohio claims," one as his heirs & one because he was the oldest brother & heir as son of his brother Philip Hockaday killed in battle at the Brandywine. That is why I think you may have records in your office concerning him.
The heirs of Capt. John Hockaday were named WARE, four brothers, children of Capt. Hockaday's only daughter & only heir, Hannah Clarke Hockaday who married Robert S. Ware.

3- In 1821 there was some effort made concerning the Ohio claims, as the Essex Co., Va., records show a power of attorney from Edmund M. Ware to his brother Robert S. Ware to act for him in the matter; (the other two brothers were John H. Ware & W m Walker Ware.) Again in 1838 the mat- ter was agitated. About that date an affidavit was sworn to in the James City County by a near neighbor that Capt. John Hockaday had been in the U. S. service, had (over)

served in the north, & also had been
APARTMENT 605 WILLSONIA 1830 K STREET, N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C. TELEPHONE: NATIONAL 9086
at the siege The adjutant
of Yorktown.
General's Office shows that a John Hockaday was in the 6 th Va. Regt. till 1778. The records there, he says, are by no means complete.
I shall be very grateful for any information con- cerning either Captain John Hockaday or his brother Philip Hockaday.
Yours truly Mary M.

October 30, 1935
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BA-J/EEL Philip Hockaday B.L.Wt#2217-200-
Mrs. Mary Meares Galt Apartment 605, Willisonia 1830 K. Street, N.W. Washington, D.C.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Captain John Hockaday and his brother, Philip Hockaday, of New Kent County, Virginia, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and no record found of a claim for pension or bounty land having been made to the United States based upon the military service in that war of a John Hockaday. A claim for bounty land based upon the service in the Revolutionary War of Lieutenant Philip Hockaday, of Virginia, has been found and the data contained therein are given below.
The data and place of birth and the names of the parents of Philip Hockaday are not shown.
Philip Hockaday entered the service in March, 1776, served as lieutenant in the 6 th Virginia Regiment and was killed at the battle of Brandywine.
He was a single man.
The oldest brother of Lieutenant Philip Hockaday was James Hockaday, of New Kent County, Virginia, and his son was William Hockaday, who died in said New Kent County, about 1822.
Warrant No. 2217 for 200 acres of bounty land was issued June 11, 1838, in favor of the following heirs of Lieutenant Philip Hockaday: Cynthia, wife of John Williams; John Hockaday; Ebner W. Hockaday; William Hockaday; Mary, wife of John Jones; and Susan B. Tyree, a widow, all children of William Hockaday, deceased, and Elizabeth, infant daughter of James Hockaday, de-

ceased, another son of William Hockaday who had died in 1822. The heirs all resided in New Kent County, Virginia.
The names of the wives of William Hockaday(Philip's nephew) and James Hockaday(son of said William) are not shown.
There are no further family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.