Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18,014, John Hill, N.C.

SERVICE
N 6.
Hill John Hulda
NUMBER
W. 18.014
Row in R.C. - son of Abraham
CONTENTS

St. Louis, Mo.
Mr. C
art 38
W. S. Alston
Past
July 28 45

State of North Carolina Court of Pleas Surseun County 3d Quarter Sessions
July Term 1845
I Thomas D. Baylym Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Surseun County Certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Hulda Hill Widow of John Hill died on the 28 th day of August 1840. and left John Hill Isaac Hill Lucan Hill Jonathan Hill Hulda Hill and William Hill who survived her
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Seal at Office and subscribed my name this 16 th day July 1845
T. D. Baylym

I James Forster one of the acting Justices of the peace in & for the County of Franklin. Do hereby certify that I was here born & raised within two miles of John Hill and who wife Huldah now the widow of said John Hill & present Peterboro. Fifty Three years at that time said Hill it was reported & believed that he was a victim of the revolution & soon after became religious apprehensions of the Gospel & Gospelman he here resided & here did respect by all of his acquaintance his widow is highly respected I have intimate knowledge in her statement & believe them to be of the age she has here
John Hill died the 14th day of August 1817. She has remained a widow ever since
Given under my hand the day & year as above
James Forster
W. S. Alston Present
Huldah Hill wid of John Hill N. 33 1/2 act 4 July 36 adm 33 1/2 2 yrs pri $80
I certify that I Morgan Black of the County of Franklin do hereby certify that James

State of North Carolina
Secretary of State's Office
William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears from the musterrolls of the continental line of this State in the revolutionary war, that John Hill a private soldier in Company of the 10 th Regiment enlisted on the 17 th day of March 1776, for three years, and was discharged on the 1 st day of February 1780.
Given under my hand at Raleigh this 8 th day of February 1838.
W. Hill

State of North Carolina
Declaration of Huldah Hill widow of John Hill
Anson County On the 3 rd day of February 1838, Personally appeared before me James Gordon one of the acting Justices of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid Huldah Hill of said County widow of John Hill who was a Soldier of the Army of the Revolution who first being duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Provision made by the act of Congress July the 4 th 1836, in favor of the widows of the deceased Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution who has remained unmarried She States that she has remained a widow ever since and for two or three Years Service in the Continental line in this State before Marriage & three Months after Marriage as well as now recollected which she claims a Pension She States that she was born in the above County the 7 th day of February 1764. & there resided ever since. John Hill her husband was born the 4 th day of February 1749, In Halifax County in the above State & raised & there resided at the Commencement of the Revolution as well as recollected till the fore part of year before Genl. Gates was defeated in South Carolina he came to Anson County & Married the Petitioner Huldah Jackson & immediately after Gates was defeated many People fled from here for safety & her husband Carried her to his friends in Halifax County in a short time returned to Anson County & was immediately drafted for three Months Service & her brother Isaac Jackson under her brother Jonathan Jackson Capt o her Father John Jackson was a Col l & she thinks at the time was in Service to the South Capt o Jackson Marched his Men immediately & at a place called Bully's Bridge & at the time Crossing the Bridge was attacked by the Tories her brother the Capt o was shot with a ball broke his Collar bone & lodged in his shoulder & was left on the place her brother Isaac was shot in the mouth the ball ranged on the side knocked out the most of his Teeth on that side he escaped being taken her husband endeavoring to escape & defending himself received several wounds on the head with the sword but was taken Prisoner with a number of others on their march to Wilmington he was Paroled on account of wounds not to serve again & her husband returned home the above is to the best of her recollection which she had from her husband & brothers She does not recollect her husband or brothers entered the service again she does not believe her husband or brothers was ever on the Pension roll or received a Pension her Father & Brothers died years past she resides near the place whereon she was born & raised & one Mile of the Place whereon her husband first settled on after Marriage there he resided when he died which was the 14 th day of August 1817. She States that she is too infirm at her stage of life to attend a court of record other Proofs may be had by the Certificates herunto annexed.
Sworn & Subscribed the day & Year above
(Signature)
Huldah Hill Mark

I, James Gordon one of the acting Justices of the peace in & for the County of Anson N.C. do certify that I was here born & raised within two miles of John Hill decd & his wife Huldah now the widow of said John Hill & in present Petitioner fifty three years at that time said Hill it was reputed & believed that he was a soldier of the revolution & soon after became religious a preacher of the Gospel & clergyman he here resided & here died respected by all of his acquaintance his widow is highly respected I have entire confidence in her statement & believe them to be of the age she has here stated & that her husband John Hill died the 14 th day of August 1817. She has remained a widow ever since
Given under my hand the day & year as above
(J. Gordon)
W. S. Alston Agents
Huldah Hill wid of J. H. N.C. 3373 act 4 Jan 36 3373 2 yrs per 13 80.
I, Ariflet D. Boggan Clerk of the Court of Pleas & quarter Sessions in & for the County of Anson North Carolina do hereby certify that James Gordon is a Magistrate & the signature purporting to be his is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of my office the 13 th day of March 1838,
A. D. Boggan Clerk

North Carolina 4257
Ref? see letter 1891 Oct 6 J. M. Montgomery history Prior
Huldah Hill the who was widow of John Hill who died on the 14 th August 1817 of Anson Co. in the State of N. Carolina who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Jackson of the regt. commanded by Col. in the line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831. & end 28. August 1840 when she died
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of July 1845 and sent to W. S. Allison
Arrears to the 14th of
Semi-annual allowance ending
Payable to John Hill, Isaac Hill, Jacob Hill, Jonathan J. Hill, Huldah Hill, & William Hill. children of said Huldah Hill, decd.
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3.
Recorded by D. Brown B. C. Vol. 1.
Page 183

FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
MARRIAGES.
Jacob Hill was Married to Maria Davies June the 6 1820
James Hill was married to ... 1817
Jonathan Hill Was Married to Nancy Hargis Nov the 25th 1817

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
BIRTHS.
John Hill the son of Abraham Hill was born February 10th day of 1749.
Hulda Hill the daughter of John Hill was born February 25th the 7th day of 1764
John Hill the son of John Hill was Born the 9th day of June 1781
Abraham Hill was Born July 22nd of 1785
Sarah Hill was born April 23 1783.
Isaac Hill was born June 8th of 1785.
Jacob Hill was Born the 28th of December 1790
Elizabeth Hill was Born the 12th day of November 1793
Jonathan Hill was Born the 27th day of Febry 1797
1844 1797 47

Isaac Hill 1843
FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
DEATHS.
Isaac Hill 1843
The last Hill
Jackson was Born the day of October 1799 William Hill was born the 7th of September
1804
Rebecca Jackson Hill
Was Born April 23 rd 1809
John Hill son of Jackson deceased On the 14 th of August 1807 Aged during the Sixtyeighth year of his age
Sarah Hill Departed This Life October 1789
Isaac Hill 1843
Abraham Hill Departed This Life March 22 1805
Jackson Hill Was born January 9 1795 and Departed This Life the same Day
Rebecca Jackson Hill Departed This Life October 1811

FAMILY RECORD.
DEATHS.
DEATHS.
Isaac Hill son of John Hill departed this life 1822
Hulda Hill daughter of John Hill and wife of John Hill deceased aged Augt 28th 1822
Isaac Hill son of John Hill
Isaac Hill son of John Hill
Isaac Hill son of John Hill

May 7, 1937
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BA-J/REL John Hill-W.18014
Mrs. E.H. Hill 558 Lincoln Avenue Prescott, Arizona
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of John Hill, of Virginia and North Carolina, wife, Huldah Jackson, and Captain Eliazer Mobley, of Fairfield County, South Carolina.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon the military service in the Revolutionary War of an Eliazer Mobley. Such claims are the source of the data furnished by this office.
The record has been found of a John Hill, of North Carolina, who married Huldah Jackson. The history of that soldier is furnished herein, the data for which were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.18014, based upon his service in that war.
John Hill, the son of Abraham, was born February 4, 1749, in Halifax County, North Carolina. The name of his mother is not stated nor is it shown that he ever lived in Virginia.
While residing in said Halifax County, John Hill enlisted early in the Revolutionary War. An official report from William Hill, Secretary of State of North Carolina, showed that a John Hill enlisted March 17, 1776, for three years and was discharged February 1, 1780. It is not definitely shown that the John Hill named in that report was the John Hill recorded in this pension claim.
Early in the year before the battle of Gates' Defeat, John Hill went to Anson County, North Carolina, where he married, exact date not shown, Huldah Jackson, the daughter of Colonel John Jackson, of said Anson County.
Mrs. F. told me to write this case in this manner.

Hulda was born in Anson County, North Carolina, February 7, 1764. The name of her mother is not shown.
After the battle of Gates' Defeat, John Hill took his wife to his relatives in Halifax County, North Carolina, then returned to Anson County, where he enlisted for three months in the company of Captain Jonathan Jackson, brother to his wife, of which company another brother, Isaac Jackson, was, also, a member. They were in an engagement with the Tories at "Betty's" Bridge, where Captain Jackson was wounded by a ball which broke his collar bone, Isaac Jackson was shot in the mouth and lost most of his teeth and John Hill received several wounds on the head from a sword and was taken prisoner. He was carried to Wilmington but was paroled on account of his wounds.
John Hill died in Anson County, North Carolina, August 14, 1817. He was a minister of the Gospel.
Soldier's widow, Hulda, was allowed pension on her application executed February 3, 1838, while residing in Anson County, North Carolina, near the place where she was born and reared.
She died in said Anson County, August 28, 1840.
Children of John and Hulda Hill:
   John Hill . . . . .  Born January  9, 1781.     Sarah Hill. . . . .  " April  23, 1783,  died in October, 1789.    Abraham Hill. . . . .  " July  22, 1785,  " March 22, 1805.    Isaac Hill. . . . .  " January  9, 1788.     Jacob Hill. . . . .  " December  21, 1790,  married June 6, 1820, Maria Davies.    Elizabeth Hill. . . . .  " November  12, 1793.     Jonathan Jackson Hill . . . . .  " January  9, 1795,  died same day.    Jonathan J. Hill . . . . .  " February  27, 1797,  married November 25, 1817, Nancy McGregor or McGeorge. In 1845 he was a Justice of the Peace for Anson County, North Carolina    Hulda Hill . . . . .  " October  6, 1799.     William Hill. . . . .  " September  7, 1804,  in 1839, was living in Wadesboro, North Carolina.    Rebecca Jackson Hill. . . . .  " April  23, 1809,  died, October, 1811.   

The following data is shown, also:
Jacob, son of John Hill, Junior, died in 1822.
The following children survived their mother, Huldah: John, Isaac, Jacob, Jonathan J., Huldah and William Hill.
In 1838, James Duncan made affidavit in Anson County, North Carolina, that he was a son of James Duncan and his mother was a sister of the soldier, John Hill; he did not give the name of his mother. He stated, also, that his father lived during the Revolution in Robertson County, North Carolina, near the creek below Betty's Bridge, where the engagement with the Tories took place, that he heard the guns and after the fight Captain Jonathan Jackson was brought to his (James Duncan's) father's house badly wounded, where he remained some time.
In 1839, Elizabeth Bartley, widow, born July 25, 1771, made affidavit in Anson County, North Carolina, that she was the sister of the widow, Huldah Hill. Elizabeth did not give the name of her husband.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

558 Lincoln ave Prescott, Arizona Apr. 11, 1937
Bureau of Pensions Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:
Please give me the data that was submitted when the following veterans of the Revolution ask for pensions:
John Hill (also of no. Carolina) from Virginia (Hulda wife Jackson)
Capt. Eliazer Mobley of Fairfield Co. S. Carolina
Respectfully
Mrs G. H. Hill

John Hill - Son of Abraham
He was born in Halifax Co NC Feb 4, 1749 where living while in the army until his discharge from the Army in the Spring of 1780 when he appears to be residing in Anson Co, NC where after a short courtship he was married in June 1780 to Huldah Jackson born Feb 7, 1764, daughter of Col John Jackson. There was, on account of the brief acquaintance, some family opposition to the immediate marriage, which took place while her father was absent - James Duncan, residing in Robeson Co, (after the war in Anson Co) who married a sister of John Hill, had a son James, aged 9 or 10 years, who acted as messenger betw the parties & carried the bride behind him on horseback to the justice of the Peace who married them in his presence at the house . After the war
John Hill became a clergyman & died Aug 14 1817-
She applied for pension in Feb 1838 & died Aug 28 1840
He enlisted, probably in Spring of 1777 for 3 years, no further details of this service can be given as the certificates of the Secy of the State NC is misplaced or lost & no rolls of that State are on file.
Not long after her marriage she was drafted for 3 months in Anson Co in 1781 under Col Peter Hinton into a Company commanded by her brother Capt John Jackson, marched to Betsy's Bridge where they  the troops were suddenly & totally defeated by a body of Tories & Capt John Jackson rec'd a bullet that after breaking the collar bone lodged in his shoulder. His brother James received a wound in his mouth broke out nearly all his teeth on one side. Hill was also wounded, who in endeavoring to escape received several sword wounds on head, was captured. The Tories over

proceeded with the prisoner toward Wilmerston, but among the Tories was his brother in law, who obtained a parole for him & left him to be care for at his brother in law James Duncan in Robeson County. Children who survived
Elizabeth Bartley of Anson Co born July 25 1771 was a sister to Widow Huldah & a widow
After Genl Gates defeat at Camden SC (Augt 16, 1780) a few south of Anson County (Charleston SC having surrendered May 12, 1780) the British scattered over the principal places of that state usurped all local authority with great military activity) Caused great alarm & for safety their parents fled but safely & her husband took her temporarily to her relatives in Holston County - Children
 John, born Jan'y 9, 1781 survived by mother  Sarah - April 23 1783 died Oct 1989  Abraham, July 22 1785 died March 22 1805  Isaac Jan'y 9 1788 survived her mother  Jacob Dec 21 1792 mar d June 6, 1820 Maria Davis died 1822  Elizabeth Nov 12 1793  Jonathan Feb 27 1797 mar d Nov 25 1817 Nancy m c - (in Anson Co - mother) Stated - Survived her  Huldah Oct 6 1799 survived her mother  Wm Sep 7 1804 do his father of Anson Co  Rebecca Jackson April 23 1809 died Oct 1811  Jonathan Jackson born Jan'y 9, 1795 died same day 

If you will give me record of his services - I shall be greatly obliged to you Yours very Respectfully J. M. Montgomery
John M. Montgomery May 15 1891 P. M. John M. Montgomery

to be May 1814 - to May 1977
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, 10 WALL STREET
NEW YORK.
May 15 th 1891
The Hon. Commissioner of Pensions - Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly inform me regarding the service of John Hill - of Anson County - North Carolina - a soldier in the war of the Revolution & I am informed a Pensioner -

If you will give me record of his services - I shall be greatly obliged to you Yours very Respectfully J. M. Montgomery
John M. Montgomery Esq. May 15 1891 John M. Montgomery Esq.

1937 - May 7 - First to Mrs. J. H. Hill. EEL
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1804
Deceased Will
and
Will
for her
Act: July 4th 1870
Index: — Vol. 64 , Page 336
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Wadesboro October 26, 12 1838
Sir yours of the 15 th ult o is at hand respecting the case of Mrs Huldah Hill you cite me to yours of the 23 rd June & 22 nd Aug st last also there being 3 persons in the Regiment bearing the name of John Hill renders it necessary that some evidence more to identify the claimants late husband should be adduced I hope it is necessary could it be done, I have conversed with the Widow again she states that she has produced what proof she could & states her claim to be just as for family register where there is none there can none be produced the statements in the Declaration of this widow appears to be just the Positive proof of her Marriage & her husbands service after Marriage by J. Duncan & Mr E. Hammon & the belief of James Gordon the Magistrate appears to be ample proof where there is no further can be had the proofs of this widow are before you the service of the 3 John Hills are also you must view the cases and decide as you may think just from the statements of the widow certificate & the statements of those here named decide the case
J. Edwards Esq r Com r of Pensions Washington City
Yours with respect, Rufus R Johnson (agent)

Wadesboro 24. September 1838,
Sir yours 22 d August last. is at hand you inform me the receiving the Supplemental Declaration of Mrs. Rebecca Hill widow of John Hill deceased, I have conversed with the widow you also mention the affidavit of George Hammon in Proof of her Marriage to said Hill and Hills Services after Marriage you made no mention of the Affidavit of Samy Duncan in Proof of her Marriage, he Duncan nine or ten years old at the time too Circumstances which he will recollect & no doubt will as long as he lives as to dates weeks months & Years passing at that time he appears to have no positive recollection You also mention Proof of Service subsequent to Marriage & of identity will also be indispensable before the Service described in the Certificate of the Secretary of State of North Carolina Can be allowed as having been performed by the Claimants husband. I agree that those Proofs You ask for are necessary was it in the power of this widow to furnish them but it appears not, and it cannot be expected of this widow at the present day she states two or three years & she believes hearing her husband say he was Marched once to Norfolk in Virginia who was his officers or what he was Marched therefor whether his services was of the line of this State she does not recollect, it appears there was three John Hills enlisted in the tenth regiment of the line of State of North Carolina different dates & different length of service all served & all discharged John Hill which this widow claims the service of appears to be the first enlisted for three years, this widow and her husband raised near two hundred Miles apart & at the time this service was performed & before they had no acquaintance she has resided ever since the same distance it cannot be reasonable to suppose she can at the present day prove that her husband is the identical Man that performed the service which she claims

any other way than she has done the Proof are before you if you have the Proof of those other John Bills, or their widows You must Judge and decide there is a decision to take place these old People their time is short here decede let me know
J. Edwards Esq. Comm. ee of Pensions
Yours respectfully
Rufus Johnson (agent)

House of Rep s Jany 9. 1841.
Mr. Edwards.
I am requested to ask you for the Pension paper or copies thereof of Mrs. Hulda Hill widow of John Hill in her application for a Pension for the services of her husband
Respectfully
To lay before Congress { + refer to committee { C. R. P.
Edmund Debeng

Huldah Hill, Dec. widow who was of John Hill, Private 2 years act 4 July '36 3 d section
$80 per annum con: 4 March '36 and end 28 August 1840, when she died, payable at Fayetteville, N. C. to her children John Hill, Isaac Hill, Jacob Hill, Jona- than J. Hill, Huldah Hill & William Hill -
married in 1780 husband died 14 August 1817
bequeathed to Wm. S. Allison Present

Sir yours 27 th June last I handed to Mr William Hill son of Mrs Huldah Hill widow of John Hill dec d . Petitioner for Pension for the services of her husband in the revolution to see the Proofs required by your department if he found any let me know as he has at length inform me there is no further proof that he knows of as for the family register he declines sending it to your office as & shall hand it down in his family. Mr William Hill states he has wrote you which is the inclosed
J. S. Edwards Esq r Com r of Pensions Washington City
Yours Most ly respectfully Rufus Johnson (agent)

Com te of Pensions
H Edwards Esq r Washington City
Mail

I James Gordon one of the Judges of the County court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County of Anson & State of North Carolina do hereby that from my Personal Acquaintance with Huldah Hill widow & Petitioner for Pension & Elizabeth Bartley who gave the within Certificate both are women of Credit & the within Certificate Copy taken from the family register appears to have been kept by John Hill dec d in a Large family Bible are a true copy
Given under my hand & Seal February 22 nd 1839 J Gordon
I Norfleet D Boggan Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions in & for the County of Anson State of North Carolina do certify that James Gordon is one of the Judges of said Court & the signature purporting to be his is genuine,
Given under my hand & Seal of Office annexed the 23 rd day of February 1839,
N. D. Boggan CM

Mar 4 1839
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Waltham
2, King St 33,000
Com te of Pensions The H. Richards Esq r Washington City

Wadesboro February 23 rd 1839,
Sir yours November 6 th 1838, came to hand respecting the claim of Mrs. Huldah Hill widow of John Hill dec, you cited me to your letter of 22 nd August 1838, for such proof as would be necessary to entitle her to Pension I conversed at the time with the widow about those proofs ask for by you in support of her claim she stated to me that she could not prove the service of her husband before Marriage at the present day any other way that she had previously had done as to the date of her Marriage she stated as she had before done the fourth part of the Year before Gates defeat & her first born child the 9 th day of January after Gates defeat & that there was a family register among her belongings kept by her husband which he commenced some time after the birth of her first child there was no register at the time produced to me & I could lay none before you after Making enquiry her son has the family register kept by the dec, in a large family Bible her son a clergyman resides near one hundred Miles distant I produced the register & the copy to the Supplemental Declaration of this date is just from the family register in the Manner there set down the proof you have now before you is as far as I can obtain in support of this widows claim the trouble an agent has to set for those old Claimants are great the evidence hard to be obtained the their claim is just, the delay of the present, evidence I have endeavored obtain other proofs but cannot those Claimants consider their claim just & Circumstantial proof sufficient therefore put themselves to little trouble except the agent take the trouble
J. H. Edwards Esq r Com r of Pensions Washington City
Yours respectfully Rufus Robinson (agent)

State of N. Carolina
Ashe County
This is to certify that the family Register herunto annexed is the Genuine family Register kept by my father and mother of their Childrens ages and contains their own ages and deaths the Bible from which this Register was cut out in my presence has been in my mothers possession ever since my fathers death and until her death and since my mothers death it has been in my possession until the present day and that my father and mother John Hill and
Hulda Hill died at the time mentioned in the family Register which is attached to this sheet
Sworn to and subscribed this 24 th day of April 1845 - J. M. Hubbard. Jp Jonathan S. Hill (Sub)
March 1845. John Hill
This is to certify that the family Register attached to this sheet is the Identical family Register kept by my father and mother John and Hulda Hill of their Childrens ages also their own ages and deaths I further certify that my mother Hulda Hill died is the Identical Hulda Hill of Ashe County N. Carolina who has heretofore claimed a pension from the General Government for services rendered to the United States during the war of the revolution by her deceased husband John Hill and that my mother the aforesaid Hulda Hill died at my house on the 28 th day of August 1840 being the time set forth in the above family Register cut out of the Bible in my presence sworn to and subscribed this 24 th day April 1845
J. M. Hubbard. Jp
William Hill (Sub)

I certify that Jonathan J Hill who and William Hill who has sworn & subscribed to the within affidavit are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit I further certify that the family Bible which they have exhibited before me is the family Bible kept by their father & mother of their children ago. and that the two leaves attached to this sheet was cut out in my presence
Given under my hand this 24 th day of April 1845-
J. M. Hubbard J.P.
State of North Carolina
I Norfleet D. Bazzyn Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Surry County certify that Nathaniel Hubbard is and acting Justice of the Peace for said County duly commissioned and qualified - and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 28 th day of April in the year 1845-
N. D. Bazzyn C.M.

State of South Carolina, Ayton County. On the day of February 1839, at the House of Hulda Hill widow of John Hill dec d , said widow appeared before me James Gordon one of the Judges of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the above County & after being duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make this Supplemental Declaration in order to obtain the Provision of the Act of Congress the 7 th June 1832, that she is the identical widow of John Hill dec d , & that she has not Married since & that her husband was a Soldier of the Army of the revolution She states that it is not in her power at the present day to prove that John Hill her husband is the identical man that performed the service set forth in the Certificate obtained from the Secretary of the State of South Carolina any other way than she has done in her former Declaration his last service she well recollects as to her Marriage to John Hill she had at the time a short acquain- tance & her Parents opposed it & in the absence of her Father & without the knowledge of her Mother & family John Hill sent James Duncan for her a boy she suppose about ten years of age & she went with him to John Hill & was Married by Stephen Miller as she understood a Justice of the Peace & James Duncan present She marrying from home & the confusion in the country at the time she suppose her husband kept no date of their Marriage till after the birth of her first child then a Register was kept of the family in a large Bible belonging to the family & the following is a true statement from the family Register, John Hill was born February the 4 th day 1749, Hulda Jackson now the wife of John Hill was born February the 13 th day 1764, Married in the year 1780,
The following is correct from the family Register of the names & births of the Children of John Hill & Hulda Hill his wife,
John Hill the son of John Hill & Hulda Hill his wife was born the 9 th day January 1781, Sarah Hill the Daughter of John Hill & Hulda Hill his wife was born the 23 rd day April 1783, Abraham Hill the son of John Hill & Hulda Hill his wife was born the 22 nd day July 1785, Isaac Hill the son of John Hill & Hulda Hill his wife was born the 9 th day January 1788, Jacob Hill the son of John Hill & Hulda Hill his wife was born the 21 st day December 1790,

Elizabeth Hill the Daughter of John Hill & Huldah Hill his wife was born the 12 th day of November 1793 Jonathan I Hill the son of John Hill & Huldah Hill his wife was born the 9 th day January 1795 Jonathan Hill the son of John Hill & Huldah Hill his wife was born the 27 th February 1797 Huldah Hill the Daughter of John Hill & Huldah Hill his wife was born the 6 th day October 1799 William Hill the son of John Hill & Huldah Hill his wife was born the 7 th day September 1804 Rebekah Hill the Daughter of John Hill & Huldah Hill his wife was born the 23 rd day April 1809 That her husband John Hill died the 14 th day of August 1817 Sworn & Subscribed before me the day of February 1889 (Gordon)
Huldah her Hill mark
State of North Carolina
Onion County S Be it known that before me James Gordon one of the Judges of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of the above County appeared Elizabeth Bartley widow states she was the 25 th day of July 1771 19 And after being duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following statement that she is the sister of Huldah Hill widow of John Hill deceased, she states that her Parents was opposed to the Marriage of her sister to John Hill a short acquaintance & she supposes other reasons is not recollected & in the absence of her Father as she understood in the service of his country & without the knowledge of her Mother or family her sister Huldah went from home & she supposes was Married which was in the forepart of the year before Gates defeat at Camden after that Circumstance my Father's family was Carried to Hillsboro for safety John Hill Carried Sister Huldah where he was raised with his relations and I suppose how long the stay of all before the return or how long after before the draft for the service I have no recollection or of dates my brother Jonathan Jackson was Captain as understood my brother Isaac Jackson & John Hill as she supposes was Private & after being gone sometime the three men returned & stated they were all wounded & that they received their wounds in a fight at a Place called Betty's Bridge the above Circumstances is well recollected but dates is not recollected
Sworn & Subscribed
Sworn & Subscribed before me the 22 nd day of February 1889
(Gordon)
Elizabeth her Bartley mark

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 4 th July 1836. Huldah Hill, dec d late of North Carolina, who was widow of John Hill, who was a Private in the Revolution, was entitled to a pension at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum; and having died on the 28 th of August 1840, the amount due is payable from the 4 th March 1831, to the time of her death, to John Hill, Isaac Hill, Jacob Hill, Jonathan J. Hill, Huldah Hill and William Hill, children of said Huldah Hill, dec d .
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 29 th day of July one thousand eight hundred and forty-five.
Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
Commissioner of Pensions.

Wadesborough Oct 9 th 1840
Sir yours April 18 th 1840 to Mr Johnson the agent For Huldah Hill an applicant for a Pension in reply to the letter I wrote some time previous to the date of yours in respect To sending my family register to your office. I decline doing so I then stated to the agent the same time, the agent states To me now he declines acting except I will consent for him To send my family register to your office, I here state to you That I think no respectable family will, that I take it as an insult from your department to my family. & the laws of the state I live under, the agent will receive a commun- ication if convenient before the last of Nov r next, your letter the agent handed me some time past, the agent states the confusion in congress in the last session I have let it lay to the present
Sir your Most ob d serv t
J I Edwards Esq r
William Hill

Wadsworth Oct 30 th
Sir
yours letter is at hand and lies before me dated 15 th Ins in Reply to mine of the 9 th Ins respecting the claim of Huldah Hill Widow of John Hill You state in yours that the rules require That in widows claims the original family record of the marriage Shall be produced I now state that there is no record of the marriage of my father & mother nor never has ben any To my knowledge, and to send my large family bible to your Office for the purpos of Shewing the ages and Deaths of the Family when you have a copy of the record taken before A lawful officer of the state with seals & certificates etc would be entirely useless I therefore upon these grounds Protest against sending my family record You add in relation to this claim that the rules of evidence adopted for the execution of the law of July 4: 1836 cannot be departed from etc The petitioner appears comes under the act of Congress 1832 The above case has long lay before you, and it appears that you have all the proof that we are able to give you I therefore Insist upon an immediate decision & to enclose to me a Certificate of pension for the petitioner as justice demands from your office I wish to hear from you soon
I am respectfully
Your obt te servant
William Hill
J S Edwards Com r of Pensions Washington City

Sir Wadesborough November 7 th 1839
Yours of the 27 th of June last was handed me by Mr Rufus H Johnson agent for my consideration respecting the proof of the claim of Widdy Hill widow of John Hill Decd A soldier of the revolution. claiming a Pension for the services of her Deceased husband. The claimant is my mother and has resided with me for years past. The business done here by the Justice of the peace & agent. was in presence of the widow & my self. It appears all the proof respecting the business has been sent to your office for consideration. I hope that once could be had time has carried beyond the reach of the living and the claimant must soon go the way others has gone. I have conversed a great deal with my mother respecting proof she states there is no further. She says her husband was not a man of sturdy habits in his youth that he commenced his register some years after the close of the war how long she does not recollect. he has handed it down in the family I have now the family register in my possession and there has been a copy taken by a lawful officer of the State and sent you acknowledge the same. there has been no law or regulation of my recollection in this State requiring family marriages. Births or deaths to be deposited in any office. Those who have any registers it belongs to the family alone. I shall keep my fathers register and hand it down in my family as he has done. The claimant is far advanced in years and very infirm I would be glad for you to let Mr Rufus H Johnson the agent for the claimant know your decision as soon as convenient,
I am Sir your most obe serva t
William Hill

NC Mar 20. 4 July 36 2 nd Rec.
Hulda

Wadesboro February 13 th 1832, J. Edwards Esq r Commissioner of Pensions
Sir I enclose to you the Declaration of Huldah Hill widow of John Hill with a Certificate of intestment & services of her husband in the Continental line of North Carolina for three years,
Yours respectfully Rufus R Johnson (agent)

State of North Carolina An amended Declaration of Huldah Hill widow Anson County of John Hill deceased who was a Soldier of the Army of the revolution, Petition for Pension
Be it known that before me James Gordon a Magistrate in & for the County aforesaid Personally appeared Huldah Hill widow, she being duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following Statements that She is the widow of John Hill deceased & that she has not Married since the death of said Hill the lapse of time her memory failing her she cannot well recollect months years People in hearing him State at the present the length of his service before Marriage he at the time aside I suppose near two hundred Miles from her & knew him not at that time of his first service & that she knows of no person at the present day by whom she could prove he is the identical Man Performed the service mentioned in the Certificate obtained from the rolls in the office in this State as there is others at your State of the same name served in the service of this State the service in this country after Marriage she well recollects her brothers serving at the same time & they all stated to be wounded at the same time in the fight at Bristly Bridge she states that she will be obliged to rest her case on her former Declaration & the Certificate of service of John Hill annexed thereto with the present Certificate if there is any encumbrance in the years or statements made it is for the want of memory.
Sworn & Subscribed this 26 th day of July 1838, before me
James Gordon
Huldah Hill mark
I James Gordon a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Anson of Carolina do Certify that the above Certificate was sworn to before me this 26 th day of July 1838. Given under my hand and
James Gordon

State of North Carolina,
On this County. It is known that before me James Gordon a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid personally appeared George Hammon & was duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following statements that he is in his 89. year that he resided in the above County before the revolutionary war near to John Jackson who was at that time a Capt. & mastered under him & was well acquainted with him and family who was respectable he was the father of Huldah Hill widow of John Hill deceased who is the present Petitioner for Pension for service of her husband rendered in the revolution at the commencement of the war I believe John Jackson was appointed Col l of the Militia his son Jonathan was Cap t in the time of the war John Hill came to this County & I became acquainted with him & soon after he married Huldah Jackson I was not at the Marriage but have no doubt but he was Lawfully married to Huldah Jackson the month or year I cannot recollect at this time some time after Marriage there was a Call for the Militia to go into service for three months under Cap t Jonathan Jackson Isaac Jackson & John Hill went as privates furnished a Substitute they were Marched from here & some time after they were gone I heard of the fight at a place called Betty's Bridge & sometime after the above men returned home one at a time all wounded stating they received their wounds in the above fight John Hill sometime after the close of the war became a Preacher of the Gospel a religious man lived and died respected he resided near me the time of his death I do not recollect Huldah Hill widow of John Hill & the present Petitioner for Pension is the identical widow of John Hill deceased & has never married since the length of time & loss of memory renders me unable to state months or years
Sworn & Subscribed this 26. th day of July 1838, (Turn over)

Pro. over
J. Milton B
George his Hammon Mark
I James Gordon one of the acting Justices of the Peace in & for the County of Anson N. Carolina do certify that I am well acquainted with George Hammon & have entire confidence in him who gave the within Certificate
Given under my hand this 26 th day of July 1832 J. Milton B
State of North Carolina
Anson County. Be it known that before me Andrew Polk a Justice of the Peace in & for the aforesaid Personally Appeared James Duncan & after being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following Statement in support of the Claim of Huldah Hill widow of John Hill decd, Petitioner for Pension for the services of her husband in the Army of the revolutionary War he States that he is a sister's son of John Hill decd. who was the husband of the Petitioner Huldah Hill widow he states that his father James Duncan at the time of the Marriage of John Hill resided in Robertson County in this State near the creek below Betty's Bridge he states that he was between nine & ten years of age at the time he was with John Hill in Anson County at the time of the Marriage of said Hill the Parents of Huldah Jackson was against the Marriage with John Hill her father not at home there appeared to be an argument between J. Hill & Huldah Jackson to meet him said Hill at a neighbor's & to with him to a Justice of Peace & Marry my uncle John Hill carried me with him & Huldah Jackson met him & rode behind me to a Justice & John Hill was Married to Huldah Jackson & I was present the circumstance

I well recollect but the month & year I do not, after their marriage was the fight at Bell's Bridge I was then at my father's in Robertson County I heard the reports of the guns at the time of the fight at Bell's Bridge Capt. Jonathan Jackson was brought to my father's wounded & there continued some time his uncle John Hill as he understood was taken Prisoner by the Tories & was marched for Wilmington he being badly wounded & had a brother in law a Tory in company. by his influence obtained a furlough & on his way home called at his father's & I saw his wounds some time after my father moved to Anson County & I have continued to reside here the Petitioner I well know to be the widow of John Hill decd. & that she has not married since the within circumstances I well recollect the months or years is not recollected,
Sworn & subscribed this 30 th day of July 1838 before me
for A. Polk JP
James his  X Duncan mark
I Andrew Polk - a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Anson N. Carolina do certify the above Certificate was given before me & that James Duncan is a man of Credit,
Given under my hand this 10 day of July 1838
A. Polk JP
State of North Carolina
Anson County S I Noftel D Boggan clerk of the court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in the County aforesaid do certify that James Gordon and Andrew Polk is Magistrate & the signature purporting to be theirs is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 4 th day of August 1838
C. H. 1838