Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8678, Howell Hartgrove, Va.

SERVICE
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Hartgrove, Howell
S. 8678
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4524  North Carolina
Howell Hartgrove of Stokes in the State of N.C. who was a Pvt. in the Company commanded by Captain Vaughn - of the Regt commanded by Burwell - in the Va. line for 10 1/2 months from 1779
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 35 - Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Jan y 33 and Sept 19 th 1832 A.D. Shepherd. House of Reps.
  Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832  52.50-    Pemi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Mar. 33  17.50-     70.00  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk, Book D Vol. 8 Page 32.

105 ft 4. Howel Hartgrove Declaration as a Revolutionary Soldier for a Pension

State of North Carolina Stokes County ss
On this 11 th day of September 1832. personally appeared in open court before us the Justices of the peace for Stokes County now sitting Howell Hartgrove a resident of said County & State, aged sixty eight years the 6 th day of last February, who being first sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed the 7 th of June 1832
That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named Officers. & served as herein after stated. The first week in March before the Battle of Stones in South Carolina he entered the Service in the 4 th Division of the Virginia Militia as a private soldier he being a little the rise of sixteen years of age about the first of March aforesaid, under Captain Reuben Vaughan, & John Hoomes Lieutenant & Thos. Hedgeill ensign, in the County of Mecklenburg Virginia, under the command of Col o L. Burwell or Burrell, & Sam l Sarks Surgeon, the date he does not recollect. But he was marched with the said company to Granville Court house in North Carolina, & remained there until General Mason arrived there with other Corps & joined them, then marched to Hillsboro, Salisbury & Charlotte, N o Carolina, thence to Camden in South Carolina and from thence to Stone River & then joined the head quarters under the command of Gen l Lincoln & was taken sick before the Battle of Stones, & returned immediately after said Battle to Camden at which place he was discharged by General Mason some time in July or August. which discharge he has lost by being Burned in a house that was consumed by fire as he expects - And a Second Service he served as a Substitute in the room of his father James Hartgrove from the County of Mecklenburg Virginia, thinks it was in the Seventh division, & entered the Service in behalf of his father in the same month & date of Gen l Gates Defeat (near Camden in S o Carolina,) at Hillsboro in N o Carolina & marched to New Garden in Guilford County, N o C, & from thence to Hogans Creek, & captured Tories and guarded them to Hillsboro. & then returned to Hogans Creek then marched to Guilford Court house. all this under the command of Capt o B. Jones of Brunswick County Virginia. & Ambros Griscom was, Sergeant Major & Col o Fortner from Virginia & Maj o Morris & Coneway then marched from Guilford to Hillsboro & there discharged by

by Maj Morris some time in the beginning of winter after he entered as a Substitute aforesaid, the date he does not recollect only cites that he entered the Service in the month of the Memorable Gates' defeat - The third engagement he states that he entered the Service of the U. States at Mecklenburg Courthouse in Virginia in the 4th Division of Militia about planting of corn time in the Spring, after he had been discharged as a Substitute at Hillsboro aforesaid, and Randavouged at said Mecklenburg C. house under the command of Capt. Richd. Whittion, & marched from thence to Prince Edward Court house Virginia, & there joined the troops commanded by Genl. Lawson & from thence marched to the point of fork of James River to aid Genl. Stubard, where we met him, with his Regular troops; there this applicant assisted in getting over the public stores, when a detachment of the British Army appeared on the opposite side of James River, and gave a few shots with their cannon and finished Genl. Stubard he then marched the troops to Prince Edward, where this deponent was taken sick & after remaining in this Service about six or eight weeks he obtained a furlough of Col. Lawson, & afterwards discharged by Capt. Whittion in the county of Mecklenburg County, & remained there some about two years after the Surrender of Cornwallis. From thence he removed to the County of Surry in North Carolina which has since been divided & now resides in the part called Stokes County where he has remained ever since, and has not in his power to prove the above services by the testimony of any witness. 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 of any State; sworn to & subscribed the day & year first above written
Test. M c Hill C.C.
Dawell Hargrave Mark
We Charles Banner & Thomas T. Armstrong certify that we are well acquainted with the above named Dawell Hargrave and know him to be a credible & worthy of full credit. Subscribed & sworn to in presence of us Charles Banner Thomas T. Armstrong And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states - and further that Thos T. Armstrong and Charles Banner are residents of Stokes County are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to full credit. John Henry Commissioner R. Folsom Jps. L. Patman Jps.

State of North Carolina Stokes County ss
I John Hill clerk of the county court of pleas and quarter sessions for the court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Howell Hartgrove for a pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 13 th day of September A.D. 1832 — M c Hill. c.c.c

August 15, 1938.
Mrs. Edythe Whitley 2710 Belmont Boulevard Nashville, Tennessee.
BA-J/ILL Howell Hartgrove S. 8678
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Howell Hartgrove, a pensioner of Stokes County, North Carolina.
The data which follow are found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 8678, based upon service of Howell Hartgrove in the Revolutionary War.
Howell (or Howel) Hartgrove, son of James Hartgrove, was born February 6, 1764, in Mecklenburg County, Virginia; the name of his mother is not shown. He resided in that county with his father at the time of the Revolutionary War.
He enlisted and served three different tours as private in the Virginia troops, amounting in all to about ten and one half months, given as follow: from March 1779, in Captain Reuben Vaughn's company, Colonel L. Burwell's regiment ; from August 1780, in Captain B. Jones' company, Colonel Fortner's regiment, until the beginning of winter, which service was rendered as substitute for his father; and from the spring of 1781, in Captain Richard Whitton's company, and assisted in removing the public stores on the James River.
The soldier continued to reside in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, until about two years after the surrender of Cornwallis, then moved to Surry County, North Carolina.
Howell Hartgrove was allowed pension on his application executed September 11, 1832, at which time he resided in Stokes County, North Carolina, which county was formerly a part of Surry County. He made no reference to wife or children.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of

person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:
Howell Hartgrove Certificate #4524 Issued January 21, 1833 Rate $35 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832 North Carolina Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. MILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Howell Hartgrove.
from 1779 private 10 1/2 months. $35.
Richard Amender A.R. shipped requests it to be attended to — 18 May 1849

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Howell Hartgrove which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes. II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes 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? yes 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? No VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes. VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes. IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes 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? yes

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? two citizens 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? yes XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? — Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? — 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? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1, 2, 5, 6, 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 the 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.
REQUIRE 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.
REQUIRE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated 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 end 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.

1938 - Aug. 15 - Dist. to Mrs. Edith Whipple J.R.R.
Rehrat
8678
INVALID.
File No. 8678
Howell Hartgrove Dis New War
Act: June 14 32
Index: — Vol. 182 , Page 161
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mrs. Edythe Whitley 2710-Belmont Blvd., Nashville, Tenn.
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July 17, 1938.
Bureau of Pensions, Department of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:
Kindly supply me with a report of the pension of the following:
Howell Hartgrove . Stokes Co. N.C. 1932.
Thanking you for an early reply, I am
Sincerely,
Edythe Whitley
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State of North Carolina
Stokes County      3 Personally appeared before me Charles B. Bunn a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid. David Hartgrove who being duly sworn, deposeth & saith that by reason of old age, and consequent loss of memory he cannot positively swear 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, & in the following grades: — for ten months & a half I served as a private, and for such service I claim a pension. Sworn to & subscribed before me this 11 th January 1833
C. B. Bunn J.P.      David his + Hartgrove mark.
This applicant further declares that the reason he fail d to procure the affidavit of a clergyman to his Declaration, was, that there was no one convenient — further he states that he was born in Mecklenburg County in Virginia he thinks in the year 1764, but has no record of his age, but believes he is about sixty eight years old. he does not recollect the names of any other field officers more than he mentioned in his former declaration. that in the 6 th question he states that he rec d three discharges for the first service from Genl. David Mason, the second from Maj r . — Morris & the third from Capt. Richard Whittion, the first discharge he believes to have been burnt in a house of Arthur Yates in Surry County N.C. & the two last discharges was sent back to Mecklenburg in Virginia when he emigrated

from to Meadville in order to obtain pay for his services & has never seen them since, as to the 7 th Question he has already complied with in part by the certificate of Tho s Armstrong & Charles Bannan as to his character & morality & good behaviour, further he states that there is no person in the County where he resides that  he can testify as to his services in the Revo- lutionary war  Sworn & Subscribed 11 th January 1833
Francis Hartgrove Mark
before me Charles Bannan
North Carolina Stokes County
I John Hill Clerk of the court of pleas & quarter sessions for Stokes County certify that Charles Bannan whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit & other proceed- ings is a duly qualified & acting justice of the peace in & for said County & that his signature as such is genuine
In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand & affix the seal of said County at office the 11 th Jan y 1833
J. Hill. c.c.c.