Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4773, John Hawsey, Continental (Mass.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Mass)
Bawsey, John or Bawsey
R. 4773
CONTENTS

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832.
The state of Alabama Lauderdale county on the 10 th day of September 1834 appeared before the undersigned an acting Justice of the peace for said county John Howsey a residing citizen in the state and county aforesaid aged about eighty five years. who Being first duly sworn according to law Dath on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by act of congress of the 7 th of June 1832
"that he enlisted for the term of three years in the Army of the United States for the year 1778 as well as he recollects for the term of three years in the town of Boston in the state of Massachusetts in the light horse or light infantry. He enlisted under captain Shaffner (as well as he recollects his name) he thinks Sharp was the Lieutenant, the Regiment Care was commanded by Col Armany as well as he recollects his name. the Number of his Regiment (if it was a regiment) he cannot Recollect it was always, or generally called Armany's Care or Legion
From Boston they were marched to White Plains and placed under the command of General Washington - and were marched from there on the Delaware river to winter quarters. and from there to the Susquehanna a place called Wyoming and from there back to White Plains again. From there to Monmouth remained part of the winter there. Charleston in South Carolina was designed & the troops to which he belonged were ordered to the Relief of Charleston & he reached as far as Wilmington & was there ordered to join General Gates and marched to Camden & was in the

Battle of Camden, and in that Battle the greater part of the Regiment or Care to which he belonged was either killed or taken prisoner. From Camden they went in winter quarters on the Roanoke in north Carolina in Warren County, and from there they marched to Richmond Virginia was placed under General Stephen and General Muhlburgh both being there was marched down the river to Portsmouth and at Portsmouth he was discharged. He re- ceived a written discharge which has long since been lost or destroyed. He served out his full term of three years according to his enlistment and was a corporal in the service during all the period. I was all the time in the same service from the month of June he cannot state all the par- ticulars, or the length of time they remained at any one place, or the various places to which they marched or were, as they here were on almost constant duty.
He does not know of any living witness by whom he can prove his services owing to the great lapse of time, the great distance he now resides from the scene of action as detailed, he is old and entirely unable to go abroad, even in the neighborhood. as such cannot hunt, after testimony
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity whatever except the present dollars that his name is not the pension roll of any army, in any state, department, or a subser- be no Joseph Young — an entry dated of the year the 10 day of September 1834 — Joseph Young John H. Henson Mark

And I Joseph Young the Subscribed whom the foregoing declaration was Sworn to & Subscribed do. declare in my opinion that the Said applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as his states. and I further certify that I have known him for years & he has during all that time been reputed & under- stood to be a revolutionary Soldier more than ever heard any doubt expressed as to his service. I do further certify that from the very ad- -vanced age of Said applicant & his long infirmities he could not attend court for examination without subjecting himself to great inconvenience & bodily suffering as he resides about 12 miles from the place of holding court. Given under my hand and Seal this 10 day of September 1834.
Joseph Young
The State of Alabama Land Office at I William W. Farland Clerk of the county court of Said county do certify that Joseph Young whose name appears to the above & foregoing affidavit & certificate is now and was then an acting Justice of the peace in Said county duly commissioned and qualified as such. that his official acts are in full faith faith and credit and I do certify that I am well acquainted with John H. Haws the applicant that he is reputed and believed by all who know him to be a Soldier of the revolution.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of Said county at my office in Florence Ala. 6th day of January 1834.
W. W. Farland Clerk

The State of Alabama Lauderdale County I Sidney C. Poyser Judge of the county court of said county; Do certify that William W. Warfield whose name subscribes to the foregoing record or certificate is now & was then the Clerk of the county court of said county duly commis- sioned and qualified as such that full faith and credit is & of right, ought to be given to all his official acts as such Clerk under my hand and Seal at my chambers in the Tavern of Athens this 30 day of January 1835.
S. Poyser C.C.
32.724 John H. Hancey Alabama 4743
W. W. Warfield Clerk Alabama
The State of Alabama Lauderdale County This 17th day of March 1835 personally appeared in open court being the county court of said county now in Session John Hancey the applicant & State within and amends his former Declaration as follows: As all the matters and things as set forth in the Declaration are true according to his recollection he cannot recall the names of his officers. Generally his orare advanced in his recollection has much failed.
He states that the reason he did not apply for a peremptory under the acts of 1818 or sooner is that he was ignorant of any Law which would embrace his case and he did not rush to apply & Langtry's while he was able to support himself.

That he is now an advanced in life very feeble and not able to maintain himself.
He does not know of any Society by whom he could make his services.
Sworn & subscribed in open Court this 17 th of March 1835 John H. Hays Judge
St. Pecos Lodge of the City Court of Panderdale also
That the above information to said John Hays the Interrogatories are to the War department to be responded as To the first he was born in Germany in the City of Brunswick in Germany in the year 1749.
To the second he has no record of his age. he has kept at some recollections
13. He was living near Boston in Massachusetts with a man named Jeremiah Stone. and some the war he lived in the north Carolina - in near the county of from there moved to Hal- stow, & from there to the State of Georgia from Georgia he moved to Smyrna Bedford county & from there to a new county of Smyrna & from there to Panderdale County Alabama where he has re- sided for the last fifteen years.
To the 4- his narrative such states his entrance
To the 5 he refers to his narrative -
To the 6. he did receive a written discharge from Barron Stephen Han - season to & also
dated in open court this 17 th March 1835
St. Pecos Lodge of the City Court of Panderdale also
John H. Hays Judge

The State of Alabama Lauderdale county ss We Henry Garrard a clergyman residing in the county of Lauderdale and State of Alabama and Hugh Village Meredith Lindsey — residing in said county Do hereby that we have known John Hawsy the applicant who has subscribed the foregoing declaration and sworn to the same, that we believe him to be eighty six years of age, that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion H Garrard M G Sworn to & Subscribed in open — court this 17 th March 1835. H. M. Day
J. C. Posey Judge of the County Court of Lauderdale Ala
Wendell Lindsey
And the Said court do hereby certify that it is clearly the opinion of the court, from the Examination the applicant, after putting the interrogatories and Examining witnesses &c. that the said John Hawsy was a soldier of the Revolution and served as he states.
J. C. Posey Judge b.b.
The State of Alabama Lauderdale county ss William W. Garrard Clerk of the County Court of said county Do hereby that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court, in the matter of the application of John Hawsy for a pension including his named certificate
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and the Seal of said court this day of Friday March 18 th of March 1835
W. W. Garrard

The State of Alabama, Lauderdale County, } I Sidney L. Posey Judge of the County Court of said County, do certify that William W. Garrison whose name appears to the foregoing Certificate is now and was then, the Clerk of the County Court of said County duly commissioned and qualified as such clerk that his attestation aforesaid is in due form of law.
And I do further certify that Henry Garrison who has sub- scribed the annexed Certificate is a respectable Clergyman and that Hugh W. Vay and Meredith Lindsay who have also subscribed the said Certificate are respectable citizens of the County aforesaid — Given at my Chambers at Florence Ala. This 20th of March 1835
S. L. Posey (Seal) Judge of the County Court of Lauderdale Ala.

Power of Atty in case of John Rawsey dec d . Ald. Act 1832
Thompson & Wood Present.

POWER OF ATTORNEY—Revolutionary Pension Claims.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, we James Blackburn & Elizabeth Blackburn late Elizabeth Henson, and a daughter of John Henson deceased which said John Henson was a Revolutionary soldier in the service of the United States
hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint M. THOMPSON, esq., of Washington City, D. C., my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of John Henson's heirs for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, and to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises, and revoking all former powers.
Witness my hand and Seal this 6 th day May A. D., 185 3 .
James Blackburn 
Signed and Sealed in the presence of } Elizabeth Blackburn William Sharp
STATE OF Tennessee COUNTY OF Maury } ss. On this 6 th day of May A. D., 185 3 .
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared James Blackburn & Elizabeth his wife and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be their act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, } the day and year aforesaid.
J. Peace.
*In this blank, if the Claimant be alive, he will insert his name, and execute the power. If he be dead, the widow, if alive, will insert her name, (stating the fact that she is his widow,) and execute the power. If both be dead, then any one of the children may insert his, or her, name, (stating the fact that he or she is the son or daughter) and execute the power.
If there be neither father, mother, child, or children, then there is no person entitled under the existing rules of the Department, and the power of Attorney need not be executed.

Claim of Act of
STATE OF Tennessee COUNTY Henry }
day of May
Be it Known, That on this
A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty Three , before the
undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared
James & Elizabeth Blackburn a resident of Henry in said County, and made oath according to law that they are the identical persons
who executed the foregoing
power of attorney, and that they are directly interested in said claim, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as said Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before
J. Peace.
James Blackburn Elizabeth Blackburn
I, _____ Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that James & Elizabeth Blackburn who executed the foregoing paper, are respectable resident of this County, and are I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
J. Peace.
I, John B. Padgett Clerk of the County Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Wm A. Coleman before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is his signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and
affixed my official Seal, this 11 day of
June A. D., 185 3 .
John B. Padgett Clerk.

STATE OF COUNTY OF
}
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me
that was a Revolutionary United States at the rate of $ per annum, and that day of  eighteen hundred and leaving surviving
and that
the only surviving child of the aforesaid.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal office this  day of one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
NOTE.—If the original Claimant or person in whose right the claim was made, be alive, then there is no use for the above certificate, but simply the power of attorney. But if he or she (as the case may be) be dead, then the exact period of his or her death must appear. If the widow execute the power of attorney it must also appear when the marriage took place, and that she is still a widow. If there be neither father nor mother, the period of the marriage, and of the death of each, must appear; and also, the name, or names, of the surviving child, or children. If, he, or she, (as the case may be) was a pensioner, state that fact, and also the amount received per annum; but if a claimant merely state that fact.
The above certificate must be executed by the Clerk of the Court under his seal of office.

No. of Reps Jany 19 1854
John Harasey applied in the year 1834, while residing in Alabama, for the benefit of the Act of June 7. 1832.
Letter in this case addressed to Thompson & Wood agents Washington City - September 19. 1853 G. L. P. Waldo, Com'te
Respectfully
G. L. P. Waldo

Pension Office, January 17 th 1854.
Sir:
I enclose you the letters of the 18 th of November, 1846, and the 14 th inst. directed to you on the last-mentioned date, and have the honor to inform you that I can find no other papers, at all, answering your description. Charity Owsley was the widow of John Owsley, of Tennessee. Please request Mr. Thompson to furnish this Office with a copy of the letter written to him in relation to the case, or to give the date of the letter, that may enable me to find the papers.
I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, Your. Obt. Servt., J. M c Leod Commissioner.
Hon. G. W. Jones, House of Reps.

Honolulu 20 March 1855-
Dear Sir
I herewith forward to you the original and amended declaration of John Hancey an applicant for a pension. I hope the declara- tion will now be satisfactory to the department. H. Is all the old man can do - he is very old - a Dutchman speaks our Tongue So badly it is difficult to understand him I have no doubt of the correctness of the old man's claims - I am very respectfully your obedient servant
M. W. Farrell
Honolulu
J. L. Edwards-
Commissioner of Pensions

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1875.
REJECTED
4723
P. O.
John Haws
Service:
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contr
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

32.724
Suspended
Per letter 8 Apr 1855 - to W. W. Gerrard
Bloom Lt. Thompson & Wood.
Sept. 17/53
Hon G. W. Jones Jan'y 23. 1854
June 7, 1832

State of Tennessee personally appeared before Mary County, June 11 th William A. Lockhart a Justice of the peace in and for said County. John P. Blackburn who after being duly sworn according to Law, makes the following deposition to be filed with papers in the application of the heirs of John Hawsey a Revolutionary Soldier for a Pension
That he states that he has been acquainted with John Hawsey sen. d and Susan Hawsey his wife since 1809 has lived in the same neighborhood in State of Georgia and Tennessee knew him well in Alabama That he has heard him talk frequently of his services in the war of the Revolution that him and his said wife lived harmoniously together as man & wife and their being man & wife was never doubted or disputed but was recognized and understood by the different communities in which they lived, and that he is credibly informed and believes that Elizabeth Blackburn wife of James Blackburn is the only surviving heir of the said John and Susan Hawsey sen. d John P. Blackburn Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 21 st day of May 1853 Wm W. Coleman J.P.

Wm H Coleman J.P.D.

William Sharp, matter oath that he was well acquainted with John & Susan Hanes and lived a near neighbour to him in Tennessee about forty years ago. He was at their house frequently, had frequent conversations with him about his services in the war of the Revolution. Said Hanes & wife were quite respectable and that they were lawfully married was never doubted or questioned while they lived and that they were lawfully married he has no doubt, he has been at their house in Alabama, and seen them at the house of James Blackburn their son-in-law, and they received and claim Elizabeth Blackburn as their child.
Sworn to and subscribed before me May 27 th 1853.
William Sharp
Wm. Bodeman J.P.
Wheemah Sharp matter oath that he was acquainted with John & Susan Hanes some forty years ago lived near them in Maury County Tennessee that they were respectable people, that they lived together as man & wife as agreeably as any person in the neighbourhood, and that they were lawfully married as man & wife was never questioned or doubted to his knowledge during their lives. He has heard him talk about his having been in the war of the Revolution.
Sworn to and subscribed before me May 27 th 1853
Wheemah Sharp
Wm. Bodeman J.P.
Mark

State of Tennessee } William W. Coleman an acting Marion County } Justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with John P. Blackburn, Mary Sharp, William Sharp and Nehemiah Sharp, who have made the foregoing proof and that they are all respectable and creditable persons as much so as any in the County. Given under my hand and seal May 27 th 1853 Wm W. Coleman J.P.R.
State of Tennessee County of Marion, I John B. Padgett Clerk of the County Court of said County certify that Wm W. Coleman whose name appears officially signed to the several foregoing certificates is now and was at the time of signing the same an acting justice of the peace in and for the county & state aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn that all his signatures purporting to be his, are genuine and that all his official acts are entitled to full faith and credit.
In testimony whereof I have set my hand and seal of said Court at Office in Columbia this eleventh day of June 1853.
John B. Padgett Clerk

Add l . evidence in case of John Hawsey & co. Ala.
Act 1832.
Thompson Wood Present.

State of Tennessee personally appeared before me Maury County W m W Coleman an acting Justice of the Peace for said County, Susan Rivett and makes oath that she was well acquainted with John & Susan Hawsy dec d that she was raised in their immediate neighbourhood in Alabama and that the said John Hawsy died on the 8 th of Jany 1841 and his wife Susan Hawsy died on the 9 th of July 1833 and that the said John Hawsy was born on the 1 st March 1745 and the said Susan Hawsy was born on the of July 1764 the month and year she does not know, that she gets this information from a family Record, that she was at the Burrying of the said John Hawsy dec d in 1841. His wife having died years before him that she is a Grand Daughter of the said John & Susan Hawsy dec d , that Elizabeth Blackburn is the only surviving Child of the said John & Susan Hawsy dec d .
Sworn to and Subscribed before me May 27 th 1853
W m W Coleman J.P.
Susan Rivett

State of Tennessee, County of Maury, I, John B. Padgett, Clerk of the Court of Said County, certify that W m W. Coleman whose genuine signature appears officially signed to the foregoing certificate is now, and was, at the time of signing the same, an acting Justice of the peace in and for the State and County aforesaid duly commis- -tioned and sworn, and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
In testimony whereof I have set my name and affix the seal of my office at office in Columbia this 11 th day of Aug t 1853.
John B. Padgett Clerk

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Hawson, Thomas GRADE Private LINE Maryland
WARRANT NUMBER 11291 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED January 11, 1796 to Joshua Ward, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.