Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5003, Joshua Hill, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
N. 6
Hill, Joshua
R 5 th 003
Berlin Va.
CONTENTS

State of South Carolina } S.S. District of Abbeville } on this twenty third day of March in the year Eighteen hundred & forty two, personally appeared in open Co- urt before the Court of Com. Pleas, now sitting Joshua Hill a Resident of said District and State, aged Twenty nine next May, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers in the war of the Revolution and served as herein stated. In 1780, was called out with the Militia of N. Carolina under the command of General Rutherford of said State, Col. Isaac Redgment. Capt. Merediths Company a little be- fore Joining Genl. Army an occurrence took place. A wind & Rain came on in the night where we were encamped a tree fell & killed one Warren Walker, and badly crippled Lieut. Robt. Hill my Brother. This happened some time in July, in what is now Guberns County of that State. Myself & two others were order d to bury the deceased man & take back my Brother in a litter to a house & nurse him, before we could join the Regular army. Genl. Gates was defeated & the expedition ended. The defeat was about the middle of August. so that term of my servitude was about one

Months. in 1781 following went on the trail of Cornwallis on horseback as a volunteer in Feb. into Guilford County of N Carolina was in a small engagement with a few hun- dred of militia at the Roady fork of here River that form, to cover the Retreat of Genl. Greens baggage wagons. Commanded by a Col. Williams. saved the baggage under the fire of the British cannon & musketry. from thence returned home out about four or five weeks in Sept. of the same year. and ordered out again in the Wilmington ex- pedition on horse as a volunteer under the command of Col. Smith of Salisbury in Capt. Wrights company. Returned home in Nov. of the same year. coming home heard of the capture of Cornwallis. and this time about two months. the term of my service four months. with the exception of guarding prisoners chasing Tories &c -
Sworn to before me 25 March 1842 in open Court: Bro. H. H. Hargrave C.C.
Joshua Hill.
He hereby Relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and de- clares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. or if any endly on that of the agency of the State of South Caro- lina. Sworn to & subscribed the day & year afore Joshua Hill

We James M Chiles a Clergyman Residing in the District of Abbeville and State of South Carolina and David Lely Residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joshua Heill, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age the 28 th of May next. that he is Reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he Resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
James M Chiles David Lely
And the said Courts do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department. That the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he stated, and the Courts further certify that it appears to them that James M Chiles who has signed preceding certificate, is a Clergyman Residing in the District & State mentioned and that David Lely is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
John S Richardson Presiding Judge of the Court of Claims
& John H Livingston Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Abbeville District South Carolina do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Courts in the matter of the application of Joshua Heill for a pension in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 28 th day of March 1842. Jno H Livingston ccp

Quty 1 st Where and in what year were you born?
Ans r — I was born in Caroline County, State of Virginia in May A.D. 1763.
Quty 2 d Have you any record of your age, when is it?
Ans r — Has none.
Quty 3 rd When were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, & where do you now live?
Ans r — I lived when called into service, in Surry County North Carolina; in the year 1785. came to South Carolina, & have lived in South Carolina Atchison District ever since, & at this time.
Quty 4 th How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
Ans r — In the year 1780, I was returned by Martin Armstrong Colonel of the Regiment as a volunteer, and as such commanded to go. Was a volunteer afterward under Col. Winston in 1781 — afterwards I was a volunteer in the Wilmington Expedition.
Quty 5 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, and if so, by whom was it given & what has become of it?
Ans r — Our time was not limited — therefore, received no written discharge.
Quty 6 th State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the Troops, when you served, such continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
Ans r — General Green, Colonel Lewis, — also of the Militia officers, Col. Winston, Genl. Pickens. I was acquainted also with Col. Williams, for in his service, to cover the retreat of Green's baggage wagons.
My Declaration will answer this interrogatory, as to the time & manner of service.
Isaac Hark
35,323 L 20.

Rev. J. Russell claim of Schu ca rtia of So. Lear.
Bower of Atty To U. Thompson Filed Nov. 15. 1852
Papers cal d for Mr. Cole Nov 30/52

STATE OF COUNTY OF
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It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me
that [blank] was a Revolutionary [blank] of the United States at the rate of $ [blank] per annum, and that [blank] died on the [blank] day of [blank] eighteen hundred and [blank] leaving surviving [blank] [blank] and that [blank] [blank] the only surviving child [blank] of the aforesaid.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this [blank] day of [blank] one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
illo — 11
NOTE.—If the original Claimant or person in whose right the claim was made, be dead, 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.

POWER OF ATTORNEY—Revolutionary Pension Claims.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Joshua Hill
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 Joshua Hill 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 25 day October A. D., 185 2
Joshua Hill
Signed and Sealed in the presence of }
C. H. Lucas
A. B. Jones
J. Holt
STATE OF South Carolina
COUNTY OF Abbeville ss.
On this The Twenty fifth day of October A. D., 185 2
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Joshua Hill and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, } the day and year aforesaid.
Williams Lucuit Justice of the Peace Mayhew
*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 S. Carolina County Abbeville Dist day of October
Be it Known, That on this The Twenty Fifth A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty two , before the
undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Joshua Hill a resident of Abbeville District County, and made oath according to law that he is the identical Joshua Hill
who executed the foregoing power of attorney, and that he is 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.
I, Williams Frewit Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that Joshua Hill who executed the foregoing paper, is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
J. Peace.
Williams Frewit
I, Matthew McDonald Clerk of the Com. Pleas Court in the District of Abbeville and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Williams Frewit before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County , District duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscriber, is his signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal, this second day of November A. D., 1852
Matthew McDonald , Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Abbeville District South Carolina

Abbeville S.C. March 24/42
D. Leslie.
Declaration of Isabella Will for a pension.
L 70. Receipt S. 1842
Pension Office.
S.C.
ad 1832
28.
Report of the Secy
Secretary of War
John E. [?]
Honble.
not entitled
to the same

Abbeville C.H.S. © March 24 th 1842
Honble Secretary of War.
I herewith enclose the papers required by law for Mr Hill, who is an applicant for a pension. if he is successfull, You will have the goodness to forward all papers & orders for the amount allowed to me at this place
Respectfully
D. Lesly.

S. Carolina Joshua Hill lot. to D. Lesley 1. April 1842
5003
Act 1832

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
5023
P. O.
Joshua Hill
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18