Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8648, Alexander Hatch, N.C. Va.

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S. 8648
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12.988 North Carolina
Alexander Hatch
of Orange in the State of North Car. who was a pri: in the company commanded by Captain Carter of the Regt commanded by in the North Car. time for 12 months
Va. Adj. Genl. Dec. 12, 1904 Records completed
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 50 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of June '33 and sent P. H. Mar- gum Hillsboro' N.C.
Arrears to the 4th of March '33 — 100 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " — 25
$125
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm Miller Clerk, Book E Vol. 6. Page 42
Order to pay 30 March 1837 Letter to Pension Agent 19. April 1838 Order to pay 30 April 1838 Order to pay 30 March 1839 Order to pay 20 March 1840

Alex. H.
24107
Alvin as a private 15 mo $ 50-
P. H. Mangum
Millboro
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832. -
State of North Carolina Orange County. 3 ff
On this 1 st day of March A.D. 1833, personally appeared in open Court, before the Justices of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, for the County aforesaid, now sitting, Alexander Hatch, a resident of the County of Orange aforesaid and State of North Carolina, aged sixty eight years on the 15 th day of November A.D. 1832, 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, and served as herein stated. -
This declarant, late in the Fall or in the winter of the year 1780, when he was in the twentyth year of his age, as well as he recollects, became a substitute in the militia of the State of Virginia, for a tour of three months service, in the place of one Freeman Short, who had been drafted as a private in the County of Dinwiddie of that State, for that term of service. - The declarant resided at that time in Dinwiddie County in said State. - The Company, to which he was attached, was commanded by Captain Peterson Goodwin - & Peter Epps, Lieutenant: Col. Falkner was the Field Officer. The declarant

Company was rendezvoused at "Long Ordinary", near the Town of Petersburg & was organized! Thence he was marched some thirty miles below Petersburg, for the purpose as he understood, of meeting the En- emy. & his company fell in with several Com- panies of our Militia, who were on their march to Petersburg to defend it against an expected attack on it by the British, as this declarant understood; Whereupon the Company, to which the declarant belonged, returned to Petersburg. In the Town of Petersburg, the declarant was in the engagement with the enemy, which immediately ensued on his return - which resulted in the defeat of our men. - After the engagement & defeat of our forces, the declarant & others concerned at Chesterfield Church, & thence were marched to the "Cole-pits" in the vicinity - & thence, by night, to the City of Richmond, Va. From Richmond, after a stay of a day or so, he was marched across James River, to "Fish-pond House", in the vicinity. Thence, he was marched a few miles to the East or North of said river, where he was stationed until the ex- piration of his three months' tour. - The decla- rant received a written discharge from this tour of service - but he has lost it. - In the Spring of 1781, as he recollects, he was hired as a sub- stitute in the place of one Meredith Portep, for the term of twelve months, as a private in the Militia of North Carolina, and joined the Army at the Town of Halifax in North Carolina immediately. The declarant still resided in Dinwiddie, Va., and

the aforesaid. Porteous was of Brunswick, Va., and had been previously in the Militia of No. Ca. as a private & had run away from the Battle of Guilford, as the declarant understood. - The Company to which declarant was attached at Halifax, was commanded by Capt. Lyttle. Col. Dixon was the Field Officer. He was frequently shifted in the course of the tour & had different officers whose names he does not recollect. From Halifax, declarant was marched to Tarborough; thence to Washington; thence to Cross Creek, now Fayetteville; thence to "Pine Tree", now Camden, in South Carolina; and thence to the "High Hills" of Santee, where he joined Genl. Greene's Army. From the High Hills of Santee, he was marched with Genl. Greene's Army, to Thompson's Fort - and thence, as he thinks, to the "Round O" - When the declarant reached "Round O", the Enemy lay in Charleston - and a Company of Volunteers from our ranks, was called for, to reconnoitre the Enemy, and occupy the section of Country between "Round O" and Charleston. In this Company, the declarant volunteered, & was in the service for which it was distinct, until intelligence of the surrender of Cornwallis arrived - when he joined the main Army. From "Round O", or Monk's Corner, declarant was marched to Bacon's Bridge, So. Ca. When he remained until orders were received for the discharge of the 12 months Men. From Bacon's Bridge, those who were to be discharged, returned together with an Officer, to Guilford Court House No. Ca. When he received a written discharge - & thence to Dinwiddie Virginia. His discharge is lost. - The declarant was born in Dinwiddie County in Virginia, on 15 th November A.D. 1764. He has no record of his age. A few years after the close of the Revolution, declarant removed to Chatham

County, No. Ca. & hath since resided in North Carolina; a part of the time in Chatham; a part in Randolph County, and balance of the time in Orange County. He hath resided about 40 years in Orange County, where he now lives.
The declarant is known to John Caruthers & Lysias Durham who reside in Orange, N.C.
He hereby hath no documentary evidence of his services. He hath endeavoured but hath failed to procure a Clergyman to testify to his character & cannot conveniently get one.
and knows of no witness, whose evidence he can procure, by whom he can prove his services, except Herbert Lewis, whose Affidavit accompanies this declaration, and speaks as to a part of declarant's services. - He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity, except the present, & declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of the Agency of any State. Sworn to & subscribed, the day & year aforesaid. -
Alexander H. Hatt
We John Caruthers & Lysias Durham residing in the County of Orange, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Alexander Hatt, who hath subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 68 years old in Nov. last; that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion. Sworn to and subscribed, the day & year aforesaid.
John Caruthers Lysias Durham
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, & served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that John Caruthers & Lysias Durham -

who have signed the preceding Certificate, are cred- ible persons, that their statement is enti- tled to credit. —
I John Taylor Clerk of the Court of Pleas Common Pleas for the County of Craven aforesaid do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of said Court in the case of the application of Alexander Hatch for a Pension
In Witness whereof I do hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 1 st March A D 1833.
J. Taylor

Revised
8648
INVALID
File No. 8648
Alexander Keatch
Priv Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 12 , Page 160
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of North Carolina,
Secretary of State's Office
I William H. Secretary of State in and for the State aforesaid, do certify, that it appears from the Musterrolls of the Continental line of this State in the revolutionary war, that Alexander Hack a private soldier in Capt. Carter's Company of the 10 th Regiment, enlisted on the 15 th day of April 1781, for the term of 12 months and that his time was out the 10 th of April 1782.
Given under my hand this 28 th day of February 1833.
W. H. Hill
I have no doubt the name ought to have been enrolled Alexander Hatch and not Alexander Hack
Given under my hand this 28 th of February 1833.
W. H. Hill Secretary

North Carolina } Orange County } Aff.
On this the 31 st day of May 1833, personally appeared in open Court, Alexander Hatch, President of the County aforesaid, and after having first been duly sworn, doth on his oath, make the following statement, by way of amendment in explanation of his Declaration heretofore made before the Court aforesaid, viz. at its February Session A.D. 1833, on the 1 st day of March A.D. 1833, for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1833. -
That he was in actual service as a private, for twelve months, in the war of the Revolution - under the engagement mentioned in his said former declaration, by declarant becoming the substitute for Meredith Dorrity. The history of his services during that campaign is given in his former declaration, to which he asks a reference. The Regiment to which he belonged in said War, this declarant can not

recollect. In his former declaration, he stated that in his said tour of duty of twelve months, he was frequently shifted & placed under different officers, whose names he did not recollect. He now states, that he hath a recollection of the names of two other Officers under whom he was placed in the course of said tour, viz: Capt Carrus and Capt Donoho. - In addition to the proofs of service heretofore offered by declarant, he now hath it in his power to furnish the accompanying certificate of William Bell Esq. Secretary of State for North Carolina; & he here states, that he is satisfied that he was the identical soldier whose name was enrolled, erroneously, " Alexander  William Hack ". By reference to declarant's former declaration, it will appear, that he served as a private in the Militia of Pa.  Virginia in the year 1780, a tour of duty of three months, as a substitute for Freeman Short, who had been drafted. This service is proven by the Affidavit

of Herber Lewis of Chatham County R.C. —
And declarant submits whether the accompanying Certificate of the secretary of state for R.C. is not proof of his service for twelve months, which declarant avers he performed, as set forth in his former declaration. —
Sworn to subscribed . Alexander Hatch
J. V. Taylor
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after investigating the matter of this as well as of the former declaration of Alexander Hatch, who hath subscribed & sworn to the above — that the said declarant was a soldier of the Revolution, & that he served as he states.
I John Taylor, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court, in the matter of the application of Alexander Hatch for a pension. Witness my hand & seal of office this the 5 th day of June 1833. —
J. V. Taylor

Herbert Lewis, Affidavit for Alex. Hales.
I, J. M. [unclear] of [unclear] hereby for the [unclear] have for many years within [unclear] [unclear] or [unclear] [unclear] to [unclear], I fully be- lieve [unclear] [unclear],

State of North Carolina
This day Came before me J. W. By- num one of the Acting Justices of the peace for the County of Chatham Herbert Lewis of the said County and made oath that he is well acquainted with Alexander Hatch of the County of Orange in the State aforesaid that he was in the service of the United States as a Militia man in the year 1780 that they both served a tour of three months under the Command of Peterson Goodwin as captain and Peter Epps as Lieutenant that the said Hatch was a substitute in place of Freeman Short of Dinwiddie County State of Virginia.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4 th day of October A.D. 1832.
J. W. Bynum
Herbert Lewis
State of North Carolina Chatham County
I Thomas Nagland Clerk of the

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4 th day of October A.D. 1832.
J. H. Bynum
Herbert Lewis
State of North Carolina
Watauga County
I Thomas Ragland, clerk of the
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Watauga do hereby certify that John W. Bynum Esq r before whom the annexed Affidavit was taken, was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace for the aforesaid County, and that due faith and credence ought to be given to his official acts as such. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of office of said County the 27 th day of February A.D. 1833.
Thos. Ragland p.p. cl.

State of N. Carolina
I J. M. Bynum One of the Acting Justices of the peace for the County of Chatham hereby Certify that I have for many years been well acquainted with the within named deponent Herbert Lewis and that I have always known him to be a man of truth and integrity, & fully believe his Character for Veracity to be unimpeachable, J. M. Bynum
June 1833
Herbert Lewis Affidavit for Mr. J. Hark
State of North Carolina
Wattam County - ss I Thomas Ragland Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County of Clattam do hereby certify that John W. Bynum whose name appears to the above instrument was, at the time of signing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid, and that due faith and credit ought to be given to his official acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Pittsborough the 3 rd day of June, A. D. 1833.
Thos. Ragland b.b.b.