Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4424, Simon Hager, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N 6
Hager, Simon
R 4424
n Hagar
Elizabeth
CONTENTS

12.236
North Carolina
Simon Hoager Lincoln in the State of N.C. who was a Private in the Co. commanded by Captain [blank] of the Reg. commanded by Col. Potts in the N.C. State troops 10
Enscribed on the Roll of N.C. Co. the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Apr. 1833 and sent to D. Newhardt, Lincolnton
Arrears to the 4th of March '33 $66.66 Pension allowance ending Sept. 33 16.66 $ 83.33
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk Book 6 Vol. 36 Page 42

18560 Emma Hager Declaration

State of North Carolina } Lincoln County }
Superior Court of Law
October Term 1832
Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions October Session 1832
On this 29 th day of October 1832 personally appeared before the Justices of the Superior Court of Law & Equity in & for said County Simon Hager a resident of Lincoln County aforesaid, aged sixty nine years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his corporal oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the acts of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1780, with Captain William Hutchinson & served in the regiments of the North Carolina line, under the following named officers. That he enlisted for ten months under Capt. Hutchinson & served in his company all the time (except when out on volunteer service,) in Col. Polk's regiments, under Genl. Sumpter; that he was discharged at a place called Brown's Old Field, near Statesborough, in South Carolina, after serving his full term for which he enlisted, that he had a written discharge, but that it has been destroyed by fire, being washed in his pocket after his return; that he lived in Lincoln County by State of North Carolina, when he enlisted, but enlisted in Charleston the Four holes, at the Eutaw Springs, & at Newberry, Mills, that the principal part of his service was in the State of South Carolina. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state.
Simon Hager his mark
Sworn to & subscribed this day of year aforesaid
Notary Public by Isaac Covert

And the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states
I, Vandy M c Be Clerk of the County Court do hereby certify that the above following contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Simon Hager for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office — this 10 th day of November 1832 — Vandy M c Be

No 12440
Elizabeth Haglund widow of Simon
NE
act 7 July 1838
Husband d. 28 Jan 1835 Mother d. 1 March 1842
Resident
12440 Simon Haglund 1835
1835

State of North Carolina } personally Cleveland County } appeared Alexander Morrison before me Joseph Carroll one of the acting Justices of the peace for said County and after being sworn according to law saith on his oath that after having Reference to his family Record it appears that he was married on the 26 th day of June 1797 and that he was acquainted with Simon Hagar and his wife Elizabeth Hagar and he further saith that he knows that they were married previous to the year 1794 for at that time the said Simon Hagar and Elizabeth Hagar had three or four children that he well recollects being acquainted with them for six or seven years before he was married himself and at which time were living together as husband and wife Sworn to and subscribed before me this 5 th day of Decemr 1845 test Joseph Carroll Alexander Morrison
North Carolina } I Joseph Carroll the Justice of Cleveland County } the peace who qualified the above named Alexander Morrison as a witness that he is a man of credit and worthy of belief and that he is a man of about seventy six or seven years of age by his appearance. Given under my hand and seal this 5 th day of Decemr 1845 Joseph Carroll
State of North Carolina } Cleveland County } Richard Chapman clerk of the Court of Pleas and Sessions for Cleveland County do hereby certify that Joseph Carroll is an acting Justice of the Peace and that the signature and purporting to be his is genuine and that his acts as such are entitled to full faith & credit. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Office this 6 th day of Decr 1845 Richd Chapman Clerk

on the 4 th day of July 1838, are as follows Frederick Barbary who inter married with John Elders Mary who inter married with John Rudisel Katharine who inter married with David Smith John and William sworn to and subscribed in open court before
R Williams as, C.C.C.
William Hagar
State of North Carolina } Court of Pleas Lincoln County } and quarter sessions December session 1845. I Robert Williamson Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter sessions do certify that it has been shown by proof to the satisfaction of the Court that Elizabeth Hagar the widow of Simon Hagar died on the 1 st day of March 1842 and that it was also has been shown and proved to the satisfaction of said Court that Frederick Hagar Barbary Elders Mary Rudisel Katharine Smith John Hagar and William Hagar are the children of Elizabeth Hagar widow of Simon Hagar
In testimony whereof I have here- unto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said court at office the 3 rd day of December 1845
R Williamson, Clerk

State of South Carolina } Court of Pleas and Lincoln County } quarter Sessions December Term 1845 on the 2 nd day of December 1845 personally appeared before the Court of Lincoln County William Hagar a resident of Lincoln County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July the 7 th 1832 Entitled an act granting half pay on pensions to certain widows that he is the son and one of the heirs at law of Elizabeth Hagar who was the widow of Simon Hagar who was a private in the Militia of South Carolina in the war of the revolution and was a pensioner under the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832 and was entered on the pension list of the
the 1 st of in the year of April 1833 at the rate of $33.33 cts per annum and this Claimant further declares from information that Simon Hagar and Elizabeth Hagar his father and Mother was married some time in the year 1800 and that his father Simon Hagar died on the 28 th day of January 1835 and that his Mother Elizabeth Hagar was not married to the above said Simon Hagar prior to his leaving the service but that the Marriage took place previous to the first day of January 1834 vis at the above stated time and this Claimant further declares that his Mother the above said Elizabeth Hagar died the first of March 1842 and this Claimant further saith that the names of all the children or heirs at law of Elizabeth Hagar his Mother living

18560
Simon Hager N.C.
Almost a private p Memo. from 1780 Col. P. H. H. $ 33.33
D Reenhard Lincolnton N.C.

BRIEF in the case of Simon Hager  County of Lincoln — in the State of North Carolina  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 69 —  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     N.C. line enlisted In 17 80 — 10 As a Private Gen. Sumpter Capt. Hutchinson  Co. Va. N.C.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Mount's corner, Four holes, Eutaw, Ruge's mill,  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Lincoln Co. N.C.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
C. H. Forrest Examining Clerk.

Elizabeth Hager
J. P. Edwards Committee of Pensions Washington D.C.
By Hagen, ac
Feb. 7. 1838.
12440 Dec. 15. 1845
Shelly MS Dec 8 1/23

Shelby Cleveland County S.C.
Mr J S P Edwards Committee of Pensions I inclose to you the Declaration of Wm Hagar and others with the evidence attached. please to examine and if the evidence is not satisfac- tory, you will write to me and state what is lacking and if it is satisfactory please direct the certificate to me at Shelby Cleveland County S.C.
Yours Respectfully Joseph Carroll

Feb - 5 - 1900 Lakewood - Lincoln N.C. The H. F. Klutz
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
1454
P. O. Elizabeth Hager Service:
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract

1440 Virginia Hager N. L. 4424 Sep. 13, 1913 [Faded signature]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Simon Hager 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? yes 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 ?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it ?
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 ? witness
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? no
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
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 ? yes
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. 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, deposeh 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 each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE 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.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates 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 ends 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Catawba Creek N.C. Jan. 31 st
Dear
On March 7th, 1858 Feb. 5, 1858 Mr. Ames,
Rev. A. G.
Elizabeth Hager
Dear J. S. Edwards Prison office Washington D. C.

Catowba Creek N. C. January 26th 1850. To Hon. J. P. Edwards
Museum Office U.S.A. Sir I take the liberty to address a few lines of enquiry to you concerning a pension claim presented by the heirs of Simon Hester, Widow Elizabeth Hester, of the State of North Carolina, Lincoln County. The heirs names Frederick, Barbara, Mary, Catharine, John, & William Hester. Their heirs applied for their mother's pension through Joseph Carroll, who says he did not obtain the grant, & did not receive the pension though he told the heirs that he had forwarded every thing necessary to the proper officers at Fayetteville; where the heirs request that you inform the undersigned whether a certificate was ever granted for said pension, & if so at what time & if the claim has been prosecuted. Joseph Carroll was living in Cleveland County in this State when he made application as above stated. Simon Hester was a pensioner of Lincoln County before his death, & his widow Elizabeth Hester lived in the same County till her death after which application was made by the above named heirs for her pension, it has been some three or four years since you will please answer this enquiry & direct to J. A. Daniel Catowba Creek N. C. & so oblige the above named persons Yours respectfully J. A. Daniel act agt
Hon. J. P. Edwards, Washington City

State of North Carolina Mecklenburg County } For this 15 th day of October 1832 Mr. Hutchinson appeared before me, the subscribing Justice, & made oath in due form of law, that he is ac- quainted with Simon Hager now living in Lincoln County, North Carolina, that the said Hager, enlisted under this department in the year 1780 at Charlotte for ten months, & served his full term under me who was under Col. Mr. Pyle, that his services was principally in the State of South Carolina, I further swear that I am unable to attend Court to give my deposition J. M. [unclear]
State of North Carolina Mecklenburg County } This is to certify that Mr. Hut- chinson made oath before me that the above statement is just and true to the best of his knowledge and belief. J. M. Blake Oct. 15 th 1832.
State of North Carolina Isaac Alexander Clerk of the Court of Pleas & quarter Sessions held for the County of Mecklenburg do hereby certify that James H. Blake whose signature appears to the above certificate is an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County & that all due faith & credit should be given to his Official acts as such
Given under my hand & seal of Office at Charlotte the 15 th day of October 1832 Isaac Alexander Clerk. By B. A. Bates S.B.

State of North Carolina Chickamauga County } On this the fifteen day of