Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4327, Isaac Hammond, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Va.
Hammond, Isaac
S. 4327.
CONTENTS

7747. Ohio.
Isaac Hammond
of the Rev. Co. in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Hewston of the Regt. commanded by Col. Matthews on the Virginia line for nine months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio. at the rate of 30. Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of Mar 1833 and sent to, J. Woods. Hamilton. Ohio.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 33. 00. Semi-ann. allowance ending 4. Sept. 1833. 15. $75.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm. H. Palmer Clerk, Book 4, Vol. 8, Page Eleven.
Note of blank not on AB

L. Hammond
Revolutionary Soldier

18834
Isaac Hammond A Revolutionary soldier

The State of Ohio Butler County } Court of Common Pleas } ss of the term of October A.D. 1832 }
On this seventeenth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and thirtytwo personally appeared before the honorable the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Butler and State of Ohio Isaac Hamman, aged Seventy years, a resident of the County of Butler aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law doth upon his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June Seventh Eighteen hundred and thirty two
That in January, Seventeen hundred and Eighty he volunteered to serve in Captain George Henson's Company, in General Mullenburg's Brigade, of Virginia State Troops, on the Continental Establishment, or of the Militia, which deponent cannot particularly specify not having understood the distinction when in the service. -deponent volunteered at Augusta County Virginia to serve twelve months, under the Captain and in the Company aforesaid; was first Marched to Portsmouth in said State where he was engaged with scouting parties in skirmishes to two months or more - deponent was engaged with said Company and under the officers aforesaid until and during the battle fought in Williamsburgh, and continued with them until and during the siege of Lord Cornwallis at Little York, in which deponent was engaged, and after the surrender of said Lord Cornwallis, deponent and the Company with whom he served were dismissed by their commander and returned home - deponent was engaged during the =year=

year as aforesaid) more than nine months in actual service - deponent received no written discharge from the service - deponent knows of no persons living by whom he can prove his services except Frederick Rice and George Mallace, whose depositions, taken before John Fudge Esq. Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Greene and State of Ohio on the 29th day of May 1826 are herewith submitted, together with a transcript of the Record of the Circuit Court for the County of Franklin, in the State of Indiana
The accompanying record of said Court is submitted as the only positive evidence now remaining of deponents services; but he is well known to James Reed and William Reed residents of Butler County Ohio by whom he can as he believes prove his character for truth and veracity and his general reputation as a soldier of the revolution - deponent has no written record of his age but believes he was born on the fourth day of April Eighteen hundred and sixty three 1763, at Frederick County in the State of Maryland and has lived in the State of Ohio for the last twenty years and in the County of Butler where he now resides during the last ten years - deponent made application for a pension in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty six under the acts of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 and 1 st of May 1820, and forwarded his papers by General Noble a member of Congress from the State of Indiana  the State of Ohio ; deponent has never received any returns from the department - he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not (with his knowledge) on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Sworn & subscribed before me on the day and year aforesaid John Neely, Clerk
Isaac his Hammon mark

James Reed and William Reed residents of the County Butler Ohio hereby certify that we have known Isaac Hammond who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration for several years and he has always sustained the reputation in the neighborhood in which he has resided of having been a soldier of the revolution and we concur in that opinion. He has al- ways sustained a good charac- ter for truth and veracity & we believe his statement is entitled to credit.
Personally appeared & subscribed in open court 17th October 1832 John Reily, clerk
James Reed William Reed
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investiga- tion of the matter that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that James Reed and William Reed who have signed the certificate are residents of the county of Butler aforesaid and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit. I John Reily Clerk of the Court of common pleas of the county of Butler aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Isaac Hammond for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Hamilton this twentieth day of October. One thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
John Reily

State of Indiana set Franklin County
Be it Remembered that at the
March Term of the Franklin Circuit Court, for the County aforesaid, held at the Court house in Brookville in the County aforesaid, on the twenty first day of March A.D. 1827. before Miles C. Eggleston Esquire President Judge of the Franklin Circuit Court aforesaid in the third Judicial Circuit of the State of Indiana, and John Keana and David Mount Esquires Associate Judges of said Court in and for the County of Franklin aforesaid.
And now at this day comes Isaac Hammond a Revolutionary Soldier and Petitioner for the benefit of the Acts of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 and first of May 1820, and files his Declaration, together with a Schedule of his property, which were sworn to and subscribed in open Court, which is ordered to be certified, as follows vizt: Original Claim, Declaration in order to be placed on the Pension List, under the Act of the 18th March 1818. The State of Indiana Franklin County ss. On this 21 st day of March 1827. Personally appeared in open Court in the third Circuit in the County of Franklin and State of Indiana aforesaid Isaac Hammond resident in said County aged sixty four years who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provisions made by the Act of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the 1 st of May 1820.

that he the said Isaac Hammond did turn out as a Volunteer for the term of one year in the month of Feby about the first 1781 in the State of Virginia in the Company commanded by Captain George Hougheton, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Morgan in the line of the State of Virginia, on the Virginia Continental Establishment, that he continued to serve in the said Corps until about the 25 th day of October in the year 1781, at which time the year for which he had enlisted had expired, he was then honorably discharged in the State of Virginia that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension except the present: that his name is not on the Roll of any State except the State of Virginia, and the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a Pension are that he could not obtain evidence to establish his claim as a pensioner until the present time of the afd. Sales not recorded; and in pursuance of the Act of the 1 st May 1820. I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision of an Act of Congress intitled An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, passed on the 18 th March 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or

debts to be due to me, nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. That since the 18 th of March 1818 the following changes have been made in my property, that in 1818 I owned 1 Cow & Calf & one Mare and some sheep and hogs number not recollected, I sold to one William Douglass, and the name of the persons to whom I sold the sheep not recollected; the Cow was killed by a tree falling on her, and the Calf I sold; I swapped the Mare away for a horse which shortly afterwards died. The amt which I rec d for & the time at which the afd d property sold I do not remember.
  2 Cows & Calves 8.00 each $16.00   1 Calf 8.00   2 Steers $3. each 6.00   32 Shoats at 50 cts 15.00   3 Sows & 60 pigs 3.00   $48.00 
That I am indebted to sundry persons the sum of about $12 58 3 / 4 and have but one dollar due me which I have any probability of getting. I am unable to do very little work on account of a hurt I rec d in my back by a waggon running over me. I have six children.
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court this 21. day of March 1827
Enoch Mcarty
his Isaac X Hammond mark

It is further ordered to be certified that the property in the said schedule be valued at forty eight dollars. He also filed the affidavits of George Mace sen. and Frederick Price as additional evidence in support of his claim as a petitioner; which is also ordered to be certified as follows to wit: The State of Ohio Greene County ss. Personally appeared before me John Fudge a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Greene the undersigned subscribers George Wallace Esq. and Frederick Price who being of lawful age, and duly sworn, deposeth and saith that Isaac Hammond served in the Revolution War under the command of Captain George Houston in the State of Virginia in the same year Wallace was taken at Yorke - and further this deponent saith not.
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 29th day of May 1820. John Fudge
Justice of the Peace
George x Mace Esq. his mark Frederick x Price his mark
The State of Ohio ss. Greene County I Josiah Grover Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that John Fudge Esq. before whom the above affidavit was made, and who has certified and signed the same was at the date of his said certificate an acting Justice of the Peace for said County, duly commissioned and sworn into Office.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Xenia the 30th day of May 1820
J. Grover Clk.

State of Indiana set Franklin County
I Robert John Clerk of the Frank
lin Circuit Court for the County of Franklin aforesaid do hereby certify, that the above and foregoing is a full and true copy of the Record, and papers therein referred to or mentioned as fully as the same remains of Record in my Office.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Brookville this 10 th day of August A. D. 1832
Robert John Mr. F. L. C.
State of Indiana set Third Judicial Circuit
I Miles C. Eggleston President
Judge of the Franklin Circuit Court in the Third Judicial Circuit of the State of Indiana, hereby certify that the foregoing Certificate and attestation of Robert John, who is and was at the time of making and subscribing the same Clerk of the said Franklin Circuit Court, are in due form of law, and under the seal of said Court.
Given under my hand this 10 th day of August A. D. 1832.
M. C. Eggleston

18634
Isaac Hammond Ohio
Admitted for 9 Months From 1780.
Woods Hamilton Butler Co Ohio

BRIEF in the case of Isaac Hammond  County of Butler  in the State of  Ohio  (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? 70  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. As a Gen.     Vol In 1780 9 Pirate Gen. Muhlenberg, Capt. Houston,  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Williamsburgh, siege of York  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Virginia  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? living witnesses & traditionary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? no clergymans and not properly attached 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Applicant made application for a Chas. Forrest form Franklin Co. Indiana in 1827 and now sends a copy of the proceedings of the court of said county in the case by which it appears that at that time there were two living witnesses, he does not at this time produce any such testimony, neither is the aforesaid copy of proceedings authenticated
Examining Clerk.

January 27, 1931
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section EEL
Mrs. L.A.Hart 502 South Main Street Winchester, Indiana
Dear Madam:
You are advised that this bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolution unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made to the United States on account of his services.
A careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of Isaac John Hammond, under any spelling of the surname. You are herewith furnished the history of the only Isaac Hammond, who was granted pension while residing in the State of Ohio, found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
It appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.4327, that Isaac Hammond was born April 4, 1763, in Frederick County, Maryland.
He volunteered in Augusta County, Virginia, February 1, 1781, served as a private in Captain George Hughston's or Huston's Company, Colonel Morgan's Virginia Regiment, was in a battle at Williamsburg, and at the siege of Yorktown and was discharged October 25, 1781.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 17, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Butler County, Ohio. His certificate was issued March 27, 1833.
In 1827, he was residing in Franklin County, Indiana, and then stated that he had five children, but he did not give their names or the name of his wife.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.
Date of death not on AB

20447
Isaac Hammond Franklin County Indiana
Claim
Rejected
see letter 4 Dec 1827 to Hon J Noble Senate US

December 6, 1930
Mrs. Nannie B. Nimmo 3207 North Calvert Street Baltimore, Maryland
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section EEL
Dear Madam:
You are advised that this bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolution unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made to the United States on account of his services.
A careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of Philip Hammond, as described by you, or of Colonel Isaac Hammond or of any Philip Gardner Hammond and the War of 1812 records do not show that a claim for pension or bounty land was ever made on account of the services of Philip Hammond or Philip Gardner Hammond.
You are herewith furnished the history of Isaac Hammond, the only soldier of that name who was granted pension while residing in the State of Ohio.
It appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.4327, that Isaac Hammond was born April 4, 1763, in Frederick County, Maryland.
He volunteered in Augusta County, Virginia, February 1, 1781, served as a private in Captain George Hughston's or Huston's Company, Colonel Morgan's Virginia Regiment, was in a battle at Williamsburg and at the siege of Yorktown and was discharged October 25, 1781.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 17, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Butler County, Ohio.

In 1827, he was residing in Franklin County, Indiana, and then stated that he had five children, but he did not give their names or the name of his wife.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.
Bounty Land searched by O'Malley & Whitehead Dec 6, 1930 & they did not find that any warrant was ever issued to Philip Hammond or Hammond or Philip Gardner Hammond.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ a statement of the military history of Isaac Hammond soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
S. 24 4327
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jany. 1781 to Oct 25, 1781 George Houston Morgan Va.                                                                 
Battles engaged in, { Williamsburgh siege & sur. of Yorktown
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Vol. in Augusta Co., Va.
Date of application for pension, March 21, 1827
Residence at date of application, Franklin Co. Ind. 1832 Butler Co. Oh.
Age at date of application, born Apl. 4, 1763 in Frederick Co., Md.
Remarks: 1827 he stated that he had 5 ch. but did not give their names.

MRS. NANNIE B. NIMMO 3207 NORTH CALVERT STREET BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
reached P.O. 11/18/30 & dated for Md. & Ohio etc.
Nov. 19, 1930
Bureau of Pensions;
Dear Sir;
A little over a week ago I wrote you asking some information about Philip Gardner Hammond , as an answer has not yet arrived and I want to add a little more information, I hope this letter reaches you before the answer to the other one is sent. Hammon
Philip Gardner Hammond, also known as Philip Hammond, married March 13, 1807 in Montgomery County, Maryland, Sarah Duvall. When he went to Ohio, I do not know, but he went there, returned to Maryland, then went again to Ohio. In 1826 Philip G. Hammond of Montgomery County, Md. had land conveyed to him in Clayton Township, Perry County, Ohio, by Thomas Cole of Anne Arundel Co., Md.
The war records of Ohio show Philip Hammond served as a private in Major Alexander C. Lanier's Independent Battalion, Ohio Militia, from Oct 11, 1813, to April 10, 1814, this Philip is the son of Isaac Hammond. Is this Philip from Maryland, have you his date of birth or death or the name of his wife? Is the Isaac Hammond his father from Maryland, his birth or death date. to Ohio
The Rev. War. records of Ohio, show one Isaac Hammond born 4 April, 1763 died Feb. 21, 1847. Where was he from before going to Ohio?
There was a Col. Isaac Hammond of Maryland, Soldier's Delight Hundred who served in the Rev. War, in Maryland. Isaac Hammond of Maryland married 1778 Susannah Bond a widow,
The one thing that I am trying to find out is who is the father of Philip Gardner Hammond. If your records throw any light on this subject will you kindly let me know.

The records here are so incomplete, without your assistance it is impossible to make this connection.
I am sorry to trouble you so much, but I will certainly appreciate a reply.
Very sincerely yours
Was there any land granted Isaa Hammond of Maryland in Ohio, for service, or any granted Philip Hammond. I was wondering why Philip Gardner Hammond went to Ohio.

St Joseph, Mo.
Dec 23. 1912
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
Dear Sir.
In the record of Revolutionary Soldiers who was pensioners, at Washington, I should like to know if are
Isaac Hammond, who died about the year 1843 at Hamilton Ohio. is on record He drew his pension from Cincinnati Ohio. If there is such a record, I should like a copy, so as to prove my right to the Daughters of the American Revolution. Enclose find stamped envelope for reply. Yours Truly Mrs. J. D. Fry 215 216 E Market St. Saint Joseph Mo.

Cleveland Tenn.
9/26/11
My dear Mr. Davenport,
Have you any
Military records of Jacob, Isaac & John Hammond ? They enlisted in the Rev. war either from Va. or Md. Kindly thanking you.
I am,
Cordially yours.
Mrs. J. A. Hardwick

PHENIS, CRAM & KERR, REAL ESTATE BROKERS, MILLS BUILDING, NEW YORK.
St. Louis Book Aug 26, 1851.
Josephus Daniels, Esq. Treasury Department. Washington, D.C.
My dear Mr. Daniels:
When I was down in Washington this spring I was disappointed to find you out of town when I called. I wanted to pay my respects, and incidentally to find out how much of an undertaking it would be for me to get a copy of all the papers relating to the application for and subsequent granting of a pension to Isaac Hammond, a soldier of the Revolutionary war. I ascertained, according to data I have at hand, that his case is marked "Certificate no. 7747, Ohio agency, 4th March, 1831, under act of June 7, 1832."
If you will kindly let me know whether you can have a copy of all the papers in the case made for me, and if so, the cost, I shall thank you very much.
Until a few weeks ago I have been for two years on the New York Times. The above card indicates a recent departure.
I hope you and your wife are well and enjoying life. Come and see me when you are over this way.
Very truly yours Albert Phenis

Respectfully forwarded to the Chief Clerk of the Pension Office with the request that Mr. Phenix be furnished with the information desired, if possible.
As Mr. Daniels is now residing in North Carolina, it is not deemed necessary to forward this letter to him.
C. H. Shuster.

REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE.
O. W. & N. Div.
MEMORANDA.
Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below.
Full name of soldier:
Isaac Hammond
Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
New Jersey or Virginia
Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Virginia, then Ohio. probably Indiana after
Date of death (as near as possible):
unknown
Christian name of widow:
Margaret
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
Both, I think
Remarks:
Letter contains all data I have at hand
Your name and address:
Albert P. Hemen
124 E. 29th St
New York N.Y.

NAVY OCT 12 1894 FILES. P. B.
No ch Plan
OFFICE 1894 OCT 10 PENSION
OLD NAVY & NAVY OCT 26 1894 FILES. P.
PENSION 1894 OCT 24 OFFICE

124 East 29 th st " " W, P. not J New York, Oct 8, 88 140 East 16 th Street
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I am informed that it is your practice to furnish certificates to those whose ancestors were Revolutionary war pensioners. My great-grandfathers, Christopher Pheanis (as he spelled it) and Isaac Hammond were soldiers in the Revolution, under Putnam and Washington, and an uncle of mine says he has seen their discharge papers and knows they drew pensions.
How complete are your records? Can I learn from them any collateral facts about these ancestors —

anything - for instance of their place of birth, date of enlistment, battles fought in, date of discharge, places of residence while from close of war to date of death, and place of death?
My people have been pioneers for generations - my great-grandfather going to Ohio and Indiana soon after the war, and family records have not been easily collectible - My father has been dead a number of years, and data I might have been able to obtain since is not now accessible.
If you will kindly ad- vise me regarding this whole matter, you will greatly oblige
Yours very truly Albert D. Lewis

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
4534
REJECTED
4554.
P. O.
Isaac Hammond
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____

Rev. Mar
4324
INVALID.
File No. 4324
Isaac Hammond
Bri. Va. Line
Act: June 7, 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 188
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1894 Nov 9 Hist. to Albert Phenix,
New York, N.Y.
1911 Oct. 2. Mrs. J. H. Hardwick.
1913 Jan. 3. Mrs. T. D. Fry.
1930 - Dec 6 - Hist. to Mrs. Fannie B. Kimmo-Ed
1931 Jan 27 - Hist. to Mrs. L. N. Hart. Est.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Isaac Hammond  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? no 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? no
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? witnesses
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? no
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? no
XVI. † Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 5,
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 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.

20.447 Hammond s "
application for a pension " "
20.447

The State of Indiana } set. Franklin County } set.
Be it remembered, that at the March Term of the Franklin Circuit Court for the County of Franklin and State of Indiana on the 21 st day of March A D 1827 before the Hon. Miles H. Eggleston, President Judge of the Third Judicial Circuit in the State of " " and the Honorable John Hanna and David Mount Associate Judges of the same Court in and for the County aforesaid,
Comes Isaac Hammond, a Revolutionary Soldier and Petitioner for the benefit of the Acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 & of the 1 st of May 1820, and files his Declaration, together with a Schedule of his property thereto annexed, which were sworn to and subscribed in open Court, and Ordered to be certified, And which follow in the words & figures following, To wit, —
The State of Indiana } set. Franklin County } set.
On this 21 st day of March A D 1827, personally appeared in open Court, being the Franklin Circuit Court for the County aforesaid being a Court of Record within the State aforesaid, Isaac Hammond a resident in said County aged sixty four years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provisions made by the Acts of Congress

of the 18 th March 1818 and the 1 st of May 1820) that he the said Isaac Hammond did turn out as a Volunteer for the term of one year in the Month of February (about the first) in the year 1781 in the State of Virginia in the Company Commanded by Captain George Hughston, in the regiment Commanded by Colonel Morgan in the line of the State of Virginia on the Virginia Continental Establishment; that he continued to serve in the said Corps until about the 25 th day of October, 1781, at which time (before the year for which he had volunteered  enlisted had expired) he was honorably discharged, in the State of Virginia, that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present; that his name is not on the Roll of any State except the State of Virginia, and the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a pension that he could not obtain evidence to establish his claim, until the present; And in pursuance of the Act of Congress of the 1 st May 1820, I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the said service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18 th March 1818 and that I have not

Nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; Nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule herunto annexed, and by me subscribed, the within Cows & Calves worth each $6.00, 1 Calf $8.00, 2 Steers $8.00 each, 32 Shoats 50 cents each, 3 Sows & five pigs $8.00 each, Amounting to $48.00, That I am indebted to sundry persons the sum of $12.58 3 / 4 , and have but one Dollar due me, which I have any probability of ever getting. That in 1818 I owned one Cow & Calf, one Mare & a few Sheep & hogs, the number not recollected, which I sold to support my family. The hogs I sold to one William Douglass and the name of the person to whom I sold the Sheep not recollected. The Cow was killed by a tree falling on her and the Calf I sold. I swapped the Mare for a horse, which shortly afterwards died. The amount which I received for and the time at which the aforesaid property was sold I do not remember. I am unable to do very little work on account of a hurt I received in my back by a wagon running over me.
Isaac his X y Hammond mark
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court, in the Franklin Circuit Court for the County of Franklin and State of Ind a on the 21 st day of March A.D. 1827
Enoch McCarly clk F. G. G.

He also filed the Affidavit of George Wallace Esq. and Frederick Price in support of his claim as a pensioner, which was ordered to be certified together with the authentication thereof, and which follows in the words & figures following to wit,
"The State of Ohio Green County ss Personally appeared before me John Hudge (a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Green) the undersigned subscribers George Wallace Esq. and Frederick Price who being of lawful age and duly sworn deposeth and saith that Isaac Harmon served in the revolution was under the command of Captain George Huston in the State of Virginia in the same year Wallace was taken at York and further these deponents saith not George his Wallace Esq. Mark Frederick his Price Mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 29 th day of May 1826.
John Hudge
Justice of the Peace

The State of Ohio Green County ss I Josiah Grover Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby certify that John Judge Esq. before whom the above affidavit was made and who has certified and signed the same, was at the date of his said Certificate an Acting Justice of the Peace for said County duly Commis- sioned and sworn into office
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Xenia the 30 th day of May 1826 J Grover clk
State of Indiana Franklin County ss I Enoch McCarty clerk of the Franklin Circuit Court for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath and the schedule thereto annexed together with the above affidavit and authentication thereof, are truly copied from the records of said Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is fortyeight Dollars.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court, this 9 th day of November A.D 1827
Enoch McCarty Clerk of the County of the County of Franklin

Rec d Dec r 4 th 1827
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Pension office War Dept.
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Washington 3 rd Dec. 1827
Sir,
I send the declaration of the Ban- -nards for Persia,
You will give me your answer after your examination.
I have the honor to be Respectfully your M ty . Serv t .
James Noble
Hon. J. L. Edwards.