Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2610, John Hedgpeth, N.C.

SERVICE
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Hedgpeth, John
S. 2610
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7545 West Tennessee
John Headgeth
of Antioch in the State of W Tenn who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Crawford of the Byrd command by Col Canwell in the N Carolina time for service of Inf ty 1 mont " " Early 9 m
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tenn at the rate of 40 Dollars 83 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of April 1833 and Sent to William Brady Murfreesboro
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 81 66 Femi-ant. allowance ending 14 Sept
20 41
$102 07
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 82

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Question 6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Answer He did, and one of his discharges is lost and the other is offered to the character
Question 7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood, and who can testify to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution?
Answers of John M. Goggin, William Arnold John dePeals William Jones, Green B. Lamm, William Lamm John Barber and Samy Allison
And the said Court, as hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after fully the interrogatories presented by the War department, that the above applicant was a ranking soldier and served in the state - And the Court further certifies that John
Blair who has signed the foregoing certificate of character residence in the neighbourhood, and that Mr. M c Clusky resides in the same and that they are men of standing and respectability and that their statements are entitled to credit
Given under our hands this 20 th day of August 1892 and we further certify that to appear to us that no claygum resides in the neighbourhood of the applicant
H. Scott J. Mitchell V. D. Bowman
I John R. Laughlin Clerk of said Court do hereby certify that the foregoing proceedings contain the original ones in a certain matter of application in our court, of the application of John Brigsforth for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Winchester this 20 th day of August 1892.
John R. Laughlin, Atk.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Army of any State - I know to and subscribed in the presence of John H. Griffith J. B. Langhlin, At.
We John Clay and the undersigned  neighbors residing in the neighborhood and vicinity of  the house is the same hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John Hedges, the way he behaved and spoke to the above character, and that we believe him to be 70 years of age, that he is respected and beloved, in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Interrogatories - Answer 8 th When was it what year was you born? At present - In the County of Dills with you, North Carolina in the year 1761
I believe S d Hake has a record of your life, and if so when is it? He has a record of his life, and it is at his house, in Rutherford County
Question 3 rd Where were you living when called into service, where have you been since the overwhelming war, and where do you now live? Answer - The place is the County of Doyles, North Carolina, - and I said then until he moved to the State of Tennessee, and he now lives in Franklin County. Question 4 th How were you called into service, were you drafted, and you volunteered, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom? Answer - As volunteered -
Andrew - He recollects, of no very large affair - nor does he know of any other Regiment or Corps, but that to which he was attached - He joined his Corps in the County of Wayne - and there performed the most of his duty - and in Duplin County North Carolina.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7th June 1832
State of Tennessee Rutherford County } County Court August Term 1832
On the 20 th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before me William Miller  William Miller  the said  the said  William Miller  William Miller who being first known according to law, and on his oath made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832 — That in 1780, in the 1 st year of that war — he volunteered his services as a soldier under one but Lazarus Crawford, in the County of Wayne North Carolina, and rendezvoused at Fayetteville, under the command of Col Richard Dashell — There was other troops at that place, he thinks McIntire, but he does not know who commanded them — He expected to support the Tories — He served three months, and was discharged at or near Fayetteville — He received his discharge from Col Dashell and returned home — In the same year he again entered the service as a volunteer under Capt. Joseph Broom, in the County of Wayne — His duty was to support the Tories, and he was stationed in the County of Wayne, where his services were necessary — and he was marched more than once in the County of Duplin North Carolina in pursuit of the Tories under the command of Capt Broom, and Lieut Thomas Gwyntham — There was no other troops in the service at the time at that place that Capt Broom commanded — He was discharged on the 16 th day of August 1781, by Capt Joseph Broom, at the same place where he volunteered in the County of Wayne, after a service of nine months — He does not know of any person now living by whom he can prove his services — and there is no preacher of the Gospel, in his neighborhood where he lives, and where he has lived for thirty two years — who can certify for him, but all his neighbors, who have known him, will certify as to his age, residence, and his services — He has lost his discharge — as to his first loss of duty under Col Dashell — but he has answered his discharge, from Capt Broom, for his nine months service in the light horse —

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John H. Napier Rutledge & Co. Tenn
from 1780 private before census. Infants 1 mo — 3.33 Candy 9 " — 37.50  $40,83
Crawford Caswell N.C.
Murfreesboro William Brady Gallatin

BRIEF in the case of John Hoaggett County of Waltham in the State of Tennessee (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70 years  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.     June In 1780 1 - Private Genl Crawford Col Caldwell   1780 9 (Life time) " " Col Bon  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Wayne Co N Carolina  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? In a certificate of documentary evidence for the nine months service -  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.
Richard Butts Examining Clerk.

Rev. War
2610
INVALID.
File No. 2610.
John Hedgpeth Part. N.C. Line
Act: June 7, 1832
Index:—Vol. A. , Page 168
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Noe a petition on the  6 th December 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? no
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? see
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?
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? see
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? see
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?
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?
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.