Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4792, Joshua Hays, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. 6
Hays, Joshua
R. 4792
CONTENTS

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
4792
P. O.
Dashua Gay
Service:
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contr:
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

State of North Carolina
Secretary's Office 2 nd Febry 1824.
I William Hill Secretary of State in & for the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the name of Joshua Hays does not appear on the Musterrolls of the Continental line of this State in the revolutionary war. That Genl. Butler was of the Militia and not of the regular Army.
Given under my hand this 2 nd Febry 1824.
W. Hill

Claim of Joshua Hays Indiana, Rev. —
Rejected — See letter July 24. 1824, to Jn. Depauw, Salem, Ind. a
4792

State of Indiana } Washington Circuit Court Washington County } October Term 1823—
Personally appeared in open court, it being the Washington Circuit Court, in the second Judicial Circuit in the State of Indiana, which is a court of record this 15 th day of October 1823 Joshua Hays aged 64 years, a resident of the said County of Washington in said State, who did on his Oath state and declared that he enlisted into the service of the United States some time in the year 1781 or 1782 according to the best of his recollections, but cannot be certain as to the time exactly, in the Month of May at Granville Court house in the State of North Carolina under Capt. Spiro Tuller in the Regiment Commanded by Col. John Dickson in Genl. Butlers Brigade, in which service he continued for nine months, was then discharged at a place called Crops Creek, now called Fayette in said State of North Carolina by Capt. John Henderson who then and there gave him a certificate of his discharge which he has long since lost. That he is indigent, inform and helpless, That he stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support, That his family consists of himself and his wife Martha Hays aged 60 years, That he is by occupation a Farmer but has no farm to occupy, nor is he able to follow his occupation being crippled in one foot and having lost the end of one arm—

I do solemnly swear that I was a citizen of the United States on the Eighth day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or otherwise disposed of any property or any part thereof with an intention 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 Land and Naval Services of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed the 18 th of March 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person for me in trust any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any other income other than is contained in the following schedule by me subscribed
Joshua his X Hays Mark
   One Small Mare Value $ 25 00   Two Small Cows Value 13 00   One Bed & Bedding Value 10 00   Three Sheep Value 3 00   Two Sows Value 4 00   One Dutch Oven Value 1 50   One Set Knives & forks Value 1 00   4 Chairs Value 1 50   1 Shovel plough Value 1 00   6 Earthen plates Value " 75   1 Table Value 1 00   1 Earthen Dish " 12 1/2   5 Spoons Value " 25   1 Set Tea Cups & Saucers Value " 75   1 Saddle & Bridle Value 5 00   1 Axe Value 2 00  

One Needing Hoe, Value _____ 00 75 One Set Horse Gears Value _____ " 75 One Pewter Dish Value _____ 1 00 A Crop of Corn Standing Value _____ 15 00 16 Head Hogs, Sows & Shoals Value _____ 8 00 1 Side Saddle Value _____ 1 00 1 Spinning wheel Value _____ 3 00 1 Churn Value _____ " 75 1 Large Churn Value _____ 1 00 1 Flat Iron Value _____ " 37 1/2
Owes 37 1/2 Cents to Elias Davis
Owes 75 Cents to Leonard Fultz
The whole valued by _____ Joshua Hays the Court to $101.50 3/4 mark
Sworn to in open Court 17th October 1823
State of Indiana } Washington County } ss
I John Depanew Clerk of the Washington Circuit Court do certify that the foregoing Cash and the Schedule thereto annexed, 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 One Hundred and One Dollars and Fifty Cents —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 12th day of December 1823 —
John Depanew Clk

Joshua Hays

19, 100v
Joshua Hays Washington Co. Ind a
John Klepans Salem, Ind a
Recd. 3 Jan y 1824
City of Washington
the Secretary of War
See
Mr. Stewart

Dear Sir,
Yrs
The Secretary of War City of Washington
19. 1000 Joshua Ray Washington D.C. John DeFries Salon, first No. 3 East 124th New York 18

Sir
Salem, Sn a Dec r 12 1823
Inclosed you will receive the Decla- -ration and Schedule of Joshua Hays, an appli- -cant for a pension - (you will please inform as soon as convenient whether any further steps are necessary to be taken by Mr. Hays to procure the pension aforesaid -
Yours respectfully John Dufour
The Hon ble Secretary of War of the United States

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Hays, Michael GRADE Private LINE New Jersey
WARRANT NUMBER N 8369 and 13635 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED May 24, 1797 To - not shown -
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.