Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1211, Giles Hawkins, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Hawkins Giles
81211
carded
CONTENTS
This Envelope Includes
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO

Kentucky 192 83
Giles Hawkins of Jefferson in the State of Kentucky who was a in the army commanded by Captain Price of the regt commanded by Col Winston on the V line for 6 months & 3 days
Date of death Sept 25
Inscribed on the Rolls of Kentucky at the rate of 20 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Sept 1833 and Differs Price Nicholasville Arrears to the 4th of Sept 50.82 Pension allowance ending June 10.16 $60.98
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Sam Boyd Clerk Book 8 Vol. 7 Page 13

State of Kentucky } S.S Fleming County
On this Second day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty three, personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid Giles Hawkins, President of the County aforesaid, who says he was born in the State of Maryland in the County of Frederic, on the 15 th day of March 1755, Aged Seventy Seven years, who, being first solemnly sworn, according to Law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed the 7 th of June 1832, First that he was informed a short time after the Declaration, of the American Independence, Government was apprised by some means of a preconceived plan, of the British, with the Indians, by their agents sent amongst them to distress the Frontiers of the United States which was to be a combined chain of hostilities from the west side of Georgia, on to the outer or north west edges, of the Carolinas the the western part of Virginia and north western part of Pennsylvania, to the Lakes of Canada, and had actually commenced hostilities, by the Cherokee Indians and others who were at that time distressing the Inhabitants, on Holston River, in the State of Virginia, In consequence, of which Government, ordered, an Army to be raised to go against the Carried forward

aforesaid, Indians, by draft or Volunteers to Serve as Militia Soldiers, Secondly He removed from the State of Maryland to Bedford County in the State of Virginia, And On the first of September, 1776, he was called on by his Captain to Serve a Term of duty in the Militia, for Six months and turned out a  Volunteer  Soldier in the Militia, and served said Term under Captain, Christopher Irvine, Lieutenant Top Russell. And Colonel Christian Commandant of the Regiment, I was in, and Army too I believe, & We marched from Bedford County Virginia, against the aforesaid Cherokee, Indians, and others, Along through the South West part of Virginia on the Holston River on our march at the distance of three or four Miles before we came to the Long Island on Holston River, we passed the battle ground where our men and the Indians had a Skirmish, and seen the remains of several dead Indians, lying on the ground. after passing the Long Islands, we joined the North Carolina Militia or troops, from thence, we, marched to the Che- rokee Indian Country took them burnt them Intirely, Up, burnt and destroyed all their Corn and Crops of every description. The commanding Officers offered the Indians Terms of peace but there was only part that would accept of them and after waiting on them some length of time and nothing could be done relative to a peace the Army Received orders Carried forward

to march home, wards, and Started, We proceeded on our march untill we arrived at the Long Island on Holston River, and there was overtaken, by an Express bearing a Flag from the Indians that had, before Refused the terms of peace offered them by Our Commanding officers, the Army was, then Stationed there at the aforesaid Island, Until peace was Ratified with the aforesaid Cherokee Indians and the United States, of America, he further States that, on his return home to Bedford County Virginia he was discharged which discharge he has, either, lost or mislaid, and cannot find it at this time, Thirdly, he further States, he Removed from Bedford County Virginia, to Botetourt County Virginia, That he was again call'd on in the fall of the year, 1781 or 1782, to go against the Bri- tish and Joined out Volunteer as a Soldier in the Militia of the United States; to defend the Lead Mines, on New River, in the State of Virginia, We marched from Botetourt County Virginia, to- wards them, and when we arrived near the Mines we Received in- telligence that the British had with, drawn their forces from that Neighborhood and we returned home and was discharged and from the year 1789 and continued, on his pres- ent service until the present time hereby Relinquish every claim what ever to a pension or annuity Except the present one, and declare, that my name is not on the pension Roll, of any Agency in this State or any other
Giles Hawkins
W Jacob Rohde Clergyman Resideing in the State of Kentucky and County of Jessamine and James Noonon Resideing in Carrie forward

The County and State aforesaid do Certify that we are, well acquainted with Giles Hawkins who has Subscribed and Sworn to the within declaration, that we believe him to be Seventy Seven years of Age, that he is reputed and believed in the Neighborhood, where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that Opinion Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Jacob Rohrer
James Noonan
State of Kentucky Jessamine County March the 2 d 1883 I Certify that this day Giles Hawkins the petitioner for a pension personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace for Jessamine County and made Oath to the foregoing Declaration and I believe Giles Hawkins is unable from Bodily infirmity to attend Court and from my own knowledge and Examination I am of the Opinion that the foregoing Declaration is true Given under my hand at date above
Thos Butler Sp J.P.
I Certify that Jacob Rohrer is a Clergyman of Jessamine County and James Noonan is a Respectable Citizen of said County and were both sworn to their Certificate before me a justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid
Thos Butler Sp J.P.

State of Kentucky
Lepanto County Set.
I Daniel P Price clerk of the County Court for the County afo d do Certify that Thomas Butler Esq r whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County afo d duly commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit is due to all his official acts
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my Office this 7 th day of March 1830
Daniel Price.

Peter Hawkins
24880
to the return to
Justice
Switzer
State of Kentucky Jefferson Co. To wit
On this 21 st day of June 1833 Appeared personally before me a Justice of the peace for the County and State of Kentucky J. M. Bullock. Offered Giles Hawkins resident of the County. Offered in order to make an amendment to his former Declaration which is hereto sub-joined

joined also being first duly sworn according to law made the following additional Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. First that when he was called on in September or October 1781 or 1782 to march against the British to defend the Lead Mines on New River in the State of Virginia. He was under the command of Capt. Joseph Looney and marched through the State of Virginia toward the aforesaid Mines where he had heard the Indians had fled from said Mines. The time I was em- ployed in marching the trip was Three Days and afterwards was discharged  discharged by my Capt. Joseph Looney
Interrogations
Q. Where and in what year was you born Ans. In Frederick County and State of Mary- land Q. In the year 1757. Q. Have you any records of your age

Ans. There was, a Family Record which this applicant lost  sent 3 rd Where were you living when called into Service Ans. In Bedford County in the State of Virginia As. Where have you lived since the Revolution war Ans. where do you live now
Ans. Part of my time in Botetourt County Virginia and from thence removed to Kentucky in 1889. and settled in Fayette County now Defamined On my present residence
4 th How were you called into Service were you drafted Did you volunteer, or were you a Substitute and if a Substitute for whom
Ans. I turned out volunteer both times under my Captains Irvin and Cooney
5 th State the names of some of your regu- lar Officers who were with the Troops where you served. Such Continental and Ma- ritia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your Service Ans. Col Christian Copen. Christopher

Brig Gen Joseph Seaney and Lieut James Russell. The Troops from North Carolina who were joined or attached to our Army after we had passed the Long Island on the Potomac River. On our march to the Cherokee Indian Towns. Our employment after we had posses- sion of the Indian Towns were burning and destroying of their destroying of their crops of corn. description and when we were alone with that kind of business I was then placed at one of the guards around the Commanding Officers. Quarters or Tents for a considerable time while the officers were trying to make peace with the In- dians. But our march in this Campaign toward the Indian Towns was 600 miles. Upwards. Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service and if so by whom was it signed and what has become of it. As I had a discharge from Capt. Irwin for my first term and a discharge from Capt. Seaney for my second term. But

Have either lost them or mislaid them so that I can not find them. It is Dr. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your neighbourhood and who can testify to your character for vera- city and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution. Mrs. Robt Campbell Catherine Campbell, Mrs. Butler In the said Giles Hawkins further states that from the removal of his witnesses to foreign parts and the death of his officers and Soldiers with whom he was in the army it is out of his power to procure their testi- mony relative to his case on hand — He further states from old age and infirmity and bodily infirmity he is not able to attend Court nor (neither has he been at the County Town or Court House for five years and upwards. Giles Hawkins In the service of the peace distinctly

After the Investigation of the matter declare my Opinion, and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named appli- cant Giles Hawkins was a Revolutionary Soldier and served in the States and I the said Justice do further certify that it appears to me that Jacob Rohrer and that James W. Gowan who have also = given their former certificate in the former declaration and = signed the same are residents of the State of Ohio and County aforesaid And they are Creditable persons and that their Statement is entitled to Credit And I the said Justice do further state that it is my Opinion that the said Applicant Giles Hawkins from bodily infirmity and present sickness is not able to attend Court
I do Certify that the foregoing amendment made by Giles Hawkins the Applicant was duly sworn to the same before me the undersigned justice of the Peace for Fayette County & Commonwealth of Kentucky
acting as the Court Thos. Bullen

This 21 st day of June 1833
Thos Butler Jr
State of Kentucky Spencer County set I Daniel B Price Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Thos s Butler Esq r whose name is subscribed above is a Justice of a Court of Record - that he is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County afo- resaid and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I herunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of my office this 20 th day of June 1833 and in the 42 nd year of the Commonwealth.
Daniel B Price
State of Kentucky Spencer County set I Daniel B Price Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid do certify that Thomas Butler Esq r whose name is subscribed above is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have herunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 10 th day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
Daniel B Price
Clerk of the Spencer County Court.

186. Giles Hawthorn. Recd
9 90
7 June 1832
2 nd Quarter 1841 Lexington, Ky. Agency
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from CAG

State of Kentucky
Jefferson County Set. March Court 1841
A writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Giles Hawkins dec d , was this day produced in Court by the executors therein named. Which writing was proved in open Court, agreeably to law by the oath of Jeremiah Rowland, one of the subscribing witnesses thereto, and ordered to be recorded, and a certificate for obtaining probate of said will granted to the executor, or executors, who may qualify. Whereupon John Hawkins & Giles Hawkins two of the executors named in said will, being in Court and electing to take upon themselves the execution of the said will - Jeremiah Rowland the other executor therein named, took the oath required by law, and executed bond with John Hawkins and Giles Hawkins, his securities in the penalty of one thousand dollars, conditioned according to law.
A Copy
Test Dan d B. Price C le rk.
State of Kentucky Jefferson County Set. April Court 1841
Satisfactory proof was this day made in Court by the oaths of William Murray, and Isaac Christman, that Giles Hawkins a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, departed this life on the 2 nd day of March 1841, and that he is the identical person named in a pension certificate produced to the Court, granting to the said Giles Hawkins a pension of Twenty dollars & thirty three cents per annum, commencing on the 4 th of March 1831, and numbered 19,583. And it was further proven to the Court that he left no widow.
A Copy Test Dan d B. Price C le rk.

24000
Giles Hawkins
Kentucky
from 1776 private 6 mos & 23 days (L)
$20, \frac{33}{100}
20 33 20 33 10 16 30 82
Jefferson Price Nicholas Miller Nicholasville
J.B. Price Clk Court Jessamine Co Ky

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 9 th 1835
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them, and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Edw Hawkins Jessamine E. Ky
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     261776 6 priv Capt. Irvine Col. Christian 72 Years Bedford County Virginia Traditionary evidence Papers not authenticated   241781-2 vol. time not stated officers given  
The ends of the tape should be made the pass under the seal of office at the time that it is offered to the papers. See note i.
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, 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 June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) 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, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of services in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, 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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
 6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?  { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If none of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 _____; 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 that 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 shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or place 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

7 June 1832
LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY,
22 April 1841
RECEIVED of J. A. GRINSTEAD, Agent for paying Pensions, here
Dollars 90 Cents, being for 5 months 26 days
Pension, due to Isaac Hawthorn Reed from the 4th day of
September 1840, to the 3 day of March 1841, for which I have signed
duplicate receipts.
Jeremiah Rowland Executor of Will Hawthorn Reed

December 13, 1982
314-7/552
XXXXXXXXXXXX Giles Hawkins -S.1211 Thomas Jesse -R.5561
Mr. J. W. Singer Stamming Ground Kentucky
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Giles and Thomas Hawkins, John Wilmore and Thomas Jesse, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers of that war.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made in your behalf and no records found based upon service in that war of a Thomas Hawkins, of Amherst County, Virginia, or of a John Wilmore, or similar spelling. The histories of Giles Hawkins and Thomas Jesse are given below:
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.1211, based upon the military service of Giles Hawkins in that war.
Giles Hawkins was born March 15, 1755, in Frederick County, Maryland. The names of his parents are not given.
He moved to Bedford County, Virginia, date not given, where he volunteered September 1, 1776, served six months in Captain Christopher Irvine's Company, Colonel Christian's Virginia Regiment and went on an expedition against the Cherokee Indians, and burned their towns and destroyed their crops; after his return from this service, he moved to Botetourt County, Virginia, date not given, and while living there, again volunteered in September or October, 1781 or 1782, served in Captain Joseph Looney's Virginia Company, marched to the defense of the lead mines on New River, but upon receipt of intelligence that the British had withdrawn from that locality, his company turned back
Could not identify captains

and was discharged; length of this service, three days.
In 1789, he moved to the state of Kentucky, and settled in Franklin County, that part which was later Jessamine County.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 2, 1833, while residing in Jessamine County, Kentucky.
There are no data as to wife and children.
*****
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, R.5581, based upon the military service of Thomas Jessee in that war.
Thomas Jessee was born in January, 1754, in Amelia County, Virginia, where he lived until he was eight years of age when his father, whose name is not given, moved to Cumberland County, Virginia.
Several years after the Revolution, Thomas Jessee moved to Prince Edward County, Virginia, where he lived for some years; then returned to Cumberland County, Virginia, and lived two years; then moved to Louisa County, Virginia, where he resided for about two years; thence to Goochland County, Virginia, and then for about two years; thence to Henrico County, Virginia, and lived until 1815, when he moved to Adair County, Kentucky.
On September 13, 1836, while residing in Adair County, Kentucky, about fifteen miles from Columbia, he applied for pension and alleged that while residing in Cumberland County, Virginia, he volunteered in January, 1781, and served three tours of three months each as a private under Captains Winston Marcum and Thomas Pucker, Colonels Woodson, Mayo or Major (illegibly written) and Hovey in the Virginia Troops; and that he was at the battle of Guilford Court House, at the siege of Yorktown and surrender of Cornwallis and in several skirmishes.
His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of six months service as was required by the pension laws.
There are no data as to his family.
Date of death not AB
Could not identify officers

The foregoing is the history of the only soldier named Thomas Jessee, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours
A.D. HILLARD Assistant to Administrator.

Stamping Ground, Ky. Dec. 1, 1932.
Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.
Dear sir:
Will you kindly send me the record of Giles Hawkins who was granted pension for Revolutionary Service while a resident of Jessamine county, Ky., under Act 1833, with any family record the application may contain?
I am also interested in the following men, and if your records contain any information about them and their families I would greatly appreciate a copy of them:
✓ Thomas Hawkins, listed as head of a family in Amherst county in the first census of Virginia, 1783.
✓ John Wilmore Wilmore, 1755-84, married Jane Campbell 1782-1837, served in Capt. van Swearingen's Company, Col. Daniel Morgan's Rifle Regiment, Continental Troops.
✓ Thomas Jesse , married Ann Caughton, said to have served in the Revolutionary army at the age of seventeen and to have been a second cousin of George Washington. Can you suggest where I might find further information about the ancestry of this Thomas Jesse, grandson of Peter Jesse who married a half-sister of Mary Ball, Washington's mother?
Yours truly,
J. W. Singer. J. W. Singer.

INVALID.
See also
1932-Rec 3-Niat. to MW L.H. Lenger - Etah
File No. 1211.
Files Hawkins. Pris. VA. Lins.
Act: June 7, 1892.
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 166
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Nicholasville Ky
June
Price 25 c
June 25 th
J. S. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
Rev. Mr. White

Nicholasville Kentucky June 21 st 1853
Sir,
Enclosed you will find the Original and Amended Declaration of Old Mr. Giles Hawkins made in Order to obtain a pension, together with your letter or memorandum of instructions - Upon an examination of the papers it would appear that they were awkwardly made out, but it seems that they contain the requisites as prescribed they were made out before a justice who is not very well skilled in the matter - Please enclose the Old Gentleman's Certificate to himself or myself at this place and in so doing you will confer a favour upon him -
Yours V y Jefferson Price
The declarations are fastened together by a thread -

1883
Payments to be made at Lexington by the P. of W. K. Marsh Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Winchester
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice in Book 8 Vol. 7 Page 10 by David Ray Clerk.
12/20/83 2011.70 5.25 2.00 3.00 18.70 2.50 9.75

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Giles Houskiss of the State of Kentucky who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Twenty dollars and Thirty three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 24 th day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three
John B. M c Leod Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.