Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1909, William Hamby, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Nb
4
Heamby William
S 1909
carded
CONTENTS

6889
East Tennessee
William Hamby.
of Blount in the State of Tennessee who was a Mr: in the County commanded by Captain Morrison of the Regt commanded by Col: Baumann the Va: N. L. une for 10 months -
Dec 28, 1903, F.M.
Inscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee at the rate of 20. Dollars -- Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of March 1833 - and sent to James Hais, Knoxville, Tenn.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 - 40 - Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept. - 10 -
$50 -
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice - Clerk, Book D Vol. 9 Page 102.

1926-Apr-8-Hist-to Mrs. Julian D- Dusenbury. MMN+.
Rev War.
1909
INVALID.
File No. 1909
William Hamby Pvt. Va. Line.
Act: June 7, 1832
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 156
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Wm Hamby's Application for A pension
$20 per ann
Direct to James Hair Knoxville Tennessee

State of Tennessee } ss On this 26th day of December Blount County } 1832
Personally appeared at his own house before me William Bevel one of the acting Justices of the Court of Pleas and quarter sessions in and for said County and State William Hamby a resident of the said County and State in the said County of Blount and State of Tennessee (who is entirely unable to attend court by reason of his old age and badly infirmity) Aged eighty eight years the 14th of last January who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated He was born on the 11th day of January 1744 in the State of Maryland Baltimore County.
He has no record of his age He served in Roanoke County North Carolina at which place he was drafted for a three months tour against the Cherokee Indians under Capt James Morrison in Col Baileys Regiment of Militia we rendezvoused at Cotts part on the head of Catawba River in the said County of Roanoke same time in July 1776 we marched into the Indian nation at Scotts Creek and marched clear through the nation till we came to the Valley Towns on the Highwassee River the Indians fled before us we had no battle our men took some prisoners when met an scouting parties we marched from the Valley Towns to the Cowee Towns and then to the head of the Catawba River at said Cotts part we were there honorably but unbeldy discharged same time in October 1776 He served at this time three months He then removed into Burke County North Carolina while residing at said place he was drafted for a three months tour against the Cherokee Indians we rendezvoused at Wafords part on the south fork of the Catawba River same time in the latter part of September at the beginning of October 1780 and says there still are some

out and routed through under Capt Morrison in Cal Volunteer Regiment of Militia we lay there till our time was out and routed through the country after the Indians we had no battle he was in one skirmish with the Indians on the waters of Cany river we were discharged at the said Woford's part same time in the latter part December 1780 at the beginning of January 1781 we got no written discharges he served at this time three months he served in the whole six months He has lived since the revolutionary war in the following places to wit in Birk county then removed to the now county continued then removed to Blount County State of Tennessee
He never did volunteer nor he never was a substitute He was not acquainted with the regular officers or with any continental or militia Regiments in the general circumstances of his service farther than is above stated He never did receive a written discharge from the service nor a commission He is known in his present neighborhood to Joseph Cannel Jacob Sipton Samuel Cable Isaac Hart Michael Jones all of whom he believes can testify that he is a man of veracity and that they believe he served as a soldier of the revolution He has no documentary evidence and he knows of no person whose testimony he can produce who can testify to his service 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 agency of any state There is no clergyman lives in his neighborhood nor none that he can produce who can testify to the effect of his service Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first of said before me William Doven acting Justice of J. J. his mark Humble

The Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the said County of Blount and State of Tennessee
We William Mackey and Reuben Sevier residing in the said County of Blount and State of Tennessee hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Hansby who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty eight 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 that we never had the report of his having been a soldier of the revolution disputed as its truth questioned sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me Reuben Sevier William Sevier a justice of the court in and for  the  the of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the said County of Blount and State of Tennessee
And I the said William Sevier an acting Justice of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the said County of Blount and State of Tennessee as aforesaid do hereby certify in my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after perusing the interrogatories submitted by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the said Justice further certifies that it appears to him that the said William Mackey and Reuben Sevier who has signed the preceding certificate are residents in the said County of Blount and State of Tennessee and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit and that the said applicant is entirely unable to attend court by reason of old age and bodily infirmity and that the said Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions is a court of record
William Sevier a justice of the court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the said County of Blount and State of Tennessee

State of Tennessee } I Jacob Traut Clerk of the Court of Blount County } Pleas and Sessions in and for said County Do hereby certify that William Dunn before whom the foregoing declaration was made is an acting Justice of the said Court of Pleas and Sessions in and for said County and full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to all his official acts and that the foregoing signatures which purports to be his are his genuine signatures In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of office at office in Maryville the 5th day of February 1835
Jac. H. Traut Clk

Greenville, S. C.,
Feb. 19, 1926.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
A Revolutionary ancestor of mine, William Hamby by name, was a private in the Virginia line. The Searcher from Virginia State Library, says "The name appears on a pension roll of residents of Blount County, Tennessee, in 1835." Evidently he lived with relatives there at that time. She further states "It is stated that he was placed

on the roll March 8, 1833, his age given as ninety years. A William Hamby is also shown on the pension roll of Blount County in a census taken in 1840, and in this it is stated that his age was 97, and that the head of the family with which he resided was William Dunn."
I am informed that I can obtain a full record of his services from the Commission of Pensions - yourself. If so, I shall appreciate your assistance very much.
Very truly yours, Mrs. Julian D. Dusenbury.

Wm Scott
April 8, 1926
cu
Mrs. Julian D. Dusenbury Greenville, South Carolina
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 1909 it appears that William Hamby was born January 4, 1744 in Baltimore County, Maryland.
While a resident of Rowan County, North Carolina he enlisted in July 1776 and served three months as a private in Captain James Morrison's Company, Colonel Baitman's North Carolina Regiment against the Cherokee Indians.
He then moved to Burke County, North Carolina and in September or October 1780 enlisted, served three months as a private in Captain Morrison's Company, Colonel Baitman's North Carolina Regiment against the Cherokee Indians and was in a skirmish.
He was allowed pension on his application executed December 26, 1832 while a resident of Blount County, Tennessee. There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Daughter's death never at 13
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Harner, James GRADE Private LINE New Jersey
WARRANT NUMBER 8393 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED February 11, 1800 to Philemon Thomas, assignee
*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.