Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4,558, Uriah Hand, N.C.

SERVICE
Hand, Uriah
NUMBER
R. 4558
N.B.
CONTENTS

35k79 Uriah Hand
Kim Act 32
Hm J. M. Stone HJR

State of Kentucky Spencer County. 3 Swit:
On this first day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty four personally appeared in open Court before the County Court of Spencer County now sitting in the State of Kentucky (it being a Court of record for said County) Wreath Hand a resident of Spencer County in the State of Kentucky, aged Eighty five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, oaths on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 26 th 1832. He states that he entered the Service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein after stated. He states that he entered the Service as a volunteer in the County of Lincoln and State of North Carolina in the month of March 1780. as a North Carolina militia man in the Company Commanded by Captain William Brownfield in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Polk. and served a tour of six months. the kind of Service performed was to be constantly in the Service, as a safe guard against the Tories who were very troublesome, before his term of Service expired or about that time, he volunteered again in the Service for the term of Twelve months. and was in actual Service all the time, he states that in the fall of 1780. he was in that part of the Army which was engaged in watching the movements of the British Army in his entrance into and retreat from North Carolina, and was at Charlotte Town in North Carolina when Lord Cornwallis took possession of it, and was engaged in skirmishes with foraging parties which was from time to time sent out by Cornwallis for provisions. he was in no regular engagement with the Enemy. but was in frequent skirmishes. He states that after Cornwallis retreated from Charlotte Town, he was still continuing in the Service up to September 1781. in watching the movements of the Tories and the British Army and scouring the Country. He states

that from the manner in which the war was prosecuted, there was a continue State of Alarm. Sometimes the British Army was in North Carolina, and then it would retreat, Cornwallis after abandoning Charlotte Town and retreating with his army again in the early part of the year 1781 returned and took fort at Hillsborough, when the battle of Guilford Courthouse was fought he states he was in the direction of Wilmington, he belonging to a party of militia that had despatched to watch the movements of the British in that quarter. He states that when his term of Service was about to expire he volunteered again for six months, but only served two months, he was discharged from the Service in the month of November 1781. Some short time after the Surrender of Com Wallis at the Siege of York Town. he states that he cannot recollect the names of all the Officers under whom he served, as he is now old and his memory very weak; but the names of Colone Clarke General Sumpter, General Marion, Colone Campbe Colone Shelby others are very familiar to him, and he has sworn under oath of the Gentlemen Fort General Sumpter Rev. A. Clarke, from the nature of the Service he performed his Officers were frequently changed. He states he has no documentary evidence and he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his Services. 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. Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year aforesaid.
Rev. Arch. H. Clarke
We Willard Stone a Clergyman residing in the County of Spencer, and James Stone residing in the same County, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Richard Hand, who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration, that we believe him to be Eighty five years of age; that he is respected and beloved, in the

neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution; and that we Concur in that opinion. I worn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Wm Stout
James Stone
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 William Stout who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman residing in the County of Spencer, and that James Stone is a credible person; and that their Statement is entitled to Credit.
I Raphael Lancaster Clerk of the County Court of Spencer County in the State of Kentucky, do hereby Certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Moriah Hand for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this First day of April 1844. In the 52 nd year of the Commonwealth. Raph d Lancaster Clerk Spencer Cty Ky

Drunk Ward. of Kentucky Act June 7. 1832. Suspended
I would like to examine the Papers Reynolds Baldwin

35.679
Monah Hand Kentucky
Set to Hon J. W. Stone May 27. 1844 do to same June 10. 1844 do to E. S. Brown Mar 25/53
4558
Act June 7. 1832

Elizabethtown Kentucky September 24 th 1852.
James E. Heath
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir,
I have been employed by an old man by the name of Uriah Hance, 93 years of age, living in an adjoining county, to prosecute his claim for a Pension under Act of 7 th June 1832.
He informs me that he made a declaration before the Spencer County Court, this state, in April 1844. That the person who then employed him has abandoned the claim, and for this reason he has engaged my services to prosecute the same.
He states that he was a private in Captain Brownfield's company, Col. Polk's Regiment North Carolina Militia, Revolutionary War, & served 18 mos.
You will oblige me by sending me a copy of the letter which was addressed to his agent or attorney after the first examination of his claim. The claim was filed in April 1844 by Raphael Lancaster Esq. of Taylorsville Ky.
I refer you to F. F. C. Triplett, chief clk.
Very Respectfully E. S. Brown

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1878.
REJECTED
4008
P. O.
Wiah Hand
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Elizabeth Ky October 29 th 1852
James E. Heath
Commissioner of Pensions
(Dear Sir
Inclosed I send you a Power of attorney, authorising me to pros- ecute the Pension claim of Uriah Hand for Revolutionary Services in N.C. You will please file the said Power of attorney with the other papers. I think his declaration was made in April 1844. and filed shortly there- after by Raphael Lancaster of Spencer Co Ky who is now dead
Please acknowledge receipt of this
Very Respectfully E. S. Brown

Revolutionary Claims. Uriah Hand. Act 7 th June 1832. Power of Attorney To E. S. Brown
File this with the original papers, which were filed in April 1844, by Raphael Lancaster of Taylorsville Kentucky, under act of 7 th June 1832
E. S. Brown atty Elizabethtown Kentucky Sep 24 th 1832

Know all men by these presents, That I, Uriah H and of Spencer County Kentucky
who was a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution, do hereby constitute and appoint E. S. Brown of Elizabeth Ky  my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to prosecute against the Government of the United States, before any Department thereof, any and all claim or claims I have to arrears of pay or Pension money, under any Act or Acts, Resolution or Resolutions, of the Congress of the United States, and especially the Acts 4th July 1836, 7th July 1838, 3rd March 1843, 17th June 1844, 2nd February 1848, and 29th July 1848—as well as the more ancient Acts of 18th March 1818, 15th May 1828, and 7th June 1832.
Said Attorney is moreover authorised in my name to demand at any Department of the said Government, a re-consideration of any decision hitherto or hereafter to be given, touching my interests, and to obtain from any Department or the archives thereof, any and all information or evidence of whatever character relating to or in anywise bearing upon the claim or claims we hereby seek the investigation of.
Said Attorney is moreover authorised to do any and all things necessary to carry out the foregoing purposes, and to receive the Certificates of Pension or other character of drafts or evidences of the amounts due me and to appoint one or more Sub-Attorneys, and to confer upon him or them all the powers therein conferred upon said Brown hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney may do by virtue of these presents.
Witness my hand and seal this 9 th day of September 1852.
attest:
Jonathan Davis
Uriah H and
Eli Goodwine
State of Kentucky  Spencer County, sec.
BE IT KNOWN, that on the 9 th day of Sept 1852, before the subscriber, a Justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Uriah H and
subscriber to the foregoing Power of Attorney, and acknowledging the signing, sealing and deliv- ering the same to be his own voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes therein set forth.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I do hereunto subscribe my name,
W. H. Campbell J. P. L.C.

State of Kentucky Spencer County Set:
I, Joseph Bleed Clerk of the County Court for the county aforesaid certify that William K. Kenzer whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate is, and was, at the time of signing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office at Luylovs ville this 18 th day of September A. D. 1852.
J Bleed CLK
By Felix L Stidger Sec