Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4599, John Hardin, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.B.
Hardin, John Harden or
IP. 4599
Nancy
CONTENTS

State of Tennessee Mount County
On this 12 th day of January 1853, Personally appeared before me Samuel Thornly an acting justice of the Peace for the County of Mount & State, aforesaid Nancy Hardin a Resident of the County of Mount & State, aforesaid aged about Ninety Six years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her Oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836. That she is the Widow of John Hardin who was a Soldier of the Revolutionary War in the State of North Carolina as will more fully appear by the annexed Certificate of the Comptroller of Public Accounts in and for said State of North Carolina, but the particulars of her said Husband's service she is unable to state, but knows that he served a considerable time. She further declares that she was married to the said John Hardin as well as she can now recollect in the Month of September in the year Seventeen hundred & Seventy four, & that her said Husband was in service when their third child was a sucking Babe, which said child was Born in the year 1779. She further declares that as well as she can now recollect her and her said Husband were married by the publication of the Banns, they were married in Guilford North Carolina, she further declares that the Bible containing the Family Record, a Mr. Moses Curtis who then lived with them sometime about the year 1800 - wished to get it, to which she objected but upon the said Curtis promising to copy off the Record & send it to them, they let him have it, she is unable to state when said Curtis moved.
She further declares that her Husband John Hardin died in Burke County North Carolina on the first day of April 1821, and that she has remained a Widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to

The proof hereto annexed, sworn to & subscribed on the day & year first above written before me
Nancy her Hardin mark
Sam Shoemake Seal
Justice of the Peace for Mount County,
I do further Certify that I am well acquainted with the aforesaid Nancy Hardin who has sworn to & subscribed the foregoing Declaration, & have been well acquainted with her for some Twenty years & know that she has been a Widow during all that time, and can safely say that she is worthy of full confidence, & that her statements are entitled to full faith & credit. I further Certify that she is in such full health as to be unable to appear before a Court of Records.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 12 th day of January 1859,
Sam Shoemake Seal
Justice of the Peace for Mount County,
And I do furthermore Certify that I am in no way related to Mrs Nancy Hardin who has made the foregoing Declaration, nor am I interested directly or indirectly in the Pension which she is making application for.
Given under my hand this 5 th day of April 1859,
Sam Shoemake Seal
Justice of the Peace for Mount County

North Carolina } McDowell County } SS
This day personally appeared before
me Alberto Higgins Esquire one of the acting Justices of the Peace in & for said County of McDowell Moses Curtis, & after having been duly sworn ac- cording to Law deposed & says that he knew John Hardin & wife Nancy Hardin late of Bunce County; that he lived in the family as a boarder in the year 1798, that they then lived together as husband & wife; that they had several children some of whom were grown; that the paper ma- terial is now this day taken from a Bible now in his possession which he purchased from Rob- ert Woody a son-in-law of said Hardin, about the year 1798 or 99 that the said Bible has been in his possession ever since he purchased it from Woody, that the record here appended was made in the said Bible before this affiant sought it, that it has not been altered, & that he believes it is a correct record of the births of the children of John Hardin & wife Nancy. Sworn to & subscribed before me this 26 th 26 day of March A.D. 1853 Moses Curtis
Test A. Higgins J.P.
State of North Carolina }
County of McDowell } Sworn to, subscribed & ack- nowledged before me, & I hereby certify that Moses Curtis is a man of good moral char- acter & worthy to be believed. Given under my hand & seal this day & date above written
A. Higgins J.P.

State of North Carolina McDowell County 3
I Samuel J. Neal Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for said County of McDowell do hereby certify that A. Higgins whose name is signed to the foregoing affidavit is & was at the time of signing it duly qualified justice of the Peace of said County, acting under a commission & that his signature thereto is genuine. Given under my hand & the seal of my office at Marion this 26 th day of March 1853
J. Jasper Keat Clerk
Second record
Rebekah Hardin was Born July the 12 1775 Betty Hardin was born March the 19 1777 William Hardin was born August the 26 1779 Nancy Hardin was born March the 06 1783 Mary Hardin was born January the 26 1786 Sarah Hardin was born August the 16 day 1788 Margaret Hardin was born June the 14 the 1791 John Hardin was Born January 23 the 1794
W. Briggs

State of Tennessee Blount County,
On this 6 th day of January 1854 personally appeared before me Samuel Thornley an acting justice of the Peace for Blount County, John P. Hardin a Citizen of said County with whom I am personally acquainted, aged about fifty years, who after being duly sworn according to law, makes oath that he is the son of John Hardin Leard late of Burke County North Carolina & of Nancy Hardin his Widow now residing in Blount County Tenn, who filed a Declaration dated in January 1853 asking a Pension under the Act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836, that he has on many occasions heard his Father John Hardin speak of his service as a Soldier of the Revolution, that he does not recollect with any degree of certainty the length of service alleged to have been performed by his Father, nor any of the officers under whom he served except Genl. Greene of whom his Father often spoke, he states that his Father in speaking of the particular service performed by him, said that he was a portion of the time in charge of a Baggage waggon, that at the time of the Battle of Guilford he was at home having got a furlough or permit a day or two before the Battle, that he was then living in Guilford in the neighborhood of the Battle ground, that his Father stated that he heard the reports of the Guns on the day of Battle, he stated that at the Battle of the Cowpens he was in charge of a Baggage waggon, that he does not recollect to have heard him say that he was in any regular pitched Battle, but that he was in a good many skirmishes when out with a Scouting party, he states that his Father spoke of being a Tailor by trade & that he was employed a good portion of his time in that way, that he has often heard him in company with other old Soldiers speaking of the occurrences

during their Terms of Service, that his Father was blind many years before his death & that he recollects that a Mr Carson then a Member of Congress from the District of which Burke County N.C. was a part, came to his Father & wanted him to apply to the Government for some assistance, to which his Father refused, saying that he fought for liberty & not for money, that when his Father would get along with his Comrades in arms he has heard them abusing some who were then living & their Descendants for having been Tories.
That his Father lived in Burke County N. Carolina up to the time of his death in 1821, & lived there for a considerable time previous, that after the death of his Father his Mother Nancy Hardin moved to Blount County Tennessee to wit about the year 1833, & that she still resides in said County of Blount, that she has remained a Widow ever since the death of the said John, that she is now very full in Body & Mind being Ninety Seven years old, John D. Hardin
Sworn to & subscribed before Me on the day & date above written
Dan Ghomley Clerk
Justice of the Peace for Blount County,
I do further Certify that John Hardin who makes the foregoing Affidavit is a Man of unquestionable veracity, & that I am no way related to the Applicant or Witness, nor am I in any way interested in the Pension applied for,
This 6 th day of January 1854
Dan Ghomley Clerk
Justice of the Peace for Blount County,

No 7957 Nancy Hardin Widow of John Tenn
John C. Toole July 23/53 Hon S.A. Smith Dec 20 1853 Same Apr 1. 1854
4599
Act July 4 1836

State of Georgia } Before Me Gilmor County } Col. Hollington an acting Justice of the peace in and for said county, personally appeared Thomas Green, who after being duly sworn according to Law, I depose and saith, That he was well acquainted with John Hardin in Burke County North Carolina, about forty Years Years prior to his death and up to the time of his death, which deponent thinks was in the Year eighteen hundred and nineteen I have frequently heard John Hardin speak of his services in the revolutionary War of his officers and of the Battles he had been in But deponent cannot recollect any particular officer or particular battle I have also heard William Green speak of John Hardin's services in said War and have heard both speak together upon the subject, during my whole acquaintance with John Hardin it was and general understanding of the people that John Hardin was a soldier of the revolutionary War, and deponent never heard any thing to the contrary after the death of John Hardin his wife Nancy Hardin remained in Burke County North Carolina about Eleven Years and then moved to the State of Tennessee, sworn to & subscribed before

State of Georgia } I Coke A. Ellington Gilmer County } an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County do hereby certify, That I am the subscri- -bing witness to the within affidavit and that I am not related to Nancy Hardin the person named in said affidavit, and that I am in no way interested in the pension she is applying for.
Given under my hand and official signature this 31 st day of January 1854.
Coke A. Ellington JP
State of Georgia Gilmer County. I Ransome B. Perry Clerk of the Superior Court in and for said County, do here- -by certify that Coke A. Ellington before whom the foregoing affidavit and Certificate was made is & was at the time of so doing an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified that the name hereunto annexed is his signature that this Court is a Court of Record. Given under my hand and official seal at office in Ellijay this the 31 st day of January 1854.
R. B. Perry, Clk.

State of North Carolina Comptroller's Office
I, William S. Clarke, Comptroller of Public Accounts in and for the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that it appears of record in my office, among the payments made by said State to sundry persons for Military services in the Revolutionary War, as follows, to wit:
John Hardin
Vol. 6. acct. 7516 £36 S703 specie
" " " 7521 £9 S5 " "
Book No. 5 page 1 £130 S16 " "
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this 17th. day of December 1852.
Wm. Clarke Compt.

State of North Carolina County of McDowell
This day personally appeared before me E. S. Hall one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for said County of McDowell, Isaac A. Hicks, who, after having been duly sworn according to law, deposed & saith that he knew John Hardin & wife Nancy late of Burke County North Carolina, that they lived together as husband & wife till the death of John Hardin, the widow Nancy Hardin after the death of her husband moved from North Carolina to Tennessee. Further he has often heard John Hardin tell of his services in the Revolutionary war, that he was understood & believed to have been a soldier in the American Army during the war of the Revolution; that he never heard it doubted by any one. Sworn to & subscribed before me this April the 18 th day A D 1853.
Test E. S. Hall J. P. Clerk North Carolina
McDowell County I hereby certify that Isaac A. Hicks whose name is signed to the above
I. A. Hicks

Affidavit is a man of good moral character, & worthy to be believed. Given under my hand & seal the day & date above written E. S. Hull (J. P.)
Worth Carolina McDowell County 3. I, Samuel J. Neal Clerk of Court of Pleas, & Quarter Sessions of said county, certify that E. S. Hull whose name is signed to the foregoing Certificate is duly commissioned & fully author- ized as justice of the peace for McDowell county and his acts are entitled to full credence as such; and that the signatures to the certificate & as witness to the affidavit are genuine. Given under my hand & the seal of my office, at office in Marion, this 18 th day of April A. D. 1853.
S. J. Neal Clerk

State of North Carolina McDowell County
This day appeared before me Benj a Brackett Esq re one of the acting justices of the peace in & for said County of McDowell Jesse Benjamin and after hearing been duly sworn according to law, deposes & says that he knew John Hardin and wife Nancy Hardin late of the County of Rutherford in North Carolina, that they lived together as husband & wife till the death of John Har- din; that after his death the widow Nancy Hardin moved to the State of Tennessee. He further states that it was the general belief among the neighbors that John Hardin was a soldier in the American Army during the Revolu- tionary war. February the 1 st day 1853 Sworn to & subscribed Jesse Benjamin before me the day & date above written
Benjamin Brackett J.P.
State of North Carolina
McDowell County } I Benja a Brackett Esq re one of the acting justices of the peace in & for said County, do certify that Jesse Benjamin whose name is subscri- bed to the foregoing affidavit is a man of good moral character, & worthy to be believed
Benjamin Brackett J.P.

State of North Carolina
County of McDowell
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I Samuel J. Neal Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Sessions for said County hereby certify that Benjamin Brantley Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, and who has then and subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing an authorized Justice of Peace in & for said County, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, & affixed the seal of my office this the 11 day of February A.D. 1853.
S. J. Neal Clk
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State of North Carolina §
In Me Doubl County } This day personally appeared before me Thomas G. Greene Esquire one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for the said Coun- ty Moses Curtis, & after having been duly sworn according to law, deposeth & saith that he knew John Hardin & wife Nancy Hardin late of Beaufort County North Carolina; that he knew them prior to the year 1800; that he lived in the family as a boarder during the year 1798; that they then lived together as husband & wife & had sev- eral children some of whom were grown; that they continued to live together as husband & wife till the death of John Hardin about the year 1820; that after the death of her said husband the said Nancy Hardin left North Carolina & mov- ed to the State of Tennessee. Affiant does not know that they were legally married, but believes they were as it was understood by the neighbors, & he never heard any thing to the contrary. Affiant does not recollect distinctly whether John Hardin was reputed a soldier in the American Army during the revo- lutionary war, but that is impossible as he was as a soldier I swear to & subscribed before me this the 11 day of February 1853 T. G. Greene (J.P.) Moses Curtis
North Carolina §
In Me Doubl County } I hereby certify that Moses Curtis whose name is signed to the foregoing affidavit is a man of good moral character & worthy to be believed. Given under my hand this day

State of North Carolina Wake County
I Samuel J. Neal Clerk of
the Court of Pleas & Sessions for said County hereby certify that Thomas G. Greene Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, & who has thereto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing an authorized justice of the Peace in & for the County & State aforesaid, & that his signature thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of my office this the 11 th day of February 1853
S. J. Neal Clerk
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State of Tennessee Blount County,
Respectfully
an acting justice of the Peace in and for Blount County aforesaid, on this 12 th day of April 1859,
Reuben Gregory
aged about fifty eight years
& J. C. Wright
aged about forty six years
Citizens of said County, with whom I am personally acquainted, who after being duly sworn according to law doth make the following statement, to wit,
That they are personally acquainted with Mrs Nancy Hardin Widow of John Hardin Beard, that they have known her ever since she moved to Tennessee some Twenty years & upwards since, that she was then understood to have moved from Burke County North Carolina & was understood to be the Widow of John Hardin Beard, that she has resided in Blount County Tenn ever since & has remained a Widow ever since
Reuben Gregory
sworn to & subscribed before
James C. Wright
me the day & date above
written, and I do further certify that I am in no way related to Mrs Nancy Hardin nor have I any interest directly or indirectly in the Pension which she is making application for. I further certify that the witnesses whose signatures appear above are entitled to full faith & credit,
Sam Shornly Seal Justice of the Peace for Blount County

State of Tennessee } I Robert A Ledford Clerk of Blount County } The County Court of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Saml Yarnley Esqr before whom the annexed declaration date 12 th of January 1853 and whose certificate appears thereto bearing date 5 th of April 1853 and before whom the foregoing affidavits were made bearing date 12 th of April 1853 is and was at the time of the several dates thereof and acting justice of the peace for Blount County duly authorized to administer oaths for general purposes and the signatures purporting to be his are genuine and also that I have no inter- est in the claim whatever
witness my hand at office with seal of office in Maryville This 22 nd of April 1853 Robert A Ledford Clerk

No. 7.957. Application of Mrs Nancy Hardin Widow of John Hardin deceased, For Pension under Act of July 4 th . 1836,
Send Claim to John E. Foote Marysville Tennessee

Nancy Hardin Sen ous 36
ad en Rev
C.M.
Wm L. A. Smith HOFV

State of Tennessee / I Spencer Henry Mount County Clerk of the County Court of said County do hereby certify that Sarah Spencer Henry whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate & affidavit is and was at the time thereof an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly Commissioned & sworn & that full faith & credit are due all his official acts as such
Witness my hand and my Seal of office at office in Maryville Feb 28 1884 Spencer Henry Clerk By McMackin D.W.R.

Washington D.C. Dec 15-1883
Hon P. Mills Comr of Pensions
Dear Sir,
Enclosed I send you a letter from John E. Tackley Esq. of Maryville Tennessee in relation to the claim of Mrs Harden widow of John Harden, for a pension. I hope it will receive an early examination, and if the present declaration or evidence is not sufficient I will be much obliged to you to point out the defects as I am well satisfied. The claim ought to be allowed. Very Respectfully Yours obed Servt
J. A. Smith

Mayville Tennessee
June 4 th 1859.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir,
Enclosed you will find an Affidavit in support of Claim of Mrs. Nancy Hardin Widow of John Hardin, whose Claim was forwarded to the Department by me in April last.
The paper has been recd from N Carolina since the other papers were sent,
Respectfully
John S. Fogg

Feby 28-99. Mr. P. B. Johnston Atlanta Ga hisb. a vj
Act of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED 4599
P. O. James Hardin Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18