Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32298, Jacob Harvick, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Nb.
Barwick Jacob Barwick
S. 32298
Born in Penn.
CONTENTS

Illinois. 13.396.
Jacob Harwick.
Johnson o in the State of Illinois who was a Private in the 6. o commanded by Captain Aulick, — of the Reg. t commanded by Col. o Phillips — in the N.C. time for 15 mos.
$50.
The name on printed list of 1835 is Harwick and this packet was probably as seen erasure.
Inscribed on the Roll of Illinois at the rate of 50. Dollars 00. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16. th day of July 1833, and sent to Hon. M c rae. Equality. Illinois
Arrears to the 4th of March 33. 100.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept. 1833. 25.00
$125.00
d. Nov. 22. 1833.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm. Palmer Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 8 Page 57
261173

State of Illinois, Johnson county, viz:
On this third day of June, 1833, personally appeared in open court, before the court of county commissioners, in and for the said county of Johnson, now sitting, Jacob Harinck, a resident of the said county of Johnson, aged eighty one years, or thereabouts, 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 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:
Early in the year 1781, as well as he now remembers he turned out as a volunteer private for three months, under Captain Hulet of Surry county, North Carolina, where this declarant then resided. In this company, under the regimental command of Col. Phillips, this applicant marched to Salisbury where the command was stationed to guard some prisoners who were confined there. In this service they were engaged during the term of three months, about the end of which time, Cornwallis being in the neighborhood at the head of the hostile forces, they left Salisbury, carrying with them the prisoners, and retreated to the Virginia line, where this declarant was discharged by Captain Hulet . He does not now remember the name of the place where he was thus discharged, and he has lost proof of his discharge.
There were no continental, or regular, soldiers with the forces to which this applicant belonged during the term of service just described.
This declarant returned home to Surry county, where he remained until in the Fall season of the same year, when

he again entered as a private the service in the North Carolina state line for one year. His Captain was Captain Charles Gordon. He was again marched to Salisbury, and remained there guarding the prisoners, who were confined there, having been taken there as soon as the danger from Cornwallis had passed. At Salisbury they remained about two months, at the expiration of which time, his company was taken down to a place on Drowning creek, about 70 miles distant from Salisbury, where the state troops were encamped under Major Crawford, or Major Lewis, he does not recollect precisely which of them. At this place Capt. Gordon's company remained only a few days, and was marched down to the Padee, where they were engaged three months guarding the neighboring country against any insurrection of the negroes and mulattoes, of whose rising and assisting the British apprehensions were seriously entertained by the People. During this service they, the troops to which this declarant was attached, met with no engagements, as the negroes were overawed. Captain Gordon next led his company to the waters of Deep river, at Lindley's mill, where it again joined the main body of the state troops under Major Lewis. Soon after arriving at Lindley's mill, Captain Gordon left his company under some charge of misconduct, who had after this the immediate command of the company this declarant does not now remember, but recollects that Major Lewis still retained command of the troops there assembled. After about three weeks or a month's stay at Lindley's mill, Major Lewis ordered conducted the troops to Hillsbury, where at the expiration of his terms of service by Major Lewis. (one year,) this declarant received his discharge. In all the course of this year's service in the state troops, there were no continental soldiers in service with this declarant. His discharge was given in 1782, sometime after the termination of the war, and has since been lost.
This declarant, during the time he was as hereinbefore stated in the service of the United States, was engaged in no civil pursuit, but was entirely devoted to and exclusively occupied by that service.
When called into service this declarant resided, as he has before stated in Surry county, North Carolina, which continued to be his home until after the close of the revolutionary war. From that place he removed to the state of Georgia, thence to the state of Tennessee, and thence to the then Territory, now state, of Illinois, where he has continued to reside, and still does reside.
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.
This declarant furthermore states that he has no documentary evidence to prove the foregoing related facts, nor does he know of any living witness whose testimony he can procure to them. He was born in what is now the state of Pennsylvania, in the 1752, but has no record of his age.
Jacob Warwick
Sworn to and subscribed in open court, the day & year first aforesaid.
John McEntire CLERK
And the following interrogatories were then put to the said Jacob Warwick by the said court, to which the said Warwick made answer upon oath as annexed to said interrogatories respectively:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Answer: - I was born in the colony of Pennsylvania, in the year 1752.
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it?
Answer: - I have no record of my age.
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
Answer: - I lived in Surry county, (North Carolina), when called into service, and since the war have lived in Georgia, Tennessee and Illinois, successively, and in Illinois I 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?
Answer: - I volunteered.
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 service.
Answer: - I know of none in addition to those stated in my declaration, to which I refer for full answer.  There were no regular officers with the troops where I served, nor any continental regiments, the only militia regiment he now recollects was that of Col. Phillips, and such as Major Lewis commanded, whether a full regiment or not I do not remember. I was engaged guarding prisoners at Salisbury, retreated to the Virginia line, returned to Galisburg, where marched to Dromilly creek, thence to Pigeon Stone to Deep River, & otherwise as stated.
6. 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.
Answer: - Samuel Copeland, Sheriff, and the Rev. Hezekiah West.
Jacob Warwick
Answered, subscribed and sworn to, as above stated, in open court, this day & year first above mentioned.
John McEntire - CLERK

We, Hezekiah West, a clergyman, residing in the county of Johnson, and state of Illinois, and Samuel Copeland, residing in the same county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Harriek, who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be eighty-one 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 day and year aforesaid - in open court. Hezekiah West Samuel Copeland John M c Intire Clerk
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 Hezekiah West, who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the county of Johnson aforesaid, and that Samuel Copeland, who has also signed the same is a resident of the same county, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, John M c Intire, clerk of the court of County Commissioners, in and for the county of Johnson, in the state of Illinois, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application of Jacob Harriek for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and seal of office, this 3 d day of June, 1833 -
John M c Intire Clerk

1861. 13.396
Jacob Harvick, of Johnson County, Illinois.
Return to
Adm 1. year & 3 months for. _____
Allen F. Grant, Agt., Equality, Illinois.

BRIEF in the case of  Jacob Havrick  County of Johnson,  in the State of Illinois.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? A Judge.  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? Yes.  3. How old is he? 80 years.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Vol. In 1781. 3. As a priv. Gen. Col. Philips, Cap. Heatet,   Enlisted 1781. 1. " " Charles Gordon.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No. 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. R. Turner,  Examining Clerk.

September 8, 1936.
H. H. West 214 South Hill Street Los Angeles, California.
BA-J/ILL Jacob Harvick S. 32298
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letters in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Jacob Harvick, a pensioner of Johnson County, Illinois, and General Richard Winn of South Carolina.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Richard Winn, the above noted officer of South Carolina. The data which follow were found in pension claim, S. 32298, based upon service of Jacob Harvick in the Revolutionary War.
Jacob Harvick was born in the year 1752 in the "Colony of Pennsylvania"; the exact place of his birth, and the names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Surry County, North Carolina, he enlisted early in 1781 and served three months as private in Captain Hulet's, or Hewitt's company, Colonel Phillips' North Carolina regiment, engaged part of the time guarding prisoners at Salisbury; he enlisted in the fall of 1781, and served one year as private in Captain Charles Gordon's company, during which he was stationed on the Pedee River several months and later, at Lindley's Mill and Hillsborough under Major Lewis.
The soldier resided in Surry County, North Carolina, until after the close of the Revolutionary War, moved from there to Georgia, thence to Tennessee, and from there to the territory which was later Illinois.
Jacob Harvick was allowed pension on his application executed

June 3, 1833, at which time he resided in Johnson County, Illinois. Jacob Harvick died November 22, 1833.
The soldier made no reference to wife or children.
In June 1833, Hezekiah West, a clergyman, was a resident of Johnson County, Illinois; he stated that he was well acquainted with the soldier, Jacob Harvick, but did not state any relationship to him.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
The writer - H. H. West - has had Hezekiah West - one file - several letters regarding that sol. + Col. Richard Munn in that case.

32 298 INVALID. Rev
File No. 32, 298
Jacob Harvick Rev War
Act: June 1 st 32 nd
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 174
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1912 Jan. 19 Hist. to Hon. Wm B. McKinley Letter in P. F. 34519 Hezekiah West 1912 Apr. 22. Hon. W. A. Rodenberg to apply to Aud. Int. for last payment of pension 1913. Apr. 14. To Dr. Mr. Guel. trans Dept for Tombstone. Dr. 1917 July 16 Hist. to Miss R. Down 1926. Sept. 6. Hist. to H. H. West. S.D.

Jacob Harrick
18,000
Hugh Miller

B R I E F objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Jacob Harrick, further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned 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? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? No.
XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 8.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 _____ For _____ 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 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 shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places 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.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
‡QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

Equality, Gallatin county, Ill.
June 8th, 1833—
Sir:
Accompanying this is the declaration of Jacob Harvick, made anew, to meet the objections stated in the brief of interrogatories transmitted by you to me with his former declaration. The term of the county court of his county having opportunely come on during an interval of good health, the old man has been enabled to make his statement directly before the court, and has not been obliged as before to make it before a judge.
I also forward herewith the declaration of Mrs Greenbury Choke, of the same county, (Johnson).
You will please advise me of the result—both of the applicants having entrusted to me the prosecution of their claims.
Respectfully,
Your obedient servant
Alex. L. Frank
To the
Comm. of Pensions.

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Jacob Hargick S.F. 32298
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Early in 1781 3 mos. Pvt. Hulet or Hewitt Phillips Ky.   Fall of 1781 1 year " Charles Gordon                                     
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Surry Co. Ky.
Date of application for pension, June 3, 1833  Hw cl. al.
Residence at date of application, Johnson Co. Ill.
Age at date of application, born in what was in 1833 the state of Penn. died Nov. 22, 1833*
Remarks: No data as to family.
* from Agnew's book
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
1565b3m10-08
Name is on printed list of 1835 as Harwick

A careful search of the records of this Bureau fails to show a claim for Revolutionary War pension on file for any soldier named Jacob Harwick, but one Jacob Harvick, Sur. File No. 32,298, Rev. War, was born in Pennsylvania in 1752, and while a resident of Surry County, North Carolina, volunteered as a Private early in 1781, under Captain Hulet or Hewitt in Colonel Phillips regiment, and served three months. In the Fall of 1781 he again entered the service as Private in the North Carolina line under Captain Charles Gordon, and served one year.
He was allowed pension on an application executed June 3, 1833, while a resident of Johnson County, Illinois.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Sent to Hon. W. B. McKinley House of Reps. Jan. 19, 1912

aw April 22, 1912.
Hon. W. A. Rodenberg, House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Rodenberg:
In response to your letter dated the 20 th and received the 22 nd instant, I have the honor to advise you that for the date of last payment of pension of Jacob Harvick (Sur. File No. 52,298) North Carolina troops, Rev. War, you should apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U. S. Treasury Department, citing the following data: Jacob Harvick or Harwick, Certificate No. 13,396, issued July 16, 1833, under the Act of June 7, 1832, at the Illinois Agency.
Very respectfully,
J. C. Davis Commissioner.

H. H. WEST CO. Manufacturers' Representative 214 South Hill Street VAndike 1818 Los Angeles, Calif.
August 17, 1936.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Will you please furnish me an abstract of the pension application of:
OK
JACOB HARVICK - Sur. File No. 32, 289, Revolutionary War.
who was allowed a pension July 3, 1833 while a resident of Johnson Co. Illinois, and oblige.
Information desired for History of Hezekiah West , Revolutionary soldier, to whom Harvick was related.
Yours very truly,
A handwritten signature in cursive, appearing to read "H. H. West".
H. H. West.
HHW - M

Recd: One 2 ct stamped envelope Rev Sec JUL 10 1917
COX PWS Stmpd. enr. held. CW
Canton, Illinois
July 9, 1917.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir — Will you kindly send the Military history of the following names, Samuel De Lach, Jacob Harwick, Jonas  James Cline.

If there are any records in the Bureau of Pensions of these men serving as soldiers in the Revolutionary War.
Respectfully
Miss Nellie R. Dorr
359 West Ohio Street Canton Illinois

m 32298
WILLIAM A. RORER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIAL ARTS AND EXPOSITIONS WASHINGTON
April 20, 1912.
Mr. T. L. Patterson, Chairman of Committee, Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir:
I will appreciate it greatly if you can advise me as to the date when Mr. Leopold Hurwitz drew his last pension under certificate No. 32298. Mr. Hurwitz was a member of a North Carolina Regiment.
Yours very truly,
CONGRESSIONAL PENSION U.S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS APR 22 1912

WILLIAM A. RODENBERG, ILLINOIS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIAL ARTS AND EXPOSITIONS WASHINGTON
April 20, 1912.
Hon. J. L. Davenport, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir:
I will appreciate it greatly if you can advise me as to the date when Mr. Jacob Harvick drew his last pension under certificate No. 32298. Mr. Harvick was a member of a North Carolina Regiment.
Thanking you in advance, I remain
Yours very truly,
A handwritten signature in cursive script, reading "W. A. Rodenberg". The signature is written in dark ink and features a large, stylized initial "W" and a long, sweeping underline.
A handwritten mark or set of initials in cursive script, possibly "VC" or "Vc", located in the bottom left corner of the page. It consists of a large, circular initial "V" followed by a smaller "c" or "V".