Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 1604, Samuel Hawkins, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Hawkins, Samuel (or Samuel B.) W 1604 Pharaba
CONTENTS

26522 Cash Tennessee
Samuel Hawkins of Hamilton in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the ... commanded by Captain Stewart of the ... commanded by Col. ... in the ... line for 16 ... months
Inscribed on the Roll of ... at the rate of 53 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Feb 1834 and John ... Blair ...
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 33 Semi-ant. allowance ending March 26.07 $160 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by ... Clerk, Book ... Vol. ... Page 46

683
Tennessee  Jemborough Phoebe Hawkins widow of Samuel Hawkins who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Massachusetts Line Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 53 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of October 1850 and sent to
B. M c Daniel Esq Greenville Tennessee Tennessee
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 182 Vol. A
July 29.

State of Tennessee 3 d P.
Hamilton County Court February Sessions 1833
On this 26 th day of February 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Most Rightful Justices of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for said County of Hamilton now sitting at the Court house in Dallas, Samuel Hawkins a resident in said County of Hamilton and State aforesaid aged ninety seven years the 13 th day of May last 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 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as hereinafter stated, that is to say under Capt Lemuel Stewart as a volunteer in Col James Easton's regiment, in Williamstown in the north- west part of the State of Massachusetts in the first year of the Revolutionary War, and was marched by said Capt. Lemuel Stewart, to Albany New York where the company joined the other Companies of the regiment to which it belonged, as well as number of troops from Vermont, all under General Schuyler, Major Coffin commanded the Vermont troops when they arrived at Albany we were marched from Albany by Gen Schuyler's command but under the immediate command of Col Easton & Majors Brown and Coffin (Gen Schuyler did not accompany the troops in person) to Ticonderoga by the way of Skene'sborough, taking water at Skene'sborough, a short time after our arrival at Ticonderoga we were marched to Crown Point and remained to await the

arrival of Genl. Montgomery who arrived about a month or six weeks after the arrival of our Troops, In a few days after the arrival of Genl. Montgomery at Crown Point (The troops at this place being all under his immediate command) we were taken by water down Lake Champlain, to Isle Enoe opposite to the White house in Canada, at which white house there was a strong British garrison, and on which Isle the troops under Genl. Montgomery engaged in making fortifications, in cannon shot of the British garrison before mentioned, This applicant remained a number of weeks engaged in assisting in making those fortifications before mentioned, and was ordered to assist in conveying the sick and wounded to Albany - on the arrival of this applicant at Albany, he with those that assisted in conveying the sick & wounded, were ordered by Genl. Schuyler to guard the military stores from Albany to Schenectady from Schenectady to Johnstown where we deposited part of said stores, from there to Fort Herkimer at the German flats, and deposited another part of the said stores there, from there to Fort Stanwix and delivered the remaining part of said stores to Col. Dayton of the Jersey blues - This applicant returned to Schenectady, and attended to forwarding military stores under the direction of Genl. Schuyler, until Col. Elmore arrived there, when this applicant enrolled his name in Capt. Hoanes Company, in Col. Elmore's Regiment - (Col. Easton's Regiment having been

dismissed. Their term of service being expired— and was again engaged in conveying the baggage and Ammunition Stores, under Capt. Elijah Bab- cock (having been attached to his company) who who had the management of said Stores in their con- veyance to Johnstown Fort Herkimer and Fort Stanwix aforesaid, in which service this applicant served until the Mohawk river was froze up Capt Babcocks Company then joined the troops at John- stown, this applicant does not recollect that Capt Babcocks company ever went on parade with the other troops but distinctly recollects that said company was considered as a guard and managing party of the baggage & Ammunition & military stores, from Johnstown the troops were marched to Fort Herkimer, at the German Flats and continued there until near the opening of the spring the third year of the war, from there Capt Babcocks Company conveyed some military stores up the Mohawk river to Fort Stanwix, where this applicant was under the immediate com- mand of Col Elmore till his Regiment was relieved by troops commanded by Genl Her- kimer, soon after the arrival of which troops Col Elmores Regiment was dismissed and this applicant returned to Albany, having served under different commanders as before mentioned two years and six months This applicant received a discharge written by

Major Fay, when Elmore's Regiment was dismissed which discharge has long since been lost - This applicant thinking it not worth being preserved. This applicant joined Captain Davis' company above Concord, in Mass. and was in the battle common- ly called Lexington battle, before he entered the service as already mentioned in which battle Capt Davis was killed and his company commanded by his brother until the British were driven to Boston, - This applicant person- ally knew Genl Washington, Genl Schuyler, Genl Putnam, Genl Gates, Genl Sullivan Genl Nixon, Genl Lafayette, Genl Starkes Genl Allan Genl Arnold, Genl Montgomery, and many others, - He has no documentary evidence of his services. he knows no person at this time who can testify to his ser- vices whose testimony can be procured. This applicant was born in the Isle of Angu- sia on the 18 th day of May 1735. The record of his age is in New York with his books and other papers which he left there between forty and forty five years ago - he has no record of it here but distinctly recollects the date and year. His place of residence was in Boston Massachusetts when he entered the service. after the Revolutionary war he lived in Boston, Acton, and Waltham, Mass. about six or seven years, and in Pittsfield Mass. eight

or ten years, from there he went to Caswell & Rockingham Counties North Carolina and remained there or four years perhaps long- ger, from there to Hawkins County, Tennessee where he lived more than thirty years part of the time in the adjoining County (Greene) from there to this County (Hamilton) and has re- sided here about two years past and still resides here — He states that he is known in his present neighborhood to Thomas Cummings and Dennis Condray who can testify as to his character for veracity and good behavior and as to his services as a soldier of the Revolution but not to any clergyman
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 —
Samuel Hawkins
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
in open Court Chas. M'Nally clerk pro tem
We Thomas Cummings, and Dennis Condray residing in the County of Hamilton aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Hawkins who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ninety sev- en years of age, that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and

That we concur in that opinion
Given to and subscribed The day & year aforesaid in open Court and Asahel Rawlings, old guardian, Thomas Cummings Dennis Condrey
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 Thomas Cummings and Dennis Condrey are residents in said county of Hamilton and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. It also appears to them that there is no clergyman living in the neighborhood of the said applicant.
J. H. Wang
La.anna
George Sawyer
Justices of said Court
I Asahel Rawlings clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Samuel Hawkins for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private seal (having no seal of office) at office this 26th day of February 1833.
Asahel Rawlings clerk of said Court

State of Tennessee Hamilton County
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for the County of Hamilton aforesaid Samuel Hawkins 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 four months, on his first entering the service, as orderly sergeant, in Captain Samuel Stewarts company under whom he voluntarily enlisted but has forgotten for what length of time and in Colonel Easton's Regiment under whom he served. He was acting as orderly sergeant as aforesaid when he was selected by General Montgomery to the command of those who were ordered to convey the sick and wounded from Colo- nial to Albany, when on his arrival he was with those un- der his command in the performance of the last mentioned duty, ordered to guard and convey the military stores from one post to another, by General Schuyler, as already sta- ted in his declaration, until Col. Easton's regiment was dis- missed. At the expiration of his enlistment in Col. Easton's regiment he enrolled his name in Capt. Slocum's company who had been a Lieutenant in Capt. Stewarts company and was now promoted to a captaincy in Col. Elmore's Regiment and continued in the discharge of military duty actively engaged under Col. Elmore as here to fore stated in his declaration until he was discharged by Major Gray - he recollects that he was discharged as an orderly sergeant, by said Major Gray. He also recollects that he ob- tained from Genl. Schuyler when he received his first orders from him that he belonged to Col. Easton's Regiment and Capt. Stewarts company, and that if he did not return that he might be treated as a deserter. Genl. Schuyler replied that he needed this applicants service, and would see that he should not be injured by being detained in his service. This was before Col. Easton's Regiment was disbanded. He is certain that he served as he has stated not less than two years and six months from the time he first enlisted until he was discharged by Major Gray. He is certain that he served the whole term last aforesaid under the pay of an orderly sergeant and was discharged as such, but only performed the duties of orderly sergeant in Capt. Stewarts company the first four months of his service he was during the remainder of the time more actively

engaged in obeying the orders of his superior officers as set forth in his declaration he uniformly during his whole term of service considered himself as holding the rank of orderly sergeant and so did his officers he positively states that he was not engaged in any civil pursuit during the aforesaid term but was in the actual service of his country and subject to the orders of his officers which he at all times promptly obeyed during all the time he has mentioned, and for which service I claim a pension.
Sworn to and subscribed J Samuel Hawkins
This 4th day of October 1833
John Bradfield
J. P. H. C. W.
J Samuel Hawkins 669 1/2
State of Tennessee Hamilton County
Dallas. 4th November 1833
I Asahel Rawlings clerk of the court of pleas and quarter sessions of Hamilton County aforesaid do hereby certify that John Bradfield Esquire whose name appears officially signed to the above affidavit of Samuel Hawkins is now on the day of this date of said certificate an acting justice of the pleas for said County regularly commissioned and sworn. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private seal (not having an official seal) at office the 4th day of November 1833 — Asahel Rawlings
L.S.
of said County Court
I do hereby certify that Asahel Rawlings is clerk of Hamilton County Court which is a court of record and that his signature is genuine and that there is no seal of office for said Court 30th November 1833 James Standiford

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 29 th July 1848.
State of Tennessee County of Greene
On this second day of March, One thousand eight hundred and fifty, personally appeared before me James Williams a Justice of the peace in and for said County, Mrs. Phoebe Hawkins, a resident of Greene County in the State of Tennessee, aged sixty seven years on the 4 th day of October, One thousand eight hundred and forty nine; who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed 29 th July 1848; entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving widows of Officers and soldiers of the revolutionary war" viz:
That she is the widow of Samuel Hawkins, alias Samuel B. Hawkins; who was a soldier of the Massachusetts Line during the war of the revolution; for which service he was placed on the pension roll about the year 1834, at the rate of fifty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum, under the act of Congress of 7 th June 1832; and that he drew said pension at the Knoxville

Tennessee agency. — For the particulars of his service in the war of the revolution, she refers the Department to his Declaration and proofs now on file.
She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Hawkins, in the county of Hawkins, in the state of Tennessee, at her father's house, Samuel Spears; by William Paine a justice of the peace for said county, in the month of August, in the year One thousand seven hundred and ninety seven; And that her husband the said Samuel Hawkins, died in Hamilton county in the state of Tennessee on the sixth day of May in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty six; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the second day of January, Eighteen hundred, viz; at the time above stated. — She further swears that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made any application for a pension; and that she has no family Register.
Phoebe her X Hawkins mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first within written. I further certify that the above named Phoebe Hawkins is personally

known to me: that she is the widow of the said Samuel Hawkins alias Samuel H Hawkins, and that from bodily infirmity she is unable to attend Court.
James Williams Justice of the Peace
State of Tennessee } County of Greene } 88
County Court } March term 1858 }
Monday 4th }
The Declaration of Pharaba Hawkins, in order to obtain a pension, sworn to before the above named James Williams, a justice of the peace in, and for said County, being submitted to the Court, now in session, the said Court doth approve all his proceedings in the case, and order that the Clerk endorse the approval of the Court on the papers.
Samuel Wright Chairman
State of Tennessee } County of Greene } 88
I George W Houte, Clerk of the County Court of said County, do certify, that the foregoing proceedings in the matter of the application of Pharaba Hawkins for a pension under the act of Congress of 29th July 1848, are the original proceedings in said case, had and approved by the County Court of said County, at its March term, Monday 4th, 1858, and that

Samuel Wright Esq. who has signed the foregoing Court Certificate, is now, and was at the date thereof, an acting Justice of the peace in, and for said County, and Chairman of said Court, duly elected and qualified according to law, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
I further certify that James Williams before whom the foregoing Declaration was made, is now, and was at the date thereof, an acting Justice of the peace in, and for said County, duly elected and qualified according to law; and that the signature attached thereto, purporting to be his, appears in his own proper handwriting and is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of Office, at Office, in Greenville the fifth day of March One thousand eight hundred and fifty.
Geo. H. Tount, Clk.

26.623
Samuel Hawkins Hamilton Co. Tennessee
2.00 (F) from 17 - pr. 16 months $53 \frac{33}{100}
sent by Mr Blair lastly for Knoxville agency (if allowed)
Rev J. Hendren H.R.
Isabel Rawlings Clerk of Hamilton Co. Hamilton Tenn Tennessee

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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. These 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, showing the Service of Samuel Hawkins
   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.     1775 2 6 P. Capt Stewart Col Easton Col Oliver Co. 97 no p  
It would appear from the applicant's declaration that the principal part of his service was performed in the Quartermaster Department. Unless it can be shown that he was regularly enrolled and subject to perform military duty, no allowance can be made for that part of his service. I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
The applicant should prove his service as a sergeant as required in note j. otherwise he cannot obtain a pension. Nov 30

 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, 1852. 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 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 service 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) _____, who has 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, (1) 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 one 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 inquiry 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 _____. 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 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 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.
[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 fix 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 [i] 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.

I certify that I am well acquainted with Samuel Hawkins declarant, that he is a man of excellent character, I am authorized by him to hereby do release the compensation down to that of a private for the time stated by him and will receive a certificate at that rate Feb 22 d 1834 John Blair
It is believed that Col. Elmore was in service but 1 year. Only 16 months can be allowed. Feb 25.
The applicant is old & poor & if no greater allowance than the sixteen months can be made open the certificate for that J Blair

Rev. and 1813 War Section.
January 31, 1935.
Laurine Lynn, Mankato, Kans.
Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 1604, it appears that Samuel Hawkins or Samuel B. Hawkins was born May 18, 1735 in the Isle of Anglesey.
While residing in Boston, Massachusetts, he served in Captain Davis' Company in the battle of Lexington.
He enlisted in 1775 and was an Orderly Sergeant under Captains Lemuel Stewart, Sloan, Elijah Babcock, Colonels James Easton and Elmore in the Massachusetts Troops and served two years and six months.
He was allowed pension on his application executed February 26, 1833, while a resident of Hamilton County, Ohio, and he died there May 6, 1836.
Soldier married in August 1797 in Hawkins County,

Tennessee, Pharaba, daughter of Samuel Spears, she was born October 4, 1788 and was allowed pension on her application executed March 8, 1850, while a resident of Greene County, Tennessee.
There is no reference made to children.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

Greene County Tennessee March second 1850
Sir
You will please recognize Mr. B. McDaniel of Greenville Tenn. as my agent in the procurement of the pension claimed by me under the act of Congress of 29th July 1848; And if the same should be granted, let it be made payable at the Jonesboro Tenn. agency.
Respectfully
Mr
Phoebe X Hawkins mark
James Williams Justice of the peace Correspondent
Greenville Tennessee March 23d 1850
Sir - After an examination of this case you will please report to me at this place,
Very respectfully Your obed. servt. B. McDaniel
Col. J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions

State of Tennessee Hawkins County } I, John H. Ellis Clerk of the County Court and Keeper of the Marriage Records of said County do certify that I have examined the files of my Office and can find no evidence of the marriage of Samuel Hawkins or Samuel V.B. Hawkins and Pharaba Spears
I further certify that from the careless and neglectful manner in which the papers of this Office have been kept I believe they are defective and that many Marriage Licenses Bonds and other papers have been lost and destroyed - and that within the last few years only they have been regularly kept and preserved
Given under my hand and seal of Office at office in Rogersville the 9 th day of March A.D. Eighteen Hundred and fifty
John H. Ellis Clerk
By J.T. Vance W. CLK,

Pension Office, May 26 th 1850.
Sir:
The declaration of Phoebe Hawkins, for the benefit of the act of July 29 th 1848, having been made before a Justice of the Peace, cannot be received for action by this office. She is therefore required to make a new declaration before a Court of Record, as required by the regulations.
The proof of the marriage of Samuel Hawkins to claimant is not satisfactory. If there is no evidence showing the date of its occurrence in the Clerk's office of Hawkins County, Tennessee, it must be established by a Church Record, or the production of the original Family Register, if there be one in existence.
Very Respectfully, Your Ob. t S er . J L Edwards
B. M c David, Esq Greenville, Tennessee,

June 10/87 Gardie has been charged with no. 10-11-12-13-14-15 The things that
I think it is to give this copy to Johnson
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State of Tennessee George M. Foote, Clerk of the County Court of Greene County, being a Court of Record in the State aforesaid; do certify that James Williams, Esq., a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Greene, is also a Justice of said Court of Record, in said County, and was such on the 2 nd day of March, 1850, when Phoebe Hawkins was by him sworn to her Declaration, under the act of Congress of 29 th July, 1848, for the purpose of obtaining a pension -
Given under my hand and seal of Office, at Office in Greeneville, the 30 th day of May, 1850.
Geo. M. Foote, Clk.

Greenville Gen. Oct. 11th 1858
Sir
In the case of Phoebe Hawkins, an applicant for a pension from Greene county Gen. under the act of 29th July 1848, widow of Samuel Hawkins, late a revolutionary pensioner of Hamilton county Gen. I have endeavored to comply with the requirements of your letter of 13th June last to Hon. A. Johnson, and herewith submit the affidavit of James Jones in corroboration of the statements made by claimant and witness Nancy Pruitt in relation to the marriage, which, it is hoped, will be sufficient to establish her pension.
Neither claimant or witness Jones knows of any person, besides Mrs Pruitt, living, that witnessed the marriage, or knew the parties as husband and wife prior to 1800.
The widow in her Declaration stated that she had no family register showing the date of her marriage and births of her children. Since the reception of your letter I have made diligent search for such record, but without success, and am satisfied

that no such record exists.
I am very respectfully Your obed. Servt.
B. McDaniel
Col. S. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

State of Tennessee Hawkins County 3 rd
Be it known, that before me, Jacob M. Charles, a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared James Jones, a resident of said County, aged Sixty Five years and Eight months, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Affidavit relative to the marriage of Samuel or Samuel B. Hawkins and Pharaba Spears viz:
That he was well acquainted with the said Samuel Hawkins and Pharaba Spears in said County of Hawkins, and that he was present and saw them united in the bonds of matrimony in said County, at the residence of her father Samuel Spears, by William Payne a Justice of the peace.
Affiant states that as he was only a youth at the time of the marriage, he does not remember distinctly the year it took place, but knows that it was during the summer, and believes that it was in the month of July or August; and from the best calculation he is able to make from his own age and marriage is fully satisfied that the marriage took place more than Fifty years ago.
He further states that at the time the

marriage took place the said Phoebe was quite a young girl, about fifteen years of age, perhaps sixteen approximately , and that the said Samuel Hawkins was considered to be old enough for her father, and that he was also considered, by the neighborhood, as having been a soldier of the revolutionary war.
He also states that Nancy Spears, a connexion of Phoebe, now Nancy Pruitt by marriage, was also at the wedding; and that the said Nancy was afterwards married in said County to Charles Pruitt - And that he does not know of any other person in this (Hawkins) County or elsewhere who witnessed the marriage: some being dead and others having removed.
James Jones
Sworn to and subscribed before me the second day of October One thousand Eight hundred and fifty - I further certify that the said James Jones is personally known to me and that he is a credible witness whose testimony is entitled to full faith and credit.
Jacob M Charles (Seal) J.P. for Hawkins County

State of Tennessee Hawkins County, ss
I James H. Davis Clerk of the County Court of said County, do certify, that Jacob M. Charles Esq. before whom the foregoing Affidavit was sworn, and whose name appears to the foregoing Certificate, is now and was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified according to law, and that the signature purporting to be his, appears in his own proper handwriting and is genuine, and that full faith and credit should be given to it as his official act in any Court or Office in the United States.
Given under my hand and Seal of Office, at Office, in Rogersville this 8 th day of October, One thousand Eight hundred and fifty.
J. H. Davis
Clerk

No 674
Pharaba Hawkins
Ind. of Sumner
Tenn.
Act 29 July 1848
Marrried 1797
Husband died 1836
Adm Thomas per p 53, 73 per annu
Louisboro Ky
Bell's Tunnel Greenville Tennessee
July 2, 1848

State of Tennessee Hamilton County 3 rd . I James Clift Clerk of the County Court of said county, do certify, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said court at its February term 1850, that Samuel Hawkins was a re- volutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of Fifty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum; and drew his pension at the Agency in Knoxville Tennessee; was a resident of the county of Hamilton in the state of Tennessee, and died in the county and state aforesaid in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty five, on the sixth day of May; That he left a widow whose name is Phoebe Hawkins; and that she now resides in Greene county in the state of Tennessee.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, at Office, at Harriman, this fourth day of February One thousand eight hundred and fifty.
James Clift Clerk of the County Court

No 674
Pharala Hawkins Tenn
Let B the Danw May 50 Set B. Mr. Daniel 20 th May 1850 " Hon Andrew Johnson 13 th June 1850
July 29. 1898.

Saml Hawkins
Oct 31 1851
to Anne
Col James S Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C. from W.P. Webb

Mankato Kans Jan 1, 1925
Dear Sir:-
I am trying to find a record of Samuel Boers Hawkins - who served with Washington at Valley Forge. He lived in what is now Greene County Tenn.
It seems as tho he received land in payment instead of a pension and I am wondering if you have any records mentioning him.
These great great grandfathers cause you lots of work do they not?
I thank you for any information you may give.
Yours Truly Laurine Lynn.

State of Tennessee County of Roane ss On this Fifteenth day of March, One thousand eight hundred and fifty, before me A. Mattock a justice of the peace in and for said county, personally appeared Mrs. Nancy Pruitt, a resident of the County and state aforesaid, aged near twentyfive years past, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Affidavit relative to the marriage of Pharaba Hawkins, now of Greene County Tennessee, formerly Pharaba Spears, and Samuel Hawkins alias Samuel B Hawkins, late a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, viz:
That the said Pharaba Spears was lawfully married to the said Samuel Hawkins alias Samuel B. Hawkins, at her fathers house, Samuel Spears', in Hawkins County, Tennessee, by William Payne Esq. a justice of the peace for said County, in the month of August in the year One thousand seven hundred and ninety seven.
As to the marriage, Affiant is positive, and states that she was present at the wedding as the attendant of the said Pharaba, and saw them united in wedlock by the said Esq. Paine.
As to the date of the marriage Affiant is certain

she is not mistaken, and states that she was married herself, at the house of the said Samuel Spears in said county of Hawkins, just two years after the marriage of the said Phoebe and Samuel Hawkins, viz, in the month of August, Seventeen hundred and ninety nine, and that her family register, which she deems correct, shows that her, Affiant's, marriage, took place at the time stated.
Affiant states further, that she is a cousin to the said Phoebe and was well acquainted with her; and knows with certainty from memory, that she was married two years after the said Phoebe; and she is fully satisfied, that her own family register, showing the date of her, affiant's, marriage, is to be relied upon as a genuine and correct register, from which register she arrives at the date of the marriage of the said Phoebe Spears and Samuel Hawkins, alias Samuel V. Hawkins.
Nancy Proust
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first within written. I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Nancy Proust, and that she

is a credible witness of good character and respectability whose testimony is entitled to full faith and credit — I further certify that I have examined the family register of Mrs Pruitt and find the date of her marriage as stated in her affidavit; which register I believe is genuine. A. Matlock
State of Tennessee County of Roane 3 rd I Austin L. Evans Clerk of the County Court of said County, do certify, that Absalom Matlock Esq. who has signed his name to the foregoing certificate, relative to Nancy Pruitt, is now, and was, at the date thereof, an acting justice of the peace in, and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified according to law; and that the signature purporting to be his, appears in his own proper handwriting, and is genuine; and full faith and credit should be given to his official acts.
Given under my hand, and seal of Office, at Office in Kingston, the sixteenth day of March Eighteen hundred and fifty.
Austin Evans CLK

Knoxville East Tennessee (probably) Southwest Agency List 7 June 1832 Samuel Hawkins Yrs $33.33 per annum. To what time last paid? March 4, 1836. Pension Office Colo
To P. Auditors Office

Rev.
1925- Jan. 21- H. S. L. Lawrence Lynn and
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1604
Phoebe Hawkins Widow Samuel Hawkins Pr. Rev. War
Act: July 29, 1848
Index:—Vol. A , Page 301
[Arrangement of 1870.]