Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4380, Abram Hogins, N.C.

SERVICE
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Logins, Abram
S. 4380.
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19501
19501 West Tennessee
Abraham Hogan
of Dickson in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the com commanded by Captain McCullin of the regt commanded by Col Canwell in the N.B. line for 8 mos
due let. to Wm Hogan & Order to pay Augt. 28, 1837.
Inscribed on the Roll of M Tenn at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Sept 1833 and John Montgomery Charlotte Arrears to the 14th of March 66.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending Mar 13 33 79.99
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. B. Boyd Clerk. Book 8 Vol. 7 Page 82

Union Bank of Tennessee Nashville 17 th August 1837
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Dear Sir
At the request of William Hogins the son and attorney of Abraham Hogins a Revolutionary Pensioner under the Act of the 7 th June 1832 I herewith transmit you his pension Identity for your examination and peremptory of his being paid there is one year pension due Mr. Hogins up to the 4 th March last and as there will be 6 months more due to him before he can receive his instructions of payment is why I send this claim, it lacks the Oath of Identity which in making out the claim in form will have to be observed Please to return the claim to William Hogins the attorney or to the Pensioner to Pine River Post Office Dickson County Tennessee with your instructions very Respectfully Sir y r obt Serv t
John M. Bap Rev. & Pension Agent By S. Cantrell

15497 West Abraham Higgins Dickson co. Tennessee
from 1776 private 18 months. $26, \frac{66}{100}
John Montgomery, Charlotte, Tenn.

BRIEF in the case of Abraham Hagins of Dickson Co in the State of Tennessee (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 73  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.      Substitute for  David Lee In 1776   1779  3 Private  Gen.  Capt. John Mullins  Capt. John Whitty  Col. Caswell   
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Brier creek  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Johnson county, N.C.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No seal, and clerk's certificate not connected to the declaration as required. 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. B. Bradford.
Examining Clerk.

15497 William Hogan
State of Tennessee County of Dickson B on this 2 nd day of October in the year of our Lord 1852 personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the Court of pleas & quarters sessions for the County of Dickson now sitting Abraham Rogers a resident of said County of Dickson and State of Tennessee aged seventy three years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the ben- efit of the act of "bounty paper" June 1832 I entered into the service of the United States of America I think in the year 1776 as a substitute for David Lee. under Cap- tain John McCallum, Lieutenant Mark Wood, and served three months, we moved to Wilmington North Carolina from Johnson County North Carolina where I resided at the time of entering into the service we were then marched back home and discharged I cannot rem- ember the names of any of the field officers under whom I served there there I was only seventeen years old and had to get the heel laps of my shoes higher than common to come up to the height of a soldier. Since I never had any written discharge from this service. I then as well I now remember in the year 1779 in the County of Johnson State of North Caro- lina entered into the service as a militia man under Captain John McCallum 

Whitley who had under him Lieutenant Mathew Webb Major Mason Artillery & engineers attached were attached to a regiment commanded by William Lee well and Lt Col Smith, we marched from Johnson County to Kingston & from King- ston to Elizabeth where we remained a short time we then proceeded to within five miles of Charlestown S. Carolina & remained there several days from thence to Augusta Georgia, that is we were on the south side of the River Savannah where we remained several days on the bluff The British at that time were in possession of Augusta but evacu- ated it in a few days, we then crossed the river went into the town where we remained several days then we marched down to the mouth of Bryan's Creek where we had a battle with the British and Genl Ash was defeated & was in the battle at Ash's defeat in front and had no ammunition. We then marched down the river at least we ran down, & crossed the river as we could; we collected together at the public store on the bank on the day after the battle & marched from thence to Purvis- burgh, & there we formed a final

tion with Genl. Lincolns army, I was dis- charged three miles above Purrysburg and had a written discharge from Col. John Baswell which I gave to one of my nephews to put in his pocket book. He died in a short time and what has become of the discharge I do not know. I know of no person living whose testimony is in my power to be presented to the prove by whom I can prove my serv- -ice.
In answer to the first in my application by the Court.
I was born in Wake County North Car- olina August 25 th 1759.
To the Q. Do. by the Court
I have the record of my age in my bible as given to me by my mother As to third Do. by Court
I lived in Johnson County N. Carolina when I was called into service resided there a short time after peace was made from Johnson County I moved to Wake County where I resided many twenty years from thence I moved to Cumberland County North Caro- lina & resided there three years from thence I removed back to Wake Coun- ty & resided there three years from thence I removed to Dickson County State of Tennessee where I have resided ever since. & now reside here. As to 4 th by same.
The first time I went as a substitute for David Lee

The next time I was drafted & went to Georgia
To the 5th Regt by the 6th unit
I never met Col Brannen who commanded the regiment while the genl was sick. I also remember Col Cain instead of the regular or continental as they were then called. To the south by the 6th unit. he answers.
and I received a discharge from Col C as well & refer to the statement made in the body of my declaration.
Answer to the 7th but by the 6th unit.
The witnesses to whom I refer as to my character for veracity are Mollon Dickson John B Brown Field James B Brown Field Farrar & Col Richard Stapler.
but none of my witnesses can prove my services. Abraham Hoggins
We David Gray a Clergyman residing in Dickson County State of Tennessee and Mollon Dickson, John B Brown, Field James B Brown, Col Richard Stapler residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Abraham Hoggins, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be in his seventy fourth year of age; that he is respected and believed in the neighbourhood where he lived resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid
David Gray Clergyman
Field Farrar clerk
Mollon Dickson

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 David Gray who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the County of Dickson & State of Tennessee, and that Motton Dickson, John B. Brown, Field Farrar & S. H. Harkness who has also signed the same is a resident of the County aforesaid, and is a credible person, and their statement is entitled to credit.
Motton Dickson Sam c Turner Hernal Parrish
Preceding certifies
State of Tennessee Dickson County I Field Farrar Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings in the matter of the Application of Abraham Hoggins for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 28 day of October 1832.
Field Farrar

State of Tennessee 6 county Court of Dickson Co. On the 30 th day of October in the year of our Lord 1832 per- sonally appeared an open court before the Justices of the Court of Pleas & Quarters Sessions for the County of Dickson now sitting. Abram Hayes a resident citizen of said County of Dickson who being first duly sworn according to law doth make the following additional & explanatory declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7 th 1832. That in the first term of service mentioned in his origin- al declaration he served three months as a private soldier. This was in the year 1776. In the second term of service mentioned in his original declaration he served five months as a private soldier under the officers as then stated and as is therein stated making in all a service of eight months. This second term of service was performed in 1778 or 1779. He has no documentary evidence of his service nor can he procure the testimo- ny of any witness by whom he can prove his service. He hereby relinqu- ishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State (over.)

State
Sworn to and subscribed in open court 3 d July 1833.
Abraham Rogins
Field Farrar clerk
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after ruling the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states, and the court certifies that it appears to them that
J Turner J. B. Brown Mottow Dickson
Proceedings of the court for Abraham Rogins
State of Tennessee } Dickson County }
I Field Farrar clerk of the county of Dickson county, certify that the proceedings pages - contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Abraham Rogins for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the public seal of my office at Charlotte this 3 d day of July 1833
Field Farrar clerk

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Hogins, Benoni GRADE Private LINE Sheldon's Horse on Hoogins (Connecticut)
In pencil, only -
WARRANT NUMBER 5995 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Nov. 6, 1789 to not shown
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.