Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3986, William Hastin, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Hastin, William
W. 3986
Army
CONTENTS

North Carolina 16.974
William Hastie - of Rutherford in the State of N Car who was a Ser. in the Regt commanded by Captain of the Regt commanded by Col. Fleming in the Wa line for 8 1/2 months -
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 28. Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Feb 33. Bickett. Rutherford. N Car -
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 2/0 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1/1 Mar 34 1/4
$ 84
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Auth: Clerk, Book E Vol. 6 1/2 Page 58.
Feb 27 Nov: 1833 to Pension Agent
Feb 17. April 1837. - Pen Agent

4844 North Carolina Amy Washin widow of William Washin who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 28 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of May 49 and sent to Amy Roberts Livingston N.C.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under an Act of February 7, 1848, Page 211 Vol. 1.

State of North Carolina } Court of pleas & quarter sessions Rutherford County } July Session 1833-
On this 8 th day of July A.D 1833 personally appeared before the justices of County Court of pleas & quarter sessions now sitting William Hastin a resident of Rutherford County North Carolina aged seventy four 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 the 7 th 1832-
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers & served as herein stated.
That he entered service in the year 1779 in June of said year under Capt. James Hester, in the County of Mecklenburg in Virginia or a drafted Militia man for three months - & started for Portsmouth but after having marched about 90 miles he was dismissed in consequence of the enemy having left - Portsmouth, having served something over a week - He entered the service again in the year 1780 in June he believes on the 18 th in Mecklenburg County Virginia or a substitute under Capt. Richard Sackett in the 4 th Virginia Regiment commanded by Col. Lucas Major Morris General Stephens in the army of Genl. Gates in and marched through North Carolina to Camden South Carolina and was in the Battle of Gates defeat near Camden - he believes on the 16 th of August 1780 - & after being there dispersed he rejoined the army again at Guilford Court house North Carolina & there remained until he was discharged in the Fall of the same year by Major Jones - having served a fine months four - That he entered the service again in the year 1781 on the 10 th of January in the County of Mecklenburg Virginia or a substitute under Capt Oliver in the Regiment of Col. Heman Major Jones -

under Genl. Malenburg. & marched to Port Portsmouth Virginia and there remained until he was discharged in April having served three months. That he entered the service again in May 1781- as a drafted Militia man under Capt. Richard Epison in Mecklenburg Virginia for three months. and after having remained in the service for 8 or 10 days was sent home on a furlough by Col. John M'Intay in consequence of ill health. and remained until the time for which he had entered the service had expired. That he was born in Amelia County in the State of Virginia in the year 1759. That he has no record of his age & only knows his age from the information of his parents. That he was living in Mecklenburg Virginia when he entered the service, that he continued to live there for 16 years after the close of the Revolution. When he removed to Nottoway County North Carolina, where he has lived ever since & where he now lives. That he was called into service twice as a drafted Militia man and twice entered as a substitute. That he substituted for five weeks in the place of Stephen Jones. and for Samuel Parris for the term of three months. That he was acquainted with Genl. Smallwood Genl. Gates. Col. Glenn. Col. Falkner. Col. Richardson. That he was in the Battle of Gates. Defeat. That he received a written discharge for his five months service from Major Jones. That he received no written discharge for any other service. & the written discharge that he did receive has been since lost. That he is acquainted with Frederick Gregg & Abram Martin in his present neighborhood who can testify as to his character for veracity and give their beliefs as to his services as a soldier of the revolution. That the time that he was in actual service was eight months and a half. The time for which he entered the service including the time he was at home sick & the part of the three months service, in which he was dismissed. was 14 months. That there is no Clergyman residing in his neighborhood.

Neither is there any one in his County with whom he has an intimate acquaintance, that he has no documentary evidence of his services neither does he know of any person by whom he can prove his service — 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 — William his Hastin mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid J. P. Burchett clerk
We Frederick Grigg & Shalom Martin citizens resident in the County of Rutherford North Carolina, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Hastin, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 74 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 to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid J. P. Burchett clerk
Frederick his Grigg mark
Shalom Martin his
The following interrogatories were put by the Court Where and in what year were you born? — Have you any record of your age & if so where is it? — Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the revolutionary war & where do you now live? — How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute. And if a substitute for whom? — State the names of some of the regular officers, who were with the troops where you served such Continental & Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service? Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it? — State the names of some 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 service as a soldier of the Revolution —

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 the preceding certificate Frederick Grigg & Abram Martin, who have sworn to the are citizens, Resident in Rutherford County North Carolina - are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.
I Theo. F. Bixchitt Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for Rutherford County North Carolina do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Hadler for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office the 29 th day of Aug t 1833. T. F. Bixchitt Clk
27.153
Alma mater 826 830

680 13649 May 4 th 48
Amey Hastin, of W m
N.C.
Act 7 July 1838.
Maria, 1786
Rejected husband died 4 March 1847
Adm d act 17 June 44 22 July 48
$28 00 p m
m 4 March 1847
James Roberts Swangstown N. Carolina.

State of North Carolina } On this 24 th Day of January 1848 Cleaveland County } personally appeared before me James Roberts one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for said County: Amey Hastin. a Resident of North Carolina in the County of Cleaveland; Aged Eighty two 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 provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838. entitled an Act. Granting half pay and pensions to Certain Widows: That She is the Widow of William Hastin Who was a private Soldier of the Virginia Cont l line. in the war of the Revolution. and as such served the United States against the Common enemy. and was allowed a pension at the Rate of twenty Eight Dollars per annum: She further Declares: that She was Married to the said William Hastin sometime in the year. 1785. and that her husband the aforesaid William Hastin Died on the 4 th Day of March 1847. That she was not Married to him prior to his leaving the service. but the marri- age took place. previous to the first of January 1794 viz. at the time above stated: She further Declares. that she was Married to the said William Hastin in Amelia County in the state of Virginia. and that they lived in Virginia untill. She had six Children. and that they then moved to North Carolina. in the County of Rutherford and Bought a tract of land. where on she now lives. and that she knows of no Record proof to establish the Date of her marriage save the Deed to the tract of land where she now lives. which was Executed at or before they settled on said place. which Deed is now in her possession - Sworn to and subscribed on the day and date above written
Before Me - James Roberts
Amey Hastin Widow
State of North Carolina } I James Roberts the Magistrate Before Cleaveland County } Whom the foregoing Declaration of Amey Hastin. was made. Do Hereby Certify, that

Amey Hastin the Deponent, who has this day sworn to and subscribed the foregoing Declaration before me lives sum thirteen miles from the Court House, and from her age, and Badley infirmity. She is not able to attend the Court, this 24 th Day of January 1848 - James Roberts J.P.
Submitted to Court and approved
P. S. Whisman Clerk
State of North Carolina } Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions Guilford County } -vs- February Sessions 1848 I P. S. Whisman Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for said County do certify that the foregoing declaration of Amy Hastin was duly submitted to the Court and approved.
And I further certify that James Roberts whose name appears to the foregoing declaration and certificate is and was, at the time of signing the same, an acting Justice of Peace in and for said County, and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at office the 17 th day of February 1848 P. S. Whisman Clerk

State of North Carolina } personally appeared, before Greenville County } me J. P. Elliott one of the acting Justices of the peace, in and for said County James Lucas; and after being first Duly Sworn, according to law; saith on his Cath. that he was intimately acquainted, with William Hastin, and Amy Hastin his wife, (now his widow), when they lived in the State of Virginia, and that at the time they left the State of Virginia, and moved to the State of North Carolina they then had six Children, the oldest he thinks about ten years of age. That he shortly afterwards moved himself, from the State of Virginia, to North Carolina, and settled in a few miles of the said William Hastin, and that William Hastin had bought a tract of land, when he came to this Country and was living thereon: where his widow now lives - and from having reference to the Deed made to the said William Hastin for said tract of land, he finds it to have date the 22 nd Day of November 1797, at which time, before he knows, the said William & Amy Hastin had six Children, for he knows them well; before they left the State of Virginia, and has been intimately acquainted with the family ever since, that the said William Hastin, and Amy his wife, lived together, as husband and wife; before they left the State of Virginia and always lived as such, until the death of the said William Hastin; which was the 4 th Day of March 1847, having present recollection —
Sworn to and Subscribed This 8 th Day of Aprile 1848 before me — J. P. Elliott James Lucas

State of North } J. P. Elliott the Carolina (Cleveland) Justice of the peace before whom the foregoing affidavit was made Do. Hereby certify that James Lucas is a man of good character whose veracity cannot be disputed. This 8 th Day of April 1848.
J. P. Elliott
State of North Carolina } Cleveland County } J. P. S. Whisnant Clerk of The Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for said county , certify that J. P. Elliott Justice whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit is and was at the time of signing the same and acting Justice of the peace in and for said county, and the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my name and affixed the seal of said court at office this 22 nd 1848
J. P. S. Whisnant Clerk

Know all men by these presents that we Wm Hastin and Sutton Hastin are held and firmly bound unto his Excellency Patrick Henry Esq. Governor of Virginia in the sum of Fifty pounds current money. To the which payment well and truly to be made we bind ourselves our heirs executors and administrators jointly and severally firmly by these presents. sealed with our seals and dated this 26 th day of October 1786. whereas a marriage is shortly intended between the above bound Wm Hastin and Betsy Hastin.
The condition of the above obligation is such that if there be no lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage, then the above obligation to be void otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.
Sealed and delivered in presence of Jas Hobson.
Wm his Hastin Sutton mark of Hastin
State of Virginia, Amelia County town.
I Egbert G. Leigh clerk of the County Court of Amelia in the State of Virginia hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the marriage bond executed by Wm Hastin to the Governor of Virginia; the original of which is now remaining filed, among the Records of my Office.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this the seventh day of October, A.D. 1848.
E.G. Leigh clerk
State of Virginia, Amelia County town.
I James P. Cooke presiding Magistrate of the County Court of Amelia in the State of Virginia,

Hereby certify that Egbert G. Leagh who has given the preceding certificate is Clerk of said Court and that his said attestation is in due form. Given under my hand & Seal this 7 th day of October 1848.
James Phoebe (J.P.)

604 North Carolina
Anney Keastin widow of W m Keastin who was a Private in the Revolution husband died 4 March 47
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 28 Dollars 87 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1847.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of May, 1849. and sent to
James Roberts, Swangstown N.C.
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 155

William Hastie NC Act 7 June 1832 $28.00
To what time was he last paid?
66. A
Pension Office May 23. 1849
Died 4 th March 1817 pa to his death. B.H.B.

13649
Anne Haslin, of Wm.
N. L.
James Roberts July 21. 48,
Act of July 1838

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 3986
Anny Hastin Wid.
M rs Hastin Prts Rev. War
Act: Feby. 24/18
Index:—Vol. a , Page 303
[Arrangement of 1870.]

May 4, 1848 Swangstown N.C. April 26 th . Amy Haski with of William
free
Mr J. L. Edwards Comm. of pensions Washington City D.C.

May 4. 1888 Fredericktown N.C. April 26 th . Amy Haskell Wood of William
free
Mr J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Dear Sir
Swangestown S.C. Carolina - April 26 th 1848
I Herewith enclose and forward you the Declaration of Amy Hastie widow of William Hastie. Claiming pension under the act of Congress of 7 July. 1838 -
you will please favor me with the form and instruction on the act of Congress passed the present session extending the pay of certain widows - & and Also instructions in Relation to the provision made for widows of officers & Soldiers who were killed in the present war with Mexico -
I am Respectfully Yours James Roberts
Mr J. L. Edwards Comm. of pensions Washington City D.C.

No 2, 471 Amy Martin widow of Martin del. deceased Swanston th James Robertson
N.P.
free
Mr J. L. Edwards Comm. of pensions Washington City - D.C.
James

Sir
Swangstown N. Carolina Oct 24 th 1848
I here with enclose, the Certificate of the Clerk of the Court of Amelia County State of Virginia. and forward it to you. to be used in the case of Amy Hasting (Claim for a pension. Under the Act of 1835. Amy Hasting is the widow of William Hasting and her Declaration has been Received and filed in your office.
I wrote you on a former occasion that you would please favour me with a copy of instruc- -tions for the benefit of applicants on the late act or Resolutions of Congress extending or granting pensions to widows of Soldiers of the Revolution. who were married prior to 1800 or 1809. — if there has been any such law passed by Congress. and you have not sent me the instructions spoken of. please do so — as I have been applied to by two or three admirable old ladies. who would be embraced by such a law — Yours Respectfully James Roberts
Mr J. L. Edwards Comm ee of pensions Washington City D.C.

May 24 1848 Parthena Wood Wed: of Solomon Wood
Wohney mts April 28
Mem. J. P.

Paid 25
Hon. J. L. Edwards Pension Office Washington D.C.
Ames

NY. West Chazy April 28 th 1848.
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
I herewith send the application evidence , on a claim for a Pension for Mrs Parthina Wood, and respectfully ask for them the earliest attention possible, as time must rapidly be short with the old lady, & in order to have it be any use, or comfort to her, it must be attended to soon.
Respectfully Yours Ob e Serv t
Ira P. Chamberlain