Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4979, Ananias Higgins, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. 6
Higgins, Ananias
R. 4979
CONTENTS

Ananias Higgins
Heirs
Act 32. Susp. N. C.
Sydney Present

any know all men by these presents that we Henry Roy and Samuel Austin of the County of Yancy and State of North Carolina heirs at law of Anani- -as Higgins of said County do constitute and app- oint Richard Godwin of Washington City our true and lawful Attorney for us and in our names to ask for, and receive from the Commissioners of Pensions the Pension Certificate that is due us as the heirs of said Ananias Higgins deceased under act of June 1832 and generally to do all lawful acts and things as an Attorney hereby revoking all former Powers of Attorney at any time heretofore executed by us or any one else claiming to have an interest in said matter, fully ratifying and confirming all and whatsoever said Attorney shall do legally by virtue hereof.
Witness our hands and seals this 3 d February A D 1854
Attest Isaac M. Broyles J.P. Samuel his mark Austin Attorney Richard
State of North Carolina, County of Yancy } ss
On this 3 d day of February A D 1854 personally appeared before me the undersigned an acting justice

of The Power in and for said county and state Henry Roy, and Samuel Austin who being duly sworn according to law declare on their oaths that they married daughters of Francis Higgins who was a soldier of the Revolutionary war and who applied for a pension under act 7 June 1832. They further state that they forging Power of Attorney is there own act and and deed for the purposes therein mentioned.
Samuel his Austin seal
Henry Roy seal
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above mentioned and I certify that Samuel Austin and Henry Roy are both credible men and entitled to full faith and credit. I further certify that I am in no way concerned nor have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.
In testimony of which there have set my hand and seal
Isaac M. Broyles seal
State of North Carolina Yancey County } ss I David M. Coates Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said county do hereby certify that Isaac M. Broyles above genuine signatures appear to the foregoing as and was at the time of signing the same an

acting Justice of the Peace for said county and state was duly commissioned and sworn according to law. In testimony whereof I have set my hand and affixed the seal of my office at Burnsville on this 5 th day of Febru- ary A.D. 1854 David M. Canby Clerk

Declaration in Order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June the 7 th A D 1832 State of North Carolina Yancey county } 88
On this 29 day of June 1836 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the Peace for the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions now sitting Annanias Higgins a resident of said county aged about Seventythree years who being duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed June the 7 th A D 1832. That he was born and raised in Guilford county in North Carolina, according to the best information he can obtain from on the 14 th day of November A D 1768. And that he was living in Guilford  Wilkes county when he served his first tour. And when he served his last tours he was living in Wilkes county N.C. And for the last thirty years he has resided in the neighborhood where he now lives. And when he was about sixteen years of age he volunteered into the service as a private for three months some time in the Spring of the year of 1779 about the 10 th of May under captain Thomas Price and march a cross the blue ridge at the Swannanica Gap and to French broad river and to the mouth of Big Ivy and got his discharge. During the time of this tour he was stationed about two weeks at the upper fort on the Catawba river. They killed and wounded several while they were out this tour, and says altho he only volunteered for three they kept him out four months before he was discharged which was about the 15 of September. The following Officers he recollects being with the troops this tour - General Charles M c Dowell, colonel Joseph M c Dowell and major Hern, captain Thomas Price & Lieut W m Price.
His second tour he volunteered for three months as a private under captain Beverly And Major Hern to go another expedition against the Indians and marched as far as the upper fort on the Catawba river where colonel Joseph M c Dowell and the other officers discharged him and several others thinking they had men enough without them this was in the fall  1779 East of September of the year 1779. This tour he was out three weeks. His next tour he substituted for his father William Higgins for three months as a private under captain Gordon and marched & joined the main Army under at Malmedy general Greene he believes in the month of June 1781 and marched to the battle of Eutaw Springs in June.

September and was in the battle and had two brothers killed in the battle whose names were Robert and William Higgins and that he received a discharge in Salisbury from col d Walmeda and returned home when he became sickly and was out no more except in scouting parties of a week or two at a time after the Tories. One time captain Dyer kept him out three week after the Tories in these scouting parties he was a volunteer and still served as a private. And says he has no discharge to shew They being lost or distracted many years ago. And that he believes he can prove his services by living Witnesses. And he hereby reaffirms Relinquishes every claim whatever to any pension or annuity except the present. And declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any Agency of any State or United States — Sworn to and Subscribed to the day and year first above written —
Attest
W m Garland Clerk
Annas Mark Higgins
We Jacob L Straley a clergyman residing in Burnsville in in the county of Yancey and Joseph B. Rhea and Burrey Hensley Esqrs of the county aforesaid & Thomas Rea hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the Applicant Annas Higgins who has sworn to and Subscribed to the above Dec- laration that we believe him to be about the age of twentythree years, 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 to the day and year first above Written
Attest
W m Garland, Clerk
Jacob L. Straley Burrey Hensley
J. B. Rhea
And the said board do hereby declare their opinion after investigation of the matter and after putting the necessary interrogatories prescribed by the War Depart- ment that the above named Applicant Annas Higgins was a Revolutionary Soldier and Served

as he states - And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Jacob L Strayle who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the county of Yancey and the town of Burnsville and Joseph B. Rhea & Berry Hensley Esq rs two Acting Justices of the peace of the county of Yancey  the county of Yancey and Thomas Rex a soldier of the Revolutionary War who have also signed the same are residents of the county aforesaid and are creditable persons and their statements are entitled to credit
Given under our hands the day and year first above written -
Wm Dick Mowick Jno Hensley C. L. Proffitt
I John W. Garland Clerk of the court of pleas and Quarter sessions for the county of Yancey aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Annanias Higgins for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand law Seal of Office - done at Burnsville this 29 th day of June A.D. 1836.
John W. Garland Clerk
I Samuel Reed a resident of the county of Yancey do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Annanias Higgins who has sworn to and subscribed to the above Declaration that he is reputed & believed to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that I concur in that opinion. And I further certify that he served one campaign under col o Malmedy to the battle of the Sautaw Springs for I was in the same regiment at the time & knew - Sworn to and subscribed to this 11 th day of July 1836 -
Samuel C Reed his mark
Thomas L Lloyds

I Thomas Reed a resident of the county of Yancey do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the applicant Annanias Higgins who has sworn to & subscribed to the foregoing Declaration, and know him in the War of the Revolution and served a tour in the same Regiment with him under colonel Malmedy and was in the Battle of the Eutaw Springs - and have every reason to believe that he served in his other tours as he states in his Declaration And I further certify that I was sick and could not attend court on the day that his declaration was made to give evidence of his services - Sworn to and subscribed to this 14 th day of July 1836
Thomas Lloyd
Thomas Reed mark
I the aforesaid Thomas Lloyd one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for the county of Yancey aforesaid do hereby certify that Samuel Reed and Thomas Reed who have sworn to and subscribed to the two foregoing certificates in the matter of the application of Annanias Higgins for a pension are residents of the county of Yancey aforesaid and are creditable persons and their statements are intitled to credit - Given under my hand & seal July 14 th 1836
Thomas Lloyd
I J W Garland Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the county of Yancey aforesaid do hereby certify that Thomas Lloyd before whom the foregoing certificates of Samuel Reed and Thomas Reed were taken in the matter of the Application of Annanias Higgins for a pension is an acting Justice of the peace for said county duly qualified according to law and the foregoing signature is genuine -
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix my seal of office done at Burnsville this 15 th day of July 1836
J. W. Garland Clerk

Annas McHiggins Suspended North Carolina 7 June 1832
J. R. Wise Present
Ms. A. 9. 2. 10 1832

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
STATE OF North Carolina COUNTY OF Yancey } ss: a Justice of the Peace personally appeared
Be it known that before the subscriber,
Margaret Austin aged 51 years, who, being duly cautioned and then sworn in due form of law, states, that she is the Daughter — of Ananias Higgins *who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and that she believes that she is entitled to whatever is due, and that the United States are still indebted to him , under the laws of Congress, for the pension that was due under act 7 June AD 1832 and that for the purpose of investigating and establishing his claims as afore- said, she appoints TULLY R. WISE , of Washington, D. C., her true and lawful attorney with irrevocable powers, to examine all papers on file, and to do whatever she might do were she personally present to establish her claim.
In witness whereof, I have on this 25 day October 1852, hereunto signed my name, and affixed my seal.
Margaret Austin SEAL. SEAL. SEAL.
Witness: William Ray Witness: Jessie B. Matteson
Signed, sealed, acknowledged, and sworn to before me; and I further certify, that Margaret Austin has always by the community been known as the Daughter of Ananias Higgins
Dated on this 25 day of October 1852
Abraham Penland J. P.
STATE of } to wit: COUNTY of
I hereby certify, That Abraham Penland Esq., before whom the foregoing power of attorney was made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of Yancey County Court, this 27 th day of October one thousand eight hundred and 52
J. W. Garland Clerk. of Yancey County Court.
* State whether an applicant or a pensioner.

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
4979
P. O.
Francis Higgins
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____ _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

Annas Higgins North Carolina
Suspended
Act 15 Aug st 1836
R. C. Pearson.
4979

July 28. N.C.
FREE
J. Edwards Esq. Cous: of Purvis Washington D.C.

Morgantown W.C. 20 th July 1836
Sir,
At the request of an old Mr. Higgins, former Attorney of Lund, you in behalf of his Duke and Duchess for a Pension un- der the act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832.
I am entirely unacquaint- ed with either the applicant or any of the witnesses except Samuel Reed. Mr. Reed is a Man of good standing in society and would state I think, nothing but the truth under Party cir- cumstances —
Respectfully &c R. C. Pearson