Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,095, John Hamm, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
n.c.
Hamm, John
S. 31,095
CONTENTS

13749 Kentucky
John Hamm
of Logan Co in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the 1st 2nd Infantry commanded by Captain Emmer of the Regiment commanded by Col Sumner in the North Carolina line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 80 Dollars 50 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of June 1833 and South Land Hoback Russellville
Arrears to the 4th of March 160 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 40 $200
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 12
Dead. See letter to P. 24 th Dec. 17. 1842 -

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of Kentucky } S. S. Logan County }
On this 6 th day of May 1833 personally appeared in Open Court before the Justices of the County Court of Logan County in the State of Kentucky now sitting John Harn a resident in the said County of Logan in the State of Kentucky aged eighty three years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declara- -tion in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 - This declarant was born in Caroline County in the State of Virginia in the year 1750 as he has been informed by his relations - He has no written record of his age. His father removed when he was a small boy to Chatham County in the State of North Carolina
That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1776 or 1777 to the best of his recollection the precise time he cannot at this remote period state at Chatham Court House in said State of North Carolina with one Morhens and served in a Regi- -ment commanded by Colonel Sumner, the name of the Captain who commanded the Compa- -ny to which he was attached was James Earnest the name of the first Lieutenant was John Glendenin and the name of the orderly Sergeant was Thomas Mapsey; From Chatham Courthouse the army to which he was attached marched to Eops-Creek, from thence to Wilmington - The British having left this neighborhood, the army there marched to Charleston in the State of South Carolina where

reached the latter place a few days after the battle at Fort Maultree, General Blanton he thinks came aided the British Army in South about this time, After remaining here some short time he marched to Savannah, from here he was ordered to St. Augustine, but did not reach that point before orders were received directing us to guard some Cattle which were procured for the American Army on an Island the name of which he cannot distinctly recollect, Col. or Sumner was not in Command here but the name of the Col. he cannot recollect. from the great lapse of time & decay of memory: He here was stationed for some time and from here he was marched to Halifax in North Carolina, and here he remained until the time of his enlistment expired which was for eighteen Months, He received a Warrant discharge for his said eighteen Months Service from an Officer whose name he cannot now recollect, but said discharge is lost or mislaid so that he cannot now avail himself of it.
Soon after he received his said discharge he removed to Pridleton County in the State of South Carolina, and he had no sooner reached his place of destination than he was called into the service of the United States as a Militia man and so continued until the termination of the war frequently being called upon to defend the frontier from the invasion of the Indians of the Creek Tribe, and the interior from the depredations of the Tories, in a skirmish with

the battle he received a severe wound across the Crown of his head and was left by them as dead, He thinks he is safe in declaring that he served two years and a half in the Military Service in South Carolina, but he is so old this morning so far gone that he cannot designate the various officers under whom he served and the various campaigns he served in, he is confident he had no time, and did not engage in any Civil Occupation during the said term of two years and half but was for that time variously employed in the Service of the United States - This Declarant recollects further that a Colonel James Shackleton was also attached to the Regiment to which he belonged in the State of North Carolina He served as a private during the said term of eighteen months in said State of North Carolina - He knows of no living Witness by whom he can prove any part of his Service except George Henderson whose Affidavit is hereto Attached
He has resided in Logan County in the State of Kentucky upwards of thirty years John Rankin a Minister of the Gospel and and Joseph Small a Citizen of Logan County in the State aforesaid will testify to my Character and reputation of having served in the War of the Revolution, He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever 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 Subscribed & sworn to this day and year aforesaid
John his H. Harn Mark

We John Rankin a clergyman residing in the County of Logan in the State of Kentucky and Joseph Small residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Hamm who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be nearly three 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
John Rankin
Joseph Small
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Repeal- ment 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 John Rankin who has signed the preceding Certificate is a clergyman residing in the County of Logan in the State of Kentucky and that Joseph Small who has also signed the same is residing in the said County of Logan in the State of Kentucky and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to Credit
John Gerd President of the Court
Commonwealth of Kentucky Logan County Set I Samuel H. Leurd Clerk of the Court of Logan County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original pro- =ceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Hamm for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 7 th day of May 1833. Sam c H. Leurd

• V o 25104 John Hamm. Logan County Kentucky
W. N. C. from 1776 minute a year #80
Sam d H. Curd Bldg Logan County Kentucky

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 subjoined 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. Those 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, shewing the Service of John Hamm Logan County Kentucky
   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.     Enlisted 1776 1777 1 6 - private Col Sumner, Captain James Eumick 83 years Chatham Traditionary evidence, certified Credible, Glasgow certificate, and   Served 2 6 - private Col Jas. Hackston South Carolina One witness certified credible papers correctly attached  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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, 1832. 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                      of the Court of 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) 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, (l) 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 enquiry 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 affix 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 [a] 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. {
MS

August 23, 1939
Mrs. Marcel Duphorne Harper Kansas
BA-J/MCS See John Hamm, S.31095
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to Revolutionary War soldiers, George and John Gibson and John Ham or Hamm.
Because of the large number of requests for records of Revolutionary War soldiers and the lack of clerical force available for furnishing such information, it has been impossible to comply in full with requests similar to yours. You are furnished herein, the record of John Hamm.
The data which follow were taken from papers on file in the pension claim, S.31095, based on the military service of John Hamm.
John Hamm was born in 1750 in Caroline County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not shown. When a small boy he moved with his father to Chatham County, North Carolina.
While a resident of Chatham Court House, North Carolina, he enlisted in 1776 or 1777 as private in Captain James Emmet's company in Colonel Sumner's North Carolina and served eighteen months. Soon after discharge from said service, he moved to Pendleton County, South Carolina, and was soon called to service in the South Carolina militia and served at various times until the close of the Revolution, amounting to two and one half years in all, and was engaged against the Indians and Tories, names of officers not given; during this service he received a severe wound in the head in a skirmish with the Tories.

John Hamm was allowed pension on his application executed May 6, 1833, at which time he was living in Logan County, Kentucky, and stated he had lived there over thirty years.
There are no data on file relative to the family of John Hamm.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of John Hamm, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of soldier's death, it is suggested that you address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., giving the following data:
John Hamm, Certificate 13749, issued June 13, 1833, rate $80 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Kentucky Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

State of Kentucky } Logan County } S.S.
The Affidavit of George Herndon of Logan County in the State of Kentucky taken at the Clerks office of Logan County in the town of Russellville On the 20 th day of April 1833 This affiant being now in the twenty first year of his age age, saith he became acquainted with John Hawn now a resident of Logan County in the State of Kentucky who is about to apply for a pension, whom he supposes to be upwards of eighty years of age when this Affiant was six years old in the County of Chatham in the State of North Carolina, He further saith that to the best of his recollection he saw said John Hawn in the said County of Chatham in the State of North Carolina in the Winter of 1776 and 1777 after he said Hawn had enlisted for eighteen months in the service of the United States, said Hawn was at the time above stated at at the house of one John Stewart, and was relating to said Stewart his adventures since his said enlistment and also his march from Chatham Courthouse to Wilmington Charleston and particularly mention of the battle which had been fought in Sullivan's Island some short time before he reached that place, Mr. Hawn was on a horseback when this Affiant heard the said conversation, He thinks it was but a very short

time before he again returns to his duty. This affiant knew the time that Captain Emants Company wasmustered of which said John Hawn was appointed in the neighborhood to be a member, Tottit in the Spring of the year preceding the battle in which he saw him as before stated at the house of said Hawn This affiant has no doubt from his knowledge of said Hawn and the general understand- in the neighborhood, that he performed his term of enlistment for eighteen months as stated by said Hawn.
This affiant further saith that some short time after said Hawn's return home after his term of enlistment had expired, he said Hawn removed from his native residence to the State of South Carolina.
This affiant further saith that he never saw said Hawn from the time he removed to South Carolina until he saw him in Russellville in Logan County in the State of Kentucky, which he thinks is upwards of thirty years ago, since which time said Hawn has resided in said County of Logan in the State of Kentucky.
This affiant further saith that Hawn sustained the character of an honest man and a true Whig when he was acquainted with him in North Carolina, and also ever since he removed his acquaintance with him in Kentucky.
This affiant relies implicitly upon any statement said Hawn may make in reference to his services in the Rebel- -ionary War.
George Thornton

State of Kentucky Logan County } S.S.
This day personally appeared before the undersigned an acting justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid and swore to, and subscribed the foregoing affidavit, George Henderson a resident of the County of Logan in the State of Kentucky He further certifies that said George Henderson is a man of excellent character and that impartial reliance may be placed on any statements he may have made in said affidavit Given under my hand and seal this 20 th day of April 1833 T. M. Offutt (Seal)
Commonwealth of Kentucky Logan County Set I Samuel H. Lewis Clerk of the County Court of Logan County do certify that T. M. Offutt whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate is now and was at the time of signing the same a justice of the peace for said County of Logan commissioned and qualified agreeably to law that the signature to the foregoing certificate is in his own hand writing In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 7 th day of May 1833 and in the 41 st year of the Commonwealth = wealth Sam c H. Lewis

State of Kentucky } I William Warding one of Logan County } the acting justices of the peace in and for the county aforesaid. Do hereby certify (in the absence of the presiding justice for s d county) that Sam l W m Ward is the acting Clerk of the Logan County Court, and that credit and faith are due all his official acts and doings. Given under my hand this 8 th May 1833
W m Warding (J.P.C.)

John Hamm
# 25104

State of North Carolina
Secretary of State's Office
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State aforesaid, do certify that the name of John Hamm does not appear on the musterrolls of the Continental line of this State in the revolutionary war, neither does it appear in any of the settlements of Army accounts, and yet from his declaration I am induced to believe he served, and that his removal to the South may have prevented his applying to any of the Boards of Commissioners for a settlement of his account
Given under my hand this 5 th day of June 1833.
W. Hill

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., Feb 17, 1923
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of _____ a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1776 or 1777 18 mos. Private James Brant Sumner N.C.   2 1/2 yrs. in the militia of South Carolina in which service he received a severe wound across the crown of his head, in a skirmish with the Tories.  
Battles engaged in, See above. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Chatham Court House, N.C. and Pendleton Co. S.C. Date of application for pension, Mar 6 1833. He was al Residence at date of application, Logan Co. Ky. where I over 30 yrs Age at date of application, Born in 1750 in Caroline Co. Va. Remarks: There is no data on file as to family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Harper, Kansas July 26, 1939
Veteran's Administration, Bureau of Pensions, Revolutionary War Division, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly advise me of the family data, as birthplace, parentage, children, etc., and service claimed, as is set forth in the following Revolutionary War pension applications or rejected claims:
1. John Gibson , --residing in Cumberland County, Kentucky, 1840. 2. George Gibson , -residing in Todd County, Kentucky, 1840. 3. John Ham (or Hamm), residing in Logan County, Kentucky, 1840.
Thanking you most kindly for information regarding the above, I am
Respectfully
Mrs. Marcel Duphorne
Mrs Marcel Duphorne. one

Cyrene, Missouri. Jan. 23, 1923.
Com'r. of Pensions, Dep't. of Interior. Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:- Will you please me any data concerning the following pensioners that you may find in your records:
1. John P. Gillum, who, in 1840 at the age of 79, was residing in Logan County, Kentucky; the head of a household.
2. John Ham, who, in 1840, at the age of 96, was living with Joseph Ham in Logan County, Kentucky.
Both these were Revolutionary soldiers and drew pensions for services.
only rec. fur- etc. { Also please send me the record of my grandfather James Blackwell Goodman, born 1774, died 1881 in Bedford County, Va., and who drew pension for his services in war of 1812. I should like very much to learn the names of his parents.
Any information you may be able to furnish me will be appreciated.
Respectfully,
Micca Tinsley McMillen.
Cyrene, Missouri.

1923. Feb. 17. High to Miss. Finley McMillen Letter in class to 8849 1/2 John Williams 1939. Aug 23. Inst. to Mrs. Marcel Dufhorn (M.C.)
INVALID.
File No. 31,095
John Hamm  Dis Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index: Vol. 9 , Page 172
[Arrangement of 1870.]