Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5472, Benjamin Hamrick, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Hanrick, Benjamin
S 5472
carded
CONTENTS

Date of death not on A.B. SEC.
2579 Virginia
Benjamin Hamrick of Nicholas in the State of Virginia who was a Private in the Compy commanded by Captain Chilton of the Regt commanded by Col. Mercer - in the Virginia line for 3 years from 1776-
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 80 - Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day Decr. 32 and sent to Samuel Price, Nicholas Co. Va.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 120- Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar: 33 40 160.-
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk Book D Vol. 7- Page 123-
not found at 21 March 1835 County Clerk. Inf. Det 1st Penns

State of Virginia } County of Nicholas } S.S.
on the 7 th day of September in the year of our Lord 1832 personally appeared before the lowest su- perior court of law. The county of the county of Nicholas before same being a court of record. Benjamin Hornickle a resident of said county in the said county of Nicholas and in the state of Virginia aged seventy five 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 7 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1776 with Captain John Shelton [or Shilton] and served in the third Regiment of the Virginia line under the following named officers The company was commanded by Capt. Shelton. the Regim- ent by Col. — Mercer and the Brigade by General Woodford. He left the service (he thinks) in the fall of 1780 and served during the whole time under the same enlistment. — At the time he enlisted he resided in Fauquier County Virginia. The company to which he belonged rendezvoused at the Court House of said county and the regiment at Williams Ferry Virginia from whence they marched to Alexandria and from whence they were ordered to New York island in the state of New York where they joined the regular Army. He was present at the battle of Trenton and the capture taking of the nine hundred Hessians; as it was said. He was then at the battle of Princeton where he aided in taking (as it was, said 300 prisoners. He was at the memorable battle of Brandywine and also at the battle of Germantown and next at the battle of Monmouth (These were all the memorable bat- tles in which he participated. — Before he enlisted as above stated he was taken into the service in the state of Virginia as a minute man under the same Captain John Shelton. He entered the service as a minute man

in the month of November 1775 he joined them in the same County and State as aforesaid. The Regiment to which he belonged was commanded by Col. Edward Stephens and General Woodford and; he served under this draft during the term of six months - He was at the defeat of Captain Forster's Company of Grenadiers at the Great Bridge on the east branch of Elizabeth River, which was the only engagement he was in during this period of time - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any state agency in any state - At the time he left the state service he received a written discharge from General Woodford and at the time he left the continental service he received a written discharge from General Joseph Mead - But where they are now he does not know for he however supposes that time or accident has totally obliterated them -
In witness whereof he has hereunto set his hand and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Bryant Hammett
And the said court doth hereby certify  declare its opinion that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states, Virginia
Robert Hamilton Clerk of the Court of Chancery, Richmond County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Benjamin Hammett for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 10 th day of September 1832 and 57 th year of our foundation
R Hamilton

8242 Benj a Hamrick
from 1776 private 3 years $80.
Admit if on Va Roll.

8242
BRIEF in the case of Benjamin Hambrick  County of Nicholas in the State of Virginia  (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? 75  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.     enlisted In 1776 & sold till fall of 1780 Private Gen. Col. Chilton or Shelton 3 d Virginia Col. Mercer Gen. Woodford Col. Chilton Col. Stephens.   Nov 1775 Draft "  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Princeton Brandywine Germantown Monmouth  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Lancaster Co. Va.  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? they are not connected to the seal as required 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Thaugh
Examining Clerk.

May 26, 1937.
John T. Harris, Lt. Colonel Office of the Quartermaster General War Department.
BA-J/ILL Benjamin Hamrick S. 5472 am
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Benjamin Hamrick, a pensioner in 1832, who died in 1842.
The record has been found of only one Benjamin Hamrick who received a pension in 1832. The data given herein were found in his claim for pension, S. 5472.
Benjamin Hamrick was born in Prince William County, Virginia; the date of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Fauquier County, Virginia, he was enrolled in November 1775 as a minute man, served in Captain Chilton's company, Colonel Edward Stevens' Virginia regiment, and was in the battle at Great Bridge, length of service six months. He enlisted in 1776, served as private in Captains John Chilton's and John Blackwell's companies, Colonels Mercer's and Thomas Marshall's 3 rd Virginia regiment, was in the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth, length of service three years. He rendered service also in the fall of 1781, officers' names and length of that service not given.
Benjamin Hamrick was allowed pension on his application executed September 7, 1832, at which time he resided in Nicholas County, Virginia. He was aged then seventy-five years.
In 1832, Joel Hamrick stated, in Nicholas County, Virginia, that he lived in Fauquier County, Virginia, when Benjamin Hamrick "left home" and served in the Revolutionary War, but he did not state

any relationship between them.
In 1835, in Greenbrier County, Virginia, one Joseph McMillian, aged seventy years, stated that Benjamin Henrick, while home on furlough about the year 1779, married his sister, the name of said sister not given.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following:
Benjamin Henrick Certificate #2579 Issued December 1, 1832 Rate $30 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832. Virginia Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. MILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

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Archila County.
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Benjamin Warick. Poulton. near 80 years old.
Benjamin Warick, aged 78 yrs a Poulton - says that Warick himself, was in service, 60 years, and alloted to the same Brigade. That he saw Warick frequently, when he was in service. That he had enlisted in three regts - Mr. Warick thinks that Warick was in active service in 1862.
Note. Mr. Warick, was upwards of forty miles from any point at which I located in Nicholas county - I concluded that it would be a waste of time, to go and see him - Mr. Warick's statement can be relied upon.
W. G. Douglass July 13. 1885

October 8, 1936.
Mayne Hamrick 1437 Rhode Island Avenue, N.W. Washington, D. C.
BA-3/ILL Benjamin Hamrick S. 5472 Benjamin Hamrick W.O. 2549
Dear Madam:
You are furnished herein, as requested, the Revolutionary War record of Benjamin Hamrick, pension claim, S. 5472, and the War of 1812 record of Benjamin Hamrick, pension claim, W.O. 2549.
BENJAMIN HAMRICK-S. 5472.
Benjamin Hamrick was born in Prince William County, Virginia; the date of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Fauquier County, Virginia, he was enrolled in November 1775 as a minute man, served in Captain John Chilton's company, Colonel Edward Stevens' Virginia regiment, and was in the battle of Great Bridge, length of service six months. He enlisted in 1776, served as private in Captains John Chilton's and John Blackwell's company, Colonel Mercer's and Thomas Marshall's 3 d Virginia regiment, was in the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth, length of service three years. He rendered service also in the fall of 1781, officers' names and length of that service not given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 7, 1832, at which time he resided in Nicholas County, Virginia. He was aged then seventy-five years.
In 1832, Joel Hamrick stated, in Nicholas County, Virginia, that he lived in Fauquier County, Virginia, when Benjamin Hamrick "left home" and served in the Revolutionary War, but he did not state any relationship between them.
In 1835, in Greenbrier County, Virginia, one Joseph McMillian

aged seventy years, stated that Benjamin Hamrick, while home on a furlough about the year 1779, married his sister, the name of his sister not given.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of Benjamin Hamrick, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following: Benjamin Hamrick, certificate #2579, issued December 1, 1832, rate $80 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Virginia Agency.
----- BENJAMIN HAMRICK-W.C. 2549.
Benjamin Hamrick enlisted in Beverly, Randolph County, Virginia, and served from September 3, 1814 to January 27, 1815 as private in Captain Wansley's company of Virginia militia and was discharged at Fort Nelson, Norfolk, Virginia.
December 21, 1850, he applied for bounty land which was due on account of his service in the War of 1812, at which time he resided in Nicholas County, Virginia. Benjamin Hamrick was aged then sixty-seven years; the date and place of his birth and the names of his parents were not stated. On this application, he was allowed 80 acres of bounty land on warrant #23579, Act of 1850. He applied May 10, 1855 for additional bounty land under the Act of 1855; on this second application, he was allowed 80 acres of bounty land on warrant #23701.
Benjamin Hamrick died June 12, 1863, in Webster County, West Virginia.
Benjamin Hamrick married April 19, 1811, in Kanawha County, Virginia, Nancy Gregory; the names of her parents were not stated.
Nancy Hamrick, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed May 4, 1871, at which time she resided in Webster

County, West Virginia, her post office, Webster Court House. Nancy Hamrick was aged then seventy-nine years.
In December 1871, one Vincent Hamrick, also of Webster Court House, West Virginia, stated that he was well acquainted with the soldier, Benjamin Hamrick, and with his widow, Nancy, and that he was present at the burial of the soldier; he did not, however, state any relationship to them.
In 1855, one William G. Gregory, a resident of Randolph County, Virginia, stated that he was well acquainted with Benjamin Hamrick, the soldier, then of Randolph County; no relationship to Nancy Hamrick was stated.
In order to obtain information regarding the location of the land which was granted Benjamin Hamrick, you should address The Commissioner, General Land Office, this city, and furnish that official the numbers of warrants, acreages, and Acts, as given herein.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, this city, and furnish the following: Nancy Hamrick, widow of Benjamin Hamrick, certificate #2549, issued April 27, 1872, rate $8 per month, commenced February 14, 1871, Act of February 14, 1871, West Virginia Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

April 23, 1933.
2A-3/III
XXXXXXXXXXXXX Benjamin Hawrick- S.5673
Mrs. W. O. Bickle Box 574 Staunton, Virginia.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter requesting information relative to Benjamin Hawrick, a Revolutionary War pensioner.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 5673, based upon his service in that war.
Benjamin Hawrick was born in Prince William County, Virginia; the date of his birth and names of his parents are not given.
While residing in Fauquier County, Virginia, he was enrolled as a minute man, served in Captain John Chilton's Company, Colonel Edward Stevens' Virginia Regiment and was in the battle of Great Bridge, length of service six months. He enlisted in 1781, served as private in Captain John Chilton's and John Blackwell's Company, Colonel's Horse and Thomas Marshall's 3 d Virginia Regiment, was in the battles of Trenton, Princeton and Brandywine, Germantown and Redbank, length of service three years. He also rendered service in the fall of 1781, no officers names and length of that service not shown.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 7, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Nicholas County, Virginia. He was then seventy-five years of age.
In 1833, in Greenbrier County, Virginia, one Joseph McMillan, aged seventy years, stated that Benjamin Hawrick, while home on a furlough about the year 1779, married his sister; the name of his sister not given.
In 1832, one Joel Hawrick stated that he lived in Fauquier County, Virginia, during the Revolution, no relationship to the soldier stated.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
14.5472
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Benjamin Hamrick 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.     Nov. 1775 6 mos. Minute Man John Chilton Edward Stevens Pa.   1776 Fall 1780 Pvt. John Chilton Merer } 3rd Regt Va.   1781 ✓ names of officers & length of service not stated John Blackwell Thomas Marshall  
Battles engaged in, Great Bridge, Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Fauquier Co. Virginia
Date of application for pension, Sept. 7, 1832. His Ch. al.
Residence at date of application, Nicholas Co. Va.
Age at date of application, 75 yrs. born in Prince William Co. Va.
Remarks:
Joseph McMillian testified that soldier married his sister about the year 1779 while he was on furlough. Her name is not stated and there is no other family data.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

WAR DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL WASHINGTON
IN REPLY REFER TO QM 293 A-M Hamrick, Benjamin
May 22, 1937
Mrs. Hendr. only one
Subject: Service record.
To: Administrator, Veterans' Affairs, Veterans' Administration, Washington, D.C.
1. It is requested that this office be furnished a copy of the military service record of Benjamin Hamrick , soldier of the Revolutionary War who, according to information received in this office, was granted a pension in 1832 and died in 1842.
For The Quartermaster General:
John T. Harris JOHN T. HARRIS, Lt. Colonel, Q.M. Corps, Assistant.

Veterans administration
Please furnish the Reo. war Record of Benjamin Hammet B 5472 - date of last payment of pension and date of death.
Benjamin Hammet of war of 1812 who enlisted at Norfolk. and whose widow received a pension.
Mayne Hammet 1437 Rhode Island Ave N.W. Wash D.C.

B of 574 Staunton, Va. March 9, 1932-
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
I wish to obtain some information on a Benjamin Hanrick of Nicholas Co., then Virginia, now W. Va., whose appli- cation for pension appears in Report of Secretary of War, 1835, Pension Rolls, Vol. 2. Also of Silas Hanrick of Hampshire County, Virginia

whose name appears in Report of Secretary of War, 1835, Pension Rolls, Volume
2.
Will you please send me the information to be found by those references.
Yours truly,
(Mrs. W.O.) Catharine H. Bickel

Rev Sec H
MRS. CHAS. O. NORTON KEARNEY, NEBRASKA April 10th 1916-
To the Hon- Commissioner of Pensions- Washington. D.C.-
Dear Sir;-
U. S. Pension Rolls- 1835- Virginia- gives- Vol 2- page 177- ✓ "Benjamin Hamrick- Private Va Continental Line, Pensions Dec 1st 1832- - - - - - Drew his pension in Nicholas Co. Va- and was aged 77 years-
Also- U.S. Pension roll. April 10th 1835- Virginia, Hampshire Co. Vol 2- page 147- ✓ "Siras Hamrick- Private Virginia Militia, Placed on Pension roll- - - - - - Apr 9, 1834- aged 72 years- "
Please give me- data contained in the two- application for pensions, above mentioned- together with the family- and personal history- contained therein--
Yours very truly-
Se. G. Norton (Mrs. Charles Oliver Norton)

Rev War
5472 INVALID.
File No. 5472
Benjamin Hearn Rev War
Act: June 7 th '32
Index: — Vol. M , Page 159
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1916 Apr. 20 Hist. to Mrs. Charles D. Boston.
1932 - Apr. 20 - Hist. to Mrs. N. O. Bickle.
1948 Oct 8 - Hist. to Mayne Hamlin
1957 - May 26 - Hist. to Lt Col. John T. Harris - L.M.G. - J.H.L.

Roy Hammack
Dec 7 1935
GL
Buora V 31 page 33

Dept Allar
Pen Off
Dec 7 1835
Sir
I have rec d your letter upon the subject of your claim, concerning the affidavit of Jos M c Millan, and in reply have to state that so far from furnishing additional evidence of your alleged service, it discloses facts, not before made known which tend to render the claim still more doubtful.
If the facts as stated in the affidavit are to be rec d as evidence, it is clearly established that you left the army without having asked for your time had expired paid by that act forfeited all claims to pension. Having deserted the army any subsequent act of yours could not again restore you to the same for position you held before.
If a substantial war rec d after your enlistment, as is stated by the witness, you would now would still have been entitled to your discharges pay, and your name would appear upon the V th Colored list.
This however is not the fact.
Yours &c
M c Rey Bannock Nicholas C H Va

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Benjamin Hoamrick which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
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II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
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III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? s
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
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V. *Has he mentioned 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?
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VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
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VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
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VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
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IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
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X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? no. XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? no Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? — XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? ys XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 7
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 the 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.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.

Nicholas C.H. Va Sept 16 th free
The Hon ble Secretary of War Washington D. City
SEP. 22. P.M.
SEP 22 1862

September the 14 th 1832
I herewith transmit to you the declaration Buy Hamrick made with a view of procuring pension also some affidavits accompanying the declaration.
If contrary to our expectations the evidence should not be sufficient to entitle him to a certif- icate or there should be any insuperable infor- mality in the proceedings please return them pointing out the cause. If he should be deemed en- titled to a pension certificate transmit it to Nicholas letter N.Y. either directly to me or to my care; so that as Mr Hamrick resides some miles from this place there may be no difficulty in his procuring it
Respectfully your obedient
Servant Sam Price

Virginia
Circuit Superior Court of Fauquier County for it was by leaving Be it Remembered that Benjamin Hamrick Semester on this 7 th day of September 1833 personally appeared before the aforesaid court and after being duly sworn upon the holy evangelists of Almighty God deponeth that he was a non- in Capt. Wm Lewis' Company & attached to the Mulenburg's Brigade Voluntary Soldier on the year 1777. At the time he enlisted he resided in Frederick County but resided in Berkeley County Virginia. That during the time he was in the Service (he thinks in 1778) at the Valley Forge in Pennsylvania he became ac- quainted with one Benjamin Hamrick who now resides in Nicholas County Virginia who is now in court. That he believes said Hamrick then belonged to Captain Chilton's company. He does not recollect the Regiment to which said Hamrick belonged but it was to the same divi- sion to which the deponent belonged. That said Hamrick was a soldier on the continental estab- lishment. This deponent frequently saw him in the service but how long he served this de- ponent does not certainly know. But he thinks he knew him to have been in the service during the Philadelphia a year. This deponent believes that he knew him to be at the battle of Brandywine and Germantown - And if he does not greatly mistake he was also at the battles of Monmouth and Princeton - further deponent saith not.
Benjamin Semester
said Hamrick also being duly sworn before the court

aforsaid deponent and saith - that Benjamin Hamrick who now resides in Nicholas County Virginia and who is now in court enlisted in the revolutionary service early in said revolutionary war under Captain John Clifton of Fauquier County where said Benjamin Hamrick and this deponent then both resided - that he left home with a view of entering into the army when he remained according to the recollection of this deponent three years - that during these three years he returned home as it was said on furlough - and after remaining at home a few weeks he again left it with a view of entering the service - This deponent did not see him in the service - not being there himself but always believed that said Benjamin Hamrick served in said war for three years and further this deponent saith not Joel Hamrick
I Robert Hamilton Clerk of the Circuit Superior Court of Law & Chancery for Nicholas County Virginia do certify that the foregoing deposition of Benjamin Hamrick and Joel Hamrick were duly taken before said court as stated in the caption. Given under my hand and seal at the court house the 10 th day of September 1832 and 57 years of our Lord's incarnation
R Hamilton (Seal)

Whereas Benj. Hancock now of Nicholas county Virginia a soldier of the Revolution cannot draw his pension under the late re-est. actions of the War department for want of better proof of his services. Therefore in order to effect that object, I Joseph McMillan who am seventy years of age of sound mind & memory give the following statements of what I will recollect relative to said Hancock's services as a soldier in the War of the Revolution. I have been personally acquainted with said Benj. Hancock when he was a soldier - his father lived about three miles from my father's when I was a boy about ten or twelve years of age & said Hancock was a young man - when Capt. J. Chilton of Fauquier county Va. with his lieutenants J. Blackwell & the late Hon. J. Marshall enlisted a company called minute men in the year 1775. (the said Benj. Hancock being one of them) about which time the battle of the great bridge in Va. was fought - when that year was finished Capt. Chilton came home to the upper part of Fauquier Co. and his company or the greater part of them enlisted again for three years, said Hancock being one of those who enlisted & was gone three years, I understood from him that he was in all the principal battles in New York New Jersey & Pennsylvania, I have heard him talk of the battle of Germantown & Brandywine, and in particular of Capt. J. Chilton's being killed at Brandywine & many of his men wounded & killed, I also understood from said Hancock some of his fellow soldiers when they came home, that J. Blackwell (Capt. Chilton's first lieut.) was then Capt. in room of Chilton who had been killed - and served under him until the end of their term of service, and enlisted again under Capt. Blackwell, the greater part of them came home on furlough for forty days, said Hancock at that time came to my father's with four or five of the men, and stayed in the neighborhood till their furlough was expired, when Capt. J. Blackwell with his company returned to the Army, said Hancock being one of them, I think it was in the year 1779 they returned (about Feb. 1) said Hancock came back to my father's in the fall, said he was there about putting a man in his place, he married my sister about that time, but soon came to the county that he had deserted, he set off to go to the west, was taken up and lodged in Winchester jail, from there he was taken with some recruits to Fredericksburg, the officer let the sergeant call with

him at my father's to see his wife, when by the help of his friends he hired a man for a thousand dollars (Continental money) to go in his place during the war, he went on to Fredericksburg and was discharged by Genl. Marlinton, I saw his discharge often, or more than once or twice, The said Hamrick built a house in the year 1780. & lived at my father's, he was drafted in the year 1781. in Fauquier County Va. and was on duty at the time Cornwallis was in Virginia - I think said Hamrick is about seventy eight years old, was born in Prince William County Va., in which in Fauquier Co. Va. his officers were those already stated; he was attached to the Third Virg. Regiment the first three years commanded by Col. Thos. Marshall -
Joseph McMillian Gumbus Co. Va. to wit This is to certify that Joseph McMillian who has subscribed to the above statements, appeared before me the subscriber hereunto, one of the Commissioners of Justice of the peace in and for said County & made oath that the above statements is true to the best of his knowledge & recollection - Given under my hand & seal this 15th Oct. 1835 -
James Frazer V.P.
Virginia
Gumbus County Clerk's Office I do hereby certify that James Frazer before whom the above Affidavit was made, was at the time an Acting Justice of the Peace duly Commissioned and qualified as such that the foregoing is a true copy to the best of his knowledge to be true
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed the Seal of my office the 15th day of October 1835 in the 60th Year of the Commonwealth John Matthews C.G.