Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 32293, Benjamin Hardin, N.C.

SERVICE
Nk
Ward, Benjamin
NUMBER
S 32293
CONTENTS

Arkansas 7899
Benjamin Hardin
of Independence Co. in the State of Arkansas, who was a Private in the Comp y . commanded by Captain Hardin of the Reg t commanded by Col. Locke in the North Carol ina Militia for sixteen months.
1 year 40 4 mos. 13.33 $53.33.
Inscribed on the Roll of Arkansas IV at the rate of 53. Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of April 1833, and sent to C. H. Pelham, clk. Batesville, Independence Arkansas. Arrears to the 4th of March. 1833. 106.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4. Sept r 33. 26.66 $133.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm. R. Palmer Clerk, Book C. Vol. 8. Page 137.
Order to pay 4 th Oct 1837. Same Same 17. Oct 1840. Letter to 3 d Auditor 17. Oct 1840. Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 from 14 th Sep 1837 to 4 th Sep 1839. Age notified 28 Oct 1840

Territory of Arkansas At the January Term of the County County of Independence Court of said County A. D 1833
On this seventh day of January A. D 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the County Court of Independence County and Territory of Arkansas now sitting Benjamin Harden a resident of said County and Territory aged sixty eight 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 Act of Congress passed June the seventh A. D 1832, That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated count. That he joined a Volunteer Horse Company at in Rowan County North Carolina on or about the fourteenth day of June A. D 1780, under his father Benjamin Harden Senior then Captain - Philip Rutherford was Major - a Mr Prevost Lieutenant Colonel - Matthew Locke Colonel, a Regiment raised in the State of North Carolina, That he lived in Rutherford County North Carolina at the time he joined said Company, that he entered as a private and so continued during the war - That he immediately marched to the adjoining County Court Lincoln County and attacked and defeated two British Officers, then returned to Rowan County and discharged from further duty - immediately after which he joined a Company of about three hundred men under Captain Benjamin Harden Sen. and Colonel George Davidson and marched and reinforced General Mc Dowall at the Old Cherokee Ford on Broad River in South Carolina as he thinks in July 1780, and continued with him about two months when the Enemy compelled the troops in which he served to retreat to Nolechucke in North Carolina said Mc Dowall still Commanding - at this place General Mc Dowall was reinforced by Col s Campbell Senior & Shelby, and then all met on the Yellow Mountain and marched over into Berks County in North Carolina against the British forces Commanded by Colonel Ferguson, who retreated before the American forces to Kings Mountain where he was overtaken and defeated by the American forces in which engagement the Deponent was, at the Battle of Kings Mountain

The United forces were Commanded by Col. William Campbell, he returned back again to Washington County in North Carolina and having assisted to escort as far as he believes Wilkes County the prisoners, he was permitted to return home - immediately after his return Col. John Serrin and Col. Arthur Campbell raised a body of Troops which this Deponent joined to go against the Cherokee Indian, this Deponent in this expedition was Commanded by Captain Jacob Brown, had a Battle with said Indians on Boyd's Creek which emptied into French Broad River and defeated them, burned a number of towns and took a number of prisoners, and then returned back to Nolle Chuckey - About the first of March 1781 this Deponent joined and enlisted in a Mounted Rifle Company for one year, under the Command and in the Company of Captain John Newman, which was raised by Order of Col. John Serrin who Commanded Washington County North Carolina at the time this Deponent enlisted in said Company he understood they were to go against the British Regulars, he was ordered out on the frontiers of the State to Scout and reconnoitre, and keep down the Cherokee Indians, and remained there during the year in active duty and received his Discharge, signed by his Captain - and returned home and this the Deponent from that time, that in March 1782 remained at home and never afterwards engaged in Service.
The following interrogatories were propounded by the
Court to the Applicant Benjamin Hardin
1 st Where and in what year was you born
Answer I was born in Mecklenburgh North Carolina on the 15 th March 1764
2 nd Have you any record of your age and if so where is it
Answer - I have at home in my bible
3 rd Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war - if a substitute for whom
Answer - I was living in Rutherford County North Carolina until driven from there to Rutherford County where I enlisted being what was called a Refugee since the Revolutionary war, I lived on Holston River in said state until 1785 - then moved to Tennessee, then North Carolina and lived there until about 1793 I moved to Kentucky and lived there until 1815 when I moved to Maysville now Arkansas Territory where I now reside, and never was a substitute for any person
4 th How were you called into service - I volunteered
Answer I volunteered

State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the Troops when you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service
Answer
I knew Genl William Davidson but recollect seeing General Morgan - Col Lee and many others whom their duty took them in other directions and not now recollect, as his duty took him in other directions and he was commanded by State Officers - And do not recollect any Continental or Militia regiments except as mentioned - I was in several skirmishes which I have not deemed necessary to mention
6.
Answer -
Did you ever receive a Discharge from the Service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it I never did except for the years service I served under Captain Newman as before stated, and given and signed by said Newman - I kept it until the fall of 1782 when I gave up my Discharge to certain Commissioners who sat in Washington County in North Carolina to receive the discharges and pay the Troops or rather to give Certificates for payment and I received my pay in what were called Indents and with which my father bought land bought land of the State
7
State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for good behaviour and veracity - your service as a soldier of the Revolution
Answer -
John Caruthers is known to my having served in the Revolution and Caleb S. Manly Richard Peel Senior and James Grubbs may other can certify as to my veracity and good behaviour in my present neighbourhood
I Benjamin Hardin do hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State or Territory
Benjamin Hardin
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year aforesaid
Richard Brading Justice

7 Territory of Arkansas County of Independence
On this Seventh day of January AD 1833 John Appeared in open Court before the Justices of the County Court of said Court now sitting and being first duly sworn according to Law on his oath saith that he is well acquainted with the within named Applicant Benjamin Hardin and knew him during the Revolution as a Soldier in the Army of the United States and saw him in the Battle of Kings Mountain, and in many other places during said War and that he is a man of veracity and good behavior and is satisfied that the within statement is true
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year aforesaid }
John Caruthers
John Caruthers Presiding Justice
We a clergyman residing in the County of Independence and Territory aforesaid and Caleb S. Manly Richard Peel Esq. and James Trimble residing in the same County hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Benjamin Hardin who has sworn to and subscribed the within declaration and that we believe him to be Eight sixty years of age and that he is reputed and believed in his neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and concur in that opinion, and we believe him to be a man of truth and veracity respectability and good behavior in the neighbourhood where he resides
Caleb G. Hanes
Richard Peel
James Trimble
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 7 th day January 1833.
John Caruthers

We the Subscribers Citizens of the County of Independence And Territory of Arkansas do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Benjamin Hardin the applicant mentioned in the Annexed Declaration who has sworn to and subscribed the same and that he is sixty eight years of age and that he is reputed and believed in his neighbourhood to be a soldier of the Revolution and concurs in that opinion - And we believe him to be a man of veracity respectability truth and good behavior in the neighbourhood where he resides, and we further certify that we have signed this in consequence of the only Clergyman attending at this Court being not sufficiently acquainted with the applicant whose name is annexed to wit Benjamin Hardin to sign the same -
Aaron Gillett
J. H. Egnor
John Ruggles
John Rudall Jeremiah Connell Richard Peel
C. H. Pelham
On the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the questions prescribed by the War department That the above named Applicant Benjamin Hardin was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states - And the Court further certify that it appears to them that Joseph H. Egnor John Ruggles John Rudall Jeremiah Connell Richard Peel and Charles H. Pelham who have signed the above Certificate are residents of said County of Independence and that their statements are entitled to full credit
W. M. Presiding Justice

Territory of Arkansas County of Independence
I Charles H. Pelham Clerk of the Circuit and County Con Courts do hereby certify that the within annexed five pages contain the original notice in the matter of Benjamin Hardin for a pleadon - The Testimony whereof has been to my hand & seal this tenth day of January A.D. 1833.
C. H. Pelham Clerk
Application of Benj Hardin for a Pleadon
Admiral Hornigold 57.33 Capt. P. Black for Pleadon N. Miller Jan. 1780.
The above is in the hand writing of Mrs Sylvester J. S. Evans 16. April 1833
I mean send the broad estimate of his bills - & then have some account about it
K. O. Lewis A. O. Lewis
last page

7.899
Benjamin Hardin Independence Co. Terry Arkansas
Return
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Benjamin Hardin
admitted,
see within
$53 \frac{33}{100}
for sixteen months and Private
Batesville P.
C. H. Pelham Clerk Independence Co. Territory of Arkansas

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
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 Benjamin Hardin Hardin  Hardin  Hardin  Hardin  Terre Haute, Indiana  Terre Haute, Arkansas
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1780 Not stated Private Capt. B. Hardin Col. Loch Linn Lt. Col. Pres ward Major Rees Lt. Col. Hardin None N. Car. 68 years Rutherford Co. N. Caro Witness   July - 1780 Not stated " " Genl. McDowell Col. David son Kings Mt. S. Caro   Not stated Not stated " Capt. Brown Col. Linn Lt. Col. Hardin Boys with the Indians "   ear 1781 1 " " " Capt. Hardin None stated  
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 renounces 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 day 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 he 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 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 in 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.
Joseph Rowen Esq Ch.

October 14, 1937.
Mrs. Florence Hardin Hyman Route 4 Canton, Illinois.
BA-J/ILL Benjamin Hardin S. 33293
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information regarding Captain Benjamin Hardin, of Mecklenburg or Anson County, North Carolina, who was commissioned about January 25, 1764, also, Benjamin Hardin, of Militia, No. 5035, and a Richard Hardin, possibly sons, also of North Carolina, Revolutionary War.
The record has been found of only one Benjamin Hardin of North Carolina, War of the Revolution, pension claim, S. 33293; the data given herein were found in that claim. There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service of a Richard Hardin of North Carolina, in said war.
Benjamin Hardin was born March 15, 1764, in Mecklenburg, North Carolina. He was the son of Captain Benjamin Hardin of North Carolina, whose age is not given; the name of Captain Benjamin Hardin's wife is not shown.
While a resident of Rutherford County, North Carolina, Benjamin Hardin enlisted June 14, 1780, served as private in his father's, Captain Benjamin Hardin's company, Colonel Matthew Locke's North Carolina regiment, was in the battle at Ramsour's Mills, re-enlisted in July 1780, served as private in Captain Benjamin Hardin's company under General George Davidson, marched against the Tories commanded by Colonel Ferguson, and was in the battle of King's Mountain. Immediately after his return home, he enlisted and served as private in Captain Jacob Brown's company, under Colonels John Sevier and Arthur Campbell on the expedition against the Cherokee Indians and was in an engagement at Boyd's Creek, assisted in taking many Indians prisoners, and burned several towns. He enlisted March 1, 1781, served one year in Captain John Newman's Mounted Rifle company.
This is all written up in Downing - Vol. 2 - p. 391

under Colonel John Sevier in the North Carolina troops, engaged most of the time along the frontier, then returned home.
Benjamin Hardin resided on the Holston River until 1785, moved then to Tennessee, then to North Carolina where he resided until about 1793, moved to Kentucky and resided until 1815, then moved to Missouri, later called Arkansas Territory.
He was allowed pension on his application executed January 7, 1833, at which time he resided in Independence County, Arkansas Territory. He made no reference to wife or children.
There are no further data regarding Captain Benjamin Hardin, this pensioner's father.
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 Hardin Certificate #7899 Issued April 16, 1833 Rate $53.33 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832. Arkansas Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. MILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Pension Agency Office, Little Rock, Ark's 25 Sept. 1840.
Sir,
I enclose you herewith a voucher for Benjamin Hardin's Pension from 4 Sept. 1839, to 4 Sept. 1840, amt. $53 \frac{33}{100} , which, if approved, please return, & instruct me to pay same.
Respectfully,
Yrs. & Mt. Secy.
M c E. Woodruff A.G.
J. L. Edmonds, Esq. Comt. of Pensions Washington City.
P.S. - Pension is due Mr. Hardin, for the two preceding years, for which name this day enclose vouchers to the P d Auditor.

J. L. Edwards, Esq. Com't. of Pensions, Washington.

Pension Agency Office, Little Rock, Ark. 12 Sept. 1884.
Sir,
Herewith I transmit certificates, showing that Benjamin Hardin was entitled to Eighteen months' Pension on 4 th inst. - which please examine, & if approved, instruct me to pay. The old man resides about 100 miles from this place, & applied in person for his pension, was so sorely afflicted at the intelligence that he could not receive his money until I had forwarded vouchers to Washington, for your approval, that I have advanced him the money, out of my private funds, having no doubt of his being justly entitled to it.
I am, sir,
Very respectfully,
Your ob't serv't.
M c Cluskey
J. L. Edmonds Esq. Com't. of Pensions, Washington City.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
October 20 th 1840.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Benjamin Hardin, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Arkansas Agency, at the rate of Fifty Three Dollars and 33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1837, to the 4 th Sept. 1839.
Respectfully yours,
Wilson B. Parry
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Benjamin Hardin . a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. 32,293.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 14, 1780 ~ Pvt. Benjamin Hardin Matthew Locke. Vb. b.   July, 1780. ~ Benjamin Hardin George Davidson.   Immediately ~ Jacob Brown. John Derris   Arthur Gamble   Mch. 1781 1 year. John Newman. John Derris.  
it soldier's father.
Battles engaged in, Bamsours Mill; Kings Mountain; against Cherokee Indians.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Rutherford Co., N.C.
Date of application for pension, Jan. 7, 1833. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Independence Co., Ark.
Age at date of application, born in Mecklenburg, N.C., Mch. 15, 1764.
Remarks: Soldier lived in Ky. County not stated from 1793 to 1815.
The only Benj. Hardin of C.A. G. troops found on the Rev. war records of this Bureau
Respectfully,
Office note: see Lossing, Vol. II, p. 391.
Commissioner.

Sept. 30, 1937, Canton, Ill.
Mr. A. W. Hiller, Washington
Dear Sir:-
Will you please send me the pension claim or copy of application for pension of Captain Benjamin Hardin from Mecklenburg Co. or Anson Co. N. Carolina, who was commissioned about Jan. 25, 1764.
Also of Benjamin Hardin - Militia No. 5033 - Wilmington District. Are these two records, of the same man, or is it father & son, and did they serve in the Revolutionary War.
If they are of the same man, did he have a son Benjamin or Richard who served in the Rev. War. If so would you send me a copy of his record?
I am trying to trace this family to obtain records for use in records of the D. A. R. and I need the names of the wives and children of these men. They were residents of Rutherford Co., too, at one time.
Can you give me this information or suggest how I might obtain it?
Thanking you very much, I am, Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Florence Hardin Eymann Canton, Ill. Route 4.

WRITING ROOM OF The National Journalist Co. Baltimore
Mr. James A. Mason Baltimore Bureau of The New York Times, New York
I would like also to have relations with you
Yours truly, James A. Mason Baltimore

WRITING ROOM OF FREDERICK & NELSON SEATTLE
Dear Sir,
Some time ago I wrote in regard to record of Benjamin Hardin a revolutionary pioneer but have had no reply so am afraid my letter mis carried
This Benjamin

WRITING ROOM OF FREDERICK & NELSON SEATTLE
Hardin died in Arkansas (Green River Country) He served at Cowpens and was later from Va, Ga. or the Carolinas I should like all the information I can have of his service & his relations Alice U R obriam 4228 Corliss Seattle W

2711-3 WRITING ROOM OF The Mc Dougall & Southwick Co. Seattle Wash.
Dear Sir,
Can you give me the record of Benjamin Hardin, Revolutionary Pensioner, in DAR Papers -
He fought at Cross- peds, may have been from Va., Ky., Tenn., or N.C.
He spent the latter part of his life in

WRITING ROOM OF The Mc Dougall & Southwick Co. Seattle Wash.
Arkansas & was I believe buried at Green Briar, Ark -
I would like also names of any relatives mentioned, residence places, and all dates that may be a part of the records -
Mrs AWR Robinson 4228 Corliss Seattle Wn

1519 HILLSBORO ROAD RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
171 Rev Sec
Aug 17th 1910
Sir -
Pray give any data you may find as to parentage or Native Country of following Soldiers of Revolution.
Major Joseph Harden , originally Graham Co - later Tryon Co, delegate to Hillsboro Congress. from Tryon Co.
Captain John Harden of Rowan Co & Tryon Co Militia Officer at Panhandle's Mill engagement, afterwards at Orange Co and Alamance Co. (over)

also
Benjamin  Hardin Jr and Benjamin  Hardin Jr of Gryphon Co. in connection with Capt John Hardin. Afterwards in Kentucky. on whose farm Abraham Lincoln was born, which land was probably a land grant for Revolutionary service.
Very truly
Mrs John H. Hardin 15-19 Hillsboro Road. Raleigh N.C.

32 293 Rey INVALID.
File No. 32,293
Benjamin Hardin
Li Rev Mr
Act: June 1 st 1824
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 178
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1915. Aug. 24. History to Mrs. John W. Harden. M.W. 16
1922 Apr. 5—Hist. to Mrs. A. V. Robin- son.
1937-Oct. 14. Hist. to Mrs. Florence Hardin Gymnase—J.R.L.