Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 32328, Job Hobbs, Va.

SERVICE
Val
Hobbs, job
NUMBER
S 32328
B.L. Mt 91,042-160-55
CONTENTS

33417.
Arkansas.
Job Hobbs of in the State of Arkansas who was a Private in the commanded by Captain Fulkerson of the commanded by Col Campbell in the Va Va line for Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Little Rock at the rate of 20 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. and continue during life.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of November and 1859 & sent to
John Johnson Present
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Book 20. Vol.
J. Gass Clerk, Page 8.

300.410 act Mar 3 | 58
May 28 | 59
Job Hobbs
Private
91.042. ifd Nov 27/59
Ad: 160 AG Nov: 21/59
Blytheville
Revolutionary
War
Head. B.
Ad: Ark. 32.
M
John Johnson Eng Present
Sept: 23/59
E. J.
Vol No 2 page 98

Extract from - Report on Pension Case of Job Hobbs -
"It is important that the claimant file an additional Statement upon oath in relation to the following Interrogatories" etc
Questions for Mr Hobbs
2. Where were you born?
A. Fredricks County Virginia
2. What were the names of your father and mother, and mother's Maiden name?
A. My father's name was Vinson my mother's name was Ruth and her maiden name was Thomas
2. Give names of all of your brothers and Sisters?
A. My oldest Brother was James Mary Hannah Vinson Joel Ezekeal Ruth Rachel William Absalom Abner and my self Job
2. In what town did you live when you entered Service?
A. in Washington County Virginia
2. Did you have a brother or relative in the Service, and if so which term?
A. I had a Brother in the Service but not at the same time with me
2. Had you a brother or relative by name of Ezekiel Hobbs
A. I have a Brother of that name and he is the one referred to above

2. Can you state what year it was in that you left Botetourt or Washington County Virginia - and if so please do so
A. as near as I can recollect it was in 1780 that I left Washington Co Virginia
2. What county did you first move to, and when did you finally leave Virginia?
A. I moved to Powells Valley Vir and my family left Washington County Vir when I did
2. When and where did your father die?
A. He died in Washington Co Vir
2. When and where did your mother die? I do not recollect when she did die
A. She died in the same county my father
2. In case of each brother and each sister state when and where he or she died?
A. and when and where you last saw him or her? and if you can remember when you had a letter from him or her?
A. my oldest brother died some where in Ky my oldest sister died in Washington County Vir my next oldest sister I don't know where she died my next oldest brother died on Hickory Creek Tenn, my next oldest brother died on a creek called Big Limey not far from Duck River Tenn. I have one brother killed

by the Chickasaw Indians in Tennessee or Kentucky and I do not know which I have not seen any of my Brothers or Sisters for 40 years the last time I saw any of my Brothers they lived in Virginia Brother Ezekiel Hobbs lived in Washington County Vir and Brother Absalom Hobbs lived in Lee County Vir I had a letter from Brother Absalom Hobbs about twenty five years ago and he still lived in Vir the last account
2. Did you know Ezekiel Hobbs? or did you ever hear of him when you lived in Virginia?
A. Ezekiel Hobbs is my Brother and we was both raised children together in Washington Co. Vir-

2 When and Where did you last see Ezekiel Hobbs?
A, He came to see me when I lived in Knox County Tennessee about forty years ago
2. Where was he when you last heard from him? and where were you then living? and how many years ago has it been?
A When my Brother Absalom Rote told me the Rote that Ezekiel Hobbs was engaged in trading and did not state where he was at that time & I lived at that time in the State of Illinois it has bin some twenty five or six years ago
1. Why did you leave Virginia?
A, Because I wanted to Emigrate to a new Country
2. In your application you name these following named persons as having been in service with you Viz. Peter Fulkerson Timothy Lax, John Eklund, James Fraser. Wm Williams John Laman - Please name others, and if
you can, state which tour each one was in with you - Calling your tours as heretofore given by you, your 1 st tour, 2 nd tour, 3 rd tour.

A.
in the 3 rd tour Henry Mahan Paye Partial Alexander Crockett Jacob Goehrman
2. Report from the Pension Office admits that your Statements of service, seem to be both historically and geographically correct and that some persons have been pensioned for service under same officers for same period, and who were at same places named by you — Persons residing in Washington County Virginia — and in one case to a man by name of Ezekiel Hobbs, who they suppose very reasonably must have been your brother or near relative, or at least that you probably knew him, and as I have heretofore informed you that the rolls of evidence of this class of service were destroyed; you will therefore see the

propriety of these questions, in order to see if you can name some who have been allowed pensions - Please answer fully as you can and state whether you ever heard of any of these fellow soldiers getting their pensions, which one, and where he lived at time?
A, I never knew of any of my fellow soldiers applying for a pension and therefore I don't know of any of them getting a pension for I left that country a long time ago and moved to the Western countries and I don't know anything what they done back in that country

Claiming due allowance for loss of memory on account of my old age, and the long lapse of time since I was among my old friends and among the scenes of my youth and vigorous manhood, I Jobb Hobbs of the County of Madison State of Arkansas the applicant above named do state that the foregoing answers are true to the best of my knowledge belief and memory This 8 th day of July 1859
Jobb his Hobbs mark

The State of Arkansas } County of Madison }
The foregoing Statement of Job Hobbs who is well known to me as a resident of said County and as a credible person, was on this day signed and sworn to by him before me a Justice of the peace in and for said County - The claimant is a reputed Soldier of service of United States, War of Revolution, and is the identical person of his name who has recently as such claimed a Pension
And I certify that the foregoing was carefully and correctly read over to him before he signed it
And I certify that I am disinterested This 8 th day of July 1859
James M. Elshaney J.P.M.C.

Job Hobbs
At 1832
Scade's Evidence.
Nov. 1832 - Nov. 1833
John Johnson Washington D. C.

The State of Arkansas
County of Madison Set:
S D. R. Berry
Clerk of the Circuit Court
and Ex officio Clerk of the County Court in and
_____ in and for said County do hereby certify that James M c Echane Esquire whose genuine signature appears to the annexed Certificate, was at date thereof an acting justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified
Witness my name and official seal at my office in Huntsville on this 11 th day of July 1859
D. R. Berry. Clerk

Net June 7 1852
Supplemental
W H Barkley Louisville Kentucky
Chas Dodson Yellville Ark

The State of Arkansas County of Madison Set. S D. R. Berry Clerk of the Circuit Court and Ex officio Clerk of The County Court in and
_____ in and for said County do hereby certify that James M c Echane Esquire whose genuine signature appears to the annexed Certificate, was at date thereof an acting justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified
Witness my name and official seal at my office in Huntsville on this 11 th day of July 1859
D. R. Berry. Clerk

The State of Arkansas County of Madison 3 rd Set
On this 28 th day of February in the year 1859 personally appeared before me George W. Seaman an acting and duly Commissioned Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Job Hobbs a resident of said County 21 st Jan 1859 aged 100 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, was on his oath make the follow- ing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed on the 7 th day of June 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War at the time and place and under the following officers as herein after stated (Viz)
"I entered the service aforesaid in Wash- =ington County Virginia (or what is now called so) — My Captain's name was James Fulkerson — My Colonel's name was William Campbell and that his first Lieutenant was John Benson
For details of service refer to answers to questions following (Viz)

Questions for Mr Hobbs
2. In what year and month or at what time of year was it when you entered the service?
A. I first entered the service in March 17 Seventeen hundred and seventy seven served three months I do not now recollect the time I entered the service the 2nd time but think it was in the fall season
2. Were you drafted, or did you volunteer or go as a substitute and if as a substitute for whom?
A. I Enlisted the first time for three months I was afterwards drafted for the remainder of the term
2. How long did you serve and where were you stationed?
A. I served six months I was first discharged at Bennington in Washington County Virginia in June 1777 but for the 2nd time at Christiansburg in Powells Valley in Virginia last time at Rushers Fort on Clinch River
in service - But I do not give particulars - and also state the place which you marched and where stationed etc etc
I was in one skirmish with the Indians on the head of Powells river in which there were two Indians killed and in which we rescued some farmers. We March from Bennington fort to the Blue Rock Station in Powells Valley. We were also station apart of the time

Bushes on Clinch river in Virginia
2 — Do you remember the names of any officers of the "Line" that were stationed at same place where your company was — and if so give their names, and what state they belonged to?
A. I do not recollect whether there were any officers of the line at the above named station at the time I was out there were one William Campbell who was Colonel at the time but was afterwards promoted to a General and Arthur Campbell was promoted to a col. of the Militia Wm Campbell resided in Virginia
— Can you give names of as many of your fellow soldiers as you can now remember, and in each case state where he was when you heard from him last?
(Note — Space left for several names)
Had Wm Campbell who was promoted to a general and was killed as I understood to wards the close of the war were Capt Fulkerson who was after wards promoted to Major and died at his home in Washington County some time after the war

Peter Fulkerson Matthew Lax John Erickson James Frazier William Williams John Lamar fellow soldiers all dead in Virginia except Williams I do not know where where he died
Q — Perhaps you can tell of some brother or sister — or some old neighbor who was alive when last heard from, that may probably remember something of your services?
A — I have no known brother or sister living at this time nor I do not know of any old neighbor now living that knows any thing of my services.

2 Did you ever serve more than one term in Revolutionary War! And if so make condensed statement thereof - substantially as in foregoing!
A. I served 3 terms in Revolutionary war about three months first term two months at the Second Term and one month or less term in all 6 months I do not now remember the time or month precisely that I was drafted but the 2nd or 3rd term think it in the fall season

2. Why have you never applied for a pension?
A. I applied once through the agency of Mr. J. Black some two years since the reasons that I did not apply before was that I did not know that I could make proof sufficient. It has been so long a go since that it has been some area it took I did not know how I could make the proof required fifty or sixty  or sixty  by  near  since  I left  in  Virginia  thereby  relieving  it - every claim whatever to any other annuity or pension and my name is not on the pension agency of any state of the United States.
My certificate of discharge I gave to one Lieutenant Benson names above and have never seen them since - This was done in Washington County in state of Virginia about  some eighty years ago -
Questions - continued.
Q. When and where was Captain Fulkerson when you last heard from him?
He was in Washington Co. state of Virginia
Q. When and where did Colonel Fulkerson die? or where was he
when you last heard of him?
He was promoted to a General of the line

1. As I understood and was killed to mark the Close of the war (he was the Col Campbell that was at the Battle of Kings Mountain)
2. Same in regard to Lieutenant Beaman Lieut Beaman Died at his residence in Virginia
2. When and where were you born? I was born in Fultons Co Va
A. Have you any record of your age? And if so please forward it Note - If record of his age is found the officer will please have correct copy of it inserted herein, and certifying hereby that he believes this record to be the "ancient original and genuine"
I do not know of any Record of my age. I have none but from the best information I have been able to get I will be one hundred years old the 21st day of June 1835

2 - State all of the names names of Militia officers and such officers of the line as you can now remember who were in the service when you were?
Col Campbell Col Russell Col Shelby Col Blecher Col Anderson Lieut Fulkerson who was Promoted to Major. Major Arthur Campbell Capt Barnett Capt Blecher all of the Militia , as I muppshood at the time I was in the service I do not know of any officer of the line at either of the aforementioned stations.
2. Please State your residences since Revolutionary War - and state in each?
I moved from Washington Co Virginia to Powell's valley Va and remained there 10 years then moved to Madison County Kentucky I remained there 4 years I then moved to Knox County Tenn remained there 3 years then moved to Montgomery County Tenn remained there 4 years then moved to Davis County Kentucky from there to Spencer Co Indiana remained 14 years from there I moved to Shelby County Kentucky remained there 4 years thence to Marion County 4 years and from there to Washington Co Ark. I do not recollect the time I remained in Washington County and now reside in Madison County Arkansas 12 or 13 years.

2 State names of some persons in neighborhood of your present residence who are well acquainted with you — State also name of some clergyman with whom you are now acquainted and give his residence
D L Sanders Benjamin Vaughn
B H Henderson Benjamin Pign
The following named Ministers or Clergymen are well acquainted with me
Calvin Gage Elda Roberts L. D. L. Sanders
I do not know of any person now alive who is at all convenient to me by whom as a fellow soldier I can prove these statements
The evidence referred to above is the best that I can produce
A few years since (Viz about the Middle of year 1856 I
applied for a pension & the following circumstances pension & the following circumstances Agency of Mr H Black of Madison County Ark and to my statements made in said application I now refer

If not full as this statement it is because the questions were not so fully asked — I refer also to the result of said application
Witness my name and seal on this 28 th day of February 1859 —
I hereby constitute and appoint C. H. Barkley of Louisville Kentucky my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to prosecute this my claim
Job his Hobb's mark
Seal
We the undersigned both residents of Macon County in the State of Arkansas aged respectively 47 and 35 years do hereby certify that we are well and very intimately ac- =quainted with Job Hobbs also of Macon said County resident — He did on this day in our presence sign and acknowledge the above

Statement We believe him to be of the age that he therein states himself to be viz 100 — years We have known him well for more than (Frisby for 7 years) Mulkey 13  fourteen years — He is reputed and believed in the neighborhood of his residence to have been a soldier of service of United States in war of Revolution — He is a man of credibility whose statements can be relied on — And we say emphatically that we believe that he was a soldier as a Russian and we certify that we are not interested in the result of his alone application Witness our names on this 28 th day of February 1887.
Charles M. McElhaney
John Frisby, age 47

The State of Arkansas ss County of Madison } 3
The foregoing declaration of Job Hobbs and the above joint Statement of Charles M McElkany and John Grubbs were signed and sworn to on this 28 th day of
February 1859 before me George W Sarns an acting and duly commissioned Justice in and for said County by the respective parties thereto all of whom are well known to me to be persons of credibility and as residents of this County and whom I believe to be of the respec- -tive ages that they call themselves. I believe the witnesses to be disinterested And I as such Justice aforesaid do hereby certify my belief after full investigation of this case and due inquiry into its merits and establish- -tion that the above named Job Hobbs was a soldier of the service of the United States in the war of the Rebellion and that he served as he has

above set forth And I certify that I am disinterested
G. W. Searns J.P.
Supplemental
I further certify as such Justice of peace that on account of the infirmities of old age the foregoing named Job Hobbs is not able to go to Huntsville on County Road a distance of (91) Eleven miles from his residence in order to make his declaration in Open Court.
This 28 th day of February 1859
G. W. Searns J.P.

The State of Arkansas County of Madison
I Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for said County
Being the officers Clerk of the County Court and to wit:
do hereby certify that G W Seaman whose genuine signature appears to the within Certificate was at the date thereof an acting and duly Commissioned Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit are due and should be given to all of his official acts as such
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Job Hobbs 300.410
Revolutionary Bounty Land claim
Act March 30 1855
May 14 1856
John Johnson Washington (D, C)

The State of Arkansas S.S. County of Madison
I Job Hobbs of said County aged one hundred Years do make this following statement viz
I was in the Military Service of the United States in Revolutionary War I served Six Months therein I entered said service in Washing- ton County Virginia Militia troops My Captain was James Fulkerson My Lieutenant was John Beaman my Colonel was William Campbell I was honorably discharged at a place call Benning's Fort I then served three Months there last previous I again entered the Service and served two months and was discharged at Cristians Fort in Powells Valley Virginia I again entered said service and served one Month and was honorably discharged at Bushes Fort Clinch River Vir
I have never made an application for Bounty Land under any Act of Congress previous to this
I refer to my statements therein of even date herewith I make an application for benefit of act June 7 th 1832 through Agency of C B Barkley of Louisville Kentucky and refer to my statements therein I make this declaration for the purpose of applying for benefit of Bounty Land Act of March 30 th 1833 And I hereby appoint C B Barkley above named as my Attorney to prosecute this claim
I have never heretofore received the benefit of this or any other bounty Land Act of Congress and never made any application except as above stated this 28 th day of December  July 1859
Job H Hobbs
Seal

We the undersigned the undersigned do hereby certify that Job Hobbs who is well known to us and on this day in our presence signs and acknowledges the foregoing statements and we believe from his appearance and statements that he is the Scotchman whom he therein in the therein the referred statement represents himself to be
We refer also to our joint statement that accompanies his above named application for benefit of Act of June 7 th 1832. Made of even date and place herewith and we are disinterested this 28 th day of February AD 1858
Charles M c Elhaney Seal John Frisby Seal
The State of Arkansas } County of Madison } S d
The foregoing statements was on this day signed and sworn to before me James McElhaney an acting and duly Commissioned justice of the peace in and for said County by the respective parties thereto all of whom are well known to me as residents of this County and persons of Credibility the Claimant is the Scotchman whom of even date and place herewith before me makes application for benefit of act of June 7 th 1832 and the within witnesses are same ones whoes affidavit accompanies said application I believe the witnesses to be disinterested and that I am disinterested this 28 th day of February AD 1858
James McElhaney S d

State of Arkansas } Set County of Madison }
I James R
Berry Clerk of the Circuit Court and Ex-Officio Clerk of the County Court in and for said County do hereby Certify that James M. Harvey whose genuine signature appears to the annexed and foregoing Certificate is now and was at the date thereof an acting and duly Commissioned Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified and authorized to administer oaths and that all his official acts as such Justice are entitled to full faith and credit Witness my hand and official seal at my Office in Huntsville this 17 th day of March 1835 J. M. Berry Clerk
Louisville Ky
March 31 st 1859
Sir
Mr Johnson of your city is hereby appointed Attorney in this case
Yours Respectfully
C. H. Barkley
Commissioner Pensions Washington D. C.
Application for Bond, same

32 328 Rev INVALID.
File No. 32, 328
Job Hobbs Dr Rev Wad
Act: June 1 st 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 194
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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91,142
160 Acres

No 39160
Job Hobbs
Arkansas
D. L. Saunders October
2 1836-
for Johnson. May. 26/59
June 7 1832-

See case of Elizabeth Hobbs vs. Orkilt - No. 153.
for a similar service in part. May. 25/59.
Alfred

No. John Hobbs.
Ar. 15.
Act 32, 7 th June.
Admit for #20. her An: Com: 4 th March: 31. to Con: during natural life as a pri: in Poor Mil: Rev: 100.
Cert: pro. Johnson, Resident,

Pension Office, May 26. 1839.
Sir,
I have examined and suspended the claim of Job Hobbs to a pension under the Act of 7 June, 1832.
It is important that the claimant file an additional statement, upon oath, in relation to the following interrogatories:-
Where was he born? What was the name of his father and mother? How many brothers and sisters had he and what were their names? In what town did he reside when he entered the service? Had he a brother or relative in the service - if so, what service? Had he a brother or relative by the name of Ezekiel Hobbs? When did he remove from Botetourt or Washington County, Va.? Where did he move to, and when did he finally leave Virginia. When and where did his father, mother, brothers and sisters die? When did he last correspond with or see them. When did he last see and hear from Ezekiel Hobbs? What was the occasion of his leaving Virginia?
It is important that the claimant give as minute a statement in relation to the matters suggested as he possibly can. I would also suggest to you the propriety

of having him name as many of his comrades in the service and as many of his neighbors who served at different periods, other than those embraced in his statement in relation to his own service as he can recollect. The persons to whom he alludes as his officers were in service, and the incidents and places to which he refers seem to be historically correct. Pensions for service under the same officers, for the same period, and embracing geographically the identical places named by the claimant, have been allowed to persons residing in Washington Co., Va., and, I may add, in one case, to a person by the name of Ezekiel Hobbs. I infer, therefore, that the claimant must have known some of these pensioners, particularly Ezekiel Hobbs, who, it is fair to presume, was his brother or near relative.
Very respectfully, &c. Wm Hobbs for Commissioner.
John Johnson Esq. } Present. }

Job Hobbs Application Act June 7th 1832
John Johnson Washington D. C.

Witness my name and official seal at my office in Huntsville on this 15 th day of March 1857 J. H. Berry Clerk
The Affidavit of Mathew S Bell a Minister of the Gospel resident of Madison County Arkansas aged thirty four years I Mathew S Bell above named and described do Make the following Statements (viz) For more than fifteen Years Past I have been well and very intimately ac- quainted with Job Hobbs who now resides in Madison County Arkansas the said Job Hobbs is a reputed Soldier of the Service of the United States in Revolutionary War such is his General unquestioned reputation received and believed among his Neighbors and Acquaintances he is a man of Credibility I have been Made acquainted with the Contents of his foregoing annexed Statements concerning his Service in the Revolutionary War and I believe his said Statements to be true and the said Job Hobbs is Satisfactorily represented

To me as having signed and sworn to said Statement and I certify that I am disinterested in the result of his application for Pension this 3 rd day of March A D 1859 Matthew S. Bell
State of Arkansas } ss County of Madison }
The foregoing Statement was on this day signed and sworn to before me James McElhaney an acting and duly Commissioned Justice of the Peace in and for said County the affiant is well known to me as a Minister of the Gospel of Good Standing. I believe him to be disinterested and I am disinterested this 3 rd day March 1859 James McElhaney J.P.

State of Arkansas ss County of Madison } I James R Beery Clerk of the Circuit Court and Officers Clerks of the County Court do hereby Certify that James McPhang, whose own Genuine Signature appears to the annexed and foregoing Certificate is now and was at the time of signing the same an acting and duly Commissioned Justice of the Peace duly authorized to administer oaths and that all his official acts are entitled to full faith and Credit In testimony Whereof I have here to Set my hand and affixed the Seal of Office at Huntsville this 5 th day of March AD 1835
J R Beery
Clerk

Louisville Ky April 18 th 1889
Sir
Mr John Johnson of your city is hereby authorized to take full charge of Mr Hobbs care
Your Resp'y C H Barkley
Commissioner Reunions Washington D. C.

Humboldt
Ark. Sept. 3 rd /56
Sir.
I herewith transmit a declaration and some documents, in application for pension for John Hobb.
I am well acquainted with the old gentleman and am well assured that he is, indeed , a worthy , and in fact a worthy old gentleman.
He, for many years, has forborn to apply for a pension having now outlined his relations and being reduced down to dependence - he at length applies.
We have done the best in point of proof we can - except in point of his character we could prove that by many witnesses. I hope our vouchers may be sufficient to obtain a pension for him.
J. L. Saunders

Brief in the case of Job Hobbs (182, 100 yr. last June. Madison — County and State of Arkansas . act 7 th June. 1832.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Claimant alleges a service of six months, in Va. Militia. Names his Officers, their residence, the places through which he marched, where stationed, who were his comrades. Does not know if any of his Companions were pensioned. Enters the service in Westminster Co. Va. has resided in Ark. for upwards of 30 years. Did not know he was entitled to a pension until 1856. He is shown by the affidavits of Clergymen & others to be a man of great purity of character, who has been universally reputed a Revy: Soldier, and a man of sound mind and memory. I find several persons who were pensioned under the Act of 1832, named by the Claimant as in service with him. Their papers have been examined & they confirm and corroborate the statements (if for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what? of the Claimant, thoroughly, in reference to the length, Periods, and time of service, the places & times of march, the Officers names. Occurrences, which took place, their residence &c. All of these things were allowed at an early day, and do not appear to have been referred to since their allowance. The allegations of Claimant connect with the history of the events, as they are known to the examiners. There are no rolls of the Va. Militia. The Claimant could not relate what he does, did he not know the truth thereof by being personally identified with the service. No Atty. could know so intimately the truth of Revy: history. I see no reason justifying a disallowance of this claim!
John Johnson, Esq. Name and residence of Agent Present.
J. C. Blythe Examining Clerk.

Hobbs Peruvian

State of Arkansas County of Madison } ss.
Now on this 5 th day of August A.D. 1856, personally appeared before me, Samuel Vaughan, Judge of the Probate Court, for the County of Mad- ison, in the State of Arkansas, and now with the Clerk sitting for the purpose of examining Job Hobbs, applicant for pension, a resident of the County and State aforesaid, aged ninety seven 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 7 th June 1832 -
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers - and served as herein stated - Viz - William Campbell, Colonel - Arthur Campbell, Major, and James Hetherington was his Captain.
He entered the service of the U.S. United States, in the year 1777 - Then resided in Botetourt County Virginia, then deponent states that he first entered the service by enlistment for three months - served his time and was discharged on North Fork of

Holsten, but does not recollect whether he received a written discharge or not. Entered again, by draft under same officers for two months, served time and was discharged, but does not recollect whether he received written discharge or not. Thinks he did not. Entered service again, all as he believes in immediate succession, by draft for one month - served time and was discharged as he believes, by Col. Cox at Powels Valley. In his second service above stated, Deponent states that he was discharged at Bushes Station Virginia.
Deponent states that he was engaged in no regular battle. Was marched directly out of Bratton County to the Wilderness in pursuit of Indians.
He knows of no Regiments who were at the time engaged near him. Does not think the forces were at the time regularly divided into Regiments.
Deponent states that he received from Col. Cox, as above mentioned, discharge and handed it to his friend John Benham, who was a Lieutenant, but knows nothing of it now.
He further states that he has no

documents, and that he knows of no person, now living, by whom he can prove any of the facts above stated.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever, to a pension or annuity, except the present; and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any state.
Job his Hobbs mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written.
Test Nathan Driver J Owens
James P Berry Clerk
Clergyman's Certificate
We Jonathan Gage and Benjamin Titworth one a clergymen, Titworth is not residing in the County of Madison, State of Arkansas, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Job Hobbs, who has subscribed the above declaration, that we believe him to be ninety seven years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary War; and that we concur in that opinion.
Jonathan Gage Benjamin Titworth
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 25 th day of August 1858
James P Berry Clerk

Interrogatories by The Judge or Court
1. Where and in what year were you born?
Answer in Frederick County Virginia as about 21 st June 1860.
Q. 2. Have you any record of your age; and if so where is it?
A. I have none at all.
Q. 3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolution and where do you now live?
A. I I lived in Botetourt County Virginia. Since the Revolution, I lived in Madison County Kentucky. Then in Knox County Tennessee; Then in Montgomery County Tennessee; Then in Spencer County Indiana; Then in Mason County Illinois. Then in Washington County Kansas; Then in Madison County Kansas, where I now reside.
Q. How were you called into service.
A. I was first enlisted - then drafted.
5. State the names of some of the regular officers who with the troops when you served -
A. William Campbell, my Col. Major Campbell - Capt James Fullinwider Ga. Did you ever receive a

a discharge, and if so What has become of it?
5. I received a discharge and handed it To my friend Lieuten- ant. Benham; What has become of it I know not.
6. Did you ever receive a commission?
7. I never did.
7. State the names of persons To whom you are known in your present neighbourhood, and who can testify as To your verity generally, and their belief of your services as a soldier of The revolution.
8. I could state many - Pratt Buchanan, and Robert Wm. many formerly members of our Legislature in Washing- ton County; John Tittsworth, and Benjamin Tittsworth - George Sanders - and many others, have known me for twenty years.
Dob hi x Hobbs mark
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 5th day of August 1856
Nathan Driver J. Owens
James R Berry Clerk
State of Arkansas } ss County of Madison } ss
It is hereby certified, that the above named Dob Hobbs, appeared on the term day of our Probate Court in Madison

his declarations in open Court That I, myself the Judge, was in bad health and could not attend to business that day - and consequently the court was adjourned - The said Job Hobbs, being aged, palsied and infirm, states on oath that he is unable to attend court on another day, and, hence his declaration was taken as above set forth.
This August 5 th 1856
Samuel P. Vaughn Probate Judge
State of Arkansas
County of Madison I James B Berry Clerk of the Circuit Court and ex officio Clerk of the Court of Probate within and for said County do hereby certify that Samuel P Vaughn whose name appears to the foregoing Certificate is and was at the time of so certifying the same an acting and duly Commissioned and qualified Judge of the Probate Court in and for said County and I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the circumstances set forth in his said Certificate and know them to be correct and I further certify that I am personally acquainted with Jonathan Gage and Benjamin Tipton whose names appear as witnesses to the foregoing declaration and know them to be men of truth and veracity and that the said Job Hobbs who makes the foregoing declaration is also a man of truth and veracity.

The Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at my office this 3 rd day of Sept. A D 1856
James P Berry Clerk