Georgia: Walton County: Rev. War Pension Application of Henry Hardin, 19 November 1832 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store this file permanently for free access. This file was contributed by: Ruth Hinkle Kicklighter rkickli@flash.net ==================================================================== The Declaration of Henry Hardin a revolutionary soldier in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7th of June 1832. State of Georgia County of Walton On this the nineteenth day of November Eighteen Hundred & thirty two personally appeared before the Honorable Inferior Court of the County & State aforesaid being a Court of record Henry Hardin a resident of the County of Walton in the said State of Georgia aged seventy one years on the twelveth day of April last past who being 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 entered into the service of the United States in the year Seventeen Hundred & Seventy Seven on the fifteenth day of October in that year as a volunteer with Capt. Henry Smith for the term of six months and served in Col. Trevard or Bravard’s Regiment of the North Carolina Malitia under the command of Genl Lincoln Col Little and Maj Nelson of the Continental Line and Genl Williamson of the Malitia, the names and rank of the other officers he states he has forgot and the deponent further declares that he served the said term of six months in the Land service and that he left the said service on the fifteenth day of April Seventeen Hundred & Seventy Eight at Turkey Hill upon the Black Swamp South Carolina at which time & place last aforesaid he was regularly discharged which discharge is no where in the deponents power of custody at this time having been as he believes long since lost or destroyed. Ant this deponent further declares that at the time he entered into the service he resided in the County of Surry North Carolina but was born in Johnston County in said State and that during said term of service he marched from the Moravian Town in said State to Salisbury in said state and from Salisbury to Camden in South Carolina and from that place to the High Hills of Santee and crossed the Santee River at Nelson’s ferry; thence by the Eutaw Springs to Bacons Bridge thence to Jacksonboro and from thence by the lower road to Paresburg at head quarters on the Savannah River but this deponent sayeth that during said term of service he was not engaged in any Battle or fight with the enemy. And this deponent further declares that he again entered into the service of the United States in the year Seventeen Hundred & Eighty in the month of June of that year, but the precise day this deponent does not now recollect for a term of three months as a Malitia man with Capt Absalum Bostwick of Surry County North Carolina David Humphries 1st Lieutenant and this deponent 2nd Lieutenant in said company and that said company was attached or belonged to Col Martin Armstrong’s Regiment in Gen; Rutherford’s Brigade under the command of Maj Gen Caswell of the malitia which was joined to the Continental Line not far from Chrew Hills in South Carolina under the command of Genl Gates – and from thence marched by Lyches Creek to Rugsby’s mill on the road to Camden and from thence toward Camden about halfway to which place the American forces were met by the British forces a battle ensued and the former were defeated and the deponent was engaged in aid Battle. And this deponent further declares that his commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the malitia company aforesaid is lost or mislaid so that he cannot now produce it but the fact is sustained by the affidavits of David Humphries 1st Lieutenant in said company hereto named and this deponent further declares after Gates defeat aforesaid the company to which he belonged was never afterwards reorganized and there was no place of rendezvous for his company appointed and he therefore returned home to Surry County North Carolina but in a few days took his horse and went to Providence Meclenbbury North Carolina where he again entered into service of the United States by joining the malitia Light horse as a substitute for Peter Eaton under Col Davie who was the commander under whom he served two months and was then regularly discharged after marching from Providence to the Waxsaw settlement where he was discharged as aforesaid which discharge is also lost or mislaid so that he is now unable to provide it And the deponent further declared that he again entered into the service of the United Stated in the year Seventeen Hundred & Eight one in the month of March of that year by order of Col James Martin & Col Hunter who about the time Cornwallis entered Guilford County North Carolina gave orders for every man who was able to bear arms to join the army under Genl Green by joining Capt Thomas Cook’s company of Light horse of the malitia under the command of Col James Martin & Col James Hunter in which company this deponent served a few weeks the company being disbanded after the battle at Guilford Court House North Carolina in which county this despondent then resided having removed there in the month of February preceding but was not engaged in said battle by reason of his being absent on forage duty. And this deponent further declares that in the fall of the said year last aforesaid he was again the service of the United States as a volunteer in the Light Horse company of Capt Thomas Cook commanded by Col Wm Oneal in pursuit of the noted Tory Fannin Col of the Tories and this deponent further declares that he was at various other times and under varying other officers engaged in suppressing and disarming the Tories which he does not herein detail as the terms of service though numerous were short and under partisan officers acting upon their own responsibility And this deponent hereby relinquishes his 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 Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Henry Hardin We Bradford Green clergymen residing in the Gwinnet County and Elisha Bets residing in Walton County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Henry Hardin who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 71 years of age & that we have known him a great number of years & that he is an Ordained Baptist Minister of good standing in his Church and that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion Sworn & subscribed this day & year aforesaid Bedford Green Elisha Betts