Guilford County NcArchives Military Records.....Hill, George 1818 Revwar - Pension ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Diane Pheneger dondi@alltel.net September 2, 2006, 9:57 am George Hill Revolutionary War Pension Application -- S41642 The State Ohio On the fifth day of May in the year of our Lord, Eighteen hundred And Eighteen, before Me the Subscriber President of the courts of common pleas, for the fourth circuit of the State of Ohio, Personally Appeared George Hill aged Sixty one years, A resident citisen of the United States, at present residing in the county of Licking And State of Ohio Aforesaid, Who being by Me first duly cautioned And Sworn according to law, doth upon his oath Make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provission of the late act of congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and Naval Service of the United States in the revolutionary War" That he inlisted some time in the fall of the year 1779 in the County of Shanandoah in the State of Virginia, for a Term of one year and Six in the Company commanded by captain Ralph Groom, in the 2nd Regiment of the Virginia line, then he joined his Regiment at Statesborough in North Carolina, and continued to Serve in the Said Corps in the Servise of the United States until the expiration of said Term, when he was honorably discharged from the Service at Camden in South Carolina Deponent States that he was in the battle of Guilford CourtHouse, at the batle of Camden -- & at the Seige of Fort '96. he was with the Troops at the time of the battle of Eutaw Springs but being Sick was not in the engagement. Deponent States that he is in very reduced circumstances, and that he is in need of the assistance of his Country for Support, and that he has no other evidence now in his possession of his said Service And further he Saith not. Signed George hill. Sworn to & Subscribed before me the day & year aforesaid. William Wilson. I William Wilson Judge as aforesaid do hereby certify that it has been made appear to my satisfaction that the said George Hill did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the foregoing deposition against the common enemy on the continental establishment and also that he is now in reduced circumstances in life and is in need of the assistance of his country for support. And I now transmit the proceedings taken and had before me to the secretary for the department of War agreeable to the aforesaid act of Congress. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name officially at NewArk this 5th day of May AD 1818. William Wilson. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/guilford/military/revwar/pensions/hill431gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 3.1 Kb