Rev. War Pension App.: James Huff; born NJ, served VA, filed Perry Co., AL (1832) Copyright(c) 2003 by Melanie Atkins . http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ******************************************************** JAMES HUFF REVOLUTIONARY PENSION FILE NO. 22419 The State of Alabama Perry County On this 24th day of October 1832 Personally appeared in open court before the honorable Ptolemy T. Harris, Judge of Circuit Court - in and for the said County of Perry and State of Alabama - now sitting James Huff, a resident of the said County of Perry and State of Alabama, aged seventy-three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth in his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7th June 1832. That he entered the service and served as herein stated. That he first entered the service as a volunteer private about the first of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty one under the command of General Morgan (the names of the company and other field officers not recollected) that he was discharged about the first of May following having served about thirty days that he was marched against the Indians and Tories on the Frontiers of Virginia, several of whom were killed and took some prisoners. That he then resided and continued to reside until the close of the War in Prince William County in the State of Virginia. That he has forgotten the names and numbers of the continental regiments or companies with which he served and the names of any other of the regular officers whom he knew than General Morgan. That he again entered the service of the United States as a drafted militia man about the twentieth of September in the same year under the command of Captain George Bell and under Colonel Marrywether or Merriweather and General George Washington and was discharged about the twentieth of November following having in this time served about two months that he was engaged in the battle and siege of Yorktown which resulted in the capture and surrender of Lord Cornwallis and his army some time in the month of October 1781. That he has forgotten the number of the regiment and company in which he served. That he does not recollect to have known any other field company officers under whom he served in this expedition except the above named. That after the surrender of the British Army at Yorktown, he was marched as a guard to some of the prisoners then and there taken through North Carolina and South Carolina in which latter state he was discharged. That he obtained a written discharge which has been lost. And that he knows of no person now living who can testify to his service. I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present one, and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. Question first propounded by the Court: Where and in what year were you born? Answer: I was born in County of Hopewell in the state of New Jersey in the year of our Lord 1759. 2nd Question: Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? Answer: I have a record of my age entered in the family Bible in the hand writing of my father which is now in my possession. Question 3rd: Where were you living when called into service? Where have you lived since the Revolutionary War? And where do you now live? Answer: I was living in Prince William County in the state of Virginia when called into service. From then I removed about the year 1792 into Elbert County and State of Georgia where I resided about twenty seven years and then removed into Perry County, Alabama where I have resided ever since. Question 4th: How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if so, for whom? Answer: The first time I entered the service, it was as a volunteer, and the second time, it was as a drafted man. I never served as a substitute. Question 5th: State the names of some of the Regular officers, who were in the troops where you served: such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service. Answer: General Washington, General Morgan and Colonel Marrywether or Merriwether are all the regular officers that I recollect who were with the troops where I served. I have no recollection of the names or numbers of any of the continental or militia regiments with whom I served. I was first marched against the Indians and Tories on the frontiers of Virginia and afterwards was engaged against the British at the siege and capture of Yorktown. Question 6th: Did you ever receive a discharge from the services, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? Answer: I received a discharge from the service which was given by my Captain George Bell: which discharge I preserved about thirty years since which time it has been lost or mislaid, as I have no recollection of having seen it for about twenty years. Question 7th: State the names of persons to whom you know in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and good behavior, your services as a soldier of the revolution? Answer: I am known to George G. Farriar, Esq., Claiborne Martin, John Edward Tubb, Gent., Jessee B. Nave, clerk of the County Court, Seaborn Aycock, Sheriff of Perry County and John Tubb, Gent., a minister or clergyman who will testify as to my character for veracity and good behavior. I know of no person now living who can testify as to my serving as a revolutionary soldier. Sworn to and subscribed James Huff In open Court the day And year aforesaid. David S. Coward, Clerk We John Tubb, Gent, a clergyman residing in the County of Perry and State of Alabama and Seaborn Aycock residing in the said county and state hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with James Huff who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy three 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 are in that opinion. Sworn to and subscribed in open John Tubb Court the day and year aforesaid. Sebourn Aycock David S. Coward, Clerk ALABAMA 22419 James Huff Perry Co. in the State of Ala. Who was a Private in the command of Captain Bell in the Rgt. Commanded by Col. Merriweather in the Virginia For 6 months. Inscribed on the Roll of Alabama At the rate of 20 dollars 00 cents per annum, To commence on the 4th day of March 1831 Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of Oct(?) 1833 and sent to Mr. Good, Marion, Perry Co., Ala. Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 50.- Semi-amt allowance ending 4 Mar 34 10- $60- (Note: a pencilled in comment stated "Death not on cl pg" Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832 Recorded by Wm. R. Palmer, Clerk, Book C, Vol 8, Pg 46 (Can't make out)----------------------------------------------1838 Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4 March 1836 to 4 March 1838 - Agt. Notified --January 1839.