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To the Honorable
Secretary of War -- the petition of James Hungerfort of the County of
Williamson and the State of Tennessee stating[?] represents that about the
eleventh of February 1776 he enlisted for a tour of duty in the service of
the United States during the American Revolution under Nicholas Holson,
Lieutenant of the Seventh Virginian Regiment commanded by Captain James
Johnson[?], Major Woods[?] and General Wedon[?] at the Hat Rock in the
County of Lunenburgh of the State of Virginia. That he was in the battles of
Staunton[?] and P---town[?] both on the capture of the Hessians and the
British and also in the battle of Germantown, where he was unfortunately
wounded in the neck and shoulder by the entrance of a ball which still
remains in his shoulder. And also that he was in several other engagements
during the War, the names of which, being now weak and infirm, he is unable
to recollect. Further, this applicant states that he remained in the service
of the United States for the space of two years and better, after which he
was honorably discharged on the eleventh of February in the year 1778 at
Valley Forge by the acting General Weeden, whose certificate of the service
aforesaid he herewith tenders[?] […?] as the only testimony he can
physically obtain.
This applicant further states that he has never received of the United
States any pay or endowment since his time of discharge for his aforesaid
service in the American army during the Revolution and that he hereby
relinquishes all the rights and claims he may have as a Revolutionary
soldier to any pay and amount or advantage granted or given by an Act of
Congress [an---ion?] to the present Act, making provision for the
Revolutionary soldiers. Further this applicant affirms and states that he is
of the age of seventy eight years and much weakened by the [---s?] and
fatigues he has been compelled to pass through since the close of the
American Revolution being remarkable[?] poor[?] with a large family to
support aggravated by the wounds then received, the pains of which still
lurk in his system, and that at present he is wholly unable to support
himself or family by his personal exertions, who with[?] himself must
certainly suffer unless assistance be granted from some friendly hand.
That he lives in the County of Williamson near the town of Franklin in the
State of Tennessee where he has remained for many years, reduced to poverty
and want with his family, which with the premises[?] being considered he
prays to be placed on the list of pensioners and to be entitled to all the
benefits and advantages of the law of Congress passed in the year 1810
making provision for the officers and soldiers of the American Revolution.
[signed] James Hungerford X his mark
State of Tennessee ))
Williamson County ))
This day personally appeared before me, Thomas Stuart, Judge of the
Fourth[?] General Circuit for the State of Tennessee, the above applicant
James Hunderft, and being … [next page missing]
[previous page missing] … Pleas at Franklin in the county of Williamson in
the fourth Judicial Circuit of the State before the Honorable Thomas Stuart,
one of the Judges of the Circuit Courts of the State, at the August term of
said court for the county of Williamson in the year of our Lord 1820.
Be it remembered that this day appeared James Hungerford in open court and
filed his declaration for the purpose of obtaining a pension with a schedule
annexed thereto which was subscribed and sworn to which is in the words
following to wit:
District of West Tennessee, Williamson County. On the 14th day of August
1820 James Hungerford appeared in open court before the Honorable Thomas
Stuart, Judge thereof, being a court of record so declared by an Act of the
General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, said James Hungerford being
sixty nine years of age, resident in Williamson County in said District of
West Tennessee, who being first duly sworn doth on his oath declare that he
served in the Revolutionary War under Col. Buckner of the South Virginia
line of infantry in the company commanded by Capt. James Johnson. He does
not recollect when he entered the service nor when he was discharged. He
recollects he was honorably discharged at Valley Forge by General Weeden,
and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States
on the 18th day of March 1818 and that he has not since that time by gift,
sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with
intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of
the Act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged
in the land and naval service of the United States during the Revolutionary
War, passed on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not nor has my
person in trust from any property or securities, contracts or debts owed to
me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule here
following. Duly and by me subscribed viz. clothing whatsoever including my
necessary clothing and bedery:
Six knives & forks, eight plates and four old chairs, not excluding [sic,
exceeding] in allten dollars in value.
And the said James Hungerford further states that he lives with William
Smith on a small farm where [he] does such little things (which are few) as
his age and strength permits. He has a wife upwards of 50 years old and two
daughters, the eldest is about 25 and the youngest about 17. His wife is
like himself, infirm and can contribute little to aid him. His two daughters
spin, weave and sew and are about competent to their own support. He has
been placed already on the pen[?] pension list by certificate issued by the
Hon. J. C. Calhoun dated the 3rd of February 1819 and numbered 6377.
[signed] James Hungerford X his mark
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