ORIGINAL DECLARATION OF HUGH PIERCE

Transcription of original statements made by Hugh Pierce and others. 
Transcribed by John C. Pierce. 
Corrections or Additions to these documents are welcome.



Service
S.C. 					Pierce, Hugh				Number
Born in Va.										    S32445
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Declaration in order to obtain the __________________ Auth of Congress ___ 
April 7th  1832

State of Georgia
County of Habersham
On this fifth day of November in Eighteen hundred and thirty two personally 
appeared in open Court before the Court of  ordinary of Couils County now sitting 
Hugh Pierce a resident of said county and state aged eighty three years.  Who 
born first July sworn according to Suin ____ ___ __ following Declaration in 
order to obtain this benefit __ ___ of  Congress ______ April 7th 1832. That 
he entered the service of this United States served under the following named 
officers and  ___ as him stated he ___ ___ ___ the district of Lawson Fork 
in seventy six district in South Carolina he entered the service as a volunteer 
in the year seventeen hundred and seventy five under Ithu Subron Lieutenant, 
John Wood Captain, William Muchsiowin major, and Thomas Col. He served for 
two months and was regularly  discharged. He again entered the service 
in the   ______ second of July seventeen hundred seventy six. _____ in 
2 volunteer units under the same Captain and Lieutenant William W. Wofford 
Colonels __ ___ not ___ ___ of _________ and was regularly discharged. He 
again entered  the service in the year 1780 ___ under Captain McPeter’s ____
for Three months and was regularly discharged.  He was at the taking of the 
fort on “Cougarre”. He again entered the service in 1781 under Capt. Adam Henry. 
He served ____ two months and was regularly discharged.   All of his history lost. 
He again entered the service served for two months under Samuel Lacy in the 
Regiment Cosuousard .  Col. Thomas Neil. He served for two months and was 
discharged . He is aquatinted with many persons in his neighbor hood  who could 
testify as to his meacity and their belief of his Revolutionary service to wit 
Benjamin O’Bannon General Benjamin Cleveland, Gen. W. B. Wofford Sam is Blum and 
___ ___ his was born in Frederick County Virginia the year he does not remember 
precisely Based the Revolutionary War he has   Resided in Spartanburg District 
South Carolina from Spartanburg he moved to Franklin County Georgia then to 
the County of Habersham where he has resided ever since.  He has no record of his 
age in his possession. 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 any Agency of Army. ___ sworn to and subscribes ___  this day and year 
aforesaid.

Jonathon C. Chastance C. Sqr. 				Hugh Pierce


And the said lernt do hereby declaration __ after the ___ of the matter and after 
___ ___ 
__ he ___ prescribed by the ___ ______ that the above named applicant . That the 
above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier who served as he states ___ 
the Court further certifies that Benjamin OBannon whose affidavit hereto Attached 
is a creditable witness and by Respectable  __ and that  his statements are 
entitled __ credit and further states his belief in general as in the 
neighborhood that the said Hugh was a Revolutionary soldier Given under ___ ___
 							
		                                    Benjei C Levilar___ G.O.
							                Absalom Holcomely ICQ
							                Elyak Stann  ICQ
							                Felus Lerrett ICQ

STATEMENT OF BENJAMIN OBANNON

The Court Official Benjamin O’Bannon who after brief duly sworn drhopeth and__ __ 
ith was acquainted with Hugh Pierce the present applicant for a pension in the 
Revolutionary War that he knows he was in the service of the United States for 
two years or upwareds under difficult engagements that he was in Companies with 
the said Hugh Pierce in several engagements in Scouting parties but they were 
not in many general engagements together and that he has been acquainted with 
the said Hugh Pierce ever since  __ __ __ __ .
 
Jonathon C. Chastance C. Sqr				Benjamin OBannon
							                   (His Mark)