Muhlenberg County Kentucky
Military Records
Isaiah Hancock Pension Transcription
S.30449, Series M805, Roll 394, Image 287, 6 pages
Isaiah Hancock of Muhlenburg County in the State of Kentucky who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Cook of the regiment commanded by Col. Dobyns in the NC line for 6 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 20 Dollars per annum commence on the 4th day of March 1831. Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of August 1833 and sent to Charles F. Wing, Greenville.
Arrears to the 4th of March 40.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4th September 10.00
[Total] $50.00
Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk
Book E Vol. 7 Page 13
Declaration
State of Kentucky
Muhlenburg County
On this 21st day of September 1832 before the honorable the county court of Muhlenberg county it being a court of record now sitting, Isaiah Hancock a resident of Muhlenberg County and State of Kentucky, aged 72 the 12th of August last, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of June the 7th 1832, that he entered the militia service of the United States as a private in 1778 as well as he now recollects as a Volunteer under the following named officers, to wit, Captain John Cook under Colonel - Dobyns, the rest of the officers not recollected, and served as hereinafter stated. That on the - day of January or first of February 1778, he, then residing in Guilford County, State of North Carolina, volunteered under Captain John Cook Lieutenant and Ensign not recollected for a tour of three months, that he was marched from Guilford County to Salisbury from there to Campden from thence to headquarters on the Savanna River at a place called the Black Swamp. He was in no battle or skirmish, served out his time and was discharged at the Black Swamp.
He returned home and in the year 1780, volunteered in a light horse company and found his own horse and equipage under Captain Jacob Williams for three months. He was marched to Salisbury from thence to Warsaw Creek. He then joined Generals Greene and Morgan and was placed under Morgan. He was then marched to the old [illegible] ford as a guard; part of the company only went upon this service, we were then marched to [illegible] upon the Catawba River for the purpose of strengthening the American Guard at that place. He was marched from thence to Charlotte in North Carolina and from that place to Broad River near the Cowpens ahead of General Morgans Army to collect provisions for the army who followed us. He was discharged near Broad River having served out his time. He was discharged from that time until the close of the war.
He was called out for short tours of pattarolls [patrols] to keep the Tories in check. He served out his time and received discharges but he has lost them. He does not recollect any of the other officers except those named, he being constantly out upon scout and actively employed. He was in no battles or skirmishes, knows of no person in the state by whom he can prove actual service. He has no documentary evidence of his service having mislaid or lost his discharges (and) that he moved from Rockingham County North Carolina to Muhlenburg County Kentucky in December 1831.
He hereby relinquishes every claim or 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 by
Isaiah his x mark Hancock
We Isaac Bard a clergyman residing in the County of Muhlenburg County & G. Conley [or possibly F.G. Conley] residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaiah Hancock who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 72 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 concur in that opinion sworn to…
Brief in the case of Isaiah Hancock, County of Muhlenburg in the State of Kentucky (Act 7th June, 1832)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? ----
3. How old is he? 72
4. State his service as directed in the form annexed.
| Period | Duration | Rank | Officers Under Which He Served |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Feb. in 1778 Vol. | 3 months | Private | Capt. Jno. Cook Col. Dobyns |
| 1780 Vol. | 3 months | Capt. Williams, Genls. Greene & Morgan | |
| Called out again | short tours |
5. In what battles was he engaged? None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Guilford County, NC
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct.
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. Signed T. Waugh, Examining Clerk, Feb. 15th 1833
Updated November 25, 2015