Pension File S 7054, Washington D. C.

Declarations for Pension 1832, 1833, 1834

Greenville District, South Carolina

On this ninth day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before the judges of the court of common Pleas now sitting Esli Hunt a resident in this district and state aforesaid, aged seventy four years, 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 passed June 7 1832 that he was born in Bedford County, Virginia, and entered the service about the age of sixteen years as a volunteer at Bedford County, Virginia under Lieutenant William Watts, in a company under Capt. Lethridge, and was stationed at Chissells (sic) Lead Mines on New River, Virginia for the purpose of guarding and protecting the operations - the whole way under the superintendance of Col. Calloway and occasionally Col. Lynch -His next service was in guarding the commissioners [two of whom he remembers only - Dr. Walker of Virginia and Col. Richard Hendly(sic) of No. Carolina] in running the dividing line between No Carolina and Virginia, under Col. Williams - He was at the battle of Kings Mountain - the officers under whom he served were Capt. George Russell - Major Jonathan Tipton & Walton & Charles Robinson & Col. Sevier -Col William Campbell was the commanding officer at the battle, where Col. Ferguson was defeated -some short time after this battle Col Seviers men were discharged and on their return home they understood that the Indians were making an incursion into the Country - they were immediately collected by Col. Sevier who attacked the party of Indians and killed thirteen of their number - the troops were thus marched into South Carolina to join Genl Francis Marion on the Santee - On their route they passed Gen. Greenes army, which was at that time on the high hills of Santee - he was at the time in the company of Capt. Williams - remained with Marian until Lord Randen(sic) withdrew within Charleston - when the rumours of the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis being confirmed - he was together with the others discharged - he has no documentary evidence of his service - he further saith that his name is not on any pension roll and he hereby relinquishes all claims whatever to any pension or annuity except the present

His whole term of Service must have been taking the aggregate of his various tours about twelve or fifteen months -

[signature] ESLI HUNT

On this 15th day of July A.D. 1833 Personally appeared Esli Hunt before the subscribing Justice and, made the following further declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 1832. On his oath he sayith that by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollections he served not less than one year and three months as a private at the periods, in the companies and under the circumstances in his first declaration already set forth - and for such service claims a pension - also that the objections contained in the negative answer to the thirteenth Query, is remedied by the affidavit of Joel Callahan, which affidavit properly certified accompanies this declaration - He also (illegible) swears to the following answers to the 2. 6. & 7. interrogatories of the Department which were not in his first declaration satisfactorily answered - to wit - that the only record of his age is contained in a family Bible which he has in his possession and that he does not remember ever to have received any written discharge - that George Salmon(sic) John Gring(sic), Joel Callahan and many others can testify to this deponents character for veracity and their belief in his service as a soldier. [approx. nine words crossed out] - that this

deponent was stationed or already stationed at Chissells (sic) Lead mines in the year 1776 and was also at the battle of Kings Mountain in the year 1781

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid

[signature] ESLI HUNT

Personally came Esli Hunt and being duly sworn makes oath in due form of law - that the first tour mentioned in his application for a Pension was for eight weeks in the year 1776 at Chissells (sic) Lead mines in Virginia under Capt. Lethridge - the second tour he volunteered himself again under Capt. Letheridge in 1777 and served three months in guarding Chissells (sic) lead mines again - the third tour he served three months under Capt. Pleasant Henderson (sic) and Col.. Williams in the year 1779 in guarding the Commissioners who were running the line between North Carolina and Virginia. The fourth tour he volunteered under Capt. George Russell and served eight weeks in marching over to Kings Mountain and was in that battle under Col. Sevier and in the regiment commanded by Col. Campbell -when he volunteered this time he lived in Washington Co. N C (now Tenn) in the year 1781 - The fifth tour he volunteered and served eight weeks under Capt. Bradney and Col. Sevier against the Cherokee Indians in the year 1781 - the sixth tour he served three months as a volunteer under Capt. Samuel Williams and under Major Walton and Col. Sevier in the year 1782 and marched to the High Hills of Santee and joined General Marian - that in all of these tours he served fifteen months, including the third tour of three months, guarding the commissioners and twelve months independent of this tour, for which twelve months service done as a private he claims a Pension - that he was not employed in any civil pursuit during these tours and that he served in companies very early embodied and called into service by competent authority and that he was constantly in the field or garrison during his services.

Sworn to and subscribed this January 25, 1834

[signature] ESLI HUNT

South Carolina Greenville District} Personally came before me the subscribing Justice Joel Callahan and being duly sworn makes oath that he was acquainted with Estly Hunt during the Revolutionary War - that the said Hunt served an three months tour with this deponent under General Marrian near the High Hills of Santee in South Carolina - that the said Hunt also served a tour of [eight?] weeks with this deponent against the Cherokee Indians - the first tour against the Indians was in 1781- that the said Hunt was a true friend to his country &c - Sworn to - May 11, 1833

[signature] Joel Callahan

Richd J Gant Justice