State of Georgia
County of Madison – Court of Ordinary, January adjourned term 1833
On this fourteenth day of January in the year of our Lord eighteen
hundred and thirty three, personally appeared in open court before John Meroney, Robert
Groves, Noah W. Pittman and James Long, Justices of the Inferior Court now sitting as a
Court of Ordinary, Hawkins Bullock, a resident of Captain Seals Company District of
Georgia Militia in the County of Madison and State of Georgia, aged sixty-eight 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 7th 1832 ~
That he entered the service of the United States under the
following named officers and served as herein stated, to wit:
He entered as a volunteer under the command of Capt. James Moore
in September in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy nine and served under him twelve
months, about which time the said Moore was killed by the Torys. After the death of Capt.
James Moore he then entered under Capt. Samuel Moore and served under him the term of six
months when Capt. Samuel Moore was killed by a Tory by the name of Cunningham. At the
death of Capt. Samuel Moore he entered under Capt. Leach and joined General Greene at the
siege of Ninety-Six where he remained until the siege was raised and marched with
Greene’s army to the Tyger river. He was in this service five weeks. Some time
afterwards he joined Capt. Twitty’s troop of Cavalry and marched to Tarbury in North
Carolina and continued in service three months ~ while on this tour Cornwallis surrendered
at the Siege of York and shortly after said surrender he was discharged. He cannot from
the lapse of time be particular as to dates, but has been as particular as his memory
serves him at this time. He was in no general engagement, only the siege of Ninety-Six ~
the British were confined within their redoubt which was made of dirt, bags of sand,
&c having no water in the Fort and cut off from a supply without they offered to
surrender to Gen’l Greene provided the Torys would be treated as British soldiers ~
this Gen’l Greene refused to grant. The day before Gen’l Greene attempted to
storm the Fort and see its situation. While they were performing this service a man who
had been in camps from the day before rode on the Fort at full speed with a piece of white
paper on his head. Next morning Gen’l Greene prepared to storm the Fort and failed.
He was acquainted with none of the Gen’l officers except Gen’l Greene. He was
also acquainted with Gen’l Washington. He has no discharge nor no documentary
evidence ~ and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify
to his services. From the length of time and the loss of memory he cannot recollect all
the particulars.
In answer to the interrogations presented by the War Department
(and propounded by the Court he answereth as follows, to wit,
Answer to first Interrogatory: He was born in Warren County North
Carolina
the 19th day of March 1764
Answer to second Inter: He has no record of his age
Answer to third Inter: He was living in the District of Ninety-Six
in South Carolina – he removed to Wilkes County Georgia after peace, from thence he
removed to Oglethorpe County, Geo. Since that time that part of Oglethorpe County in which
he resided has become a part of Madison County in which he now resides.
Answer to fourth Inter: He volunteered
Answer to fifth Inter: He has stated all that he recollects on the
subject except Col. Williams who commanded a regiment of Militia at Ninety-Six.
Answer to sixth Inter: He never received any discharge.
Answer to seventh Inter: He refers you to Nathan Meroney, James
Anderson, James Landers, John Meroney, George Hampton, &c
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 the
agency of any State.
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Hawkins (x) Bullock
