Commonwealth of Virginia,
Mecklenburg County, to wit

On the 22nd day of August 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the County Court of the said county of Mecklenburg, in the state aforesaid, now sitting Daniel Hicks Senr. resident of the said County and State afsd. upwards of seventy years, his precise age not being known, the tories having burnt his fathers house & with its ____ rep__ter, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on this oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That, he thinks as well as he can now remember, in the year 1778, being then a resident of Cheraw District, State of South Carolina, he volunteered under Cap. Thomas Ellerbee, whose company formed part of the Regiment commanded by Col. George Hicks, and marched to Hadbys point near Charleston that after remembering then some time he was removed to Fort Johnson on James's Stand also near Charleston and continued there ________ for six months, from the time of entering the service, when he was discharged. That the year being 1779, he again volunteered under the same Cap. Thomas Ellerbee, whose company formed part of the Regiment commanded by Col. Rob. Lloyd, being still a resident of Cheraw aforesaid; did marched to Range t_____ _____ in; from thence he was marched to Black Swamp, and then joined the troops under the command of Gen. _______ Lincon; that Gen Lincon left the troops of which he formed a part at Black Swamp, as a guard; and after remaining there some ______ then ______ troops were divided into that part to which he was attached marched to P_____burg about 23 miles above Savannah or Savannah River, where Col. Henderson took the command of the troops. But he remained there until the British troops crossed the Savannah, at P____burg and Black Swamp, into S. Carolina, when he was again united with the troops at Black Swamp, Col. Moris Simmons having the command, and retreated before the enemy into Charleston - arriving in Charleston Gen. Monterey assumed the command. That, he was discharged in Charleston after the expiration of another tour of six months duty. That, in the latter ___ of 1779, in the beginning of 1780, which he cannot be positive, being still a resident of the said district & state, he again volunteered under Cap. Trust Thomas, whose company composed part of the Regiment Commanded by Col. Len. Binton and marched to Georgetown, in the said State of S. Carolina, where he remained some time from thence they marched to Zublas ferry on Santee River, Col. Bluford's Regiment being at the same place; and white (lying) there, Col Whites defeats took place on the opposite side of the river that from Thence he marched down Santee to Lynch's C____ and remained there until the surrender of Charleston; after which _______ took the command marched back to Cheraw _____ the way of George Town upon arriving at Cheraw the news of Blufords defeat met the troops when _______ the command being about that time almost overrun by the Briti___ ___________ of six months when they were discharged. That in 1780 the British having driven the whig on _______________ from that part of South Carolina i_ fathers return _______ wh___ he had imigrated the declarant who followed his father to Virginia and found him at Hicks ford in the County of Brunswick and after having pressed horse he with ten or twelve more hastened back to the South to _____ and the day before they would have joined him he was defeated near Camden South Carolina, that finding Gates was defeated he returned to Cheraw where small parties were formed of twenty and thirty men each corp choosing ________ protect ______ people & property from the tories with __ that _______ _______ and he continued on this ________ about nine months; that he was constantly on duty during that time and once joined Gen. Marion and remained with him for two weeks. That he was ______ general __ Payment but was in every ___ on the wheat to Charleston at Corn_____ and servants __________________________ no written discharge in was in_____. That _____ moved from South Carolina, back to Virginia some six or eight years after __________________________________________________ in the County of Mecklenburg, State of Virginia ___________________ with the exception of five years ___ the adjoining _________________________ North Carolina he __________________________.

We Mark Alexander and Charles Baskins _____ in the same County of Mecklenburg certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Hicks Senr. who has subscribed & Sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be upwards of seventy years of age; that he is _______ that we concur in that opinion sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.

I William Steele also residing in the same County being a clergyman hereby certify that I am acquainted with Daniel Hicks Senr. who has subscribed & Sworn to the above declaration that I believe him to upwards of seventy years of age, that he is _______ where he reside to have been solder of the Revolution, and that i concur in that opinion sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid. William Steel.

State of Virginia County of Mecklenburg
On this the 14th day of April A.D. One Thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace within and for the County & State aforesaid Daniel Hicks Sr. aged Ninety Five Years a resident of Mecklenburg in the State of Virginia who being duly sworn according to law declares that he is the identical person who was a revolutionary soldier in the Company Commanded by Captain Trust Thomas in the regiment of Commanded by Col. Lemuel Benton in the war with Great Britain declared by the United States on the day of 1776 that he enlisted at Cheraw, SC on or about the day of A.D. 1778 for the term of Six Months and continued in actual service in Said war for the term of fourteen days and was honorably discharged at Near George Town, SC on the day of May A.D. 1780. He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled under the act approved March 3rd 1855. He also declares that he has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor. Signed by Daniel Hicks Sr., by is Mark.