Hosea Ball Revolutionary War Pension record

Revolutionary War Pension Record
of
Hosea Ball

North Carolina 12.619

Hosea Ball
of Currituck in the State of N. Carolina who was a Priv. & Ensg. in the company commanded by Captain Jarvis of the Regt. commanded by Col. S. Jarvis in the N. Carolina line for Ensg.15 months - Priv. 14 months..

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of 146 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4^th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 14^th day of May '33 and sent [to] W.B. Shepard, Elizabeth City, N.C.

Arrears to the 4^th of March 1833          293.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep.           73.16
                                                           $366.48

{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by R. Newman, Clerk
Book E, Vol. 6; Page 34

State of North Carolina}
Currituck County }

     On this 29^th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before Caleb Etheridge, John B. Jones, William Bray, and Benjamin T. Simmons, and Justices of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, now sitting Hosea Ball a resident of Currituck County and the State of North Carolina, aged seventy five years who being first 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^th 1832.
     He saith that he volunteered and joined Captain Nathan Poyners company in November 1775 and marched to the Great Bridge in Virginia and joined the army, then under the command of General Woodford and was under his command at the time of Fordyces defeat and after that engagement returned to Currituck, N.C. & was discharged & now has his discharge dated 12^th December 1775. He further says that on the 31^st day of August 1776 he enlisted a private soldier in Captain John Jarvis company in said County of Currituck and was stationed on the Currituck Banks for one year and four months and was discharged on the 28th of January 1778 by the Captain of the Company, and yet has his discharge ready to produce when and where directed.
     The company was raised and stationed on the Banks pursuant to an Act of the General Assembly of the State of N. Carolina for guarding the Coast of the state.
     He further states that about the last of December 1779 he was drafted in said County as Ensign in Captain Thomas Poyner's to go to Charleston as far as Kingston North Carolina where I was ordered back to Currituck to bring on the delinquents and hasten the late draft on to head quarters. After performing this service I marched out with my command under Colonel Samuel Jarves and the men under

my command were placed in Com^r. Alexandria Whitehalls Company and I was made Quarter Master in Col. Jarves' Regiment and marched to Pede River in North Carolina where we heard of Gates Defeat, which prevented our going on to join him. We then marched up the County and Joined the Army under command of General Jethro Sumner and remained in or near Salisbury & Charlotte in North Carolina untill the time of our draft expired & was then discharged on the Yadkin in Rowan County in the last of October 1780 & returned home for the service he has his commission as Ensign and can prove it by Lieutenant Jarves. He further states that he was drafted under the State authorities on the 10^th May 1781 and marched in Captain William Goodmans Company to South Carolina and joined the Army under Command of General Green at the place where the Town of Columbia now stands and was in the battle at the Eutaw Springs where Captain Goodman was killed. I was then placed under Command of Captain Benjamin Bailey untill the time of Service expired and was discharged & has lost his discharge and has no documentary evidence but can prove that he was drafted & left the County with the Company & returned when the Company discharged. This I can prove by Colonel Thomas Poyner.
     He hereby relinquished all claims whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares his name is not on Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
     Sworn & subscribed the day and Year Aforesaid.
                                           (signed) Hosea Ball

BRIEF in the case of Hosea Ball County of Currituck in the State of No. Carolina (Act 7^th June 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled or bodily injured? [no answer to this question]
3. How old is he? [no answer to this question]
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period of Service	Duration of Service	Rank	Name of Field Officer
Volunteered in November 1775	1? Year; 1 Month	private	Capt. Nathan Poyner
Enlisted 31^st Aug^t. 1776; discharged 28 Jany. 1778	1 Year; 6 months	------	Capt. John Jarvis
drafted about last Dec^r. 1779; discharged last of Oct^r. 1780	10 months	Ensign	Capt. Thomas Poyner Col. Samuel Jarves Genl. Alexander Whitehall
drafted under the State authorities May 1781	not stated	private	Capt. Wm. Goodman

5. In what battles was he engaged? Eutaw Springs
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Currituck Co., No. Carolina
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witnesses and traditionary evidence.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication, and if so, in what respect? No

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
(signed) Chas. S. Wilson?, Examining Clerk
13 Feby 1833

State of North Carolina}
Currituck County } Amended Declaration

I Hosea Ball do make the following amendment to my former Declaration to which this annexed, that is to say, I do state that at the time I was drafted by the State authorities on the 10^th of May 1781 and marched to South Carolina that I was drafted for one year and served out the whole time and was discharged near Charleston South Carolina by Colonel Hardy Murfree.
(signed) Hosea Ball

Sworn to and subscribed in open Court before Caleb Etheridge, John B. Jones, Benjamin T. Simmons and William Bray, Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County and State on this 7^th day of May 1833.

And the said Court do hereby certify that Thomas Jarvis and Thomas Poyner who has certified to the services mentioned in the former Declaration to which this is an annexed copy are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.

I Spence Hall clerk of the Country Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County of Currituck and State of North Carolina, do hereby certify that the above contains a copy of the original proceedings of the said Court in the above amended proceedings in the matter of the application of Hosea Ball for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this the 7^th day of May 1833.
S. Hall, CCC


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