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Pension application of Andrew Hood S7030
Transcribed by Will Graves
State of South Carolina, Anderson District
On the fifth day of March 1833, personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting, Andrew Hood, a resident of the state and District
aforesaid aged eighty nine 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: I volunteered under Captain McClure in Charlotte
County [sic, Mecklenburg County], North Carolina—Colonel Polk was Commander of the regiment. This was in the year A.D ____ [blank in original]. I served at Fort Johnston
in Brunswick, under Col. Polk. I also served under General Winn in South Carolina. I was Six months in actual service. After this service I joined a Scouting party commanded by Capt. Walker, we took a route after the British and one after the Tories. My whole
time of service was Six months on this [tour of duty]. I was discharged verbally by Capt. McClure in the year A.D. The year of his discharge not known. 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.
S/ Andrew Hood, X his mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
In open Court 5th March 1833
S/ Van. S. Lawson, C. C.
State of South Carolina, Anderson District
On this Seventeenth day of May 1834 before me, James A. Black, a Justice of Quorum in and for the State of South Carolina & District of Abbeville, personally appeared, Andrew Hood, and made the following declaration amendatory to his original declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th June 1832 that
he entered the Service under Captain McClure, in Col. Polk's Regiment of Infantry North Carolina Militia, at Charlotte court house as stated in his original declaration as he believes in August 1779 and served as stated in his original declaration. He also saith on
his oath that by reason of old age & consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise day & date when he entered the service or the day on which he
was discharged nor can he precisely fix the length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than six months as a private as stated in his original declaration, and as he believes in the latter part of the year 1779 and Spring of 1780.
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year above written before me.
S/ James A. Black, J. Qm S/ Andrew Hood, X his mark
He also makes the following answers to the 7 interrogatories proposed by the war office:
1. Where and in what year were you born[?]
A: I was born in the county Antrim (Ireland) in the year 1744.
2. Have you any record of your age if so where is it[?]
A: I have no regular record of my age I have seen an entry of it in my father's Bible in Ireland but I have not seen it for the last Sixty years.
3. Where were you living when called into the service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live[?]
A: I was living in Mecklenburg County North Carolina when I entered the service. I have lived in Pendleton District (now Anderson District) ever since the Revolutionary
war and still live there.
4. How were you called into the service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you
a substitute, and if a substitute for whom[?]
A: I was a volunteer.
5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general
circumstances of your service.
A: I was acquainted with Col. Polk, General Pinkney [sic, Pinckney], General Winn and General Rutledge. I do not recollect the name or Number of any of the Regiments with
whom I served as to the general circumstances of the service see my original declaration.
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given and what became of it[?]
A: I never had a regular written discharge but verbally discharged by Capt. McClure.
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief as to your service as a soldier of the Revolution.
A: I am acquainted with the Revd. Wm. Carlile, Archibald Simpson, Esquire, Genl. Joseph W. Whitner, William Sherod, Joel H. Berry and the Revd. Ebenezer Pressley
The above answers sworn to and subscribed the 17th day of May 1834 before me.
S/ James A. Black, J. Qm. S/ Andrew Hood, X his mark
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