Abraham Hester, of Pickens County

• Not the same as Abraham Hester, of Mecklenburg County
• Was he the same as Abraham Hester?

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Pvt., Continential Line, Rev War

Family

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9.Robert H. Hester Jr.-[12479] was born in 1720 in New Kent County, Virginia and died on 12 Mar 1770 in Louisa County, Virginia.

Robert married Barbara Cook-[5959] [MRIN:1445], daughter of Abraham Cook-[9816] and Sarah McAllister-[9623], in 1734.(Barbara Cook-[5959] was born Cir 1720 in Virginia and died in 1802 in Louisa County, Virginia.)

Children from this marriage were:

28.Abraham Hester-[6063] was born in 1750 in Louisa County, Virginia, died on 22 Nov 1844 in Pickens County, South Carolina and was buried in Oolenoy Baptist Church Cemetery, Pickens County, South Carolina.

Abraham married Sarah Anderson Carwell-[6064] [MRIN:2482] Est 1778.(Sarah Anderson Carwell-[6064] was born about 1750.)

Children from this marriage were:

• + 110 M i. Alfred Hester-[6066] was born in 1779 in Virginia, died in 1859 in Pickens County, South Carolina and was buried in Oolenoy Baptist Church Cemetery, Pickens County, South Carolina
• + 111 M ii. Henry Hester-[6662] was born about 1780 and died about 1839 in Pickens County, South Carolina
• + 112 M iii. Carwell Hester-[6208] was born in 1796 in Virginia and died on 15 Mar 1863 in Pickens County, South Carolina
• 113 F iv. Emily Dean Hester-[6302] was born on 13 Jan 1827, died on 24 Mar 1884 in Pickens County, South Carolina and was buried in Hester Family Cemetery, Pickens County, South Carolina.

Abraham next married Elizabeth Norman-[6065] [MRIN:2483] Est 1777.(Elizabeth Norman-[6065] was born Cir 1750.)

Abraham next married Anne Ragland-[9668] [MRIN:3643] on 13 Aug 1763 in Louisa County, Virginia.(Anne Ragland-[9668] was born Cir 1750.)

Disputed origins

Seen as the son of Robert "the Honest" Hester, Jr. & Barbara Hester but the DAR shows Abraham Hester, of Mecklenburg County as their son.

Pension application of Abraham Hester S21813

https://revwarapps.org/s21813.pdf

State of South Carolina Pickens District

On this 8th day of October 1833, Personally appeared in Open Court before the Court of General Sessions of Pickens District now sitting Abraham Hester a resident of South Carolina in Pickens District aged Eighty-three 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.

Saith that he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated: That he entered the service in 1775 as a volunteer under Capt. James Harrison [sic, probably James Garrison] in Bute County in North Carolina, Saith his first Tour was eight weeks in which time he was marched to engage with a party of Tories embodied between Cape Fear [River] and 56 [?] Drowning Creek, but before we reached the place the Tories were defeated by a liberty party and put to flight -- Capt. Harrison then received orders to retreat to Cape Fear to a ferry and there to lay in ambush in order to take those of our enemy that had made their escape which orders was executed And we took the whole party prisoners without the fire of a gun we then gave up the prisoners to a party of the liberty men who was to take charge of prisoners and to convey them to Hillsboro in North Carolina. That he then received a discharge from Capt. Harrison which is lost.

My Second Tour was under Capt. Macon [Harrison Macon] in the year 1776 was called on to guard the Assembly at Rawley [sic, Raleigh?] in North Carolina which was a Tour of four or five weeks, and received a discharge from Capt. Macon for the time we had served, which discharge is also lost or mislaid.

My Third tour was under Capt. Peter Bennett Samuel Crafton Lieut. under Col. Stephen Moore Cager Parker, Brigade-Major in the year 1780 we rendezvoused at Hillsboro, NC. Then was marched to Cross Creek lay there about three weeks, until we drew our arms and tent cloths Then was marched to Randolph Old C. House [Court House]. There we drew two days provision and was made marched to Edward Moore's ferry on the Yadkin River at which place I also received a discharge from Col. Moore this tour was [?] which discharge is lost.

That his fourth Tour was volunteered under Capt. Henderson [John Henderson] finding myself a Horse. That he was promised that every Two months Service of himself and horse should clear him of Three months service, that Capt. Henderson joined with Col. Demalbury [probably Francis de Malmedy, Marquis of Bretagne]1 and Capt. Debarron [sic perhaps a mistake
in reference to DeBaron Toller?] at Bell's Mill. From thence was marched in pursuance of a Tory party embodied at Ramsey's Mill where we had a small engagement but without success. From there we was marched to Mecklenburg under Capt. Henderson where we had a small engagement with a party of Tories near linches Creek [Lynches Creek?], but without success. Two of our men were slightly wounded in the engagement we went on down linches Creek took some Tory prisoners and returned home in the year 1780.

That his fifth Tour was under Capt. Peter Bennet in the year 1781 who was employed in fishing for the United States. That he served a tour of three months under him hauling the Seigh [sleigh?] and cleaning and barreling up fish in Roanoke River that he received a discharge for the same which is lost.

And saith his parents informed him that he was born in Virginia in the year 1750. That he has in his possession a record of his age taken from the Original which he believes to be true. That his place of residence was in North Carolina when he first volunteered his services to the United States. In which state he continued for a number of years that his place of residence is now in South Carolina And further that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his Service. 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
S/ Abraham Hester, X his mark
S/ William L. Keith, C. C. P.
service as a private for 6 months and 26 days in the North Carolina militia.]

References

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17725852/abraham-hester
• https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=ful... NOTE: DAR shows the Abraham Hester b. 1736 m. Anne Ragland as son of Barbara Cooke.
• Case Files of Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Based on Revolutionary War Service, compiled ca. 1800 - ca. 1912, documenting the period ca. 1775 - ca. 1900. https://www.fold3.com/file/22996186. State North Carolina Veteran Hester, Abraham Service N.C. Pension Number S. 21813 Conflict Period US Revolutionary War Served for United States of America