Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34969, for Thomas Lynch, Maryland
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( 8 - 1776 )
SERVICE
MD
CONTENTS

Lynch, Thomas

NUMBER
S. 34969
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See letter to E. J. Millard
Oct. 6. 1829.

4.449
Maryland
Thomas Lynch
of St Marys  Co in the State of Maryland
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Thomas of the Regiment commanded
by Colonel Smallwood in the Maryland
line, for the term of one year,
from January
1776 to January 1777

Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland
at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to 
commence on the 23d day of April, 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 19 of November
1818 and sent to J.R. Peater
Leonard Town MD

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818 $35.20
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March 1819, $8.00
$83.20

(Revolutionary Claim
Acts March 18, 1818
and May 1, 1820.)

Continued 30 May 1829 & notification sent
to Joseph Harris Esq. Leonardtown, MD
Pension commencing 9 May 1829.
amount due 4 Sept. 1829. $31.00
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Thomas Lynch

This poor old man has requested
that his certificate may be returned
for reexamination -- he intended as it
States in Jany 7 1776 and was in active
service until September 1777- making
no months-
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State of Maryland Saint Marys County
On this 23d day of April next before me the Subscriber
one of the associate Judges of the first Judicial District of
Maryland, personally appears Thomas Lynch aged about
69years resident in Saint Marys County aforesaid in the
District composed of Saint Marys, Charles and Prince Georges
Counties who being by me first duly sworn according to law
doth on his oath make the following declaration in order
to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress entitled
an act provide for certain persons engaged in the land
and Naval service of the United States in the revolutionary
war.  That he the said Thomas Lynch enlisted in January
1776 in the State of Maryland in the company commanded
by Captain John Allan Thomas of the regiment commanded
by William Smallwood of the Maryland line. That
he continued to serve in the said corps in the service of the
United States until September 1777 when he was discharged
from service at Leonard Town in the State of Maryland
that he was in the battle of Long Island and that he
is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the 
assistance of his country for support, and that he has 
no other evidence now in his power of his said services
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year a
foresaid.
J H Plater

I John Housby Plater associate Judge as aforesaid
certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said
Thomas Lynch of the County and State aforesaid did serve
in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding 
declaration 
against the common enemy; that he is in reduced circumstances; and I now transmit
the proceeding and testimony taken and said before me
to the Secretary for the department of war pursuant to
the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress-
J H Plater
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Saint Marys County Court

Joseph Harris Clerk of Saint Mary's
County, hereby certify that the Honorable John
Rousby Plater Esquire who appears to have
taken and signed the within declaration, was at
the time of taking and signing thereof, ever since
hath been and still is one of the associate Judges
of the County Courts of the first Judicial District
of Maryland comprehending the Countys of
Saint Marys, Charles and Prince Georges duly
Commissioned and qualified, and that to all his
acts as such due faith and credit is and ought
the given as well in Courts of Justice as thereout
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my name and affixed 
the Seal of Saint Mary's
County Court this twenty fourth
day of April Eighteen hundred
and Eighteen
J. Harris Ck
St. Mary's County Court
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Saint Marys County
On this 9th day of May 1827 personally appeared
in open Court being a Court of record for Print Marys County, expressly
constituted such by an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Maryland
and proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction
unlimited in point of amount and keeping a record of its proceedings
Thomas Lynch resident in said County aged Seventy years who being first
duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration
in in order to obtain the provision made by the Act of Congress, of the 18th March
1818 and the 1st of ay 1820, that he said Thomas Lynch enlisted for the term
of during the war in January or February in the year 1776 in the State of Maryland
in the Company commanded by Captain John A Thomas in the Regiment
Commanded by Colonel William Smallwood in the line of the State of Maryland
on the continental establishment that he continued to serve in the said corps
until about September 1777 when he was discharged from the service in
Saint Marys County in the State of Maryland, that he hereby relinquishes
every claim whatever to a pension, except the present, that his name has been
placed on the pension list that the number of his pension certificate of
and that he never before exhibited a schedule of his property because he considered
that he was worth more than two hundred Dollars - And in pursuance f the
act of the 1st May 1820 I do Solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the
United States on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time
by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with
intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring my self within the provisions
of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged
in the land and Naval service of the United States in Revolutionary War
passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person
in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have
I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and
by me subscribed that since the 18th day of March 1818 -  no changes have been
made in my property.
A Tract of Land Containing 100 Acres very poor valued $200
one old infirm slave a male that will not hire for vituals & Cloths
ten head Cattle very indifferent $40
One Old Hog -15 years old $10
$250
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That my occupation as a Seaman that I am too old to follow it that my
Family consist of two daughters one aged about 30 the other 25- Son
aged 18 or 19 and grand son about 6 or 7
Thomas Lynch

Sworn to and declared on the 9th day of May 1829 in open Court
J. Harris

I, Joseph Harris Clerk of Saint Marys County Court
do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of
the Court that the said Thomas Lynch did serve in
the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration
against the common enemy for the term of nine months
under one engagement in the Continental establishment.

I also certify that the foregoing oath and the
Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied
from the records
of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the
opinion of the said Court that the total amount of the
property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is two hundred
and fifty Dollars
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of the said
Court on this ninth day of May 1829
J. Harris Clk
St Marys County
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In reply to your request of _____, received _____
for a statement of the military history of Thomas Lynch
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his application for 
pension on file in this Bureau.
S. 34969
Only Thos Lynch

DATES OF               LENGHT OF SERVICE
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Jany 1776 to Sept 1777
dischared at Leonardtown MD

RANK
Private

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
John Allen Thomas
COLONEL.
William Smallwood

STATE.
MD

Battles engaged in, Long Island
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enl in Maryland
Date of application for pension, Apl 23, 1818 His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, St Marys County. MD
Age at date of application, about 59 yrs
Remarks: In 1820 he referred to his two daughters age about 30 years
25 yrs son of 18 or 19 & grandson about 6 or 7 yrs age but did not
state their names

Respectfully,

Commissioner.

6-2856
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3410 Cottage Av
Baltimore MD
Jan 5th 1918

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
Will you please give me
the date of death of Thomas Lynch
of St. Marys Co. Maryland, Col
Thomas Lynch served under Col Wm Small
wood as a private under Capt John
Allen Thomas discharged at Leonard
town, applied for a pension Apr. 1818
chain allowed as shown by document
in possession of his descendant
Mrs. H. K. Gorsuch furnished by your
office
If the name of his wife
is given please let me have it to
verify records here.
Very sincerly
1910 cottage av.
(Mrs) L. P. Wilson

Registrar Mordecai Gist Chair
D.A.R.
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34969
Revy INVALID.
File No. 34,969
Thomas Lynch
Pri Rev War
Act : 18 March 18
Index: -- Vol. 2, Page 257
(Arrangement of 1870.}

1915 June 4, Hist. to Mrs. H.K.
Gorsuch, letter in W. 9436
Levin Frazier c
1918 Jany. 12. Hist. to Mrs. L. P. Wilson c
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4.449
Maryland Roll
Thomas Lynch 4
Private
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on 
the 23 of April 1815

Certtificate of Pension issued the 19 of Nov 1878
and forwarded to J.R. Plater Esq
Leonard Town S. Marys County Md

Arrears to 4th of Sep 1818 35.20
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 4 Mar 1819 48.00
$83.20
4 Mo 12 /30
83. 20
(Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}

Mary County

See letter April 30. 1829 to to Hon
C. Dorsey
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12 - 5 - 41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Name: Lynch, William Grade Private  Line Maryland
WARRANT NUMBER 11465 ACREAGE100 ISSUED May 1, 1797 to -- not shown --

The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.