Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17,030, for Thomas Prather, North Carolina
Page 1

(9-1776)

SERVICE
N. C. 

Prather, Thomas

NUMBER
S. 17,030

Born in Md                                       Carded
Contents
Page 2

19351

Indiana 19e

Thomas Prather
[illegible] in the State of In a [superscript, underlined] who was a pr in the co commande by Captain Cleaveland of the [illegible] commanded by Col Sovr in the N. C. line for 24 mos..

Inscribed on the Roll of In a [superscript, underlined] at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Aug 1833 and [illegible]
Wm Crenshaw Jacksonapolis

Arrears to the 4th of March 160.00
Leme-ant allowance ending 4 Sept. 40
200

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7 1832.}
Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk
E Vol. 1 Page 124

Dead
to Pension Agent 23 Nov. 1841.
 
Date of death Nov [illegible]
Page 3

Thos Prather

21296
Page 4

Declaration in Order to Obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 4th 1832
State of Indiana
Jackson County
 I on this 4th day of September in the Year One Thousand eight hundred thirty two personally appeared in Open Court before the Hon. John F. Ross president judge of the second judicial circuit in the State of Indiana and judge of the Jackson Circuit Court now sitting. Thomas Prather a resident of Jackson County Indiana aged seventy six years being just duly sworn according to law doth on his oath makes the follow=ing declaration in Order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 4th June 1832 he was born 26th March 1756 at Prince George Maryland, agreeable to the record of his father, he lived in North Carolina at the Mulberry fields at the time he was call'd into Service after peace was made he removed to Smith river Henry County Virginia and there resided in untill October 1789 from there removed to Kentucky Fleming County and in the year 1805 at which place he resided untill the Year 1817 at which time he removed to his present residence in Indiana he volunteered into the Service in September 1776 to continue during the war join the Army under the command of Genl. Ratherford Col. Armstrong Capt Cleaveland and Lient Lenon Ensign Benjamin Elidge from the Mulberry fields we marched to the flowery Galy where we joined the Virginia troops we marched down Swane=noa and crop'd French Broadriver from where we marched to the Tennessee River against the Cherokee Indians at which time and place there was 1500 men chosen to go and take and destroy the Indians at Valley Town on the highwassee river of which member he was one our officers were Genl Ratherford Col. Love and Col. Lock after performing this service by destroying
Page 5

the Indian villiages on the highwassee we then returned to our army on the Tennessee river. from there we marched on to the Catawbee river from ther on to Ruigs Mountain where we had a battle. from then we marched to Reddier river in North Carolina, where we was stationed for nine months to guard the frontiers. from thence to the Catawbe our place of rendezvous at which place we was discharged after the summons of [illegible] in October 1781 under Col. Pevord. he has no documentary evidence of his discharge And that he known Tho ferson whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his Service he is well Known in his present neighborhood by Capt. James Woodmansee and Joseph Hanna Esq. who will testify as to his character for veracity and [illegible] belief of his service as a soldier of the revolution he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity escape the present and declare that his name is not on the pension roll of the aging  [illegible] State. Sworn to and  [illegible] the day and year [illegible]
Thomas Prather

Mr. James Woodmansee and Joseph Hanna residing in Jackson County state of Indiana hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Thomas Prather who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 70 years of age that he is reported and believe in the neightown=hood where he reside to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. [illegible] the day and year [illegible]
James Woodmansee
Joseph Hanna
and the said court do herby declare this opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogation=sis presented by the War Department, that the above named