Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 20518, for Evan Thomas, North Carolina
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N.C  Thomas, Evan  R. 20578
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(3-224.)

No. 20518

-----------, Ex'r.

       Rejected {Stamp}

Evan Thomas
of N. Car.   Private N.C. line
Revy War    Act 1828

      Rejected {Stamp}

Died at:...........
............. Other claim
......, 18  , ..............
                clerk

Application Filed:......., 18  .
Attorney: ................
P.O. .................................
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Evan Thomas    Pvt
   N. Carolina - 
Evidence insufficient Act 1828

No. Carolina
     No Record
           (illegible)
                             Nov 26/00
    Ex1 - One old Book & Ref
    "     Journal - Wid - & other old book

#16002 (striked) {illegible} Doubtful
# 17728 (striked)
Ref # 10497
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895
v
E. Thomas

rec'd 2 Sept 1828
asked id.
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925

Revolutionary Claims.

Under the act, entitled " An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution, "  approved 15th May 1828.

Treasury Department
                  24 Dec 1828
  
    The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Evan Thomas under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether it appears, by any records in the War Department, that the claimant has received, or is entitled to receive, the bounty in land granted by Congress for service in the Continental Line if the Army of the Revolution.

                                    R. {illegible}
 The Hon. Secretary of War.


              War Department Bounty Land office
  The Records of this office do not show that Evan Thomas of the North Carolina line ever received or is entitled to bounty land of the United States.

                        Robert Taylor
                          27 Dec 1828
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For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of an Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and Soldiers of the Army of the revolution"" approved on the 15thMay 1828 I Evan Thomas of the town of Newbern County of Craven and State of North Carolina do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the revolution for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination, at which period I was a private in Captain S. Stevenson's company in the 5th regiment commanded by Col. Caswell of the North Carolina line. And I also further declare that I afterwards received or was entitled to receive a certificate for the reward of Eighty
dollars to which I was entitled under a resolve of Congress passed the 15th May 1778. And I further declare that I was not on the 15th day of
March 1828 on the Pension list of the United States
Sworn to before me and subscribed
the 11th day of August 1828
A. Hall J
Evan Thomas
before me Geo A Hall a Justice of the peace
County of Craven in the State of North Carolina personally appeared
who did severally
of the said County make oath that Evan Thomas by whom the foregoing declaration was
subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have been a private in the
Army of the Revolution in manner therein
stated
Witness my hand this the 10th day of August 1828.
Geo. A. Hall J.P.