Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 4476, for Thomas Kindred, Virginia
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(3-1776)

SERVICE                                               
Va.               

Kindred, Thomas                  

NUMBER
S4476
carded

CONTENTS
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13954
East Tennessee
Thomas Kindred of Morgan Co in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Harris of the regiment commanded by Col. Morris in the Virginia line for 11 months private

Inscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of July 1833 and sent to Robert A Dabney Morgan CH

Arrears to the 4th of March   66.66
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Sept   16.66
$83.32

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk,
Book E Vol. 7 Page 50

(right side)
G. L. Bestts, Octr 39/58 (line drawn through)
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18817
Thos. Kindred
from 1777 private
10 months
$33 33/100

Robert A Dabney
Morgan CH
Morgan Co
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BRIEF in the case of Thomas Kindred of Morgan County in the State of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or Judge?
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?  72
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
(table with columnar headings)
Period.
drafted in 1777 (Aug: crossed out)
Soon after  ___
Some time after ___
between 2d & last tour improper

Duration of Service.
Years, Months, Days.
3
none Specified
"        "
"These three tours making nine months "
1 months -
"making in all 10 months "-

Rank.
As a 
pr
"
"-

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen.
no Col. - Capt. Harris
Maj. Armstead-
Col. Morris Capt. not recollected
no officer named.

5. In what battles was he engaged?  Yorktoown.
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Albermarle (Albemarle) County Va.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Trady.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  no seal of office
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. L. Williams Examining Clerk.
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Pension Decl
Thos. Kindred
Morgan County
Tennessee
18817
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State of Tennessee Morgan County 
On this 15 day of October 1832 personally appeared before the worshipful Justices of the Court of pleas and quarters of (faded illegible) now seting it being a court of record, Thomas Kindred a resident citizen of the County of Morgan and State of Tennessee aged 72 agreeable to information having no record of his age who being duly sworn according to law do on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed the 7th June 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under Captain James Harris in Albemarle County Virginia some time in the month of August he thinks it was in the year 1777. He marched from Albemarle to serve a three months tourer as a drafted militia. He stood in the first number agreeable to enrolment they marched to Goochland County through Henrico to Richmond Town thence to Williamsburg and thence to Hampton Town through little
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little York and finally marched back to Albemarle County from where we started and was dismissed from Service and have no written discharged but was honorably dismissed having fulfilled his Tour in a short time thereafter he moved to Goochland County still Virginia, and was there enrold by Col. John Woodson and I came to his Term again at the time Traitor Arnold invaded Richmond He servd that Tour under Major Robert Armsted we Joind other Troops at the Mobbin hills he servd part of said Tour under General Nelson we Joind him Williamsburg it was there he was put under Robert Armsted we camped at a place called Armsted's Mill Some Time he marched to many places and was finally honorably dismissed having servd his Tour had now written discharge and he then returned home to Goochland County, and Sometime thereafter  the precise time nto recollected he was called ono agreeable to his Term and marched off under Col. Morris, his first name not recollected, the name of his Captain he cannot recollect marched through [illegible] FCensied and Staid awhile at 4 mile creek thence to Charles Citty County thence James Citty and finally to little York and there continued until the Surrender of
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Lord Cornwallis, He state that he had
three brothers in the siege at York
towit William Kindred, Bartholomew
Kindred, and Edward Kindred, He states
that he was himself honorably dismissed
at Little York after the Surrender
of C. Wallis but had no written discharge
and his other brothers march,d off guard
ing Cornwallis and his men, these three
Towers, making nine months Servitude
He further States that between the second
and Last Tower already mentioned that
he was twice called on in pressing necessity
Once to move the Country Stores from
Henrico County to keep them from
being taken by the enemy and also
to remove arms and many other thing
at the other time was Engaged in moving
the magazine from the foundry
at Westham on James River and
Carrying them To a safe place at
these Two periods of service he was Engag,d
at Least one month he done this
Service by order of Militia offier
and was not hir,ed this making in
the whole Ten months, he states
that he has no documentary evidence
of his services, and knows of no person
by whom he can prove his services that
there would any chance of geting the
evidence of, he states that he was
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born in England in the part calle,d
North Umberland and his father and
family moved to Albemarle County
Virginia in the year 1774 and liv,d
on the Land of Thomas Jefferson when
he was calle,d into service after the
war was over he mov,d back to Albemarle
County County, and liv,d there untill
about twenty four years ago, he then
mov,d to Roan County Tennessee and
has live,d in Roan and Morgan County
in said state ever since
He hereby relinquishes Every claim
Whatsoever to a pension or annuity
Except the present and declares his name
is not on the Pension role of the 
agency of any state
Sworn to in open court
Attest
John Brown D,C, Thomas Kindred

We Mayor Shedrick Stephens residing in the County of Morg and state of Tennessee
and Col Samuel Scott residing
in the same hereby certify that we are
well acquainted with Thomas Kindred
who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Declaration that we believe he is 72 years old that he is reputed and believed 
in the Neighborhood where he resides
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to have been a soldier of the revo
lution and that we concur in 
that opinion Shedrick Stephens
Sworn to & subscribed Saml. Scott
in Open Court
Attest 
John Brown Deputy Clerk
And the said court hereby do hereby declare
their opinion after the investigation of
the matter and after putting the inter
rogatories prescrib,d by the war depart
-ment that the above applicant was
a revolutionary soldier and serv,d as he
States, and the court further certifies
that it appears to them Mayor Shedrick
Stephens who has signed the preceeding
Certifficate is a credible man and that
it is not Convenient to get the certifficate
of a clergyman as none are handy and
Col Samuel Scott who has also sign,d
the same, is a credible person
and that they both reside in said
County of Morgan and that their
statements are entitled to credit
John M. Davis chairman
Thomas S. Lea Justice of the peace
John Williams Justice of the peace
D S Lavender J Peace
I Elijah Lavender Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter sessions for the county of Morgan aforesaid
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State of Tennessee}
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Kindred for a pension 
{seal} In testimony Whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and private seal there being
no publick seal of office at office
in Montgomery this 15th day of October
A.D. 1832. Elijah Lavender
Clerk by his Deputy John Brown

State of Tennessee}
Morgan County} I Elijah Lavender Clerk of the court of pleas & quarter sessions for the County aforesaid do Certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court
in the matter of the application of
Thomas Kindred for a pension and
I also certify that at the time the fore-
going certificate was made there was
no public seal of my office, and that the
seal now affixed has been provided
since. In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & seal of office in Montgomery this 30th day of April A.D. 1833 Elijah Lavender Clerk
By his deputy
Thomas S Lea
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January 19, 1938.
F.A. Masterson
7734 Saginaw Avenue
Chicago, Illinois.

BA-J/ILL
Thomas Kindred
S.4476

Dear Sir:
The record of Thomas Kindred is given herein as shown in pension claim, S. 4476, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

Thomas Kindred was born in "Northumberland", England; his father moved with his family in 1774, to Albemarle County, Virginia, and lived on the "land of Thomas Jefferson"; the date of Thomas' birth and the names of his parents are not shown.

While a resident of Albemarle County, Virginia, Thomas Kindred enlisted in August 1777, and served three months as a private in Captain James Harris' Virginia company, after which he returned to Albemarle County. Afterwards, he moved to Goochland County, Virginia. He enlisted there, served as a private in Captain Elisha Leak's company, Colonel John Woodson's Virginia regiment, and under Major Robert Armistead, a part of the time at Armistead Mills, and was discharged at the expiration of service of three months. He was called out on two short tours Henrico County, and in moving arms to places of safety. He enlisted in 1781, served three months as private in Captain Stokely Towles' company, Colonel Morris' Virginia regiment, during which he was in the Siege of Yorktown and was discharged after the surrender of Lord Cornwallis.

Thomas Kindred's brothers, William, Bartholomew and Edward, served in the Siege of Yorktown also. There are no further data in regard to said brothers.

After the close of the war, Thomas Kindred returned to Albemarle
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County, Virginia, where he resided until about 1808, then moved to Roane County, Tennessee, thence to Morgan County, Tennessee.

Thomas Kindred was allowed pension on his application executed October 15, 1832, at which time he resided in Morgan County, Tennessee. He was aged then seventy-two years.

The name of Thomas Kindred's wife, and the date and place of their marriage are not shown.

In 1858, one George L. Bestor of Peoria, Illinois, made inquiry in regard to any pension which might have been due Edward Kindred, the one surviving son of Thomas Kindred, the Revolutionary War pensioner. He did not state the residence of Edward Kindred.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following:

Thomas Kindred
Certificate #13954
Issued July 18, 1833
Rate $33.33 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832.
Tennessee Agency,

Very truly yours,
A.D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administant.

2.
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1916 Feb 24. History to Mrs.
Alice Moss Feris. MBH.
1938 - Jan 19 - Hist. to F A Masterson - ILL

4476
Rev War INVALID.

File No. 4476
Thomas Kindred
Pvt. Va. line

Act: June 7,,/32
Index:-Vol. A Page 206
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Geo L Bestor
Oct. 29
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Pension Office,
October 29" 1858.
Sir
Your letter of the 21" Instant,
is before me.
The Son of Thomas Kindred,
is not Entitled to Anything under existing
pension laws unless his father failed
to draw his pension to the day of his death.
If there
was anything due his father at his decease
the Son can procure such arrears of
pension upon application to the Office
of the Third Auditor of the Treasury.

Geo: L. Bestor, Esq.
Peorba,
Illinois,