Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10633, for Thomas Tolson, North Carolina
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Service
N.C.
Tolson, Thomas
Number
R. 10633
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Rejected [] letter 18 Oct 1834 to J.G.
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10633
P.O. Thom Tolson
Service:
Rejected
Enlisted: 18
Discharged: 18
Application filed: 18
Alleges: The printed his of 1959 gives pause of 
Re-enlisted: rejected as name not on the rolle - no proof of service
Attorney:
P.O.
Recognized, Contract
Cert. of Dis.
Searched for 18
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3211 of
Thomas Tolson
Kentucky
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West Liberty
Oct 2nd 1834
Pension offer
Secret
Mail
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Secretary of war
Washington City
D.C.
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Declaration
State of Kentucky | [illegible]
County of Morgan
On this 1st day of September 1834 personally appeared in open and before the Court of Morgan County Thomas Tolson a resident of the county of Morgan and state of Kentucky ages 77 years who  being first duly [] according to law oath on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officer and served as herein stated he states that he enlisted in the service of the United States on the 1st day of August 1779 during the [unknown] under the command of Capt David Gresom [] [] & Gend Kenedy. he state he enlisted at Hillsborough in North Carolina. We remained stationed a few days at Hillsborough and then was marched on a scouting expedition against the indians on the [] never & was then marched back after having destroyed some indian [] where we [] stationed until in the year 1780 (The month not recollected) we went marched [] to Kingsmountain we []
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Two year or near that time he states that he was born in the state of Maryland in the year 1757, I was moved to North Carolina when young he states that he has no record of his
age or documentary evidence of his service and that when he joined the service of the United States he resided in Orange County North Carolina and after the close of the war he removed to Washington County Virginia thence in 1800 he removed to where he now resides & now lives in Morgan County Kentucky he states that he has stated the general circumstances of his services as well as he now recollects. & that he has married The officers under whom he served as well as he recollects & that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure by whom he can prove his services at this time he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state sworn to and subscribed this day & year aforesaid
Thomas x his mark Tolson


we Joseph Nickell a clergyman residing in the County of Morgan and William Burton residing in the same County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Tolson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 77 years of
age that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Js Nickell
Wm x his mark Burton
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and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after puting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states & the court further certifies that it appears to them that Joseph Nickell who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in Morgan County & that William Burton who has signed the same resides in the same & is a credible person & that there statement is entitled to credit
J H Hannafore
Wm Cattle
John Williams

James G. Hayelugg Clerk of the Court of
Morgan County do hereby certify that the
having contains the original proceedings of the
said Court in the matter of the application
of Thomas Tolson for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of office
this 1st day of September 1834
J [illegible] Clerk

Morgan County Court