Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1482-200, for Thomas Thompson, Pennsylvania
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Service                                    Number
Penn.      Thompson, Thomas  B.L.Wt. 1482-200
                pr Tompson
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Contents
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No. 1482
John Thompson son & other heirs of Thomas Thompson or Tompson.
                                         Lr.
                                          Pa.
to Hon E. K. Wilson
Mary'd.
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No. 1482
Jno. Thompson son & other heir of Tho. Thompson
recd.
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Ho. of Rep.
Feb. 25th, 1829

Sir,

   I have to acknowledge your (illegible) warrant No. 1482 in (illegible).  I john Thompson son and a (illegible) heir at law of Thomas Thompson or Tompson, who was a Continental in the Pennsylvania Line. 
    I have notice what you say in relation to Thomas Collin Jones.
     If their claim for the bounty of this Government, being well founded, I have not a doubt.
    Almost ever since I can remember. they have been (illegible) and as soldiers, who served in the Revolutionary War. 

                                     Respectfully
                                     Your Obt St.
                                     C. K. Wilson
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BOUNTY LAND
FOR REVILUTIONARY SERVICES - CLAIM OF HEIRS.

(NO. 1.)

State of Maryland
County of Dorchester} ss.

    I, John Thompson son and one of the heirs at law of Thomas Thompson or Tompson late of the County of Dorchester and State of Maryland but now deceased, do, upon oath, testify and declare, that to the best of my knowledge and belief, the said Thomas Thompson or Tompson was a Lieutenant in the ____ Regiment of Infantry belonging to the Pennsylvania line, on Continental establishment, during the Revolutionary War.  I do further testify and declare, that I have never received a warrant from the United States for the quantity of land due the said deceased, from the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his right to it in any manner during his life time.

    Therefore, know all men by these presents, that I, Ephraim King Wilson & John Thompson as aforesaid, d hereby constitute and appoint Col.  _____ my true and lawful attorney, for me, in my name, to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, for the time being, a warrant for the quantity of land due in right of said deceased.  And my said attorney I do hereby fully authorize and empower to constitute and appoint, one of more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purpose herein expressed, and the same to revoke at will.  
    In witness whereof, I have hereinto set my hand and seal this seventeenth day of February A.D. 1824.              John Thompson
    In presence of J.P. Mietz,  I do hereby further certify that the name of Joseph Watson in the above Power of Attorney was issued, and that of Ephriam King widow inserted before the Power of Attorney was executed. 
                                      //s//
                                Jos. Mietz 
(No. 2.)

   Personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the above-named county, the above-named John Thompson signer and sealer to the foregoing declaration and power of attorney and made oath in due form of law to the one, and acknowledge the other, as his voluntary act and deed for the purposes therein named.
                                          Jos. Mietz
Sworn, subscribed and acknowledged before me this seventeenth day of February A.D. 1824.

(No 3.)

State of Maryland
County of Dorchester} ss.

    Personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid, Charles Windsor and William Thompson, both credible and disinterested persons, who, being sworn, did depose and say, that they verily believe that Thomas Thompson of Tompson named in the with in declaration, signed by John Thompson served in the Pennsylvania Line during the revolutionary War.  That they have understood that he died about 12 years since, viz. on or about the 17th day of February 1817 within the county of Dorchester leaving a widow, and that John Thompson, Edwardarper, are reputed and only heirs at of him, the said Thomas Thompson or Tompson.
                                            //s//
                                  Charles Meadows 
                                             //s// Thompson, Mitchell Thompson, George Washington Thompson, Nancy Thompson now Nancy Harper who intermarried with John H
                                  William Thompson
Sworn and subscribed before me, this
nineteenth day of February A.D. 1829/
                                            //s//
                                    Jo. Mietz
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(No. 4)

State of Maryland}
County of Dorchester} ss.

Be it remembered, that on this day, wo wit the 16th day of February Anno Domini, 1812 there has been adduced satisfactory proof by deposition of Joseph H. Travers and Ruben Tall two credible witnesses, and other explanations and information submitted, that John Thompson who has made the declaration on oath, and has subscribed the power of attorney herewith connected, is a son and one of the heirs of Thomas Thompson or Tompson late a Lieutenant in the Continental army of the Revolutionary War, and that the other heirs of the said Thomas Thompson or Tompson are six in number, viz. John Thompson who is a son of said Thomas Thompson and resides with the county of Dorchester & state of Maryland as does also - James Thompson, Edward Thompson, Mitchell Thompson, George W. Thompson, Nany Thompson now Nancy Harper the wife of John Harper who are the sons & daughter of the aforesaid deceased and that the above-named person are the only heirs of the said Thomas Thompson or Tompson known living.
    In witness of all which, I have hereunto affixed my hand and seal official, in my capacity of a Registrar of Wills D.C. this 16th day of February Anno Domini, 1829.
                                          //s//
                             Wm. W. Eccleston Register of
                                   of Dorchester County 
(No. 5)

State of Maryland
County of Dorchester} ss.

   I do hereby certify, that Joseph Miets Esquire, before whom the declaration, power f attorney, and deposition hereto annexed appear to have been signed and made, was, at the time of signing and making the same, one of Justices of the Peace, in and for the county of Dorchester aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified as such, and to all official act as such, due faith and credit should and ought to be given.
    In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, at Cambridge Dorchester County this 18th day of February 1829.

(No. 6)

Instructions.
   It is only requisite that one of the heirs should sign the declaration and power of attorney.  Although in the states of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, and Vermont; the Judges of Probate, in Hew-York and New Jersey the surrogates; in South Carolina and Georgia the ordinaries; in Virgina, North Carolina, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, and other Western States, the Courts of record and considered as authorized heirship; yet it is deemed expedient to accompany the certificate (which must be under seal or its absence accounted for) with the evidence on which they may grant them, and hence the deposition No. 3, herewith, which is indispensable as to the State of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and North-Carolina, where it has been considered that no particular officer is authorized to certify heirship, yet even in these, it is advisable, to cause the certificate of heirship No. 4, to be signed by the officer charged by law, with the
granting letters of administration and receiving the proof of wills. 

Directions as to filling out the blanks.

   In the declaration, after the name in the first line, place the degree of relationship - After regiment in the 5th line, place infantry, artillery, dragoons, invalids, sappers and miners, Hazen or Congress, as the case may be, the other blanks sufficiently indicate the words to be supplied.
    In deposition No. 3, previous to the word widow, place the word a, or no, as the case may be; and in the blank which follows, place the names of all heirs, have care after the name of each, to state, his or her degree of relationship to the deceased; the other blanks sufficiently indicate the words to be supplied.  In the certificate of heirship, No. 4, after the word proof, insert to me or the court of ___holden at ____ as the case may require; and previous to the words and one, insert the degree of relationship of the person who signs the power of attorney.  In the large blank insert the names of all other heirs designating their relationship and residence; the other blanks sufficiently indicate the words supplied.