Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14,284, for Thomas Rhoden, New Jersey
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SERVICE
New Jersey
Rhoden, Thomas or Rhodon
NUMBER
S. 14,284
carded
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7629
Kentucky
Thomas Rhoden
of Fleming in the State of Kentucky
who was a private in the Compy command
by Captain Ewing of the Reg L command
by Col Potter in the N.J. line for 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of May
1833 and Sent to Joshua Stockton Flemingsburgh

Arrears to the 4th March 40.00
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 10.00
$5000

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by [signature] Daniel Boyd
Book 6 Vol. [illegible] Page 25

Date of Death not on Ab.
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13,799
Thos Rhoden
Declaration
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State of Kentucky Fleming County [illegible]
On this 6th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court Thomas Rhodan [Rhoden] aged eighty one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth 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 officers
and served as herein stated - That he entered the service under Captain Ewing of the County of Cumberland & State of New Jersey and marched through the Jersey to Hattenfield  [Haddonfield] in said State, where we faught the British Col Potter of the aforesaid County
near our Commander, from thence we marched 16 miles through the said State to Mount Holly, where we again faught the British & Hessians - the enemy Retreated towards Phila: we pursued them and overtook them at the crossing of Coopers Creek, when
we drove them again - All this happened in the same year that the British Fleet blockaded the Delaware below Phila, but the year is now forgotten by him. that he served the time for which he first was called out he cannot say precisely, what the length thereof
was.  He states that the year following he marched out under the command of Captn Evans of Col Hilman's Regiment from the County aforesaid and marched with the Army pursuing the British to Trenton in said
State where we had a brush with the enemy, thence to Princeton College where we faught and drove the enemy - Genl Washington commanding - we pursued the enemy towards Amboy where they went into Winter quarters and we was quartered in the Rariton, where Col David Potter was our D Commander - The year I cannot recollect nor
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can he say certainly the length of time he served but knows he served in the two tours, more than Six month's in the militia of New Jersey- He has no documentary evidence and knows of no persons whose testimony he can procure who can testifying to his service.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to
a pension or annuity except the present and
declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any State
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year
aforesaid.
attested [signature] William P Fleming Presd.Court
[signature] Thomas Rhoden
Mr. Benjamin Northcut a clergyman, residing
in Fleming County Ky and James Grimes residing in the same County & State hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Thomas Rhodan [Rhoden] who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be eighty one years old, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
[signature] Benjm Northcoat
Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Kentucky Fleming County [illegible]
At a Court held for said County on Monday
the 6th day of August 1832. The foregoing declaration & the certificate of Jas Grimes were sworn to in open Court
[signature] James Grimes
And the said Court do hereby declare
their opinion after the investigation of the
matter and after putting the interrogatories
prescribed by the war department, that the
above applicant was a revolutionary soldier
and served as he states. And the Court further
certifies, that it appears to them that Benjamin
Northcoat who has signed the preceding
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Certificate is a clergyman resident in the county
of Fleming KY. and that James Graham who also
Signed the same is a resident in the same County
& State and is a credible person and that their
statement is entitled to credit.
Kentucky Fleming County [illegible]
I Joshua Stockton Clerk of the Court of the
County of Fleming do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings
of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Rhoden for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set
my hand and seal of office this 6th day of
August 1832.
[signature] Joshua Stockton clerk
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+
13.799.
Thomas Rhodan
Fleming
from -- private
private
6 months
$20
Ewing
Potter
NJ
Joshua Stockton
Flemingsburgh
Kentucky
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13.799.
BRIEF in the case of Thomas Rhodan
County of Fleming in the State of Kentucky
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?---

3. How old is he? 81

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.
In 17--
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Duration of Service.
Years, Months, Days.
not stated. not stated.
"Knows he served in the two tours more than six months, in the militia of New Jersey."______

Rank.
As a
private
[illegible]

Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen.
Capt. Ewing, Col. Potter
Capt. Evans, Col. Hilman,
Genl. Washington

5. In what battles was he engaged? Trenton, Princeton.

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Cumberland Cty N.J.

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct

X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
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[Duplicate of a portion of page 8.]
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January 6, 1939

BA-J/AWF [illegible]
Thomas Rhoden
S. 14284

Mrs. Forrest Hann
Marion, R.R.# 3
Iowa

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which
you request the Revolutionary War record of
Thomas Rhoten, born in 1751 in Ireland, died about 1850.

The data furnished herein were obtained
from papers on file in claim for pension, S.14284, based upon the military service of Thomas Rhoden in the Revolutionary War. This is the record of the only Thomas Rhoden (Rhoten) found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office.

The date and place of birth of Thomas Rhoden
(as his signature is shown in the claim ) are not
given, nor are the names of his parents shown.

He served the year the "British Fleet blockaded
the Delaware below Philadelphia", three months as a private in Captain Ewing's company, Colonel Potter's New Jersey regiment, and was in engagements at Haddenfield, [Haddonfield] Mount Holly, and Coopers Creek; he served three months as private in Captain Evans' company, Colonels Hilman's and David Potter's New Jersey regiments, and was in the battles of
Trenton and Princeton.

He was allowed pension on his application
August 6, 1832, at which time he was eighty-one
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years of age, and a resident of Fleming County,
Kentucky.

The papers on file in this claim contain no
discernible data in regard to the family of the
soldier, Thomas Rhoden.

In order to obtain the rate payment payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., and furnish the following data:

Thomas Rhoden
Certificate #7629
Issued May 6, 1833
Rate $20.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Kentucky Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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-only one-

Nov 18 - 1938
Marion, Iowa.

Interior Department
Washington D.C

Dear Sir -  to establish D.A.R. records would like
the record of Thomas Roten born in Ireland 1751
died 1850 - It is said this man served in the Revolutionary War
This is all the record I can give you now. I thank you for assisting in this work.
Sincerely -
Mrs Forrest Hann
Marion -
R.R. No 3 - Iowa -
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Rev. and 1812 Wars
Section.

November 3, 1923.

Aymee Applegate,
c/o The Sun,
Parsons, Kans.

Madam;

I have to, advise you that from the papers in the pension claim, S. 14284, it appears that Thomas Rhoden, pensioned Thomas Rhodon, enlisted and served six months in the Revolutionary War under Captains Ewing and Evans in Colonels Potter's and Hilman's New Jersey Regiments. He was in the battles of Princeton, Trenton, Hattenfield [Haddonfield] and Mount Holly,

He was allowed pension on his application executed in Fleming County, Kentucky, August 6, 1832, aged eighty one years.

There is no data on file as to his family.

Respectfully,

Commissioner.
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Parsons, Kansas
September 22, 1923

Department of Pensions,
Revolutionary Section,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

Have you any record of Thomas Rhoten, born in Ireland 1751, fought in the Revolutionary War, and who died in Putnam county, Indiana, I believe, in 1850.  If so, please notify me of your record.

Sincerely,
[signature] Aymee Applegate
% The Sun,
Parsons, Kansas.
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14.284
INVALID.
Rev War
File No. 14.284 
Thomas Rhoden
Priv. Rev. War
---
Act: June 7 1832
Index: --Vol. 1, Page 314
Arrangement of 1870.

1923 - Nov 3 Hist to Aymee Applegate GWF
1939- June 6   "     "  Mrs. Forrest Hann Aug
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[Duplicate of page 15]
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Thomas Rhodan which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? [The letter y is crossed out.]
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes
V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout [amount] of pension he is entitled? [The word No is crossed out.]
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? [a blank line is drawn]
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes
XIV. +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? No
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?[a blank line is drawn]
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?[a blank line is drawn]
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?[a blank line is drawn]
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not answered? 1. 2. 6. 7.

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; 
For_____year_____months, and _____days, I served as a _____ For _____months
and _____days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the
officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the
applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed
in any civil pursuit.
+QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths
must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of
office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.