Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32477, for Thomas Reneau, Pennsylvania
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Penn

Reneau, Thomas

NUMBER
S. 32477
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25034

Indiana

Thomas Reneau
of Harrison Co. in the State of Indiana 
who was a private in the com'y commanded
by Captian Ford of the Reg commanded
by Col Stinson in the Pennsylvania
line for 10 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana
at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th Day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension Issued the 12th day of Nov
1833 and J W 
Payne Corydon

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 183.33
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 March 16.67
$100.00

{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832}

REcorded by Danl Boyd Clerk
Book 6 Vol 7 Page 137

Certificate sent back for correction * new one issued in the name of Th Reneau instead of Reneau & sent to Hon W. Hendricks SUS 29 March 1834
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Letter to M. C. Fitch & 3 audis
3 Oct 1839
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4th Sept 1837 to 4 Sept 1838 Agt notified 15 Oct 1839
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Letter to M. C. Fitch 3 audis [? shorthand?]
11 Nov 1839
Paid as above from 4 Sept 1838 to 4 March 1839. Agt notified 17 Dec 1839
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Order to pay 11 March 1840
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29.619

Thomas Reneau
Ind'a

P. 10 ~ $33.33/100

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In testimony whereof I have hereuno set my hand and seal of office this 15th day of October 1833
Wm Heth, Clerk
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State of Indiana
Harrison County Ss.

On this 25th day of October 1833 personally appeared in Open Court, before the Honorable of Judges  of the Circuit Court of said County, the same being a Court of record, now sitting, Thomas Reneau a Resident of Blue River Township in Harrison County aforesaid, aged 73 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 7, 1833[sic] --

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.  In the company commanded by Capt Ford, he served one month in the fall of 1776, can not recollect the day he entered said service nor the day he left the service, but recollects that there fell a deep snow before he was discharged.  He was stationed during the month at Monteur's Station, about 7 miles below Pittsburgh on the Ohio river.  He is not certain whether he was drafted for the tour as served as a substitute for his brother.  There were no other troops at said station except the aforesaid Company of Captain Ford. 

His next tour was in McIntosh's campaign in which he served not less than three months in the company commanded by Captain Mays and Lieutenant Miller, Mays being absent during the principal part of the Campaign, the command of the company disclosed[?] as Lieut Miller - 

That the Regiment to which same company was attached was commanded by Col Stinson he thinks his name was John Stinson -

That he entered said service about the 16th of September 1778 as he thinks, was [illegible] at Pittsburgh, and marched from there to a place a little before the mouth of Beaver, down the Ohio River, and then built McIntosh's fort, at which place they were joined by the [illegible] Troops, they were marched from thence to the Tuscanawa River and there built another
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fort, after which the troops returned to McIntosh fort, at which place applicant was discharged a few days before Christmas—That in addition to the above Town, he was between the years 1775 and 1782, employed and engaged in a great variety of small scouting parties— That him self and one Andrew Hood had made up a company of men who were to be ready at a minutes warning That same scouting parties were attached to no regular body of troops—that this applicant and the said Andrew were the leaders of said Scouts, but bore no commission. He says that in consequence of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot state precisely the length of these services but according to the best of his recollection he served on these last mentioned scouts not less than six months, which in addition to the four months first herein mentioned, make ten months service in all for which he claims a pension—He was born in Frederick county Virginia on the 4th day of April 1762– He has no registration of his age, but his father during his life time kept a register of his age but he does not know to where it is, or whether it has not been destroyed  That when called into the service as above stated above, he lived in Chartiers Creek which empties into the Ohio about 4 miles below Pittsburgh—That since the Revolutionary war he lived in Virginia about 4 years, in Tennessee about 40 years and in this state five years—His first two tours he served either as a substitute for one of his brothers or as a drafted man, he is not certain which—and the residue of his services were rendered as a volunteer  That for his first two tours he received a written discharge, but does not recollect by whom they were given, which have been long since destroyed and that he is known in his present
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neighborhood to Craven Lynn & George Arnold who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution—He further states that he has no documentary evidence of his said services, nor does he know of any person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his said services. 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 the agency of any state. 
Thos. Reneau 

Sworn to and subscribed
the day & year aforesaid
H. W. Heth Clk

We Craven Lynn, a Clergyman residing in the county aforesaid and George Arnold residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Reneau, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 73 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Craven Lynn
George Arnold

Sworn to and subscribed the
day& year aforesaid—-}
H.W. Heth

And the said Court we hereby declare their opinions, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served  as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Craven Lynn who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the said county ofHarrison and that George Arnold who has also signed the same is a resident in the same county and is a credible person and that their statements be entitled to credit.
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I, Henry N Heth Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County of Harrison in the Second Judicial circuit in the State of Indiana do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Reneau for a pension.

In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my sand and seal of Office this 15th day of October 1833.

H. M. Heth, Clerk

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27617
Thomas Reneau
Ind'a

P ~ 10~ $ 33.33/100
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32 447

Rev
INVALID.

File No. 32,477
Thomas Reneau
Pri Rev War

Act June 7 32"

Index:-Vol Q Page 337

[Arrangement of 1870]
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Corydon Ind Oct 22 1833

The Hon 
Lewis Cap
Secretary of War

I have the honor to transmit to you hereunto the claim of Thomas Peneau, a citizen of the county, and hey[sic] have to request a decision at as early a period as may be practicable.

I am Respectfully
Your most obt servant

Jno W Payne
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office
October 8th, 1839,

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled, "an act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States", Thomas Reneau, a Pensioner of the Roll of the  New Albany, Ind'a, Agency, at the rate of Thirty Three dollars and thirty three Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department from the 4th of Sept 1837, to the 4th of Sept, 1838.

Respectfully yours,
Albion K Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.
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Branch Bank of Ind
New Albany March 1, 1844

J. S. Edwards, Esq
Comm"s of Pension
Dear Sir
I enclose herewith for your examination [symbol], Pension Voucher of Thomas Reneau, there being Twelve Months pay due him on the 4 [illegible]

Respectfully Your
Obedt Svt,
M. C. Fetch, P. I.
by J. R. Waldo[?]
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Payments to be made
ar Corydon
by Thomas Posey
Agent for paying Pensioners,
in the Agency of
Indiana

Recorded in the Pension Office
in book E Vol 7
Page 17 by Danl Boyd
Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONAY CLAIM.

I certify that, in conformity witht he law od the United States of the 7th June 1832, Thomas Reneau of the State of Indiana who was a private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Thirty three dollars and thirty-three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.

Given at the War Office of the United States, this 19th day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty three

Lew Cass
Secretary of War

Examined and Countersigned
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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25034
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office
December 5th 18391839,

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled, "an act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States", Thomas Reneau, a Pensioner of the Roll of the New Albany, Ind'a, Agency, at the rate of Thirty Three dollars and thirty three Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department from the 4th of Sept 1838, to the 4th of March, 1839.

Respectfully yours,
Albion K Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.
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Ind'a  Nov 4

Thomas Reneau
Indiana

from 1776
10~  $33.33/100


[sideways text, name and address]

Free
Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Director of Commissions
Washington City
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Ind'a

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Davey L Edwards
Pension Office

Hon W Hendricks