Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18,135, for Peleg Thomas, Massachusetts
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SERVICE

Mass

Thomas, Peleg
Betsey

NUMBER
W.18.135

CONTENTS
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Rept Vermon 8. 1843. Peter Thomas, decd of Windsor in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the Co commanded ┃ by Captain Sparrow of the Regt commanded by Col Cotton in in the Verm. Troops for 8 months, 25 days Increased from $25, 52/100 - Inscribed on the Roll of Montpelier, W. at the rate of 29 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831 to Dec. 10, 1896.when  he died. 2 Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of May 1847- and sent to John Bryant Meriden N. Arrears to the 4th of Semi anl. allowance ending Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. Recorded by D. Henry Wood Clerk Book E Vol. 2, Page 16- Payable to Betsey Thomas his surviving widow.
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Reported directed returned & sent Stocker to Better widow of who served in the Revolutionary war , as a private Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of R Dollars 43 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. Certificate of Pension issued the and to day of June 1840 M. Stokee Kirtland Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under all February 2, 1848, Page 100
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A list of Marriages Solemnized by Rev Joseph Barker Seventeen Hundred ninety one Novr Twentieth Peley Thomas & Betsey Thomas N.B. in the above list where the name of the town is not mentioned, hath belonged to Middleborough I Allen Shaw Certify that the foregoing is a true Copy of the Record of the Town of Middleborough with the exception of the date which is expressed in fair legible figures as follows 1791 Novr 20. I Allen Shaw above named depose and say that I hold the office of town Clerk in the Town of Middleborough County of Plymouth, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said town, with the exception above named as certified by me, --- Middleborough Augt 29th 1838 Allen Shaw Town Clerk of Smon before me Middleborough August 29th 1838 Middleborough Arad Thompson Justice of the Peace
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County Commonwealth of Massachusetts of month Clerks Office Any 29 1838 Thomas Clerk the Judicial Court for said County of Plymouth in said Commonwealth hereby certify that Wade Thompson house before whom the foregoing deprection was corn is a Justice of the peace for said City of month duly commissioned & qualified and that the signature written to the first of said depention purporting be his is genuine Intentioning wherof I have hereunto set sighand suffered the will of the same provent Court for said County of Plymouth in the day year aforesaid Will Mos
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No 8327 Peleg Thomas Windsor Co. Vermont, G.. Son 1200 Ebenezer Cummins Woodstock Vera it
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Sir WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office, 18 June 1887 The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: ⎬ You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. pound rendered. 1780 - 1781 A Statement, showing the Service of Duration of the claimant's service. ┃ of Months, 5 ┃ 2. 20 ┃ Rank of the claimant. Soldier Golden Names and rank of the Field thers under whom he served. ofof  Jacobs St. Col. Clapp Cap Sparrows 1781 - of Cotton Capt Pierce Age at present, ┃ and place of abode ┃ when he entered the service. ┃ 69 Windsor Vermont ┃ Proof by which the declaration is supported. no further proof can be obtained Rods thence I am, respectfully Your obedient servant, J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions. cannot readily be admitted that the services of the applicant are indusceptible of proof and the regulations requin the presents of the last to be
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops, Militia, and Volunteers, all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: ● The Regular Troops. 2 The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. G. Persons employed in the Naval Service. 4. Indian Spies. As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. DECLARATION, In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. State Territor of County of On this day of A. B. a resident (b) of personally appeared (a) before in the county of and State, Territory or District of 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers: Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he servunder more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B. And then will follow the certificate of the Court And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c. If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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. Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. And then will follow the certificate of the Court. 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 named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of & c. Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission ; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration,(l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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Declaration for Peleg Thomas
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