Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 51760-160-55, for William Thompson, South Carolina
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(3-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
SC Thompson, William BLT Wt 51760-160-55
Mary

CONTENTS
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51760
Ho Anrs
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End P
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Vol T = 73

256.856 act Mar 3
SEPT 12 76

Mary Thompson wid
William Thompson pri
Capt Greene
SC Ma
Private 
SC Militia
Revy war

Ala Jno 32
Ad 16 Oas Des 30/56
Dodge

C C Tudur
Present

51760 Janury 5/57
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Declaration to be made by a Widow who has never received Bounty Land
State of Alabama
Monroe County } SS
On this 29 day of July 1856 before me a justice of the peace in and for the county and state above named personally appeared (1) Mary Thompson aged 80 years a resident of Butler co Ala who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of (2) Wm Thompson who was a (3) private in corps comp commanded by capt Greene that he (4) volunteered in the state of South Carolina on or about the day of 1780 and continued in actual service fourteen days and was honorably discharged at Charleston SC on or about the - day of   1782 and (5) She has never been made application for Bounty service 
She further states that she was married to the said (2) Wm Thompson in Georgia on the 3 day of December AD 1799 by one a Joseph Phillips that her name before her said marriage was Mary Patrick that her said husband died in Ala on the 19 day of Decr 1846 and she is now a widow (6)
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she is entitled under the act of March 3, 1855, never having received Bounty Land or knowing that she is entitled except for the above service; and she hereby constitutes and appoints Chas C Tucker of Washington DC her attorney to prosecute her claim and procure her warrant. Hereby authorizing and empowering her said attorney to obtain from the proper authorities at Washington City or elsewhere certified copies of any Army or Navy records or documents in which her said husband's services may be recorded and to procure any and all other evidence that may be necessary to establish her claim as fully as if personally present and revoling and countermanding all former authority that may have been given for the above specified purpose
(7) Mary Thompson
T her mark
Sworn to subscribed and acknowledged before me the day and year first above written and on the dame day personally came before me John J Vickrey a resident of Butler County in the state above named and Rhoedict Vickery a resident of Butler county in said state to me known as credible witnesses who being duly sworn declare that they are personally acquainted with (1) Mary Thompson widow of (2) Wm Thompson who has made and subscribed the foregoing declaration that they were personally acquainted with (2) Wm Thompson and his wife during the lifetime of the former and know that they lived together as man and wife and were so reputed and they believe that the husband of the said (1) Mary Thompson was the identical person who performed the service mentioned int he above declaration that the above named (2) William Thompson is now dead and the said (1) Mary Thompson is now a widow And they further swear that they are disinterested in this claim.
(8) 
John T Vickry
Rhoedict Vickry
his X mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me and I certify that I am not interested in the claim or concerned in its prosecution
(9) Joel Hardee JP
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250856
BOUNTY LAND CLAIM

ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855

ORIGINAL CLAIM FOR LAND WARRANT
MRS Mary Thompson
WIDOW OF Wm Thompson

CHAS C TUCKER
Atty for Claimant
WASHINGTON DC
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STATE OF Alabama
Monroe COUNTY } ss
I M McCorvy Judge of the Probate court in and for the county and state above named do hereby certify that Joel Hardee Esq before whom the foregoing affidavits were made and who has thereunto signed his name was at the time of so doing an acting magistrate in and for the county and state above named duly commissioned and sworn, that ll his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit and that his signature thereto is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my official seal this 1st day of August AD 1856 M McCorvy
Judge of Probate

Presented by Joel Hardee JP
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INSTRUCTIONS
1.  Claimant's name.
2.  Soldier's name.
3.  Here specify the service as follows: "in the company commanded by Captain  in the  regiment of  commanded by Col.  , " or "a  on board of the United States ship  commanded by  in the war of   ," or as the case may be.
4.  Enlisted, volunteered, was drafted, or shipped.
5.  "Add, "that she has never before made applicatoin for Bounty Land," or "that she made an application for Bounty Land for said service, and her claim was rejected or suspended."
6.  The claimant will here state that no public or private record of her marriage exists, or can be obtained, if such is the case.  If there is a County, Town, or Church record of the marriage, a duly certified copy of such record must be sent.  If there if no public, but a private or family record containing the marriage or births of children, a copy of such record must be sent and the magistrate will certify that it is a correct copy of the original.  Parol evidence of the marriage or of co-habitation, is not admissible until the absence of record evidence is accounted for.
7.  Claimant's signature.
8.  Witnesses' signatures.
9.  Magistrate's signature.