Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8212, for Thomas Phillips, South Carolina
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S C
Va
Phillips, Thomas
R. 82121
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Rejected
8212
Thomas Phillips Alleges: Rejection of claims order
Re-enlisted:  Act of 1818 not recorded or printed list of 1852

1924, Sept 26- Hist to Mrs. Mabella F Welford, copied by nr
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Port Gibson 
June 13th 1828

The Hon Secretary at War

Enclosed you receive the Declaration of Thomas Phillips, an applicant for a pension.  Any information to Mrs. Phillips from the Department may be addressed to me.
Very respectfully your
 obt servant
Amos Whiting
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Date stamped:  Port Gibson Mi June 18
Recd 7 July 1828
Pension Office
20, 528
Thomas Phillips
Act 18 March 1818
suspended
See letter to A Whiting
Port Gibson
Mississippi

Addressed to:
The Secretary of War
Washington DC
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20,528
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Original Claim

Declaration in order to be placed on the Pension List under the Act of the 18th March 1818.
The State of Mississippi, Claiborne County Circuit Court in and for the county and state aforesaid, at the April term of the said court 1828 on the 26th day of April 1828 personally appeared in open court being a court of record in and for the county aforesaid Thomas Phillips, resident in said county, aged seventy one years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 and the 1st of May 1830.  That he the said Thomas Phillips enlisted for the term of three years on the ___day of ____ 1778 or 1779 in the state of Virginia on the Continental establishment, that he continued to serve in the said corps for three years, when he again enlisted during the War in the state of South Carolina in the company of Horde commanded by Colonel Mayham in the line of the state of south Carolina on the Continental establishment. That he continued to serve in the said Corp until the end of the war when he was discharged from service, at Yorktown, in the state of Virginia. That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present, that his name is not on the roll of any state, and that this is this is the reason for not making earlier application for a pension to wit, that he has been able to support himself by labour and in pursuance of the Act of the 1st May 1820.  I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale or in any matter disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions
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of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, passed on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and subscribed by me. That no changes in my property have been made since the 18th March 1818. That his occupation has been a Tiller of the Soil, that he is now unable, from old age and bodily infirmities to pursue it. That his family consists of a wife aged about sixty one years, infirm and unable to labour.  
Schedule of Property - 
Ten head of Cattle, Value           $50.--
One small Poney, Value                25.--
                                                       ____
                                   Total value  $75.

               his
Thomas   X Phillips
              mark

Witness  
A Whiting

I Peter A. Vandorn Clerk of the Circuit Court of Claiborne County do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court, that ^the^ said Thomas Phillips did serve in the Revolutionary War as Stated in the preceding declaration, against the Common Enemy for the term of nine months under one engagement, in the Continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing Oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly Copied from the Records of the Said Court; and I do further Certify, that it is the opinion of the Said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is 75 Dollars. In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Said Court on this 13th day of June 1828
P. A. Vandorn Clk

[seal] MISS. CIRCUIT COURT OF CLAIBORNE COUNTY [/seal]
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Utica Mississippi Sept. 5 1924

Commissioner of Pensions  Washington, D.C.

I would also like to get the war record of [underlined] Thomas Phillips. [/underlined]  Our records state he was a soldier of the American Revolutionary War.  [underlined] Married Judah Walker Oct. 17--1785.  Thomas Phillips died in Claiborne Co. Mississippi [/underlined] at the residence of William Clarke near Bayou - Pierre, on the 14 __ in the 79 years of his life.  William Clarke married a daughter of Thomas Phillips.  We do not know if Thomas Phillips married in Miss. or where his home was when he left to become a soldier.  Our old Phillips Bible records the birth, death & marriage of many Phillips from 1746 but dreadfully mixed.  There seems to have been several distinct families all of whose births, marriages & deaths seem to have been recorded as they occurred, except Thomas & Judah's
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children's births are to them selves.  There is no mention of a former place of residence, and few parents'  birth, death or marriage is recorded.
I realize that this is a slim chance to find any one record, but if a Thomas Phillips from any where obtained a pension, perhaps I would find out if he is [underlined] our [/underlined] Thomas Phillips or be able to learn more of the family.  Thanks for any information.   We do not need this to become a D.A.R. for we have several lines completed, and my Mother joined several years ago.  She has completed records of Revolutionary soldiers of her Mother & father's families.

Sincerely
Mrs. Mabella F. Welford
Utica, Mississippi
R. 2 - Box 75
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Copy

War Dept -
Pension Office
July 7, 1828

Mr. Amos Whiting
Port Gibson, Miss.

Sir:
The declaration of Thomas Phillips, which you transmitted to this office for the purpose of obtaining a pension for him ^under Act Mar. 18, 1818^ has been examined.  He states that he served in the company commanded by Capt. Digges, of the regiment commanded by Col. Porterfield.  These officers belonged to the States Troops and not to the Continental Line, and I find not only their names, but the claimant's name also, on the roll of State Troops, which is satisfactory evidence that the claimant belonged to a  State regiment.
As the law under which he claims provides for none who did not belong to the Continental Establishment, this service will not entitle him to a pension.
He likewise states that he served under Colonel Moyham of the South Carolina Line to the end of the War.  There was no officer of that name in the Army.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.

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September 26, 1924.

Mrs. Mabella F. Welford,
Route 2, Box 75, 
Utica, MISS.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pernsion claim, R. 8212, it appears that Thomas Phillips applied for pension April 26, 1828, while living in Claiborne County, Mississippi, aged 71 years, and stated that he enlisted in Virginia in 1778 or 1779 and served 3 years in Captain Diggs' Company, Colonel Porterfield's Virginia Regiment, after which he enlisted in South Carolina and served until the close of the war in Colonel Maham's South Carolina Troop of Horse.
His claim was not allowed as the Act of March 18, 1818, under which he applied for pension, provided only for soldiers of the Continental Establishment whereas he served in state troops.
There is no data on file as to family except that in 1828 his wife was 61 years old, her name is not stated.

Respectfully,
Hays Haymaker
Acting Commissioner.

[left margin] Note:  There was a Capt, Major & Lt. Col. Hezekiah Maham in S. C. State Dragoons.  See Heitman, p. 377.  [left margin]