Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6,233, for Thomas Leavesley, South Carolina
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SC

Leavesley Thomas

R 6233
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Thomas Leavesly
GA

Rejected See letter of
July 26, 1833 to James Wood 
Newman GA

Act 7 June 1832
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62L33

Thomas Leavesly

Rejected
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State of North Carolina
Secretary of States Office
22nd March 1833
I do not find the name of Thomas Leavesley
on the minsterrolls of the Continental line of
this State in the revolutionary war
Very respectfully
Your Obt Servt
W  Hill

James L. Edwards Esqr
Com. of Pensions
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State of Georgia
Coweta County


On this the 3 day of October Eighteen Hundred and thirty two
personally appeared before me
John D Hinton, One of the Judge of the Inferior Court of said County & State Thomas Leavesley a resident of
the County of Coweta and State aforesaid, aged 81 years. he not being able to attend in open court, from bodily infirmity 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 was enlisted by Capt.
Nathaniel M Martin of the South Carolina State troops, for three years or during the war, on the first of March 1782
and left the service on furlough to the last of March 1783, when rejoined the army, he was added to Captain Simmons, Company of horse, and was made a corporal
in said Company, the regiment was commanded & by Col. Wade Hampton, that he remained in this
company & regiment two months and was transferred to Captain James Theres, company, in the regiment commanded by Col Mayhew, in this company & regiment
he served ten months, when the news of a peace having been concluded, he was discharged on a furlough -
That he was living in Mecklenburg County North Carolina when he enlisted. That he was in no battle, except
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a little skirmishing against the tories in South Carolina we were generally sent about in small detachments over the country, to keep the tories in check, he served with no regular regiments and knew no Regular or
Continental Officers - That he has no documentary or evidence and that he knows of no person, whose testimony
he can procure, who can testify 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 the agency
of any state

Sworn to and subscribed  Thomas Lees
the day & year aforesaid
Morton J.P.C.C

Answers to Interrogatories from the
War Department
To the 1st Interrogatory
He answers, that he was born on the 13th day of February 1751 in Leicestershire England-
He answers, that he has none
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To the 3rd Int
To the 4
He answers, that he was living in Mechlinberg
County N. Carolina lived in said county three
years after the revolution and moved to Georgia and is now living in Coweta County Georgia
To the 4th Int
He answers, that he was enlisted
To the 5th Int
He answers, that he knew no regular officers, and
served with no regular or Continental Troops, and the
General circumstances of his service, are such as have been before related in his declaration-
To the 6th Int
He answers, that he never received a discharge
but was let off on furlough fearful that the news of peace might not be authenticated, in that case he was again to enter the service again
To the 7th Int
He refers to Phillip Ware and  John Harderwood
Sworn to and subscribed 
the day and year aforesaid Thomas Leavesley
Jno D Hinton J.C.C.C

We Phillip Ware and John Underwood
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Thomas
Leavesley who has subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration, that we believe him to be 81 years of age;
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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
from & subscribed the day & John Anderwoodand
year aforesaid
Philip Ware
And the said John D Hinton, One of the Judges of the
Inferior Court of said State and County, do hereby declare
his opinion, that, 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 I John D Hinton, do further certify, that it appears
to me Phillip Ware and John Underwood, who has
signed the preceding certificate are residents of this County are both credible person and that their statements
is entitled to credit.
this
October 1832
D Hinton J.P.C.C.C.
Richard Carter Clerk of the Inferior Court of Coweta County
Georgia, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said John D Hinton in the matter of the application of
Thomas Leavesley, a revolutionary soldier for a pension, and I do further
certify that the said John D Hinton is one of the Judges of the
Inferior Court of Coweta County, Georgia, and that all due faith and
credit ought to be given to his attestation as such - In testimony,
whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of of
8th day of October 1832
Richard C.
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Application for Pension

JL Edwards Esq

Com pensions
Washington City
DC
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L Edwards Esq

Dear Sir
Enclosed you will receive
again the application of Thomas Leavesly for
of pension affidavit
of Thomas Leavesley, from the letter of
the sec of State of North Carolina enclosed,
you will find that he states that he was enlisted
in Mecklenburg County N.C. by Capt N. M. Martin of the South Carolina State troops to serve in South Carolina
, and he did serve in that State and
not in North Carolina, he says that he cannot
amend it in any form, but that he was enlisted
to serve in South C. and that in N. Carolina
of the war department

Please inform me of the determination on the case
and oblige
Yours
James
Wood