Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 897, Thomas Broughton, S.C.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
S.C. 

Broughton, Thomas 
or Braughton, 
Mary 

NUMBER
W. 897 

CONTENTS

[stamp]
This Envelope Includes 
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER 
Received from GAO
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2522 
[edge torn] nnessee Jackson 
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Mary Broughton 
widow of Thomas Broughton 
who was a Segt & Lieut 
in the South Carolina line 
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
240 Dollars [blank] 
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1843. 
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Certificate of Pension issued the 
30th day of Oct. 1843 
and sent to Hon. John W. Crockett 
Trenton 
Tennessee 
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[Act of March 3, 1843.] 
Recorded in Book A 
Vol. 1 Page 217 

[notes on upper right]
J. P. Gause July 27 1853 
C.C. Battle Oct. 26 / 55 
A. H. Markland Feb 11 / 57
P[illegibe] Oct 30
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Branch of the Bank of the State of Alabama, at Decatur. 
Sept. 16th 1836 

Received of Horace Greene, agent for paying Pensions, 
Nine hundred forty eight Dollars, 17 Cents, being for three years 
Eleven months pension due to Mary Broughton from the 4th 
day of March 1831 to the fourteenth day of Feb 1835 
for which I have signed duplicate receipts. 

$948.17 

Thomas Broughton 
Attorney
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Robert Wallace Broughton Son of Thomas & Mary Broughton was born the 31 of December [1784] and Died the 29th June 1785 Aged five months and 29 Days 
Ann Singeleton Broughton Daughter of Thomas & Mary Broughton was born the 29 June 1786. 
Sarah Broughton Daughter Thomas and Mary Broughton was born the 12th September [1789] and died the 23 October 1789 aged One month & Eleven days
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Thomas Broughton Son of Thomas and Mary Broughton was born the 8th of September 1791 
Mary Broughton, Daughter of Thomas & Mary Broughton, was Born the 9th of May in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred & Ninety [four] 
Isabel Stewart Broughton Daughter of Thomas & Mary Broughton, was Born the 15th of March in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven hundred & Ninety Nine. 
Ruth Broughton Daughter of Thomas & Mary Broughton was Born the Fourteenth Day of May 1802
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19.626  decd
Thos Broughton
Ala
Alabama
_______
Issue a cert: to
Mary, his widow, $240 per
annum, due up to 14
Feb. 1835 when he died
Hor
J. L. Martin
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State of Alabama Lawrence County On this 3rd day of February, 1835, personally appeared before James B. Wallace, Judge of the County Court of said County, which is a court of record Thomas Broughton, a resident of said county and state, aged Seventy-four 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, 1832. He entered the service of the united states under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. He was born on the 18th of April 1760, in St. Johns Parish on Cooper River in So. Carolina - has no record of his age, which was in his father's Bible, and as he believes, was destroyed by the British after the taking of Charleston - he was enrolled in Capt. Benjamin Warings Company of Militia in 1776 - Served as a private in said company until 1779 - Capt. Waring was ordered to take charge of the magazine of Dorchester on the Ashby River - he divided his company into three divisions, and those divisions served monthly tours - so that he was engaged one year in actual service and the other two as a member of the company - and only required to do military duty as above stated i.e. one month in every three - he lived in St. Georges Parish at the time he was enrolled a member of Capt. W.s. company, - in 1779, he was appointed by Capt. Waring, a Sergeant, to take the Command of six men, and go on board a Schooner, and convey the powder
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to Charleston from Dorchester down Ashley River which he did- got below Ashley ferry the night before the British crossed it on their march from Savannah to Charleston-- After delivering the powder to Governor [John] Rutledge, he marched up to the lines and joined his company which had come down to Charleston by land remained in Charleston until Gen. [Benjamin] Lincoln fought the British at Stono ferry; and was then discharged and returned home. In 1780, February, Capt. Warings company was ordered out again, and joined Colo. [William] Washingtons Cavalry- was in the surprise at Monk's corner [Moncks Corner], where Colo. Washington commanded. Genl [Isaac] Huger lay at Biggins church, and was surprised at the same time. Was in service until May of this year. After the taking of Charleston the militia generally returned to their homes, and he amongst the rest early in the spring of 1781, he thinks in march, volunteered under Capt John Wright, Captain of the Wasmasaw Company, who had raised nineteen other volunteers and went and joined Gen. [Francis] Marion in the Santee Swamps. Shortly after joining Gen. Marion, Capt. Wright, Col Wade Hampton, and Colo. [John, Jr.] Thomas, the two latter of Genl [Thomas] Sumters Brigade, were ordered to the road leading from Monk's Corner to Charleston, to go as far down as the officers think prudent. We went within six miles of Charleston; there my Capt. John Wright was killed. We took about thirty British regulars, a baggage waggon, and about ninety head of horses-- the British having them out at pasture - after Capt Wright was killed, all his men returned home, except John Gibson and applicant - we were then encamped on Santee
opposite Galliard Island - [Lt.Col.] Colo. Hezekiah Mahan was at that time enlisting men for a regiment of
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lighthorse - he and Gibson enlisted - applicant for twelve months as forage Master to the Regiment-- he served eight months as forage Master, was then promoted to a Lieutenancy
in the third troop of said Regiment commanded by Robert McKelvy [Captain Robert McElvy]; his commission, signed by Gov. Rutledge, was last in a trunk stolen from him in Charleston. The first meeting of the Legislature of So Carolina, after the fall of Charleston, Genl Marion and Col. Maham were elected members and both went. Marion left his brigade under the command of Col. [Peter] Horry, of the light horse, the whole regiment and light horse were surprised on Wambaw [Bridge] - Colo. Maham's regiment was left under the command of Capt. John Caraway Smith - we lay about twenty five miles above Marion's Brigade and Horrys horse on the Santee at James Sinclair's plantation - an receiving the news of the Surprise, Capt. Smith marched off to cover the retreat of those who might be squandered - but as soon as we got to the ground where Marion's Brigade lay, we also were surprised. Applicant was with Marion when he went to Pee Dee
where he had a truce with Col. [David] Fanning and Major Janys [Micajah
Ganey]. he was at the battle of Wopetaw [Wappetaw], on the 3rd January 1782 - and received a wound in the ear - Colo. Maham's Regiment was alone in this battle-- he was also at the taking of the British Hospital near Monk's corner, by Col Maham-
we were accompanied by Colos. [Isaac] Shelby, [John] Sevier and Robertson, who came from over the Mountains-- took ninety three regulars, two doctors and three Sergeants - our Regiment also fought a battle at Parson Smiths plantation, in Christ Church parish on the 28th
of February, 1782, where applicant was shot
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thro' the leg-- he was disbanded in Charleston in 1782, after the British left it. Had no written discharge
has no documentary evidence of his service, except the enclosed certified copy of a settlement made by
applicant, in 1784, as forage Master, Lieutenant and Quartermaster, in Colo. Maham's Cavalry, taken
from the books of, and certified by the Comptroller General of So. Carolina - he knows of no person
now living in this part of the country by whom he can prove his service. He served twenty months in Mahan's Regiment four months as a volunteer
under Capt Wright, and assisted in guarding the magazine at Dorchester three years but by an arrangement of the captain was only in actual service one month in three though subject to the orders of Capt. Waring the whole time. he served as forage Master eight months, and the last twelve months as Lieutenant of a troop of horse. After the war he resided
in So. Carolina and in various parts of that State until 1818 - then went to Rutherford County Tennessee and
in 1819 to Lawrence County in this State where he has resided ever since.
Recapitulation of Service - from 1776 to 1779, he was in actual service as a private in Capt. Warings Company of Militia from February till May 1780, he
served three months as a private under Capt. Waring from March 1781, four months as volunteer under Capt Wright in 1781 & 2, he served in Col. H. Maham's Regiment twenty months- eight months as forage Master-
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and twelve months as Lieutenant of a troop of horse-- making in all three years and three months actual service - eight months of which time he Served as forage Master and twelve months as a Lieutenant of horse.
He refers to the certificate of Judge Wallace, Crockett M Donald, John Gregg and John Gallagher, as evidence of his character.
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 & subscribed the day and year aforesaid
s/ Tho Broughton

We Crockett M Donald a Clergyman residing in Lawrence County, Alabama and James B Wallace
Judge of the County Court of said County, and John Gregg and John Gallagher, residing in said County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Broughton, who has Subscribed and sworn to the above dec-
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claration that we believe him to be
Seventy four 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 to and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid.
C W Donald
J. B. Wallace
John Gregg
John Gallagher
I James B. Wallace, Sole Judge of the County
Court of Lawrence County Alababana do
hereby declare my 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
I do further certify that Crockett M Donald who
has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, residing in this County and that John Gallagher and John Gregg are citizens of this County.
and are creditable persons and that their
statement is entitled to credit
I do further certify that owing to bodily infirmity
, the said Thomas Broughton, was
unable to attend Court, and that I went to
his place of residence in this County, where
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he made the foregoing declaration
I further certify, that the accompanying letter
and transcript from the books of the Comptroller
General of So. Carolina are the same that
are refered in the foregoing declaration and
that the paper containing them has been
attached to this paper by a ribbon, and secured
by the impress of the seal of the County Court
In testimony I have hereunto set my hand
the day and year aforesaid
James B. Wallace Judge
of the County Court of Lawrence
County, Ala.

The State of Alabama ⎬
Lawrence County ⎬
I John Gregg Clerk of the County
Court for sd County and State do hereby certify that
James B. Wallan before whom the foregoing declaration was made, is the sole Judge of said Court
that the foregoing signature purporting to be
his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my name and affixed my seal of office this
3rd day of February, 1835.
John Gregg Clerk
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No 7875
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Mary Broughton
of Thomas
Tennessee
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State of Tennessee
County of Gibson ⎬ ss.
On this 9th day of June A.D.
1841 personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Justices of the County Court of said County, Mary Broughton a resident of said
County and State, aged Seventy eight years, who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration, in
order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838,
entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Thomas Broughton who was a Revolutionary Pensioner. That her said husband was placed
on the pension roll, according to her best recollection in the latter part of
the year 1835, and that his pension was payable at the pension
Agency at Decatur in the State of Alabama he being at that time a citizen of Lawrence County in that state. And for the proof of his
services and the rank he held in the Army of the revolution, which she believes was that of Sergeant she refers to the papers submitted
by him  in support of his claim to a pension now on file in the War office
she further declares that she was married to the said Thomas Broughton if her memory be
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correct in the summer of 1783. That her husband
the said Thomas Broughton died in the month
of February in the year 1836, a short time
before his pension certificate was received
That she made the proof required of her identity
as his widow and drew the amount pension
due him up to his death, which proof was
filed with the pension agent at Decatur as
aforesaid to which she also refers if it be 
necessary. That she was not married to him
prior to his leaving the service, but the
marriage took place previous to the first
of January 1794, towit: at the time above
stated
She further declares that she knows of no
one now living by whom she can prove her
marriage with the said Thomas Broughton and
that the only proof she can submit on that
point is the old family record kept by her
said husband, and in his own hand writing of
the birth of their children, which has remained in her possession from the time of his death
and is hereunto annexed and pray is to be
taken as part of this declaration
Sworn to and subscribed the
day above written
Mary her X mark Broughton
Nelson Turner
Justice of the County
Court of Gibson
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I certify that Mary Broughton who has made the foregoing Declaration before me this day is a person of unimpeachable character and credibility and that she is unable from age and bodily infirmity to attend the Court for the purpose of making the same.
Nelson Tarver Justice of the County Court of 

State of Tennessee}
County of Gibson} SS.
On this 9th day of June A.D. 1841 personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Justices of the County Court of said County Edwin thorp and Samuel Boothe Esquires residents of said County and State with whom I am well acquainted and both of whom I certify to be persons of credibility, who being first duly sworn, according to law Upon their oath made the following statements - that they have been well acquainted with Mary Broughton who has made the foregoing Declaration for thirty years or upwards and that she and Thomas Broughton lived together as man and wife and were always reputed to be such.  That she has always been since their acquaintance with her a lady of good character and credibility and they repose the most implicit confidence in the truth of her Declaration
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They further state that they have examined the old family record annexed his Declaration and know Ann Singleton Broughton, Thomas Broughton, Mary Broughton Isabella Stewart Broughton and Ruth Broughton whose ages are therein recorded to be the children of the said Thomas and Mary Broughton.
Saml Booth
Edwin Sharp

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written
Nelson Tarver Justice of the County Court of Gibson

State of Tennessee County of Gibson SS
On this 9th day of June AD. 1841 personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Justices of the County Court of said County Josiah Penn a resident of said County who being duly sworn according to law upon his oath makes the following statement. That he has been acquainted with Mary Broughton who has made the foregoing declaration upwards of twenty two years and that she has always been reputed and believed to be the lawful wife of Thomas Broughton. That she is & has been since his first acquaintance with her a lady of good character and credibility. And he has no doubt of the truth of her declaration. She further states that he knows the said Thomas Broughton was a Revolutionary
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pensioner as stated in her said Declaration
and that she drew this amount of Pension due
him up to the time of his death as his widow
That she is still a widow and has not been
married since the death of the said Thomas
Broughton her first husband
Sworn to and subscribed this
day and year above written Josiah Penn
Nelson Tarver Justice of the
County Court of Gibson

I certify that I am well acquainted with Josiah
Penn who has made the above affidavit-
and that he is a man of respectability and
a credible witness-
Nelson Tarver
Justice of the
County Court of Gibson

State of Tennessee}
County of Gibson   } SS
I Allen C. Nimmo Clerk of the
County Court of said County do hereby certify
that Nelson Tarver whose official signature
appears to the foregoing declaration and depositions is a Justice of the County Court of said County as stated duly commissioned and qualified, that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine and full faith and credence is
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due and ought to be given to all his
official acts. 
In testimony whereof I hereunto
set my hand and affix my
seal of office at Trenton
this 9th day of June A.D. 1841
A  C Nimmo Clerk

State of Tennessee⎬
Gibson County        ⎬
I Samuel Booth Chief Justice
of the County Court of said County do certify
that Allen C. Nimmo whose name appears
to the foregoing certificate is Clerk of said
Court and that the above signature purporting
to be his is genuine, and full faith and
credence is due to all his official acts as
such- 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal. This 9th June 1841
Saml Booth Justice
of Gibson County Court
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Mary Broughton
Wid Thomas
Tennessee 43 & 44 ad
aff for increase
A. H. Markland
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State of Tennessee Haywood County 
In open court at the April (quarterly) session of Haywood County Court Present Thos A Raynor H. G Winborn G. W. Parrott

On this seventh day of April AD 1856 before the County Court of Haywood County & state aforesaid personally appeared Thomas Broughton aged sixty five years a resident of sd. County & state who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the act of 7th June 1832 & all subsequent acts of Congress granting pensions to Revolutionary soldiers - their widows and children. That he is the Administrator of Thomas Broughton deceased who this deponant husband & does believe was a Private in Capt. Warring's Company from 1776 to 1779. also from Feb to May 1780 & 12 months as a Lieutenant in 3rd troop Regt. of Col. McKelvy [Captain Robert McElvy] & this deponant is informed & believes that his Father the said Thomas Broughton did other & important services in other & responsible stations in the War of the Revolution of which he has no evidence. That his said Father Thomas Broughton was in the surprise at Monks Corner, ran with Genl Marion in 1781 in Santee Swamp, was at the battle of Wapetaw, went with Marion to the Pee Dee & was in several other battles was wounded in the ear; was at the taking
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of the British Hospital, was at & fought at the Battle of Parson Smith's Plantation on 28 Feb 1782 & was shot through the leg - was disbanded in Charleston in 1782 after the British left it; Has no documentary evidence except as heretofore filed. This deponant has heard & believes that his Father the said Thomas Broughton was in the service much longer & in battles not here enumerated of which he himself has no documentary evidence; but which he expects his attorney hereinafter appointed may procure
That the said Thomas Broughton left a widow named Mary Broughton who drew a pension up to 4th March 1847 as the widow of said Thomas Broughton & died on 22nd April 1847 leaving a balance by computation due her of $31.51.
That this deponant Thomas Broughton Administrator of his Father of the same name & his sister Ruth W. Penn formerly Ruth W. Broughton & Nancy Broughton are the only surviving children of the said soldier Thomas Broughton.
That he was married to the said Mary Broughton formerly Mary Wallace in Edgefield District & state of South Carolina on or about the year AD 1784 or 5 by me & that the said Thomas Broughton a soldier of the Revolutionary War died he thinks in Lawrence County near Moulton & state of Alabama.
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That he further states there is no record of his marriage & there is no private record of his marriage - further than was furnished the Department  when his widow Mary Broughton obtained her Pension & which this deponant requests may be taken as part of this affidavit of evidence.
He hereby appoints John Y. Bryant Esqr. of Washington City his true & lawful Attorney with power of substitution to prosecute this his claim & all claims that he may be by all entitled to to receive & receipt for the $31.54 as well as all other moneys that may be coming & due to him as the Administrator of his Father & as the Representation of himself & his two sisters above named - the only surviving children of the said Thomas Broughton, to receive the certificate or pay & to do all other acts necessary & proper in the premises.
Thos. Broughton seal(circled)

Sworn to & subscribed before me on the day & year first above mentioned & I hereby certify that I know the sd. Deponant Thomas Broughton believe him to be as above stated & that he is of the age stated. That he is a man of good character & standing & further that I am not interested in this claim as Atty or otherwise. Witness my hand & seal of Court office by order of Court now in session
C. P. Talioferro Clk
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State of Tennessee Haywood Cunty
The undersigned citizens of Haywood County & state of Tennessee do on oath declare that they are personally acquainted with Thomas Broughton whose affidavit is herewith annexed representing himself & his two sisters - Ruth W. Penn & Nancy Broughton as the only children of Thomas Broughton Sr. who was a Revolutionary soldier, & that from an intimate knowledge of the said Thomas Broughton, for these affiants know him to be man of credit - character - & property & that his affidavit to a fact would in this community entitle it to be regarded as sufficiently proved for all purposes
Jno Irvin
W Langster

The above affidavit of Wm Langster & John Irvin was this day made before me & I certify that both of them & Thomas Broughton are known to me & are men of high standing in the community. & their affidavits entitled to credit. & that their signatures are genuine. Done at office this seventh day of April AD 1836. Witness my hand & seal of Court of sd. Coty.
C. O. Talioferro Clk
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State of Tennessee Haywood County 
County Court of SD County Quarterly Term April 1856
In open Court Sessions Thomas H. Rayner, H G. Winborn & G W. Parrott

It is hereby certified that satisfactory
evidence has been exhibited before the said Court which evidence is hereto annexed that Thomas Broughton who, as reputed, was a Revolutionary soldier of the United States died on the 14th Feb 1835 having surviving him a widow Mary Broughton who died on the 22 day of April 1847 & that Thomas Broughton - Ruth W. Penn & Nancy Broughton are now the only surviving children of the
aforesaid. And further that Thomas
Broughton has been duly appointed
by proper authority under the Laws
of said State Administrator of the
said Thomas Broughten deceased
having executed with good & sufficient [illegible] a bond in the penal sum of $2000 conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as such Administration & that his letters of Administration an in full force.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set by order of said Court my hand & affixed my seal of Office this the
Seventh day of April one
thousand Eight Hundred & fifty six
s/ O.O. Taliaferro Clk
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Rev. & 1812
Wars Section
 
M. E. E.
copied from letter
by A.W. dated
Jan. 12, 1924

August 14, 1928

J. S. C. Ellington
933 Arabella Street
New Orleans, Louisiana

Sir:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 897, it appears that Thomas Broughton was born
April 18, 1760, in Saint John's Parish of Cooper River in South Carolina, and resided during the Revolution in Saint George's Parish, South Carolina.

He served at various times from 1776 to late in 1782, as Private, Sergeant, Lieutenant, Forage Master, and Quartermaster in the South Carolina Troops.

He died January 14, 1835, in Lawrence County, Alabama.

He married in Edgefield District, South Carolina, in the summer of 1783, Mary Wallace.  She was allowed pension on her application
executed June 9, 1861, while living in Gibson County, Tennessee, aged seventy-eight years.  She died there April 28, 1847.

The children of Thomas and Mary Broughton were - 
Robert Wallace Broughton, born December 31, 1784, died June 29, 17[illegible]. 
Ann Singleton Broughton born June 29, 1786.
.
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Sarah Broughton                born September 12, 1789
                                                           died October 25, 1789.
Thomas Broughton               "  September 8, 1791.
Mary Broughton                     "  May 9, 1794.
Isabel Stewart Broughton   "  March 18, 1799.
Ruth Broughton                     "   May 14, 1802, married
                                                                       Jesiah Penn.


Respectfully,

Winfield Scott
Commissioner .
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The State of Alabama
Lawrence County SS. I Wiley Gallaway Clerk of the County Court of said County certify that James B Wallace Esq before whom the above
affidavit by Iavan McVay was made is and was at the date thereof Judge of the County Court of said County duly commissioned and qualified and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. I do also certify that the
said James B Wallis this day personally appeared before me and made oath that the above certificate which follows said affidavit is true
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name of and affix the seal of said County Court at Office this 28th day of May A.D. 1836 and
of the Independence of the United States of 
America the sixtieth year
Wiley Gallaway Clerk C.C.

[stamp]
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
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Moulton Ala
May 30th

Free

Honble. J. L. Martin
Washington,
city

Hon. J. L. Martin
HR

BROUGHTON, THOMAS
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The State of Alabama}
Lawrence County       
This day personally appeared before me James B. Wallace sole Judge of the County Court of Lawrence County Alabama which is a Court of record James McVay who after being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God deposes and says that he was the keeper of the poor house for Lawrence County Alabama during the year 1835 - that Thomas Broughton
who had had been making application for a pension was [illegible-creased] on the 14th day of February 1835  
[illegible]

Sworn to and subscribed this 27th day of May 1836 
James B. Wallace Judge of the County Court

I James B, Wallace Judge of the County Court
of Lawence County do hereby certify that [illegible] who has Sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit was the keeper of the poor house for the year 1835 at the time of the death of Thomas Broughton - I know (illegible) that the said Thomas Broughton died about the time stated - and have no doubt he is right as to the day. I do further certify that Mary Broughton the widow of Thomas Broughton, is now living in West Tennessee

Signed, May the 17th 1836

James B. Wallace Judge
of the County Court of Lawrence
County, Alabama

[stamp]
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITD STATES
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[The text/ink is blurred on the top of this document and in places on the bottom... transcribed what was illegible ]
              
Moulton  May 7. 1836

Dear Sir
I was much obliged by your prompt attention to the (illegible) claims I sent 

practice of the Department to issue the certificate for the payment of the pension at (illegible) upon the widows making out the case required, that is prove in open Court that she is the widow and that the husband is dead.
I make this suggestion with the [illegible] the old lady [illegible] too. should be taken
off before it is [illegible] save only and soon [illegible]

[illegible]

James B Wallace
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[top left corner - text illegible]

FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO

Thos  "  Mary Broughton
& Act 7 June 1832
[illegible] '30 to 14 [illegible] '35
3 years 11 Mos & 12 days
$240
$948.  [illegible]

[illegible]

Died Feb 14 1835
Decatur Ala

3yr 36

BROUGHTON,
THOMAS
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State of Tennessee Gibson County
Be it known that before me John C Gillespie a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Mary Broughton and made oath in due form of law that she is the identical person named in an original  certificate in her possession of [Illegible]  - War Department Revolutionary Claims.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832, Thomas Broughton late of the State of Albabama who was a Sergeant & Lieutenant in the War
of the Revolution was entitled to receive two hundred and forty dollars per annum, during his natural life
commencing on the 4th of March 1834 and that having died on the 14th day of Jany 1835 the amount due up
to the day of his death is payable to Mary Broughton widow of said deceased. Given at the War office of the United States this 17th day of June 1836. s/ Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Examined and countersigned
JL Edwards 
Commissioner of Pension 
said certificate dated the
Payment to be made at Decatur by Horace [Illegible] Agent for paying Pensioners in the agency at Decator. recorded
[Illegible] D. Brown clerk
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER RECEIVED FROM GAO
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that she now resides in Gibson County State of Tennessee [Illegible]
Mary Broughton X her mark
Sworn and subscribed this
2nd day of September 1836
before me s/ John C. Gillespie J.P.

The State of Tennessee Gibson County 1836 September 2nd 
I, John C. Gillespie a Magistrate
in the County above named do hereby certify that I have the most
satisfactory evidence viz the affidavit of Thomas Broughton that Mary Broughton who has this day appeared before me to take the oath of identity is the identical person named
in the pension certificate, which she has exhibited before me numbered 30724. and bearing date at the War
office the 27th June 1836 and signed by Lewis Cass Secretary of War
Given under my hand on the day and year above written 
s/ John C Gillespie J.P.
Know all men by these presents that I Mary Broughton of Gibson County Tennessee widow of Thomas Broughton a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States do hereby constitute and appoint Thomas Broughton my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name, to receive from the agent of the United States for paying pensions in Decatur State of Alabama the pension of my deceased husband, from the 4th
day of March 1834 until the 14th day of February, 1835.
Witness my hand and seal this 2d day of September
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1836. Mary Broughton X her mark
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of John C. Gillespie J P.

State of Tennessee Gibson County
Be it known that before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County on the 2nd day of 
September 1836 personally appeared Mary Broughton [illegible] 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand the day and year last 
above mentioned. 
s/ John C. Gillespie J.P.

State of Tennessee Gibson County
Be it known that on the 2d day of
September 1836, before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Thomas Broughton the Attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney and made oath that the same  was not given him by reason of any sale, transfer or mortgage of [illegible] 
authorized to be received by him.
s/ Thomas Broughton
Sworn and subscribed the day and year last above mentioned before methe mentioned before me
s/John C Gillespie JP

I, Allen C. Nimmo Clerk of the County Court of Gibson county certify that 
John C Gillispie is a Magistrate as
above and that  the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I 
hereunto affix my seal
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of THOMAS
BROUGHTON,


of office and Subscribed my name this 5th day of
September in this year  1836
Allen C Nimmo
Clerk of the County
Court of Gibson  cty

SEAL

State of Tennessee Gibson County - 
Joseph B Dibrell Chairman of the
[illegible]
by certify that Allen C Nimmo whose
signature appears to the above certificate
is Clerk of court and [illegible] in due form 
of law and as such due
faith and credit is due to [illegible] of his office
acts as such.   Witness my hand and [illegible]
this 5 day of September 1836
Joseph B. Dibrall SEAL
Charman
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
Tho. & Mary Broughton
Act 7 June 1832
[illegible] '30 to 14 Feby '35
3 years  11 Mos & 2 days
- $240
[illegible]
C
Died Feb 14, 
Decatur Ala
3 yr 36

Broughton, 
Thomas
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Alabama 30.724
Thomas Broughton's
Widow Mary Broughton
of Lawance Co. in State of Alabama
who was a Sergt. & Lieut in the company commanded by Captain [Benjamin] Waring of the Regt. commanded by Col. [John, Jr.] Thomas in the S. Carolina line for _
Inscribed on the Roll of Alabama
at the rate of 240 Dollars   -- Cents per annum  to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831, due up to
14. Feb. 1835, when he died.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of June
1836 and sent to Hon. J. L.
Martin, H. R.
Arrears to the 4th of Feb. 1835. $948.83
Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by D Brown    Clerk.
Book E. 2. Vol.  8  Page 92
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Single               TB

[postal stamp]
COLUMBIA
NOV
3
S.C.


Mr Thomas Broughton
Moulton
Ala.

Mail
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No 534 Book C Issued to Mr Thomas Broughton late Forage Master, Lieut & Quarter Master in Col. Mahams Cavalry the 8th October 1784 for Three hundred and Twenty one pounds 10/5½ Sterling, the amount of pay to subsistance due him as per Certificate from the Auditor General, dated October 7 1784 Principal £321.10.5
Annual Interest 22.10.1

Comptroller Generals Office
Columbia 3 November 1831
I certify the above to be a true copy from Indent  Book C. No. 534.
William Laval Compt Genl
for John T. Seibels
Came to hand the 5th January 1835
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Comptroller-Generals Office
Columbia, 3 Novr. 1834
Thomas Broughton
Dr Sir
Agreeable to your favour of the 11th ult. I herewith forward to you, the annexed copy indents in your name.  The acct is either taken out of this office, lost or mislaid, consequently I am unable to furnish you with a copy thereof-
The fee for the annexed copy is $2, which may seem rather extravagant, but when the labour of examining 60 odd Indexes is taken into consideration, the charge will not appear unreasonable.-
Respectfully,
Yr. obt. Servt.
[signature] John T. Seibels
for William Laval
Compt-General
Reced. the 5th of January 1835}
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Thomas Broughton
& others.
Application for
arrearages of Pension
Mary Broughton
Thos Ten or 1843
Cole
No agent given
Just know to whom to
Direct an answer-
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State of Tennessee
To the Honorable L. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions at Washington City District of Columbia

Your Petitioners. Nancy Broughton, Ruth Penn, formerly Ruth Broughton (who intermarried with Josiah Penn, who is now dead,) of the County of Gibson and Thomas Broughton of the County of Haywood, all of the State of Tennessee, and respectfully state to your Honor that they are the children and lawful heirs of Thomas Broughton Senr. who was a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War; That said Thomas entered the service in or about the year 1777 and served as petitioners are informed and believe until the close of said War, that their said Father resided near Charleston South Carolina, at the time he entered said service & after his return home, remained there until he moved  to the State of Alabama, & there lived until his death which occurred on the 14th day of February  1835. That said Thomas Broughton Received no pension or bounty land from the Government of the United States for his services aforesaid during his life, that some short time after his death his wife Mary Broughton, as the widow of said deceased received from the Government in or about $900. for the service of said deceased 1826 to 1835, and continued to receive a pension from 4th March 1836 to 4 March 1841 $240 per annum making $1200, under the act of 4 July 1836 under the act of 3 March 1843 she drew $240, under the act 17 June 1844 the drew as follows to wit $240. 4 March 1845 $120 4 Sep 1845, $120 4 March 1846. $120 4 Sep 1846 & $120 4 Mar 1847, which was the last
the said May Broughton drew as the widow of sd. dec'd -
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That said Mary Broughton departed this life in said Gibson County on the 22 day of April 1847 intestate leaving surviving her your Petitioners her only children and distributees.

Your Petitioners further state that from information, that at the death of their Father the said Thomas Broughton, there is due for his services aforesaid nine years pay at $240 Dollars per annum, making the sum of $2160, that out of said sum their dec'd mother the said Mary Broughton receive the sum of $900, being still due and in arrears, the sum of $1260 up to the death of said Thomas Broughton

Your Petitioner also further states that from the 4 March 1841 to the 3d March 1843 the said Mary
Broughton is entitled to receive some thing from the Government as they are advised, and that for
the 4 March 1847 of to the 22 April 1847 when she died-- there is the sum of $36, due

Your Petitioners as the children & heirs of the  said Thomas Broughton and Mary Broughton may that forward grant unto them the sum of $1260. that is due along with any money in which they are entitled as his heirs & in arrears for the service of their dead Father, and whichever sum may be due their dec'd Mother the said Mary Broughton and as in duty bound Petitioner will pay &c

State of Tennessee
Gibson County 
Personally append before me A. Allison a Justice of Peace in and for said County, Nancy Broughton and Ruth Penn to me and known and made oath that the facts & statements in the above and foregoing Petition as stated on their knowledge are true in then stated on the information of others they believe to be true
[signed] Ruth Penn
Nancy Broughton
The above Subscribed & Sworn to before me this 20th March 1835
W.A. Allison J.P.
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State of Tenn}
Gibson County}
This day personaly [personally] appeared before me Wm A Allison an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County and State who is duly commissioned and authorized to administer oath Samuel Booth and Edwin Sharp of the County & State afforesaid [aforesaid] personally known to me to be men of undoubted verasity [veracity] who being sworn according to Law depose and say that they are personaly [personally] acquanted [acquainted] with Thomas Broughton Jr who resides in the County of Haywood and State afforesaid [aforesaid] and Nancy Broughton and Ruth Penn & formerly Ruth Broughton, of Gibson County and State afforesaid [aforesaid] to the Best of Their Knowledge and Belief are the Children and Lawfull [Lawful] Heirs of Thomas Broughton Sen and Mary Broughton Decd
That said Thomas Sen from information and belief died many years ago in the State of Alabama and the said Mary Broughton died in said Gibson County Tennessee sometime in the month of April 1847 leaving said Thomas Broughton Nancy Broughton & Ruth Penn their only surviving Children
[signature}  Saml Booth
[signature] E. Sharp
Sworn to & Subscribed]
before me this 2d March 1855}
[signature] W. A. Allison JP
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State of Tennessee}
Gibson County}
I E W Raines Clerk of the county court of said county do hereby certify that a W A Allison whose signature appears to the within Affidavit is now & was at the date of signing the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County and State duly commissioned and Qualified that his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit and that the signature within purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office in Trenton this 21st day of March AD 1833-
[signature] E. W. Raines Clk
State of Tennessee}
Haywood County}
Personally appeared before me James Weaver, a Justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Thomas Broughton a resident of said County and made oath in due form of law, that the facts and statements in the above and forgoing [foregoing] Petition, as stated on his own knowledge are true, and those stated are the information of others he believes to be true.
[[signature] Thomas Broughton
Sworn & subscribed}
Mch 26 1835}
[signature] Jas Weaver JP for 
Haywood County Tn
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State of Tennessee ⎬I E W Raines clerk of the
Gibson County         ⎬County Court of said
County do hereby certify that W A Allison
whose signature appears to the within affi
davit is now & was at the date of signing
the same an acting Justice of the peace in
& for said County and State duly commissioned
and Qualified that his official acts as such
are entitled to full faith and credit and that 
the signature within purporting to be his is
genuine

In testimony whereof have
hereunto set my hand & seal
at office in Trenton
this 2 day of March 1883 -

E.W. Raines, clk
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6250
Jackson Tennessee
Mary Broughton
widow of Thomas Broughton Decd
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 14th February 1835 of Gibson Co in the State of Tennessee
who was a Sgt & Lieut in the Comp commanded by Captain Warring [Benjamin Waring] of the Regt commanded by Col [John, Jr.] Thomas in the South Carolina
line for _
Inscribed on the Roll of Jackson Tenn
at the rate of 240 Dollars ---- Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26th day of June
1841 and sent Hon John W. 
Crockett, Trenton Tennessee
Arrears to the 4th of March 1841              $1,200:00 =  $1.200.00
Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by D D Addison. Clerk,
Book A         Vol 2d       Page  206
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Washington June 23rd 1836
Sir
You informed me some time ago that the application of Mr. Horton of Lawrence County Ala. for a pension had been examined & that from the showing made he was entitled to some small amt. pr an-  I am requested by Mr. H. to ask that a certificate may issue for that sum, as he is not able to make further proof as to his length of service
Please to enclose the certificate to me-
I send you enclosed the proof required of the death of Thomas Broughton whose application for a pension I submitted to you some time ago.  The proof necessary
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to obtain the money due to him for his widdow [widow] is not yet sent me-  It will be forwarded as soon as obtained.  This which I send being a link in the chain of proof, I must request that it be filed untill I can obtain the ballance [balance], as required.
I have the honor to be
Respectfully your obt svt.
[signature] J. L. Martin
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Trenton 
July 13th, 1843
Sir,
Herewith enclosed you will find the declaration of Mrs. Mary Broughton, for the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the Act of March 3rd 1843 for the relief of the widows of those who served during the Revolution.  In the absence of instructions from the Department I had to make it out under the directions given for obtaining the benefit of the Act of 1838.  I have proven her identity and I know her personally very well and know her to be the same person for whom I obtained a pension in 1841 under the provisions of the Act of July 7th 1838, as the widow of Thomas Broughton who had obtained a Pension as a sergeant & lieutenant in the Revolutionary War & died in 1836-
your obt. servt.
[signature] John W. Crockett
James L Edwards Esq
Com- of Pensions
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7875
Mary Broughton
of Thomas
Tennessee
Admitted
-
Sergt. & Lieut $240. -
-
Cap Warring Col Thomas S. C.
died 14th Feb 1835

Act 7 July 1838

Hon John W. Crockett
Trenton
Tennessee
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3239
[the name Mary Broughton crossed out]
Mary Broughton
$240 per ann.
Hon  Jno W. Crockett
Trenton
Tennessee
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the third of March 1843, granting Pensions to the widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.

State of Tennessee
Gibson County } SS.
Be it remembered that on this thirteenth day of July 1843 personally appeared before Mr Samuel Booth, one of the acting Justices of the County Court of said County and State, Mary Broughton a resident of said County of Gibson and said State of Tennessee aged eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed March 3rd, 1843 granting pensions to the widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Thomas Broughton who was a Sergeant and Lieutenant in the Army of the Revolution, and who obtained a Pension for his services in the year 1836, and for the proof of his services she refers to his declaration and, the evidences thereto annexed on file in the War Department. She further states that her said husband's name was placed on the Pension roll of the Agency at Decatur Alabama, but that he died before any payment on his Pension Certificate was made to him and that the amount due to him up to the time of his death was afterwards paid to her at that Agency as his widow.
She further states that in the year 1841, in the month of June - September as well as her
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memory serves her, she made application to the War Department for the benefit of the Act of Congress of July 7th 1838, entitled "An act granting half-pay and Pensions to certain widows," and that she was shortly after placed on the Pension Roll of the Agency at Jackson in West Tennessee, and received a Certificate of Pension granting, to her as the widow of the said Thomas Broughton two hundred and forty dollars per annum for five years from the fourth day of March 1836, all of which was paid to her at said agency, and she delivered up to the agent for paying Pensions at said Agency by her attorney her said Certificates. She is not able therefore to state the date of it.
She further states that she is still a widow, and that she has not been married since the death of her said husband. the said Thomas Broughton
Mary her X mark Broughton
Sworn to and subscribed
before me the day above written
[illegible] Saml Booth  Justice of Gibson County Court

State of Tennessee
Gibson County } SS.
I, Samuel Booth Justice of the County Court of said County do hereby Certify that Mary Broughton who has this day made the foregoing Declaration before me for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the act of Congress of the 3rd of March 1843, granting Pensions to the widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War is unable by reason of her advanced age and bodily infirmity to attend Court, and I have attended at her residence for the purpose of allowing her the opportunity of making the same. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand the day above written
Saml Booth
Justice of Gibson County Court
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State of Tennessee
Gibson County } SS.
On this 13th day of July 1843 personally appeared before me Samuel Booth one of the Justices of Gibson County Court. George R. Henry and Josiah Penn, residents of said county and state, and both of whom are persons of the highest credibility, who being first duly sworn according to law, depose and say that they are well acquainted with Mary Broughton, who has this day made the foregoing Declarations before me in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of March 3rd, 1843, granting Pensions to widows &c, - and that she is the identical Mary Broughton she represents herself to be, and that she is the same person who received a Pension in the year 1841 as the widow of Thomas Broughton at the rate of Two Hundred and forty dollars per annum. They further state that she is still a widow and has not been married since the dates of her said Pension Certificates.
Geo. R Henry
Josiah Penn
Sworn to and subscribed
before me this day above
Written
Saml Booth  Justice of Gibson County Court

State of Tennessee
Gibson County } SS.
I, Allen C. Nimmo Clerk of the County Court of said County do hereby certify that Samuel Booth whose official signature appears to the foregoing Declaration, Certificate, & affidavit, is one of the acting Justices of said Court duly Commissioned and qualified and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In witness whereof I hereunto
set my hand and affix the seal of said Court
at office. This 13th July A.D. 1843.
A.C. Nimmo Clerk
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Thomas Broughton Aba Act 7 June 1832
to what time paid
Per office
June 23. 41
Died 14th Feb 1835  p that paid   
JH
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Brownsville Ten Oct 11th 1855
Dear Sir.
Thomas Broughton of this Haywood County called in to my office to day to get me to write to write to you for information.
John P. Gause has heretofore been his attorney but he deceased some time in Augst last.
Mr Broughton informs me that in the month of March or April last he got Mr Gause to enclose to your Department the papers necessary to get a bounty land Warrant for his own services in the War of 1812, also the papers necessary to enable him & his sisters Nancy Broughton & Ruth M. Penn wife of Josiah Penn to get the Bounty Land/
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Warrant due to them as the children & only heirs of Thomas & Mary Broughton their parents & also to enable them to draw the balance of pension which was due their Mothers or their Fathers account as a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War.
His Mother Mary Broughton drew from 4 March 1836 to 4 March 1847 (two years 1841-2 excluded for want of action by Congress) & she did 22nd April 1847 & of course is entitled to the pay due to her for 49 days - He informs me that that he enclosed the necessary proof of the death of his Mother & that himself & his two sisters were the only surviving children. This I believe is all the information your department requires to make payment in such cases --
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Since the death of Mr Gause Mr Broughtons own land Warrant has been received by him but he has not heard a word from that of his Father or the balance of pension due to his mother. He very justly fears that some mistake has occurred as all their papers were enclosed to you under the same envelope. Will you be so good as to have this matter attended to at once
Under the law as it now exist would not their heirs of Thos Broughton Jr. for his Revolutionary services be entitled to pension from 1826 to 1831 & Your letter of 27th July 1855 to Mr Gause received just before his death says not but it strikes me that the claim belongs to that class. I have not seen the last acts of congress but Mr
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Broughton says Mr Gause told her a recent act of Congress allowed him some additional pay. If such be the fact please let me know & I will forward the proper papers duly prepared.
Your early attention to this matter will much oblige all parties.
I have the honor
to be very respectfuly
Yr Obt Servt
C. C. Battle
Atty of Law

Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Office
Washington City
D. C.
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Trenton Tennessee
June 10th, 1841
Sir:
I herewith enclose you the declaration of Mrs. Mary Broughton in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of July 7th 1838 granting half pay &c to certain widows, accompanied with the best proof she is able to make in the case; and, which I hope will be deemed sufficient to pass her claim. I am personally acquainted with her and all the witnesses in the case, and take pleasure in assuring you of their high respectability. I have no doubt her claim is as just any that has ever been presented and in the act. She is quite infirm and helpless and has no reliance for support in [illegible] of her days but her claim to the bounty of government or the charity of her friends. I would therefore respectfully solicit your early attention to her case, and should it pass please enclose me with her Certificate the proper forms for drawing up and authenticating a paper of attorney to collect the same.
Very respectfully
his your obt. Servt. 
John W. Crockett

James L. Edwards
Court of Pensions
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Brownsville July 13 1855
S. P. Waldo Esqr
Dear Sir
Some time in April last I sent unto your department an application on the part of Thomas Broughton, Nancy Broughton, and Ruth Penn, who are the heirs & distributors of Thomas Broughton decd. for the purpose of obtaining from the United States Government whatever they may be entitled to for arrearages due their decd Father the said Thomas Broughton as a Revolutionary soldier, also the arrearages due their mother May Broughton the widow of said decd who is also decd. I have been writing to him since you on this subject, but thus far have not heard any thing in relation thereto. You will do me the kindness to inform me upon the reception of this letter, whether or not said application reached you as such. ["as such" crossed out] Should there be any defect in the writings, drawn up in the case of said application, be so good as to inform me which it is as that it may be rectified, or should there be any objection at all to this granting of the prayer in said application please inform me as to service.
Should it be necessary to alter or amend in any way the writings in said application, send same back with instructions.
Very respectfully,
your Obt. Servt.
J. P. Gause
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Rev & 1812 Wars Section.

Jan. 12, 1924.

Miss C. Pearl Penn,
1119 Pease Ave.
Houston, Texas.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the
pension claim, W. 897, it appears that Thomas Broughton
was born April 18, 1760, in Saint John's Parish of Cooper
River in South Carolina, and resided during the Revolution
in Saint George's Parish, South Carolina.

He served at various times from 1776, to late in 1782,
as Private, Sergeant, Lieutenant, Forage Master and Quartermaster in the South Carolina Troops. He died February
14, 1835, in Lawrence County, Alabama.

He married in Edgefield District, South Carolina, in
the summer of 1783, Mary Wallace and she as allowed pension
on her application executed June 9, 1841, while living in
Gibson County, Tennessee, aged 78 years. She died there
April 22, 1847.

[note:  The is an X in the left margin]
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Their children were:
Robert Wallace Broughton, born December 31, 1784, died June 29, 1785.

Ann Singleton [Broughton, born] June 29, 1786.
Sarah [Broughton, born] September 12, 1789, died October 23, 1789.
Thomas [Broughton, born] September 8, 1791.
Mary [Broughton, born] May 9, 1794.
Isabel Stewart [Broughton, born] March 15, 1799.
Ruth [Broughton, born] May 14, 1802, married Josiah Penn.

Respectfully,

Commissioner.
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Aus.
Aug. 14, 1928

1933 Arabella St.
New Orleans, La.
April 19, 1928.

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen; - 

Lieut. Thomas Broughton, apensioner of the RevolutionaryWar
was residing  Lawence Co. Ala., in 1836. He was from St. John Parish
S. C.

I would appreciate your kindness in furnishing me with
a record of his service, and any information your records may contain
regarding the place and date of his death, the place and date of his
birth, name  of his wife, or other members of his family that may be
mentioned in your records.

yours truly,
J. S. C. Edgington

[stamp]
PENSION
F
APR
23
1928
OFFICE
U . S.
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933 Arabella St.
New Orleans, La.,
Oct.,18, 1927.

Mr. E. W. Morgan, Actg, Comm.
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir;

Lieutenant Thomas Broughton a pensioner of the Revolutionary War,
residing in Lawrence Co., Ala., in 1835. He was from St. John
Parish S. C.

Would appreciate having such information as your records
may show, as to date and place of birth, date and place of death,
names of wife and children and record of his service.
Yours truly,
J. S. C. Ellington

[stamp]
PENSION
R
OCT
21
1927
0FFICE
U.S.
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1119. P[illegible] Avenue
Houston, Texas,
Nov. 24, 1923.

Pension Department,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir;

Will you kindly send me
the revolutionary record of
Thomas Broughton of South
Carolina, who fought with
Marion? He applied for a
pension in the early 30's, I
think,  but died before it was
granted; and it went to Mary,
his wife.

Thanking you in advance,
I am
Yours truly,
(Miss) C. Pearl Penn.

[stamp]
PENSION
N
NOV
30
1923
0FFICE
U.S.
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Silliman-Collegiate Institute,
Clinton, Louisiana.
December 31, 1902

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:

Being desirous of
uniting with the Daughters
of American Revolution
I write you for some
desired information

My great - grandmother
Mrs Mary Broughton
widow of Thomas Broughton
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(2 )
Silliman-Collegiate Institute.
Clinton, Louisiana.

of South Carolina, drew
a pension on account
of his services as soldier
during Revolutionary War

She drew the pension
some time in the
years between 1830 and
1845 - I think and
her address at the
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(3)
Silliman-Collegiate Institute,
Clinton, Louisiana.

time was 
Mrs Mary Broughton
Gibson Co. Tennessee 

I shall appreciate it
indeed of you can
give me any infor
mation or tell me
to whom to write

Very truly,
(Miss) Florence Penn
-
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Jany - 11-  19    0
Miss Florence Penn
Clinton Ala.
___________________
1924 Jan. 12. Hist. to Miss C. P.
Penn and -
1928 - Aug 14, Hist to
J. S. C. Ellington, [illegible]


Revy
WIDOW, &c.
_________
File No. 897
Mary Broughton
Widow
Thos. Broughton 
Sgt. & Lt. So. Car. Vols
_________
-
Act: Mch. 3 1843
Index: -- Vol. A,   Page 81
[Arrangement of 1870.]