Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1433-100, for James Thomas, Maryland
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SERVICE          |     |NUMBER
Md.     |Thomas, James     |BL. Wt. 1433-100
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CONTENTS
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No. 1433
sevd
Jas. Thomas
Heir
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Receved of the secretary of war US military
land warrant No 1433 [underlined] for 100 [300 over written] acres Land
In favor of James Thomas son & one of the
Heirs at law of James Thomas a soldier
of the maryland line---
dated at Chambleston
July 19 1825 @
Anthony Evans
attory
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Virginia to wit.
At a court held for Bedford County at the
Courthouse the 24th day of November 1828
Satisfactory evidence was addressed in Court to prove that James
Thomas ---
is the son and one of the heirs at law on fee h James
Thomas Deceased---late a soldier in the
fourth Regiment of the Maryland line on Continental
Establishment.
I, Gustavus A. Wingfield Deputy Clerk of
the County Court of Bedford do Certify that
the above evidence is taken from the records
in my office. In testimony whereof I
have hereunto affixed my official Seal
this 26th day of November 1828
GA Wingfield D.Clk
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Thomas James
recd Mar 29th . 47
1433 [underlined]
Rev [underlined]

published [written in pencil]
William Gordon Esqr
Bounty land office
Washington
DC [preceding 5 lines written up-side-down]

Recd Mar 1st 48

[postmark in right margin]
Baltimore  MD

William Gordon [written vertically along left margin in pencil]
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Baltimore Febuary 25th 1848
Wm Gordon Esq
Sir My Grandfather
James Thomas Senior was a Sergeant
in the Maryland State Regiment continental
line war of the revolution his heirs believe
he never received his Bounty land
Will you be so good as to inform me of the
fact and oblige
your obedient Servant
Thomas Tunis
Please to Direct to No. 57 Spring Street
Baltimore

March 29th. 48, informed Mr Tunis, that land warnt No. 1433 for 100 acres
issued the 6th Decemr 1822 to the heirs at law of the only James Thomas of the
Md Line
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Jas Thomas
good
for company [preceding 3 lines written vertically]

Charnbliss Stone         |free
30_Va
Nov__
The Honourable Secretary of War [last word underlined]

Mail [underlined]     |Washington City

By Sd office
4th Nov. [preceding 2 lines written vertically in right margin]
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Jas Thomas_decd
No. 1433 [underlined]
Priv
Maryd
Anthony Evans jr
Va
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State of Virginia
County of Nelson
I James Thomas son and one of the heirs
at law of James Thomas do upon oath testify and
and declare to the best of my knowledge and belief
that James Thomas did enlist in the year 1777
for the term of during the war and served in
Regiment Number 4 under the command of Col.
Howard of the Maryland line and that he
continued in the service aforesaid until the end
of the war; I further declare that I have never
received a warrant for the bounty land provided
to the said James Thomas on the part of the United
States, nor do I believe that he ever received it or
transferred his claim to it in any manner
whatsoever. Therefore know all men by these
presence that I James Thomas aforesaid
do constitute and appoint Anthony Evans
of Bedford County to be my true and lawful
attorney for me and in my name to
demand and receive from the Secretary of
War of the United States a warrant for the
bounty land due to me as aforesaid and my
said attorney is hereby fully authorised and
empowered to constitute and appoint [next 2 words illegible]
more Substitutes or attorneys under him for
the special purposes above expressed
James Trent      James Thomas [both signatures in different handwritings]

Personally appeared the above named James Thomas [different handwriting]
subscriber to the foregoing declaration and in my
presence acknowledged the power of Attorney
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thereto subjourned to be his free act and deed, for
the purposes herein mentioned  Given under my
hand this 18th day of October 1828.
James Trent    Richd Phillips

State of Virginia, Nelson County, to wit:
I, Spotswood Garland, clerk of the Court of Nelson
County, in the sate aforesaid, do hereby certify that Richard
Phillips, who hath signed the foregoing certificate, is and was
at the time of signing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace
in and for the said County of Nelson, duly commissioned and
qualified to the said office, according to the constitution and
laws of the said state; and that full faith and credit ought
to be given to all his official acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed
my name and affixed the seal of my office
this 25th day of October, in the year of our
Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty
eight, and in the fifty third year of the
Sp: Garland [name underlined]
Commonwealth