Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 9244, for Thomas Reagan, Pennsylvania
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Penn.
S.C. after Rev


Reagan, Thomas
              Hannah

W9244

Commission
S.C. Militia 1783
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Marion Circuit Court
Produced in Open Court
Sept 24. 1832

Teste J. M. Ray 
Clerk

To 
Capt. Tho's Ragin
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[center of page is damaged, so several words are missing or smeared] 

Capt Ragin [illegible] [illegible-missing] there is but two or three of them. It is [illegible-missing] out a Scout. When this 
is but so [illegible] [illegible-missing] to surprise them By High
waking while [illegible-missing] [illegible] you can have any Chance. I will [illegible-missing] scout of good Horses in a
Few Days. [illegible] 
P Waters
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TREASUSRY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
October 11th, 1839

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The widow of Thomas Reagin, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Madison, Ind'a, Agency, at the rate of one hundred & eighty Dollars and ---- Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1802, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1838, to the 25th July, 1838, the day of his death.

Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller
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State of Indiana
Clinton County

George McKinsey Sent affirms that on the year of our Lord 18 1781 he knew Thomas Reagan in Newberry county South Carolina , and that Thomas Reagan then and there was a Captain of a company, and exercised command as such for more than six months, but what precise time he does not recollect. That he belonged to the "state troop" under the command of Colonel Philomon Waters, Major Jeremiah Williams &c.
[signed] George McKinsey

State of Indiana
Clinton County Ss

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace with and for said county George McKinsey Lieut who solemnly affirms under the pains and penalties of perjury that the above statement to which he has signed his name is true & correct to the best of his belief.
[signed] Isaac T Wilds JP
[hand drawn seal]
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C.

Marion Circuit Court
Produced in open Court
Sept 24 1832

J M Ray Clerk

State of Indiano
Clinton County Ss

I Samuel D. Maxwell Clerk of said county certify that Isaac T Wilds before whom the within statement, was affirmed to was and now is an acting Justice of the peace and duly elected, commissioned by the executive of Indiana and qualified as such within and for said county of Clinton; and that full faith and credt are due to all his official acts as such. I further certify that the signature appended to the within certificate is the proper autograph of the said Isaac T Wilds.
[hand drawn seal] 
CCC
seal
In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the temporary seal of said county at Frankfort on the 10th of Sept 1832
Sam'l D Maxwell Clerk
Pr James A Maxwell
D C K
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J.L. Edwards Esq.
Comr. Pensions.
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H of Reps
23d Dec 1839

Sir

I have sent herewith certain Pension papers.  I am  not acquainted with the applicants but I know Col. Maxwell, who is acting as agent for these people - and can assure the Commissioner that he would present no claim which he did not believe to be founded in justice.  I will thank you sir to examine the claims and allow them if they come within the act of Congress.  And if not to state the objections, that I transmit them to my friend Col. M.

I am Sir, with much respect
Your Obt. Servant
J. A Howard

J. L. Edward Esq.
Comm of Pensions
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Thos Ragin's Application 
for a pension returned
Corrected
From Marian County Indiana
To be returned to C. Fletcher, Indianapolis

from 1    Captain
Private 2 yr
Pen 18         $60.-
Cap              120.-
                  $180.-

Previously 6 mons Captain
no proof in (illegible)

Indianapolis
Hon. J. Tipton
Senate
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State of Indiana
Marion County

Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a justice of the peace in and for the county of Marion in the state of Indiana, Thomas Reagin who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades.

1. Five months - I served as a private
2.  Eleven months - I served as a lieutenant
3.  One year and six months I served as a captain;
and for such service I claim a pension. 

And the said Thomas Reagin further says upon his oath, that by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory, he cannot mention the terms of when he served more distinctly than as set forth in his declaration.  
Signed:  Thomas Reagin

In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand the seal this 2nd day of May A.D. 1833.
Signed:  Henry Bradley
Justice of the Peace
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I, James M. Ray, clerk of the court of Marion County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the court in the matter of the application of Thomas Reagin for a pension , exccept the within affidavit made before Henry Brinley Esquire, and I further certify that Henry Brinley is a neighbor and a justice of the peace as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the seal of office this second day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.  
Signed:  James M. Ray
Clerk of the Court of Marion County
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Thomas Ragin which require further proof or explanation.

I.   Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?   Yes

II.  Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?   No.

III.  If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?  Yes

IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?   Yes, but so generally that it is impossible to ascertain with this witness what they were.

V.  Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout (sic) of pension he is entitled?   No   See note and strictly comply with its injunctions

VI.  Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  Yes

VII.  Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?   Yes

VIII.  Has the Court given their opinion?  Yes

IX.  Has the Clerk given his certificate?  Yes

X.  Is the Clerk's seal affixed?  And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  Yes
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XI.  Has the applicant obtained the evidence of clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?

XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  Yes

XIII.  If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?

XIV. *If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?  Yes (ln part)
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?  Yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?  Yes

XV.  Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI.  *Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  No

XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily?  And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  Yes

EXPLANATORY NOTES.

* QUERE V.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades;  For ----year ---months, and ---- days, I served as a ------ For -----months and -----days, I served as a -------; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of declaration is highly objectionable.  In must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any Civil pursuit.

*QUERE XIV. Proof of Service
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

*QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit or other paper authenticated, the certifier must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

No allowance can be made excepting for
the time which shall be set forth in each
tour of duty. The militia were called out for short
periods when occasion required their presence.
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State of Indiana
Clinton County ss}  Personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Clinton aforesaid, Thomas Reagan the within named applicant who being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that although his memory has been recently much [illegible] in station to his service the revolution, in consequence of more frequent conversation on that subject that he was formerly accustomed to have; yet by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but he would amend his foregoing affidavit by stating that according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades, that is to say, For his first tour of duty beginning in the Spring of 1779 he was in constant and active service until some time in the Fall of the same year, making a period of at least five months (5 mos)  He will here observe that during the aforesaid period he was a portion of time at home but was there night & day in active service for the suppression of tory [illegible] in his more immediate neighborhood & his time was dedicated to the service to the entire respect of his private concerrs, the whole country being then in imminent danger from (illlegible] [illlegible].
That in the Fall of 1779 being what he would designate as the commencement of the second tour of service he was appointed to the Lieutenancy as stated in his declaration and in that capacity he acted until the Fall of 1780 making a period of one full year, and during that period he was in active service with the exception of not exceeding one month in the spring of 1780 his time was devoted to guarding the stations named in the declaration in going on expresses or in ranging duty on his more immediate vicinity, the time of active service as such was at least Eleven full months not having (illegible) more than one month in the spring as above stated to his private concerns.
In the Fall of 1780 as stated in his declaration he was appointed to the Captaincy; and here would observe that although he is confident and ever certain that his active service as such Capt. far exceeds the length of time set forth in his first amendatory affidavit, yet he cannot now state with anything like exact precission (sic) the length of each particular tour of active since which he preformed during the 2 years of his captaincy previously to the close of the war but according to the best his recollection he served continually from the time of his appointment
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which was late in the fall until late in the ongoing Spring, say the last of April 1781 making a period of a least 6 months
Holding the office of Captain he had necessarily to
Be foremost on every little expedition in the County during the ensuing summer & fall, but was not all the time in the service.
But from some there late in the Fall of 1781 until about
the last of February fol 1782 he was in active & [illegible] service making a period of at least 3 full months,
During the Summer of 1782 his time was spent much as 
it was during the preceding summer, on frequent
expeditions but not in constant service. And the first of
Sept previous to the capture of Cornwalis untill the
for part of the winter ensuring his capture this applicant
was in constant service on the Saluda, at the
foresaid stations and other places in the Country making a period to the best of his recollection of little short of
four months, but he is certain he served 3
full month in this tour. That as herein
before stated he served as a private 5 months
as Lieut 11 mos and as Cap at least 12
months and for such service he claims a pension.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8 day of 
October 1833. In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal
John Harland {seal}
Justice of the Peace
Thomas Reagan

State of Indiana Clinton County ss
I Samuel Maxwell Clerk
of the Circuit Court in and for the County of Clinton
aforesaid do hereby certify that John Harland
before whom the above affidavit was made and 
subscribed was at the time of certifying the same and
still is an acting Justice of the peace in and for the
County of Clinton aforesaid duly commissioned
and sworn into office and that to all his
official acts as such Justice full faith and
credit are due and ought to be given in courts of
record or elsewhere, & that the signature
purporting to be his name is his genuine signature.
I testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of Office
this 8th day of October AD 1833
Saml D. Maxwell
Clerk Clinton CC
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4871
Amended Declaration 
of Hannah Reagin

Hon. T. A. Howard
H. R.
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Amended Declaration of Hannah Reagan in order to
obtain the benefit of the 3rd section of the act of Congress of the 4th July 1836

State of Indiana Clinton County ss

On this sixteenth day of January in the year
Eight hundred and forty personally appeared before me the
undersigned a Justice of the Peace within and for said County
Hannah Reagan a resident of the County of the County and
State aforesaid aged near Eighty six 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836.
That she is the widow of Thomas Regan, dec’d, who was a 
private and captain in the Army of the United States.
And who at the time of his death was receiving a
pension from the United States Government of One hundred
and eighty dollars a year.  She further declares that the
was married to the said Thomas Regan on the
20th day of September 1775. That her husband the afore said
Thomas Reagan, died on the 25th day of July 1838 and
that she has remained and is now the widow of the said
Thomas Reagan Dec’d. She further declares that she has
no record of her marriage. No record of the births of her
children kept in a book, but has a record on
small piece of paper written by the individual who
has subscribed his name thereto, to wit John Thomas
School teacher, who taught our children that were
large enough to go to school at the time. The record was made she thinks in 1794. except the name of Hannah which
he recorded the year following 1795. soon after her birth.
She further declares that the record thus kept has been
in her family ever since. She further declares that there
is no one near her that she knows of by whom the
can prove her marriage to the said Thomas Reagan, but
that she and the said Thomas were married, at the time and
place, and by the individual mentioned in her first declaration.
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and that at the time her husband entered the service
that they were not only married but that they had two
Children Regin born July 7 1777 and Jesse Regan
on Dec 29th 1779 but can not say at what time her
husband entered the service as to dates, but knows well
that it was some after their marriage. 
The paper on which is the only record I have of
the birth of my deceased husband, my own birth and
the birth of our children I send herewith to the
department, hoping that when it is examined as
proof in the case, it may be returned to me again.
Hannah Reagin her mark

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
before me 
Joseph Scroggy 
Justice of the Peace


State of Indiana Clinton County ss
I Sam’l D Maxwell, Clerk of the Circuit
Court of said County Certify that Joseph Scroggy Esq
before whom the foregoing amended declaration of
Hannah Reagin is subscribed and sworn to
is now and was at the time of taking the same
an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the
and County of Clinton, duly elected Commissioned
and sworn into office, and his signature as appears
thereto is genuine.
In Witness whereof I Sam’l D Maxwell, Clerk have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Circuit Court of said County at my office in Frankfort on the 17th day of January
AD 1840 Sam’l D Maxwell Clk
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Marion Circuit Court
Produced in open Court
Sept.24 1832
Teste
J M Ray
Clerk

Thomas Ragin

Thomas Reagan
 [illegible]
W 9224 [illegible]  [illegible]
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[left margin]
Will. Moultrie

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
By His Excellency WILLIAM MOULTRIE, Esquire, Governor and Command in Chief in and over the said State:

To Thomas Ragin
I, Reposing special Trust and Conficque Courage and good Conduct, and in your Fidelity and Attachment to the United States of America, have commissioned and appointed, and by these Presents do commission and appoint you the said Thomas Ragin to be Captain of a Company in the lower
Regiment Between [illegible] &  [illegible]
Commanded By Colonel Philomen Waters.
which said Company you are to lead, train, muster and exercise, according to military Discipline. And you are
to follow and observe all such orders and instructions as you shall from Time to Time, receive from me or the Commander in Chief for the Time being, or any of your superior Officers, according to the Rules and Discipline of War pursuant to the Laws of this State. And all inferior Officers, and others belonging to the said Company are hereby required and commanded to obey you as their Captain.
This Commission to continue during Pleasure.

GIVEN under my Hand and seal this tenth day of Nov’r in 
the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and
Six and in the tenth Year of the independence of the United States of America.

By His Excellency's Command,
John Vander Horst
Secretary