Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,478, for Stephen Thompson, Connecticut
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(3-1776)
SERVICE | NUMBER
Conn.         Thompson, Stephen       S. 42,478

CONTENTS
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Dead. See letter to J. R. Lawrence May 1. 1835 
Letter  to same May 16,1835 
Letter to same May 29, 1835
Notification sent Oct. 31. 1820  to Joshua Forman Syracuse N Yk
725 New york - L 
Stephen Thompson  
Capt Munson 
Private
Connecticut line & J B Vrebbs Regt
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War 
Inscribed on the Roll of New york at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 4th of April 1818 
Certificate of Pension issued the 26th of May 1818 and sent to the Pensioner care of Joshua Forman, Esqr, Judge fst Onondaga New York
Arrearages to 4 July, 1818  $39.46 
4 Mo 28 day    $39.46 
{Revolutionary claims, Act 18th March, 1818,} 
S. B. Webb  
1774-6 years 
Discontinued 
Onondaga Onondaga
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State of New-York, 
Onondaga County.}ss:- 
I, Joshua Forman, First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Onondaga, in the State of New-York, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that Stephen Thompson of the town of Onondaga in said county, did serve in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, as stated by him in his declaration on oath hereunto annexed , made before me in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the Revolutionary War:" And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the said Court to be affixed, this Seventh day of April in the year 1818 
Joshua Forman
To J.C. Calhoun, Esq. 
Secretary for the Department of War of the United States}
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State of New York 
Onondaga County} ss  Stephen Thompson being duly sworn saith that in the forepart of the season of the year seventeen hundred seventy seven he enlisted in the Company commanded by Capt. Theophilus Munson in the Regiment commanded by Col Sherman in the line of the State of Connecticut in the Continental Army for three years or during the war and that he served in the same Company & Regiment under the aforesaid Captain & Colonel until the reduction of the Connecticut line when the Company was commanded by Captain Douglass & belonged to the Regiment Commanded by Col. Saml B. Webb under whom he served to the end of the war When he was honorably discharged some time in the month of June in the year seventeen hundred & Eighty three -  & he received the badge of Merrit subjoined with his discharge part of which is now here produced & annexed for six years faithful service.
That he is now aged fifty eight years in the month of November last & resides in the town of Onondaga in the County of Onondaga & from his reduced circumstances in life is in need of assistance from his country for his
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support & further saith not 
Stephen Thompson 
Sworn to and declared before me the seventh day of April in the year 1818  
Joshua Forman First Judge of Onon’a Com’n Pleas
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Stephen Thompson 
725
Sept 1818
Not 
Entitled
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State of New-York 
Onondaga County } ss. On the Twenty seventh day of September 1820, personally appeared in open court in the court of common pleas in and for the county of Onondaga, being a court of record proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of their proceedings, Stephen Thompson aged Sixty years, resident in Onondaga  in said county, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: --  That he enlisted in Col. Shermans regiment of the revolutionary army in the Connecticut line in the year 1776 in the company of Capt Munson for during the war & served six years until peace & was discharged at [unreadable] point in the State of New York, That I am a pensioner under the act of the 18th March 1818 & have a pension certificate no. 728.
and I do solemnly Swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War,” passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. Viz  Eighty acres of land in the town of Onondaga in said county on Lot no 22 of the value of ten dollars per acre subject to a bond mortgage of one hundred & sixty five dollars to David Munro, also subject to a mortgage to the people of the State of New York, which said mortgage of covers 190 acres of land on same Lot on which mortgage there is due about $1000 & that, that part of the Lot covered by said Mortgage & not owned by this deponent is worth about $15.00 per acre - that the first above bond & mortgage are in Suit & this deponent expects the costs thereon made is about $50, & further that this deponent has 1 yoke of oxen, 3 Cows, 5 yearlings, 8 Sheep, two old mares, 6 hogs, 1 dozen hens, 1 dog, 1 pair andirons, 1 shovel & tongs, 4 chairs, 6 cups & saucers, 1 dozen plates,  2 pails, 1 skillet, 1,5 pail Kettle, 1 dish kettle, 1 bake pan, 2 Wheels, 1 chain, 1 plow; 1 fanning mill, 1 tea pot, 1 Sugar bowl, 1 drag, 6 knives & forks . 1 ox yoke, 2  Spoons, 1 chamber pot, 1 porage pot, I am indebted to Doct Liberty,  Kimberly & Harold White of Carmillers & Abm Drake in said County in the sum of about fifty dollars, I have also a wife aged fifty five years dependent on me for support, also two children of the age of 18 which is entirely helpless and ever has been so & subject to fits almost every day & requires some one to attend to him constantly 
Stephen Thomson 
The mount of property  $521.42
I, Truman Adams, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Onondaga, do hereby certify that the foregoing and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule , is five hundred twenty one dollars and forty two cents.  
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this Sixteenth day of September 1820. 
Truman Adams 
Clerk of the court for the County of Onondaga
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October 9, 1934.
H. W. Thompson 
102 Sabine Street 
Syracuse, New York. 
BA-J/ILL 
Stephen Thompson 
S. 42478 
Dear Sir:
The record of Stephen Thompson is given herein as found in the papers on file in his claim for pension, S. 42478, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. 
Stephen Thompson was born in November 1759; the place, and names of his parents are not shown. 
He enlisted in 1776 or 1777, served as private in Captain Theophilus Monson's company, Colonel Sherman's Connecticut regiment and in Captain Douglass' company, Colonel Samuel B. Webb's Connecticut regiment, from which he was discharged in June 1783, having served six years. He received a badge of merit on account of said service. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 7, 1818, at which time he resided in Onondaga, Onondaga County, New York. 
In 1820, the soldier stated that his wife, aged fifty-five years, and two children, one aged eighteen years, were living with him, but he did not give their names. 
Stephen Thompson died February 27, 1835. 
Very truly yours, A. D. HILLER, 
Assistant to Administrator.
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Rev War 
42478
INVALID. 
File No. 42478  
Stephen Thompson 
Pri Rev War  
Act: 18th March 18” 
Index: -- Vol. 5, Page 508 
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Oct 2 1905: History to Clarence E. Thompson A.E.P. 
1922 Sept . Hist to C. H. Thompson AW.
1934 Oct. 9. Hist to H. W Thompson 2 copies ILL
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By His EXCELLENCY’S Command, Lan’d Issued 
J Trumbull [unreadable] discharge. 
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment, 
Joseph Clark Adjutant, 
THE above Stephen Thompson has been honored with the BADGE of MERIT for six Years faithful Service. 
Sam’l B. Webb Colonel
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Stephen Thompson 
NYork roll, act 18 Mar 1818 
Be pleased to say up to what time the above named pensioner was paid. 
Answer 4 March 1820
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Pension Office, Aug 3 1855. 
Sir.
Please certify the date of death of within named pensioner. He was dropped from the rolls under act of 1820 - but subsequently placed in the New York roll under act of May 15, 1828 
Very respectfully,
Yr Obt Servt.
S. Cale
Chief Clerk
R J. Atkinson Esqr 
Third Auditor
Tr Dept
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Stephen Thompson died 27 Feb 1835 paid in full 
Aug 6 / 55
Wm G Taylor 
Acting Auditor 
[unreadable]
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Act 1828
Settled at Treasury 
Cont’d with Invalid File # 42173
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Syracuse Aug 20, 1828 
Hon Richard Rush 
Secretary of the Treasury 
I enclose you the application of Stephen Thompson for a pension under the law of last May. He was on the pension list under the law of the 18th of March 1818 but in 1820 was struck off because he has $500 of property. His discharge was forwarded to obtain that pension and now remains in the war office. His name appears on the records remaining in the office.  His pay can be forwarded to him at this office.  Shall any thing further be wanting please inform me 
I am Vry Resply 
Your obt 
John Wilkinson
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622  
882.   898 
No C Original papers to 622
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS. 
TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 
30 August 1828 
Stephen Thompson of Onondago, in the County of Onondaga in the State of New York to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution,” approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in Captain Douglas’s company in Col Webb's regiment of the Connecticut line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.  
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office. 
By order of the Secretary F A Dickens 
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE, 
5th September 1828 It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Stephen Thompson in the Connecticut line. It further appears that Stephen Thompson, is now not on the pension list of the any agency, and has not been so since the 3d March 1826,  
Peter Hagner Aud
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For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of "An act for relief of certain surviving officers and Soldiers of the Army the revolution" approved on the fifteenth of May 1828,  I Stephen Thompson of Onondaga in the County of Onondaga in the State of New York do hereby declare that I enlisted in the continental  Line of the Army of the Revolution, for and during the War, and continued in the service until its termination, at which period I was a private in Captain Douglass Company in Colonel Webbs regiment of the Connecticut Line.
And I further declare that I was not on the fifteenth day March 1828 on the Pension List of the United States.
Stephen Thompson
Sworn before me this 19th of August 1828
Ambrose Kasson 
Before me Ambrose Kasson Esquire a Justice of the peace duly empowered to administer oaths in the County of Onondaga in the State of New York personally appeared this day 
Andrew Young and [unreadable] Wilkinson of the said County who did severally make oath that Stephen Thompson by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have been a private in the army in manner as therein stated. 
Witness my hand this nineteenth day of August the year Eighteen hundred & twenty eight 
Ambrose Kasson - Justice of the peace
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I Reuben S. Hess Clerk of the County of Onondaga in the State of New York do certify that Ambrose Kesson Esqr before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time Justice of the peace, and duly empowered to administer oaths. 
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this twentieth day of August in the year Eighteen hundred twenty eight. 
Reuben S. Hess Clerk
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Syracuse N. Y. Sept 20 /34 
Veterans Administration 
Washington D C 
No R P 18459-27
Will you kindly give me the  War record of Stephen Thompson In Lieut Col Sill’s New Levies Inst Conn, Regt ’80, Town of Union, Enlisted in Capt Rogers Co for war in '82. 
Stephen Thompson aplied for pension in 1818 only aged 60 years.  
Thanking you in advance I am yours very truly 
H. W. Thompson 
102- Sabine St 
Syracuse N. Y. 
P. S. kindly send me 2 copies
[stamp] RECEIVED SEP 21 1934 PENSION [unreadable] SECTION
[stamp] RECEIVED SEP 21 1934 [unreadable]
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OWN  EW
New Haven, Conn., Sept. 16, 1905
U. S. Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C. 
Dear Sir:- 
I believe that Stephen Thompson and Stephen Bradley both of New Haven County, Connecticut, were pensioners of the Revolutionary war . Will you kindly furnish me with any information concerning them that is to be obtained from your records. 
I am a descendant of both these persons and anxious to obtain proof of their service. 
Prompt attention to this matter will be greatly appreciated. 
Very truly yours, 
Clarence E. Thompson 
[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE A SEP 18 1905
After 5 days, return to CLARENCE E. THOMPSON & SONS, $10 Chapel Street, NEW HAVEN, CONN.
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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE 
DIVISION OF HORTICULTURE  
AMHERST July 16, 1922
CHARLES HENRY THOMPSON. 
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF HORTICULTURE 
Department of the Interior 
Bureau of Pensions 
Washington, D. C. 
Gentlemen:- May I ask if you will be so kind as to furnish me with a copy of such records as you may have in your Bureau with reference to the Revolutionary War services of STEPHEN THOMPSON? 
My information is that he enlisted from Union, Conn., in 1780, in Lieut. Col. Sill's New Levies, 1st Connecticut Regiment; and again that, in 1782, he enlisted in Captain Rogers Company “for the War.” 
I am informed that he was granted a pension for his Revolutionary War services and that at that time he was living in Onondaga Co., New York. 
Any information you can give me will be very greatly appreciated. 
Very respectfully 
C. H. Thompson
[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE F JUL 20 1922
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RECORD DIVISION    3-525
REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. 
Washington, D. C., 19 
S. 42478
In reply to your request of received a statement of the military history of Stephen Thompson soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired formation as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  1776 or 1777  LENGTH OF SERVICE. to June 1783   RANK. Pvt.   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN.  Theophilus Munson Captain Douglas COLONEL.  Sherman  Colonel Samuel B. Webb   STATE.  Conn.   
Battles engaged in, 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, 
Date of application for pension,  Apr 7, 1818, his cl was al [his claim was allowed]
Residence at date of application,   Onondaga N. Y.   Age at date of application, b. Nov 1759  d.  Feb 27 1835   
1817-59 1759
Remarks:  Soldier’s wife 45, 2 children one aged 18, names not stated.
Respectfully, Commissioner.
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October 8, 1934. 
BA-J/ILL 
Stephen Thompson 
S. 42478 
H. W. Thompson 
102 Sabine Street 
Syracuse, New York. 
Dear Sir: 
Reference is made to your letter in which you request, in duplicate, the Revolutionary War record of Stephen Thompson, who applied for pension in 1818. 
The record of Stephen Thompson is given herein as found in the papers on file in his claim for pension, S.42478, based upon service in the Revolutionary War. 
Stephen Thompson was born in November 1759; the place, and names of his parents are not shown. 
He enlisted in 1776 or 1777, served as private in Captain Theophilus Munson's company, Colonel Sherman's Connecticut regiment and in Captain Douglass' company, Colonel Samuel B. Webb's Connecticut regiment, from which he was discharged in June 1783, having served six years. He received a badge of merit on account of said service. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 7, 1818, at which time he resided in Onondaga, Onondaga County, New York. 
In 1820, the soldier stated that his wife, aged fifty-five years, and two children, one aged eighteen years, were living with him, but he did not give their names. 
Stephen Thompson died February 27, 1835. 
Very truly yours, A. D. HILLER, 
Assistant to Administrator.