Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 46,345, for Thomas Threadgill, Georgia
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SERVICE
Ga.
Va. 
Threadgill, Thomas
NUMBER
S46.345
B.L. Wt. 2054.300
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Accomack Cty Va July 21, 1834

Rec of the Hon Secy of War Warrant
No 2054 for 300 acres for Capt Thomas
Threadgill of the Georgia line, dated 12th
July 1834 sent by mail by W. Gordon Esq.
Ves Ellis Atty
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1908 Dec. 26. Hist to Hon. Robt L. Henry [symbol]
Keny
[3-230.]
Cert No. 873 [strikethrough 873] 862
Reissues. Revy
46345
Name: Thomas Threadgill
Rank: Capt
Comp'y: [field blank]
Regt': Va & Ga Line
Agency. [field blank]
RATE PER MONTH, AND DATE OF COMMENCEMENT.
1st Issue. [field blank] Comm'g [field blank]
2nd Issue. [field blank] Comm'g [field blank]
3rd Issue. [field blank] Comm'g [field blank]

DATE OF CERTIFICATE, AND TO WHOM SENT.
1st Issue. [field blank] Sent to [field blank]
2nd Issue. [field blank] Sent to [field blank]
3rd Issue. [field blank] Sent to [field blank]
[Strikethrough Act 14th July, 1862]
Bk. G. Vol. [field blank] Page [field blank]
Disability [field blank]
Allowed. Ctf. [certificate] 862
issued Aug. 17 3 1829
Act 1828
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Capt T. Threadgill
Georgia line
pension for warrant
now drawing full
pay under act of
May 15, 1828
Power of attorney [written upside down]
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State of North Carolina
County of Anson

I Thomas Threadgill now of the County and
State aforesaid do on my oath declare and testify
that I entered the service of the United States
in the Georgia Continental line, in March 1777
and was commissioned and attached
to the 3d Regiment under Colonel Scrivens [Screvens]
Lieutenant Colonel Starks, and finally was transferred 
to a Regiment commanded by Colonel
McIntosh and was in several skirmishes, and
afterwards commanded a company at Gates'
defeat, and remained in commission and service
to the end of the war; and that I have now
received the bounty land promised by Congress
for my service: But that I am now receiving
full pay for life under the act of May 15th
1828.
Now therefore know all men
by these presents that I Thomas Threadgill
aforesaid, hereby authorize and empower Vespasian
Ellis of Accomack Co. Virginia, as my attorney
to demand and receive from the Secretary
of War a Warrant for the Bounty land due to
me for said services, and in all respects
to act as my attorney in receiving whatever
may be due to me for my services
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aforesaid Witness my hand and seal at the
County and State aforesaid this 5th day of June
1834
Padgett
P.M. Kittrell

Thomas Threadgill

State of North Carolina
Anson County
I certify that Captain Thomas Threadgill who is
generally reputed and believed to have been an officer
in the Georgia line in the army of the Revolution
and who is receiving full pay for life under the
act of congress passed May 15th 1828 personally 
appeared before me a justice of the peace for and
in said county; and subscribed and acknowledged this foregoing power
of attorney to be his act and deed herein
under my hand & seal this 5th day of June 1834
Geo. Dunlap J.P.
of North Carolina
Anson County

In testimony that the aforesaid George
Dunlap before whom the above
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power of attorney was acknowledged was at
the date of his certificate a Justice of the peace
duly commissioned and qualified in and for
said County and that the signature purporting
to be his appears to be genuine I have hereunto
affixed my seal of office and subscribed my
name this fifth day of June 1834
W Dismukes, clk
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1410
For the purpose of obtaining the Benefits of an act entitled
an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and Soldiers of
the army of the revolution approved on the 15th of May 1828
I Thomas Threadgill of the County of Anson in the
State of North Carolina do hereby declare that I was an officer 
in the Continental line of the Army of the revolution and served
as such to the end of the war to the time when the arrangement of the Army provided by the resolve of Congress of the 3rd of
31st of October was carried into effect at which [strikethrough] period I
was a Captain in the third Regiment of the Georgia Line
commanded by Colonel McIntosh and I also declare that
I afterwards received certificates (commonly called commutation
certificates for a sum equal to the amount of five years full
pay: which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress of the 22nd
of March 1783 instead of half pay for life to which I was entitled
under the resolve of the 21st of October 1780.
Witness my hand this 15th day of October 1828
Thos. Threadgill [signature]
Before me William Johnson a Justice of the peace duly
empowered to administer Oaths in the County of Anson in the
State of North Carolina personally appeared this day
Adam Lockhard & Alexander W. Brandon [illegible; maybe esquire] of the said
County who did severally make oath that Thomas Threadgill
by whom the foregoing declaration was [strikethrough]  subscribed is
generally reported and believed to have been an officer in the
Army of the revolution in manner as therein stated
Witness my hand this 15th day of October in the year 1828
Wm Johnson JP [signature]
A Lockhard [signature]
A.M. Brandon [signature]
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I William Dismukes Clerk of the Court of the County
of Anson in the State of North Carolina do hereby ratify
that William Johnson before whoms the foregoing affidavits
were sworn was at the time a Justice of the peace and duly
empowered to administer Oaths
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this 15th day
of October in the year 1828
W Dismukes Clk
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[handwritten across top] No. [illegible] Original payment- 873 allowed act 1828 
1410
1410

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
10 January 1829

Thomas Threadgill of [empty form field] in the County of
Anson in the State of North Carolina has applied 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 army of the Revolution,” approved on the 15th of May, 1828.
He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such until the
the reduction under the resolves of 1780,
at which period he was a Captain in Col McIntosh's regiment of the Georgia
line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve
of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March,
1826, nothing [strikethrough: dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of]
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary.
FA Dickins

No record LDS Dec 7/80
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
13th January 1829

It does not [does not inserted by hand] appears [strikethrough: s] by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to Thomas Threadgill. Captain in
the Georgia line, [strikethrough: amounting to] [form field blank] [strikethrough: dollars].
.
It further appears that Thomas Threadgill is not [not inserted by hand] on the pension
list of [strikethrough: the] any [inserted by hand] agency, and has been since the 3d March
1826 [strikethrough: at the rate of].

The Revolutionary records in this Office
furnish no information whatever in relation to
the services of Captain Thomas Threadgill of the
Georgia line-
Peter Hagner Aud [Auditor]
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(See B.L. 2054-300- Rev.)
December 26, 1908.
Hon. Robert L. Henry,
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Henry:
In reply to your letter dated the 19" [19th] and received the 22" [22nd] instant, I have the honor to advise you that the Revolutionary War pension records fail to afford any information in regard to Thomas Treadgill, but show that one Thomas Threadgill [h underlined] served a year in Captain R. K. Meade's company, Colonel Woodford's regiment of Virginia troops, and afterwards entered the service in March 1777, and was commissioned Captain in the Third regiment of Georgia Line on the Continental Establishment under Colonel Screvens, Lieut. Colonel Starks and Colonel McIntosh; that he was in several skirmishes, commanded a company at Cates' Defeat, and served until the end of the War. He was allowed pension Sur. File No. 46,345, on an application executed October 15, 1828 at which time he was a resident of Anson County, North Carolina, age not stated.
For information concerning the soldier's death and name of the person to whom the arrears of his pension were paid, application should be
made to the Auditor for the Interior Department, Treasury Department, Cit-ting [citing] the following data: "Thomas Threadgill, Certificate No. 862, issued
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Sur. File No. 46,345. -- 2.
August 17, 1832, under the Act of May 15, 1828 at the North Carolina Agency".
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
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Thomas Threadgill
No. 2054.
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Revolutionary Claims
Under the act, entitled, "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution,” approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
July 11th 1834
SIR:
I do hereby certify that Thomas Threadgill is now receiving the benefit of the above stated act as a Captain in the Georgia Line of the Army of the Revolution.

Levi Woodbury
Secretary of the Treasury

To the Hon Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
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Capt T. Threadgill
N. C. line
Bounty Land
Claim

Hon Secy [Secretary] of War
Bounty Land off [office]
Washington
No. July 3 _ 1834
15th Jany [January] 1778
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Accomack Cty Va June 25, 1834
Sir
I enclose you a power of att [attorney] [illegible]
in the case of Capt Thos Threadgill 
of the Georgia line for Bounty land.
He is drawing full pay under the
act of May 15, 1828 & resides
at or near Sneedsboro Anson Co
N.C.-
I have a statement of Capt Threadgill services
made out sometime since by which it 
affirms he served one year [one year underlined] in the Va line 
under Capt R K Meade & Col Woodford & 
then in 1777 [1777 underlined] entered the service of George
li [line]. 
By my directions his Va service [Va service underlined] was 
written in this entered declaration and 
it has nothing to as with this application.
On the allowance of this claim please forward 
this warrant to me. 
your obt servt [your obedient servant]
V. Ellis
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letter from War Dept 30 Jany [January] 1829
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1410.
Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution, approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
14 Jany [January] 1829.
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Thomas Threadgill under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether it appears, by any records in the War Department, that the claimant has received, or is entitled to receive, the bounty in land granted by Congress for service in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution; and, if so, whether he became entitled to the same by service to the termination of the war, or in what other manner.
R. Rush
The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.
War Depart. Bounty Land Office
The Records of this office do not show that Thomas Threadgill as an officer of the Georgia line ever received or is entitled to bounty land of the United States.
Robert Taylor
16 Jany [January] 1829
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SIXTIETH CONGRESS
JOHN J. JENKINS, WIS., Chairman
RICHARD WAYNE PARKER, N. J.
DE ALVA S. ALEXANDER, N. Y.
CHARLES E. LITTLEFIELD, ME.
CHARLES Q. TIRRELL, MASS.
JOHN A. STERLING, ILL.
JOHN H. FOSTER, IND.
HENRY T. BANNON, OHIO.
REUBEN O. MOON, PA.
GERRIT J. DIEKEMA, MICH.
GEORGE R. MALBY, N. Y.
HENRY S. CAULFIELD, MO.
DAVID A. DE ARMOND, MO.
HENRY D. CLAYTOH, ALA.
ROBERT L. HENRY, TEX.
WILLIAM G. BRANTLEY, GA.
CHARLES C. REID, ARK.
EDWIN Y. WEBB, N. C.
GEORGE F. JENKINS, CLERK

Committee on the Judiciary,
House of Representatives U. S.,
Washington, D. C., December 19, 1908.

The Honorable Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I will be greatly obliged if you will give me any information that may be on file in your office Concerning the military record of Thomas Treadgill, who served as a colonel in the Revolutionary war from the State of North Carolina. I have caused the records in the War Department to be investigated and have failed
to find a trace of him there. Any information will be much appreciated.
Very truly,
R.F. Henry
M. C. 11th Dist. of Texas.
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[stamp]
CONGRESSIONAL
DEC 22 1908
U. S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS.

[stamp]
RECORD DIVISION
DEC 22 1908