Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10518, for William Thomason, Virginia
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SERVICE NUMBER
Va Thomason, William R.10518
CONTENTS
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[written right hand margin]
Hon. AS Clayton

State of Georgia
County of Newton

On this 25th March Eighteen hundred & thirty three, personally appeared in open Court, before Christopher B. Strong Judge of the Superior Court of the Flint Circuit, now sitting William Thomason a resident of the County of Newton and State of Georgia, aged Eighty two 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 pased [passed] June 7th 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officer, and served as herein Stated viz in the company Commanded by Captain Richard War, and the Regiment commanded by Col, Pendleton, that he entered the service on the 2nd day of September 1780- and that he left the same the last day December thir [there] after, having served the space of three months 3; 

that he resided in Orange County in the state of Virginia when he entered the service, that he performed the said service in the militia as a drafted soldier- that he marched from Orange County Virginia, near Philadelphia, and that  he has no documentary evidence of the aforesaid service, that he received a discharge for the service, which has since been destroyed or lost - 

that he afterwards entered the service as a volunteer under the command of Captain James Tarrance, & served one month or more,  the said volunteer service was performed
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in North Carolina principaly [principally] against the Torys that he resided in Henry County Virginia, then the last service as aforesaid was performed; 

That afterwards the first of September 1781 he entered the service under & in the company commanded by Captain  Hill and the Batalion [battalion] Commanded by Major Wallis, & that he was discharged from the said service the 19th October 1781 by Captain Owen Bubb

that he resided in Henry County, State of Virginia when he entered the Service the tour last aforesaid & that he marched from Henry County Virginia and was at Siege of York  [Battle of Siege of Yorktown] and witnessed the surrender of Lord Cornwallis [General Charles Lord Cornwallis]

that he has a written discharge for the last service as aforesaid which herewith accompanies this declaration and that he knows of no persons by whom he can prove his service except  Edith Wood & Molly English---

that he was born in Louisa County in the State of Virginia, in March 1757. he had a record of his age, but the same is beyond this control of that he has resided in resided in Virginia & the state of Georgia ever since the Revolutionary War and that he is acquainted with William Clark Esq & Asa Crabb in his neighborhood who can testify as to his character for veracity & their belief of his service. 

He hereby relinquishes every other claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, & declares













& that he was
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that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any state, or if any only on that of the agency of the state of Virginia
sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
C. B. Strong - William x his mark Thomasson
J Peace

We William Clark and Asa Crabb residing in the County of Newton & State of Georgia, hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with William Thomason, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Eighty two years of age; that he is reputed & believed to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinon
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
C. B. Strong William Clark
P Judge. Asa Crabb
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the before named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states - And the court further certifies that William Clark and Asa Crabb residents of the County of Newton, are credible persons, & that their statements are entitled to credit. -
March 25th 1833. C. B Strong
pr. Juge

I Hamilton Burge Clerk of the Superior Court of the County of Newton & State of Georgia Do hereby Certify that the foregoing Contains the original proceedings of the Said Court in the matter of the application of William Thomason for a pension
Given under my hand and Seal of office this 5th day of April 1834
Hamilton Burge Clerk

50.689
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Oct. 3, 1953.
Addl. ev. in case of Wm Thomason, ord.

Benj. H. Brigham, 
Lagrange,
Ga.

(No __)
Pensions
John C. Thomason
Additional Evidence
Cole

Benj H Bigham
Lagrange, Ga.
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State of Georgia
County of Troup
S.S.
On this the twenty sixth day of September A.D. Eighteen hundred and Fifty-three, personally appeared before me Hiram Dennis a justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid John Brown aged Seventy seven years, a resident of Troup County in State aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law declares that he is well acquainted with John C. Thomasson of said County & state and that he was acquainted with William Thomasson a Revolutioner. That he was intimate in the family of the said John C Thomason for a number of years before the death of said William Thomasson, that he has often seen the two together and has heard William Thomason say that the said John was his eldest son, and give as a reason for living in the house with him that his wife was dead and the said John C was his oldest son & his wife was so kind to him. He knows that they lived together as much as Eight years in the capacity of father & Son & he has never heard any thing to the contrary of their being so. That he is credibly informed & believes that the said William Thomason is dead. He has often heard the said William Thomason say that he was at Yorktown at the Surrender of Cornwallis. He makes this affidavit as a disinterested witness & as evidence to be used in the application of said John C Thomason for the pension to
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which he may be entitled at the hands of the United States Government in virtue of the services of his father. said application having been, before this time made by the said John C, Thomason, Feby 26. 1853
John x his mark Brown {SS}

Sworn to, and subscribed before me the day and year above written, and I do hereby Certify that the said John Brown is a credible & disinterested witness according to my best opinion & belief, Witness my hand & seal -
Hiram Dennis JP {S.S.}

State of Georgia} on this the twenty sixth day
County of Troup} of September A.D. Eighteen hundred & fifty-three, personally appeared before me Hiram Dennis a Justice of the Peace in and for the County & State aforesaid, aged Sixty-seven years, who having duly sworn according to law declares that he knew William Thomasson in the County of Hancock state of Georgia in the year 1798. That he has known him for most of the time since then, That he has seen him & John C. Thomasson his son who has declared for his pension February 26th 1853, together at different places. He knew them in Hancock until Eighteen hundred & one - and he also knew them in the County of Troup in said state in the year Eighteen hundred & forty one, & the old man
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William Thomasson lived with John C Thomason & apeared to be very old - He has heard William Thomason Call the said John C, his son he thinks he said he was the oldest son. He lived with John C untill Eighteen hundred & forty two - and he believes and has heard that he is dead. He has often heard the said William say he was in Revolutionary service and that he was at the Siege of York Town and the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis - He believes, from the Circumstances stated above, that the said John C Thomasson is the son of the said William Thomason, and that the said William Thomason was a Revolutionary soldier - He swears that he is a disinterested witness.
John F Piper {S.S}

Sworn to & subscribed before me the day & year aforesaid & I do certify that John F Piper is a credible witness & that he is of the age above stated and is every way respectable - I am interested.
Hiram Dennis JP {S.S.}
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State of Georgia} I David B Turner Clerk of the
County of Troup} Inferior Court for said County do Certify that Hiram Dennis whose before whom the foregoing several Depositions purport to have been made, and whose genuine Official Signature appears to the foregoing several Certificates is and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county of Troup duly sworn and Commissioned and that his acts as such are entitled to full faith and Credit
Witness my hand and Seal of Office this the 28th day of September 1853
David B Turner C.I.C.
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(No ___)
Pension act
of Seventeenth June
1832
etc.
John C Thomason
son & heir
of
William Thomason
Send Penson certificate to
Benj. H. Bigham
atty.
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is that his said father served several tours or terms of service, insomuch that he must have served the Country as much as any soldier who went in regular & most usual service from that portion of the Country. He remembers that he returned from one tour of service very sick so that that return might have been before the regular expiration of that term. and he firmly believes that his father was at the siege of York Town & the surrender of Lord Cornwallis & his army, for he has often heard his said father & his comrades in arms talking together of [illegible] they witnessed together at that place and on that memorable occasion. His said Father lived for years with the applicant in the County of Hancock, and afterwards in Newton County and afterwards in Troup County each of said counties being in the state of Georgia and that he, the said William Thomason died in the Year Eighteen hundred and Forty Four, aged, at the time of his death, about Ninety seven Years. He has no Family Record of his father's age at the time of his death aforesaid. His said Father made an application on Oath to the Pension Department at Washington City, for his Pension, before his death, in the Year Eighteen hundred and forty two or Eighteen hundred and forty three, which said Application went up from the County of Washington in which
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State of Georgia} S.S.
County of Troup
On this the Twenty-Sixth day of February A.D. 1853. personally appeared before the Honorable the Court of Ordinary in open & legal Session Thereof in & for the County and state aforesaid John C, Thomason, a resident of the county of Troup in the state of Georgia aged Seventy Seven years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the Provisions made in the laws passed by Congress in bountiful [illegible] of Revolutionary services in behalf of Revolutionary soldiers & their legal heirs on the Seventeenth day of June A.D. 1832. & all other bountiful enactment by Congress.
He declares that he is the son & heir of William Thomason who was a revolutionary soldier, & who has heretofore made an application for the Pension to which he might be entitled under the above recited Acts of Congress and all the other bountiful acts thereof. That his said Father William Thomason was living in Henry County in the State of Virginia on Big-Leatherwood Creek. at the time he entered the Revolutionary service of the states at that time called the Colonies by the Brittish, but then & now the United States of America. That his recollec
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tion is that his said father served several tours or terms of service, insomuch that he must have served the Country as much as any soldier who went in regular & most usual service from that portion of the Country. He remembers that he returned from one tour of service very sick so that that return might have been before the regular expiration of that term. and he firmly believes that his father was at the siege of York Town & the surrender of Lord Cornwallis & his army, for he has often heard his said father & his comrades in arms talking together of [illegible] they witnessed together at that place and on that memorable occasion. His said Father lived for years with the applicant in the County of Hancock, and afterwards in Newton County and afterwards in Troup County each of said counties being in the state of Georgia and that he, the said William Thomason died in the Year Eighteen hundred and Forty Four, aged, at the time of his death, about Ninety seven Years. He has no Family Record of his father's age at the time of his death aforesaid. His said Father made an application on Oath to the Pension Department at Washington City, for his Pension, before his death, in the Year Eighteen hundred and forty two or Eighteen hundred and forty three, which said Application went up from the County of Washington in which
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which Certificate I wish made payable a the Savannah Georgia agency or at such other Pension Agency for the State of Georgia as may be in operation at the time of the granting of said Pension Certificate. To appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said attorney and agent shall lawfully do in the premises. Interlined before signing.
Teste Wm. M. Satenud J C Thomason {Seal.}
Witness & Surrs

Sworn to & subscribed & acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said John C. Thomason to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged.
J M Noell, J.P.
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State of Georgia} Be it known that on
County of Troup} This the Twenty sixth day of February A.D. 1853. before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and state aforesaid personally appeared John C. Thomason, aged seventy eight years, a resident of the County of Troup in the State of Georgia, & made oath according to law that he is the son & heir of William Thomason who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution & who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension act of Seventh June A.D. 1832.
That he is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanding & revoking all powers of Attorney and authority heretofore given, I hereby Constitute and appoint Benjamin H. Bigham of Lestrange in said County and State. my true & lawful attorney to prosecute my claim as heir of William Thomason for any amount of Revolutionary Pension or increase of Pension that may be due, and I hereby authorize my said attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Department at Washington City or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, & to receive for my exclusive benefit, the Certificate which may be issued for said claim
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his death as aforesaid took place, the said County being in the State of Georgia.
That he makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Pension to which he may be entitled in right of his being the son of the said William Thomason & cites the Department to the application above referred to made by his said Father, & solemnly defers to the Evidence therein set forth to support this his claim.
Sworn to in open Court before me} J C 
this 26th day of February 1853. Thomason {SS}
Wiley H. Sims ordinary

Georgia} Court of Ordinary February 26th 1853.
Troup County
This is to Certify that the above-mentioned John C, Thomason whose genuine signature appears to the Affidavit above; appeared before the Honorable Court of ordinary of Troup County in the state of Georgia, in open session thereof, of which said Court Wiley, H. Sims is the Presiding Judge under the title of Ordinary, & which said Court is a court of record, & these, on the Twenty Sixth day of February A.D. one Thousand Eight hundred & fifty three, after being duly & legally sworn deposed & declared the above affidavit. That , the Judge of Said Court, am satisfied that said affidavit is true & that the applicant John C. Thomason is the son of William Thomason who was the Revolutionary Soldier who served as herein - before set forth & declared, & that he is a worthy applicant, & I further certify that
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I, the said Judge, am, in no wise, interested in the claim of the said John C. Thomason against the United States Government for Pension & that the above affidavit was interlined before it was assigned by the said John C. Thomason (signed J C Thomason)
Given under my hand and Seal of office the day and year above written
Wiley H. Sims Ordinary
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State of Georgia} I David B Turner Clerk of the
County of Troup} Inferior Court for said County do hereby Certify that Jesse M. Noell before whom the foregoing Affidavit was made and whose genuine Official Signature appears in attestation of the fact, is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly sworn and Commissioned, that his acts as such are entitled to full faith and Credit, And that I am well satisfied that the said John C. Thomason is directly interested in the Claim as set forth in said Affidavit and is the identical party therein alleged
Witness my hand and Seal of Office this the Third day of March A.D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-three
David B Turner C.I.C.
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November 27, 1959
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WILLIAM THOMASON
R. 10518
BA-J/AWF : MLB

Mrs. John L. Davidson
16 Winthrop Lane
Searsdale, New York

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of William Thomason or Thomasson, who was living in Troup County, Georgia, in 1841.

The data which follow in regard to William Thomason were obtained from the papers in pension claim, R. 10518, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

William Thomason was born in March, 1751, in Louisa County, Virginia; the names of his parents were not given.

While residing in Orange County, Virginia, William Thomason enlisted September 2, 1780, served three months in Captain Richard War's company, under Colonels Barbour and Pendleton in the Virginia militia. While residing in Henry County, Virginia, he volunteered (date not given) and served one month under Captain James Tarrance against the Tories; he enlisted September 1, 1781, served under Captain Hill and Major Waller, was in the Siege of Yorktown and was discharged October 19, 1781.

William Thomason applied for pension March 25, 1835, while living in Newton County, Georgia; the claim was not allowed as he did not serve six months which was the shortest period of service for which a pension was granted.

The soldier lived at other times in Hancock and Troup Counties, Georgia. He died in the year 1844 in Washington County, Georgia. His wife, whose name was not given, did not survive him.

John C. Thomason, the oldest son of the soldier, William Thomason, was about seventy-eight years of age in 1853 and a
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resident then of Troup County, Georgia. There are no further data in this claim concerning the family of William Thomason.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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REJECTED
10,518
P.O.
Wm Thomason
Service:
Enlisted: ______, 18
Discharged: ______, 18
Application filed: ______, 18
The printed list of 1852
Alleges: shows reasons for suspension
Re-enlisted: "He did not serve six months."
Attorney:
P.O.
_______ Recognized. ______ Contract.
______ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _______, 18

1921, Aug, 17 hist. to Miss Bessie Thomason - EW
1928 an. 9 - " " Miss Martha L. Houston AWF.
1929 - Feb. 12 - " " Mrs. John E Gibson AWF
1932 April 4. Hist. & Photos mailed to Lucille Hays & Account Div. notfd. 
1934 - June 20 - " to Herbert W. Thomason 
1935 - Mch. 13 - Mr. H. N. Thomason adv. case of [illegible] - MMHF
1939 - Nov. 27 - Hist to Mrs John L Davidson - AWF:B.
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No 30,689
Wm Thomason decd.
Georgia.
Letter to,

10,518
Act 7th June 1832.
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Wm Thomason
Va
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This is to Certify That Wm Thomason - Being onfit for Duty are hereby Dischar
From this Present Duty Given under My Hand 
Henry 
By order of 6R} Owen Bubb Capt
69 LB