Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 2225-500, for James Thackston, North Carolina
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SERVICE
N. C.

Thackston. James

NUMBER
B.L.W2-2225-500-Lt-Col
Issued Nov. 19-1791.
endorsed, that he had
received more than he
was entitled to.

CONTENTS
No papers.
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September 21, 1933

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JAMES THACKSTON
B. L. Wt. 22225-500
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. Dewey N. Sloan

Beebe, Arkansas

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
Revolutionary War records of John and James Lemon, of Pennsylvania, 
also of Lieutenant Colonel James Thackston.

With the data furnished by you for John and James Lemon,
it is not possible for this office to identify their records,
should they be on file, and you are requested to give any data
you may have in regard to each, such as dates of birth and
death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and
given name of widow.

You are furnished herein the record of James Thackston
the served as Lieutenant Colonel in the War of the Revolution.

The records of this office show that Warrant No. 2225, for
five hundred acres of bounty land, was issued November 15, 1781.
on account of the services of James Thackston, Lieutenant Colonel
in the North Carolina Line, War of the Revolution.

There are no further data on file regarding his services,
and none whatever relative to his family, because of the
destruction of papers in such early claims when the War Office
was burned in November, 1800.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Greenville S.C.
Jan. 14 - 1922
Pension Department
Washington DC.
Please be good enough to give
me records and dated if you
have any, of Lieut Col. James
Thackston of Revolutionary
days. about 17.68, before & after
Thanking you in advance
Very truly
Ruth V. Rogers

U.S. PENSION OFFICE
D
JAN 16 1922
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Greenville SC
Feb. 12, 1922.

Rev

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.,
the War Department informs
me that my great-grandfather
James Thackson, served
on the Revolutionary War
as Lieut Colonel in the
4he North Carolina Regiment.
appointed April 15th 1776,
and retired January 1781.
The War Department
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suggest that you may
be able to give me further
information for which
I shall be truly grateful
Very truly
Mrs. Ruth F. Rogers
Franklin Road
Greenville
S. C.
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DEWEY W. SLOAN, M. D.
BEEBE ARK.

Already 
ans. 1/8/30

Beebe, Arkansas
Jan. 9 1930

DEPUTY COMMISSIONER
BUREAU OF PENSION
JAN 13 1930

E. W. Morgan, commissioner
Washington, D.C.

Dear sir: please give me Revolutionary War
record of James Thackston born about 1730
about 1800 . His address when appointed
Lt. Col. Apr. 22, 1776 was Cumberland Co. N.C.
Received grant of land in Greenville Co. S.C. for
service during Revolution.
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DEWEY W. SLOAN, M. D.
BEEBE, ARK.
I do not know given name of widow.
I believe it to be Baker
Thanking you for this record I am,
Very cordially
Mrs. Mabel Thacheter Sloan
Beebe, Arkansas
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10 Garranx St.
Greenville S.C.
2 - 19 - 36.

U.S. Dept of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen
Please send me a copy of
my ancestor's war record of
Lt. Col. Jas. Thackston, 4th NC Regiment
Warrant # 2225 11 - 15 - 1791
I understand he was given a
grant of 500 acres of Bounty Land in
this State. Can you verify this?
I am working on my D.A.R.
records and shall appreciate any
information you have regarding any
of the Thackston family, originally
from England, then in Va, N.C. & S.C.
Do you have any thing about Nathaniel
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Thackston son of the above Jas? In
the pension record all you have
or can you tell me anying more?
Thanking you for this aid, I
am
Yours truly,
(Miss) Grace Phillips,
10 Garranx St.,
Greenville, S. C.
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Mrs. Harry Rotha- Pigeon St. - Waynesville, N. C.

February 26th 1934.

U.S. Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C

Please advise me if the name
of John Knight and Temple
Libscomb of Virginia were
on the pension list of soldiers
of the American Revolution, and
if so to whom were the pensions
paid- I should also like to know
to whom the pension of James
Thackston, one of the "Minute Men"
of the Revolution, was paid __
Thanking you very much
for the information _
Most cordially yours -
Georgie Knight Rotha
(Mrs Harry Rotha)
Waynesville
Pigeon St.
N.C.

RECEIVED 
FEB 28 1934
[Illegible]
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Lebanon, Tenn
July 6. 1831

The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D. C.

Dear Sir.
I am trying to complete son
records for the D.A.R. and I
to get some information about
James Thackston who served in
the Revolutionary war as Lieutenant
Colonel in the 4th North Carolina
Regiment _ appointed April 15, 1776 and
retired from service Jan 1781.
Should you have any thing about
James Thacksto, as to whether he received
a pension or anything I'd be so glad
to have it _
If there should be any charge for
the information I'd be so glad to pay
Sincerely
Ariel Thackston

US PENSION OFFICE
JUL 8 1931
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Vice Regent
Mrs. R. N. GARRETT
Eight Oaks
El Dorado

Recording Secretary
Mrs. W. F. LAKE
24 Quaspaw
Hot Springs

Corresponding Secretary
Mrs. R. E. PRYOR
2 Edgehill
Little Rock

Treasurer
Mrs. W. A. TAGGART
131 Rutherford
Pine Bluff

Librarian
MISS NELLE WILSON
904 West Second
Little Rock

ARKANSAS
Daughters of the American Revolution

STATE REGENT
MRS CHARLES BRENDLEMAN
1800 Park Avenue
LITTLE ROCK

Chaplain
MISS JULIA VAULX
Fayetteville

Historian
MISS VIIRGIL CAVANESS
Monticello

Curator
Mrs. FRANK STEELE
De Queen

Genealogist
MRS. D. N. SLOAN
Beebe

Parliamentarian
MRS. GEORGE BURDEN
4422 1 Street
Little Rock

Registrar
MRS. HOMER F. SLOAN
Willboth Plantation
Marked Tree

Pension Dept.
Washington, D. C. 

RECEIVED
SEP 15 1933
Old Records
Division
A. G. O.

Beebe Arkansas
Sept. 11, 1933

Dear Sir please give me record showing
pension drawn by John & James Lemon
of Penn for service rendered during Rev. War.
These brothers about that time and lived
in what is now Hagerstown Maryland.
Did Lt. Col. James Thackston of Va. or
perhaps from South Car draw Rev pension?
Many thanks for your andness
Very cordially
Mabel J Sloan
Mrs. Dewey W. Sloan)
State D.A. R. Genealogist

Received A. G.O.
SEP 15 1933

RECEIVED
SEP 18 1933
[Illegible]
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Columbia, Ten
Dec. 31, 1931

Pension Board
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen _
I shall be glad to have a
copy of any record that you may have
of James Thackston who was a
Lieutenant Colonel in the Revolutionary
Army-

Very kindly
Mrs. E. A. Kerr
(Nee) Mary Virginia Thackston

RECEIVED
JAN 2 1932
RECEIPT SECTION
PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION
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Beebe, Ark
Nov. 8, 1929

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear sir: Please give me Revolutionary 
War service record and family data
you have on James Thackston
Cumberland Co. N.C. who was appointed
Lt. Col. Apr. 22, 1776. Please tell me if
there are other Thackston names on
record.
This information will be greatfully
appreciated and of much benefit to me.
Please
Lebanon send reply to me at
Lebanon, Tenn

Very kindly
Mrs. D.W. Sloan

U.S. PENSION OFFICE
NOV 11 1929
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September 2, 1936

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BA-J/m.
James Thackston-B.L. Wt. #2225-500
William Tharton-R.10483

Mr. W. G. McDonough
Postmaster
M[Illegible]nnville, Tennessee

Dear Sirs

Reference is made to your letters in which you request the
Revolutionary War record of Alexander Johnston, of North Carolina
or Virginia, who died in Tennessee, in 1815; also, Revolutionary War
records of William Thaxton or Thackston and Lieutenant Colonel
James Thaxton or Thackston, both of North Carolina,

There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based
upon the military service in the Revolutionary War of an Alexander
Johnston, who died in 1815. Such claims are the source of the
data furnished by this office.

It is suggested that as a possible means of obtaining information
in regard to the military service of that soldier, you apply
to The Adjutant General, War Department, this city, who is custodian
of military records.

The records of James Thackston and William Thaxton are furnished
you herein.

James Thackston
B. L. Wt. 2225-500

The records of this office show that Warrant No. 2225 for five
hundred acres of bounty land was issued November 15, 1791, on account
of the military service of James Thackston, Lieutenant Colonel, North
CArolina Line, War of the Revolution.

This office has no further information in regard to this soldier
because of the destruction of papers in such early claims when the
War Office was burned in November, 1800.
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For information in regard to the location of the land granted
Lieutenant Colonel James Thackston, you should address The Commissioner
of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this
city, and furnish that official with the number of the warrant,
the acreage and the date of issuance of said warrant.
● ● ●
William Thaxton
R. 10483

The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in
Revolutionary War pension claim, R.10483, based upon the military
service of William Thaxton in that war.
William Thaxton was born in Virginia, date not given. His
parents, whose names are not shown, died when he was very young.
The soldier married Sarah. The date and place of their marriage date and place of her birth and names of her parents are
not stated. Sarah died October 16, 1840, place of death not given.
It was stated that soldier and his wife lived for about fifty years
in Halifax County, Virginia. The soldier lived, also, in Breckenridge
County, Kentucky and in Greene County, Illinois.
While residing in Greene County, Illinois, and aged eighty-one
years, William Thaxton applied May 38, 1848, for the pension that
might have been due on account of his services in the Revolutionary War
and alleged that while residing in Caswell County, North Carolina
, he enlisted, date not given, and served three months as a
Private in Captain Tilghama Dixon's North Carolina Company and was
at the battle of Stones that he again enlisted, date not given.
and served three months in Captain Samuel Harber's (possibly meant
for Yarborough) Company, Colonel Neal's or Colonel Henry Dixon's
North Carolina Regiment and was at the battle of Gates' Defeat:
also, that at the time of the battle of Eutaw Springs, he was a
wagoner and was near enough to the battle to hear the firing.
His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of
service of six months as required by the pension laws.
The soldier stated at the time of his application for pension
to
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that he had been blind for nineteen years.  It was stated that he
had been a member of the Baptist Church for many years.

William Thaxton died April 5, 1850, place not stated.

In [illegible], Deeter Tha[illegible]n, a son of the soldier and his wife, 
Sarah, was aged fifty-two years, and resided in Carrollton, Greene
County, Illinois.

There are no further family data.

H...

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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Rev War Section
Record Division

February 9, 1922.

Ruth T. Rogers,
Greenville, S. C.

Madam:

In response to your letter dated the 14"
ultimo, you are advised that the Revolutionary War
records of this Bureau show that 500 acres of bounty
land were allowed on account of the services James
Thackston as Lieutenant Colonel in the North Carolina
Line on Warrant No. 2225, which issued November 15, 1791,

There are no papers on file relative to said
claim as they were destroyed when the War Office was
burned in 1800, therefore there is no further data in
regard to him.

Very respectfully,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner.
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
EEL

March 31, 1930

Birta Epperson Becker
1010 H. Street
Sacramento, California

Dear Madam:

I advise you that from the records of this bureau
it appears that Warrant No.2225 for five hundred acres of
bounty land was issued November 15, 1791, on account of
the services of James Thackston, Lieutenant Colonel in
the North Carolina Line, War of the Revolution.

There are no further data on file as to his services
and none whatever as to the family, due to the destruction
of papers in such claims when the War Office was burned
in November, 1800.

The Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail
to afford any information in regard to William Thaxton
or to William Thackston, as described by you and the War
of 1812 records fail to show that pension was ever claimed
on account of the services of William Thaxton or Thackston.

Very truly yours

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
MEE/H[Illegible]

January 8, 1930.

Mrs. D. W. Sloan
Laban
Tennessee.

Dear Madam:

I advise you that from the records of this Bureau it appears
that warrant Number 2225 for five hundred acres of bounty
land was issued November 15, 1791, on account of the services of
James Thackston, Lieutenant Colonel in the North Carolina Line,
War of the Revolution.

There are no further data on file as to his services and
none whatever as to the family, due to the destruction of papers
in such claims when the War Office was burned in November 1800.

Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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January 14, 19[illegible]

Mrs. B. A. Kerr
Columbia, Tennessee.

BA-J/ILL

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to James Thackston,
a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The records of this office show that Warrant Number 2225 for
five hundred acres of bounty land was issued November 15, 1791, on
account of the services of James Thackston, Lieutenant Colonel in the
North Carolina Line, War of the Revolution.

There are no further data on file regarding his services and
none whatever relative to his family, because of the destruction of papers
in such early claims when the War Office was burned in November 1800.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER
Assistnt to Administrator.
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July 23, 1931

Ariel Thackston
Lebanon
Tennessee

[Illegible] 1812 Wars Section
B.L. Wt#2225-500- James
Thackston.
KKL

Dear Madam:

You are advised that it appears from the records of this office
that Warrant number 2225 for five hundred acres of bounty land was
issued November 15, 1791, on account of the services of James
Thackston, Lieutenant Colonel in the North Caroline Line, War of the 
Revolution.

There are no further data on file as to his services and name
whatever as to his family due to the destruction of papers in such
claims when the War Office was burned in November, 1800.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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March 2, 1936.

BA-J/ILL
JAMES THACKSTON
B. L. Wt. 2225-500

Miss Grace Phillips
10 Garr[illegible] Street
Greenville, South Carolina.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request
information regarding your ancestor, Lieutenant Colonel James
Thackston, 4th North Carolina Regiment, War of the Revolution, and
of his son, Nathaniel Thackston.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are
obtained from claims for pension and bounty land which have been
made to the United States based upon service.

There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file
based upon service in that war of a Nathaniel Thackston.

The records of this office show that warrant # 2225 for
500 acres of bounty land was issued November 15, 1791 on account of
the services of James Thackston, Lieotenant Colonel in the North
Caolina Line, War of the Revolution.

Information regarding the military record of the above
noted officer might be secured from the Adjutant General, War
Department, this city.  For more information regarding the loaction of the bounty
land, you should apply to the Commissioner, General Land Office, this
city, and furnish the sins of warrant, date of issue and acreage
given herein.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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March 9, 1934

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Mrs. Harry Rotha
Pigeon Street
Waynesville, North Carolina

JAMES THACKSTON
B. L. Wt. 2225-500
RA-J/MLB

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
Revolutionary War records of John Knight, Temple Lipscomb and
James Thackston.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained
from claims for pension and bounty land made to the United States
based upon military service of soldiers in that war.

A careful search of the records fails to show such claims
on file on account of the Revolutionary War service of any Temple
Lipscomb.

In order to identify the Revolutionary War record of the
particular John Knight in whom you are interested, should it be on
file, you should furnish as much as possible of the following date
in regard to him: approximate dates of birth and death, places of
residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.

You are furnished herein the record of James Thackston, the
only soldier of that name (under any spelling) found in the
Revolutionary War records of this office.

The records of this office show that Warrant No. 2225, for
five hundred acres of bounty land, was issued November 15, 1791,
on account of the services of James Thackston, Lieutenant Colonel
in the North Carolina Line, War of the Revolution.
There are no further data on file regarding his services
and none whatever relative to his family, because of the destruction
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of papers in such early claims when the War Office was burned
in November, 1800.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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OFFICE OF THE CUSTODIAN

TREASURY DEPARTMENT

CUSTODIAN SERVICE

McMinnville, Tennessee
August 11, 1936

Veteran's Administration
Washington, D.C.

REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORD

Gentlemen:

Please furnish me the war record of William Thaxton or Thackston
and Lt. Col. James Thaxton or Thackston, soldiers of the
Revolutionary war from North Carolina.

Gratefully yours,
W.G. McDONOUGH
Postmaster