Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17,143, for Etheldred Thomas, North Carolina
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N.C.      Thomas, Etheldred  S.  17.143 
                                                     carded
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Georgia No 23.219
Etheldred Thomas of Laurens Co. in the state of Georgia who was a Priv. Inf and Cav. in the company commanded by Captain Devany of the Regt. commanded by Col. Hart in the N. Carolina Troops line for 
7 months Priv Inf. 
5 months Priv. Calvary
23.33
20.83
$44.16
Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of 44 Dollars 16 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of pension issued the 7th day of December, 1833 and sent to H. B. Hathaway
Dublin, Ga
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 110.40
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 34 22/08
$132.48
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book E Vol. 6 Page 104
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No 25.153
Etheldred Thomas
Laurens Co. Georgia

[illegible, maybe Adnus] as private
7 mo. $233.33
5 mo. Cav. $20.83
$44.16
and L.M. not authent?

[typed on page under this one seen to right]
Every applicant who claims
except those who belonged to the New
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregone
We, a clergyman, residing in the and C.D. residing in the same
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
June 4 1833
sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will show [typed as "shew"] what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, sent this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request , greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
Co. Georgia
A Statement, Showing [typed as "shewing"] the service of Etheldred Thomas Saurens

Period when the service was rendered | duration of the service years. months. days.| rank of the claimant. | Name and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. | age at present and place of abode when he entered the service | proof by which the declaration is supported

Sub Cont [illegible] 1780- | 3 [months] | private | Captain Devany Col Heart | 69 years Franklin Co. N. Carolina | Traditional evidence stated by the Judge of the court credible. 

Sub Cont [Illegible] -81 | 2 [months] | Calvary | General Jones 

Vol middle April 81 | 3[months] + [days] | Captain Robenson of [illegible Cavaloy?]
Augst 81 | General Green [illegible] Col Malmady

Vol Feb 81 | about one month |Capt Bledsoe
Vol Feb 81 | about fifteen days | Genl Brickell

July - Sept 81 | not stated - 3| Capt Baron De Glasbais Capt Turner

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

+ Capt the Baron de Glasbais pronounced Glasback
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
	The following regulations have been adopted:
	This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms “Continental Line,” “State troops,” “militia,” and “volunteers,” all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
	As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
	In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss.
County of }
	On this __ day of __ personally appeared (a) before __
	__ A. B. a resident (b) of __ in the county of __ and State, Territory or District of __ aged (c) __ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) __ , with __ and served in the __ (e) regiment of the __ line, under the following named officers:
	[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [right-pointing hand icon] This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
	He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of__
	Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.		A. B.
	[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
	And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
	I __ of the Court of __ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of __ for a pension.
	In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this __ day of __ &c.
	If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
	Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
	(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the __ and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with __, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be __ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
	Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
	[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
	And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the __ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the __ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
	I, __ Clerk of the Court of __ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of __ for a pension.
	In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set me hand and seal of office, this __ day of __ &c.
	Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
	If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
	The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
	1. Where and in what year were you born?
	2. Have you any record of your age, and if no, where is it?
	3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
	4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
	5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
	6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
	{ To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
	7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
	The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
	The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
	The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
	Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
	Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory. or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
	No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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Declaration

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832.

State of Georgia
Laurens County

On this fourth day of November 1833, personally appeared before B.W. Hampton. M.G. O'Neal and H.B. Hathaway, Justices of the Inferior Court.

Etheldred Thomas of the County and State aforesaid, aged seventy years on the 26th day of July last past, and being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832, for services rendered in the Revolutionary War.

His first service. Entered as a substitute for Joshua Jones, in the latter part of September 1780 in the Franklin County Militia North Carolina, for the term of three months under command of Jenkins Devany. Field officers Colonel Hart and Lieutenant Colonel Branch and commanded by General Jones. Commenced our march at Louisburgh, thence to Hillsborough, to Salisbury, to Charlotte and thence to Six Mile Creek, New Providence in North Carolina, where we were placed under command of General Smallwood until General Greene took command of the Southern Army on the 2nd December 1780. He was in the detachment under Lieutenant Colonel Washington, when he captured Rugeley's Fort, by mounting a pine log shaped like a cannon on a pair of cart wheels, seeing which caused the surrender of the Fort by Colonel Rugeley with one hundred seventeen torys and a british officer who was paying his addressed to Rugeleys daughter: the fort about 13 miles above Camden, South Carolina. The prisoners were guarded to New Providence where General Greene had his headquarters. In a few days we marched with the prisoners and placed them in Salisbury jail. Thence we marched to Hillsborough and were discharged December 23rd, 1780: we of Captain Devany's company were furnished with written discharges by Colonel
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Colonel Dison, where General Davidson was likewise, to take the command of other Militia. We got home to Louisburgh on Christmas Day, 25th December, 1780.

Second tour of service. This was as a substitute for David Mims, who was drafted for a three months tour of duty; but those who would furnish themselves with a horse were to be excused with two months service. Mims gave me a horse, some paper money and five bushels of corn to feed the horse with to serve as his substitute in Captain Robertsons Company of Militia light have, two months. We commenced march at Louisburgh thence to Harrisburgh, Granville County, where we joined General Greene, thence to Hillsborough, thence on detachment under Colonel Malmady till the Battle at Guilford CourtHouse. In the morning of that day Lieutenant Colonel See attacked the british light troops at New Garden a few miles below the court house. Captain Robertson's Company, was formed on the left of the Army in line of battle as See retreated, he ordered Captain Robertson to select fifteen men, the best mounted, to go and reconnoitre on a road by which the british might turn our left flank, and in such want to give hime immediate notice. I was one of the fifteen; but the british did not advance in that direction, and Captain Robertson suing the action was lost, assisted a party that was driving cattle and hogs that had been procured by Colonel Wade for Brown's Army, which was the only provision for the Army after retreat to the Iron Works. General Greene ordered the Militia mens horses to be sent home; and I remained as a soldier on foot, and advanced with the Army in pursuit of Cornwallis to Ramsey's Mills on Deep River within about two miles of the mills, we got into a skirmish with the British Picket guard, on the 28th March 1781. When Greene marched to the southward, I returned home under Captain Gandy, who guarded some prisoners; and at Janes Tavern he gave me a written discharge the last of March the day not remembered.

Third tour of service. About two weeks after returning home from the second tour-say middle of April 1781, entered as a volunteer, for three months, in the Franklin County light horse under Captain Bledsoe: the nature of this service was to arrest, and form into service, those men who had been drafted and refused this service; and as a guard for the publick granaries. At
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At the end of the three months, I had a written discharge from Captain Bledsoe, the date not remembered.

Fourth tour of service. In a few days after my last discharge say in the early part of August 1781, entered again for three months as a servant to General Briskell. Marched from Louisburgh to Warrenton, thence to Halifax to meet other troops. At Halifax General Briskell got sick; and when the General became able to travel, I returned with him to Franklin County, and was there discharged. The exact duration of this service, and date of the discharge is not remembered, but was between one and two months.

Fifth tour of service. Entered as a volunteer in Captain the Baron de Glasbee's company some time in the fall of 1781. Marched to the town of Halifax. Thence to Tarborough, and to Parmenter's, the time about one month; from this service I enlisted into the State troops for either eighteen months or three years, I forget which. Was furloughed to go home and return to receive the bounty money and clothing; but as neither bounty money nor clothing were to be had, the governor ordered the men, myself with the others to be discharged. The time of this service about fifteen days; date of discharge not remembered. 

Sixth and last tour of service. Entered as a substitute for Saben Smart, for three months, under Captain Nathan Turner, in Franklin County, North Carolina in September 1781. Marched from Louisburgh to Halifax. Thence to Tarborough, where the news of the capture of Cornwallis was received. Thence to Kingston on New River. Thence to Richland Chappel on our way to Wilmongton; when at Richland Chappel New River, General Caswell sent orders for the soldiers to be sent to their respective counties, and there to be discharged. The date of discharge not remembered.

I had all the discharges and brought them, or most of them with me from North Carolina where the services were performed, to Georgia in 1784. Showed them to Colonel Clarke in Wilkes County, as a certificate that I had been a friend to my country; and have been a resident of Georgia since that time.

He, the said Etheldred Thomas, hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and
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and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in the State.

Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid in open Court
B.W. Hampton
M.G. O'Neal
H.B. Hathaway
E. Thomas

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.

I Thomas Moore, Clerk of the Inferior Court of the County of Laurens do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the said court in the matter of the application of Etheldred Thomas for opinion.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 4th day of November 1833.

Thomas Moore, Clerk of the Inferior Court

We, Thomas Moore and Lewis Maddox, citizens residing in the county and state aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Etheldred Thomas, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be about seventy years of age; that he reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed, the
day and year aforesaid.

E. Thomas
Thomas Moore
Lewis Maddox

The court propounded the following interrogations to Etheldred Thomas an applicant for opinion on account of services in the Militia of North Carolina, during the Revolutionary War. viz.

1st Where and in what year were you born?
Answer: I was born in Northampton County, North Carolina, on the 26th day of July 1763.
2nd Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
Answer: The record of my birth was made in my mother's prayer
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prayer Book, which she gave to her oldest daughter, and she gave it to, now, Elizabeth Candler who lives in Monroe County, Georgia
3rd Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
Answer: I was living in Franklin County, North Carolina; where I lived till 1784, when I came to Georgia, Wilkes County, where I lived, and in Warren County (which was apart of Wilkes and other counties) till 1814, when I came to reside in Laurens County where I now reside.
4th How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, for whom.
Answer: This is particularly answered above.
5th State the name of some of the regular officers?
Answer: This is answered above.
6th Did you receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
Answer: I received written discharges, at the termination of the several tours of services, as above stated; I brought them, or most of them, with me to Georgia to show what I had been; I showed them to Colonel Clarke, when I came to Georgia; and supposing they were of no further use, they were neglected, and are lost.
7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution?
Answer: All the people for ten miles are more or less acquainted with me. They know nothing of my Revolutionary Services, but from my own information and conversations. Our Congressional Senator George M. Troup, and Thomas McCall live within three miles of me; General Blackshear, about eight miles;  Doctor Moore and all the inhabitants of Dublin, six miles off, are acquainted with me.

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories
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gatorries prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Thomas Moore who has signed the certificate above ,is a respectable citizen, resident in the County of Laurens and that Lewis Maddox who has also signed the same is a resident in the County of Laurens and is a creditable person, and that this statement is instilled to credit.

I, Thomas Moore, Clerk of the Inferior Court of the County of Laurens in the State of Georgia, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Etheldred Thomas for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office, this 4th day of November, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Three.

Thomas Moore, Clerk, Inferior Court
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Georgia
Laurens County

The undersigned Justices of the Inferior Court do hereby certify that Mr. Etheldred Thomas produced this papers this day in open court for a Revolutionary claim. Their being no clergyman convenient, they took the certificate of two respectable citizens, whose statements are entitled to credit and being individually acquainted with Mr. Thomas, they have no doubt of his Revolutionary Service, this 4th November 1833.

B. W. Hampton
M. G. O'Neal
H. B. Hathaway
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Revolutionary War Records Section. 3-525
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C. 
S. F. 17143

In reply to your request of ------- received ----- for a statement of the military history of Etheldred Thomas a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find the below desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

Date of Enlistment or Appointment/Length of Service. September 1780 (3 months); September 1781 (2 months); April 1781 (3 months); August 1781 (1 or 2 months); Fall 1781 (1 month); September 1781 (3 months).

Rank. Private

Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered. Captain(s): Jenkinks, Devany, Robertson, Gandy, Bledsoe, Baron Glasbee, Nathan Turner. Colonel(s): Hart, Malmady. General: Brickell. 

State. North Carolina

Battles engaged in: Rugley's Mill, Guilford Skirmish on Deep River, March 28, 1781.

Residence of soldier at enlistment: Louisburgh, Franklin County, North Carolina.

Date of application for pension. November 4, 1883. His application was allowed.

Residence at date of application. Laurens County, Georgia, where he has lived since 1784. 

Age at date of application. Born July 26, 1763 in Northampton County, North Carolina.

Remarks: It is not stated whether soldier had a wife or children. 

Respectfully,
Commissioner
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17,143
INVALID.

NO. 17,143
Etheldred Thomas
Private, Revolutionary War

Act: June 7, 1832

Index:-Vol. 1, Page 374
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1918 Hist. to Annie Fiske
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J. L. Edwards, Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
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Dublin, Georgia
November 12, 1833

J.L. Edwards, Esq.

Sir,

At the request of Mr. E. Thomas, I enclose you his papers claiming a pension for Revolutionary services and in doing so I cannot but reiterate my full persuasion that he is deserving of a pension. If however their is still a want of form or particularity by communicating with me upon the subject. I will try to have it obviated.

Respectfully
Your obedient servant
H. B. Hathaway
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Brownwood, Texas
January 30, 1918

Bureau of Pension
Department of the Interior
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs:

Please send me the Revolutionary pension record of Etheldred Thomas who lived in Laurens County, Georgia in 1833. He was granted land for service which was located in Wilkes County, Georgia. 

Your truly
Mrs. Annie Fiske
701 Coulter Avenue
Brownwood, Texas