Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6,343, Thomas Weekley, Md.
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(3-1776)
Weekley, Thomas
SERVICE Md.
NUMBER S.6.343
carded.
CONTENTS _
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Virginia 12,525

Thomas Weekley
of Tyler Co. in the State of Virginia 
who was a pri. in the company commanded 
by Captain Campbell of the Regt. command
by Col. Griffin in the Maryland 
line for 12 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia 
at the rate of 40 Dollars --- Cents per annum, 
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of May '33
and sent David Hickman 
Tyler C.H. Va. (Clk)

Arrears to the 4th of March '33 80
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. " 20
$100
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{ Revolutionary Claim, }
{ Act June 7, 1832. }

Recorded by William Miller Clerk, 
Book E. Vol. 6. Page 30

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Order to pay 4th Oct 1827 
do --- do 27 March 1839
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Paid at the Treasury under the 
Act of the 6 April 1838 from 
4 March to 4 Sep. 1839. Agt
notified 30 June 1840
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Dead. Let to P.Agt. Wheeling
Nov 27, 1843
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Thomas Weekley
Declaration for obtaining Pension
22680
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State of Virginia
County of Tyler
On this 19th day of January 1833, Personally appeared in open court before Robert Gorrell, Kennee S. Boreman, James S. Brickhead + John B. Lacy Justices of the Peace, constituting the county court of Tyler now sitting. Thomas Weekley a resident of the said County of Tyler + State of Virginia aforesaid, aged about Seventy eight years, who being duly Sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers, and Served as herein stated to wit, that in the year 1776 he resided in the State of Maryland, about Ten miles below Frederick Town-that about the 1st of June of the Said year, he enlisted in the service of the United States for six months in what was called the Flying Camp, destined for the Northern service. That he was marched to the State of New York & belonged to the company commanded by Captain Enos Campbell in General Bell's Brigade, and attached to the Regiment commanded by Col. Griffin +Lieut. Colonel ShryLock & Major Mantz.
That he was in the Battles of York Island & the White Plains. That he served Six Months the time for which he enlisted & was discharged at Philadelphia about the 1st December 1776. That while in the Service, he marched through Tawney Town Md., McCollisters town, Peter Little's town, Little York, and Lancaster State of Pennsylvania thence to Philadelphia; thence to Trenton-Jersey, thence to the City of New York, thence to York Island, where he was stationed until after the Battle of York Island or Harlem Heights took place-thence to the White Plains, where he was in another engagement with the British-thence to the Jersey's where he was with the Army near a month thence to Philadelphia, where he was discharged as before stated about the 1st December 1776
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that in January 1777 still residing near Fredericktown he substituted for one John Thrasher, who was a drafted Militia man, & served Three months in the Jersey's under Capt. Thomas Frazure in the Regiment commanded by Col. Baker Johnson & Lieut Colonel William Luckett and Major Solomon Simpson, that he Served the principal part of the Three Months at Baskin Ridge, that he Served his three months & was discharged.
that in the year 1778 about the 1st of September he still resided near Fredericktown Md. that he was drafted & served a Three Months [illegible] under Captain Jacob Sly, Lieu. Edward Sellman, &  Ensign Lindsay Delashmutt, his company was attached to the Regiment commanded by colonel William Beatty, (or Beattis) & Lieut. Col. Enos Campbell, being the same Capt. Campbell that he served under in the Flying Camp first related in this declaration.
That he was stationed principally at White Marsh creek in Pennsylvania, within about two miles of German Town, at which place he was discharged-that he has no knowledge of having received a written discharge from the Army, except for the first [illegible] of six months, a discharge for the same as he understood was made out...& given Snowden Hook (one of his messmates0 for him, which he never received that he recollects of.
That while in the service of the United States he was acquainted with General's Washington, Green, Putnam, Smallwood, + colonels Gunby + George Stricker of the Army-that he cannot recollect so as to state with any precision the number of any Continental or Militia Regiment with which he served.
That he was born in Frederick County Maryland-has no record of his age, his mother died while he was a child, & the record she had kept of her children's ages was lost, but from the best of Information he can get he was born about the year 1754.
That since the Revolution...he resided....
................. in Green County Pennsylvania about Fifteen years + has resided where he now lives for the 
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last Thirty four years. That he is acquainted with the Reverend John Ripley, Samuel Wheeler, William Delashmutt, David Hickman & others of his neighborhood who can testify as to his character for veracity & their belief of his services in the revolution.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity but the present & declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of any State.
Sworn to and Subscribed the day + year aforesaid.
Thomas Weekley
x his mark
we, John Ripley, a clergyman, residing in the County of Tyler, State of Virginia, and Thomas Inghram residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Thomas Weekley, who has subscribed and Sworn to the above + foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be about Seventy eight 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 day + year aforesaid.
John Ripley
Thomas Ingham
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 John Ripley, who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman & reside3nt in the county of Tyler, and that Thomas Inghram, who has also signed the same, is a resident in the county of Tyler, and is a credible person. and that their Statement is entitled to credit.
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I David Hickman, Clerk of the County Court of Tyler County in the State of Virginia, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Weekley for a Pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal of Office this 19th day of January 1833.
David Hickman
Seal on lower left corner of page, illegible.
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22,680
Thomas Weekley:
Virginia.
Admit as a private for 12 mo. $40.00
David Hickman, Clk,:
Tyler, Ga.
C.H.
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WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Pension Office, 
183 [blank]

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 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, send this printed letter with them; and 
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your 
claim.
________________________________________________________________________________
A Statement, showing the Service of Thomas Weekley, of Tyler Cy.,Va.
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Period when the |
service was |
rendered. |
_____________ |
Enlisted 1776. |

Sub: in 1777 |
for one John |
Thrasher. |

Drafted '78. |

Duration of the |
claimant's service. |
____________________ |
Years. | Months. | Days. |
_____________________ |
-- | 6. | -- |

-- | 3. | -- |

-- | 3. | -- |

Rank of |
the |
claimant. |
____________ |
Pv. |

Pv. |

Pv. | 

Names and Rank |
of the Company |
officers under |
whom he served. |
________________
Capt. |
Enos |
Campbell |

Capt Th: |
Frasure. 

Capt. Ja |
cob Sly. | 

Names and Rank |
of the General |
and Field officers. |
_______________ |
Gen. Bell, |
Col. Grif |
find, L. Col. |
Shryhock, |
and Major | 
Nantz. |

Col. Par |
ker John |
son, Lt. Col. |
Wm. Luckett |

Col. Wm. |
Beatty, |
Lieut. Col |
Enos Camp |
bell. |

Battles in which |
the applicant was |
engaged. |
________________ |
(York Island, |
White Plains. ) |

County through |
which he marched. |
_________________
Maryland: |
from thence |
to N. York |
Tawney |
Town, | 
McCollis |
tears Town, |
[illegible]Town, |
Little York, |
& Lancas |
ter, Pa. : |
from thence |
to Philadel |
phia: from | 
thence to |
Trenton, N.J.: |
from thence |
to the City |
of N. York |
from thence |
to York Island: |
from thence to |
the White Plains: |
from thence to |
the Jerseys: |
from thence to Philadelphia. |

Place of abode |
when he entered |
the service, and age |
at the present |
period* |
___________________ |
Mary |
land. |
Aged a |
bout 78  
years. |

Evidence by 
which the decla
ration is sup 
ported. 
______________
Living
witness
es and tradi
tionary

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant, 

J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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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 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 claim
ing the benefit of this law as officers, non commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first in
stance, 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 [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank]
[blank] A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District
of [blank] aged (c) [blank] 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) [blank], with [blank] and 
served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the servic ; (and if he serv
ed 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.  [👉] This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and per
sons 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 [blank]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [blank] , 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 revolu
tionary solider, and served as he states.
I [blank] of the Court of [blank]
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
[blank] day of [blank] &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 [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration ; that we believe him to be [blank]
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 day 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 Revo
lutionary 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 [blank]
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank]
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank]
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this [blank] day of [blank] &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power.  This is the original discharge or commis
sion ; 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 ser
vices 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
alleged service, as they are known at the Department.  A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case.  The facts stated will afford one on the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be at
tempted ; 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 so, 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.
 {To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it giv
6. {en, 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 tes
tify 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 be
fore 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 pro
cure, 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.

____________________________

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity ; in which case the declarant will fol
low the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides.  If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had.  Every claimant must state, with  precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:-For ___ year ____months, and ____
days, I served as a ____.  For ____ months and ____ days, I served as a ____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months,
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service.  This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable.  It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served ; the duration of each term of engagement ;
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent au
thority ; that he was either in the field or in garrison ; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pub
lic seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which con
tains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.

[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
who are required to set forth in the affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well
as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the wit
nesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[👉] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops.  The proof required by rule in
note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

W. R. Turner.
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RECORD DIVISION.  3-525.
[illegible initials]

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
S.F. 6,343   Washington, D. C., [blank], 19 [blank]

In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] 
for a statement of the military history of Thomas Weekley 
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired 
information as contained in his ([struck out: or his widow's]) application for pen
sion on file in this Bureau.
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DATES OF | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. |
ENLISTMENT OR | LENGTH OF | ____________________________ | STATE.
APPOINTMENT. | SERVICE. | RANK. | CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. | 
_______________________________________________________________
June 6, 1776 | 6 mos. | Pvt. | Enos Campbell | Griffin | Md. Flying Camp
Jany [illegible] 1777 | 3 mos. | Thomas Frazure | Baker Johnson 
Sept. 1, 1778 | 3 mos. | Jacob Sly |William Beatty or Beattes

Battles engaged in, Harlem, White Plains

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Maryland 10 miles below Frederick Town

Date of application for pension, Jany 19, 1833. His cl. was al.

Residence at date of application, Tyler Co. Va.

Age at date of application, b in Frederick Co. Md. about 1754

Remarks: No data as to family

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.
6-2856
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Revfran[?]
6343
INVALID.
File No. 6.343
Thomas Weekley
Pri. Rev. War
Act: June 7th, 1832
Index:-Vol. M, Page 398
[Arrangement of 1870.]
[written on right side of paper] 1813 June 13 Hist. to Orra E. Monette. F. L. M.
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NO. 525
CITIZENS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK
PAID UP CAPITAL $500,000
SURPLUS AND UNDIVIDED PROFITS $80,000
308 - 310 SOUTH BROADWAY
LOS ANGELES, CAL. 
June 4, 1913.
ORRA E. MONNETTE, PRESIDENT
R. W. KENNY, VICE PRESIDENT
GEO. W. WALKER, VICE PRESIDENT
CHAS G. GREENE, VICE PRESIDENT
H. A. KEHLER, CASHIER
ROGER M. ANDREWS, ASST. TO THE PREST,
C. O. ANDERSON, ASST. CASHIER,
GEO. T. STAINBACK, ASST.CASHIER,
N. M. CONVERSE, ASST. TRUST OFFICER,
United States Bureau of Pensions,
Department of Interior,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Publications established by the Government in 1841 entitled, "Census of pensioners for the Revolutionary War", on page 136 appears a record of Thomas Weekley, Sr. as living at the age of 88 years in Tyler county, Virginia.
Will you kindly give me an official record of his revolutionary service. I have not made a similar inquiry before on this subject.
Thanking you, I wish to remain
Yours very truly,
Orra E. Monnette
OEM.
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Thomas Weekley Va $40. 7th June 1832
To What time last paid
pd to the 4 March 1834 Transferred 
Pension Office to Wheeling but not paid [il
4th Oct. 1837.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 23d 1840.

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States, Thomas Weekley,
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Wheeling Va Agency, at the rate of Forty Dollars and _ Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the
to the 4th of March, to the 4th Sept. 1839.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Pension Agency
Wheeling Nov 23rd 1843-
Sir,
I forward for examination Voucher of Thos. Weekly dec'd and would respectfully request that it may receive your earliest attention.
Yours &c
P. Steen Browne
Pension Agent

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington City
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Pension agency
North Western Bank of Virginia,
Wheeling, March 21 1839
Dear Sir:-
I enclose Vouchers of Thos Weekly pensioner Act 7 June 1832 for inspection
Respectfully
J. Steen Browne
for A. Woods
[illegible]

J. L. Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
Washington 
D. C.
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Deposition of Thomas Walls on behalf of Thomas  Weekley
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State of Virginia, Tyler County to wit

Personally appeared before me 
the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said 
County Thomas Wells aged about 77 and made 
oath that he was born and raised in the County of 
Frederick and State of Maryland that at the beginning 
of the revolutionary war he had no permanent 
place of residence but lived alternately in the 
County of Frederick State of Maryland and the 
County of Green State of Pennsylvania deponent 
further says that in the year 1778 he was in 
Frederick County Maryland that a requisition 
of the militia was called for from said County 
that deponent was well acquainted with Thomas 
Weakley and understood he was drafted to 
serve a three month tour of duty and believes 
he did serve [word struck out] said tour under Captain 
Jacob Sly deponent saw said Weakley mustered 
under said Sly in Frederick Town Maryland 
and further this deponent saith not.
Sworn to & subscribed  Thomas his X mark Wells
before me this 17th day 
of August 1832
James Sstealey JP

I David Hickman, Clerk of the County Court 
of Tyler County, do hereby certify that James 
Stealey Esquire before whom the foregoing dep
osition appears to have been taken, now 
is and was at the time of taking & subscribing 
to the same an acting Justice of the peace 
in & for said county. And I further certify 
that I am well acquainted with his hand
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writing & that the above signature is in the proper 
hand writing of the said James Stealey
[Blurred seal of office] In Testimony whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand and 
seal of office this 17th day of 
August 1832
David Hickman

Tyler County, to wit,

I James Stealey a Justice of the Peace 
in & for said County of Tyler and the same person before whom the 
foregoing deposition was taken, do hereby certify that 
Thomas Wells the witness who subscribed & swore to the 
same, is a credible person  Given under my hand 
this 31st January 1833
James Stealey
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Deposition of Ducket Wells, on behalf of Thomas Weekley
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State of Virginia
Tlyer County } ss
This Day personally appeared before me the Subscribe a justice of the peace in Va. for Said County Ducket Wells a credible person aged Eighty years + being Sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God Deposed as follows, to wit, that he was acquainted with Thomas Weekley in the year 1776 + occasionally ever since, that he knew of the said Thomas Weekley's enlistment in the flying camp in the year 1776 for Six months that said Weekley left Fredericktown Maryland with the said Flying Camp + after their term of service had expired that said Weekley returned with the troops, that in the year 1777 the Deponent with others was drafted for a three months Tour in the Jerseys that the said Thomas Weekley served the Tour of three months last named with this Deponent as a substitute for John Thrasher + was discharged at same time + further the Deponent Saith not sworn to + subscribed before me this 19th day of January 1833.
Ducket Wells
x his mark
Robert Gonell JJ
I David Hickman Clerk of the County Court of Tyler County do hereby certify that Robert Gonell Esq. before whom the foregoing Deposition was taken now is + was at the time of taking + subscribing to the Same an acting justice of the Peace in + for Said County and I further certify that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and that the above is in the proper handwriting of the said Robert Gonell Esquire.
In Testimony whereof I have
[end of letter page]
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hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 19th day of January 1833.
David Hickman
[Seal next to signature, illegible]
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Deposition of Samuel Wheeler on behalf of Thomas Weekley
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State of Virginia }
Tyler County, } Ss.

This day personally appeared before 
me the subscriber a justice of the peace in & for said 
County Samuel Wheeler aged seventy two years last 
March & being sworn on the Holy Evangelist of 
Almighty God deposed as follows to wit, That 
he was acquainted and served with Thomas Weekley 
in the army of the United States in the Revolutionary 
War, that this Deponent & the said Thomas Weekly 
enlisted in the State of Maryland about the first 
day of June 1776 in the Flying Camp (so called) for 
the term of six months, that they marched to the 
State of New York, that they served in Bells bri
gade in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Griffin 
& Lieutenant Colonel Shryhock & Major Mantz, that 
this Deponent belonged to the company commanded 
by Capt. Edward Burges & the said Thomas Weekley 
belonged to Capt. Enos Campbell's company in said 
brigade-that they served the six months the time 
for which they enlisted & were discharged at 
Philadelphia about the 1st December 1776 & further 
this Deponent saith not
Sworn & subscribed to  Samuel Wheeler 
before me this 16th day 
of August 1832
Wm Delashmutt JP

I David Hickman, Clerk of the County Court 
of Tyler County, do hereby certify that 
William Delashmutt before whom the 
foregoing Deposition appears to have been 
taken, now is and was at the time of taking 
& subscribing to the same an acting Justice 
of the Peace in & for said County. And I
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further certify that I am well acquainted with his 
hand writing & that the foregoing signature is in the 
proper hand writing of the said William Delashmutt
[Blurred seal of office] In Testimony whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand and seal 
of office this 17th day of August 1832
David Hickman

Tyler County, To wit,

I William Delashmutt a Justice of the Peace 
in & for said County of Tyler, and the same person 
before whom the foregoing deposition was taken, do 
hereby certify that Samuel Wheeler, the witness who 
subscribed & swore to the same, is a credible person.
Given under my hand this 1st February 1833
William Delashmutt
JP
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
FORM VAN-51
12-5-41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
BOUNTY LAND WARRAND RECORD CARD*
NAME Weekly, Samuel
GRADE Private
LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 6613 and 8054
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED September 20, 1790
to-not shown-
*Information concerning warrants surrendered on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.