Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1858, for Thomas Moore, North Carolina
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[3-1776]

SERVICE
NC

Moore, Thomas

NUMBER S.1858


CONTENTS
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5707
E. Tennessee

Thomas Moore
of Rhea Co. in the State of Tennessee
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Buck of the Regt [Regiment] commanded
by Col. Shelby in the N. Carolina 
line for 24 months private and 3 months Sergeant

Inscribed on the Roll of E. Tennessee
at the rate of 85 Dollars - Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of February 1833 and Sent to Hon. J Standifer Ho Repret [House of Representatives]

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1832 - $127.50
Semi=anl. [annual] allowance ending 4 Mar ’33 42.50
$170.00
{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Jno. Cromwell, Clerk
Book D Vol. 9 Page 106
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State of Tennessee} Circuit Court September
Rhea County} Term 1832 
on this day of September 1832 personally appeared in open [court] before the Judge of the Circuit Court now sitting for the County of Rhea & State of Tennessee, it being a court of record Thomas Moore aged 101 years who being first duly sworn according to Law makes upon oath the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June the 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States in the year 1780 in Granville County N. Ca [North Carolina] as a Volunteer under Captain Bulk, Lieut [Lieutenant] Gaze, Ensign Waters applicant first Sergeant, Corporal Hubbard marched on to Camden N C under Captain Bulk, did not join the main army but was in the Battle, and fought under the Major Gen the baron DeKalb after Gen Gates with his militia retreated, this was in August 1780 Capt Bulks company then returned back to Granville after having served a three month tour. He not remain Long before the company to whitch [which] he belonged marched to Deep river in S.C. under the first named officers after the celebrated Capts [Captains] [Illegible] & Carr & defeated them & their company of Tories at Deep river having escaped we took Carr prisoner & killed him. we returned home after about a three weeks tour, we remained at home some time till the year 1780 or 81 when applicant join took the field - in company with the above named officers; marched from Granville N.C. Kings Mountain in N.C. where we joined the main Army under Cols Shelby & Campbell Col Philips where we were defeated the enemy under Col Ferguson, this was in 1781 after the battle of the Kings mountain [ink smear] of the Troops marched to Lean river, Lord Cornwallis passing us, at Dans River Genl Greene received a new recruit of men & we marched under Genl Greene & Colo Morgan, to Guilford Court house in N. C. where we engaged with the enemy under Cornwallis, the enemy was too hard for us and Gen Greene ordered a retreat to Iron works about sixteen miles from Guilford
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marched back to Guilford in a day or two when the enemy had all left the field of battle from Guilford we marched to ninety six where Gen Greene attempted to take the enemy by storm but failed -- commanded the enemy a few days afterward the enemy evacuated ninety six, from that place went to Eutaw spring, where we engaged the enemy under ---- and defeated them, this applicant was wounded in the side at this battle and all his company officers were killed. Col Washingtons horse was shot from under him. This applicant then returned home as soon as he could after being in actual service about three years this time he received no discharge in consequence of his Capts [Captains] being killed he received a discharged at the expiration of the first three months that he served but has lost it long since. This applicant served as a militia man during during allmost [almost] all the revolutionary war but claims to pay for his services except the three years & three months above mentioned. Applicant was raised in New York went to Granville Co where his family resided 10 years [words crossed out] from thence he removed to Saluda river in South Carolina, where the Tories burned his house & states all his property went back to Granville where he entered into the service of his Country, he remained there during the revolutionary war & for a number of years afterward where he lost his wife from there he removed to French Broad in what is now Tennessee from thence he removed to Rhea County where he has resided for the last ten years. That he has no documentary evidence of his service & knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services, he states that the following gentlemen residents of his neighborhood will certify as to his good character to wit Robert Gamble, Benj Bryan McDaniel, Saml [Samuel] Gamble Esq Jas Cowan McCormack & Sivers others that he could name he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State to his Knowledge. 
Thomas [his x mark] Moore
Sworn & Subscribed the day & date above written
John Locke Clerk
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14293 Va Roll 

Thomas Moore 

Found

W. C E 

admd [administered]

C R 
p [private] 200 £ 135-17-10 
400, 15.12.0 

Hon Wm. Standifer 
H R [House of Representatives]
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14,293 1-200 400

BRIEF in the case of Thomas Moore, of the County 
of Rhea Co [County] in the State of Tenn [Tennessee]
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge: Court

2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3.  How old is he: 101

4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

[column headings: Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.]
From – to Aug In 1780} 3 Months As a 1 Segt [First Sergeant] * under Cap [Captain] Bulk – Genl [General] DeKalb
Shortly after – about 21 [Days] “ [First Sergeant] * Same
Remained at home some time until 1780 or 1 – and served about 3 years “ [First Sergeant *] Same Col’s Shelby and Campbell and Phillips

5.  In what battles was he engaged? Camden – Guilford CH [Court House] – Eutaw [Eutaw Springs] with enemy under Ferguson

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service? Granville Co. N. C.

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? No living witness – no clergymen; certificate - Tradition

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Declaration has no Seal – but there is an M. Cs certificate

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Wm C Easton
Examining Clerk.
Jany [January] 26th, 1833

* don’t say he acted as Serg.t in these two terms)
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19.689
Thomas Moore
Rhea Co. [County]
E. Ten [East Tennessee]

G. W. Churchwell Esq. [Esquire]
Washington Ten [Tennessee
Jan
7354
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State of Tennessee Original Claim 
Declaration in order to be placed on the pension last under the act of the 18th March 1818 County of Rhea May Sessions 1825 

On this 3d day of May 1825 personally appeared in open Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions it being a Court of Record, Thomas Moore resident in said County aged 78 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the pension made by the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the first May 1820; that he the said Thomas Moore entered the Army for three months as a substitute for Wm Deale the day and year is forgotten, & my pocket book was lost and my discharge with it in the State of North Carolina in the company commanded by Captain Cazy Bulk. before [Before] he reached Charleston it was taken by the british [British], & the company he belonged to never joined its Regiment, he was then discharged & returned home he volunteered immediately under captain - William Bennett & Samuel Gray Lieutenant & continued to serve untill [until] discharged at the battle of Cowpens [January 17, 1781] after having his thumb cut off by a bullet & also received a wound in the thigh which rendered him unable to perform service. He was in the battle of Gates defeat [Gates defeat was at the Battle of Camden August 16, 1780] at Ruges Mill [Battle of Rugeley’s] Mill December 4, 1780] at Guilford Court House [March 15, 1781] Kings Mountain [October 7, 1780] & the Cowpens where he was wounded as above. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present, that his name is only on the roll in North Carolina the reason he has not applied for a pension before he is very poor, ignorant & had no knowledge of the provisions of the acts of Congress and in pursuance of the act of the 1st May 1820. I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed
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of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed by me subscribed 

There has been no change in my property since 1818 – 18th March. I have no real estate by occupation a farmer & by my wounds age & diseases have become entirely unable to pursue it or to maintain myself - my wife has been dec’d [deceased] 6 years. I live with my son, who is very poor and has a wife & ten children he rents land to work & is hardly able to live. 

Schedule one Bed - $5.00 
Tin pan & bucket .75
axe & hoe 2.00
$7.75

Thomas [his X mark] Moore

Sworn to and declared on the 3d [3rd] day of May 1825 in Open Court

Jas Berry Clerk 

The foregoing declaration being read to the court and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the facts set forth in the declaration are true as also the amount exhibited in the said schedule above annexed and the same was ordered by the court to be recorded and certified

State of Tennessee 
I James Berry Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter sessions for the County of Rhea do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration the oath and schedule and the order is all true copies taken from the records in my office 

{S.S.} Given under my hand & private seal (not having an official seal) at office in Washington this 6th day of May 1825 

Jas Berry Clerk R.C.C. [Rhea County Court]
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July 13, 1938
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 
Thomas Moore, S. 1858 BA-J/MCS

Miss Marie Daley 
704 Olive Street 
Texarkana, Texas 

Dear Madam: 
Reference is made to your request for information relative to the Revolutionary War soldier, Thomas Moore, who applied for pension while living in Rhea County, Tennessee. 

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S.1858, based on the military service of Thomas Moore. 

When a child he moved from New York to Granville County, North Carolina, from there he moved to the Saluda River in South Carolina and from there back to Granville County. The date of his birth and names of his parents were not given. 

While living in Granville County, North Carolina, he enlisted in 1780 and served at various times, amounting to about three years and three months in all, as private and first sergeant with the North Carolina troops under Captains Cazy Bulk and William Bennett. He was in the first battle of Camden, in the battles of King's Mountain and Rugley's Mills, in the battle of Cowpens he lost his thumb from a bullet wound and received a wound in the thigh, was in the battles of Guilford Court House and Ninety-Six and in the battle of Eutaw Springs he received a wound in the side. 

He lived in Granville County for a number of years after the Revolution. From there he moved to French Broad which was later in Tennessee and from there he moved to Rhea County, Tennessee.

In 1825 he was living in Rhea County, Tennessee, and stated that he was seventy-eight years of age. At that time he stated that his wife had
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been dead six years and that he was living with his son who had a wife and ten children, no names given. The soldier's wife died in Granville County, North Carolina. There are no further data relative to the soldier's family.

Thomas Moore was allowed pension on his application executed in September, 1832, at which time he was living in Rhea County, Tennessee, and he stated that he was one hundred and one years of age. 

In 1832 Thomas Moore stated that he know of no person whose testimony he could procure who could testify to his Revolutionary War services and that the following residents of his neighborhood would certify as to his good character: Robert Gamble, “Bryon” McDaniel, Samuel Gamble and James Cowan McDaniel. 

Very truly yours 

A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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14293 
Declaration of Thomas Moore 

found on Va Roll

adm’d 
3 mo Sergt [3 months Sergeant]
21. mo. pri  [21 months private]
24 mo. [24 months]
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we Saml [Samuel] Gamble & Robert McCormick residing in the County of Rhea & State of Tennessee do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas More who has sworn to & subscribed the above declaration that we believe him to be 101 years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion and we also certify that the resident Clergyman in his neighborhood is not here 
Saml [Samuel] Gamble 
Robt [Robert] McCormick

Sworn to & subscribed in open Court this 22nd September 1832

Sworn to in Court 24th Sept 1832 
John Locke, Clk [Clerk]
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I certify that to my knowledge John Locke is Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rhea County and that there is no seal of office for said County and the attestation is genuine 

January the 14th 1833 
James Standifer H. R.
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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 & served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Saml [Samuel] Gamble & Robert McCormick who has signed the preceding certificate are residents in the County of Rhea & State of Tennessee & that they are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to Credit & it allso [also] appears from their certificate that the Clergyman residing in applicants neighborhood is not here. 

Charles F Keeth
Presiding Judge of the [Illegible several words]
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I John Locke Clerk of the Circuit Court of Rhea County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Thomas Moore for a pension.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private seal not having an office seal at office this 24 September 1832 

John Locke Clerk
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Washington T [Tennessee]}       free
May 9th 1825} 

Hon. James Barbour 
Secretary of War
Washington City
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Rhea County Washington Tenn 
May 6th 1825

Wm Barber Sir
I have inclosed [enclosed] a declaration for a pension for Mr. Moore, which I wish you adjudicate, & if granted return to me at Washington. 

The certificate or warrant - & much oblige yours &C

G W. Churchwell 

P. S. 
The old man is very poor & unable to support life, without immediate assistance- 
Yours &c 
G. W. C.
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March 16, 1938 
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 
Thomas Moore, S.1858 
BA-J/MCS

Mrs. V. B. Wood 
1019 E. 8th Street
Pueblo, Colorado 

Dear Madam: 

Reference is made to your request for information relative to Revolutionary War soldier, Thomas Moore, who applied for pension while living in Rhea County, Tennessee. 

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S.1858, based upon the military service of Thomas Moore. 

When a child he moved from New York to Granville County, North Carolina, from there he moved to the Saluda River in South Carolina and from there back to Granville County. The date of his birth and names of his parents were not given. 

While living in Granville County, North Carolina, he enlisted in 1780 and served at various times, amounting to about three years and three months in all, as private and first sergeant with the North Carolina troops under Captains Cazy Bulk and William Bennett. He was in the first battle of Camden, in the battles of King's Mountain and Rugley's Mills, in the battle of Cowpens he lost his thumb from a bullet wound and received a wound in the thigh, was in the battles of Guilford Court House and Ninety-Six and in the battle of Eutaw Springs he received a wound in the side. 

He lived in Granville County for a number of years after the Revolution. From there he moved to French Broad which was later in Tennessee and from there he moved to Rhea County, Tennessee. 

In 1825 he was living in Rhea County, Tennessee, and stated that he was seventy-eight years of age. At that time he stated that his wife had been dead six years and that he was living with his son who had a
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wife and ten children, no names given. The soldier's wife died in Granville County, North Carolina. There are no further data relative to the soldier's family. 

Thomas Moore was allowed pension on his application executed in September, 1832, at which time he was living in Rhea County, Tennessee , and he then stated that he was one hundred and one years of age. 

Very truly yours 

A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator
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May 22, 1934 
XXXXXXXXXXX 
Azariah David, S. 2503 
Thomas Moore, S. 1858
BA-J/MLB

Mr. George D. Barnes 
P. O. Box 7
Dayton, Tennessee

Dear Sir: 

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Azariath David and Thomas Moore, of Rhea County, Tennessee, who received pensions under the Act of 1852. 

Both records requested by you are furnished herewith as shown in claims for pension based upon their service in the Revolutionary War. 

Very truly yours 

A. D. HILLER 
Assistant to Administrator
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May 22, 1934 
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Thomas Moore, S. 1858 
BA-J/MCS
Mr. George D. Barnes
P. O. Box 7 
Dayton Tennessee 

Dear Sir: 
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 1858, based upon the military service of Thomas Moore. 

When a child he moved from New York to Granville County, North Carolina, from there he moved to the Saluda River in South Carolina and from there back to Granville County. The date of his birth and names of his parents were not given. 

While living in Granville County, North Carolina, he enlisted in 1780 and served at various times, amounting to about three years and three months in all, as private and first sergeant with the North Carolina troops under Captains Cazy Bulk and William Bennett. He was in the first battle of Camden, in the battles of King's Mountain and Rugley's Mills, in the battle of Cowpens he lost his thumb from a bullet wound and received a wound in the thigh, was in the battles of Guilford Court House and Ninety-Six and in the battle of Eutaw Springs he received a wound in the side. 

He lived in Granville County for a number of years after the Revolution. From there he moved to French Broad which was later in Tennessee and from there he moved to Rhea County, Tennessee. 

In 1825 he was living in Rhea County, Tennessee, and stated that he was seventy-eight years of age. At that time he stated that his wife had been dead six years and that he was living with his son who had a wife and ten children, no names given. The soldier's wife died in Granville County, North Carolina. There are no further data relative to the soldier's family.
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Thomas Moore was allowed pension on his application executed in September, 1832, at which time he was living in Rhea County, Tennessee, and he then stated that he was one hundred and one years of age. 

Soldiers death not in Agency Book

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER 
Assistant to Administrator
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August 30, 1926

Elizabeth Wilson Rockwood Tenn. 

Madam: 

I have to advise you that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 1858, that THOMAS MOORE moved from New York to Granville County, North Carolina, when he was a child. 

While a resident of Granville County, North Carolina, he enlisted in 1780 and served at various times, amounting to about three years and three months in all, as private and first sergeant with the North Carolina Troops under Captains Cazy Bulk and William Bennett; he was in the first battle of Camden; he aided in the capture of Carr who was a Tory; he was in the battles of King's Mountain and Rugley's Mills, and he lost a thumb from a bullet wound and was wounded in the thigh at the battle of Cowpens; he was in the battles of Guilford Court House, Ninety-Six and Eutaw Springs and he was wounded in the side at the last mentioned battle. 

In 1825 he was a resident of Rhea County, Tennessee, and he then stated that his wife had been dead six years and he was living with his son who had a wife and ten children, but he did not give any names. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed in September, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Rhea County, Tennessee, aged one hundred
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and one years. 

There are no further data on file relative to his family. 

Respectfully, 

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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[Stamped REJECTED]

P. O. 
Thomas Moore

Service: _________

Enlisted: ____ ,18
Discharged: _____ ,18

Application filed: _____ ,18

Alleges: ______

Re-enlisted: ______

Attorney: ____
P. O. ____
___Recognized.  _____ Contract.
___Cert. of Dis.  Searched for ____, 18.
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[Letterhead] [left side] SAN JACINTO HOTEL 300 ROOMS HOUSTON, TEXAS 
[center] [picture of hotel] MAIN STREET AT WALKER
[right side] OFFICIAL HEADQUARTERS MOTOR AAA LEAGUE OF SOUTH TEXAS TOURIST BUREAU

Mar. 26, 1938
Veterans Administration Bureau
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs: - 

Will you please give me the record of service and genealogical data found in the Revolutionary pension application of Thos. Moore of Rhea Co., Tenn.” 
He was said to have been over a hundred years old when pensioned. 
Who certified to his Revolutionary service? Does the application state with whom he is residing? 
Thanking you for this information, I am, 
Very truly yours, 
(Miss) Marie Daley 

Permanent address 
704 Olive Street 
Texarkana Texas
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[Envelope] 1019 E. 8th St., Pueblo, Colo.

[circular stamp PUEBLO MAR 4 2 PM 1938 COLO.]
[stamped THIS SIDE OF CARD US FOR ADDRESS]

[circular stamp with numbers 1-12 RECEIVED MAR 7 1938 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS. ADM. READER NO. 6]

[Illegible stamped over] Administration,
Washington D.C.
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Dear Sir –
Would appreciate any data that you have on file pertaining to Thomas Moore Revolutionary War Soldier. 
Thomas Moore was living in Rhea Co. Tenn. 1833 the year he made application for pension. His age in 1833 was 103. He served in N.C. during the Revolution.
Yours truly,
Nellie R. Wood
1019 E. 8th St. Pueblo, Colo
3 /4 /1938
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not cont- [continued]
See letter to 
agent July 
11. 1825
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February 7, 1934.
Dayton, Tennessee.

Veterans Administration, 
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sirs: 

Will you be so good as to send me the records for Revolutionary service of Thomas Moore and Azariah David, of Rhea County, Tennessee, who were pensioners under the pension act of 1832. 

Very truly yours, 

George D. Barnes 

George D. Barnes, 
Dayton, Tenn. 
P. O. Box 7.
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1858

[written sideways Rev War]
INVALID

File No. 1858
Thomas Moore
Priv. N. C. Line

Act: June 7th, 1832
Index: - Vol. A, Page 261

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Apr. 17, 1897 - History to Mr. W. T. Odell, City- 
1926 Aug 30 hist to Elizabeth Wilson MCL
1934 May, 22 hist. to Mr. Geo. D. Barnes, M.C.S.
1938, Mar. 16 hist. to Mrs. V.B. Wood MCS
1938. July 13. Hist. to Miss Marie Daley M.C.S.
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Lamb & Wilson Co. 
[crossed out BEN J. LAMB] 
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN 

Revolutionary War Section. 

ROCKWOOD, TENN. 
July 12, 1926.

Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:- 

Please give me the record, including all family data, of Thomas Moore, Rhea County, Tennessee, Pensioner in 1833.

Very truly, 

Elizabeth Wilson,

[circular stamp upside down PENSION H JUL 17 1926 OFFICE U. S.]
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[left side] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES 
Form VAM-51 
12-5-41

[center] BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

[right side] Division of Veterans’ Administration Archives

Name Moore, Thomas      Grade Private          Line Pennsylvania

WARRANT NUMBER 9964     ACREAGE  100         ISSUED June 10, 1794 
to Daniel Stever, assignee

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded 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.