Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 20,148, Thomas Wilson, Penn.
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| SERVICE

Penn. [Pennsylvania] |

| Wilson, Thomas |

| NUMBER

R. 20,148 |
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31.954

Thomas Wilson's 
[written in lighter ink or pencil]:
1832 Ohio

Pension papers

act of 7th June, 1832

One year and six months' service

[written in lighter ink or pencil]:
in Penn [Pennsylvania] against Indians & British

Aged 74 years

[written in lighter ink or pencil]:  Nothing found

[Written vertically on page]:
Address  J.G. Bedford Esq. [Esquire]
Wooster
Wayne County
Ohio
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Declaration

In order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7th1832 
State of Ohio
Wayne County ss:  on this 12 day of September 1834 personally appeared in open court before the Hon. Ebenezer Leuce & Reuben C. Wood Esquired judges of the supreme court of the said state now sitting Thomas Wilson a resident of lain township in the County of Wayne and state of Ohio aged seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers for the periods herein mentioned.  That he entered the service of the United States in the year during which the Tories in Fayette County, PA, were about conspiring in order to murder the inhabitants of said County Fayette, Pa., which year is supposed by this applicant to be in the year 1776 or 1777, but in which said years this applicant does not now recollect.  That he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer in the summer of 1776 or 1777 as near as this applicant can remember and
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served under "Capt. Brown" in the County of "Fayette" in the State of Penna. [Pennsylvania} and was out for the space of seven days in said summer of 1776 or 1777 and that whilst on this tour of duty he served as a volunteer under said "Capt. Brown" and this applicant was out and took with his companions during said Tour they captured 75 "Tories" and put them in a house and confined them in "Col. Gaddes" new house, in Fayette Co., Pa. {Pennsylvania].  That these Tories, had combined to kill the inhabitants and then run off to the British for protection.  That they were to have the property of those whom they should kill, that they were also to be protected by the British.  That a number of this applicant's friends were selected by the Tories as the intended victims of this conspiracy - But one of the villains of this gang of "Tories" informed of the fact & troops were raised by "Capt. Brown" as volunteers and went in pursuit of them and captured the 75 and put them in confinement as above stated.  That one man
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by the name of "Hicks" was the leader of the "Tory Gang" that he fled when discovered and ran off to Virginia that he was pursued and taken, that this [illegible crossed out word] villain "Hicks" was arrested and delivered up to Col. Morgan, and was placed by order of Col. Morgan, in a boat and ironed, and was then thrown overboard or thrown out of the boat at the mouth "Cheat River", in Pennsylvania. That Col. Morgan was tried for this act, but was formally acquitted, this was a tour of seven days,
and this applicant was a second tour of duty drafted out to serve in the militia of the state of Penna [Pennsylvania] for a tour of one month, and served under Capt. "John Moore", of Fayette Co., Pa [Pennsylvania] in the fall of 1776 or 1777 as near as this applicant can recollect during the month of October of said year - The
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Lieutenant was "John Smith", that this applicant for this month's service was stationed and served as a [illegible] at the Garrison called "Pickett's Fort", built on the West Fork of the Monongahela River.
And this applicant served a third period of duty as a drafted militiaman in the militia of Washington Co., Pa [Pennsylvania], for a third tour of duty, and served for the term of three months, in the militia of said County of Washington Pa [Pennsylvania], as it was called at that time, under Capt. "Virgin", and served in said Capt. Virgin's company of militia, and served in a militia regiment of troops under Col. "Evans", that this applicant was drafted out of said "Capt. Virgin's" company into Capt. "Ogles's" company in said regiment, and was marched to the mouth of "Little Beaver"
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and there assisted in building Fort "McIntosh" at "Little Beaver", and was [illegible] to the Tuscarawas River, and was then employed in the building of "Fort Lawrence", and there remained stationed until he was discharged at the expiration of this said tour of service. That he served this tour as near as he can now recollect in the year 1777.  That he entered this service under Capt. Virgin on the first of October of 1777 and was drafted out of said Capt. Virgin's company into said Capt. Ogle's company, and served from the 1st of October of 1777 to the 1st of January 1778, as near as this applicant can now recollect, and this applicant further states that he resided on the frontier of Washington Co., Pa [Pennsylvania], and Ohio Co., Va [Virginia] for the space of seventeen years prior to & during the revolutionary war.
That at the termination of the last mentioned tour of duty this applicant was verbally discharged from the service.
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The first of this applicant's services was as has been already stated which was performed during his tour of seven days in the pursuit and arrest of the 75 tories [Tories] as above mentioned - and the next tour as above mentioned was a draft for one month's service at "Pickett's Fort" on the west Branch of the Monongahela River, and for the third tour this applicant was drafted out of Capt. "Rezon Virgin's" company in Washington Co, Pa. [Pennsylvania}, or detached from said company and placed into the company of a militia under command of Capt. "Jacob Ogle", who commanded said company in the Ohio Co. militia in the state of Virginia, and Col. Evans had the principal command of the regiment - and this third tour was a tour of three months in building [illegible crossed out words] Fort "McIntosh" at the mouth of "Beaver Creek" / now in the state of Ohio / and during the same tour he assisted in building "Fort Lawrence"
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on the Tuscarawas River as above mentioned which forts are not far from Massland [Massilon?]  & [illegible] in Ohio which were so called at that time - and this tour was served in the campaign of [illegible crossed out words] 1777, and was sometimes called McIntosh's campaign, -
and this applicant further says that he was out as a volunteer for a fourth tour of duty for three months under command of Capt. Virgin - that this tour of duty was served as a guard on the Frontiers at "Wolf's Fort" 5 m from Washington Pa. [Pennsylvania], and was served in the summer of 1779 and at the expiration of this three months service [illegible] he was verbally dismissed [illegible]the service - by his Captain Rezon Virgin

And this applicant further states that he entered the service again for a fifth tour of duty under command of Capt. Jacob Ogle
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of the Washington County militia in the State of Pennsylvania - that this tour was served in the summer of 1780. [illegible crossed out word]. That this tour was served in guarding  the frontiers of "Mason's" Fort on the East Branch of Buffalo Creek, Pa. [Pennsylvania]. 
And this applicant was
 out again as a volunteer for a tour of four months in the summer of 1781 and served under Capt. [Captain] "Ogle' at "Bonnett's Fort" on Wheelings Creek, 
and this applicant served another tour of duty as a volunteer under the command of Capt. John Moore, in "Col. Evans" Regt [regiment] in the summer of 1782 and [illegible crossed out word] served at "Bonnett's Fort" on the frontier - this was a tour of 4 months, that during the above mentioned tours of service he was often and repeatedly
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ordered and sent in pursuit of the indians [Indians] who were at every opportunity they had endeavoring to kill and murder the inhabitants on the frontiers. That at the expiration of the last mentioned tour this applicant was verbally dismissed by his commanding officer - Capt. John Moore, of Washington Co. militia, Pa. [Pennsylvania],
That this applicant was in the service of his country during the revolutionary and the subsequent war against the indians [Indians] for as many as Eight years - and served at the above mentioned nations and on the frontiers as an indian [Indian] spy or guard or scout - and this applicant does positively think that he served in all his revolutionary services a period of Eighteen months and he is now positive on due reflection and on having recourse to the ages of his children to guide his memory that he did absolutely serve in all his revolutionary services a full period of "Eighteen months" - as above specified & set forth.
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and this applicant further says that he knows of no living witness to prove the above [word services crossed out] revolutionary services or any part thereof and that he was not engaged in any civil pursuit but was wholly devoted to the army and the service of his country.
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Interrogatories

1st  Where and in what year were you born

Answer - I was born in York County Pa. [Pennsylvania], in the year 1760 and am now aged 74 years

2nd  Have you any record of your age?

Answer - I have no record of my age one of my brothers kept the record of my age but said
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record cannot now be had or procured from said record which I have often seen I know my age to be 74 years

3rd  Where did you live at the time you entered the service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war & where do you now live?

Answer  I lived in Fayette Co., Pa. [Pennsylvania] when I first entered the service, and sine the revolutionary war I have lived in Washington Co., Pa. [Pennsylvania] and in Ohio Co., Virginia, and now live in Wayne Co., Ohio where I have resided for eighteen years past.

4th  How were you called into the service  Were you drafted or did you volunteer.

Answer  I entered the service as a volunteer and also served as a drafted militiaman as I have
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above stated and I served for a period of eighteen months [illegible crossed out words] as a private soldier as I have above set forth.

5th  State whether you ever received a written discharge from your officers?

Answer  I never received any written discharge from the service

6th  Did you ever receive a commission?

Answer  I never received any commission but services [illegible] eighteen months [illegible] soldier as above set forth

7th  State the names of some of the officers who served with you during the time you served.

Answer  I served under Captain Ogle, Lieutenant Jolly, Captain Bonnett Captain John Moore, "Captain Brown" Lieutenant "John Smith"
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& Capt, [Captain] Virgin, Col. [Colonel] Evans, & Col. [Colonel] Evans [name was repeated].

8th  State the names pf persons in your present neighborhood who can testify to your character for truth and veracity & their belief of your revolutionary services.

Answer  I will name David Cassady [illegible] William Blackley, Col. [illegible] James Colier, and Jacob Miller Esq. [Esquire] [illegible] McMillan & John Glenn Esq. [Esquire]

Thomas Wilson [signature]

Sworn to and subscribed this 12th day of September 1834 in open court -
Attest [illegible] Clk [Clerk] 
Supreme Court of Ohio for Wayne County

Thomas Wilson the applicant for a pension do hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and I declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Thomas Wilson [signature]
Sworn to and subscribed this 12th day of September 1834
Attest [illegible] Clk. [Clerk]
Supreme Court
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We Mathias Wonder a clergyman residing in Wayne County in the State of Ohio and John Glenn, Thomas McMillan, citizens of the county of Wayne in the State of Ohio do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Wilson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declarations that we believe him to be seventy four years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a revolutionary soldier and a man of truth & veracity and that we concur in that opinion I concur John Glenn from representation that he has been in the revolutionary war

Mathias Wonder
John Glenn
Thomas McMillan

Sworn & subscribed this 12th day of 1834 before me E. Sigmand [illegible]
Justice of the Peace
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and the said court do hereby declare their opinion, 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 Mathias Wonder who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Wayne County in the State of Ohio and that General Thomas McMillan and John Glenn who also signed the same are residents of Wayne County in the state of Ohio, and are credible persons & that their statement intitled [entitled] to credit. In testimony whereof [illegible crossed out sentence]
I William Laurille clerk of the Supreme Court of Ohio for the County of Wayne have hereto signed my name and affixed the seal of said court at Wooster this twelfth day of September Anno Domini One thousand eight hundred and thirty four.

Wm Laurill, Clk [Clerk]
Supreme Court
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October 21, 1935

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BA-J / MCS
Thomas Wilson, R. 20148

Mrs. John W. Greene
205 W. Sherry
Clyde, Ohio

Dear Madam:

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, R, 20148, based upon the Revolutionary Ware service of Thomas Wilson.
He was born in 1760 in York County, Pennsylvania.  The names of his parents were not given.
While living in Plain Township, Wayne County, Ohio, he applied for pension September 12, 1834, and alleged that while living in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted in the summer of 1776 or 1777 and served at various times until sometime in 1782, amounting in all to about eighteen months as guard and Indian spy with the Pennsylvania troops under Captains Brown, John Moore, Rezon Virgin and Jacob Ogle, and Colonel Evans; he aided in building Fort McIntosh and Fort Laurens.

His claim for pension was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of the alleged service, in accordance with the requirement of the pension law.  [The following sentence was written in pencil or lighter ink with line to previous sentence]: This claim contains no letters relative to rejection. [illegible]

After the Revolution he lived in Washington County, Pennsylvania, in Ohio County, Virginia, and in Wayne County, Ohio, since about 1816.

Thomas Wilson referred to his children and to his brothers but gave no names.  The name of his wife was not given.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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|1935 Oct. 21. hist. to Mrs.
John W. Greene.  mcs |


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| No. 20,148

[illegible crossed out words]

Thomas Wilson

REJECTED |
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205 W. Cherry, Clyde, Ohio
9/30/35

Veterans Bureau
Washington D.C.

Dear Sirs:

Have you any pension data relative to a Thomas Wilson of Penna. [Pennsylvania] who served in the Revolutionary War?  Thank you,

Yours truly,

June S. Greene
(Mrs. John W. Greene)

[2 round seals on page indicate this page was received on October 1, 1935 and Oct 16, 1935 by the Veterans Administration.]
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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON

October 10, 1935

BA-J / MCS

Mrs. John W. Greene
205 W. Cherry
Clyde, Ohio

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your request for information relative to Thomas Wilson of Pennsylvania who served in the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished by you are insufficient to enable this office to identify the record of the particular Thomas Wilson in whom you are interested.
Another search of the records will be made in your behalf if you will furnish as much as possible of the following data:  approximate date of birth and death, place of residence at enlistment and after service and first name of widow.
Kindly return this latter and yours of September 30, 1935, with your reply.
Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller [signature]
A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

[hand-written on this otherwise typewritten page]:
10/17/35
Dear Sir:  My information is so scanty that it may be of no aid, but will tell you that it is from old family letters. He and his brothers lived in 'southern Pennsylvania' & "were all Revy [Revolutionary] soldiers".  My husband's grandmother, Jane Sarah Wilson (Hopkins) was his dau, [daughter] - she was b. [born] Oct. 1, 1814, & named their oldest son Thos. [Thomas] Wilson Hopkins for her father.  The girls of the Hopkins family were named Sarah Ann - Hulda Jane - Laura E. - Mary Lucinda - Margaret M. - Emma M.L., Hattie M., & it is possible that one of these were named for Thomas' wife.  Know this may not be of any value, but in various data you have sent me in the past, names of children, etc. in the pensions have agreed with our family records & it might be so in this case - that his daughter's name, Jane Sarah, would be shown.
Thanks very much

[illegible], J. S. Greene
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October 21, 1935
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BA-J / MCS
Thomas Wilson, R. 20148

Mrs. John W. Greene
205 W. Cherry
Clyde, Ohio

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your request for information relative to a Thomas Wilson of southern Pennsylvania who served in the Revolutionary War.
From the data given by you this office is unable to definitely identify the record of the particular Thomas Wilson in whom you are interested.
The record of one Thomas Wilson who enlisted from southern Pennsylvania and later lived in your state of Ohio is furnished herewith, as this record may be of interest to you.
Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator