Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 1318-200, for Joseph Thomas, New Hampshire
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N.H.

Soldier died in 1777

Thomas, Joseph

NUMBER
B.L.Wt. 1318-200
Issued May 22, 1828

CONTENTS
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[illegible seal in upper left corner of page]

STATE of New Hampshire  )
Merrimack -- County.        )

Probate--Office, May 10th 1828

I certify, that satisfactory evidence was adduced to me, to prove that Lovey Sanborn is the Daughter and legal heir at law in fee to Joseph Thomas--late a Lieutenant ["soldier" stricken out] in the Third Regiment of the New Hampshire line of the Continental army in the Revolutionary war--

Given under my hand and Seal of Office, this tenth day of May ["10th" stricken out] 1828.

Samuel Morril  Judge of Probate--

The above form will answer for the following States: viz.
Maine,                )
Massachusetts,   )
New-Hampshire, )   Judge of Probate.
Rhode-Island,     )
Connecticut,       )
Vermont,             )
New-York,           )
New-Jersey,        )   Surrogate.
South-Carolina,  )
Georgia,             )   Ordinary.
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No. 1318

Lovey Sanborn
daughter & other heirs of
Joseph Thomas
Lieut:
N. Hampshire

dld to Hon
Jona Harvey
N. Hampshire

Hon J. Harvey
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DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
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Regulations for the heirs of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army, who were slain by the enemy, or who have died since the war, and have not received land from the United States.

By an Act of Congress, of the 16th September, 1776, it is provided, that the Officers and Soldiers who engaged for, and continued to serve during the war, or until discharged by Congress, and the heirs of such Officers and Soldiers as shall be slain by the enemy, shall receive land in proportion to their rank.

N.B.  Those who engaged for three years, or for any other period than during the war, or who died of sickness, fatigue, or casualty, are not entitled to land from the United States.

The following declaration (and enclosed blank form of heirship) must be filled up and signed by the proper authorities:

State of New Hampshire  )
County of Merimack        )  May 8th 1828

I Lovey Sanborn heir at law of Joseph Thomas do, upon oath, testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that Joseph Thomas did enlist in 1777, for the term of during the war, and served in the regiment No. three under the command of Colonel Alexander Scammel of the New Hampshire line: and that he continued in the service aforesaid until the 19th or 20th September 1777 when he was killed in battle.

I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to said Joseph Thomas on the part of the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it any any manner whatsoever:  therefore,

Know all men by these presents, that I, Lovey Sanborn aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Jonathan Harvey to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid: and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Lovey Sanborn

Attest,  Peter Wadleigh   Justice of the Peace

Personally appeared the above named Lovey Sanborn subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be her free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.

Attest,  Peter Wadleigh--Justice of the Peace.

Merrimack SS
In testimony that the abovewritten Peter Wadleigh was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c., in the State of New Hampshire at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Concord this 14 day of May 1828

Moses Eastman C. Clerk, &c. of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Merrimack aforesaid

[illegible seal affixed to the left of the above signature]
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February 8, 1940

BA-J/AWF
Joseph Thomas
B.L.Wt. 1318-200 acres

Mrs. Jay A. Kempes
717 Niles Avenue
Everett, Washington

Dear Madam:

The data which follow were obtained from claim for bounty land on file under B.L.Wt.1318-200, based upon service of Joseph Thomas in the War of the Revolution.  There is no claim for pension on file on account of his service in that war.

The date and place of birth of Joseph Thomas, and names of his parents are not shown.

Joseph Thomas of Nottingham, New Hampshire, enlisted sometime in May, 1775, served as sergeant and ensign, in Captain Henry Dearborn's company, Colonel John Stark's New Hampshire regiment, was in the expedition to Canada, was captured in the attack on Quebec, about January 1, 1776, when  exchanged, he returned home and sometime in March, 1777, was appointed lieutenant in Colonel Alexander Scammell's Third New Hampshire regiment, marched to Ticonderoga, where wounded when attacked by a party of Indians, when he recovered from the wound, joined the regiment and on September 19, 1777 in the battle of Stillwater, he was mortally wounded, and died either that day or the next.

On account of this service his daughter, Lovey Sanborn, was allowed two hundred acres of bounty land, on her application executed May 8, 1828, at
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which time she was living in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.

The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible data in regard to family.

If you desire information relative to the location of the land referred to herein, it is suggested that you apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and cite the following data:

Warrant #1318-200 acres-issued May 22, 1828.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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[illegible stamp]

Mr Peter Wadleigh--
Northfield
New Hampshire
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Roxbury  April 10th 1828

Sir

Your letter of the 5th Ins't was received this day--I hereby certify that Joseph Thomas of Notingham in the State of New Hampshire enlisted in my Company in the Reg't Commanded by Col John Stark in May 1775--and was a Serg't in my Company until I marched for Quebec in the Detachment commanded by Col Arnold, and tht he was appointed an Enfign in the Company which I commanded in that Expedition and was captured in the attack on Quebec on the first of January 1776--and returned home in October 1776 was exchanged and in March 1777 was appointed a Lieut. in the 3d New Hampshire Regt of Continental Troops
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and marched with the Regt to Ticonderoga where he was wounded in an action with a party of Indians--having recovered from the wound he joined the Regt after the Retreat of our Army from Ticonderoga, and on the 19th of Septem'r 1777 in an Action with the British Army he said Thomas was mortally wounded and died the next day.
Henry Dearborn--
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Honourable Jonathan Harvey
Member of Congrefs
City of Washington

[stamp at left of the above]
[illegible]
May
15

All the Senators except number 6 or elected.  General Brewster is reappointed Sheriff.
Jos. San.
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Northfield   May 12th 1828

Dear sir

In behalf of Mifs Sanborn I transmit the papers to to you in regard to the bounty land due to her Father Lieut Joseph Thomas.  I appears from the best evidence that we can collect that Lieut. Thomas entered the Revolutionary Army several times, but did not enter into the continental line untill May 1777 and from the account given by Gen'l Dearborn (whose account I herein enclosed) that he was wounded the 19th of September 1777 and died the 20th.  But Belknap in his History of New Hampshire 2nd vol.  page 420 states that he was killed the 19th at the Battle of Stillwater   The Blank forms which you sent appear to be made applicable for a private Soldier, but I have made an alteration so as apply to a Lieut.  Mifs Sanborn wishes you to obtain the land warrant for her and has appointed you her agent--as you will see by the accompanying pappers.  If that the Blanks should be eroniously filled in any was I wish you to procure a new set and have them filled at the war office in the most correct form

I am sir with sincerity as ever your friend & Humble servant--
Peter Wadleigh

Hon Jonathan Harvey
City of Washington
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Mr Alfred L. Colman
2036 Indiana Ave--
Chicago Ills--

paid on Jan. 14. 1925.   60 cts for photostats of 4 pages from bounty land claim of Joseph Thomas.  N.H. Troops, War of Rev.   Wt. no 1318-200.

rec'd by A.W.
REV. WAR SECTION

[stamp]
FINANCE DIVISION
JAN 14 1925
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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M233
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division

Jan. 14 1925

Chief Rev. Sect. ["Division" stricken out]

Sir:

I have this day received 
from Alfred L. Holman
cash   No................................
for $ 60/100, requesting
copies ["post office address" stricken out]
as per letter herewith.

Respectfully,
O. J. RANDALL
Chief Finance Div.
H.C.L.

[written diagonally across the above]
Copies mailed
and Finance Div
notif.  Jan. 21. 25
AW
REV. WAR SECTION
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[upper left corner of page]
Request for photostating
(To be prepared in duplicate)

[upper center of page]
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[upper right corner of page]

Ex..........AW

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CLERK

Job No.   1631      Date  Jan. 17. 1925

Subject  Joseph Thomas  Rev. B.L.Wt. 1318-200

...1......copies of....3...pieces consisting of......4.......
 (No.)...................(No.)..........................................(No.)

pages to be forwarded when completed to the REV WAR SECTION Division.

Remarks:................................................................

Approved:

WS Wilson                  .................................................
Chief Div.                        Chief Clerk.

REV. WAR SECTION
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IN REPLY REFER TO
3-1865
Rev. and 1813
War Section,
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS 
WASHINGTON 
September 11, 1924

FINANCE DIVISION
SEP 11 1924
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

Mr. Alfred Holman, 2036 Indiana Avenue,  Chicago, Illinois, wants photostat copies (not certified) of four pages from Joseph Thomas, Bounty Land Warrant No. 1318- 200 Acreas, New Hampshire Troops, War of the Revolution.
Receied payment from Mrs. Draper for Mr. Holman Sixty Cents.

[signature] Antonia W. Ford
[illegible] WAR SECTION
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M 257
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
Sept 11 1924
Chief Rev Sect 

I have this day received from Alfred Holman cash No. ______ for  $ 60/100, requesting copy as per letter herewith, 
Respectfully, 
O. J. RANDALL
Chief Finance Div.
N.C.L.

Copies mailed to Mr. Holman & Finance Div. notifi
[signature] aw
Sept 24, 1924
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[signature] Nancy
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Request for Photostating       M 6
(To be prepared in duplicate).  Ex. AW

OFFICE OF CHIEF CLERK

Job No. 1328     Date Sept 20 24
Subject Joseph Thomas. RW B.L. Wt. 1318 - 200
1    copies of 3  pieces consisting of 4 pages to 
(No.)           (No.) 
be forwarded when completed to the [illegible] WAR SECTION Division.
Remarks:

Approved:
[signature] AB Wilson
Chief [illegible] WAR SECTION      Chief Clerk.
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GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON
December 13, 1939.

Received DEC 15 1939   MAIL SUBDIV   Reader No. 6 VETS ADM

RECORDS DIVISION
IN REPLY PLEASE QUOATE
R-130570-AFH  
130571
130572
130573
130574
130575
130576

Veterans' Administration,
Revolutionary and 1812 Wars, Section,
Washington, D.C.

Sirs:
There is transmitted herewith for your consideration and direct reply letter dated November 28, 1939, from Mrs. Jay A. Kempkes, 717 Niles Avenue, Everett, Washington, requesting information concerning pension records of Joseph Thomas, a Lieutenant in the 3rd New Hampshire Regiment, and others.
The writer has been advised of this reference.
Respectfully,
[Signature] P. K. Fallon
Asst. Chief, Records Division.

Incl.   ok  [illegible]
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Everett, Washington.
November 28, 1939.
General Accounting Office.
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs;
Do you have a Pension Record of Joseph Thomas, a Lt. in 3rd. N.H. killed Sept. 19, 1777, for his wife Anna of Nottinghan, N.H.? Do you have any pension records for any Vickery's of N.H. at all? Possible ones you might have Moses or Benjamin of Winchester, Cheshire Co; Elijah, Exeter, Rockingham Co; or Joshua, Hampton Falls, Rockingham Co. If there is a record of a Jonathan Thomas of Strafford, Co., town - Sanbonton, I should like to see that data.
Yours truly,
Mrs. Jay A. Kempkes.
717 Niles Ave.
Received Dec 2 - 1939  G. A. O. RECORDS DIVISION
Received Dec 16 1939 MAIL SUBDIV Reader No. 6 VETS ADM
1318 - JOSEPH THOMAS issued May 22 - 1828
DEC 11, 1939
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February 8, 1940
BA--J/AWF
Joseph Thomas
B.L.Wt. 1318-200

Mrs. Jay A. Kempes
717 Niles Avenue
Everett, Washington
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Joseph Thomas, lieutenant in the 3rd New Hampshire regiment, killed September 19, 1777, Moses, Benjamin, and Elijah Vickery, of New Hampshire, and Jonathan Thomas, also of New Hampshire, War of the Revolution.
The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claim for pension or bounty land found, based upon service of either Moses or Benjamin Vickery, under any spelling of the surnames.
In order to identify the records of the Elijah Vickery, and the Jonathan Thomas, in whom you are particularly interested, should they be on file, as much as possible of the following data in regard to each solder are essential - approximate dates of birth and death, and places of residence at enlistment and after service.
Upon receipt of this information another search of the records will be made in your behalf, and a report sent to you.
You are furnished herewith the Revolutionary War record of Joseph Thomas, lieutenant in the 3rd New Hampshire regiment.
Very truly yours A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator