Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7717, for Jennings Thompson, Virginia
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Service: Va. 
Thompson, Jennings
Number S.7717
Contents Carded
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Jennings Thompson
of Pittsyla in the State of va
Who was a [Lugt] in ____ commanded by Captain ______ of the Regt commanded by Col Dix in the Va line for 1 mo: 18 days.
Inscribed on the roll of Virginia at the rate of 33 dollars ___ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of Sept 1833 ______ and [Jun] to Thos. Williams. Williams Store. Va
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 – 81.50
Semi-ant. Allowance ending 4 Mar 34 – 16.50
[Total] $99.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Nathl Rice Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 6 Page 28
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State of Virginia to wit
On this 17th day of June 1833 personally appeared before the court of Pittsylvania County now sitting Jennings Thompson a resident of said County and State aforesaid aged seventy one years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832 that he entered the services of the United States on the 12th day of April 1787 being drafted and marched from the county of Amelia in the state of Virginia where he then resided in a company of Militia under Captain John Night and Lieutenant Prestley Gates direct to Richmond and joined the Regiment and er Colo Cale, Colo Dix, major Boyer & from Richmond we marched down to a place called Morben Hill from thence to Williamsburg from thence we marched in various directions under the command of Genl. Lafayette not being long stationed at any one place until sometime in the Month of
I acted as orderly sergeant and with four other men by order of Colo Booker were detailed and instructed to procure Beef Cattle and drive them in for the use of the army. I acted in this way until after Lord Cornwallis surrendered himself and army to Genl Washington at York Town on the 19th day of October 1781 (1787). Colo Booker being discharged. I was called from the neighborhood of Hog Island on James River to the County of Amelia and received a discharge from Colo Booker about the last of October or first of November 1781 (1787), that discharge is lost or mislaid and cannot be found. I do not know of any person living that was in that service with me but can prove by Washington Thompson who lived with me at the time, that I entered service & the whole of the service rendered by me as Orderly Sergeant in the War of the Revolution was not less then six months and eighteen days for which I claim a
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Pension.
I was Born in the County of Amelia in the state of Virginia on the 19th day of December 1761.
My age was recorded in a Church book in the said County of Amelia, an extract of which I obtained from the Clerk of the said Church since I became of age.
I lived in the County of Amelia when I entered the service of the Revolution. I lived in the said County when the War ended soon after I moved to the County of Pittsylvania and have lived in that County ever since.
I was drafted as stated in my declaration. The officers, the Regiments and circumstances of my service are stated in my Declaration.
I received a discharge from Colo Booker which is lost or mislaid and cannot be found. 
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity accept the present and declare that my name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any state. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Jennings Thompson [signature]
We James Soyars and Thomas Ragsdale residing in the County Pittsylvania in the state of Virginia hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jennings Thompson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy one 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 the opinion.
James Soyars [signature]
Thos. Ragsdale [signature]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And the said court I hereby declare their opinion after the
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Investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states & the Court further certifies that the said James Soyars & Thos. Ragsdale who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of the County of Pittsylvania that they are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
The certificate of Washington Thompson refered to is the forgoing Declaration is in these words to with.
I Washington Thompson of the County of Pittsylvania and state of Virginia do hereby certify and solemnly swear that Jennings Thompson of said County who is now an applicant for a Pension was a Revolutionary Soldier. That he was drafted and left the County of Amelia where we both lived during the War of the Revolution and was absent from the said County several months the exact lenth of time I cannot say. That I say him in the army of the United States when serving the said tour of duty. That at another time he was engaged in collecting together cattle, & for the use of the army. Given and in my hand & seal this 15th day of June 1833.
Washington Thompson seal [signature]
William M. Williams a Justice of the Peace for the County of Pittsylvania and State of Virginia do certify that Washington Thompson who this day appeared before me and swore and subscribed his name to the above certificate is a is a credible man and that his statement is entitled to credit. Given under my hand and seal this 14th day of June 1833.
W. M. William seal [signature]
I William Tunstall clerk of the Court of Pittsylvania County in the state of Virginia do hereby certify that the
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Foregoing contains the original procedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Jennings Thompson for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 27 day of June 1833.
Will Tunstall
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Jennings Thompson
26.336
[Aamity] vs Sergt
6 mo 18 days 30.
                          2.50
                            .50
                      $33.00
Report to Thomas Williams
William Stone, Pittsylvania County Virginia
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Jennings Thompson
S. 7717
BA-J/AWF
Miss Frances T. Jones
Chatham Virginia
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Jennings Thompson of Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 7717, based upon the military service of Jennings Thompson in the War of the Revolution.
Jennings Thompson was born December 19, 1761 in Amelia County, Virginia. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Amelia County, Virginia, he enlisted April 12, 1781, served six months and eighteen days as orderly sergeant in Captain John Wight’s company, Colonels Cole’s and Dix’s Virginia regiment.
He moved soon after the close of the Revolution from Amelia County, to Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 17, 1833, then living in Pittsylvania County.
The papers on file in this claim contain no reference to wife or children. One Washington Thompson was living in 1833 in Pittsylvania County,
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Virginia, and during the Revolution, he was living in Amelia County, Virginia, and was well acquainted with the soldier, Jennings Thompson. It was not stated that they were related to each other.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to the comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data:
Jennings Thompson
Certificate #16618
Issued September 9, 1833
Rate $33.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Virginia Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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1916, Dec. 20. History to Mrs. Mary C. Dozier Fw.
1937. Aug 28 list to Frances T Jones
Revolution
7717
INVALID
File No 7717
Jennings Thompson
Sergt Rev War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: --- Vo. 1 [ez], Page  373
[Arrangement of 1870]
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Dawson, Ja.
Dec 3, 1916
Pension Commissioner, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir
Please refer to your list of pensioners on file (Rev. War) for the name of Jennings Thompson of Va. Did he draw a pension? If so, I want this service for D.A.R. application. The said Jennings Thompson was my Rev. ancestor. Do not know
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The name of his wife. Please give me that. Also their marriage date. His son Wm born in Va. (Pittsylvania Co.) died in KY. Married Judy Pickett in VA. The names of other children – Dolly, Lucy, Jennings, George, Edward, Washington and Waddy. Please let me hear at as early date as possible and oblige
Respectfully Mrs. Mary c Dozier, Dawson, Georgia
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Chatham, VA
Aug 26, 1937
Pension Department Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs,
Please send me the information contained in the pension papers of Jennings Thompson a resident of Pittsylvania County and a Revolutionary Soldier.
Yours truly
(Mrs) Frances T. Jones. [signature]
Chatham, VA
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In reply to your request of ________________, received _________________ for a statement of the military history of Jennings Thompson a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow’s) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S.F. 7717
[Table headings]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT; LENGTHS OF SERVICE; RANK, OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED (CAPTAIN, COLONEL); STATE
Apr. 12, 1781; 6 mos. 18 days; Orderly Sergt; John Wight; {Cole, Dix; Va.
Battles engaged in __________________________
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Amelia co., Va
Date of application for pension, June 17, 1833 His cl was al.
Residence at date of application, Pittsylvania Co., Va.
Age at date of application, B. Dec. 19, 1761, in Amelia Co. VA
Remarks: There is no data relative to family.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner
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NAME: Thompson, Jesse;   GRADE: Private; LINE: Maryland
WARRANT NUMBER: 11779; ACREAGE: 100; ISSUED February 1, 1790 to not shown
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.