Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32411, for Thomas Morton, Pennsylvania
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Penn
Va.
Morton, Thomas
NUMBER
S. 32411
CONTENTS
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26.257
Illinois
Thomas Morton
of Vermilion Co in the State of Ill
who was a Pr in the Company commanded
by Captain Elliot of the Regt commanded
by Col Culbertson in the Virginia
line for
6 Mo Captain $120.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Ill
at the rate of 120 Dollars - Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of April
1831 and sent to 
Hon E Hannigan, H R
Arrears to the 4th of Mch 32 - 360.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 34 60.00
$420.00
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded J. T. Sprague Clerk,
Book C Vol. 8 Page 63
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Mar ended 4th Sept 1788
Mr. Edwards says this claim may be adm for 6 months Cap
21293     
Thomas Morton     
Vermilion Co Illinois 
Adm 6. Months 
Cap. – 
Hon E. Hannigan 
Ho of Rep
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Mr. Edwards says this claim may be adm for 6 months Cap
21293     
Thomas Morton     
Vermilion Co Illinois 
Adm 6. Months 
Cap. – 
Hon E. Hannegan 
Ho of Rep
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WAR DEPARTMENT.             
Pension Office,        
22d April 1833           
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 a 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 shew 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 shewing the service of Thomas Morton Vermilion Co. Illinois
Period when the service was rendered. 1775  Duration of the claimants service.  Abo 3 months  Rank of the claimant.   Ensign  Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.  Cap. Elliot   Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.  Col. Culbertson   Battles in which the applicant was engaged.  Country through which he marched.  Pennsylva  Place of abode when he entered the service and age at the present period. 80 years on 29 Aug.  Near Philadel Pensylvania  Evidence by which the declaration is supported.  Traditionary
Period when the service was rendered.  No period – below  Duration of the claimants service. 2 & 3 m. Rank of the claimant. Ensign  Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.  Cap Lee    Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.  Gen Portter  Gen Mefler  Battles in which the applicant was engaged.  Staten Is.   Country through which he marched.  Staten Is.  
Period when the service was rendered.  1781  Duration of the claimants service.  About 4 months in this two  Rank of the claimant.  Captain  Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.  Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.  Gen Clark  Col. Cox  Battles in which the applicant was engaged.  Skirmishes with Indians  Country through which he marched.  Ohio
Period when the service was rendered.   1772  Duration of the claimants service. to un 2   Rank of the claimant.  Captain  Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.  Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.  Battles in which the applicant was engaged.  Skirmishes with Indians   Country through which he marched.  Ohio
Period when the service was rendered. No date on Indian Spy  Duration of the claimants service.  6 months  Rank of the claimant.   Captain Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.  Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.  Battles in which the applicant was engaged.  Country through which he marched.  Ohio
I am respectfully, Your obedient servant, J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions
it is necessary for the applicant to produce his commission as Ensign & Capt or satisfactory proof he was such & properly commissioned - War ended 4th Sept 1783.
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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 and 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, claiming 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 
County of } ss.
On this day of A.B. a resident (b) of personally appeared (a) before in the county of and State, Territory or District years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the in 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) served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:    
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served 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 persons 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 that of Agency in the State of    
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 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 revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I of the Court of hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of for a pension.               
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of & 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 hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be and C.D. residing in (the same) who has 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 Revolutionary 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 and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.               
I, Clerk of the Court of contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of & c.         
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission ; 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 services 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 of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; 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.           
6. To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given 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 Town officer has become of it?              
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.                 
The Court will see that he 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. 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 before 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 Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed 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 declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can cure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the person 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 follow 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---yearmonths , anddays , I served as amonths and --- days, I served as 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 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 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 authority ; 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 public 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 contains 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 their 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 wife 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.  
Joseph Rowen Ex. Ck.
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State of Illinois 
Vermillion County Ss }  On this day of November AD 1832 Personally appeared in open Court the said Court being a Court of Probate in and for said County Thomas Morton a resident in said County aged Eighty years on the 29th day of August 1832 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 and served as herein stated.  That he entered the served aforesaid, about twelve miles from Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania in the Fall of the year 1775 an Ensign in the Company of Captain Elliott in the Battalion Commanded by Colonel Culbertson as all the Troops Commanded by General Potter stationed at a place called the Traptirlie Mill from Philadelphia Served about three months on the above Tour.
 On a Second engagement this declarant was called into the service aforesaid is an Ensign in the 
Company of Capt Lee of the Artillery was chosen by Capt Lee from the Militia ranks for to assist in taking on [unreadable] Statton Island [Staten Island] was engaged in the skrimage [scrimmage] from the beginning to the end of said engagement at Statton Island aforesaid, this said declarant was commissioned when at Statton Island by General Miflin, was stationed at Statton Island between two and three months as the above Tour records his pay as an Ensign of the Militia [unreadable] Line
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in the year 1780 the said declarant emigrated to the territory of Kentucky Settled at the Falls of  the Ohio in Jefferson County was elected a Captain of a Militia Company of Kentucky in month of September or October 1787 was called into service in the regiment commanded by Colonel Cox, Marched from the Falls of Ohio to Chilicothe under the Command of General George R. Clark - had some small skirmages [skirmishes] with this Indians and drove the Indians from their Tower at Chilicothe returned home to Kentucky  in the year 1787  
On a 2nd term of Service this declarant was called out against the Indians as Captain in the Sumer of the year 1782. Marched from the Falls of Ohio to New Chilicothe about thirty miles above Old Chilicothe, there had several skrimages [scrimmages] with the Indians drove them from their Town Bristo and destroyed their corn and Wigwams returned home to make in the winter the year 1783 served about six months in two tours above mentioned against the Indians. The said declarant was employed to carry an express to the commandant at Fort Vincennes on the Wabash  no Ohio River would engage to Cary said [unreadable] the performing of said expedition being very dangerous he had to pass though a trackless wilderness at his peril.
This said declarant served as an Indian Spy on the Ohio River and to its tributaries about one year.
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This said declarant Saith that he recd [received] a commission for the Office of an Ensign from the proper authority of the State of Pennsylvania and that he this declarant recd a Commission from the proper authority of the State of Virginia as a Captain of a Militia Company in Jefferson County Kentucky this said declarant forwarded by mail his commissions to Mr Archer of Illinois for the purpose of making application for a pension for this said declarant And that he knows of no person that can testify to his services in the war of the revolution    
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid    
Tho Morton         
We James Newell & Nathaniel Taylor residents in the County of Vermilion and State of Illinois do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Morton who has inscribed and sworn to the above declaration That we believe him to be Eighty years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been an officer of the revolution and that 
we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed this 5th day of November 1836, before A. Williams, Judge of Probate
James Newell          
Nathaniel Taylor    
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 Officer, and served as he states and appears to the Court now here that James Newell and Nathaniel Taylor who have signed the preceeding certificate are residents of Said  County, and credible persons, and their statements is entitled to credit    
A. Williams Judge of Probate
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Tho Morton  21293
State of Illinois 
Vermillion County Ss}
I  Amos Williams Judge of the Court of Probate of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application Thomas Morton for a pension for services rendered  the United States during the war of the revolution.
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal of Office this 5th day of November 1832 - There being no clerk to said court - and said Court being required by law to record its own proceedings 
A. Williams Judge of Probate
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3-525  
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. Washington, D. C. 19    
In reply to your request of received for a statement of the military history of Thomas Morton soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired formation as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau. 
S.F. 32 411. 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  Fall 1775  LENGTH OF SERVICE.  3 mos.  RANK.  Ensign  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Elliott Colonel Culbertson  STATE  Penn.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.   Sept or Oct 1776  LENGTH OF SERVICE.  2 mos.  RANK.  Ensign   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Lee Colonel Culbertson  STATE  Penn. 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  June 1777 LENGTH OF SERVICE.  3 mos.   RANK.  Pvt.  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.   Lt. Anderson STATE   Penn.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  Sept or Oct 1781 LENGTH OF SERVICE. 4 mos.   RANK.  Capt. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Under Col. Cox and General George R. Clark   STATE  Va.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  Summer 1782  LENGTH OF SERVICE.  3 mos.     RANK.  Capt.   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. Under Col. Cox and General George R. Clark  STATE  Va. 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  Spring & Fall 1782   LENGTH OF SERVICE.  14 days  RANK.  Carried an Express for General George R. Clark to Fort Vincennes OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  STATE  Va.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  Spring 1783 LENGTH OF SERVICE.  6 mos.   RANK.  Capt of Spies to guard the Ohio River and its tributaries  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  STATE  Va.
Battles engaged in,  Skirmishes at  Stratton Island and with the Indians at Chillicothe    
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Cumberland Co Penn in 1780 moved to Jefferson Co Ky    
Date of application for pension, Nov 5 1832 pensioned at $120 pr annum cty 26257                
Residence at date of application, Vermilion Co. Ill.         
Age at date of application, b. [born] Aug 29 1752 in Chester Co. Penn.    
Remarks: he was afterwards commissioned in the Nelson Co. Va militia a Capt May 15 1786,  Lt. Col July 13 1790, don’t add this again militia com. [commission] do not indicate tours of service.  He was appoint Associate Judge of Perry Co. Ind. Apr. 16, 1814. 
There is no family data on file    
Respectfully, 
Commissioner 
(Dates and names are changed in Majors commission - it is not noted with  the above)
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32411    
Revy INVALID            
File No. 32411   
Thomas Morton 
Pri Rev War    
Act: June 7  32"    
Index: - Vol. 8 , Page 285 
[Arrangement of 1870.] 
1914 Aug. 26. history to Mrs. Tolle E. Jones. (Letter in wid. F 1712. Joseph Coughren. MRK
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Thomas Morton
Va. Pa.
S.32411
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THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, 
To Tho Morton  Esqr Greeting:    
KNOW You that from the Special trust and confidence which is reposed in your fidelity, courage, activity and good conduct, our GOVERNOR, upon the recommendation of the Court of Nelson County doth appoint you the said Tho Morton  Major in the first Regmt of the Militia of the said county of Nelson by to take rank as such from the 16th day of April and 1789 In testimony whereof these our letters are made patent WITNESS his Excellency EDMUND, RANDOLPH, Esquire our said Governor, at Richmond, this 2d day of September – 1788 – 
(REGISTERED. 
T. Merriwether   
Edm. Randolph
Note for want of full information preceeding remains unsetled by me, pursuant to the order of the Executive of the 20th of December 1787 T. Meriwether
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At a Court held at Bardstown on Tuesday the Twelfth day of July One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety One Thomas Morton Esqr produced this commission and took the Oath of Office agreeable to Law.
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The COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.    
To Thomas Morton Esquire Greeting: 
KNOW you that from the Special Trust and Confidence which is reposed in your Fidelity, Courage, Activity and good Conduct, our GOVERNOR, upon the Recommendation of the Court of Nelson doth appoint you the said Thomas Morton Lieutenant Colonel of the Militia of the said County of Nelson to take Rank as such from the thirteenth Day of July 1790. In Testimony whereof the our Letters are made Patent Witness his Excellency  BEVERLEY RANDOLPH Esquire our said Governor, at Richmond, this nineteenth Day of October 1790. 
(REGISTERED)
Sam Coleman 
Beverly Randolph
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War Department         
Pension Office           
26th Feb. 1834.     
Sir     
The claim of Thomas Morton has been again examined and the papers are herewith returned. The defections to the admission of the claim, are that the proof adduced is not sufficient, as pointed out in the accompanying printed sheet. The witness who has testified to a part of his services, is not certified to be credible. He has moreover failed to state is distinctly the period when his services were performed 
I have the honour to be very Respectfully 
Your Obt Servt
[unreadable]
Hon E. Hannegan House of Representatives
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Baltimore Warren Co Indiana March 16 1834    
Dr. Sir
Thomas Morton of Vermillion Co Illinois, whose papers 1 I herewith returned to your office. This is the last effort he can make, he has forwarded all the testimony in his power, his memory is gone and he is unable to recollect distinctly the periods of his alleged services only so far as he of now transmitted to the War Department 
John B. King          
The reason we did not furnish a new written affidavit from said Stevens is the said Stevens deceased on the 9th of March 1834 
John B King
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Livingston Ill
July 11
Mr. John B. King
Danville Vermilion County Ill.
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Clark County Ill. July 10. A.D. 1833 
Dear Sir,
On my arrival at home I searched for and procured the documents or papers concerning the case of Mr Morton and I endeavoured to get a private conveyance to Danville but so far have failed-- I now enclose them to you at Danville and I fondly hope you may succeed in procuring a pension for so aged and worthy gentleman as I believe Mr Morton to be,  he saw trying scenes in KY. with the Indians I have no doubt 
Mr J. B. King 
Yours & W. B. Archer
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State of Illinois
Vermilion County Ss}
Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Thomas Morton who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that [unreadable] For three months I served as the Capt. of [unreadable] Col. Culbertson Genl Potter [unreadable] 1777 [unreadable] private [unreadable] 1777  
I served for the term of two months in the Company of Capt [unreadable] belonged to the [unreadable] 1776 [unreadable] engaged duty in [unreadable] four months as a Captain in the Regt Commanded by General George R. Clark 1781  
On a 2d tour [unreadable] three months as a Captain Col. [unreadable] 
Carried an express in the spring of the year 1783 – was employed seven days Carried an other express [unreadable] in the Fall of 1783 [unreadable] and [unreadable]
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[unreadable] named officers Capt Sturgis of the regulars Col Sulivan Col Adair Genl [unreadable] appointed to Command [unreadable] town on Grenville and the County of [unreadable] I was the Capt or principal officer Commence the above named Service in the Spring of the Year 1783 I served [unreadable] as a Capt of a [unreadable] Company as aforesaid – and further the said deponent saith not – Thos Morton
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 26th day of June 1833
James Neivell Esquire
State of Illinois 
County of Vermilion 
I Amos Williams Clerk of the County Commissioners Court, for said County, do hereby certify that James Neivell whose name appears to the foregoing certificate, was on the day the same was made an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County regularly commissioned and qualified and that as such full faith and credit are, and of right, ought to be given to all his official acts 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at my Office in Danville this sixth day of July A.D. 1833-
A Williams, Clerk
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State of Illinois    
County of Vermilion Sct: 
I Amos Williams Judge of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that Thomas Morton the person named in the foregoing Declaration, this day personally appeared before me in my office, and the foregoing declaration being same fully read to him, he the said Thomas Morton acknowledged that the statements in the same were correctly put and written so far as he knows and believes 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and & affixed the Seal of said court, at my office in Danville, Illinois this sixth day of July A.D. 1833 
A. Williams Judge of Probate
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State Pennsylvania, 
Chester County   
Born in the year fifty two -  No record of my age here but have a record in part in Pennsylvania I was living when called into service in Cumberland County Pennsylvania I have lived some of the time in Leffavre County Kentucky in Logan County Kentucky about seven or eight years moved to Indiana and settled in the County of Perry from there moved into Vermilion County where I now reside.
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State of Illinois 
Vermillion County Sct}   
Before me the undersigned Justice of the peace in and for said County, Personally came Thomas Morton resident in said county, who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith: That the discharge he received in the War of the Revolution together with his commissions for Captain and Ensign that he recd in said War, was last as follows (to wit) 
That in the year A.D. 1815. He this deponent moved from Logan County Kentucky to the State of Indiana, He this deponant moved by water, his effects in a Boat. He descended Green River to its mouth thence he ascended the Ohio River, and which ascending the Ohio River, in the fall or winter of the said year 1815. The ice broke up, on the upper portion of the River and came flooding down. This said deponent was forced to run his Boat out of the River into the mouth of a Creek that emptied unto said River the river then rose to a considerable depth and overflowed it Banks, This said deponent then run his boat further up said Creek, so he could get to it; he unfortunately run his boat upon some flood wood, that lay imperceptible in the bottom of said creek. Then came a Sudden freeze and froze the ice to a considerable thickness. The creeks took a sudden rise owing to a great fall of rain, that fell in one night and the flood wood being frozen fast to the bottom of said boat, the said boat was carried off and the said discharge and commissions aforesaid, being deposited in a Trunk in said boat was destroyed with the greater part of my of goods; That the commission, that this deponant recd as captain in the war of the Revolution was given to him from the authority of the State of Virginia AD. 1781 or 1782 Signed by Thomas Jefferson, Governor of Virginia by virtue of said commission he served under George R. Clark as captain in the war of the Revolution. The Commission refered in my Declaration and lost as above stated, was given me the authority of the Pennsylvania and signed by the acting officer for the is not recollected 
And further this said deponent saith not 
Thos Morton
Sworn and subscribed to the 27th day of January A. D. 1834 before me 
Joseph Patterson J Peace  
I certify that Thomas Morton is credible witness
Joseph Patterson J Peace
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State of Illinois 
County of Vermillion   Sct
I Amos Williams Clerk of the Court of County Commissioners for said County, do hereby certify that Joseph Patterson, Esq whose name appears to the within proceedings, and before whom the within affidavit appears to have been made, was at the time thereof and is still a acting Justice of the peace in and for said County regularly commissioned and qualified as such and that full faith and credit is due and of right ought to be given to all his official acts 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court at my office in Danville the 27th day of January A D 1834
A. Williams Clerk
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State of Indiana 
Warren County Sct  
Personally appeared before the undersigned a justice of the peace, in and for said County Solomon Stevens, who after being duly sworn according to law, Deposeth and Saith upon his solemn, Oath, duly administered, That when he first became acquainted with Mr Thomas Morton, he the said Morton were residing in the County of Jefferson and State of Kentucky now Jefferson County.   In the A.D. 1781 he made his home at Mr Mortons (I was a boy)  and perfectly recollects of Mr Morton aforesaid rendezvousing his Company as Capt and marching from the Falls of the Ohio with the troops, commanded by Genl Clark, which were against the Indians, N. West of the Ohio river he this deponent boarded with the family of the said Capt Morton while he the said Morton was out against the Indians in the year 81 aforesaid, and still continued to reside in the neighbourhood of said Morton till the Spring of the year 82, when said Morton was again called as capt to rendezvous his company to march against the Indians and staid with while said Morton were performing the aforesaid tour.  
and further this said deponant saith, that in the year 86, In the County of Nelson, in the said State of Kentucky: This said deponant vollenteered, and served under the said Morton who was Captain of the company that this said deponent belonged to and he this said deponent served two or three months in the Company aforesaid and that this deponent always heard Thomas Morton aforesd was an officer of the revolution both in Kentucky and Indiana, when the subject were canvassed in company and further this deponant saith not 
Solomon Stevens his mark
Sworn and subscribed before me this 18th day of January 1834 
John B King J peace
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State of Indiana 
Warren County Sct 
I James Cunningham Clerk Warren County of the circuit Court of the County afforesaid Do hereby certify that John B. King before whom the within affidavit appears to have been made and whose name is subscribed thereunto is and was at the time of taking the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for the said County of Warren duly elected commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit is due and of right ought to be given to all his official acts as such 
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our circuit court at Williamsport this first day of February AD 1834 
James Cunningham Clerk 
State of Indiana 
Warren County ss}  
I do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Solomon Stevens for sixteen years last past, and know him to be a credible witness to  all intents & purposes I mean the said Solomon Stevens who has sworn to & subscribed the within affidavit 
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand this 16th day of March A.D. 1834 
John B King J peace
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JONATHAN JENNINGS 
GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE STATE OF INDIANA, 
TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS -- GREETING: 
KNOW YE, That I have commissioned, and do by these presents commission, Thomas Morton Associate Judge for the county of Perry for and during the term of seven years, and until his successor be appointed and qualified; should he so long behave well and do hereby authorise and empower him to do and perform all, and whatsoever to the office and duty of Associate Judge doth in any wise belong or appertain. 
GIVEN under my hand and private seal, at Corydon, the Sixteenth 4 day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fourteen the first year of the state, and of the Independence of the United States, the forty first
BY THE GOVERNOR, 
Johnathan Jennings
R. A. Nell Secretary.
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State of Indiana 
Perry County Sct
I do hereby certify that Thomas Morton within named personally before me took the several oaths prescribed by law as Assoc Judge in for the County of Perry July 8th 1817 
Solomon Lamb  
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
Thomas Norton Va & Pa  S.32411
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THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA 
To Thomas Morton Esqr Greeting:         
KNOW you, that from the special trust and confidence which is reposed in your fidelity, courage, activity, and good conduct, our GOVERNOR, with the advice of the Council of State, doth appoint you the said Thomas Morton Captain of Militia from the of the County of Nelson to take rank as such of this Commission.  IN testimony whereof, these our letters are made patent WITNESS, his Excellency PATRICK HENRY, Esquire, our said Governor, at Richmond, this 15th day of May 1785 
(REGISTERED)
T Meriwether 
P Henry.