Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 15423, for Joseph Thorp, Connecticut
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE       NUMBER
Conn    Thorp, Joseph        W15423
           or Tharp           B.L. Wt. 26419-160-55-

   Loly
CONTENTS

Holy
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Vermont.22.710
Joseph Thorpe
of Beaney C. in the State of Vermont
who was a Private in the Co
commanded
by Captain Bray of the
Rgt commanded
by Col Enos in the [[illegible]]
line for two years
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum.
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Dec
1833 and sent to Honble
Hiland Hall, House of Reps,
-
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 1833, 200
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Ma 34, 40.
$240
Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by [[illegible]]   Clerk
Book  E Vol. three Page 94
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4215.
Vermont Poultney
Loly Tharp
widow of Joseph Tharp
who served in the Revolutionary
Connx
war, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
---
Certificate of Pension issued the
12 day of Mch 1849.
and sent to
Wm  Haswell
Bennington
Vt.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 100 Vol. 3
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112454 Act Mar's Cir B. H. Baldwin Jany 4/56

May 55
Loly Tharp widow
Joseph Tharp Priv.

Rev Pensioner
be Feby 48 - 4215
At 160 00. May, 23 56
  B [[illegible]]
Benj. H. Baldwin

Vol T. page 63
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Declaration

STATE OF VERMONT, In order to obtain the benefit of
County of Bennington.  the act of Congress passed June 7 1832
On this 27th day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared
in open court, before the Hon. the Court of Probate for the District of Bennington, now sitting
Joseph Tharpe a resident of Poronal
in the County of Bennington and State of Vermont aged 70
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 7, 1832. That he entered
the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That at Southington in the County of Hartford State of
Connecticut in the month of March AD 1777 he enlisted minute
man in to Capt Asa Brays Company in Col Roger Enos Rgt
Connecticut State Troops for the time of one year to serve in the
Revolutionary war and the terms of enlisting were that he
should not be sold into actual service for a longer term than
three months at any one time but was to be ready at the shortest
notice to enter upon duty that in the month of June following
he was caled to enter into service under said enlistment and
imediately marched to Horseneck in the Town of Greenwich in the
State of Connecticut where his Regiment was stationed for a short
time and then removed to Whiteplain in the State of New York and
from there to Westpoint when at the expiration of three months he
returned home that in the month of September or October the same
year he was again called out on said enlistment and imediatly
Marched to join his Regiment at Horseneck aforesaid where he was
stationed for three months and then again dismissed that in the
month of May 1778 at Southington aforesaid he took the place of
a man by the name of Edward Seal of Bristol in Capt Daniel
Barnes Company in the 8th Connecticut Regt commanded by Col
Giles Russel for the term of 8 months and immediately marched
to Nelsons Point opposite of West Point and joined the Regt where
until late the next fall & then marched to New Jersey in the County of Morristown & Town of Morristown
where he remained
until his term of service expired which was in Jany 1779
and he was discharged that during the said 8 months he thinks
General Parsons had the command of the Brigade in which he
served, that in the month of June 1781, at Southington aforesaid
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he enlisted as a privit in to Capt Golds Company in Col Wadsworths
Regiment Connecticut Troops for the term of 2 months and marched
imediately to White Plains where he joined the Regt and remained
there during the Summer and in the month of Sept he marched
the South arived at Yorktown according to his best recollection
about 14 Days before the Capture of Cornwallis was in the Battle
when Cornwallis surrendered and soon after marched to Williamsburgh
Virginia where he was stationed until his time of service expired
and he was discharged in the month of Febuary AD 1782. That he
served as a substitute in the year 1780 two months in Capt Peter
Curtiss Company in Col Beebe Regt Connecticut Militia he recalled
In commenced the last mentioned service in the month of June
but does not recollect the name of the man for whom he served says
he marched from Southington aforesaid to Horse Neck where he remained
on duty until the two months expired and he was dismissed That
at Southington aforesaid in the month of March the first Day he
thinks in the year 1782 he enlisted for one year in Col Canfields
Regt Connecticut troops and marched imediately to Horse Neck where
he was stationed until his time of service expired and he was dismised which
was the forepart of March 1783 as he believes he recollect the names of
Timothy Dorson a Sergent & Joseph Boocher a Corporal in the Company
in which he served but has forgotten the names of the Commisioned officers
of the Company That at Several other times which is not stated above he
knows he served a month or two at a time but cannot state the particular
that he Clearley reccollects after he had left the army his services amounted
in all to about 3 years and a half according to the estimation he then
made that he has no documentary evidence
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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.
In answer to the interrogatories propounded by the Court the applicant declares,
1st. That he was born at Southington Connecticut the 10th day of May AD 1762
2d. That he has no record of his age
3d. That he lived in Southington Connecticut when called into service, and
resided there until about 4 years after peace was proclaimed & then moved
into Newhartford Litchfield County, Connecticut where remained about
17 years & then removed to Pownal Vermont where he has remained ever
since.  4th That he was 
a volunteer & drafted & substitute & above Stated
5th. That among the regular officers who were with the troops where he served, he recollects none
except those above stated
6th. That he received a written discharge at the expiration of the 8
months service in the 8th Connecticut Regt under Col Russell
but has lost it
7th. That he is known to Edward Green a Clergyman residing in
Pownal and Benjamin Gardner Esq
residing Pownal  who can testify
as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid Joseph Thorp
We, Edward Green Clergyman residing in the town of
Pownal and Benjamin Gardner Esq
residing in the town of Pownal hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
Joseph Tharp who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that
we believe him to be 70 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.
Edward Green
Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Beng Gardner
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 Edward Green
who has signed the preceding
certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the town of Pownal
and that Benjamin Gardner Esq who has also signed the same, is a
resident in the town of Pownal and is a credible person, and that their
statement is entitled to credit.

I, WILLIAM HASWELL, Register of the Court of Probate for the
District of Bennington, do hereby certify that the foregoing
a true copy of
contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter
of the application of Joseph Tharp
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and
seal of office, this 16 day of November
A. D. 1833
Wm Haswell  Into he
aforesaid
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I Silvanus Danforth of Pownal in the County of Bend
ington State of Vermont of lawful age depose and say that 
time between the 25th and 30th of October 1833 I hand
ded to Joseph Thorp of Pownal aforesaid who is the 
same person that signed the within declaration the
original papers which were made out and
Sworn to before me Judge of the Court of Probate within
and for the District of Bennington Vermont on
the 27th day of August 1832 for the purpose of
obtaining a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7th
1832 and the said declaration forwarded to the
pension office soon after and I further say the
said papers when retuned to me from said pension
office with instructions to procure another
witness to the 8 months service declared to have
been done in Russell, Regt because the declarants
name could not be found on the Rolls of said Regt
& I further say that when I delivered said original declare
to said Thorp I direct him to go to Connecticut &
obtain if possible more evidence
in support of his said pension claim & the next day
said Thorp started as he said for connecticut and
after an absence of 19 days said Thorp returned and said
he had lost the original declaration And I further
say that the within is a true and exact copy of said original
declaration taken on the 27th day of August 1832 and
which copy has remained on file in the Probate office
to the present time and I further say that I have made
& reserved copies in all other like cases. That since the
loss of the original, the [illegible] has been signed
by said Tharp & Edward Green & Benjamin
Gardner, & the Sd Green & Gardner sworn as
within stated-- & that the original was
Sworn & certified in open Court Augt 27, 1832
S. Danforth
of
State of Vermont
Nov. 19, 1833 Personally
Bennington County ⎬ appeared Silvanus Danforth
who subscribed the foregoing affidavit
& made solemn oath to the truth of the same
before me  Benjamin Stevens Justice of Peace
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9165 Loly Tharp Vermont
Act July 7th ‘38
Mr. 20 Oct. 1792
Died 12th July 1842
Admitted: 2 yrs service
Col Enos. Connecticut line
$80
Also, 3 March 43 & 17 July 1844
T. L. & A. T. Smith Esq Attorneys Washington C. C.
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State of Vermont Bennington Probate District

On this 21st day of July AD 1843 personally appeared before the Probate Court for the District of Bennington Loly Thorp of Pownal in the County of Bennington State of Vermont, aged 69 years this 6th day of June now last past, who found being duty sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay pensions to certain widows" That she is the widow of Joseph Thorp who was a private in the army of the United States during the revolutionary war serving at Southington in the State of Connecticut, that and served for several years in the troops of Connecticut, but she is unable to specify the particular terms of his service or the officers under whom he served; that her said husband was a pensioner under the Act of Congress of June 7, 1832 and she refers to his declaration on file in the Pension office for the particulars of his service. 

She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Thorp the 20th day of October Seventeen hundred and ninety two - that she
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has no record of her marriage & never has had any, that she knows the date of her marriage from her own age, which she has kept in her memory from her childhood, & from the fact that she was married the October next after she became 18 years old, that she was married by Elder Alpheus Thompson at New Hartford in the State of Connecticut, that she went from her residence about three miles in said New Hartford to the residence of the said Thompson in the family of Deacon Watson with her husband, & was there married in the presence of the family of said Watson, that the said Thompson lived but a short time afterwards in said New Hartford, when he removed, but to what place she knows not, & from his age at that time she presumes he is dead, that her brother Timothy Wright & Sarah Watson stood up with us when we were married, but they are both dead, that the family of Deacon Watson removed from New Hartford she has understood to Ohio, but to what part she knows not, & whether any of them who were present at her marriage are living she knows not, that her husband the aforesaid Joseph Tharp died the 12th day of July
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AD 1842, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred & ninety four, viz, at the time above stated. She further declares that she removed with her husband from New Hartford to Pownal 36 years ago last fall.
 [signed] Loly Tharp
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year above written, before O. C. Merrill, Judge.
I, Wm Haswell, Register of the Court of Probate for the District of Bennington do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said Court in the matter of the application of Loly Tharp for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 21st day of July, A.D. 1843 Wm Haswell, Register
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Loly Tharp Proof of Marriage &c.
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I Louisa Belamy of New Hartford in the
county of ---- Estate of Connecticut
aged 61 years last August, testify -- that 
my fathers (niece?) was Earl Tharp, & that
Joseph Tharp was my fathers brother, 
that Loly Wright daughter of Ezekiel
Wright (before?) her marriage lived
with her father about a quarter of
a mile from my fathers --- aswell
--- to me as was also the said
Joseph Tharp- I will remember that
the said Joseph & Loly stopped at my 
fathers on their --- from the place
of their marriage on the day of their
wedding they having been mar-
ried as they said at
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State of Connecticut Litchfield County SS New Hartford July the 12, 1843
Personally appeared, Louisa Belamy who I certify is a credible witness, & made solemn oath to the truth of the within affidavit, before me Anthony Baker Justice of Peace
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I Asa Goodwin of New Hartford in the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, aged 76 & over, testify & say that I am town Clerk of said town of New Hartford, that I have carefully examined the records for a record of the Marriage of Joseph Tharp & Loly Wright but do not find any. I further say that the records of marriages previous to the year 1800 are very imperfect, & contain but a portion of those which took place in town, it not at that time being the duty of the Clergyman or Magistrate to cause the marriages by them solemnized to be recorded in the town clerks office.
I further testify & say that I was acquainted with Joseph Tharp who married Loly Wright when he lived in this town, and am very confident he was married before I was — my own marriage, of which I have a record, took place the 14th day of November Seventeen hundred and ninety three,
[signed] Asa Goodwin
State of Connecticut Litchfield County SS New Hartford July 11, 1843
Personally appeared Asa Goodwin, who I certify is a credible witness, & was duly sworn to the truth of the foregoing affidavit, before me Anthony Baker Justice of Peace
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I John Marsh of Barkhamstead [Barkhamsted] in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut, aged 84 years & over, testify & say that I was acquainted with Joseph Tharp when he lived in New Hartford & with his wife who was Loly Wright before her marriage, & when they went to keeping house as man & wife, I lived within about half a mile of them, & I resided within that distance from them for several years.
Joseph Tharp was in the habit of working for me on my farm when we lived as neighbors, & I cannot recal [recall] any circumstance that enables me to fix the precise date of the said Joseph Tharp & wife going to keeping house, except from my own marriage, which took place August 18, 1791, & of which I have a bible record.
I feel very confident said Tharp & wife were married & went to keeping house the next year after my own marriage
[signed] John Marsh
State of Connecticut Litchfield County Ss Barkhamstead [Barkhampsted] July 12, 1843
Personally appeared Deacon John Marsh, a witness of credibility, & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit before me Anthony Baker Justice of Peace
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I certify that Dea [Deacon] John Marsh exhibited to me the bible record of his marriage, wherein is an ancient record, & its date is correctly given in the within affidavit. Hiland Hall
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I Lucretia Seymour of New Hartford in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut, aged 69 years & over, testify & say that I am widow of Sylvester Seymour deceased, & was married to him at said New Hartford the 18th day of February seventeen hundred & ninety three, that previous to my said marriage I lived about three miles from my present residence, & immediately on my marriage I came to my present residence & went to keeping house, where I have continued to reside ever since.
When I went to keeping house, Joseph Tharp & his wife Loly Tharp were living together as man & wife, about three quarters of a mile from my present residence, & they continued to live there for several years afterwards, when they removed out of town, The above date of my own marriage is correctly stated from an ancient bible record now before me.
[signed] Lucretia Seymour
State of Connecticut Litchfield County SS New Hartford July 12th 1843
Personally appeared Lucretia Seymour, who is a credible witness, & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit, before me Anthony Baker Justice of Peace
I certify that on the 12th of July 1843, Mrs Lucretia Seymour exhibited to me at her home in New Hartford her family bible, which contained an old record of her marriage in the following words “Sylvester Seymour was married to Lucretia Gillett Feby 18, 1793” plainly & legally witnessed, & that Mrs Seymour is a woman of respectability & intelligence. Hiland Hall
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State of Connecticut, ss. Office of Secretary of State, Hartford, July 13th 1843.
I hereby certify that Anthony Baker, whose official signature is appended to the foregoing affidavits, is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Litchfield in said State, appointed by the General Assembly thereof, at its session held on the 1st Wednesday of May, A.D. 1843.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said State, and have officially signed the same. Noah A. Phelps Secretary of State
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filed by J L & A N Smith 5 Feb ‘45
Amy Clark’s Affidavit
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I, Amy Clark of Pownal in the County of Bennington and State of Vermont, of lawful age, depose and say, that about forty years ago Joseph Thorp moved with his wife Loly and their children into the said town of Pownal, in which they have lived and cohabitated as husband and wife, till the death of said Joseph in the year 1842.
The said Loly became a member of the Baptist Church soon after she moved in to said town, and has ever remained to the present time a member of said church in good standing, and maintained a good moral character, and she has always been reputed a person of strict truth and veracity since my acquaintance with her.
[signed] Amy her-X-mark Clark
S. Danforth
State of Vermont Bennington County Pownal 1st July 1845
Personally appeared Amy Clark, to me well known as a credible witness, and made Oath to the truth of the above affidavit by her subscribed before me Silvanus Danforth Justice of peace
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Declaration for surviving Officer, Soldier, Seaman, Marine, Naval Clerk, Landsman, Teamster, or Chaplain, under the Act of March 3, 1855, and can be used for Widows who have once applied, or who now draw pensions.
State of Vermont County of Bennington SS
On this 23 day of April A. D. 1855 personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Loly Tharp, aged 79 years, a resident of Pownal in the State of Vermont, who being duly sworn accord law, declares that she is the identical, 1, Loly Tharp who is the widow of Joseph Tharp, a Soldier of the Revolution and a pensioner under the act of June 7, 1832 in said County and State
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain __ in the Regiment of Militia commanded by Col. __ in the war with of the Revolution at __that he, 2, Entered the Service at __ IN THE STATE OF Connecticut on or about the __ day of __ A. D. 18 __ for the term of ‘do not remember,’ and continued in actual service in said war for a period of fourteen days, and was honorably discharged at said Connecticut about the __ day of A. D. 18 __
And claimant further declares that she has never received any bounty land under any Act of Congress, or made any application therefor, except, 3, this, and that claimant, 4, has never received a warrant for, 5, any number of acres, 6, of Land for the above service, under the Act of Sept. 28, 1850, 7, or any other Act. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the, 8, bounty land to which she is entitled under the Act approved March third, 1855, and hereby revoking all former powers of attorney, constitutes Benj. H. Baldwin, of Washington, D.C., attorney in the premises, with full authority to obtain from public offices or private individuals at Washington City or elsewhere, certified or sworn copies of all muster rolls, company books, army or navy records, or any other description of record evidence necessary to establish said service as fully as she could do if personally present.
That she is now the widow of the said Joseph Tharp, and is in the reciept of a Pension of $80 per annum under the act of February 2d 1848 Feby 3 1853 for said Services of her husband.
(Signature of the claimant) Loly her-X-mark Tharp and Andrew Ross L. S.
We Warren Welch and Andrew Ross residents of Pownal in the State of Vermont upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Loly Tharp in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Signatures of Witnesses, Warren Welch, Andrew Ross
The foregoing declaration and affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents himself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim. Sebastian Wager Justice Peace
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State of Vermont County of Bennington to-wit:
I hereby certify that Sebastian Wager Esq., before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit was made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of the County Court for the County aforesaid, this 25th day of April A. D. 1855 Saml H. Blackman Clerk of the County Court
INSTRUCTIONS. If the claimant is a widow, AND HAS RECEIVED BOUNTY LAND or a PENSION, then insert at fig.
1. Widow's name “who is the widow” of __ , deceased, who died at __ , in the State of __ , in the year __ , and
2. "was drafted,” or “enlisted,” or “volunteered,” or “shipped.”
3. If FIRST application, insert “this, and”; if claim has been rejected, insert “an application under act of 1850, or 1847, which was rejected.”
4. “has" or “never has.”
5. IF NO WARRANT HAS BEEN RECEIVED, insert “any number of”.
6. If the number of the Warrant is not known, I can obtain it here: if no Warrant has been received, insert “of land.”
7. If a Warrant has been received, insert “which he has sold:" if not, say, “or any other act.”
8. “additional” if one Warrant has been received, or add the number of acres claimed.
9. “that she is now the widow of __ , deceased, and has never married since his death, and for proof of his death, and her marriage, she refers to her papers now on file.”
10. “that they know she has never married since the death of the said __ , her deceased husband, but is now his widow.”
112454 Bounty Land Claim
Act of March 3, 1855
Claim for 160 Acres.
Service in the State of Connecticut
War of the Revolution
BENJ. H. BALDWIN. Attorney for Claimant, WASHINGTON, D.C. 
Under the Act of March 3, 1855, each of the surviving commissioned and non-commissioned Officers, Chaplains, Musicians and Privates, whether of regulars, volunteers, rangers, militia or teamsters, who were regularly mustered into the service of the United States, and every Officer Seaman, Ordinary Seaman, Marine, Clerk and Landsman of the Navy in any of the wars in which this country has been engaged since 1790, and each of the survivors of the Militia, Volunteers or State Troops of any State or Territory, called into military service and regularly mustered therein, and whose services has been paid by the United States, are entitled to one hundred and sixty acres of land, provided the period of service amounted to fourteen days or more or they shall have actually been engaged in battle, Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary War, those who served at the invasion of Plattsburgh, in September, 1814, at the attack on Lewistown, Delaware, in the war of 1812, or in the battle of Nickojack against the confederated Indians of the South, are entitled to the benefits of the Act; and Indians are entitled in the same manner and to the same extent as white men.
If the person having been in service is dead, Bounty Land is due his widow or minor children. The second marriage of a widow is no bar to her claim, if she is a widow at the time of her application. Those are considered minors who were so at the date of the Act.
No Land Warrant can be issued under this Act, unless the service of the soldier can be proved by record evidence.
All Officers or Soldiers who have received a Land Warrant, or Land Warrants, for less than one hundred and sixty acres, under any Act of Congress, are entitled, under the Act of March 3d, 1855, to additional Bounty Land, sufficient to make the aggregate of 160 acres, provided their service can be proved by record evidence.
Widows and minor children who have received less than 160 acres of Land, are entitled to additional Bounty Land, provided the widow is a widow at the time of her application, and the children are minors at the date of the Act, and provided the service of the soldier can be proved by record evidence. This evidence I will undertake to obtain.
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Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15423 Loly Tharp Widow of Joseph Tharp Pri Rev War
Act: Feb 2d ‘48 Index:—Vol. M, Page 271 Arrangement of 1870.

Oct. 25, 1919 Mrs. A. B. Johnson infd this soldier did not live in Fairfield Conn. & did not serve as des. by her, and
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No 432
9852. Vermont.
Loly Tharp, Widow of Joseph Tharp, who was a pensioner under the Act of ‘32, and who died on the 12 July, 1842, of Bennington in the State of Vt. who was a private in the __ commanded by Captain __ of the __ commanded by __ in the Connecticut line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Poultney, at the rate of 80 Dollars __ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of Jany. 1846 and sent to J. S. & A. T. Smith, Present
Total amount, $400.00
Act July 7, 1838. & resolution Jany: 1845.
Recorded by a W M Stewart Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 Page 139.
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Admd: No 432 — under resolution for 5 year pension
Retd 2d Feby

7547. Vermont. Loly Tharp, widow of Joseph Tharp, who was a private, in the Connecticut line. P.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars __ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31st day of January, 1846 and sent to J. L. & A. T. Smith, Present.
Act of March 3, 1843. & 17 June, 1844
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 67
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26419
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V No 9165 Loly Tharp Vermont
Suspended
Hon H. Hall Sept 9, 1843
same 20. Nov. 1843
[same] 12 Augt. 1844
Act July 7th ‘38
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F 26 | S 27 | S 28 | M 29 | T 30 | W 1 | T 2
7 5 8 mos Drawer
1 Major H. C. Williams, Pension
7 6 4 8 dy Major H. C. Williams, of the War Office War O
3
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Loly Tharp M. 20 Oct. 1792. D. 12 July 1842. waiting for evidence of her being alive Wm Smith to furnish
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Washington April 22d / 56
Hon. J. Minot Comr of Pensions
Sir I beg leave to file the required Record Evidence in the Case of Loly Tharp widow of Joseph. Bounty Land application No 112454 act March 3d, 1855 filed by me Suspended
Respectfully Benj H Baldwin
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State of Connecticut Comptrollers Office Hartford April 16th 1856
I certify that on application for evidence of the service of Joseph Tharp, in the war of the Revolution, I have examined the documents remaining in this office, and find the name of Jos. W Tharp on a pay Roll under the following heading vis. “A Pay Abstract of Capt. Ebenezer Hills Co. in Col. Saml. Whtings Regt. Of Militia, in the State of Connecticut for a short Campaign at the Fishkills in Oct. 1777, Commanded by Lt. Col. Jon. Dimon.”
Said Tharp is entered on the roll as having commenced service Oct. 5th 1777. The length of his service is not stated but it appears that Capt. Hills Company were discharged Oct. 30th 1777.
Alex. Merrell Comptroller by Geo Robinson, Clerk
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Jan 10 ‘46 Loly Tharp
J L Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions
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Washington D C 9 January 1846
Sir, We transmit the declaration of Mrs Loly Tharp, which we have just received from the Hon Hiland Hall. This was all we were required to produce in order to obtain for her the pension.
We are very resp your obt Svts T L & A Tho Smith
J L Edwards Esq. Commr of Pensions
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Bennington July 23, 1843
Sir, I send herewith the declaration & proof of marriage &c of Loly Tharp, widow of Joseph Tharp, for a Pension.
I believe there is no doubt whatever of her titlle as widow, under the act of 1838, & I trust the proof will be satisfactory
I am Sec very respectfully yours Hiland Hall
Col. J L Edwards
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FREE H Hall M of Cong
J L Edwards Comr of Pensions Washington
Nov 16 1843 Vt. Loly Tharp
[stamp] BENNINGTON VT NOV 16
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Bennington Nov 13, 1843
Dear Sir, In your letter to me of the 9th of Sept last, in reference to the application of Loly Tharp, you say that you have in your office numerous rolls of Capt Bray’s Company Col. Enos’ Regt. And I should infer from the letter that the regt was a Vermont Regt, & was in service in 1777.
I would be glad to be informed, generally, the time of service, the number of Companies, of this regiment, & by whom raised & supported &c. These inquiries are made more for historical purposes, than with reference to the claims of Mrs Tharp, & because I was not aware that Col. Roger Enos commanded a Vt. Regt until late in the war, & am not cognizant of the particular character of the regt. or the services rendered.
Roger Enos was I believe a
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Brig. Genl. of the Militia of this state towards the close of the war, & had command of the Militia on the frontier. I am not well informed of his previous rank or services.
I hope you will pardon the inquiries & believe me for any. Truly yours Hiland Hall
Col J L Edwards
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Bennington Vt. Nov 25, 1843
Sir, in the case of Loly Tharp I think there will be no difficulty in satisfying you that her marriage took place previous to Jany 1794, but it will be useless to say any thing, upon that point, unless you can be satisfied her husband Joseph Tharp performed the requisite service to entitle her to a pension.
It is now probably too late to obtain further hard evidence in regard to his service, & his widow must, I suppose, now rely upon such evidence as is found on file in connexion [connection] with the certificate of the Comptroller of Ct [Connecticut], which I now enclose.
It is unfortunate that the rolls of the Companies in which he alleges service are not now to be found, but you will perceive that the
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officers he names did perform their services in conformity with his account of his own, & I submit that the certificate enclosed should be a sufficient confirmation of his statement, & that of the affidavits of others on file.
I was acquainted will Joseph Tharp, who was believed by all to have been a revolutionary soldier, & his widow, who is a most worthy woman, is in distressed circumstances, & even a small pension would do her great good. I hope the case will receive an early & favorable decision.
I am Sir very respectfully yr. Hiland Hall
Col J L Edwards
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State of Connecticut Comptroller's Office Hartford 10 Novr 1843
On application for evidence of the Service of Joseph Tharp in the war of the revolution alleged to have been rendered as follows
“In 1777 in Capt Brays Co. Col Enos Regiment
In 1778 in Capt David Barnes Co. Col Giles Russell 8th Reg
In 1781 8 Mo Capt Gold's Co Col Wadworth's Regt
In 1780 Capt Peter Curtis’ Co Col Bule’s Regt, Militia
In 1782 Col Caufield's Regt Ct Troops”
I find upon the Books of the Pay Table as follows, even on the Journal there is entered April 3d 1779 "Capt Asa Bray Co. By his Acct rend. his Co., Col Enos Regt £ 3328.11.11” 
Capt Daniel Barnes (not David) commanded a Company in the 8th Regiment, known as Shermans Regiment, but which in 1778 was commanded by Col Giles Russell. I do not find the short levies for that segment in 1778, and Joseph Tharps service is not on the book of the Line.
I find on the Pay Table Journal the following proof of service of Capt Peter Curtis there is charged July 10th 1781 War Do. Account of Capt Peter Curtis and rend Pay Roll B. Bale’s Regt. £  2230.2.2."
I also find the following charges on this Pay Table Book “War Dr To Amt Col Samuel Caufield‘s Amt Pay Roll Field & Staff his Regt. £  1319.12.6” under
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date of July 2d 1783; and on the 31st of December of the same year there is this charge "War Dr To act of Col Saml Caufield's Acct rendered for Sundry Expenditures for his Regiment of State Troops, Specie, £ 452. 18. 9."
The following is an extract from the Records of the Council of Safety of this State, which are lodged in this Office, “Resolved by this Board, that the Committee of Pay-Table be and they hereby are directed to draw on the Treasurer in favor of Col Samuel Caufield, appointed to command a Regiment for the Defense of our Western frontiers for one month's pay" February 11th 1782.
I further certify that I have found no Pay Rolls of either of the aforementioned services, nor do I find any amount with "Capt Gold," nor do I find the name of Joseph Tharp on the records or rolls of this Office. Gideon Welles Comptroller
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PAID
T. L. & A. Thos. Smith Esqs. Washington D.C.
Paid H. R.
[stamp] BENNINGTON VT JAN 5
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Bennington Vt, Dec 31. 1845
Attorneys T L & A Tho Smith
Gentlemen I send to you an additional declaration of Loly Tharp which I hope may be sufficient to enable you to obtain a certificate for her
I am Gent very respectfully &c Hiland Hall
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Sept 6 1845 Adal by case Loly Tharp
filed by T L & A Tho Smith 5 Sep 45
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I, Ezra Morgan of Pownal in the County of Bennington and State of Vermont, of lawful age, depose & say, that about forty years ago Joseph Thorp came in to the neighborhood where I then lived, in said town of Pownal. He said he had a wife and children living in the town of New Hartford County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, that he contemplated moving his family to Vermont, and for that purpose he staid [stayed] in said town from the spring of the year or fore part of Sumner till the next November, making preparation for the removal and accommodation of his family.
He then employed a man with his team to go after his said family, this man returned with Thorps wife and children some time in the month of December, & they moved in to a house near my place of residence.
And I further say that the said Joseph and Loly have had their residence in the neighborhood and vicinity of my own residence, from that time till the death of said Joseph in the year 1842, during all of which time they cohabited and lived together as husband and wife.
I further depose and say that the said Loly during her residence in said town of Pownal has always been reputed a person of Strict truth and veracity, & has maintained a good standing in the church of which she was a member
[signed] Ezra Morgan
State of Vermont Bennington County ss Pownal 3d July 1845
Personally appeared Ezra Morgan to me well known as credible witness and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed before me Silvanus Danforth Justice of Peace 1
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I certify & say that I have long been acquainted with Ezra Morgan Esq, the within named affiant, & that he sustains a good character. I further say that, I know Loly Thorp the applicant for a pension, & have made particular inquiries of those long acquainted with her, & all concur in giving her a most excellent character.
I further say that, having business near New Hartford Ct, I, at the request of Mrs Thorp, made inquiries there for proof of her marriage, & took the testimony of the witnesses, which have been forwarded to the Pension Office. They were all represented to me as persons of respectability, & they had the appearance of being so, & I did not then doubt & do not now that they were honest & correct in their statements of the time of Mrs Thorps marriage.
From the manner in which Mrs Thorp told the story to me of her marriage, & the Ezra Morgan circumstances by which she affidavit fixed the date as stated in her declaration, I have no manner of doubt that she is entirely correct as to the time, & Hiland Hall Bennington Vt Aug 30, 1845
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I David Bushnell of Pownal in the County of Bennington & State of Vermont, aged fifty five years, testify & say, that I have been acquainted with Joseph Thorp & Loly Thorp, from the time they came to Pownal more than thirty five years, during all which time, until the death of Joseph Thorp, whose funeral I attended, & who died July 12, 1842,
during all which time they lived together as man & wife & were reputed as such. Loly Thorp now lives in my house, & remains his widow.
[signed] David Bushnell
State of Vermont Bennington County ss Pownal July 21, 1843.
Personally appeared David Bushnell a reputable witness, & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit, before me O. C. Merrill, Justice of Peace
I certify that O C Merrill whose official signature appears above, is an acting Justice of the peace for the County of Bennington July 21, 1843 Hiland Hall
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I Earles Thorp of New Hartford in Litchfield County being and State of Connecticut, being 79 years of age, do depose & say, that I am well acquainted with Joseph Thorp & have been from his childhood, said Joseph now resides as I suppose in Pownal in the State of Vermont, was formerly from Southington in the County of Hartford State of Connecticut,
and that I will mollest [attest] that the said Joseph Thorp served Eight months as a substitute for one Edward Neal of Bristol in Capt Daniel Barnes’ Company in the 8th Connecticut Regt commanded by Colo Giles Russell, that the said Joseph left home as I believe in May 1779, and returned in January 1780, & that while the said Joseph was in the Army at the Highlands, I went to see him & found him with the Army, where I believe he remained untill [until] the Expiration of said Term of Eight months.
The deponent further says that the said Joseph entered the service of the United States again for 6 or 8 months in the Commissary Department in the year 1781, as he believes sometime in the month of June, & returned in the month of February, following that he understood from the said Joseph that he was a considerable part of the time at White Plains, & was at Yorktown at the taking of Lord Cornwallis.
That the said Joseph also went into the service at other times during the war, but for what length of time or how many times, he cannot state, And further the Deponent saith not
[signed] Earles Thorp
State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss. New Hartford
On this 2nd day of November AD 1833 Personally appeared Earles Thorp who hath subscribed the foregoing deposition & made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me, and I hereby certify that the said Earles Thorp the subscriber of the foregoing Deposition is a credible witness to me personally known James D. Thorp Just of the Peace
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State of Connecticut Litchfield County, Barkhamsted November 4th AD 1833
I Hiram Goodwin Clerk of the Court Probate for the District of New Hartford, Certify that James D. Thorp who has signed the certificate attached to the within Deposition of Earles Thorp, was on the 2d day of November AD 1833, was & is a Justice of the Peace within & for said Litchfield County, & within said Probate District, & that & that I am acquainted with his hand writing & that the within is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I affixed my name & seal of this Court. Hiram Goodwin Clerk
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I Levi Johnson of Wolcott in New Haven County and State of Connecticut, being Seventy one years of age, do depose and say, that in the month of March A.D. 1778, I enlisted into Col. Roger Eno's Regiment of Connecticut State troops in Capt. Asa Brays company, for the term of one year, to serve in the Revolutionary war, and the Terms of enlistment were that we should not be called called into actual service for a longer term than three months at any one time, we enlisted as minute men, and were to be ready at the shortest notice to enter upon duty.
That in the month of June 1778, we were called to enter upon service under said enlistment, and immediately marched to Horseneck in the Town of Greenwich in the State of Connecticut, where our Regiment were stationed for a short time. and then removed to White Plains in the State of New York, and from thence to West Point, where, at the expiration of three months from the time we left home on said service, we were dismissed and returned home.
Some time in the month of September or October of the same year 1778, we were again called out on said enlistment, and I immediately marched to Join our Regiment at Horseneck aforesaid, where we were stationed for three months, and then again dismissed.
I further state that I was then well acquainted with Joseph Tharp, who then resided in Southington in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut, who now resides in Pownall [Pownal] in the State of Vermont, and recollect well that he enlisted about the same time that I did, and into the same company and Regiment, and was out with me during the whole time that I was as above Stated in the service of the United States under said enlistment, and I think we were entitled to half pay when not in actual service, the whole time that said Joseph Tharp was in actual service under said enlistment was six months.
And I further state that in the month of June 1780, I was drafted from the Connecticut Militia and immediately went to Horseneck aforesaid, and remained there on duty for the term of two months in the company of Capt. Peter Curtiss, and in the Regiment commanded by Col. Bebee of the Connecticut Militia, and I well recollect that the said Joseph Tharp was drafted at the same time and served for the term of
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Two months in the same Company and Regiment with me, It might be that the said Joseph Tharp served as a substitute in the last described service and further the Deponent saith not
Levi Johnson

State of Connecticut 
County of New Haven
Js Woleott

On this 28th day of October A.D. 1833 Personally appeared Levi Johnson who hath subscribed the foregoing deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Before me - and I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Levi Johnson who hath subscribed the foregoing deposition
and consider him to be a man of truth and veracity whom a par with mankind in general - 
Archibald Minor Justice of the Peace
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State of Connecticut Bristol [Probate] District SS Bristol
I Henry A Mitchell Judge of the Court of Probate  for the District of Bristol hereby certify that Archibald Minor, who has signed the certificate attached to the within deposition, is an active Justice of the Peace within and for the County of New Haven, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and believe the signature to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have caused the Clerk of said Court to sign these presents and to affix thereunto the seal of said Court this 29th day of October AD 1833.
Charles G. Ives Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Bristol
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Loly Tharp a u 4547
Wm Haswell Bennington Vermont
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 2d February 1848, entitled, An Act making further provision for surviving Widows & Soldiers of the Revolution
State of Vermont Bennington County, ss.
On the 29th day of September, AD 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Loly Tharp, a resident of Pownal, in the County of Bennington, aged 74 years, to me personally known, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War,
that she is the Widow of Joseph Tharp, who was a Private in the Revolution, and died on the 12th day of July AD. 1842, and for whose services she received a pension of Eighty Dollars per annum, under the Act of 17th June 1844, and she further declares that she is still a Widow.
Witness O. C. Merrill, Wm Haswell
[signed] Loly her-X-mark Tharp
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me, Wm Haswell Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont Bennington County, ss
I, Samuel H. Blackmer, Clerk of the Court of Bennington County, hereby certify that Wm Haswell is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine. Given under my hand and the seal of said County, this 2 day of October AD 1848 Saml H. Blackmer Clerk
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State of Vermont Bennington County ss
On this 29th day of November AD 1845 personally appeared before me, Loly Tharp of Pownal in the County of Bennington aforesaid, aged 71 years the 6th day of June now last past, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath declare certify & say that
about the month of July 1843 she made her declaration before the Probate Court for the district of Bennington in said County of Bennington for the purpose of obtaining a pension as the widow of Joseph Tharp, who was a private in the army of the United States & a pensioner at the time of his death,
that she was married to the said Joseph Tharp the 20th day of October one thousand seven hundred & ninety two at New Hartford in the state of Connecticut by Elder Alpheus Thompson, & lived with him as his wife until the time of his death, which took place the 12th day of July 1842, all which she believes she has more particularly stated in her former declaration before mentioned, and she makes this additional declaration for the purpose of claiming more fully than in her former one the benefit of all acts of Congress granting & extending pensions to widows of deceased revolutionary soldiers.
[signed] Loly Tharp
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year above written. Silvanus Danforth Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont Bennington County ss
I Samuel H. Blackmer Clerk of Bennington County Court do hereby certify that Silvanus Danforth, whose name is subscribed to the within, was at the date thereof a Justice of the peace within & for the County of Bennington, duly authorized to administer said oath, & that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Silvanus Danforth, & verily believe his signature is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the Seal of said County this 29th day of November A. D. 1845 Saml H. Blackmer Clerk
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I, Joseph Thorp of Pownal in the County of Bennington & State of Vermont, depose and say, that about the 25th day of October 1833, I received from Silvanus Danforth, Judge of the Court of Probate for the district of Bennington Vermont, my original declaration which was made out and sworn to on the 27th day of August 1832, before said Judge of Probate, for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That said Judge at the time he delivered said original declaration, informed me that more evidence was required as to the service rendered in Russells Regt., and that I had better go to Connecticut & try to obtain it, that I started for Connecticut, and went to Connecticut, and obtained the deposition of Levi Johnson, and on my return to Pownal, I lost said original declaration out of my possession, but never missed it until I returned to Pownal, and delivered to said Judge of Probate the deposition of Johnson, and said Judge inquired of me about the original declaration, that I did not know or think the papers were of any importance until I returned to Pownal and was enquired of by said Judge of Probate.
And I further depose & say that the first services mentioned in my said declaration were rendered in the year 1778, and not 1777 as stated in my said declaration, That the services mentioned in my said declaration to have been rendered in 1778 in Capt Daniel Barnes Company 8th Connecticut Regt in 1779 was rendered in 1779 and not in 1778. That I rendered the serve as stated in my said declaration, and under the officers there named, but was mistaken in the years, That the 8 months service as stated in my said declaration was rendered partly
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in Russells Regt and partly in Col Isaac Shearmans Regt, as Col Russell commanded the 8th Connecticut Regt until the last of October 1779, when Col Isaac Shearman took the command of said Regt, and was in command when I was discharged, which was in January 1780, and not in January 1779 as stated in my declaration, & that Col Wadworth, under whom I served in the year 1781, acted as Commissary, & I was his waiter.
[signed] Joseph Thorp
State of Vermont Bennington County SS Bennington the 16th day of November AD 1833 Personally appeared Joseph Thorp who signed the above Deposition, & made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me W. M. Robinson Justice of Peace
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22.710, Joseph Tharp Adm 2 years $80
Hon Hiland Hall Ho of Rep
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[stamp] U. S. PENSION OFFICE D OCT 14 1919
Rev Serv Caledonia N. Y. Oct 13, 1919
To the Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
The following query relative to one Joseph Thorp or Tharp of Fairfield Conn., served in Rev was A private 1775 Capt Buels Co and Herman's Reg't, Conn Soldiers list, Joseph Thorpe of Fairfield private rec’d pension, allowed 80.00 per month rec’d $240.00, Conn Militia, Oct 13, 1833, aged 74 yrs, page 93 in Vermont pension list, he was born 1759, when did he die, who was his wife, was she living in 1833 when he rec’d pension, who were his children. Can you find any thing relative to the above, quarry? I should be pleased to ascertain. Yours truly, Mrs A. B. Johnson Caledonia N.Y.
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W. 15,423. Rev. War Se Oct. 25, 1919.
Mrs. A. B. Johnson, Caledonia, New York.
Madam: In reply to your letter of the 13” instant, you are advised that the Revolutionary War pensioner, Joseph Thorp or Tharp, who in 1833 lived in Pownal, Bennington County, Vt. never resided in Fairfield County, Conn. and did not serve in 1775 as described by you.
If you desire another search of the records, you are requested to furnish as much as possible of the following data in regard to the Joseph Thorp or Tharp whose history you wish, in order that a proper search may be made in your behalf. Approximate date of birth, places of birth and residence at enlistment and after service.
Very respectfully, G M Saltzgaber Commissioner.
This woman often writes here is is Hist branch of D.A.R. Chapter She takes all book references & puts them together as if they were of one man. There is a Joseph Thorp of Fairfield, but he did not serve as she alleges, & he went to N.Y., so she must straighten out her request before we can determine