Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6275, for Alexander Thomas, New Jersey
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New Jersey
Thomas, Alexander
Hannah
W. 6275
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12.123
North Carolina
Alexander Thomas of Davidson in the State of N Car: who was a PR: ____ in the ____ commanded by Captain _______ of the Regn commanded by Col Spencer in the NJ line for 1 yr: 11 Mo: 18 days.

Inscribed on the Roll of March at the rate of 78- Dollars 65 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of March 1833 and sent to Chol Brummell, Brummells PO. N.C.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 157.0
Semizant, allowance ending 4 Sept 39.32
$196.62

Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Aurthern Rice Clerk
Book E Vol. 6 Page 57
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6.204

North Carolina, Fayetteville

Hannah Thomas widow of NJ Alexander Thomas who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 78 Dollars 65 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of Jany/54 and sent to Elisha Smith Salem NC

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 9, 1848, Page 243 Vol. 1

S.B. True June 13 1856
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Alexander Thomas
19419
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of 

On this 12th Day of November 1832, ________ personally appeared before the Justice of The Court of plear & quarter sepiam Alexander Thomas a resident in the county of Davidson & state of North Carolina aged 74 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth ask his oath Matle the following in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by act of carigrep papis June 7 1832.   That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1777 and served in the 3rd Regiment of New Jersey line under the following North officers Captain Broadsick A og Bandel Colonel Spencer Lt Col Lindsley Generals Graces General Comelary & General Flocking the resident in Sussex County in the State of New Jersey where he enlisted the Service He Monchen  through the States of New Jersey & Pennsylvatia.  He was engaged int he battle which were faught at 100 & Gen Masterson in the State of Pennsylvania & served two years the has now in is popofision a discharge given by orders of Lt Col Camol Lindiley.

He hereby relinquishes many claims whatever to a pension or annuity except the prosent of he declares that his name is that on the pension roll of any agency in any state.
Sworn to and subsected this day & year of our Lord
Alexander Thomas
D. Mock Cldo

And the said count do herby declare this opinion that the atove named wear a Revoluion any soldier & served as norier stated
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I David Mark Clark of the Court of Pleas & quarter Sessions do herby certify that the above contains the original proceedings of the said court int he Matter of the applications of Alexander Thomas for a Pension.  In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 12th day of November 1802
D Mark CLOLE
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19419

Alexander Thoams
NC

NJ Roll
on Roll

from April 7, 1777 to
March 24, 1779

Initiate from 1777
1 yr 11 mo 18 day
$78.65/100

on Roll

BLC Brummell
Brummell PO
Davidson Co NC
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BRIEF in the case of Alexander Thomas.
County of Davidson in the State of North Carolina.
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? (blank)
3. How old is he? 74
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period. | Duration of Service. (Years/Months/Days) | Rank. As a: | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. (Gen.)
N.J. line; Enlisted In 1777. | 2 Years. | Private | Green, Sterling, Capt. Bradrick, Adj. Barnel. Col. Spencer. Lt. Col. Lindsley.
States he a discharge now in his possession.

5. In what battles was he engaged? Brandywine, Germantown.
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Sussex Co., N. Jersey.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? [crossed out: (illegible)] None of these if not on the rolls.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct.

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

s/ Edw. Forrest, Examining Clerk
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Graham, Alamance County
N.C. Sept, 4th 1853
L.P. Waldo Comm(?)

Dear Sir,
In the case of Hannah Thomas, widow of Alex Thomas of Davidson County N.C. her son William Thomas has employed me on behalf of his mother, to enquire into the case & to try & obtain the old ladies pension. Wm Thomas says that he understands that the case is in the hands of John Roach(?) of Davidson County, & it got into his hands without the consent of said Wm Thomas or his mother, that he has no confidence at all in Roach.
You will therefore please inform me what the situation of the case is, as much as practicable, so that I may know how to proceed in the case.
Respectfully, yours 

Wm P. Mendenhall
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Service             Number

New Jersey      Thomas, Alexander,                  W. 6275
                                      Hannah
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STATE OF North Carolina
County of Davidson//

BE IT KNOWN, That on the First day of April 1856, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, personally appeared said William Thomas Executors, above named, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed for the purposes therein set forth and described.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned.
s/ Wm. Rafer, Justice of the Peace

STATE OF North Carolina
County of Davidson//

I, C.F. Lowe, Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions in and for the county of Davidson and State of North Carolina, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Alexander Thomas, deceased, was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, at the rate of Twenty eight dollars Sixty eight cents per annum, and was a resident of the County of Davidson in the State of North Carolina and died in the County of Davidson, State of North Carolina, the 28th day of May in the year 1842, that he has no widow now surviving and only the following named children, viz:

Children names:
Juaritia Hinkle, Ann Davis, Mary Teague, Isaac Thomas, James Thomas, Susannah Aton, William Thomas, Charity Rafer, Elizabeth Davis, Hannah Thomas & Andrew Thomas.

That Andrew Thomas is [crossed out: administrator or] executor of said Alexander Thomas, deceased, & that William Rafer, Esq., above named is a magistrate duly appointed & commissioned to act as such & his signature is genuine.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office at office in Lexington this 15th day of May 1856.
s/ C.F. Lowe. Clk., [crossed out: Clerk] of Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Davidson County
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State of North Carolina
Rowan County
    Know all men by these presents, that we Alexander Thomas and Eleazer Smith both of the County of Rowan in the state of one said, are held and firmly bound unto the Governor of the State of North Carolina, for the time being, in the just and full sum of Five hundred Pound, current money of this State to be friend(?) to the said Governor, or his Successors or offspring, to the which payment well and truly to be made and done, we bind ourselves. Our heirs executives and administrators Sealed with our Seals, and dated this 2nd day of Oct, Anno Domini 1793.
    The condition of the above obligation is such that who sees the above bound to Alexander Thomas hath made application for License for a marriage to be celebrated between him and Hannah Gray of the County (illegible?) seen in case it shall not appear hereafter, that there is any lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage, then the above obligation to be laid otherwise to Remain in full force and enter.

Alexander Thomas
Eleazer Smith

Sealed and delivered
in the freesence(?) of us

State of North Carolina
   Rowan County ||   I James E Keir(?) clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, for said county, hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the marriage license bond of Alexander Thomas as taken from the foregoing bond.
   In testimony where of I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said court at Office(?) this 27th day of September 1857

James E Keir   clk
by J.S (illegible)  Dc
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State of North Carolina
Davidson County//

On this 13th day of Septem. 1851, personally appeared before me, one of the Judges of the Superior Court of Law and Equity in and for the said State, Hannah Thomas, aged (83) years, a resident of the State and County aforesaid, who after being duly sworn in due form of 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 the 7th 1838, entitled an act granting pensions to certain widows whose husbands served in the Revolutionary War.

That she is the widow of Alexander Thomas, deceased, of the County of Davidson State of North Carolina who was a private in the Revolutionary War and was allowed a pension by the United States at the rate of $78 and 65 cents per annum. She further declares she was married to the said Alexander Thomas in the
County of Rowan, State of North Carolina, on the 2nd day of October (1793) Seventeen Hundred & Ninety three, and that her husband, the aforesaid Alexander
Thomas, died in Davidson County, North Carolina, on the 28th day of May 1842. That she was not married previous to her husband, the aforesaid Alexander Thomas, entering the service. That the marriage took place prior to the First of January (1794). Viz.: On the 2nd day of October (1793). She further swears that she is now the widow of the aforesaid Alexander Thomas and has not intermarried since his death and that she doth hereby relinquish all her claim to all other pension except the present. Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written before me.
s/ Hannah Thomas (X - her mark)

Sworn to before me this 13th Sep. A.D. 1857 and then subscribed.
s/ John W. Ellis {seal}
J.L.C.L.E.
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State of North Carolina
Davidson County//

I, Andrew Hunt, Clerk of the Superior Court of Law in and for the County of Davidson and State aforesaid, do hereby
certify that John W. Ellis, Esq., whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit is and was at the time of signing the same one of the Judges of the Superior Court of Law and Equity in and for the State aforesaid and that the above signature purporting to be his name is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the [crossed out: affix] Seal of said Court at office in Lexington on this 14 day of October A.D. 1851.
s/ And. Hunt, Clk. S.
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Hannah [illegible]
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State of North Carolina
County of Forsyth//

On this 19th day of December Eighteen Hundred and Fifty three, before the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County and State, December Term 1853, personally appeared. William Thomas and Jacob Teague, who are residents of Davidson & Forsyth Counties in said State, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on their oaths declare that they were well acquainted with Alexander Thomas of Davidson County in said State who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of about Eighty dollars per annum and that the said Alexander Thomas died in the A.D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty two on the 28th day of May and left a widow him surviving, whose name is Hannah and that her name before her marriage with said Alexander Thomas was Hannah McDormon.
s/ William Thomas
s/ Jacob Teague

Test(imonial):
s/ Elisha Smith

Sworn to and subscribed in Open Court the day and year above written. And the Court certifies that the aforesaid William Thomas & Jacob Teague, affiants, are persons of truth and entitled to credit and that their testimony in is satisfactory evidence of the facts set forth in the foregoing affidavit.
s/ C.L. Banner, Clk. of Forsyth County Court

Address: Elisha Smith, Salem N.C.
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State of North Carolina
County of Forsyth//

I, A.J. Stafford, Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for Forsyth County, do hereby certify that C.L. Banner is and was an Acting Justice of the Peace & Chairman of our said Court at the time the within affidavit was made duly commissioned & qualified & that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.

In Testimony whereof, I, A.J. Stafford, Clerk, have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at office in Weston. December the 19th 1853.
s/ A.J. Stafford, Clk.
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Rev(olutionary War)
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6275
Hannah Thomas, wid(ow of) Alex(ander) Thomas
Priv(ate), Rev(olutionary) War

Act: Feb. 2nd/'48

Index: -; Vol. A; Page 270

{Arrangement of 1870.}
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9,474
North Carolina, Fayetteville
Hannah Thomas, widow of Alexander (Thomas), who was a Private in the Revolution.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 78 Dollars 65 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of Jan./'54 and sent to Elisha Smith, Salem, N.C.

{Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 7, 1844.}

Recorded in Book A; Vol. 2; Page 161.
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No. 14,494

Hannah Thomas, widow of Alex (Thomas), N.C.

Act 7th July 1838

J. Roach Jan. 6th 1852
Same Sep. 24, 1853
Wm. P. Mendenhall 5th Oct. 1853
E. Smith Dec. 7, 1853

3. And June 3, 1832
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Mr. L.P. Waldo,

Please, Sir, let my friend, Capt. P.M. Henry of Washington D.C., see the papers in the Hannah Thomas case. And also inform him whether a pension certificate has ever been issued to Mary Barrett of N.C., widow of Sadrack.
s/ Elisha Smith

Address: Dr. Smith at Salem, N.C.; P.M.H.
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Pension Office
June 3, 1852

Please state to what time Alexander Thomas, who was a pensioner on the North Carolina Rolls under the Act of June 7, 1832 at the rate of $78.65 cts. per annum has been last paid?
s/ T.J.

Died 28th May 1842; P(ai)d to his death.; B.L.B.
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Brief in the case of Hannah Thomas, widow of Alexander (Thomas), Davidson County and State of North Carolina.
Acts 3 March 1843 &c.

Claim ("original," [crossed out: or "for increase"])

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Her husband was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 at $78.65. (See his papers for proof of service.)
Record of marriage.
Wm. Thomas & Jacob Teague for identity.

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what? (blank)

&.c

s/ Thornton Triplett, Examining Clerk

Name and resident of Agent:
s/ Elisha Smith, Esq.
Salem, N.C.
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Hannah Thomas, widow of Alexander (Thomas), N.C.

Adm(itted) 3rd Mar. 1843 &c.
1 yr. 11 mos. & 18 d(ays); Pri(vate); $78.65 per annum from 4 March 1843.

Sent to Elisha Smith, Esq., Salem, N.C.
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Cotton Grove, Davidson Co., N.C.
Feb. 4th 1852

James E. Heath, Esq. 
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir,

In compliance with your direction of the 6th Jus. C. You will find enclosed the affidavit of a Mr. John Goldenhamenet of our co(unty). The case (you will see) was managed by a(n) unexperienced hand, and in old style also. As you will also see, it is simple and honest. I am well aware truth is all desired and I have no doubt of this affidavit being a fact.

When you decide on Mrs. Thomas's claim, I expect to be informed by you of the decision you make.

Respectfully your obe(dient) ser(vant),
s/ John Roach

J.E. Heath, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D.C.
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Date of [crossed out: marria(ge)] death stated wrong.
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Cotton Grove, Davidson Co., N.C.
August 15th 1853.

Sir,

Last week was our County Court at Lexington and at one time, I was at a considerable loss to know who made the greatest noise, the lawyers in bar or Mr. Thomas on the bench and on me about his mother's pension claim. He is the son of Hannah Thomas, the widow of Alexander Thomas late of our County.

My humble wish is that the day is close at hand when the officers at the department will be favored with space and opportunity to look into Hannah Thomas' claim and let me know the contents of their decision, which will enable me to inform the old lady, and the balance of the clan, what they have to wrest upon.

Respectfully, I have the honor to be your obe(dient) ser(vant).
s/ John Roach

L.P. Waldo, Com(missioner) of Pensions
Washington City, D.C.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Alexander Thomas, which require further proof or explanation.

I.   Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes.
II.  Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes.
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? (blank)
IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes.
V.   *Has he mentioned 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 amout [amount] of pension he is entitled? Yes.
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes.
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes.
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes.
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate ? Yes.
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes.
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? (blank)
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? (blank)
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? (blank)
XIV. *If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? (blank)
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? (blank)
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? (blank)
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? (blank)
XVI. **Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes.
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1.2.7.

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* - QUERE V. 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 (blank) year (blank) months, and  (blank) days, I served as a  (blank). For  (blank) months and  (blank) days, I served as a  (blank); and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as 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 years 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 shewn 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.

*QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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 witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

**QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.

In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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State of North Carolina
Davidson County//

On this 27 day of January 1852, personally appeared before me, J. Robertson, one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for the aforesaid County, John Boldenhammer, aged (92) years, who after being first sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following statements.

Gentlemen, I am on my oath and if my parents give a true statement, I am Ninety two years old, and when I was a youth was acquainted with Alexander Thomas. We was boys nearly of an age and I was acquainted with him when he was married to his wife, Hannah, now his widow, and they was married in [duplicate: in] Rowan County in North Carolina and in the year Seventeen Hundred and Ninety three and I was at the wedding when Alexander Thomas was married to his wife, Hannah, and I took dinner with them and drank some grog with the company and they was married at Brother Bill Boldenhammer's and he married them and I have been acquainted with Alexander Thomas and his wife, Hannah, from the day of their marriage to the time of his death. And he died in this County of Davidson in North Carolina in the month of September 1837 and I do also know he did draw a pension for many years before his death. The amount I do not recollect and I can and do swear I have been acquainted with Hannah Thomas, his widow, from the day of his death to this day and I saw her this morning and she was well then and is now trying to git a pension that is due her from her husband's death and she has never married since her husband's death. If she had I know I would (h)a(ve) been invited to the wedding and I know she is a wido(w). This I have sworn to and will swear it again if cal(le)d on. 
s/ John Boldenhammer (X - his mark)

Sworn to and subscribed this 27 day of January 1852 before me.
s/ J. Robertson, J.P.
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And I, the aforesaid Justice of the peace do certify that John Boldenhammer, who appeared this day before me and sworn to and subscribed the above affidavit is one of the citizens of the aforesaid County of Davidson and he is a person of credit and a man of truth on his oath is good and it he's never been disputed. Given under my hand this 27th of January 1853.
s/ J. Robertson, J.P.

State of North Carolina
Davidson County//

I, C.F. Lowe, Clerk of 
the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that James Robertson, before whom the foregoing certificate was proven is a(n) Acting Magistrate in and for the aforesaid County and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of our said Court at office at Lexington and subscribed my name the 4th day of February A.D. 1852.
s/ C.F. Lowe, Clk.
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State of North Carolina
County of Davidson//

On this the 6 day of December One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty three before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Hannah Thomas, a resident of Davidson County in said State, who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the several laws of Congress passed on the 3rd day of March 1843 and on the 17th day of June 1844 and on the 2nd day of February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Alexander Thomas, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum and for all the facts as to her husband's service, she refers the Commissioner of Pensions to the papers filed by her husband to get his pension, which he got and was paid at the agency for paying pensions in North Carolina. And she further declares that she is still a widow.
s/ Hannah Thomas (X - her mark)

Witness: s/ Jacob T. Brown
Witness: s/ Barnett Hedgcock

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me. And I certify that the said Hannah Thomas is personally known to me to be the widow of an Alexander Thomas, deceased. Late of Davidson County North Carolina, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at about $80 per annum and that she is a respectable old lady and to be believed.
s/ Wm. Raper
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State of North Carolina
County of Davidson//

I, C.F. Lowe, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Davidson County aforesaid, certify that Wm. Raper, whose name appears to the foregoing declaration of Hannah Thomas, was at the time of signing the same an Acting Justice of the Peace for said County, duly commissioned and qualified as such. He has authority by law to administer oaths for general purposes and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and [crossed out: Seal] affixed the Seal of said Court at Office in Lexington this the 5th day of January 1854.
s/ C.F. Lowe, Clk.

Address:
Elisha Smith, Salem, N.C.
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Know all men by these presents that I, Hannah Thomas, widow of Alexander Thomas, a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States of Davidson County in the State of North Carolina, do hereby constitute and appoint Elisha Smith & Wm. P. Mendenhall my true & lawful attorney for me and in my name to attend to all the business necessary in order to get the government of the United States to allow me a pension as the widow of said Alex(ander) Thomas and to take charge of all the papers that may have been filed in the Pension Office claiming a pension for me and to do any and every other act or acts that I could or would do in on the premises were I personally present at the doing thereof. Hereby confirming whatsoever my said attorneys shall do in and about the premises by virtue hereof. Hereby revoking all other Powers of Attorney or other instrument by me at any time given to anyone. Witness my Hand and Seal this 10th day of A.D. 1853.
s/ Hannah Thomas (X - her mark)

Signed sealed and delivered in presence of:
Witness: s/ E.E. Potts
Witness: s/ Jacob Label

State of North Carolina 
Davidson County//

On this the 10th day of Oct. A.D. 1853 before me personally came Hannah Thomas and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her act & deed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.
s/ Wm. Raper, J.P.
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36/0225

State of North Carolina
County of Davidson//

I, C.F. Lowe, Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County of Davidson, certify that Wm. Raper, whose name appears to the foregoing acknowledgement of a Power of Attorney was at the time of signing the same Acting Justice of the Peace for said County, duly commissioned & qualified as such. He has authority by law to administer oaths and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said Court at office in Lexington this 15th day of November 1853.
s/ C. F. Lowe, Clk.

Hannah Thomas
Power of Attorney

Address:
Elisha Smith, Salem, N.C.

(Dr. Smith requests that the Power of Attorney may be returned to him if consistent with the practice of the office.)
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37/0226

L.P. Waldo, Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Salem, N.C.
January 13th 1854

Sir,

Enclosed, I send you the additional evidence as required in your letter to me of the 7th of December last in the case of [crossed out: the] Hannah Thomas's, widow of Alexander Thomas of Davidson County, N.C. application for a pension "Act of July 7th 1838", which I hope will be satisfactory and sufficient to pass her claim. But as I did not present this claim for Mrs. Thomas, I am not posted up as to what has been done in the case. So if there is anything more wanted, please let me know stating all the objections that lie against the addmition [admission] of her claim and oblige Mrs. Thomas & Elisha Smith.

I am respectfully, Sir, yours,
s/ Elisha Smith

Address: Elisha Smith, Salem N.C.
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No. 14,494
Hannah Thomas, wid(ow) of Alexander (Thomas), N.C.

Act 3 March 1843

J. Roach
Cotton Grove, N.C.
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Cotton Grove, Davidson Co., N.C.
October 13th 1851

Sir,

I send you the marriage license bond of Alexander Thomas & Hannah Thomas, now his widow, who is applying for a pension. When opportunity will offer, I desire you to decide on her case and write to me on the occasion as soon as convenient, for which I will be thankful.

Your obe(dient) ser(vant),
s/ John Roach

J.E. Heath, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D.C.