Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,418, for John Thompson, Virginia
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[3-1776]

SERVICE
Va.

Thompson, John
                   Winney

NUMBER
W. 22,418

CONTENTS
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[typed form, with handwritten responses] 

[left side] Illinois 25,818

John Thompson
of [Illegible] Co. in the State of Ill. who was a Pr. in the Company commanded by Captain Pawling of the Regt. commanded by Col. Flemings in the Virginia line for 9 Mo. Pr. $36.00

Inscribed on the Roll of Illinois
at the rate of 36 Dollars - Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of Jany [January] 1834 [and sent to] Mortimer Kennett, Carrollton, Ill.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833 - 75.00
Semi=anl. [annual] allowance ending 4 Mar ’34 15.00
$90.00

{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by J. T. Sprague, Clerk
Book E Vol. 8 Page 87

[right side] Paid at the Treasury under the Act of 6th Apr. 1838 from 4th March 1837 to 4 Sept 1837 Agt. notified 10 Nov. 1838.
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[left side] Illinois 4067

Winney Thompson
widow of John Thompson
who died on the 27 March 1843 of Green Co. in the State of Ill. who was a Pri. in the Co. commanded by Captain Prowling, of the reg. commanded by Fleming in the Virginia line for 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Springfield at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on  the 27 March 1843

Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Aug. 1844
and sent to Erastus Wright Springfield, Ill.

Arrears to the 4th of [blank]
Semi-annual allowance ending [blank]

{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act July 4, 1836}
{Section the 3d}

Recorded by T. L. Swann, Clerk,
Book C Vol. 1 Page 202

[right side] See let [letter] to Mr. Dawson 23d Oct ’44 – rept.
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Marriage Bond
John Thompson & Winney Brickey

[written upside down] 25 
Erastus Wright Esqr [Esquire]
Springfield Illinois

[circular stamp] FINCASTLE VA. DEC 26
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Know all men by these presents that we John Thompson and Josiah Brickey are held and firmly bound unto the Commonwealth of Virginia in the sum of fifty pounds current money for the point whereof will and truly to be made we bind ourselves & firmly by then presents sealed with our seals and dated this 21th day of June 1781. 
The Condition of the above obligation is such that whereas there is a marriage shortly intended to be had & solemnized between the above bound John Thompson and Winifred Brickey both of this parish of therefore there shall be no lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage then this obligation to be void & 
John Thompson {Seal} 
Josiah Brickey {Seal} 

State of Virginia Botetourt County to wit 
I Feramand Woltz Clerk of the County Court of Botetourt in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy from the original Marriage bond executed by John Thompson, filed in my office. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my said Office this 23rd day of December in the year 1843 
Feramand Woltz Clerk of Botetourt County Court
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Fincastle December 23d 1843. 

D Sir
Inclosed [Enclosed] you will receive a certified copy of the marriage bond requested this is the only of the marriage of John Thompson and Winfred Brickey filed or recorded in my office as to record marriage was kept in the office until the year 1787 

Yrs repty [Yours Respectfully] 
F. Woltz
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6024
Declaration
Winney Thompson
Illinois
Act 4 July 36

Admd [Admitted]
6 mo. per
--------------
20 to commence
from 27 March 43 the
day of her husbands
death

Erastus Wright
Springfield
Illinois
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Declaration

State of Illinois} 
Green County} On this 4th day of October 1843 Personally appeared before the undersigned one of the judges of the County Court in and for said County Winney Thompson of the County of Green and State of Illinois a resident therein aged seventy nine years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Province made by the act of Congress Passed July 4th 1835, and the act explanatory of said act passed March 3d 1837. That she was married to John Thompson a revolutionary soldier, who was a Private in the army was the Battle at Cornwallis defect and several other Battles was enrolled on the Pension List of the Illinois agency and drew a pension up to the 4 March 1843 at the rate of thirty Dollars per annum. 
She further declares that she was married in Botetourt County in the State of Virginia to said John Thompson on the twentieth day of June in the year seventeen hundred and Eighty one. 
That her husband the aforesaid John Thompson died on the twenty seventh day of March 1843, and that she has remained a widow ever since will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. That she knows of no record of her age or the day of her marriage. 
Winney [her X mark] Thompson
Before me One of the Judges of} 
the County Court} 
of Green County}
witness} Erastus Wright
{R. P. Abel 

I certify that I am personally acquainted with Winney Thompson widow of John Thomson and who was a revolutionary and a pensioner died on the 27th March 1843 and that said Winney Thompson whose declaration appears above is the identical person and was the wife of said John Thompson. - That she is to all appearance 80 years old and confined to be much of the time by reason of Bodily infirmity and is not able to be carried to the County seat 15 miles distant to give her testimony before a court of record – 
That Wm. Thompson and Temperance Thompson are Neighbors and citizens of Green Co and who were acquainted with them in Virginia at the time of their Marriage and are credible persons in good standing in society. 
one of the Judges of the
County Court of Green Co
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We William Thompson and Temperance Thompson Certify that we lived in Botetourt County in Virginia in the years 1780 & 81. and were well acquainted with Winney Brickey and John Thompson before they were married and that they married in said County in June 1781 (we think on the 20th day) That we have been acquainted with them ever since and know they lived together as man and wife to the day of his said Thompsons death which was on the Twenty seventh of March 1843. 
That we know Winney Thompson whose declaration appears within is the identical widow and was the wife of said John Thompson decd [deceased] who was a revolutionary Pensioner and drew $30 per annum – 
Sworn to and subscribed this 4th day of Oct. 1843 
Before me 
William McBride Justice of the Peace}
two witnesses{
William [his X mark] Thompson 
Temperance [her X mark] Thompson 

I certify that William Thompson & Temperance Thomson whose affidavit appears above are credible Persons and worthy of confidence in any testimony they may give and I believe them to be both above 79 seventy years of age. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 4th day of October 1843
William McBride Justice of Peace {Seal}
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State of Illinois}
Green County} Ss 

I William Carlin Clerk of the County Commissioners Court is and for said County Certify that William McBride is a Magistrate duly commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit is due to all his official acts as such – 
I also certify that A. S. Seely is one of the Judges of the County Court in and for said County of Green duly qualified and that full faith and credit is due to his office acts as such –

Given under my hand and seal of Office at Carrolton in said County of Green this 24th day of October 1843 
William Carlin Clk. C.C.C.C.
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Carrollton, Ill.
Feby [February] 3rd      Free

Mr. J. L. Edwards War Dept.
Pension Office
Washington City D.C.
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State of Illinois} 
Greene County} September Term 1832 
On this 3rd day of Sept AD 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the County Commissioners Court of Greene County Illinois being a court of record John Thompson the said court now sitting being a resident of said County of Greene and State of Illinois – and aged about seventy three or four 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 7th 1832. 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. The applicant is not able to state in what year he was born, as he has no record of his age, but he states to the best of his recollection and from the best information he is now seventy three or seventy four years old that he was born in Bottertort [sic: Botetourt] County and State of Virginia when he was called into the service of the United States from Virginia he moved to Kentucky after the revolutionary war closed, that he remained a resident of Kentucky about seventeen or eighteen years and from thence removed to the now state of Illinois where he has resided ever since, that he was drafted into the service of the United States as one of the Virginia Militia to go against the British in North Carolina and was in the Battle of Guilford [Guilford Courthouse, 15 Mar 1781], that subsequently he was drafted and was at the battle of York Town at the takeing [taking] of Cornwallis [at the siege of Yorktown, 19 Oct 1781]. at the battle of Guilford he was under the command of Capt. Henry Pawling [sic: Henry Paulding] attached to Col William McClenahans [sic: William McClenachan’s] regt. at the Battle of Yorktown he was under the command of Capt. David May, that in addition to the above service he volunteered to guard some waggons [wagons] to the lead mines on or near new river [near Fort Chiswell in present Wythe County VA]. This applicant recollects that Gen’l [General Nathanael] Greene was in command at the battle of Guilford and that Genl Washington was seen by this applicant at the battle of York Town. The applicant received a discharge twice or for both the tours before alluded to, but
Over, -
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They have been lost. those discharges were given by Captains Pawling and May. this affiant states he is well acquainted with Aaron Smith William Thompson and John Taylor and a number of others who are his present neighbours are well acquainted with this affiant and who will be able to testify as to his character and that it is generally understood at this time as it has been for many years that this applicant is one of those who participated in the revolutionary war. 
This affiant has no documentary evidence to show his services, but his brother William Thompson will testify that he served in two tours, the one or the other in which he volunteered to guard the waggons [wagons]. he knows of no person by whom the fact can be established that his whole service was over six months 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. 
John [his X mark] Thompson

Sworn to and subscribed}
The day year aforesaid} 
Mortimer Kennell Clk [Clerk]}
William Thompson sworn}
& examined}
The following certificate was filed and ordered to be spread upon the record. 
Mr. Aaron Smith Clergyman residing in Greene County State of Illinois and William Thompson residing in the same County and State, hereby certify that we are well acquainted --- with John Thompson who has subscribed and sworn to a declaration before the County Commr [Commissioner] Court of Greene County, that we believe him to be seventy three or seventy four years old that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we
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Concur in that opinion,  
Subscribed and sworn} Aaron Smith
to in open Court} William Thompson
M. Kennell Clk [Clerk]

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 Aaron Smith who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County of Green and State of Illinois, and that William Thompson and that William Thompson who has also signed the same is a resident in the County and State aforesaid and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
Jesse V. Mounts} 
Cyrus Tallman} Commrs [Commissioners]

I Mortimer Kennell Clerk of the Court of Greene County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Thompson for a pension in testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 2nd day of Feby [February] 1833
Copy Att. Mortimer Kennell Clk [Clerk]
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14.433 
John Thompson 
Greene Co Ills. 

Adm 9. Months $30 

Mortimer Kennett 

Mortimer Bennett Carrolton Co
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

WAR DEPARTMENT. 
Pension Office, 
29. April 1833 

Sir:

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 show what is necessary to be done these points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (these:}). 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, showing the Service of John Thompson 

[column headings: Period when the service rendered. Duration of the claimant’s service. Years. Months. Days. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service, Proof by which the declaration is supported.]

[months] 3 [Rank] private [Field Officers] Capt. Pawling Col. Wm. McClenahan [Age & where enlisted] 74 years Botetourt Co. Virginia [Proof] Traditionary a Clergyman

[months] 5 Do [Rank private] [Field Officers] Capt. May

[months] 1 Do [Rank private] [Field Officers] Col Flemings order or a guard

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, 
Commissioner of Pensions.

The deponent States – “That his whole service was over Six months.”
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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 instance, 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} ss.
County of}
On this     day of     personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of     in the county of     and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 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)    , with    and 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 on that of the Agency in the State of 
Sworn to 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 (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
1               of the Court of              do hereby certify (h) 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 (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             and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with              , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be               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            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 bis 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
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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.} {To an Officer.} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what 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. If 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 is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is 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 the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will trans nit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period 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. ln a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of 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    year    months, and     days, I served as a    . For     months and    days, I served as a     ; 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, 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 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 in 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 in 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 witnesses, and the official character and signatures 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 to [illegible] 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.
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of John Thompson a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (and his widow's) application for pension of file in this Bureau. W.F. 22,418 

[column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. STATE.]

1781* 3 mos. Pri. [Captain] Henry Pawling [Colonel] Wm. McClenahan [State] Va.

1781 * 5 “ [months] [Captain] David May [check mark]

“ [1781] 1 “ [month] [check mark] [Colonel] Fleming

Battles engaged in, Guilford, Yorktown

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Botetourt Co, Va. 

Date of application for pension, Sept 3, 1832. His cl was al [his claim was allowed]

Residence at date of application, Greene Co. Ills.

Age at date of application, 73 or 74 yrs. He was born in Botetourt Co Va.

Remarks: He married June 20, 1781, in Botetourt Co. Va, Winfred, or Winney Brickey; he died Mch. [March] 27, 1843 and she was al [allowed] pension on her ap [application] executed Oct 4, 1843, while a resident of Greene Co, Illinois, aged 79 yrs. 

Respectfully, 
Commissioner.

6 - 2856
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

Payments to be made 
at Carri [Carrollton] Ill 
by Daniel Hay Esq 
Agent for paying Pensioners in the Agency of Ill 

John Thompson
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E Vol. 8.
Page 62 by John T. Sprague Clerk
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

WAR DEPARTMENT
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM. 

I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, John Thompson of the State of Illinois who was a Private during the Revolutionary War, is entitled to receive, Thirty dollars per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi=annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September in every year. 

Given at the War Office of the United Willes this 9th day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty = four – 

Lew Cass 
Secretary of War

Examined and} 
Countersigned.} J L Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions
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6024 
Winney Thompson 
widow of 
John Thompson 
Ill. 

Let [Letter] to Erastus Wight July 27-44 

act 4 July 1836
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J. L. Edwards Esqr. [Esquire]
Commr [Commissioner] of Pensions
Washington City 
D. C.
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Springfield Illinois 
7 Nov. 1843

J. L. Edwards Esqr [Esquire] – 
Dear Sir 
Enclosed is Dec. [declaration] of Winney Thompson I attended and wrote of her declaration at her house she was sick and left it for her relatives to get the Judge to take acknowledgment. I hope Sir it will meet with a more favorable reception than most I have sent. It is hard if there is a vested right in the widow and she shall be [Illegible] because others have not kept a record or it may have never been recorded, or through the Carelessness of Clerks the Bond was lost, 60 years ago. 
A Gentlemen fr [from] Kentucky was totally complaining with us this office that it seemed to be almost impossible to get a widows claim allowed, were with positive testimony.= Please write me and state all deformities or if allowed send the certif [certificate] to me. 
yours &c 
Erastus Wright 
Accompanying is the pension certif [certificate] of her husband which small arrears she expects to lose. 
If the affidavit of two old Neighbors who have lived near them the last 60 years is not evidence she must fail.
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J. L. Edwards Esqr. [Esquire]
Washington City 
D. C.

[circular stamp] SPRINGFIELD JUL. 22

[written sideways] July 31 1844
[Illegible]
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J. L. Edwards Esq. Springfield Sangamon Co Illinois 20 July 1844 

Dear Sir
On 12 Decr [December] last I sent the Declarations of Mary Griswold & Winney Thompson for Pensions and afterwards say in Jany [January] 1844 I sent Evidence of their respective Marriages. I have never heard whether they were ever received. Please state if received - 
Yours Respectfully 
Erastus Wright
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Treasury Department 
Second Comptroller's Office 
Nov. 7. 1838 

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States, John Thompson a Pensioner on the Roll of the Illinois Agency at the rate of Thirty Dollars [and Cents crossed out] per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1837 to the 4th Sept. 1837. 
Respectfully, yours, 
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions, 
Present.
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Free

J. L. Edwards Esqr. [Esquire]
Commr [Commissioner] Pensions
Washington City 
D. C.

[written sideways] Aug. 16 44
Addl pff [Additional proof] Md [married] in [Illegible]
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Thompson
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Springfield Illinois
6 Aug 1844  

J. L. Edward Esqr. 
I have just got yours of 27 July / 44 in relation to getting evidence of marriage of Winney Thompson to John Thompson = I find by reference this memorandum in her person = “Copy of marriage Bond Botetourt Co Virginia Dated 21 June 1781. John Thompson & Jarret Brickey $50 Pounds Casualty Clerk F Waltz. Date Fincastle 23 Decr [December] 1843. Sent to J. L. Edward Washington 29 Jany [January] 1844. 
I know the certified Copy of Bond was sent on I am sure as it cost me cash to get the evidence that this is the fact. I also would state that I sent at the same time the Evidence of Mary Griswold Marriage to Adonijah Griswold (being the testimony of Luther Evarts of Adison Co. Vt. & F. E. Wooton Clerk & sent attention) 
I regret that it miscarried or you have mislaid it. 
The Pension Agt. here Col J. Dawson can testify to the Bond as he had it and knows the fact. If you require more of me in Winny Thompsons case be so good & write again.

I sent additional testimony about some time in the Case of Margaret [Dodd?] and have never heard a word from it since 
Yours &c Erastus Wight
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J. L. Edwards Esqr. [Esquire]
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D. C.

[written sideways] Oct 23d 44
Winney Thompson
[Illegible] 
20
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Springfield Ill 14th October 1844 

J. L. Edwards Esqr 

This day, a power of attorney was presented to pay Winney Thompson widow of John Thompson who was a private and drew a pension under the act of June 1832 at the rate of $30 per Annum, I find by a copy of her pension certificate she was only allowed $20 per Annum, will you be so good as to explain to me why she was not allowed the same pay her Husband was allowed 
Yours Respectfully 
John Dawson Pension Agt [Agent]

J L Edwards Esq 
Commissioner of Pensions 

What is become of the claim of John Edmunson who obtained a pension by Act of Congress
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Carrollton, Ills 
Dec. 19,       Free

J. L. Edwards Esqr. [Esquire]
Commr [Commissioner] Pensions
Washington City 
D. C.

[written sideways] Jany [January] 4 1834 Illinois ret.d
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State of Illinois, Greene County Ss. 
County Commissioners Court 
December Term 1833 [3 Dec 1833] 
Personally appeared in open court John Thompson, well known to this court as the real individual who filed a declaration for a pension at the September Term 1832, of this court and the said John Thompson 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, as a private in each instance: For one month as a guard to the waggons to the lead mines on the west side of New river called Chissells mines. this service was performed under the order of Colonel Fleming, of the Virginia Militia – For three months as a private in Capt. Pawling’s company of the Virginia Militia against the British in North Carolina – For five months as a private in Captain May’s company of Virginia Militia against the British as mentioned in his declaration at the Battle of Yorktown – making his whole service nine months. that from the causes before mentioned he is unable to state further particulars. 
John [his X mark] Thompson

Subscribed and sworn to in open Court. 
M. Kennett Clk [Clerk]

State of Illinois, Greene County Ss
I Mortimer Kennett, Clerk of the County Commissioners Court of Greene County Illinois
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do hereby certify that the foregoing is the additional affidavit of John Thompson taken this day in open court and to be annexed to his application for a pension under the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832.- 
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my name and cause my seal of Office to be affixed this third day of December AD 1833 
Att. Mortimer Kennett Clk [Clerk] CCGC
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Stampd env [stamped envelope] Rev 

Roodhouse Ill Dec. 27 1922
Pension Department 
Washington D.C. 

I would like a little information about my Great Grandfather John Thompson he was born in Botetourt Co Va. he enlisted in 1781 under Captain Henry Pawling & Col Wm McLean three month and again for five months and one month under Captain David May and Col Thos Fleming, Virginia troops, I would like to know where and when he married, and where he lived before coming to Ill, he died in Greene Co Ill 1843. Did he draw a small pension 
Thanking you very kindly 
Yours truly 
Will Thompson
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Rev. War, AW

C. J. Doyle      J. H. Doyle

Doyle & Doyle 
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law 
Greenfield, Illinois. 

Springfield, Illinois, 
January 8, 1916. 

Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sir: Will you please send me the military service of John Thompson, Revolutionary soldier from Virginia, who received a pension in Greene County, Illinois. 

I hope to receive an early reply addressed to Mrs. C. J. Doyle, P. O. Box 178, Springfield, Illinois. 

Very truly yours, 
Nelle W. Doyle 
(Mrs. C. J.)
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[circular stamp] DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Rev Mtt

The Pension Office 
Washington, D. C. 
Will you please inform me if John Thompson of Virginia received pension for services in Revolutionary War. He died in Green County, Illinois in 1843. 
If so is the name of his wife or children given? I would like any names or dates available to his eligibility in a [Illegible several words] 
Floyd E. Thompson 
Rock Island Illinois 

[Oval stamp] CHIEF’S DESK RECORD MAY 6 1921 DIVISION U. S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS

[circular stamp sideways] PENSION MAY  1921 U. S. OFFICE
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L.L.K. 2 ct [cent] stamped envelope enclosed 

1500 White Ave. 
Knoxville, Tenn. 
Dec. 1922.
Rev./Mk1

Pension Department 
Washington, D. C. 

Gentlemen: 
Can you tell me, or tell me where I can find out, when John Thompson was born and married? He served in the [the] army under Captain Wm. McLeland in 1781, later under Captain David May and Colonel Thomas Fleming. He died in 1843 and is buried in the Thompson cemetery at Barrow, Green County, Illinois. 
Thanking you for any information you may give me, I am, 

Yours truly, 
Agnes Myrtle Thompson

[circular stamp] PENSION M DEC 4 1922 U. S. OFFICE.
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[oval stamp] Revolutionary War SEP 13 1923 SECTION

[left hand corner picture of a capitol building] SUPREME COURT STATE OF ILLINOIS SPRINGFIELD

[right side] JUSTICES JAMES H. CARTWRIGHT Oregon WILLIAM M. FARMER Vandalia ORRIN N. CARTER, Chicago FRANK K DUNN Charleston WARREN W. DUNCAN Marion CLYDE E. STONE Peoria FLOYD E. THOMPSON, Rock Island 

CHAMBERS OF 
MR. JUSTICE THOMPSON 

Rock Island, Illinois 
September 10, 1923 

Revolutionary War Record Section 
Bureau of Pensions 
Department of the Interior 
Washington, D. C. 

Gentlemen:
Inclosed [Enclosed] is a document which you sent me two years ago, showing the military record of John Thompson, my great-great-grandfather. report returned Sept 13 23 

It is my plan to apply for membership in the Sons of the American Revolution and that Society wants the volume and page of the record which shows the military history of the ancestor so that it can check the application. Will you please note on the inclosed [enclosed] document the title of the record and the volume and page where this information can be found and return it to me. If you have any information not noted on this document please add it. 

Perhaps you would like to know that my great-great-grandfather is buried in Thompson Cemetery near Barrow station in the northern part of Greene county, Illinois. 

Respectfully yours, 
Floyd R Thompson

FET/RHJ 
Incl.
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AW
Rev. War Section 
W.23418 

September 13, 1923.

Hon. Floyd E. Thompson, 
Supreme Court of Ills.
Springfield, Ills. 

Sir: 

I have the honor to advise you that the report furnished you May 23, 1921, relative to the Revolutionary War soldier John Thompson, was taken from the original papers on file in the claims of himself and his widow Winney, for pension, and is not recorded in any book. 
The report is in the usual form given by this Bureau to be used in application for admission to patriotic societies, and it suggested that it be forwarded with your request for membership, and if you desire that it be returned to you, add that request to your application. 
Respectfully. 
Hays Haymaker 
Acting Commissioner.

report returned Sept. 13 23
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[left side] 1916 Jan. 14. History to Mrs. C. J. Doyle. FW
1921 Mar 26 Tombstone data to Quartermaster Gen. U.S.A. 
1921, May 23 hist. to Floyd E. Thompson – Ew.
1922 Dec. 29. Hist to Agnes M. Thompson & W. A. Thompson Aw
1923. Sept. 13. Report returned & F. E. Thompson wfd not recorded on book etc 

[right side] Rev WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 22,418
Winney Thompson 
Wid of 
John Thompson 
Pri Rev War 

Act July 4th /36 

Index: Vol. M Page 273 

[Arrangement of 1870.]