Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,687, for John Thompson, Maryland
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(3 - 1778)
SERVICE
Md.
CONTENTS
Jones
Thompson, John
Jones, Elizabeth
This widows' other husband was
pensioned. - See claim of Jason Jones,
Md. S. -
Former Widow
NUMBER
W. 26.687.
B.L. Wt. 1975-100
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11.274
D. of Columbia
Elizabeth Jones decd
formerly widow of
John Thompson
also a widow of Jason Jones a Rev Soldier and pensioner
in the State of Md who was a Private in the
command
by Captain of the
commanded
by
in the Revolution
line for
Inscribed on the Roll of Washington
at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of
February 1852 and sent to J E Benst Esq
Present
Arrears to the 4th of
Semiannual allowance ending
Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by
N. McRae clerk, Book D Vol. 1 Page 477
Page
Set to R Agt, Baltimore 20 Feb 1852
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5267
Elizabeth Jones the
widow John Thompson 
Maryland 
Act of July 1838 
Married 1786 
Husd died 1799 
Admd 2 yrs [?] $80 
per annum [?]
4 March 1836 & 
Endg 4 March 1841 
payable to 
Elizabeth Allen only 
survg child


J. G. Berret
Prefect[?]
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State of Maryland Anne Arundel County, S.S.
On this second day of October 1838 personally appeared before the subscribers Judges of the Orphans Court, being a Court of Record of Anne Arundel County, Elizabeth Jones a resident of said County, in the State of Maryland aged Seventy six years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath in open Court, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pension to certain widows", that she is the widow of John Thompson, also the widow of Jason Jones who were soldiers in the Maryland Line.  John Thompson sometimes during his life time called John Thompson the 1st, a private solider in the 2nd Regiment, Maryland Continental line, entered the Service of the United States for and until the end of the war, and served 'till the end thereof, as is shown by a Certificate from the Register of the Land Office W.L. Maryland.  She further declares that she was married to the said John Thompson or John Thompson the 1st on the third day of January one thousand seven hundred eighty six, that her husband the aforesaid John Thompson or John Thompson the 1st died on the 2nd of October seventeen hundred and ninety that she was married after he left service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz. on the 3rd day of January 1786, and that after the death of her first husband she the same Elizabeth Thompson married Jason Jones on twenty fifth day of November in the year seventeen hundred and ninety nine, and that the said Jason Jones died on the 7th February 1837, and his pension Certificate is herewith returned, but claims a pension on account o the service of her first husband John Thompson or John Thompson the 1st of the 2nd Maryland Regiment Continental Line.
Sworn and subscribed to the day and year first aforesaid.
Nichs. Brewer     Thos. H. Dorsey

Elizabeth Jones   X her mark
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State of Maryland, Anne Arundel County, to wit. At an Orphans Court held for Anne Arundel County on the 
Second day of October Eighteen hundred and thirty Eight, satisfactory 
Evidence was adduced in Court to prove that Elizabeth Jones in the 
County of Anne Arundel and State of Maryland was the widow of 
John Thompson, the first, deceased, late a soldier in the Second Regiment 
of the Maryland Line, Continental Army of the Revolutionary war, and 
that after the death of the said John Thompson the 1st she intermarried 
with a certain Jason Jones of the said County, who is since also deceased. 
Nich Brewer 
Thos H. Dorsey 
In Testimony that the aforegoing is a true copy taken from the minutes 
of the proceedings of the Orphans Court for Anne Arundel County, Maryland. 
I have hereunto set my hand and affixed 
the seal of my office this Second day of 
October in the year of our Lord one thousand 
Eight hundred and thirty eight. 
Saml Brown Junr Regr Wills, A. A. County
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Elizabeth Jones 
her 
Application and order 

Copy.




Cost 92 ½ cts.
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LAND OFFICE,
Annapolis, 7th Sept. 1838, I Certify that it appears by a Pay Roll remaining in the Office, that John Thompson 1st, a private received of John Hamilton, Agent of the Maryland Line, $25.50 arrears of pay from the 1st August 1780, to the 1st of January, 1782- also $80.00 pay from the 1st January, 1782, to the 1st of January, 1788, also $43.30 from the 1st January, 1783, to the 15th of November, 1788.  
Gratuity, $80.00, total received, $228.80
George G. Brewer
Register Land Office, W. S. Md.
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Anne Arundel County ss
I hereby certify that it appears by 
the records of Anne Arundel County that a
License to solemnize the rites of marriage between 
John Thompson and Elizabeth Connaway was
granted on the third day of January in the year 
of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
Eighty six 
In Testimony whereof I hereto set
my name and affixed the seal of 
Anne Arundel County Court this 
27 day of August 1838 
Wm S Green Clk A A Co  [?] 76
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State of Maryland SS
Anne Arundel County 
Be it remembered that on this fifth of May 
October Eighteen hundred and thirty Eight 
personally appears before me the 
subscriber one of the Justices of the 
peace for the above named County 
Samuel Meads and made oath 
on the holy Evangelist of almighty 
God that he was well acquainted with 
John Thompson the first who 
Belonged to the Maryland Continental 
Line and he was attached to the 
Second Regiment and knows well 
that he is the identical person 
and knows well when he returned 
home from the service and 
married Elizabeth Connaway now 
Elizabeth Jones 
Samuel Mead 

Sworn to and subscribed 
Edward Davis 

Mr Samuel Meads is well known 
to me to be a man standing in 
Society and can be relied on 
Edward Dubois 

Anne Arundel County to wit 
I hereby certify that Edward Dubois 
Gentleman who appears to have taken and signed 
the aforegoing affidavit was at the time of so 
doing one of the State of Marylands Justices of
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the peace in and for Anne Arundel County 
duly commissioned and Sworn 
In Testimony whereof I hereto set my 
name and affix the seal of Anne 
Arundel County Court this fifth 
day of October 1838 
Wm L Greene c of A A Coty Cot
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Anne Arundel County Court 
I hereby certify that it appears by 
the records of Anne Arundel County Court that 
a License to solemnize the rites of marriage 
between Jason Jones and Elizabeth Thompson 
was granted on the twenty fifth day of
November in the year of our Lord one thousand 
seven hundred and ninety nine
In Testimony whereof I hereto set
my name and affix the seal 
of Anne Arundel County Court
this 5th day of September 1838
Wm L Green Clk AACounty
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Certificate payable at the 
District Agency & Sent to 
James G. Berret
Present
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State of Maryland 
Anne Arundel County }Sct.
Be it known that on this tenth day of 
February A.D. 1852 personally appeared before me 
the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said 
County Elizabeth Allen who after having been 
duly sworn doth depose and say that she is the 
only surviving child of Elizabeth Jones formerly 
widow of John Thompson 1st who was as she has 
always understood a soldier in the War of the 
Revolution and on account of whose services as  
aforesaid her mother whilst living made 
application for a pension, but deceased before 
the Claim was allowed viz: on the 12th day of 
January A.D. 1843. and she therefore makes 
this declaration for the purpose of recovering 
any & all arrears of pension that may have been 
due at the date of her death under such acts 
and resolutions as may be applicable to her Case.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written 
Before me 
Owen M. Taylor, J.P.
State of Maryland 
Elizabeth Allen [handwritten] seal

State of Maryland}
Anne Arundel County Sct
Be it Known that on this Tenth day
of February A.D. 1852 personally appeared 
Zachariah McCauley and Barbara E. McCauley 
two respectable and disinterested witnesses 
who after having been duly sworn doth depose 
and say that they were well acquainted with 
Elizabeth Jones formerly widow of John 
Thompson 
1st who was always regarded as a Revolutionary
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soldier and that Elizabeth Allen who is 
now making application to the Government 
of the United States for the purpose of
Recovering the arrears of pension due to her 
mother at the time of her death which occured 
on the 12th day of January A.D. 1843 is 
her only surviving child and legal heir 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and 
year above written 
Zachariah McCauley [handwritten] seal
Barbara E McCauley [handwritten] seal
Before me
Owen M. Taylor J.P.

Know all men by these presents that 
I Elizabeth Allen of Anne Arundel County 
State of Maryland do hereby nominate constitute 
and appoint James G. Berret [Benet?] of Washington 
City D.C. my true and lawful attorney to 
prosecute for me and in my name any claim 
that I may have against the Government of the United States for arrears of pension due my 
mother Elizabeth Jones at the time of her death.
Test.
Owen Taylor 
Elizabeth Allan [handwritten] seal

State of Maryland 
Anne Arundel County Sct 
on this tenth day of February A.D. 1852,
personally appeared Elizabeth Allen,
before me the subscriber a Justice of the 
Peace in and for said County and acknowledged  
the foregoing power of attorney to be 
her act 
and deed for the purposes therein 
mentioned 
Owen M. Taylor J.P.
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State of Maryland 
Anne Arundel County Court 
I hereby certify that Owen M Taylor Gentlemen 
who appears to have taken and Signed the within depositions 
and acknowledgment was at the time of so doing One of the
State of Maryland Justices of the peace in and for Anne
Arundel County duly Commissioned and Sworn 

In Testimony whereof I hereto set 
my name and affix the seal of the 
Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County 
this Tenth day of February in the year 
Eighteen hundred and fifty two
[?] Green Clk
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State of Maryland 
County of Anne Arundel
I, Margaret Weston, heir at law of John Thompson do, upon oath, testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that the said John Thompson did enlist in 17-, for the term of during the war, and served in the regiment No. 2, under the command of Colonel John Gumby, of the Maryland line; and that he continued in the service aforesaid until the end or termination of the War of the Revolution.
I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land, promised to the said John Thompson, on the part of the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever; therefore,
Know all men by these presents, that I, Margret Weston, a foresaid, do hereby constitute and appoint James F. Brice of Annapolis, to be my true and lawful attorney, for me, and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of land due to me aforesaid; and my said Attorney is hereby fully authorised and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attornies, under him, for the special purposes above expressed. 
Attest, this 15th day of April, 1833
Margaret Weston- her mark
Charles H Stephen Personally appeared, the above named Margaret Weston, subscriber to the aforegoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of Attorney thereby subjoined, to be her free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned. 
Attest, this 15th day of April 1833.
Th. J Brice Justice of the Peace.
In testimony that the above written Thomas J Brice was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgements, &c, in the State of Maryland, at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality at Annapolis, this fifteenth of April, 1833.
Wm (illegible signature)
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John Thompson 
No. 1975
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State of Maryland 
Anne Arundel County Sec
Be it remembered, that on this 3d day of September 
[18]33 personally appears before me the subscriber a 
Justice of the Peace, for Anne Arundel County, 
Jason Jones, who makes oath in due form of law 
that he is 75 years of age that he knew John Thompson 
that he was, according to the information
this deponent 
has received, a soldier of the revolution,  
that he died in Bullen’s Neck, near the Indian 
Landing, and that this deponent, has no knowledge 
that the said John Thompson ever received 
a pension.
Th J Brice

Be it known to all persons whom it may concern that I 
have known the above named Jason Jones who has made 
the above affidavit before Thos J Brice Esq for the last Forty Years and he has borne
and Supported the Character of an honest and Correct man 
and his testimony would be taken in any Court in the 
State of Maryland.
September 30. 1833 
Gideon White a Justice of 
the Peace for A A County 

Anne Arundel County Court 
I hereby certify that Thomas J Brice and 
Gideon White Gentlemen who appear to have taken and 
signed the aforegoing affidavit and certificate were at 
[?] time of so doing two of the State of Marylands
Justices of the peace in and for Anne Arundel County 
duly commissioned and sworn


In Testimony whereof I hereto set my 
name and affix the seal of Anne 
Arundel County Court this 7th day of 
Oct 1833 
Wm L Green Clk AA Coty Ct
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State of Maryland 
Anne Arundel County, to wit.Be it remembered that on this 30th day of September 1833 personally 
appears before me, the subscriber a Justice of the Peace, for 
Anne Arundel County, Elizabeth Jones, and makes oath in due 
form of law, that Margaret Weston is the daughter of John 
Thompson, a revolutionary soldier of the Maryland Line, 
and that the said Margaret Weston, is 40 years of age.
Th J Brice 

Anne Arundel County ss
Be it remembered that on this 30th day of September 1833 personally appeared Zachariah Duvale of Said 
County before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace for Said 
County and makes Oath in due form of Law that the above 
named Elizabeth Jones was the widow of the said John 
Thompson before her intermarriage with Jason Jones and 
that the said Elizabeth Jones is respectable and a competent 
Witness in any Court in this State 
Sworn to before 
Gideon White 

I certify that Zachariah Duvall is respectable and 
his testimony will be received in any Court in the State 
Gideon White

Anne Arundel County to wit 
I hereby certify that Thomas J Brice and Gideon White 
Gentlemen who appear to have taken and signed the aforegoing 
affidavits were at the time of so doing two of the State of 
Marylands Justices of the peace in and for Anne Arundel 
County duly Commissioned and sworn 

In Testimony whereof I hereto set my name and 
affix the seal of Anne Arundel County Court 
this second day of October in the year of our 
Lord one thousand eight hundred 
and thirty three 
Wm L Green Cl AA Coty Cot
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State of Maryland, 
COUNTY OF ANNE-ARUNDEL, SCT.

Personally appeared be me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the aforesaid County, Margaret 
Treston and made oath, in due form of law, that she is the 
daughter and only heir at law of John Thompson late a Soldier in the 
Second Regiment of the Maryland line, and that the said John Thompson 
died the [blank] day of [blank] in the year of our Lord one 
thousand [blank] hundred and [blank] [struck out: without] leaving widow who is now alive
and one child, who is the present applicant, the said Margaret Treston, but the said 
John Thompson, left no father, mother, brother or sister
Sworn and subscribed before me Th J Brice this 15th. day of 
April 1833.
Margaret her X mark Treston


Personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the aforesaid County, Elizabeth 
Jones and Hazel Allen credible and disinterested wit
nesses, and made oath in due form of law, that they are acquainted with the above mentioned Margaret 
Treston and that she is the reputed daughter and only surviving heir at 
law of the said John Thompson who died [struck out: without] leaving a widow who 
is now alive, and one child, who is the applicant Margaret Treston, but the 
said John Thompson left no father, mother, brother or sister
Sworn and subscribed before me Th J Brice this 15th. day of 
April 1833.
Elizabeth her black blot mark Jones
Hazel her X mark Allen

I, William S Green Clerk of the County Court of Anne-Arundel County, do hereby 
certify, that Thomas J Brice before whom the above affidavits were taken, was at the 
time a Justice of the Peace for said county.  Given under my hand and seal of office, this fifteenth 
day of April 1833
Wm S Green Clk AA Coty Ct.
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February 6, 1936

xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

BA-J/EEL
John Thompson-W.26687
Jason Jones- S. _______

Mrs. Lewis J. Battle
#1401 Kennedy Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to you letter in which you request the rec
ord[struck out: s] of your great grandfather, John Thompson, who served in the 
Maryland Troops; also the record of Richard Rawlings.

There is no claim for pension on filed based upon the service 
of a soldier named Richard Rawlings or Rawlings, who served with 
the Maryland Troops.  Such claims are the source of the data fur
nished by this office.

The record has been found of one John Thompson, only, who 
served with the Maryland Troops.  His history is furnished herein, 
also, the record of Jason Jones, a soldier of the Revolutionary War 
who married the widow of John Thompson.

John Thompson
W.26687

The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in 
Revolutionary War pension claim, W.26687, based upon the military 
service in that war of John Thompson.

The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of 
John Thompson are not shown.  He was referred to as John Thompson, 
1st.

John Thompson enlisted, date and place not shown, and served 
until the close of the war as a private in Colonel John Gunby's 
2d Maryland Regiment.
[Note in right margin: Found a John Thompson 1"-Md archives who 
served until end of the war]

The soldier married January 3, 1786, Elizabeth Connaway.  The 
date and place of her birth and the names of her parents are not 
stated.
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John Thompson died October 2, 1790, at "Bullins Neck", near 
Indian Landing, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, leaving his widow 
Elizabeth, and one child, a daughter, Margaret.  Margaret married, 
date not given, _____ Treston or Freston, and in 1833, was aged 
forty years and lived in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
[Note in right margin: This daughter ap. for & was al. the bl.]

Elizabeth, widow of John Thompson, married November 25, 1799, 
Jason Jones.  Both marriages of Elizabeth were recorded on the 
records of the clerk of Anne Arundel County, Maryland.  In 1833, 
Jason Jones was aged seventy-five years and lived in Anne Arundel 
County, Maryland.  he died February 7, 1837, according to a state
ment of his widow.

On October 2, 1838, Elizabeth Jones, then aged seventy-six 
years and a resident of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, made appli
cation for the pension which was [illegible] on account of the services of 
her former husband, John Thompson in the Revolutionary War.  The 
claim was allowed.  Elizabeth Jones died January 12, 1843.  

In 1852, Elizabeth Allen made affidavit in Anne Arundel County, 
Maryland, that she was the only surviving child of Elizabeth Jones. 
There are no further data in regard to said Elizabeth Allen. 
In 1833, one Hazel Allen made affidavit in Anne Arundel County, 
Maryland; no relationship of Hazel Allen to Elizabeth Allen was 
stated.

In 1840, William Jones stated that he was a son of Jason Jones. 
He did not give his age or the name of his mother.

****************

Jason Jones
S.________

The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file 
in the claim for pension based upon the military service of Jason 
Jones in the Revolutionary War.

Jason Jones was born in 1757, at the head of South River, in 
Anne Arundel County, Maryland.  The names of his parents are not 
stated.

While residing at the head of South River, in said Anne Arundel 
County, Maryland Jason Jones enlisted in 1782, exact date not shown, 

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and served until September, 1783, as a private in Captain George 
Watts' Company, Colonels Thomas Dorsey's and Johnson's Maryland 
Regiments.  He was in the battle of Brandywine and in a skirmish 
between the White Horse and the Skuylkill#.

Jason Jones was allowed pension on his application executed 
October 30, 1832, while residing at Severn, Anne Arundel County, 
Maryland.

He died February 7, 1838, as shown by an official paper in 
the pension claim.

There are no data as to soldier's family.

*****
Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.


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Pension Office 
February 17 1852  
Sir,
Be pleased to inscribe on your Roll 
under Act of 7 July 1838, the name of Elizabeth Jones deceased who was widow of John Thompson a Private in the Revolution, is entitled to a pension at the rate Eighty Dollars per annum, commencing the 4th of March 1836 & ending the 4th of March 1841.
And, she having died, pay the amount due to Elizabeth Allen her only surviving child.
I am very Respy Yours &c.
J E Heath 
Commr of Pensions

James Swann Esq. 
Pension Agt. 
Baltimore 
Md. ⎬
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26687 
Revy WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 26687 
Elizabeth Jones 
formerly Wid of 
John Thompson 
also wid of Jason Jones a Revy Soldier & 
pensioner 
Private Revy war
Act: July 7th 1838 
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 382 [384?]
[Arrangement of 1870.] 

[on right side of page]
1936 Feb 6 Hist [?]
Mrs Lewis J. Battle
Ef
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11.27 fo
Washington, D.C.
[struck out: Maryland B]

Elizabeth Jones deceased 
widow of John Thompson 
who died on the [blank]
of [blank] in the State of [blank]
who was a Private in the [blank] commanded 
by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded 
by [blank] in the Revolution 
line for [blank]

Inscribed on the Roll of Baltimore 
at the rate of 80 Dollars [blank] Cents 
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of 
March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of 
February 1852 and Sent to 
J.G. Berret Esq
Present

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

{ Revolutionary Claim, }
{ Act July 7, 1838. }

Recorded by R. McRae Clerk, 
Book D, Vol. 1, Page 255
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5.2 [?]
Elizabeth Jones 
Maryland 
Rejected 
See let 27 July ‘39 
A. Reay As to Wm Jones 
July 18 1840

married twice 
& to 2nd husband who was 
also a revoly soldier, after 
1 January 1794 

Act 7 July 1838
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Annapolis Oct 12th 1833 
Sir
Yours of the 2nd Inst. enclosing Land 
Warrant Numbered 1974, in favour of the heirs of 
James [?], formerly a soldier in the 
Maryland Line has been received. Also received yours of 
the 8th Inst. transmitting Land Warrant 
numbered 1975 in favor of the only heir
of John Thompson, who was likewise 
a soldier in the Maryland Line.
Yr Ob. Svt.S.
James F. Brice
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Brief in the case of Elizabeth Jones, widow of J. Thompson, 
Anne Arundel County and State of Maryland 
act 7 July 1838.
============================================
Claim, ("original," [struck out: or "for increase,"])

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.
Record proof of marriage & service 
of her husband

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



Name and residence of Agent | J. Cole
J. G. Berret | Examining Clerk.
Present
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Baltimore 
Ap. 27. 1839 
Sir
I have been requested to forward 
the enclosed application of Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, 
for a pension. Be pleased to have the case examined and inform me your decision 
Your Ob Sev
Alex. Ray 
P.S. I understand the Pension 
Certificate is now in War Dept. The balance of pension 
having recently been paid up to the time of the pension[er’s] 
death
A. Ray 
J. L. Edwards Esq 
Comr of Pensions
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Agents Office 
Baltimore 
February 26 1832 
Sir
Your letter of the 20th inst 
(post mark 25th) is this day received and 
as instructed, I have dropped from the 
rolls under the act of 7th July 1838, the
name of Elizabeth Jones, widow of John 
Thompson; I return herein your notification 
of the 17th inst.
I am Sir Very Respectfully 
Your obt St 
James Swan
Pensn agt 
for W.W. Watkins 

J. E. Heath Esq 
Commissioner
of
Pensions
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[Envelope with notes]

[Address}
To
Mr. J L Edwards Comr Pensions
Washington City, D.C. 
FREE

[Written vertically left margin]
July 18 1840

[Circular mail stamp]
ANNAPOLIS
[illegible]
16
MD

[Written vertically left margin]
Comr.
Eliz Jones
Md. Cl
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Sir 
I write to you for information concerning 
a case which is in the hands of George Dunn of
the city of Annapolis for John Thompson 
a Revolutionary soldier in favor of Elizabeth 
Jones. the case appears legal, and the said Dunn 
has the same for some Long time past and 
will not give any satisfactory answer on the 
subject but has been putting the thing off from 
one to another always saying he would recover 
it such a time and soon at last I demanded 
the papers which he would not give up saying 
they were his papers, when he has a
copy of the original certificate for my father 
(Jason Jones) together within my power of attorney 
which I gave him about 12 or 18 months ago I 
believe he has received the money as his rascally 
tricks is well known through the county as I 
am ignorant of such matters and not knowing 
what to do in the case I write to you as you 
know whether the case is obtained add up William 
Jones [?] North side of Severn through Annapolis Post office [?]
William Jones Agent 
for 
Elizabeth Jones
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State of Maryland Sec
Be it remembered that on this 15th day of April 1833 
Personally appeared before me the subscriber, a 
Justice of the peace for Anne Arundel County 
Elizabeth Jones, and makes oath in due form 
of law that she is about 68 or 69 years of age that 
she knew John Thompson, that he was a soldier 
of the war of the Revolution, that he never received
a pension, and that he died near the Indian 
[l]anding in Anne Arundel County. 
Th J Brice 

Anne Arundel County to wit 
I hereby Certify that Thomas J Brice Gentleman who appears 
to have taken and signed the aforegoing affidavit was at the 
time of so doing one of the State of Marylands Justices of the 
peace in and for Anne Annall County duly Commissioned 
and sworn 

In Testimony whereof I hereto set my name & 
affix the seal of Anne Arundel County Court 
this fifteenth day of April in the year of our 
lord one thousand eight hundred and 
thirty three 
Wm S Green ck A A Coty Cot
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United States Bureau of Pensions 
Washington. D.C 

[stamp: RECEIVED FEB 1 1936 27] [?]

Dear Sir:
Realizing the name 
John Thompson prevailed very 
much in the Revolutionary war 
from Maryland. 
I am asking for some information 
I hope your office can give me. 
John Thompson married 
Mary Elizabeth Rawlings (1790) 
in Annapolis Maryland my great 
grand parents. 
I would like to ask about the 
following names and if any one 
of them enrolled from Annapolis. 
or Anne Arundel County Md.
and if they are listed of the Pension Roll.
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John and George Thompson 
listed as sailors (Ships Defence) 

Private John Thompson enlisted 
June 2nd 1777 discharged June 2nd 1780 

Sargent John Thompson in Rawlings 
regiment July 15th 1776 

Private John Thompson enlisted 
June 9th 1777- discharged December 1777 

Sargent John Thompson (name lost) three years on roll July 1777 

Also Richard Rawlings enlisted [in another handwriting: Rawlins Md]
January 29th 1776 discharged April 2nd 1780 

? I will certainly appreciate any 
information your office can give 
me in regard to these names 
Respectfully 
Ida P. Battle 
(Mrs Lewis J.)
January 31st 1936
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[Circular time and mail receipt stamp]
Arrow pointing to 12
RECEIVED 
FEB 1 1936
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS. ADM.
READER #27
Page 38

THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES | Division of Veterans Administration Archives
Form VAM-51 |
12-5-41 | BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME Thompson, John | GRADE Private | LINE Massachusetts

WARRANT
NUMBER 5129 | ACREAGE 100 | ISSUED Feb. 22, 1792
| | to John Peck? or Peek ?

_____
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are 
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subse
quent dates.  Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fired of November 9, 1800. 
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.