Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 6279, for William Thomas, North Carolina
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Service N.C.
Thomas, William Agnus
Number W6279
B.L.Wt. 26102-160-55
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Georgia 12.250
William Thomas of Franklin in the State of Geo. who was a ps: - in the ___ commanded by Captain ___ of the Regh. commanded by Col. Martin in the N.C. line for 20 months.

Inscribed on the Bell of Georgia at the rate of 66 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of April, 1833 and [illegible] Stanford, Carnesville, Geo.

Arrears to the 4th of March, 1833
Semi-anl. allowance ending [illegible]
133.32
33.33
$166.65

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Nathan Rice - Clerk, Book 60 Volume 6 Page 10-11
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Reported 
769
Georgia
Agnes Thomas
[illegible] of William Thomas NC
who served in the Revolutionary
War, as a private
scribed on the Roll at the rate
66 Dollars 66. cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of July 1848 
and sent to
Robt. R. Neal 
Carnesville, Geo.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2,1848 Page 215 Vol. 3
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57.668 Act March 3
April 10/55
Agnes Thomas
Widow of
William Thomas Priv.
Capt
Col
Ent
Dis
⎬May 19/56
Revolutionary War.
Pensioner under act Feb 2, 1848
Geo. Feby 48    769
No. 26 [illegible]
Boynton
AW: 160 [illegible] May 17/56
Boynton

D. G. Candler
Phi Delta
D.G. Candler Sept 24/55
Vol T. page 63
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William Thomas
Georgia
[illegible] for 20 months
from 1777 as a
private. $66.66
Capt. Lean
Col. Martin N. C.
J R Stanford
Agent
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BRIEF in the case of William Thomas
County of Franklin in the State of
Georgia
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? M. Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 69
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
August. in 1777 volunteer
"                 1778 "
"                   " enlisted
"                  1781 enlisted about
Octo.            "
he states his whole time of service
to be 21 months

Duration of Service.
Years,    Months,     Days.
                  3
                  3
                  9
                  2         10
                  3
                20          10
Rank.
AS A
private
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen.
Cap Leek Col Martin
Cap Chapman Col Lytle
Cap Varnon
whole time of serving 20 -

In what battles was he engaged? Burn and destroyed many Indian Town
8. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Guilford Co N Carolina
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary a document
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?

I, certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Payton
Examining Clerk
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B

[677]
FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
William Thomas
and Agnes Thomas
was married January
the 19th 1792
⎬
Joel
Thomas
And Isbel Thomas
was married October
the 2nd 1817
---
Lewis Thomas and
Eliza Thomas was
Married November
The 1821
Ezekiel Thomas and
Sarah Montgomery was
Married 29th January 1826

MARRIAGES.
William Thomas and
Susan C. Burk was
married 28th July 1881
Mary Thomas and
Philip Pruitt was
Married 7th December
1835
Madison W. Thomas and
Nancy F Shelton was
Married 28th February
1836
Anna C. Thomas and
Henry [illegible] was married
27th July 1837
Sarah Thomas and
John Hogan was
married 19th October 1837
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[678]
FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
Elizabeth Thomas
February 27th 1793
Joel Thomas was Born
October 23d 1794
Lewis Thomas was born
December 8th 1796
Ezekiel Thomas was
Born September 6th 1798 ┃
William Thomas was
Born October the 23d 1800
Sarah
Thomas was
Born December 22 1802
Mary
Thomas was
Born
February the 3rd 1805
-
Anna
Thomas was Born
July
18th 1808
Madison H. Thomas
was Born August
the 31th 1810
John W. Thomas was
Born February 26, 1814

BIRTHS.
Malissa Ann Thomas
was born December 16th 1836
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of
Congress passed June 7. 1832
State of
Georgia
County of Franklin
ss.
On this third day of September in the
year Eighteen Hundred and thirty two, personally appeared
before the Inferior Court for the County and State aforesaid
now sitting for ordinary purposes William Thomas
a resident of Capt. David's
Company District in said
State & County aged Sixty nine years who being first duly
sworn according to Law Doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act
of Congress passed June 7 1832
That he entered the service of the United States in the
Militia of the State of North Carolina in the month of August 1777
in Guilford County as a volunteer under Capt. John Leek & Col.
James Martin commanded the Regiment & was marched
to Guilford Court house thence to cross creek now Fayetteville)
and defeated the Scotch at that place, returned to Guilford
& then marched after the Tories to [illegible] river, they
dispersed & we were discharged having served three
months, and
In the month of August 1778 he volunteered in Guilford
aforesaid under Capt. John Peek & Col. Paisley & Martin
& was marched to near the head of the Catawba where
we remained a month waiting reinforcements & then marched
to the Cherokee Nation & he helped to burn Seventeen
town out down [illegible] & returned home after serving
Three months term

And enlisted at Guilford aforesaid in the Continental Army
for nine months, he thinks in the month of August or September
under Capt. John Leek & was marched by him to Perrysburg and
placed under Lieut. Lewis, Capt. Ralph Chapman & Col. Lytle
Continental officers, wintered at Perrysburg & marched in
the Spring up to near Augusta Georgia, where deponent
was taken sick & placed in a hospital & was furloughed
to go home & when he recovered he returned home &
was not again called upon.

And again volunteered under Capt. Richard Varnum in the N. Ca. Militia at Guilford 
aforesaid in the mouth of March or February 1781 & served
about ten weeks and in the month of October 1781 he
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was ordered out after Col. Fannin and the Tories to Deep
river
& returned home and served a three months Tour.
Altogether about Twenty one months, besides considerable
singular service, [illegible] on horseback & some too on foot
A Grant of Land for services in the Continental Line
is herewith
Inclosed as proof of Service &c.
1. was born in Culpepper County Virginia, in the year 1763 20 Jany
2. Thinks it is on record in the Church in Culpepper County Va.
3. was a volunteer except nine months, when he was enlisted
the first three months he served as a substitute for his brother
4
when he entered the service he lived in Guilford County North Carolina
, & from there in 1784 removed to Elbert County
Georgia & in 1788 or 1789 Removed to his present residence
where he has lived ever said
5. Has stated their names in the body of the declaration
6. Has no regular discharges & never received any in writing.
Land warrant Inclosed
7
is known to Henry David a preacher of the Gospel
and to Henry Parks
in his present neighborhood
and who can testify to his character for veracity &
their belief of his service as a soldier of the Revolution
& his brother Jesse who saw him
enter the Militia
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or an
annuity except the present, and declares that his
name is not on the pension roll of any agency in
any state within his knowledge or belief
Sworn to & subscribed in open
Court the day & year first above written.
William Thomas
Thom. King, Clk.
We Henry David
a clergyman, residing in the
City of Franklin, State of Georgia, and Henry David, Gabriel Martin and Jesse Thomas
residing in the same, & in the neighbourhood of the said William; do hereby certify
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that we are well acquainted with William Thomas
who has subscribd & sworn to the above declaration
That we believe him to be sixty nine years of age
That he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood
where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
and in addition to the above the said Jesse Thomas
certifies that he saw his brother William enter the militia of North
Carolina at Guilford under Capt. Leak & saw him at the Salt guard
in a tour of 3 months not [illegible] in his declarations
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court
the day & year above first written
Gabriel Martin
Thom. King Clk.
Henry David
Jesse Thomas his mark
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter
& 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 Henry David
who
has signed the preceding
certificate is a Clergyman
resident of the County of Franklin, and that Gabriel
Martin & Jesse Thomas
who has also signed the same
is a resident
in the neighbourhood of the
said William and is a creditable person, and
that their statement is entitled to credit-
Thos. King Clk.
William TurkJ. J.C.
Robt Palliam J J.C
Thomas Farmer J.J.C.
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I, Thomas King Clerk of the Court of Ordinary do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of William Thomas for a Pension


In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office
this
11th day of September 1832
Thos. King C.C.O
10.370
William Thomas
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Declaration

In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and Pensions to certain widows."

State of Georgia
Franklin County SS 

On this first day of July 1839 personally appeared before the court of ordinary of said County of Franklin, Agnes Thomas a resident of Captain [illegible] district in said County, aged sixty-five years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed July 7th 1838 entitled, "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."  That she is the widow of William Thomas who was a private in the Militia of the United States. a reference to the declaration made by the said William Thomas before the Court of Ordinary of said County on the third day of September 1832, which is now of file in the [illegible] of war office of the United States together with the proofs made and forwarded to said office, will fully show the services of the said William Thomas to which the pension agent is particularly [illegible] upon which declaration and proof the said William Thomas did draw a Pension as the records of said office will fully show.  She further declares that she was married to the said William Thomas on the nineteenth day of January in the county of Elbert and State aforesaid in the year seventeen hundred and ninety-two - And that her husband the aforesaid William Thomas died on the twenty seventh day of November in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-five.

That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service; but the marriage took place previous to the first of January 1794.  [illegible]
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at the time above stated, and that she has
not been since married
Sworn to & subscribed in open
Court this 1 July 1839 before us
Noah Looney JJ C
John H Patrick JJ C
Robert A R Neal J C
Agnes X Thomas her mark

Georgia
Franklin County
Clerks office
Court of Ordinary

I Thomas King Clerk of said Court
do hereby certify that the above declaration was made in open Court
In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand
affixed the seal of office
this 25th day July 1840
Thos. King C.C.O.
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57.668
Bounty Land
Act of March 3d 1855
Claim No
of
Agnes Thomas

D. G. Candler Atty.
Phi Delta
Franklin County
Ga
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State of Georgia
County of Franklin ss
 on this the Twenty sixth day of
March AD 1855 before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace duly authorized by law to administer oath
within and for the County and State aforesaid Personally appeared Agnes Thomas aged Eighty Two years a resident
of the County of Franklin in the State of Georgia who being
duly sworn according to Law declares that she is the
Widow of William Thomas Deceased who was a Private
In the Revolutionary War that she does not now recollect
The name of the officers under whom her said
Husband served but states that her name was enrolled
on the pension List of the United States under the act of
February 2nd 1848 as a pensioner or widow of a Revolutionary
soldier on the 18th day of July one thousand Eight hundred
and forty Eight for sixty six Dollars and sixty six cents per annum
which pension is payable at the agency for paying pensions
at Savanah and commencing on the 4th of March 1848 for
The proof of her Marriage with the said William Thomas
His services in said war and his death she refers to the evidence
now on file with her claim for Revolutionary pension
in the pension office that her said Husband
died in the County of Franklin on the 27th day of November
Eighteen hundred and Thirty five and that she has never
Intermarried but is still his Widow she further states that
she was married to the said William Thomas in the County
of Elbert in the State of Georgia in the 13th day of January
A D 1792 that she cannot file here with the private
Record of the Marriage because she has filed it with her
application for pension above referred to She makes this
Declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty Land
to which she may be entitled under the act approved in
the 3rd day of March 1855 never having applied for or
Received any bounty Land under this or any former
act of Congress. She hereby appoints D G. Candler
Esq. her true and lawful attorney to prosecute this her
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Claim for Bounty Land to receive the certificate or warrant 
When Issued and to do all other acts necessary and proper in
the premise
Agnes  X   Thomas her mark
Witness

Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year
first above mentioned and I hereby certify that I know
the said Deponent Agnes Thomas to be the Identical
person that she represents herself to be and that she
has in her possession the Pension Certificate of the date and
for the amount stated in her Declaration and that she is of
the age above stated further that I am not interested in
her claim
James McDonald J P

State of Georgia ⎬ ss
County of Franklin on this the Twenty sixth day of March AD
1855 before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace within
and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared
Madison H Thomas and Melissa Thomas who are to me well
Known and who are creditable witnesses and who being by me duly
sworn according to law depose and say that they are each
Well acquainted with Mrs. Agnes Thomas the above applicant
for Bounty Land that they have known her for   years
Last passed that they were acquainted with her late husband
and knew him before his death that they the said William
Thomas and Agnes Thomas lived together as husband and
wife and when reputed so to be that Deponents never
heard the fact of there Marriage disputed or questioned
that from the Private Record in the family bible her said
Husband died on the 27th day of November AD
Eighteen hundred and thirty five and that she now has
in her possession the certificate of Pension Referred to
in her declaration and received her pension regularly
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That she has never married since her said Husband's
death and still is his widow and further that they were
present and saw the said Agnes Thomas execute the foregoing
affidavit by making her mark to the foregoing declaration
and make oath there to in due form of Law and that they deponents do reside in the
County aforesaid
Witness
Madison H. Thomas
Melissa A. Thomas
Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 26 day of Witnesses
March AD 1855 and I certify that the affiants are creditable
James McDonald J P

State of Georgia
County of Franklin ⎬ss
 I J. N. Chandler Clerk of the
Inferior Court in and for said County and State
do hereby certify that James McDonald Esq before whom
the foregoing declaration and affidavits were made
and acknowledged and who has thereunto subscribed
his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the
peace in and for said county and State duly
Commissioned and sworn and that his signature thereto
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Inferior Court of the
County aforesaid at Carnesville
This 26th day of March 1855
J.N. Chandler Clk.
Inferior Court
Download
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Rev. War Section.
Mrs. F. M. Burns,
Colorado, Texas.
Madam:
April 11, 1919.
Wm Thomas
W. 6279
In reply to your letter of the thirty-first ultimo, you
are advised that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension
claim, Widow File No. 6279, it appears that William Thomas
was born in Culpeper County, Virginia, January 30, 1763, and
while living in Guilford County, North Carolina, entered the
army as a private and served as follows:
From August 1777, for three months, under Captain John Leek,
in Colonel James Martin's Regiment and was at the battle of
Cross Creek. From August 1778, for three months, under Captain
John Leek and Colonels Paisley and Martin and aided in burning
seventeen Cherokee towns. In August or September, year not
stated, he enlisted under Captain John Leek and was placed under
Captain Ralph Chapman and Colonel Lytle, he was taken sick
in the spring and was furloughed home. From February or March
1781, for ten weeks, under Captain Richard Varnum. Form October
1781, for three months, officers not stated, out after the Tories.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September
3, 1832, while residing in Franklin County, Georgia, where
he died November 27, 1835, and where his widow Agnes (whom he
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married in Elbert County, Georgia was living when she was allowed
pension on her application executed July 1, 1839, at which
time she was sixty-five years of age. His family records shows;
William Thomas and Agnes Thomas married January 19, 1792.
Elizabeth Thomas born February 27, 1793.
Joel Thomas born October 23, 1794, married October 3, 1817,
Isbel Thomas
Lewis Thomas born December 8, 1796, married November 8, 1821,
Eliza Thomas.
Ezekiel Thomas born September 6, 1798, married January 29, 1826,
Sarah Montgomery.
William Thomas born October 23, 1800, married July 28, 1831,
Susan C. Burk.
Sarah Thomas born December 22, 1802, married
October 19, 1837,
John Rogers.
Mary Thomas born February 3, 1805, married December 7, 1835,
Philip Pruitt
Anna C. Thomas born July 18, 1808, married July 25, 1837,
Henry Mize?
Madison H. Thomas born August 30 or 31, 1810, married February 28, 183_, Nancy F. Shelton
John W. Thomas born February 26, 1814.

Melissa Ann Thomas born December 16, 1836.
Very respectfully,
G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
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1916. Nov. 21 Hist. to Miss Geraldine Hood
who is advised
that it is not the practice to return family records. [illegible]
1919 April 11. History to Mrs. F. M. Burns
awy
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6279
Agnes Thomas 
Widow 
Wm. Thomas
Prit. Rev. War
-
Act:
Feby 2/48
M
Index: --Vol. M, Page 270
Arrangement of 1870.]
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Georgia 5716
---
Agnes Thomas
widow of
William Thomas, decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832-
and who died on the 27 Novr. 1835,
of Franklin Co in the State of Georgia
who was a private in the Company commanded
by Captain Leak of the regt. commanded
by Col. Martin in the N. C. Militia
line for 20 months
=
Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia
at the rate of 66 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of Sept 1840, & sent to Thos King, Esq
Carnesville, Georgia
---
---
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1840 $300.00
Semi=annual allowance ending May 4, 41 33.33
$333.33
Act July 7,
1838.
Recorded by D. McCurdy, Clerk,
Book A Vol. 2. Page 201.
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Georgia 2650.
Agnes Thomas
widow of Wm. Thomas
who was a
Private
in the N. C. Militia
for 20 months
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
66 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
6th day of Novr. 1843
and sent to
Thomas King
Carnesville
Georgia
Act of March 3, 1843.}
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1.
Page 216
Letter to Pen. Agt. Age 11. Mar 1845.
Rept.
Nov 6
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26,102
Rev Army
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William Thomas Ga.Act  June 7 1832
d. 1835 $66.66. when paid?
H H L
Died 27 Nov 1835 of % that paid
J H
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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
 William 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?

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 of pension
he is entitled? No
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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2.
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? yes

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one
has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? no
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? yes
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? Yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the
regulations direct? Yes
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? yes
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? yes
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 ___ year ___ months,____ and days, I served as a-
For ___ months ___ and days, I served as a ____ and for such service I claim a pension.
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3
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 they served
two years in the Militia  &c. Without specifying the tours; the names of the 
officers, and other particulars respecting their their service. This form of 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; that the 
applicant served with an embodied corps called into the 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 the
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 to 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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ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
PENSION OFFICE,
Sept 24 1855.
Sir:
The claim of Agnes Thomas
for bounty land under the act of the 3d of March, 1855,
No. 57.668 has been examined and suspended
the revolutionary service of Wm. Thomas
the husband of the applicant, does not appear of record in this office
The 3d section of said act requires a service of "FOURTEEN
DAYS" to be established by "RECORD EVIDENCE. "
Upon the production of such evidence of service, the claim
will be favorably considered
Very respectfully
J. MINOT,
Commissioner.
D. G. Candler Esq
Phi Delta
Franklin Co.
Georgia
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Agnes Thomas 7  296
wid. of William
Ga.
Act July 7 1838
Married 1792
died 1835
Allow
$66.66 per
annum
The
King Esq
Carnesville
Ga
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3347
Agnes Thomas
$66.66 per an
Thos. King
Carnesville
Georgia
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the
3d March 1843 granting pensions for one year to certain
widows who have received pensions under the act
of July 7th 1838
State of Georgia ⎬ SS
Franklin County

On this Seventh day of July 1843
personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of
the peace in and for said County Agnes Thomas
a resident of Captain Jolly's District in the said
County of Franklin, aged sixty 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 provisions made by the
act of Congress passed on the 3rd day of March
1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who
served during the Revolutionary war. That she
is the widow of William Thomas who was a
private (as she believes) in Col. Martin's Regiment in
the State of Virginia. That she has received
a pension of sixty six dollars & sixty five & the
fourth cents per annum under the act of
Congress passed July 7th 1838. she further
declares that she is still a widow-
Sworn to & subscribed before me
the day & year above written
Stephen R. Hood JP

Agnes  + Thomas
her mark
I do hereby certify, that the above named Agnes
Thomas who has sworn to & subscribed the above
declaration before me is personally known to me
& that she is
of good character-- In testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand this
day of July 1843
Stephen R. Hood JP
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Georgia ⎬
Franklin County ⎬
 I Thomas King, Clerk of the Inferior Court of said County do hereby certify that Stephen R. 
Hood whose names appear to the foregoing
Declaration and certificate was at the time of
signing the same a magistrate of said County
as there represented, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office
this
8th day of July 1843
Thos. King C.J.C
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A Thomas
ad
2650
Admitted
Robt R. Neal
Carnesville Geo
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 20
February 1848 entitled an act making further provisions of surviving
widows and Soldiers of the Revolution
State of Georgia
Franklin County on the fifteenth day of June 1848 personally
appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for said
County Agnes Thomas of the 207th District in the County of
Franklin age Seventy four
years who being first duly
sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the pension
made by the act of Congress passed on the 2o February 1848
granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the
Revolutionary war that she is the widow of William Thomas
he was a private in the cause of the revolution and this
deponent says that she has heretofore drew a pension under
the act of 3rd March 1843 and the 17th June [illegible] on account of the
revolutionary services of his husband at the rate of Sixty dollars and
Sixty six cents per annum and for the proof of the services of his
husband and of his being entitled to the aforesaid pension she
respectfully refers to his declaration and proof heretofore filed
in the office of the commissioner of Pensions of the United States
that she has not intermarried but continues to be widow
Sworn to & subscribed before me
this 11th day of June 1848
L. B Underwood J.P.
Agnes  X  Thomas  her mark


State of Georgia
 Franklin County⎬ I do hereby
certify that the above named
 declarant is personally known to me
Given under my hand this fifteenth day of June 1848
L. B. Underwood J.P.
State of Georgia
 Franklin County
I, Wiley M. Mitchell Clerk of the Inferior
 Court of the County & shall aforesaid do hereby
certify that L B Underwood
is a Justice of the peace in
and County and that his signature above is genuine
Given under my hand & seal of said
Court this 15th day of June 1848
Wiley M Mitchell CJC
and for
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A. 130
Marmaduke Scott
J 640 acres
a
Copy Grant
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State of N Carolina
No. 130. Know ye that we have granted unto Marmaduke
Scott Assignee of William Thomas a private in the continental
Line six hundred and forty acres of Land in Davidson County
on both sides on East Fork of Yellow Creek and South side
of Cumberland, Beginning at a Walnut and ash, then North
two hundred and eighty poles to a Chestnut and white Oak
then
West three hundred and sixty five poles to a Poplar and
dogwood then South Two hundred and eighty poles
to a Hickory & Ash; Then East three hundred and sixty
five poles to the Beginning, To Hold unto the said Marmaduke his Heirs & assigns forever dated the fourteenth
Day of March 1786.
Rd. Caswell
F. Glasgow Sec.
[illegible] No. 416. Joseph Brook Dd.  J. A. Crutcher &
Peter Barnett Clk.
It is hereby certified that the above is a true copy from the Books in my office containing copies of Military
Grants certified by Will, White Secretary of North Carolina & recognized by an act of the Legislature
of the State of Tennessee passed the 14th of November 1811 Given under my hand at Office
in Nashville this 18th of December 1821
Jno. Coll. Lemon
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State of
Tennessee
Gila County
This day William Thomas Personally appeared before me Nelson Patterson a Justice
of the peace and made oath the Warrant provided 
the within Copy of a Grant for 640 acres of land was given the  lawful
 property of him the said William
Thomas. And that he has not the directly
or indirectly Sold or any other ways parted with
the same
William Thomas
Sworn to and
Subscribed before me this 9 day of January 1822

H. Pattison acting Justice of the peace
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James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington  City
Geo Aug 3 1816
Act July 7 1838
No 7296
Agnes Thomas
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Carnesville 5 July 1840

J L Edwards Esq
Comm. of Pensions

Dear Sir,

Enclosed I send you the declaration and proofs of Mrs. Agnes Thomas (widow of William Thomas) for a pension.
The declaration has been made out more than a year ago and it was expected to prove his marriage from the Record of License in Elbert County but the Clerk says that they do not appear upon the record.  The old lady then wished me to wait until she could procure other testimony from Tennessee but she has been informed that the witnesses are either dead or moved to part unknown to her.  She has [illegible] for me to send the enclosed proofs, which I had advised her would be fully sufficient.
I have enclosed again to Mr. Cooper of Georgia the affidavit of  Mr. Holcomb in the case of the application of Mary White for a pension, which I presume you have recd before this time.
I have the honor to be 
very respectfully your
obt servt
Thos King
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No 2
State of Georgia
Franklin County

Before me Christopher Addison
Justice of the peace in & for said
County personally appeared Madison H Thomas & Joel Thomas
of said County who being duly sworn
deposeth and saith that the enclosed sheet marked B
is the family Record kept by their Father William Thomas
during his lifetime & since his death has been in
the possession of his widow Agnes Thomas (who is now
applying for a Pension) and the said Madison H Thomas
who reside in the same house with the said Agnes Thomas
the said sheet was taken out of the Family Bible of the said
William Thomas Dc'd.
the said Joel Thomas Says that he
was present when said Record was made, it was transscribed by the direction of his father William Thomas from
his old Bible which was much worn into his new
one from which the that referred to has been taken
the Record was made by a Mr. Aseph Inlow
(in the presence of & by the direction of his Father William Thomas)
in his own handwriting, and is the same sheet now
enclosed & marked B as above stated-
Sworn to & subscribed before me
this 22nd day of July 1840
C. Addison JP

Madison H. Thomas
Joel Thomas

Georgia
Franklin County ⎬ I Christopher Addison a Justice of the peace for
said County do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with
Madison H. Thomas & Joel who has sworn & subscribed to the above
affidavit before me, that they are respectable citizens of said
County & fully entitled to be believed upon their oaths
Given under my hand this 22nd day of Aug 1840
C. Addison JP
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Georgia
Franklin Co
Clerks office Inferior Court
I Thomas King Clerk of said  Court do
hereby certify that Christopher Addison
whose name appears to the foregoing affidavits Number 1 & 2 and
the certificates to each was at the
time a magistrate of said County
as there represented, and that the foregoing
signature purporting to be his are genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
my seal of office this 26 day
of July 1840
Thos. King C.S.C
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No 1State of Georgia
Franklin County

Personally appeared before me
Christopher Adison a Justice of the
peace in and for said County
Donald McDonald of Said County who being duly sworn deposeth 
and saith, that he was well acquainted
Mrs. Agnes Thomas of said County (who is now applying for a pension)
 before her marriage to her late husband
William Thomas Dec. they were married in the County of Elbert State 
of Georgia about the year 1792 (perhaps in January)
this deponent resided in the same neighbourhood at the time the 
marriage took place, he did not see them married but
understood that they were married, he has
acquainted with the said Agnes & William Thomas ever
since they were married, they have lived together as 
man & wife ever since up to the death of the said
William the said Agnes has not been since married -
& he has never heard their marriage doubted
in any way whatever by any person -
Subscribed before me
this 22 day July 1840
Donald McDonald
C. Addison JP
Donald McDonald
Georgia
Franklin County 

I Christopher Adison a Justice of the Peace in 
& for said County do hereby certify that I am
well acquainted with Donald McDonald whose name affixed to 
the above affidavit he is a respectable citizen
of said County and his statements are entitled to full credit.
Given under my hand this 22nd day of July
1840
C. Adison JP
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Phi Della Franklin County 
Feb 29th 1836 
Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir
Having understood
That Congress has passed on act dispensing
with the necessity of Recorded Evidence in your
department so far as relates to applications
for Bounty Land under act of 1835 I
respectfully beg leave to call your attention
to application No 57.668 of Agnes Thomas
widow of William Thomas Deceased who was a
revolutionary soldier and Pensioners
his widow Ann Thomas now being in
possession of a Pension for life from this as
her claim was suspended on the 24th day
of September 1858 for want of recorded
Evidence
Respectfully yours D G Candler
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Rev Dec EB
Colorado, Texas
March 31st 1919

Bureau of Pensions,
Dept of the Interior
Washington, DC
Dear Sirs:

Will you please send me a copy 
of the Revolutionary record of
Henry Thomas of Virginia
(I think 13th Va. regiment but and not
sure) who made application from
Caldwell Co. Ky in 1818. He lived
for a time with a son in
Wilkes Co. Ga. was born about
1739-40
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Also desire the Rev. record of
William Thomas (of Pa) who made
application for Franklin Co. Ga
Desire all the family data
especially
dates of death
Yours truly
Mrs. F. M. Burns
Colorado
Texas
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ONLY FIRST CLASS FRUIT SHIPPED 
Rev. War
[illegible] grower of Georgia Peaches
ORCHARDS LOCATED AT BALDWIN, GA.
IN THE MOUNTAIN REGION 1600 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL.

Commerce, Ga, Nov. 20, 1916 191____

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir

Kindly give me the record for Revolutionary service of
William Madison Thomas, of Virginia or Georgia, whose wife, Mrs.
William Madison Thomas, received a pension for his service.
Also, I want to know whether it is possible for me to recover
a sheet from the old Thomas family Bible which is probably somewhere in your files. It seems that when Mrs. William Madison Thomas
applied for her pension instead of copying the record from this
Bible she simply cut out the sheet and sent it along with her application
for a pension. I do not know the date on which this was sent
to you, except that it was probably between 1785 and 1800, nor do I
know whether her application was sent from Virginia or from Georgia.
Very probably it was sent from Georgia.
This old sheet would now be a thing of priceless value to me,
and I should be willing to go almost any length to recover it.
I realize that for you to locate it would require much searching of
your files, and will gladly pay any charge which you may make for
same.
Yours very truly,
Geraldine Hood
(Miss Geraldine Hood)
P. S. In case the sheet to which I refer cannot be located in connection
with Mrs. W. M. Thomas, kindly see whether it was sent by
her son Madison Harvey Thomas, & whether he received any pension for
the service of his father.
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Rev. War Section.
November 25, 1918.
Miss Geraldine Hood,
Commerce, Georgie.
Madam:

In reply to your letter of the 20"" instant, you are advised that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to
afford any information in regard to a soldier named William
Madison Thomas; nor is it the practice of the Bureau to remove
from its files papers that were furnished as record evidence in
Revolutionary War pension claims.
It is presumed that you desire the record of William and
Agnes Thomas, Revolutionary War pensioner, (W. 6279) who had a
son named Madison H. Thomas and the same is herewith furnished
you.
From the papers in the claim (W.6279) it appears that William
Thomas was born in Culpeper County, Virginia, January 20,
1763 and while living in Guilford County, North Carolina, enter
ed the army as a private and served as follows.
From August 1777, for three months, under Captain John Leek, in
Colonel James Martin's Regiment and was at a battle at Crosses
creek. From August 1778, for three months, under Captain John
Leek and Colonels Paisley and Martin and aided in burning
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seventeen Cherokee towns. In August or September year not
stated, he enlisted under Captain John Leek and was placed under
Captain Ralph Chapman and Colonel Lytle, he was taken sick
in the spring and was furloughed home. From February or March
1781, for ten weeks, under Captain Richard Varnum.
From Octbor
1781, for three months, officers not stated, out after the
Tories.
He was allowed pension on the application executed September
3, 1833, while residing in Franklin County, Georgia, where he died
November 27, 1835, and where his widow Agnes (whom he married in
Elbert County, Georgia) was living when she was allowed pension
on her application executed July 1, 1839 at which time she was
65 years of age.
His family record shows.
William Thomas and Agnes Thomas married Jan. 19, 1792.
Elizabeth Thomas born Feb. 7, 1793
Joel Thomas born Oct. 23, 1794; married Oct. 2, 1817, Isbel Thomas.
Lewis Thomas born Dec. 8, 1796; married Nov. 8, 1821, Eliza Thomas.
Ezekiel Thomas born Sept. 6, 1798; married Jan. 29, 1826, Sarah Montgomery
William Thomas born Oct. 23, 1800 married July 28, 1831 Susan C. Burk
Sarah Thomas born Dec. 22, 1802; married Oct. 19, 1837, John Rogers.
( Thomas -2-)
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Mary Thomas born Feb. 3, 1805; married Dec. 7, 1835, Philip Pruitt
Anna C. Thomas born July 18, 1808; married July 25, 1837, HenryMize
Madison H. Thomas born Aug. 30 or 31, 1810; married Feb. 28, 1836
Nancy F. Shelton.
John W. Thomas born Feb. 26, 1814.
Melissa Ann Thomas, born Dec. 16, 1836.
Very respectfully,
G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12 -5 - 41


BOUNTYLAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
Name Thomas William Grade Private
Line Pennsylvania
Warrant Number 10485  Acreage 100 Issued
June 1791
to not shown-
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
Subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire 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.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12 - 5 - 41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD* Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
Name Thomas, William  GRADE- Private Line Rhode Island

WARRANT
NUMBER. 3531 ACREAGE. 100
ISSUED Dec. 31, 1789
to- not shown-

*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 subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire 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.