Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9561, for Thomas Mead, Virginia
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Service Va. Mead, Thomas or Maid, Sarah Number W.9561 Contents
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25292
Indiana
Thomas Mead
of Pike Co in the state of Indiana
who was a private in the con commanded 
by Captain Hutchins of the [Illegible] commanded
by Col Mulin in the Virginia
line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana 
at the rate of 80 Dollars ~ Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of [Illegible]
1833 and J. McIntire
Petersburg

Arrears to the 4th day of Sept      200 00
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 March  40 00
					$240.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk,
Book E Vol. 7 Page 121
27233
[Illegible] 1018
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Rep 23
Dec 1843
3594
Indiana
Sarah Mead
widow of Thomas Mead
who was a Private
in the Virginia Line

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars.
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd day of December 1843
and sent to W. Manly —
Marshall, Illinois.

[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book a
Vol. I. Page 179
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27.233
Thomas Mead
alias Maid

va Roll &
n.c. Roll
and [Illegible]

A [Illegible]
Please to give a 
certificate in this 
Oct 22, 1833
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State of Indiana
Pike County [Illegible]
On This thirteenth fourteenth day of August AD1833 - personally appeared before the Probate Court of the County of Pike  Thomas Mead (alias maid) resident of Pike County and State of Indiana aged seventy [Illegible] years the 9th day of last April 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 on June 7th 1832 The he enlisted in the army of the United States in the month of February (as he believes) in the year 1776 with Capt Thomas Hutch-ins in Col Muhlenburgs Regiment of in the Virginia line for the term of eighteen months, that he served the full length of time for which he enlisted,  that he entered the service in Pittsylvania County Virginia and was discharged at Philadelp-hia- that he resided in Pittsylvania County when he entered the service. that he marched from Pittsylvania to Petersburgh thence to Leesburgh Louden County Va. From thence to Lancaster Pa thence to Philadelphia. and was in no battles. Abraham Bowman was Lt Col of the Regiment & -  [Illegible] major- Henry Williams was [Illegible] out of the company - That in the fall of 1778 he enlisted with Capt William Hedth. and served in the 4th Regt of the N.C. line for the term of Three
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years under the following named officers Col Thomas Polk and Maj William Lee Davidson, that he entered in Salisbury and marched from thence to Halifax N.C. in the summer or Spring of 1779 and in about two weeks afterward returned to Salisbury under the command of Capt Cole on a recruiting expedition when sixteen men [Illegible] enlisted he believes Maj Davidson had every man of the Recruiting District Lt Gillespey & Ensign Hays wer attached to the recruiting party at the same time Capt Charles Alexander went with a recruiting party to Mechlinburgh in the fall following the party returned to Hallifax and joined Major Davidsons command. he was then by the solicitations of Col Nicholas Long and by consent of his officers transferred to the quarter master Generals department as a waggoner. he made as a waggoner two trips to Willmington and on his return the last time was sent or transferred to Gen Ash Brigade on a waggoning to transport the generals baggage to the South. That he there was appointed waggn master and went to [Crossed Out] Cambell Town, to Augusta and from thence to Briery Creek and was in the battle of Briery creek. the heavy baggage was taken down on the east side of the river and [Illegible] that taken on the West side taken lost and destroyed by the enemy his term of enlistment expired previous to
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the battle of Briery creek but he still remained with the army not having been able to [Illegible] a discharge from thence he went to Perrysburgh as he believes in 1782. where Genl. Ashe commanded and was there discharged by Col James Thaxton who endorsed on his discharge that a year and a halfs pay [Crossed Out] and nothing was due him, Col. Thaxton was enabled to do this in consequence of a certificate of enlistment in his (mead) possession given him by Cap. Cole at the term of his enlistment at his (meads) request in order to enable him to guard against a practice believed to prevail in the army of enlisting men for a definite period & reporting that enlisted for during the war- this discharge he sent to Philadelphia by Col John Hunter for the purpose of receiving his clothing and pay endorsed due thereon but for want of a power of attorney said Hunter failed in drawing his pay & he executed a power of attorney to said Hunter the next year who on his return to congress died and with him he lost his discharge Col Hunter was the representative of District 96 of S. Carolina in Congress -, The applicant further declares that immediately after receiving his discharge he returned home to Pittsylvania and volunteered with General Stephens as a volunteer for eight months as forage master to his brigade and marched from there to Hillsborough under the command of Maj Gen. Green from thence marched to Salisbury thence to Cheraw hills in Pe. dee there remained all winter and marched to
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Sailsbury where he met Gen. Morgan with the British prisoners. from thence came with Gen. Morgan to Guildford Court House from thence returned to Pittsyl-vania where he was discharged having served eight months and fourteen days - He then volunteered with Gen Stephens for six weeks for the purpose of preventing the British from croping Dan River, during this term of his service he was still acting as [Crossed Out] forage master and was in the Battle of Guildford where Gen Stephens was wounded- after the Battle the troops dispensed but at the request of Gen. Stephens he remained and acted as Hospital Commisary while the wounded recovered, the sick and wounded were removed to Col Perkins- he served this last tour at least three months  He has no record of his age* (continued on the side) was born in Fredrick County [Illegible] in the year 1754-  when called unto service lived in Pittsylvania by Virginia. Since the war he has lived in Virginia Kentucky and Indiana where he now resides. he received no discharge for any of this last tours of service, but had certificates of his several appointments of waggon master and as commissary given by General Ashe & General Stephens. but has lost them I am known to John McIntire and David Herneday

Swornt to & [Illegible]
the day and year aforesaid 
John M Intire G.e.                  Thos Mead

We David Herneday a clergyman residing in Pike County Indiana and John M Intire residing in the same place hereby certify that we
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are well acquainted with Thomas Mead (alias Maid), who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy nine 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 & subscribed the day and year aforesaid }
David Hornaday
John McIntire
MW Foster. Judge of Probate
And the said court do hereby swear 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 David Hornaday who has engaged the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of Pike and that John McIntire who has also signed the same is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit,
MW Foster
Judge of Probate

I John M Intire clerk of the court of Probate of Pike County Indiana do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original procedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Mead (alias Maid) for a pension 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 15th day of August AD 1833
J M Intire [Illegible]
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Pitt:a Co. ho V..a Sept 17th. 1842}       25

Maid

W Manley
Marshall Clerk County Illinois
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This is to certify that Thomas Mades getting of his [Illegible] is agreeable to my & the family. Given under my hand & seal this sixteenth day of Nov one thousand seven hundred and eighty one ~
Sarah Davis (Seal)

Know all men by these presents that we Thos Meade & Ben Davis are held and firmly bound to the Commonwealth in the sum of fifty pounds to the which payments and well& truly to be made we bind ourselves our heirs, [Illegible] firmly by these presents sealed with our seal, and dated this sixteenth day of November one thousand seven hundred and eighty one in whereas there is a marriage suddenly intended and by Gods permission between the above bound Thos Meade and Sarah Davis in Now the condition of the above obligation is such that if their in no lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage, then the above obligations to be void or else to remain in full force and virtue is signed, sealed & desired in the presence of Thos Maid (Seal) Benjamin Davis (Seal)

Virginia to wit
I William H Tunstall clerk of the County Court of Pittsylvania in the state aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing certificate and bond are truly copied from the originals now filed together in my office, with the exception of the dates which are expressed in the certificate as follows “16 day of Nov 1781 and in the bond thus “16 day of nov. 1781”- I further certify that there is no record of the marriage of Thomas Meade and Sarah Davis in any office-
In Testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and affirm the seal of the said court this 14 day of september 1842
W~ H. Tuntstall
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Virginia to wit
I Daniel Coleman presiding Justice of the peace for the county of Pittsylvania in the state aforesaid do hereby ^certify that William H Tunstall who hath given the preceding certificate is clerk of the said Court, and that his said attestation is in due form- Given under my hand this 14th day of September 1842
Daniel Coleman
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Copy certificate and Marriage bond searching for Marriage affixing co. seal 
sade on No.
Cr.
By each Kentucky money 
under par

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broken open after being sealed by the clerk in
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8421. V
Sarah Mead
Indiana
Act 7. July ‘38

Wi Manley
Marshall 
Pike Co. (Crossed Out)
Illinois
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State of Indiana Pike County} On the 27th day
of august in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty two personally approved before me Franklin F Sawyer judge of the probate court in and for the said county and state Sarah Mead a resident of the said county of Pike aged ninety 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 7. 1838 entitled “and Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows”- that she is the widow of Thomas Mead who was a private or wagon master in the army of the revolution. and for the paticulars in relation of his service she refers to the original declaration of her said husband on file in the pension office- that her said husband was a pensioner on the Indiana Roll at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum- that she cannot say in what year she was married to the
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said Thomas Mead that knows that she was married to him in the fall after the battle between the British and Americans at Guilford Court House- She further declares that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service had the marriage took place previous to january seventeen hundred and ninety four [Illegible] at the time above stated. that her husband the aforesaid Thomas Mead died on the fourteenth day of January one thousand eighty hundred and thirty five. that the county record in which her age and the age of her children was recorded is lost- 
Sworn in to and Subscribed the 27th day of august 1842} 
Sarah (her + mark) Mead

Franklin F Sawyer Judge P.C. P.C.

State of Indiana
Pike County
I Franklin Sawyer judge of
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the probate court in and for the county of Pike and state of Indiana do certify that on this 27th day of august AD 1842 Sarah Mead was by me duly sworn in to and in my presence subscribed the aforesaid declaration I further certify that said Sarah Mead is unable from bodily infirmity to attend said probate court at its natural place of sitting
Given under my hand the day and year last above written.
F.H. Sawyer  Judge

State of Indiana 
Pike County

I John M Intire- clerk of the probate court in and for the county of Pike and State of Indiana do certify that from Franklin H Sawyers is judge of the probate court of said county duly commissioned and qualified and that the several foregoing signatures purporting to be his
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are genuine

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the 27th day of August AD 1842
John McIntire. Clerk

177Se4
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State of Indiana [Illegible] the 27th day 
Pike County
of august A.D. 1842 before the subscriber judge of the probate court in and for said county personally appeared Polly Mead being first duly sworn accordi=ng to law doth on her oath say. that her husband was a son of Sarah and Thomas Mead and that he died on the 1st day of October one thousand eight hundred and forty one -that Thomas Mead whose pension died on the fourteenth day of January one thousand and eight hundred and thirty five -and that the said Sarah Mead his wife has [Illegible] since the death of her said husband but still is his widow. That she has never [Illegible] of any family record. of the family.
Sworn into and					
Subscribed on					Polly (her + mark) Mead
27th day of August					
AD 1842 before
one
Franklin F Sawyer Judge P.C. P.C.
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I Franklin F Sawyer judge of the probate court in and for the county of Pike and State of Indiana do certify that Polly Mead who has this day sworn to and subscribed the foresaid deposition is a credible witness and that her statement is entitled to full credit = given under my hand the 27th day of august 
AD 1842 
{P.C.P.C.
Franklin F Sawyer Judge

State of Indiana 
Pike County In.
I John McIntire	Clerk of
the probate court in and for the county and state aforesaid do certify that Franklin Sawyer is judge of said court duly commissioned and qualified and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the 27th day of August AD. 1842
John McIntire Clerk
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Record Division
O.W. and N. Division
3-525
wid Sarah war fall 1787
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C., —, 190—

In reply to your request of —, received —
for a statement of the military history of Thomas Mead a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow’s) application for pension on file in this Bureau.	W.9561

[Column Headings: Dates of enlistment or appointment. | Length of service | Rank. | Officers under whom service was rendered: Captain | Colonel. | State.]
Feb. 76, fall 78 to fall 79, fall 79 -| 18 Months, -, 11 months | Pvr., waggoner, forage master | Thomas Hutchins, Wm T. Cole, in Gen Ashe Brigade, in Gen Stevens Brigade | Muhlenberg, Thos. Polk | Va, Nc

Battles engaged in, Brier Creek, Guilford
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Pittsylvania Co., Va
Date of application for pension, aug 14, 1838  Col. al
Residence at date of application, Pike Co. Ind
Age at date of application, born in Fredrick Co. Va. 1754
Remarks: He died Jan 14, 1835
His widow Sarah was all heirs
no further data given Jan 11, 1908 for tombstone.
Very respectfully, 
Commissioner.
27225b3m1-07
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1908 Jan. 11. History to Mrs S.W Chappell Petersburg Ind. 
for monument.

1908. Oct. 8. to 2.m. general for tombstone F.W.

Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 9561
Sarah Mead
Wid. of
Thomas Mead
Prvit Va line
Act: March, 3 of 43
Index:-Vol. M, Page 42
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Reported to Agent

Indiana 6819
Sarah Mead
widow of Thomas Mead
who was a pensioner under the Act of June 1832 and who died on the 14th January 1835 of Pike Co. in the state of Indiana who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Hutchins of the reg L. commanded by col. Muhlenburg in the Va. line for 2 years

Inscribed on the roll of Madison, Indiana at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15th. day of October 1842 and sent to W. Manly Marshall, Illinois

Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 $400~
Semiannual allowance ending
[ACT July 7, 1838.]
recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
ook A. Vol. 2 Page 224
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Sarah Mead
of Thomas
Indiana 
Suspended
See let. 24th Sept 1842 W: Manly
to same 30 Sep: 42

Act 7 July 1838,
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Kentucky
Hopkins County [Illegible]
George Wright of the county & state aforesaid aged seventy two years a soldier of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States saith that he has been acquainted with Thomas Mead (alias Maid) of Pike County in the state of Indiana from his earliest recollection
That he knows of his own personal knowledge that said Mead (alias Maid) was also a soldier in the Revolution that early in the Revolution was [Illegible] Mead (alias maid) enlisted in Pittsylvania ^County in the state of virginia under Captain Thomas Hutchins in Col. Muhlenburgs Regiment in the Virginia Continental Line for the term of eighteen months - that said Mead (alias Maid) was marched to the north where he (as this affiant was informed & believes) served out his full term of eighteen months
This affiant further saith that [Illegible] Mead (alias Maid) as this affiant was informed and believes inlisted in the [Illegible] Regiment of the North Carolina line under Captain Wm T. Cole of said Regiment for the term of three years and served out his full term this affiant saw [Illegible] Mead (or Maid)
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twice when he was serving under this last enlistment and has no doubt but that he served the three years faithfully but say knows that fact of his own knowledge
This affiant further saith that he afterwards saw said Mead (a Maid) in the southern army under Genl. N Green. Mead (a Maid) was then acting in the capacity of a forage master in the Brigade of Gen Stephens of V.a. and further this [Illegible] affiant saith such.

George Wright

Subscribed sworn to before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the county of Hopkins Ky. as the undersigned further certifies that this [Illegible] is well acquainted with the afiiant and that he is a credible person-
11th July. 1832.
Meredith Myers. J.C.
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Kentucky
Hopkins County J.P.
I Samuel Woodson clerk of the court for the county aforesaid do certify that meredith myers esquire is a magistrate as above and that the foregoing signed [Illegible] purporting to be his genuine in testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of o.o County the 11th day of July 1832. 
Sam Woodson
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State of Indiana. 
Pike County
Be it remembered that before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the county and state aforesaid personally appeared William Wright who being first duly sworn according to law doth upon his oath say that he is seventy six years of age- that he was well acquainted with with Thomas Mead of Pike County. a pensioner. in his life time- that he is well acquainted with Sarah Mead the widow of said Thomas Mead that he  has known the said Thomas and Sarah Mead as man and wife for more than fifty five years previous to the death of the [Illegible] same of the children of said Thomas and Sarah who have died within a few years before would if living at least O fifty six years of age

Subscribed and sworn to the above on the 15th day of september 1842 before me} Wm T Wright
David Milley W.
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I certify that William Wright who has this day subscribed and sworn to the foregoing deposition afore me is a credible witness and that his statement is entitled to full faith given under my hand this day of September AD. 1842
David Miley W.

State of Indiana 
Pike County  [Illegible]
Clerk of the circuit court in and for said county do certify that David Miley Esqr is a justice of the peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the 15th day of September AD. 1842
John M Intire Clerk
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State of Indiana 
Pike County [Illegible]  						On this 9th day of September
one thousand and eight hundred forty three personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid Sarah Mead a resident of Pike County aged 91 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 March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War: that she is the widow of Thomas Mead who was a private in the Revolutionary War and for the particulars in relation to his services she believes to the original application of her said husband on file in the pension office that she was a pensioner under the act of 7 July 1838 at the rate of eighty dollars per annum she further declares that she is [Illegible] a widow
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above with before me 
Parmenas Palmer V.V.              Sarah (her + mark) Mead
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State of Indiana 
Pike County [Illegible] 	I do certify that
Sarah Mead who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration before me is personally known to me and her kin for several years. and that I was fully satisfied of the truth by the statements made by her in said declaration. given under my hand the 9th day of Sept 1843
Parmenas Palmer V.V.

State of Indiana
Pike County [Illegible]
Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for the county aforesaid do certify that Parmenas Palmer Esqr is a [Illegible] above and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set the official seal of said court and subscribed on [Illegible] the 11th day of September 1843
John M Intire		Clerk
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State of Indiana 
Pike County P}
William T Wright of the county & state aforesaid aged sixty nine years saith that he has been acquainted with Thomas Mead (alias maid) of Pike County in the State of Indiana from his earliest recollection. That said Mead (or Maid) is his half brother that when he said Wright was a boy said Mead (alias Maid) left home for the purpose of joining the revolutionary army that he some times returned home on furlough and again left to join the army he believes he was from home [Illegible] for the purpose of serving in the army more than three years - and this deponent verily believes said Mead (alias Maid) did serve in the revolutionary army. but this deponent was too young at that time to recollect any of that particulars as to his Colonel and further this affiant saith not William T Wright
Subscribed and sworn to before the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for the County of Pike Indiana [Illegible] The undersigned further certifies that he is well acquainted with the affiant and that he is a credible person
17th July 1833
M Howard [Illegible]
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State of Indiana Pike County
I John McIntire Clerk of the Circuit Court of Pike County do hereby certify that Meredith Howard is an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County of Pike aforesaid. that the signatures annexed to the foregoing certificate is his genuine signature, and that full faith and credit is due to all his official acts
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office at Petersburgh the 17th day of July AD 1833
John McIntire C.P.G.G
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8421
Sarah Mead 
of Thomas 
Indiana

Admitted

Private 2 yrs $80-
Cap Hutchins Col Muhler:
=brg Va.

Died 14 Jany 1835

Act 7 July 1838.
E

Wi Manly 
Marshall
J M.
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27.233
Thos Mead
Indi

i.i
Fro 1776 private 
a V $80.

can duly allow as a private.

Clerk
J McIntire
Petersburg
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,

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 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. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }) you will, when you return your papers to this department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compiling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the service of Thos Mead

[Column Headings: Period when the service was rendered | Duration of the claimant’s service |(Years. | Months. | Days.)| Rank of the claimant. | Names and rank of the Field of-ficers under whom he served. | Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported.

See Note is [Illegible]

I am, respectfully, your obedient servant, 
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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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 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
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.
A. B.
[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.
I		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, the 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 days and years 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 appeals 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 his 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.{Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? {To an Officer.{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 the 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 inquiry 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 transmit 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 office 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 prevision, 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. 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.”
	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 military, &e. 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 offical 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 on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the 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 signature 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 in 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 insist all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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State of North Carolina
Secretary of State Office
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the state aforesaid do certify that the name of Thomas Mead ot Maid; does not appear on the musterrolls of the continental line of this State in the revolutionary war, or on any other document in this office affording evidence of service in said line
Given under my hand 
this 28th October 1833.
W.. Hill
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M 4617
Sept. 29th 1843.     MARSHALL SEP 20
Sarah Mead
Oct 1843
Illinois
Indiana
$80 per ann
U. Manly
Marshall
Illinois
J.L. Edwards [Illegible]
Company Pensions
Washington City 
D.C.
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Marshall W. 128 Sept “43
[Illegible] for the honor to enclose the application of Sarah Mead for a pension under Act 3d
[Illegible] of ch 1843
[Illegible]
Uri Manly
JL. Edwards Sep
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MARSHALL SEP 20 11P
Sept 20
Ms. Mead
FREE
Hon JL. Edwards
Comm. of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Marshall M Sept. 21. “43
Sir. I have the honor to enclose a deposition in relation to the marriage of Thomas & Sarah Mead which I hope may be satisfactory
Respectfully
Uri Manly
Hon. J.L. Edwards