Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1233, for Thomas Merrit, North Carolina
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[3-1776]

SERVICE
N.C.

Merrit, Thomas

NUMBER
S.1233

carded
CONTENTS
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

[left side] Date of death not on A. B.

[right side] 19398 1939
Kentucky

Thomas Merrit
of Wayne Co. in the State of Kentucky who was a pr [Private] in the Co. commanded by Captain Chusiner [Thomas Christmas] of the regt [regiment] commanded by Col. Sumner in the NC line for 18 mos.

Inscribed on the Roll of Kent.
at the rate of 60 Dollars - Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of Sept. 1833 and [sent to] Wm. Simpson Monticello

Arrears to the 4th of March 120 -
Semi=anl. [annual] allowance ending 4 Sept. 30 -
$150-

{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Danl [Daniel] Boyd, Clerk
Book E Vol. 7 Page 19
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9463

Thos [Thomas] Merit [Merrit]
from 1780 private 18 months
$60.

10.14.15.16
Int. 1.2.7.

See letter Oct. 31 18[cut off]
Wm. Simpson
Monticello Ky.
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

9463 
BRIEF in the case of Thomas Merit County of Wayne in the State of Kentucky 
(Act 7 June, 1832.) 

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court 

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 

3. How old is he? 71 

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 

[column headings: Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.]
Jany In 1780 drafted 3 [months] private Wm Caswell Col J. Allen, Capt. Chrisman
1781 early in the yr. drafted enlisted A U. S. 3 [months] Gen. T. Eaton. Col. Dudley Capt. Geo Nasce
[paper torn] servd [served] 10 & hired a man to serve 2 – 12 [months] Gen. Sumner May / [ink blot] 1st Reg. L. 2nd Com. of N. C. Continental establishment

5. In what battles was he engaged? Eutaw Battle 

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Warren County N Car 

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? documentary traditionary & one living witness 

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The Clerk certificate is with my seal of Office, and no member of Congress has certified to his being Clerk – 

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

T. Waugh Examining Clerk
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9463

Ths Merit [Thomas Merrit]
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State of Kentucky } 
County of Wayne } SS 
On this 27th day of August AD 1932 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the Court of the County of Wayne now sitting Thomas Merit resident of the United States in the County of Wayne & State of Kentucky aged 71 years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated. He resided in the County of Warren & State of North Carolina & that he was drafted into the service of the United States in the Militia of the State of North Carolina about the latter end of January or 1st of February 1780 - the Army to which he was attached was Commanded by General William Caswell the Colonel of the Regiment was James Allen & the Captain of the Company to which he belonged was Thos Chrisman [sic: Thomas Christmas] he marched with the Army through Camden South Carolina near to Charleston – the British then being in possession of Charleston [since 12 May 1780] joined Gen’l [General] Bluford’s [Col. Abraham Buford’s] Regiment, returned through Camden with Blufords Regiment & parted with Bluford Regt in South Carolina who was defeated a few days afterwards by Col Tarlton [sic: Banastre Tarleton at Waxhaws SC, 29 May 1780] he thinks, he was enged [engaged?] in no Battle during this period of his service which was for the term of three months - he obtained a discharge but he lost it & knows of no person whose testimony he can procure by whom he can prove this service. 
He states that he was again Drafted into the service in the Militia of North Carolina in the s’d [said] County of Warren early in the year 1781 under General Thomas Eaton, Guilford Dudley being Colonel George Nazre [George Nasworthy] was the Captain of the Company to which he belonged he marched about in North Carolina until after the Battle of Guilford [Guilford Courthouse NC] which Battle he was not engaged in being Cook first under waggonmaster [Wagon Master] Todd and afterwards under Commissary Jammeson & was away with the Waggons [wagons] in the time of the Battle of Guilford after which Battle they marched to South Carolina between Campden [Camden] & Charleston & having served three months again got his discharge from G Dudley L Col. of N Carolina Malitia [Militia] & returned home. this discharge is herewith sent. He knows of no person by whom he can prove this service. 
He afterwards enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year of 1781 in the same County of Warren - he rendezvoused at Harrodsburg North Carolina on the 1st day of July of the same year & served in the 1st Regiment & 2nd Company of the line on Continental establishment – [Jethro] Sumner being the General he don’t reccollect [recollect] the names of the Colonels (they being shifted) Major [Reading] Blount & Benjamin Bailey being the Captain of the Company - they marched through North Carolina to South Carolina where they were mostly during this period of service. he was engaged in the Euteau [Eutaw Springs] Battle
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He left the service on the 1st of May 1782 and hired Nathaniel Toxey or Troxey to serve the other two months. this term of service was for Twelve months. He obtained a discharge which he afterwards sent to Hillsborough North Carolina with his Bounty Tickett [ticket] where the discharge as he was informed was left he drew Seven Shillings & 6 pence or 17 Shillings & 6 pence on the bounty Tickett [ticket]. He was discharged at Bacons bridge [on Ashley River near Old Dorchester] in South Carolina. He has no Documentary Evidence by which he can prove this part of his Service – but can prove it he thinks by Frederick Cooper [pension application W3001]. he was born in Warren County NC & lived there until after the war & afterward moved to Kentucky where he has resided 33 years. 
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State 
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
[signed] Thomas Merit

We Mathew Floyd a Clergyman residing in the County of Wayne & State of Kentucky & Jacob Back residing in the same County hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Merit who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be 71 years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in the same opinion 
[signed] Matthew Floyd
[signed] Todd Back
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year foresaid

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and having the statement of Frederick Cooper who states on oath that the said Thomas Merit was 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 Mathew Floyd who has signed the proceeding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County of Wayne & State of Kentucky and that Jacob Back who has also signed the same is
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a resident in the County of Wayne and State of Kentucky and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
I William Simpson Clerk of the Court of Wayne County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Merit for a pension 
{L S} In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and private seal having no seal of office as yet provided this 27th day of August 1832 
Wm Simpson Clk [Clerk]

serve the Revolutionary war as he states
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[typed form]

August 16, 1932 
BA-J/MLB 
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 
THOMAS MERRIT 
S. 1233

Mr. J. W. Simpson
The Wayne County Outlook
Monticello, Kentucky

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter relative to Thomas Merrit, a soldier of the Revolutionary War. 
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 1233, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Thomas Merrit. 
He was born in 1761 in Warren County, North Carolina. 
While a resident of Warren County, North Carolina, he entered the service about the last of January or first of February, 1780, and served three months as private in Captain Thomas Chrisman's company, Colonel James Allen's North Carolina regiment. He again entered the service early in 1781 and served three months as private in Captain George Nazie's North Carolina company under Lieutenant Colonel Guilford Dudley, and was discharged May 13, 1781. He enlisted July 1, 1781, served as private in Captain Benjamin Bailey's North Carolina company under Major Blount, was in the battle of Eutaw Springs and was discharged May 1, 1782; length of service in all sixteen months. 
After the Revolutionary War the soldier moved to Kentucky, where he had lived thirty-three years when he was allowed pension on his application executed August 27, 1832, at which time he was living in Wayne County. 
There are no family data in the claim and no further data relative to the soldier.
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Because of the very large number of requests for Revolutionary and 1812 War data, and the limited clerical force available for furnishing such data, it has not been possible to make a series of investigations and reports pertaining to soldiers of those wars for one person. Only two records are furnished to each inquirer. 

Very truly yours 

A. D. HILLER 
Assistant to Administrator


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State of Kentucky} 
County of Wayne} Sct
On this 26th day of November AD 1832 personally appear ed in open Court before the Justices of the Court of the County of Wayne now sitting Thomas Merit a resident of the United States in the County of Wayne and State of Kentucky aged 71 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following amended Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated. He resided in the County of Warren and State of North Carolina & that he was drafted into the service of the United States in the militia of the State of North Carolina about the later end of January or 1st of February 1780 the Army to which he was attached was commanded by General William Caswell, the Colonel of the regiment was James Allen & the Captain of the Company to which he belonged was Thomas Chrisman, he marched with the army through Camden South Carolina near to Charles Town, the British then being in possession of Charleston joined General Blufords Regiment returned through Camden with Bluford Regiment and parted with Blufords Regiment in South Carolina who was defeated a few days afterwards by Colonel Tarlton (he thinks) he was engaged in no battles during this period of his service which was for the term of three months, he obtained a discharge but has lost it & knows of no person whose testimony he can procure by whom he can prove his service. He states that he was
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again drafted into the service in the militia of North Carolina in the said County of Warren early in the year 1781 under General Thomas Eaton, Guilford, Dudley being Colonel, George Nazie was the captain of the company to which he belonged he marched about in North Carolina until after the battle of Guilford which battle he was not engaged in being Cook first under waggon [wagon] master Todd and afterwards under Commissary Jameson and was away with the waggons [wagons] in the time of the battle of Guilford after which had they marched to South Carolina between Camden and Charleston & having served three months again got his discharge from G. Dudley L. Col. of North Carolina Militia & returned home this discharge is herewith sent. He knows of no person by whom he can prove this service. He afterwards enlisted in the Army of the United States in the sd [said] County of Warren in the year 1781 he rendezvoused at Harrodsburg North Carolina on the 1st day of July of the same year & served in the 1st Regiment & 2nd Company of the line on Continental established Sumner, being the General; he doesn’t reccollect [recollect] the names of the Col (they being shuffled) Major Blount & Benjamin Berby being the Captains of the Company they marched through North Carolina to South Carolina where they were mostly during this period of his service - he was engaged in the Hulean [Eutaw Springs] Battle. He left the service on the 1st of May 1782 & hired Nathaniel Toxey or Troxey to serve the other two months, this term of service was for twelve months, he obtained a discharge which he afterwards sent to Hillsborough North Carolina with his bounty Tickett [ticket] where the discharge as he was informed was left, he drew Seven Shillings & 6 pence or 17 shillings & sixpence on the
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Bounty Tickett [ticket] he was discharged at Bacons Bridge in South Carolina. He has no documentary evidence by which he can prove his part of his service and thinks he can prove it by Frederick Cooper he has no Record of his age he was born in North Carolina & in the County of Warren in the year 1761 & lived there until after the war and afterwards moved to Kentucky where he has resided 33 years- 
He States that Jacob Back Edmund South Isaac Cooper Charles Back & Aaron Back & James Jones who reside in his present neighbourhood are personally acquainted with him & will testify confirming his character for veracity & also of their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares he [his] name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State. 
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year 
Thomas [his X mark] Merrit 

We Thomas P Stone a Clergyman residing in the County of Wayne and State of Kentucky and James Jones, --- residing in the same County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Merit who has subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be [blank] years of age, that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where
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he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion 
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year
T P Stone
Jas Jones

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, and hearing the statement of Fredrick Cooper who declared on oath that he is of the age of 73 years & was himself a soldier of the revolution and that he knows that the above Thomas Merit was a Soldier of the Revolution & served as above stated and also the statements on oath of Jacob Back Edmund Tartle Isaac Cooper Chs Back Aron Back & James Jones who resided in the neighborhood of the said Thos Merit & who state that the said Thomas Merit is a man of good character for veracity & that they believe he was a solder of the Revolution that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states, And the Court further certify that it appears to them that Thomas P Stone who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County of Wayne and State of Kentucky and that James Jones, who has also signed the same is a resident in the County of Wayne and State of Kentucky and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I William Simpson Clerk of the County Court of the County of Wayne do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original and annexed proceedings of the said Court in the application of Thomas Merit for a pension 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 20th day of June 1833
William Simpson Clerk of the Wayne County Court Ky
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Rev War 
INVALID

File No. 1233

Thomas Merrit
Pri. [private] N. C. Line

Act: June 7th, 1832
Index: - Vol. A, Page 253

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Sept. 16/97 Mrs. Emma Simpson Monticello, Ky. 
Sept. 24/97 Letter Emma Simpson 
1932, Aug. 16 – Hist. to Mr. J. W. Simpson MLB
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[typed form, with handwritten responses]

THE WAYNE COUNTY OUTLOOK 
J. W. SIMPSON, Publisher 
MONTICELLO. KENTUCKY 


July 27, 1932.

Pension Bureau,
Washington, D. C. 
Gentlemen: - What information can you give me as to the following Revolutionary soldiers: 
Merritt [t was crossed out], [^ only 2 forms] Thos. Private N. C. line, 9-2-1833   3-4-1831 age 73. 
McGee, James C. Private Penn, line 2-25-1834   3-4-1831, age 72 
Also any record of McGee as a Major from Tennessee in the 1812 War. 
Thanking you for any information you can give me, I am 
Yours truly, 
J. W. Simpson

[circular stamp with Numbers 1 -12 around the outside] RECEIVED JUL 29 1932 RECEIPT SERVICE PENSION FILED [Illegible] 

ltr [letter?] in Merit case
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[typed in a box] This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned of the service. 
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutioary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States. 
O. W. & N. DIV. 
REVOLUTIONARY. 

L. W. B. 
I, 1233, 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. 
WASHINGTON, D. C., 

Sept. 16, 1897. 

Madam: -
In response to an inquiry on the part of Hon. David G. Colson, you are advised that Thomas Merritt, a soldier of the Revolutionary war , made an application for pension on August 27, 1832, at which time he was 71 years of age and residing in Wayne County, Kentucky, and his pension was allowed for eighteen months' actual service as a private in the North Carolina troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Chusiner and Col. Sumner. He enlisted in Warren County, North Carolina. Place of date of birth not stated. 
Very respectfully, 

Commissioner. 

Miss Erna Simpson, 
Monticello, Kentucky.
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Old Navy Div.

[circular stamp] PENSION AUG 21 1897 OFFICE U. S.
[rectangular stamp] OLD WAR & NAVE AUG 25 1897 FILES.
Rev war M

Monticello Ky. 
August 20th 1887 

Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington D.C. 

Honored Sir 
It is of the greatest importance to me That I obtain information in regard to Thomas Merrit, a private in the army of the revolution, who was granted a pension on the third day of September 1833.
I desire to know from what place he enlisted, in what Company and the length of his service and where he was discharged, and to whom he was married, and when and where he was married. 
At the time the pension was granted to him he was a resident of Kentucky.
I presume this information is contained in his application for pension and is on file in your office.
This information will be of the greatest value to me and I do not suppose I can obtain it from any other source. 
I shall very greatly appreciate your kindness should you see fit to furnish me this information.

Very Respectfully 
Miss Emma Simpson 
Monticello, Ky.
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Monticello Ky}
30 June} free

The Honorable
John L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D. C.

Mail}

[written sideways] Ky July 11
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State of Kentucky Wayne County
Monticello 29th June 1833

Sir 
Enclosed are the amnd [amended] Declarations of Mastin Durham Frederick Cooper Thomas Merit & Zechariah Sanders for a Pension, you will please examine the amendment &c &c & make the necessary remittance as soon as convenient 

Yours Respectfully
William Simpson
The Honble [Honorable] 
J. L. Edwards Esq
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Certificate of Mr. Hill the Case of Thos Meritt of N. C.

Papers sent to Wm. Simpson Monticello Ky Mr. Allison Oct 31, 1831
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State of North Carolina
Secretary of State’s Office 
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the State aforesaid do certify that it appears from the musterrolls [muster rolls] of the Continental line of this State in the revolutionary war, that Thomas Merritt a private Soldier in Capt. Bailey’s Company of the 10th Regiment enlisted on the 1st of July 1781, for the term of 12 months, and that he left the service the 1st of July 1782. 
Given under my hand this 5th of November 1832. 
Wm Hill 

All the 9, 12 & 18 months men were mustered in the 10th Regiment. Mr. Merritt’s stating that he was of the 1st Regiment ought not therefore to prejudice his claim 
Wm Hill
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Nov 9 
Thomas Merrit 
Kentucky

Wm Halls certificate of service. 

papers returned 31 Oct. 32 to,
Wm Simpson Monticello Kentucky agent

[written sideways] FREE
Pension Office of the War Department 
City of Washington
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Monticello Ky
7th Feby 1829

Free

Secretary of the Treasury
Mail {Washington City
{Revolutionary Business
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1393.
Thomas Merrit
Recd [received] 24 Feb 1829
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Monticello Kentucky
Wayne County
5th February 1829 

Sir 
having Received Written information from you Respecting my Revolutionary Claim and assertaining [ascertaining] that there were some particulars omited [omitted] which I Ought to have before inserted I now will inform you that I belonged to the North Carolina Regular Troops which was Raised & attached to General Green [Nathanael Greene] when we marched to the Southward the 2nd Company in the first Regiment under Captain Baily & continued with him until the first of the Sumer after the Utaw Battle [Eutaw Springs SC, 8 Sep 1781] The above information I presume will be sufficient to enable the department in an Examination if anything more Required give me information &c 
Yours Truly
[signed] Thomas Merit
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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 Thomas Merit which require further proof or explanation.

1.  Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?

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 amount of pension he is entitled? yes

VI.  Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes

VII.  Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes

VIII.  Has the Court given their opinion? yes

IX.  Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes

X.  Is the Clerk’s seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? No
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XI.  Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? 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 living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? He has

XIV.  +If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? No

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? No

XVI.  Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No #

XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not answered? 1st 2d & 7

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For          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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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 objectional.  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 service.  This form of a declaration is highly objectionable.  It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
+QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line in which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
+QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

# In every case where the Clerk of the Court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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1393

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
22 April 1829 
Thomas Merrit of [blank] in the County of Wayne in the State of Kentucky has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled “An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution,” approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain Bailey’s company, in the first regiment of the North Carolina line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office. By order of the Secretary, F A Dickins. 

TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE, 
23d April 1829 
[crossed out - It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to in the]
It further appears that Thomas Merrit is not now on the pension list of the any - - agency, and has not been so since the 3d March 1826. [crossed out - at the rate of dollars per month]
The name of Thomas Merrit cannot be found among those of the North Carolina line, to whom certificates for the gratuity Eighty Dollars were issued 
Peter Hagner Audr [Auditor]
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War Depart: Bounty land Office 
The records of this office do not show that Thomas Merritt of the No Carolina line ever received or is entitled to bounty land of the United States 
Robert Taylor 
29 April 1829
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1828 papers
to be filed
with ad
aw Inv
# 1233
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Thomas Merrit – Pvt
No. Car. line – 

Kentucky
Ad Inv. File No 1,233 

/ Evidence insufficient /
Act 1828
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1393

State of Kentucky } 
Wayne County } Sct 

I Thomas Merrit in the County of Wayne in the State of Kentucky do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution for and during the War and continued in its service until its Termination at which period I was a private in Captain Baileys [Benjamin Bailey’s] Company in the 1st Regiment of the Continental line. And I also declare that I afterwards received a certificate for the reward of Eighty Dollars to which I was entitled under a resolve of Congress passed the 15th of May 1778 
Thomas [his X mark] Merrit

State of Kentucky} 
Wayne County} Sct 
Before me Bartholomew Hadon a Justice of the peace in the County of Wayne in the State of Kentucky personally appeared this day Fredrick Cooper & Jacob Back and did severally make oath that Thomas Merrit by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is quinally [genuinely] reputed and believed to have been a private in the Army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated Witness my
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hand this 8th day of December in the year one thousand Eight hundred and Twenty Eight 
B. Hadon JP

State of Kentucky} 
Wayne County} Sct 
I John Chrisman Clerk of the Court of the County of Wayne in the State of Kentucky Do certify that Bartholomew Hadon before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time a Justice of the peace and duly empowered to administer Oaths 
{In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my private (having no seal of office as yet provided this 8th day of December 1828 & 37th year of our Commonwealth} 
John Chrisman Clk.
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[lines & numbers] 10 2 6 1 2 5 A
1 1 1 2 2
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S.1233 
Thomas Merrit 
N. C.
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State of South Carolina 
Campt 13th may 1781 
Thomas Merit of the N. Carolina melitia [Militia] having servid [served] his tower of Duty ageable [agreeable] to Law is hereby Discharged 
Guilford Dudley Lt. Colo. Com[mandan]t 
NC Militia
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Thomas Merrit
S. 1233
N. C.

S. F. 1233 Thos Merrit N. C.