Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30736, for Anthony Thompson, Pennsylvania
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SERVICE 

Penn.


Thompson, Anthony 


NUMBER 

S.30736
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22.312

Kentucky 

Anthony Thompson 
of Dairp Co. in the State of Kentucky 
who was a S?????? in the ???? commanded 
by Captain Houston of the
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No 1312
Anthony Thompson
Rev.
from 1776 private
& Sergt 9 months.

Pr 7 [illegible] - 23.33
Sept. 2 10 -
33.33

6666
1666
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83.32

Applicant.
Long Falls Creek
Daviess Co.
Ken.
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BRIEF in the case of: Anthony Thompson
of Daviess County in the State of Kentucky
(Act 7 June, 1889)

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

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

3. How old is he? 73 years

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

Period: In 1776 and June in 1778
Durations of service: 7, 2 months
Rank: As a private, sergeant

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen. James Erving, Col. Fred Watts, Capt. [intelligible] Huston and Capt. Shields, Col. James Dunlay

5. In what battles was he engaged? None mentioned. Was however in Gen. Erving's Division after the battle of Trenton which Division was prevented from crossing the Delaware to the battle by the ice.
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(1312)
A Thompson
Statement
April 2, 1832
Pension Office
[illegible]
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a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion, and we further certify that we are well acquainted with George Calhoon, whose name is signed to the foregoing deposition, and that we believe him to be seventy-eight years of age, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that
opinion, and we further certify that they are both men who stand well in this county, and we believe them entitled to credit.
Sworn to and subscribed the day aforesaid in open court.
John Davis
John J McFarland

And the said Court does hereby declare the 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 the court that the above-named George Calhoon is a man of good character; and that it appears to the court that John Davis, who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County of Daviess and that John S McFarland
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who has also signed the same in a resident in the same county, and is a credible person, and that their statement is written to credit.

State of Kentucky, Daniel A[illegible] McLean
County Circuit [illegible]
I John L McFarland clerk of the circuit court for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Anthony Thompson for a pension

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this thirteenth day of July One Thousand Eighteen hundred and thirty two.

John L. McFarland
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State of Kentucky
Circuit and County of Daviess
On this 13th day of July Eighteen hundred and thirty-two, personally appeared in open court before Almy M Lean Judge of the circuit court for the County and Circuit aforesaid, being a court of record, now sitting a Anthony Thompson, a resident of the County of Daviess and State of Kentucky, aged seventy-three years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.  In 1776 about the first of June, he joined Captain William Huston's Company as a Private in Cumberland County, State of Pennsylvania and served seven months; William Huston's company belonged to the regiment under Col. Fredrick Watts, the Brigade was commanded by General James Ewing. That he went with the army to Fort Lee in the State of New Jersey, and Fort Washington in the State of New York, that he was at Fort Lee when Fort Washington was taken, that he was in several skirmishes before the attack on Fort Washington, that he was in the division commanded by General Ewing at the battle of Trenton
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but owing to the ice, General Ewing's division was unable to cross the Delaware River. General Cadwallader's division was to have crossed about five miles below Ewing's, but was also prevented by the ice, that after the taking of Trenton, he took the camp fever and was sent to the hospital in Philadelphia, that he served in the army seven months in all. 
He does not precisely recollect where he was discharged, but believes it was at Philadelphia, which discharge he has lost. He states he was born in the State of Pennsylvania in Chester County in 1759, on the 19th March, has no record of his age other than what he has kept upon the information of his father and mother. He was living in Cumberland County Pennsylvania when called into the service, and he had for some time after his service, resided in the same County, and then moved to Westmorland County where he got married. From there, in 1785, he removed to Kentucky, where he has resided ever since, the last thirty-three years in the County of Daviess and the counties from which
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it was taken. He entered the service as a volunteer, the division of General Ewing in which he served., was called the Flying Camp. General Washington and General Green were at Fort Lee when Fort Washington was taken. He knew Putnam, Sullivan and Starling. He believes his discharge was given him by his Captain.  He has lost it. He is known to General John Daviess, the Hon. Almy M Lean, Philip Thompson and George Calhoon, all of whom, with the other persons who know him in the county where he resides, he believes would be willing to testify to his veracity on oath. He knows of no living witness by whom he can prove his service except George Calhoon, and by him only for six months. In the year 1778, he severed as a Sergeant for two months in Capt. Shields' company in Bedford County, in Col. James Dunlop's regiment for the defense of the Pennsylvania frontier. He was a volunteer. He was discharged, but has not his discharge, does not remember what has become of it. He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares
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that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Anthony Thompson

And the said George Calhoon in open Court in like manner upon oath states that he is seventy-eight years of age, and is well acquainted with the said Anthony Thompson, and was in the service with him in the Flying Camp in the Revolutionary war, that they both entered the service in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and were in the same Brigade commanded by General James Ewing.  The same regiment commanded by Col. Frederick Watts, but the said Calhoon was a Lieutenant in the company of Capt. John McHattin. He knows that said Anthony Thompson served six months, he frequently saw him during the time.
Sworn to and subscribed in open court - 131.2
[signature of G. Calhoon]

We, John Daviess a Clergyman residing in the County of Daviess and State of Kentucky, and John S McFarland, residing in the same County, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Anthony Thompson who has subscribed the foregoing declaration, and that we believe him to be seventy-three years of age and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been
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Rev. & 1912 Wars Section

M.E.E. 
Copied from letter Dated May 8, 1928

September 11, 1928

Mrs. David Strouse
157 East Broadway
Danville, Indiana

Madam:

I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 30736, it appears that Anthony Thompson was born March 19, 1759, in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

While a resident of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, he volunteered, about June 1, 1776, served seven months as a private in Captain William Huston's {or, Ruston's] Company, Colonel Frederick Watts' Pennsylvania Regiment, was in several skirmishes and in the battle of Trenton.

He volunteered in 1778 and served two months as sergeant in Captain Shield's Company, Colonel James Dunlap's Pennsylvania Regiment in defense of the Pennsylvania frontiers.

Some time after the expiration of his service, he moved to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and married. In 1795 he moved to Kentucky.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 13, 1832, while a resident of Davies County, Kentucky.
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He died May 22, 1834. The name of soldier's wife is not given and there is no reference to children.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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30.736
INVALID.
File No. 30.736
Anthony Thompson
Sergeant Rev War
Act: June 7, 1832
Index: -- Vol. D, Page 431
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1922 Sept. 13. Hist to Mrs. Bailey T. Clarke. MMH 
1924 Mar. 29. Hist. to Hon. Scott Wolff for Mrs. J Frank (Stella A.) Thompson of St. Francons (see letter in Henry Bibb S.6661.)
1927. Dec. 3 Hist. to Mrs. David Penrose
1928 May 8. Hist to Mrs. H. F. Schermerhorn. M.E.E.
1928 May 17. Hon. Geo. H. Combs [illegible]
Hist. for Mrs. H L Schermer born May 8, 1928
1928 Sept. 11. Hist to Mrs. David Strouse M.E.E.
David Strouse M E E. 
1929 Apr 25 Tombstone [illegible] to Cemeterial Branch Ky.
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WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL
WASHINGTON
APR 20, 1929
MEMORANDUM TO:
[box unchecked] Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, Washington, D.C.
[box unchecked] Commandant, U.S. Coast, Treasury Building, Washington, D.C.
[box unchecked] The Surgeon General, Washington, D.C.
In order that headstones properly inscribed may be furnished, it is requested that the "Service" of the decedents named on the enclosed applications be verified and returned as soon as practicable to this office.
The regulations provide that the name of the State from which the decedents came be inscribed on the headstones. It is requested that this information be given and that any corrections be made in red ink on the form.
[box checked] The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
[box unchecked] The General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C.
In order that headstones properly inscribed may be furnished for the graves of the decedents named on the enclosed applications, it is requested that you furnish this office the correct spelling of the names and complete designation of the organizations.
29/86/
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This came with requests for Tombstone data for
Anthony Thompson - S.30736
Christophe Trinkle - S.36829
Edward Walkins - S.11669
all sent
and
George Little - Captain
S.C. Troops - name as described - all slips returned.
EWF
Apr. 25, 1929.
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Longfall Park
May 24
To the Honorable, the secretary of the Treasury in the Pension Office in the City of Washington.
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Honorable Sir
I am one of the applicants for a small pension. My papers has been once in your office and for want of due form were sent back to the Daviess County Clerks Office with instructions for him to make the necessary amendment which he has done and I was going to send them back by an agent but luckily seeing in the Louisville public Advertiser an extract of a letter from the secretary of the treasury in Relation to Revolutionary claims, I withheld my hand and has transmitted them myself as well as I know how agreeable to the directions in said letter. I would therefore humbly request of you, Honorable Sir, if my papers or rather my claim will pass inspection in your Office, that if there is any Certificate to be sent to me where I am to receive the money that you may allow me that if it would comport with your Honor, it would be directed to this office in said County of Daviess as I live within one mile of the Longfall Post Office and a considerable distance from our county office and as I am now grown old and infirm, it is with much difficulty I can get to the County seat. This I leave with you to do as your Honor may in your superior judgment see most proper.
And with Humble Submission, I remain your most obedient servant,
Anthony Thompson
Honorable Secretary of the Treasury
May 20th, 1833
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151 East Bradbury, Davisville, Indiana
Hon. Winfield Scott
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Personal
Mrs. Finich,
Reply these my desk today,
Scott
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Sec'y of Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir - 

A soldier of the War of the Revolution named Anthony Thompson was a private and sergeant of Va. line. He was a pensioner living in Daviess County Kentucky when his pension begun 1833 Act 21, his age 75 y/o-
Please send his ap.
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plication for a pension for his services in the Ware of the Revolution.

Rept.
(Mrs.) Bailey J. Clarke.
1504 Frederica St.
Owensboro - Davies Co.
Kentucky

Aug. 15 - 1922

[round stamp] US PENSION OFFICE
AUG 18 1922
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Danville, Indiana
Nov. 30. 1927.

Hon. Winfield Scott
Commission of Pensions,
Washington D.C.

Dear sir:

Some time ago I wrote you regarding the record of Anthony Thompson who served in a Pennsylvania regiment during the Revolution, from there migrated to Kentucky, and while living there drew a pension under the Act passed June 7. 1832.
I have received no reply. If there is any fee for this service, I will gladly pay it.

Very truly
Mrs David Strouse.

151 East Broadway.
Danville Indiana
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David Strouse
Past Department Commander
G.A.R.

DANVILLE, INDIANA Sept 26 1927

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear sir: - 

I have been told that Anthony Thompson applied for, and received a pension for services in the War of the Revolution - in 1833. The following items appear:
Anthony (or Anthony Finley) Thompson. born in Cumberland Co., Penna Mar 18. 1759.
Died in Daviess Co., or McLean Co. Ky. May 21. 1834.
Married Rachel Handley Mar 6. 1781 in Westmore-land Co Penna.

Very truly.
Mrs David Strouse
157 East Broadway
Danville
Indiana
{Please send me the record  

PENSION U.S. OFFICE NOV 17 1927 [Stamped]
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May 1, 1928.
U. S. Pension Department,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
This is to advise that some two months or more ago I wrote you in regard to the war record of one Anthony Thompson, who was a soldier of the Revolutionary war and as yet have received no response. The only solution I can give for the silence is that I forgot to sign my name to the letter. Am seeking entrance to the DAR and the proof of his service and pension must come from the pension department, hence am writing again to get the information. Have a copy of his service given me by another but that is not proof for me, so will send you data that will eliminate time in looking it up.
Anthony Thompson, Penna. Age 73. S 30736.
Davies Co. Ky., July 13, 1832.
Entered service in 1776 in Capt. Wm. Houston's Co. as private in Cumberland Co, Pa. and served 7 months, etc. etc.
Certificate 22312
$33.33 per annum.
Ky Roll Issued Oct. 21, 1833. Commenced March 4, 1831.
Mrs. H. F. Schermerhorn
Kansas City, Mo.,
705 West 38 St.
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GEORGE H. COMES, JR.
5th DIST MISSOURI
Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
187 House Office Bldg.
May 12th, 1928
Commissioner of Pensions
Revolutionary and 1812 Wars Section
Interior Department
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
A constituent of mine is seeking a membership in the DAR and is desirous of obtaining a certified copy of Anthony Thompson's Revolutionary War record. Below is the data with which the consistent, Mrs. H. F. Schermerhorn, has furnished me:
Anthony Thompson - Pennsylvania - S30736
Davies Co. Ky. July 13, 1832
Entered service in 1776 in Capt. Wm. Houstonis Co. as private in Cumberland Co., Pa., and served 7 months etc. etc. Was born in Chester Co., Pa. March 19, 1759. Lived in Cumberland Co. at time
of enlistment. In 1778 served as Sgt. in Capt Shields Co., Bedford Co., Col. James Dunlaps Regt. for defense of Pa. frontier.
Certificate -- 22312
$33.33 per annum. Ky. Roll.
Issued Oct. 21, 1833.
Commenced March 4, 1831
This data was taken from a record similar to the one desired by Mrs. Schermerhorn. If there are any charges, please advise.
Very truly yours,
George H. Combs, Jr.
GHC/LB
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[handwritten: Already answered 5/8/28]
Kansas City, March 19, 1928.
Pension Department,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: -- Please send to me the report and service of one Anthony Thompson, who served in the Revolution, also in regard to his pension which will be found in the Pennsylvania Archives, Series 3, Vol. 23, page 563. I have a copy of the report but must have the report from there as proof for entrance into the D.A.R.
Anthony Thompson-Penn. S30736.
Born in Chester Co., March 19, 1759.
Certificate 22312. Ky Roll.
Issued Oct. 21, 1833. $33.33 per annum.
The amount of pension might have been copied wrong for it must have been in excess of that amt. per annum. If so please correct in your report. Please reply at your earliest convenience, and thanking you in advance, I remain,
Most cordially,
Mrs. H.F. Schermerhorn
705 West 38 St.,
Kansas City, Mo.
[Seal: U.S. Pension Office Mar 22, 1928]
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Rev. & 1812 War Section
May 17, 1928
Honorable George H. Combs, Jr.
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
My dear Mr. Combs:
In response to your letter of May 12, 1928, relative to the Revolutionary War record of Anthony Thompson, S. 30736, which is desired by Mrs. H. F. Schermerhorn of 703 W. 28th St., Kansas City, Missouri, I have the honor to advise you that in answer to a request made by Mrs. Schermerhorn on May 1, 1928, the full history of this soldier was furnished her on May 8, 1928.
Very truly yours,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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3 -- 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., Sept. 13, 1922
RECORD DIVISION
REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORD SECTION
Mmh
s30736
[crossed-out: Mrs. Bailey F Clarke, Owen Boro, Ky. Ms]
In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Anthony Thompson a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his [strikeout: (or his widow's)] application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF
SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. (CAPTAIN. | COLONEL.) | STATE.
June 1, 1776 | 7 mos. | Private | (Wm. Huston | FrederickWatts) | Pa.
1778 | 2 mos. | Sargeant | Shields | James Dunlap | 

Battles engaged in, In several skirmishes and Trenton
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Cumberland Co, Pa.
Date of application for pension, July 13, 1832. His I. was al.
Residence at date of application Daviess Co Ky.
Age at date of application, Born March 19, 1759 in Chester Co. Pa.
Remarks: He married in Westmoreland Co., Pa. Name of wife not stated. He died May 22, 1834. (Agency book)
Respectfully,
[blank] Commissioner.
8 -- 2856
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M. E. E.
Rev. and 1812
War Section
May 8, 1928
Mrs. H. F. Schermerhorn
705 West 38th Street
Kansas City, Missouri
Madam:
In response to your letter of May 1, 1928, I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 30736, it appears that Anthony Thompson was born March 19, 1759, in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
While a resident of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, he volunteered, about June 1, 1776, served seven months as a private in Captain William Huston's Company, Colonel
Frederick Watts' Pennsylvania Regiment, was in several skirmishes and in the battle of Trenton.
He volunteered in 1778 and served two months as Sergeant in Captain Shield's Company, Colonel James Dunlap's Pennsylvania Regiment in defense of the Pennsylvania frontiers. 
Some time after the expiration of his service, he moved to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and married. In 1785 he moved to Kentucky. He was allowed pension on
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his application executed July 13, 1832, while living in Daviess County, Kentucky. He died May 22, 1834.
The name of soldier's wife is not given and there is no reference to children.
Owing to the very large number of inquiries similar to yours, and the lack of a clerical force available for the purpose, the Bureau is unable to make immediate reply to requests pertaining to soldiers of the Revolution. Letters are being answered as rapidly as possible in order of receipt.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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December 3, 1927
[handwritten: Thru desk of the Commissioner]
Mrs. David Strouse,
151 East Broadway,
Danville, Indiana.
Madam:
In response to your letter of November 30, 1937, I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S.30738 it appears that ANTHONY THOMPSON was born March 19, 1759 in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
While a resident of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, he volunteered about June 1, 1776, served seven months as a private in Captain William Huston's Company, Colonel Frederick Watts' Pennsylvania Regiment, was in several skirmishes and in the battle of Trenton.
He volunteered in 1778 and served two months as Sergeant in Captain Shield's Company, Colonel James Dunlap's Pennsylvania Regiment in defense of the Pennsylvania frontiers.
Some time after the expiration of his service, he moved to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania and married. In 1785 he moved to Kentucky. He was allowed pension on his
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application executed July 13, 1832 while living in Daviess County, Kentucky. He died May 22, 1834.
The name of soldier's wife is not given and there is no reference to children.
Owing to the very large number of inquiries similar to yours and the lack of a clerical force available for the purpose, the Bureau is unable to make immediate reply to requests for information in regard to soldiers
of the Revolution. No charge is made for this service. It is furnished by courtesy of the Government, and letters are being answered as rapidly as possible in the order of their arrival.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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Revolutionary War
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
BOUNTY LAND FILES
Act of 1855 Rejected #106957
VETERAN Asa Thompson
Widow Sarah
GRADE Private
1782
SERVICE Conn Troops
CAN No. 1706 BUNDLE NO. 49
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April 28, 1855
Sarah Thompson widow of Asa Thompson, private
Revolutionary War
No Papers
John W. Mansfield
New Heaven, Conn.
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106.957
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New Haven April 26th 1855.
Sir,
Please find with this Sarah Thompson's application for Bounty Land under act of March 3rd 1855 for Revolutionary services rendered by her husband. When issued please address Henry B. Harrison Esq. New Haven, Ct. and oblige.
Your obedient servant
John W. Mansfield
Hon. L.P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
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BOUNTY LAND, ACT OF 1855.
WIDOW'S APPLICATION FOR FIRST WARRANT
STATE OF CONNECTICUT
COUNTY OF Hartford
Burlington April 24th 1855
On this twenty-fourth day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five personally appeared before me, Notary Public within and for the county and State aforesaid, Sarah Thompson, aged ninety-six years, a resident of Burlington in the State of Connecticut, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Asa Thompson, deceased, who was a Private in the Revolutionary War; that he was hired by one Cornelius Brooks of Cheshire, Connecticut to join the army at Horse Neck and served I think three months under General Putnam, and afterward, served at New Haven after the British had been repulsed there; how long he served there she cannot now remember.
That her said husband joined the army at Horse Neck on or about the [blank] day of February A.D. 1782, for the term of three months, and continued in actual service in said war for the term of three months, and was honorably discharged at [blank] in the month day of May A.D. 1782.
She further states that she was married to the said Asa Thompson in Cheshire, Connecticut, on the 16th day of October A.D. 1781, by the Rev. James Daviess, a Clergyman, and that her name before her said marriage was Sarah Cook; and that her said husband died at New York on the seventeenth day of August, A.D. 1795, and that she is now and has remained a widow ever since.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855.
Sarah Thompson [her mark]
We, James Thompson resident of Burlington, Connecticut, and Barnie Thompson resident of Hennden, in the State of Connecticut, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Sarah Thompson in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and have known her for past sixty years, and know her to be the widow she represents herself to be.
James Thompson
Barnie Thompson
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
William Marks
Notary Public
The Commissioner of Pensions will please forward the Warrant on the above to
Henry B. Harrison, Esq.
New Haven, Ct.
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New Haven County
State of Connecticut
On this 25th day of April 1855, officially came Barnie Thompson to
me well known, who being sworn according to law declares upon oath that he has known Sarah Thompson who signed the foregoing declaration, the past fifty-eight years and knew her to be the widow  of Asa Thompson; that there is no record evidence of her marriage but that she has been known as widow of said Thompson among all her neighbors, he further declares that he has no interest in this application for land warrant.
Barnie Thompson
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written.
Before me, John W. Mansfield, Notary Public
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106.957
State of Connecticut
By his Excellency HENRY DUTTON, Governor of said State.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Know ye, That William Marks and John H. Mansfield were, at the time of subscribing the within attestation and now are, Notaries Public in the said State, duly constituted and commissioned, and that to his acts and attestations as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court; that the within attestation is in due form and by the proper officer; and that I believe the signatures of said William Marks and John L. Mansfield  thereunto to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the public seal of the State to be hereunto affixed, this 25th day of April A.D. 1835, and in the seventy-ninth year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor,
H Perry
Secretary of State