Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31416, for John Thomas, Virginia
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(8 - 1776)

SERVICE
Va.

Thomas, John

NUMBER
S. 37416

CONTENTS
widow Sarah
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2932(unintelligible)

Kentucky
John Thomas Dec(illegible)
of Owen Co in the State of Kentucky
who was a private in the com(illegible) commande(d, deleted by damage to document)
by Captain Burly of the regt commande(d, deleted by damage to document)
by Col. Taylor in the Virginia
line for 1 year and 6 months
certificate (illegible) to Sarah
Thomas, widow

Inscribed on the roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 60 Dollars == Cents per annum
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Feb(illegible)
1831 and Hon R. W.
Johnson H R

Arrears to the [scratched out] 4th of
Semi (illegible) allowance [scratched out] ending
Arrears to (illegible) 1833 th
time of his death            138.83
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act. June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk,
Book E    Vol. 7    Page 29(smudge, unclear)
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I Reuben Lancaster of the County of Scot and State of Kentucky do hereby certify that some time in the year 1808 I became acquainted
with John Thomas (illegible) in the Harrison County Kentucky, and that I have been acquainted with him (illegible) to the present time  and that from a circumstance of my having a brother who took sick in the army of the army of the United States & returned home and died  Mr. John Thomas (illegible) & me have frequently been in 
conversations about my brother with whom s? Thomas became acquainted or he inferring (illegible) in the army    also which conversation (illegible) induced me to believed him to be a soldier of the revolution, and that he had generally as far as I have any knowledge whilst Thomas & me lived neighbors together in the County of Harrison & State  also been reputed to have been a soldier of the revolution.  (ink stains)  March 25th, 1833 --- his x mark
Reuben Lancaster

Kentucky Owen County Set ---
personally appeared before the undersigned a justice of the peace in & for the County office Rueben Lancaster & wife  the County of Scot & State (illegible) I made oath to the above Certificate Given under my hand this 25th day of March 1833 ----
                                             Wilson B. Guile  Sec (?)
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The affidavit of Cornelius Duvall a clergyman resident in Owen County Ky taken in Owenton on the 11th day of Feby 1834 who being duly sworn according to law upon his oath states that he was well acquainted with John Thomas of Owen County Ky who departed this life on the day of June 1833 and whose widow Sarah Thomas still survives and is as he is informed making an application to the war department for an allowance on account of the revolutionary services of her said husband. This affiant states that the said John Thomas was a man of good character and had the reputation of having been a soldier of the revolution and this affiant never heard the fact disputed or doubted and is of the opinion that he was one. This affiant states that he is well acquainted with Sarah Thomas above named and that she is a woman of fine standing and of undoubted veracity. Sworn to an subscribed the day and year afsd.
Cornelius Duvall

State of Kentucky
Owen County 

[illegible]
I N. M. Bacon a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid herby certify that the fore-going deposition of Cornelius Duvall was this day taken subscribed and sworn to before me and I further certify that the said Duvall is a clergyman resident in Owen County Ky and that his statements are [illegible] to full credit. Given under my hand this 11th day of Feby 1834. 
N M Bacon [abbreviation for Justice of the Peace?]
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Jo (illegible - John?) Thomas (illegible)
Sarah Thomas
(underlined)
Kentucky
29.497 (written vertically in margin, alongside above 3 lines)

from 1778 for (?)
18 month
         $60
amt due Sarah
Thomas, widow wife to
time (illegible) death 27 June
1833.       $138.83

on Roll

Berryman (in faded print, unclear)

Hon. R. (illegible initial). Johnson
                                          H.R.
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State of Kentucky
County of Owen   (illegible)
             Be it known that on this 10th day of August 1833 personally appeared before H M Beccon (faded, unclear) a justice of the peace in and for said county  Sarah Thomas   widow and (illegible) of John Thomas deceased who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following statement (illegible swirl):
              That she is resident of the said county of Owen in the State of Kentucky and is now 63 years of age. That her deceased husband John Thomas was a resident of Owen County Kentucky at the time of his death which event took place on the 27th day of June last past: that at the time of his death he was 71 years of age.  She states that her said husband was a soldier of the revolution and lived during that war in Grange County Virginia. That as she has been informed by him and others and verily believes he entered the service of the United States about the year 1778 upon a tour of twelve month, in the company of Capt Garland Burley and was attached to the regiment commanded by Col. Richard Taylor whether  this service was under an enlistment or a volunteer, or under draft she cannot say
             She also further states that according to her information as received from her said husband & others, he afterwards entered the service as a drafted militia man in the company of Capt. Benjamin Johnston of Orange County Va. and served therein for three months  that being the length of his engagement.
              She also states that afterward as she is informed by what she has heard her said husband say together with others, he afterward [scratched out] again entered the service as a drafted militia man for a tour of three months and served accordingly in the company of Benjamin Johnson the same man who was his capt in the preceding tours.
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she further states that the whole of his services as
above named were rendered during the revolutionary
war and that they amount in the aggregate to the[scratched out]
eighteen monthly service the whole of which she verily 
believes was performed by her said dec[illegible] husband as
a private soldier and that during his lifetime he never 
received a pension from the Government nor is his
name on the pension role of any state - she states
that she claims as his widow no( ?-illegible) amount of pension
which would have been due him up to the time of his
death under the act of June 7th 1832.
                subscribed & service to the day & year aforesaid


State of Kentucky Owen County (illegible)
               I N M Bacon a  Justice of the peace
in and for the county aforesaid hereby certify that the 
(illegible) affidavit of Sarah[faded] Thomas was this day
taken subscribed and sworn to at the house of
John Thompson[faded] in the said County of Owen where
the current (illegible) reside and I further certify
from bodily infirmity she is unable to attend court to
make her said statement and that she is a credible
person and her statements entitled to credit. Given
under my hand this 10th day of August 1833.
                                          N M Bacon  JP [underlined]
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The deposition of Franky Woolfolk taken at the house of
Richard Vallandingham in Owen County Kentucky on the 30
day of January 1834 who being duly sworn according to law
doth upon her oath make the following statement - that is to say(?illegible)
that she resides in Owen County Kentucky at the house of Rich
Vallandingham and is now 73 years of age. she states that
she is the sister of John Thomas dec(punctuation mark) who died in Owen County 27th day of June 1835 and whose widow Sarah Thomas now lives in the said county and is about making an application to the War Department of the United States for an allowance on the account of the Revolutionary service of
the said John Thomas - she further states that the said John
Thomas at the time of his death was upwards of 71 years  
of age and that during the Revolutionary War he together 
with this (unclear) resided with their (illegible) in Orange County
Virginia - She states that she was older than the said John
Thomas and she well remembers that he did serve several tours of duty during the revolutionary war though she has forgotten the names of his officer and she has also forgotten the number of tours
and their particular length and the date precisely when he entered upon them but she does know that during said war he did not serve
less that eighteen months and she is confident that (illegible)
service was performed between the Beginning of the year 1778
taking of Cornwallis in the fall of the year 1781 - She states that his widow the said Sarah Thomas is very poor, infirm and dependent
and the pittance due to her from the government {is needed by her - scratched out} on account of the service of her husband is much needed by her and this deponent is convinced that (scratched out) he served faithfully - 
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year (illegible)
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State of Kentucky  (a vertical swirl
Owen County          runs length of 2 lines)
           I N.M. Bacon a Justice of the Peace
in and for said county certify that the foregoing deposition
of Franky Woolfolk was this day taken subscribed and
sworn to before me and I also certify that the said deponent
is a credible person and her statements are entitled to credit given
under my hand this 30th day of January 1834 I also cer
tify that said deponent (illegible) infirmity of body cannot (illegible)
                                             NM Bacon     JPOC
                                                                  (flourish)
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State of Kentucky
Owen County
I John C. Bacon clerk of the court of Owen County Ky. hereby certify that A. M. Bacon whose name appears to the certificates attached to the preceding affidavits of Sarah and Franky Woolfock and Cornelius Duvall was at the date of the said several certificates and still is a justice of the peace in [illegible] Owen County Ky. and one of the justices of the court of which I am clerk and the foregoing signature purporting to be his are genuine. And I also certify that Wilson B. Guilt whose name appears to the certificate attached to the foregoing affidavit of Reuben Lancaster was at the date of said certificate and still is a Justice of the Peace in and for Owen County Ky. and a member of the court of which I am clerk and the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereto [illegible] my name and affixed my seal of office this 11th day of February 1834.
J C Bacon
Clerk of the Court of Owen County
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31416
[unreadable] INVALID
File No. 31,416
John Thomas
[unreadable] Rev War
Act: June 7th 32"
Index: Vol. 2, Page 431
[Arrangement of 1870.]