Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 17251, for Thomas Quarles, Virginia
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Service : Va
Quarles, Thomas
Number R.17251
Va Half. Pay
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Know all men by these presents that I , Richard Reins, administrator de bonis non of Thomas Quarles, a Lieutenant in the Virginia State line in the war of the revolution, have constituted, ordained and appointed and do hereby constitute, ordain and appoint, Thomas Green of the City of Richmond my true and lawful attorney in fact to ask, demand and receive from the proper department in Washington
City, any balance, or residue of half pay now due and unpaid, for and on account of the revolutionary services of said Thomas Quarles, 
the payment made at the Treasury Department in 1832 or 1833 not being the full amount that was due, as is believed.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this second day of July 1842.
Richard Reins
Administrator de bonis non
of Thos Quarles Decd.

Virginia City of Richmond to wit.
This day Richard Reins administrator
de bonis non of Thomas Quarles this day personally appeared before me an Alderman for said City and acknowledged that he had executed the above power of attorney to Thomas Green and that he wanted me to certify his said acknowledgment to the proper
Department at Washington.

Sworn under my hand this second day of July 1842.
W.D. Wren

State of Virginia, City of Richmond to wit:
I Charles Howard, Clerk of the Court of Hustings for the said City, hereby certify that William D. Wren, whose name is subscribed
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subscribed to the foregoing certificate, is an alderman and ex officio a justice of the peace in and for the said City, and a member of the said Court of Hustings, and I believe his said signature to be genuine.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court of Hustings, this second day of July, One thousand eight hundred and forty two.

Chs. Howard, clk.
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No. 1
King William County State of Virginia, to wit,

This day personally appeared before us, Christopher Tompkins and Stephen Sutton magistrates and justices of the peace for the county and state aforesaid James Jones of said county aged eighty three years of sound mind and memory, a soldier in the war of the American Revolution and made oath, that he was well acquainted with Thomas Quarles [?] of the County of King Wi. aforesaid: That the said Thomas Quarles was an officer in a Virginia State Regiment in the Revolutionary War commanded he thinks by Cole Gibson: That the said Quarles entered the service about the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven as a Lieutenant. That the said Quarles went with his Regiment to the north and after remaining some time returned on furlough having been promoted to the rank of Captain and returned to his regiment and continued in service three years from the period of his first enlistment: That the Regiment to which Quarles was attached was disbanded at the North and Captain Quarles returned to Virginia without command but still retaining his commission as a Supernumerary officer in a Virginia state line: That the said Quarles has often told this deponent, after his regiment was disbanded that he retained his Commission, and always held himself in readiness to enter the service again when ever required so to do by the State: That after the close of the War Thomas Quarles was for several years as a deputy clerk of King William County: That he does not recollect when the said Quarles died: that he married a woman named Nancy Butler, and had by her an only child a daughter named Alice; That the family of Captain Quarles either before or after his death (this deponent cannot now remember which) removed to Granville County in the state of North Carolina: That this deponent never saw the Commission of Thomas Quarles
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Quarles, but he distinctly remembers that after his return from the North, he was universally called and considered as a Captain, and was so called to the day of his death, and further this deponent saith not.

Given under our hands and seals as Justices of the Peace for the County and the state aforesaid this 23d day of January 1833. 
Ch Tompkins JP [seal]
Stephen Sutton JP [seal]

King William County Court, King William County to wit ~ We Corbin Brasdon, Richard Gwathmay, James Fox & Kendall Gregory magistrates and justices of the peace for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that James Jones, the affiant in the foregoing affidavit is an old and respectable inhabitant of said county of King William that the said Jones is reputed to have been a soldier of the Revolutionary War: that full faith and credit ought to be given to his statements made under the sanction of an oath, and that the said Jones is very infirm, and in consequences of having lost a leg several years since he is unable to attend Court in person: We also certify that Christopher Tompkins and Stephen Sutton whose names are annexed to the above affidavit are Justices of the peace for the County of King William aforesaid. Done by his sitting in open court this 28 day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three. In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals the day and year last above written. 
Corbin Braxton JP
Richard Gwathmay JP
James Fox
Kendall Gregory JP
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State of Virginia King William County [?]
I Robert Pollard clerk of the Court of the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that Christopher Tompkins, Stephen Sutton, Corbin Braxton, Richard D Gwathmay, James Fox, and Kendall Gregory [?] whose hands and [?] are affixed to the foregoing certificate are majistrates of the County of King William, and that due faith and credit ought to be paid to all their acts and deed as such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and [?] the seal of my office to be hereunto annexed this 29th day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Ro. Pollard [?]

State of Virginia King W County 
I John Roane presiding Justice of the peace of the Court of King William county in the state aforesaid, do hereby certify that the attestation hereto annexed made by Robert Pollard clerk of the said court is in due form, and by the proper office appointed by the laws of the said state, for that purpose, and that full faith and credit is due thereto in every court or office in the United States given under my hand at the county of King William in the State aforesaid. this 29th day of January 1833. and of the independence of the United States the 57th
John Roane
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No 2
State of Virginia King William County Court
This day personally appeared before me Charles H Braxton a majistrateand Justice of the peace for the county aforesaid, James Edwards of the said county aged sixty four years and made oath that he was well acquainted with Thomas Quarles [?] of the County of Kind William and state aforesaid; that the said Thomas Quarles entered the Revolutionary army whether in the state or continental line this deponent does not now distinctly recollect which as a Lieutenant, and went to the north with several other officers from the same county and when he returned from the north he said Quarles had been made a Captain. How long he remained in the army this deponent cannot say, but, he recollects that he reamined at the north several years. This deponent never saw the commission of Captain Quarles, but after his return from the north he was universally called Captain, and this deponent does not doubt that such was the fact. Thomas Quarles married the aunt of this deponent Nancy Butler by whom he had one child called Alice. Alice Quarles married a man named Jarlton Johnson having first [?] to the State of North Carolina. Alice Johnson had only one child a son whose name this deponent has never heard, and deponent has understood that Jarlton Johnson and his wife are both dead. Thomas Quarles was for several years, a deputy clerk in the office of King William County. This deponent was a deputy sheriff in this county in the year seventeen hundred and ninety six (1796) and Quarles was at that time acting as clerk. He administered the oath of of office in that year to this deponent. He [?] in office several years afterwards, and this deponent is confident that he died in the course of the year 1800 at what period he cannot say, or about that time. 
(M)
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In testimony whereof the said James Edward, the hereunto set has [?] [?] this 29th day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
James Edward
The above affidavit has been duly sworn to before me a
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No 5
Know all men by these presents, that we Richard Reins and William Burke and James S. Shadwick are held and firmly bound unto Semple Elliott Christopher Tompkims, Corbin Braxton and John J. Roane, gentlemen justices of the court of King William County now sitting in the just and full sum of eight thousand dollars to the payment whereof well and truly to be made to the said justices, and their successors we bind ourselves and each of us and each of our heirs executors and administrators, jointly and severally firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals and dated this 22nd day of November - one thousand eight hundred and 30 and in the 55th year of the Commonwealth. The condition of the above obligation is such. That if the said Richard Reins administrator of all the goods, chattel, and credits of Thomas Quarles deceased do make a true and perfect inventory of all
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In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of my office to be hereunto annexed this 29th day of January 1833.

Ro: Pollard Cll

State of Virginia + County of King William So

I John Roane presiding Justice of the Peace of the Court of King William County in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that the attestation hereto annexed made by Ro Pollard Clerk of the said Court is in due form and by the proper office appointed by the laws of the said state for that purpose and that full faith and credit is in due him in every Court or office in the United States. Given under my hand at the Cou? of King William in the state aforesaid this 29th day of January 1833 and of the independence of the United States the 57th

John Roane
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62.413

THE UNITED STATES, DR.

To Thomas Quarles a supernumary (sic) Lieutenant in the 2d State - Regiment in the Virginia Line (commanded by Col Wm Brent) in the Revolutionary War.

For his half pay from 6 February 1781 date of the reduction of State Regiments to 1 January 1800, in the day of his decease in pursuance of the third section of an act of Congress "to provide for liquidating and paying certain claims of the State of Virginia." approved 5th July, 1882, being 18 years 330 days at £48 Virginia currency, equal to $160 per annum, amounting to DOLLARS, 3024.66

Auditors Office 21 February 1833

Wm Parker

Comptroller Office
February 22d 1833
Ed Wm Anderson

Treasury Department
Registers Office
October 24, 1842

I certify that the aforegoing document No 1, 2 + 5 and the statement thereto No 62.413 are true copies of the original on file, with others, of record in this office

?
Register
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Treasury Department
Register Office
Oct. 24, 1842

Sir

By direction of the Register I herewith enclose copies of document No. 1, 2 + 5 with the Treasury Statement on the account of Thomas Quarles a Virginia claim for half pay under the act of 5 July 1832

I am Sir
with great respect
Your ob sv
? Mount

James L Edward Esq
Comm Pensions
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D W M Scott

25 Oct 1842
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2/2
Pension Office
October 25. 1842
Sir
The informal application made by you in the case of Thomas Quarles, decd. has been 
examined. In this case a claim was presented in 1833 and allowed, for half-pay due the 
deceased as a Lieutenant with 2d. Virginia State regiment, from the 6: of February 
1781 to the first of January 1800. W. Green in the enclosed letter to you affirms that the half-pay
should have commenced on the 31. of May 1780, and asserts that the Dept. decided in the 
case of Lieut Thomas Hayes that the regt. was disbanded on the 31 May 1780. No such decision ever [stricken text] was had. Pay was allowed as the case of Hays from the 2d. of February 1782. There is not a shadow of proof that Quarles left the service before Feb. 1781. If W. Green or any other person can show that by record proof that the regt. to which Quarles belonged was disbanded in May 1780, there will be some foundation for a claim to additional pay; but not otherwise.
In case it should be shown that there is a [stricken: "just"] [inserted: "lawful"] claim for pay from May 1780, the Richard Reins must prove that he is still authorized as administrator, to receive the money claimed. It is presumed that he closed his accounts as administrator years ago, and that his servelity ase he lowyer bound.
D. Wm. S. Scott, Prescat
[note:] Act 5th of July 1832 Est d. this on Book of corespondance claims allowed
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Richmond 25th July 1842

To Col. Jas. L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir,

I enclose you a certificate from the clerk of King William County that Richard Reins on 22 Mr 1830 qualified as adm'r on the estate Lieutenant Thomas Quarles, and that he is still the administrator __ dated 20th instant and duly authenticated. I enclose also Mr. Reins power of attorney to me to ask + receive the residue of half pay due for Lieut. Quarles revolutionary services.

Mr. Reins has already rec'd most that was due in 1832 or '33.

Thomas Quarles was a First Lieut in the second state Regiment and his administrator claims that the allowance to heirs should date back to the 31 May 1780 when the Right was disbanded instead of the period, adopted at the date of the former allowance.

Having understood that this question in regard to the period when the officer of the 2nd state Regt became supernumerary, had been settled, I suppose I need not do more than refer to it, and to ask that you will cause a certificate for the balance yet due to be sent to me at this place.

I am your obt servant
Thomas Green
Atto: for Richard Reins
admin of Thos Quarles
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No 62.413

Treasury Department
auditors office 21 February 1833

I hereby certify that I have examined and adjusted an amount between the United States and Thomas Quarles a Lieutenant in the Second State Regiment in the Virginia Line (commanded by Colonel William Brant ) in the Revolutionary War and find that the sum of three thousand and twenty four dollars and sixty six cents is due from the United States unto Richard Reins, administrator on his Estate, bring the amount of his half pay from the 6th February 1781, to the 1 January 1800 to be paid in pursuance of the third section of an act of Congress (to provide for liquidating and paying certain claims of the State of Virginia) approved July 5th, 1832 as appears from the Statement and Voucher herewith handwritten for the decision of the Comptroller of the Treasury thereon

To Joseph Anderson Esq
Comptroller of the Treasury of the United States

R Harrison
auditor

Comptrollers Office
I ? and certify the above balance this 22d day of February 1833.

Jos. Anderson
Comp'r

To Thomas Smith Esq
Register

Treasury Department
Registers office Oct 21 1842

I certify the above to be a true copy of the original on file in this office

T Smith Register
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Virginia,

At a Court of quarterly session ? for King William County, on Monday the 22nd of November 1830.

On the motion of Richard Reins, who made oath, and together with William Burke and James T. Shadwick his security entered into and acknowledged a Bond in the penalty of $8,000 dollars, conditioned as the law directs, certificate is granted him for obtaining letter of administration on the estate of Thomas Quarles deceased, in due form.

Virginia,
King William County SS

I Robert Pollard, Clerk of the Court of the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that the above transcript is a true copy from the record of the Court of the County aforesaid. And I do hereby further certify that the said Richard Reins is yet the administrator aforesaid.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of my Office to be hereunto annexed this 20th day of July 1842, in the 67th year of the Commonwealth.

Ro: Pollard, Clk
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Thomas Quarles
act 5 July 1832. Suspd
[strike begin] See letter to D. W. S.
Scott Oct. 25. 1842 [strike end]
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Rev. War Section.

November 24, 1914.

Mrs. Anne Reddy,
#1005 East Marshall St.,
Madam:
Richmond, Virginia.

In response to your letter dated the twentieth instant.
you are advised that there is no provision of law that would entitle
the heirs of a soldier of the Revolution to pension.
Very respectfully,
GM Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
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Nov. 20th 1914
Dear Sirs-
Major
Thos. Quarles of
the Revolution was
born in King
Wm. Co. Va & died in
Portsmouth
Will you kindly tell me is
there any pension money due
him from this department. We have
heard that there was money due
his heirs from the government &
we are trying to locate the same
. Have you any previous
correspondence on the subject as
years ago the heirs had the matter
in the hands of a lawyer.
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2
I should be most grateful for
a full pension record of Thos
Quarles Major I think.
Yours truly,
Anne Reddy
1005 E. Marshall St.
Richmond Va
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No. 17254
Thomas Quarles

Va Line
Revolution
Discharged .....,18
8059
REJECTED
HJ, Pay____Oct-32


Received ____,`87