Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 11739, Thomas Wallace, N.C.
Page 1

(3—1776)
SERVICE  N.C.
Wallace, Thomas
Rebecca
NUMBER W. 11739
CONTENTS

This Envelope Includes FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO
Rhp
Page 2

5251
Alabama, Huntsville
Rebecca Wallace, wid.
widow of Thomas who died on the — 
of Morgan Co. in the State of Alabama who was a Private & Captain in the —  commanded by Captain — of the —  commanded by —  NC in the Revolution for 4 mos. Captain of Rifles
2 " 11 days Private

Inscribed on the Roll of Huntsville at the rate of 117 Dollars 87 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831, & Cease 4th Sept 1841 when she died
Certificate of Pension issued the 4" day of Novr 1833 and sent to J.J. Coombs Present

Arrears to the 4th of —
Semi-annual allowance ending —
[Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3d.}

Recorded by H. R. Weightman  Clerk,
Book D, Vol. 2, Page 391

Let to [illegible] 9 Feb 1854
same in 22 Mch.
Let Hon C.C. Clay Jan 3/54
Hon. Geo. S. Houston Sept. 29/56
Same Nov. 28/57

See McGaughys Dep[illegible]
[de]claration 4th page [illegible]
Burneys Decl. 12 March [illegible]
Page 3

Feilding Wallace born August 5 17[illegible]
Nicholas Wallace born March 3 1801
Jean Ashly Born May the 8th 1811
[Crossed out: Charles Wallace Born the year 1804]
Charles Wallace born the 15 of April 1804
Thomas Wallace Born in the year of our Lord: 177[illegible] in march
Susanny Wallace Born in the year of the lord [illegible]
Susanny Wallace Born the 2 July in The year of [illegible] Our lord : 1776 [illegible]
Page 4

[illegible]bert  Wallace born [illegible]mber 9 Day :: 1794
James Wallace born Feberryary the 11 Day 1797
Rebeccah Wallace Born March the :2: day 1800
Lesebeth Wallace born Novembr the 16 day 1801
Sarah Wallace born [Sept]embr the 9th Day 1805
Abrahaham Wallace Born May :24: 1807
Thomas Wallace Born September the 25: 1804
Abigail Wallace born the 29 of April 1811
William Ayrs Wallace born the 6 of September 1813
Suzan Wallace Born February the 9: 1816
Page 5

4449
Rebecca Wallace 
of Thomas 
Alabama

died 28 April 1830
[check mark]
Page 6

State of Alabama  
Morgan County } To wit
On this 27th day of March in the year of our lord eighteen hundred and thirty nine, personally appeared before the Judge of the county court of Morgan County and State aforesaid the Hon Green P Rice, Rebecca Wallace a resident of said County, aged ninety years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July the 4th 1836  That she is the widow of Thomas Wallace, who was a Captain of the Revolutionary war: that he served as follows according to the best of her information and belief.  At the commencement of the war he served two campaigns of three months each, under the Command of Captain James Barr.  In both expeditions he marched from Macklinburgh County North Carolina.  In one campaign he was in pursuit of the Cherokee Indians: in the other he marched to Hillsboro, no important battles were fought in these campaigns though there were some skirmishes.  The exact time of these events are not remembered.  Captain Wallace after this changed his residence to Sulivan County then the fronntear of North Carolina.  About the month of August or September 1780 Captain Wallace raised a company of mounted riflemen in Sulivan County (now East Tennessee and marched to Kings Mountain and was in that battle which occured October the 7th 1780.  This campaign was for three months during which Captain Wallace was
Page 7

Captain as above stated.  In July 1781 Capt Wallace raised another company of mounted riflemen of which he was elected Captain and served as such for six months.  This company he raised in Sulivan being there he marched to join Gen Green at the high Hills of Santeo in South Carolina and afterwards as he informed me joined Gen Marion.  In the two last mentioned campaigns he was under the command of Col Isaac Shelby.  I heard of his being in no important engagement during the last mentioned campaign 
This declarant further states that she was married to the said Thomas Wallace on the thirteenth day of May, seventeen hundred and seventy (1770) of which said marriage she has no record evidence: that her husband the aforesaid Thomas Wallace died on the twenty eighth day of April eighteen hundred and thirty (1830) and that she has remained a widow ever since that period  Captain Wallace during his lifetime had documentary evidence of the above servises, but they are lost or mislaid and further deponent saith not 
Rebecca her x mark Wallace
The above decleration was sworn to at the time and in the manner stated above before me Green P Rice (Judge of the county court of Morgan County, and the reason it was not done in open court
Page 8

is on account of her the said Rebecca Wallaces extream age and infirmity.  
Green P. Rice
Judge &c presiding

In testimony whereof I M C Houston clerk of the county court of Morgan County aforesaid do hereunto set my hand and affix my seal of office at office this 29th day of March AD 1839.
M. C Houston Clerk of Morgan County Court

State of Alabama  Morgan County} Towit
I Green P Rice Judge of the county court of Morgan County aforsaid, do hereby certify that M C Houston who has certified as above, is and was at the time of certifying the same Clerk of our said Court duly commissioned and qualified: that said certificate is in due form of law and sealed with our county seal.  Given under my hand and seal this 27th day of March  AD 1839
Green P. Rice. [drawn seal]
Judge of Morgan County Court
Page 9

Pension Agency 
Huntsville, Ala.  March 31st 1854
Received of Wm A. Moore, Agent for paying Pensions, Ten Hundred and Twenty four Dollars and Seventy six cents being for nine years and six months pension due to Joel Wallace as administrator of Rebecca Wallace deceased from the 4th day of March 1831 (Eighteen Hundred and thrity one) to the 4th day of September 1840 (Eighteen Hundred and forty) for which I have signed Duplicate receipts 
Thomas Wallace, Admr.
De Bonis non &c.

107.87
[x] 9 1/2
970.83
53931024.76

[=] $1024 76/100
Page 10

FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
Page 11

The State of Alabama  
Morgan County}
I Wm H Campbell Judge of the Probate Court of said County Certify that letters of Administration "Personis Non" on the Estate of Rebecca Wallace Deceased were on the 9th day of March 1854 granted to Thomas Wallace who has duly qualified and given Bond as such and is authorized to administer for of Estate  Dated this 9 day of March 1854
Signed. Wm. H. Campbell Judge P.C

The State of Alabama  
Morgan County }
I Wm. H. Campbell Judge of the Probate Court of said County (and by virtue of said Office Clerk of said Court) Certify that the above is a true copy of the Original Letters of Administration issued To Thomas Wallace on the Estate of Rebecca Wallace Deceased as appears from the Records in my Office, and the same remain unrevoked.
In testimony of which I have hereunto Set my name and affixed the Seal of said Office at my Office in Somerville this 9th March 1854
Wm. H. Campbell Judge. P.C
Page 12

Copy.
Department of The Interior.
Claim for Military Service.
I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 4th July 1836, Rebecca Wallace, deceased: widow of Thomas Wallace who was a Captain of Rifles and a private in the Revolution was entitled to a pension and having died on the 4: September 1840, Joel Wallace, Thomas Wallace and William Wallace, her only surviving children are entitled to the amount at the rate of One Hundred and Seven 87/100 dollars per annum from 4: March 1831 to 4: September 1840 when she died: payable to Joel Wallace Administrator for the benefit of surviving children
{L.S.}  Given at the Department of the Interior this 4th day of November One Thousand Eight Hundred and fifty three
R McClelland
Secretary of the Interior

Examined and Countersigned} L.P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Page 13

County of Morgan  
State of Alabama } SS
Thomas Wallace of Said County aged 58 years being sworn says he is the Administrator De bonis non of the estate of Rebecca Wallace deceased and that Joel Wallace deceased late of Said County was the former administrator of the estate of Said Rebecca Wallace deceased and that a certificate of Pension of which the foregoing is a true copy was issued and made payable to the above named Joel Wallace as the administrator of the estate of Said Rebecca Wallace deceased for the benefit of certain Surviving children therein named.
The above named Joel Wallace died in this County on the 17th day of December 1853 (Eighteen Hundred and fifty three).
Witness my hand and seal in Morgan County Alabama on this 9th day of March 1854
Thomas Wallace [drawn seal]
Page 14

State of Alabama}
County of Morgan} SS.
Sworn to and Subscribed before me William H. Campbell the Judge of Probate in and for Morgan County Alabama on this 9th day of March 1854 and I certify that I am fully satisfied in regard to the truth of his declaration and the identity of the persons as he therein describes them.
And I believe him to be of the age he calls himself and I am disinterested
Wm H Campbell Judge P.C

FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
Page 15

FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
Page 16

Morgan County Alabama Sct
Miss Narcissus P. Wallace aged 28 years and Miss Mary Jane Wallace aged 21 years both of said county being sworn say that Joel Wallace son of Thomas and Rebecca Wallace deceased died in said County on the 17th day of December 1853 (Eighteen Hundred and fifty three) aged nearly 83 years (we believe) and he was the Joel Wallace mentioned in the foregoing and above described Pension Certificate.  And we are disinterested Witness
Witness our hands this 9th day of March 1854
Witnesses} 
Morgan County Alabama} 
Narcissa P Wallace [drawn seal] 
MJ Wallace [drawn seal]

Sworn to and subscribed before me William H. Campbell the Judge of Probate in and and for Morgan County Alabama on this 99th day of March 1854  And I certify
Page 17

that I am fully satisfied of the truth of their statement & believe them to be of the ages respectively they call themselves and to be disinterested and also credible witnesses
Wm H Campbell Judge PC

FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
Page 18

Payment to be made at Huntsville by Wm H. Moore Esqr  Agent for paying pensioners, in the Agency of Alabama

Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book D.  Volume 2  Page 391. by 
H.R. Weightman  Clerk.
Page 19

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Claim for Military Service.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 4" July 1836, Rebecca Wallace, deceased, widow of Thomas Wallace who was a Captain of Rifles and a private in the Revolution was entitled to a pension and having died on the 4" September 1840, Joel Wallace, Thomas Wallace and William Wallace, her only surviving children, are entitled to the amount at the rate of one hundred and seven, 87/100dollars per annum, from 4" March 1831, to 4" September 1840, when she died:  Payable to Joel Wallace, Administrator for the benefit of surviving children

Given at the Department of the Interior, this fourth day of November one thousand eight hundred and fifty three
R McClelland
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.}
L P Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions

94—
Page 20

State of Alabama}
Morgan County} Ss
On this 14 July 1852 personally appeared before me the Subscribed a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Joel Wallace who being first duly sworn according to law declares and says that he is the son of Rebecca Wallace deceased late the widow of Thomas Wallace deceased of the County and State aforesaid and formerly a Soldier in the War of the Revolution
That the said Thomas Wallace died in the said County of Morgan on or about the 19th day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty leaving the said Rebecca Wallace his Widow.  That the said Rebecca Wallace applied for a pension during her lifetime as the Widow of the Said Thomas Wallace deceased but died on or about the 10th day of September one thousand eight hundred and forty (never having again married) without her haveing received a pension, leaving this affiant Thomas Wallace William Wallace and Ruth Wallace (—who has since died without heirs) — her children and only surviving children by the said Thomas Wallace deceased  He makes this declaration on behalf of himself and the other surviving children for the purpose of obtaining the pension due his said Mother at the time of her death under the act of Congress of 4 July 1836 or under any other act or acts of the said
Page 21

Congress to the benefit of which she was entitled
Joel Wallace

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 14th July A.D 1852 and I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Joel Wallace the above affiant that he is a person of good moral character and about eighty years of age and I believe all his Statements above to be true  The blotting of the Word "April" in line 14th and the interlineation of the Name "Wallace" on line 16th on the foregoing page was done before signing
A.A. Hewlett JP
Page 22

Rebecca Wallace 
wid of Thomas
Ala. Act 1836

J. J. Coombs
Page 23

State of Alabama  
Morgan County}
Probate Court
It satisfactorily appearing to the Court now in Session at Somerville  It is hereby ordered to be Certified that Thomas Wallace late of said County who was in his life time reputed as a revolutionary Captain in the North Carolina Militia died in Morgan County aforesaid on or about the 28th day of April 1830. leaving Rebecca Wallace his widow (who remained his widow never having again married) until the 4th day of September (1840) Eighteen Hundred and forty leaving the following named surviving Children "To Wit" Joel Wallace  Thomas Wallace  William Wallace and Ruth Wallace and that the said Ruth Wallace has since died unmarried.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the 1st day of June 1853.
Wm. H. Campbell Judge P.C

State of Alabama  
Morgan County}
I Wm H Campbell Probate Judge of Morgan County do hereby Certify that the above is a true Copy from the Record of my Office  I further Certify that the above order was granted upon the Oaths of James B. MCoosky and Wm Morris  Also that letters of Administration have been granted to Joel Wallace on the Estate of Rebecca Wallace which letters have not been revoked but still Continue in full force & virtue.  Said Administrator has given bond and Security in the Sum of Five thousand dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Somerville this 9th day of September 1853.
Wm. H. Campbell Judge P.C
Page 24

Know all men by these Presents, That I Joel Wallace Administrator of the Estate of Rebecca Wallace deceased late Widow of Thomas Wallace deceased late of the County of Morgan and State of Alabama who was a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution, do hereby constitute and appoint J J Coombs of Washington City District of Columbia my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to prosecute against the Government of the United States, before any Department thereof, any and all claim or claims I have to arrears of pay or Pension money, under any Act or Acts, Resolution or Resolutions, of the Congress of the United States, and especially the Acts 4th July, 1836, 7th July, 1838, 3d March, 1813, 17th June, 1844, 2d February, 1848 and 29th July, 1848—as well as the more ancient Acts of 18th March, 1818, 15th May, 1828, and 7th June, 1832.
Said Attorney is moreover authorized in my name to demand at any Department of the said Government, a re-consideration of any decision hitherto or hereafter to be given, touching my interests, and to obtain from any Department or the archives thereof, any and all information or evidence of whatever character relating to or in any wise bearing upon the claim or claims I hereby seek the investigation of.
Said Attorney is moreover authorized to do any and all things necessary to carry out the foregoing purposes, and to receive the Certificates of Pension or other character of drafts or evidences of the amounts due me and to appoint one or more Sub-Attorneys, and to confer upon him or them all the powers herein conferred upon J J Coombs hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney may do by virtue of these presents.
WITNESS my hand and seal this 14 day of July 1852
Joel Wallace [LS]
Witness
W. W. Stevenson
A A Hewlett

State of Alabama Morgan County, sct.
BE IT KNOWN, that on the 14th day of July 1852 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Joel Wallace subscribers to the foregoing Power of Attorney, and acknowledged the signing, sealing and delivering the same to be his own voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes therein set forth.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF: I do hereunto subscribe my name.
A. A. Hewlett  J. P.
Page 25

July 17, 1937 
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 
THOMAS WALLACE 
W. 11739 
BA-J/MLB  our

Mrs. E. S. Atkinson 
1502 Stuart Avenue 
Houston, Texas 
Dear Madam: The data which follow were obtained from pension claim, W. 11739, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Thomas Wallace.
Thomas Wallace entered the service at the beginning of the Revolutionary War, marched from Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, served two tours of three months each as private in Captain James Barr's company in the North Carolina troops; during one of said tours he want on an expedition against the Cherokee Indians and on the other tour to Hillsborough and was in some skirmishes with the Indians. He then moved to Sullivan County which was then in North Carolina, where he raised a volunteer company of mounted riflemen in August or September, 1780, which he commanded three months as Captain in Colonel Isaac Shelby's regiment, and was in the battle of King's Mountain. In July, 1781, he again raised a volunteer company of mounted riflemen and served six months as Captain of that company, in Colonel Isaac Shelby's regiment, during which period he was in some skirmishes, location of which not shown.
Thomas Wallace died in Morgan County, Alabama, April 1 or 19, 1830, as stated by witnesses, or April 28, 1830, as shown by copy of an official record found in the Office of the Probate Judge of Morgan County, Alabama. Reference was made to him, also, as "late of Lincoln County, Georgia, deceased". The date and place of birth, age and names of parants of Thomas Wallace are not shown. 
Thomas Wallace married May 13, 1770, place not stated, Rebecca - The date and place of her birth, maiden name or names of parents are not given. 
Rebecca Wallace, widow of Thomas, applied for pension March 27, 1839, at which time she was aged ninety years and residing in Morgan County, Alabama, where she died September 4, 1840, as recorded in the church records of New Providence Church in Morgan County, or September 1, 1841, as stated by her son, Joel Wallace, and other witnesses.
Page 26

The following named children of Thomas Wallace and his wife, Rebecca, survived their mother: 
Joel Wallace, administrator of his mother's estate, who in 1952 made in Morgan County, Alabama, then aged 80 years. 
Thomas  "  who also made affidavit in Morgan County, Ala., age not stated.
William  "
Ruth  "  who died sometime prior to 1862, unmarried. 

In 1830, one Thomas Wallace testified in Morgan County, Alabama, that he was well acquainted with Captain Thomas Wallace, but did not state his relationship. In the same year, one John Wallace testified in Bibb County, Alabama, that he knew Thomas Wallace seventy years prior to his death, lived near him for many years, attended his marriage to Rebecca, and that he was with him in the battle of King's Mountain, but did not state any relationship to him. 

The following family data appear also in the claim, the relationship he to the family not designated: 
Thomas Wallace, born March --, 17--, (record torn)
Susanny  "  "  July 2, 1776.
---bert  "  "  --mber 9, 1794  "
James  "  "  February 11, 1797
Rebeacah  "  "  March 2, 1800
Lesebeth  "  "  November 16, 1801
Sarah  "  "  ---ember 9, 1805  "
Abrahaham  "  "  May 24, 1807
Thomas  "  "  September 25, 1809
Abigail  "  "  April 29, 1811
William Ayrs  "  "  September 6, 1813
Susan  "  "  February 9, 1816
Feilding  "  "  August 3, 1811
Augustus  "  "  March 3, 1801
Charles  "  "  April 15, 1804
Jean Ashly  "  "  May 8, 1811

Very truly yours 
A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
Page 27

N.C.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 11839
Rebecca Wallace 
Widow of Thomas Capt Rev War
Act: July 4th "/30
Index:—Vol. W, Page 309
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1908 Oct. 14 Hist. to Mrs. America H. Coxe.  V.L.M.
1917 Dec. 11 Hist. to Mrs. Edward S. Atkinson
1937 July 17- Hist. to Mrs. E. S. Atkinson  M.A B
Page 28

4,442
Rebecca Wallace
Alabama
Suspended
See let: 4th August 1839 H. Yoakum 
do. [ditto] 23 April 1840 
Let to U. Henly Dec 4:45
J. J. Coombs June 22/53
same Oct 28 1853
Page 29

Received of Thomas Wallace this Eighteen Day of february the Sum of fifty one Ponds
1779
Joseph Cole
Page 30

77.  
5

10-7-10-9
[- - ] 6
1 16 9

[-] 8. 4
4 4 2
4 12 6

[Illegible]

7:5-12
5 1
[-] 2 11
12 9 3

15 2 10
12 9 3
12 3 7
[-] 1 10 9
2 5 13 9

[illegible]
Rolls
Rec
Page 31

Received of Thomas Wallace the Sum of Eleven Dollors by me Thomas Wallace it being the full Sum of all Dues and Demands that I have against the Said Wallace Received by me this 2 Day of November 1804
Joel Wallace
Thomas his x mark Wallace
Page 32

August 19 Day 1778
Advertisement
There is to be Sold at the [illegible]ing house the Subscribed: Corn & oats & Sheep & hogs & A track of Land Containing two hundred acres with a good house and improvements on it and Loome and other things two Tedious to mention whare Puea atendanc Will be Given By me
Thomas Wallace
Page 33

Family record and personal papers.
Handle with care
Page 34

Murfreesboro Tennessee
April 1st. 1839
Hon J.L. Edwards,
Sir  I send herewith to your dept. the papers of Rebecca Wallace, of Morgan County Alabama, for a pension under the act of Congress of July 1836—
I have the honor to be Sir
Yr. Obt. Sert.
H Yoakum
Page 35

Athens 20th Novr 1857
My dear Sir
I enclose you a letter from Thos Wallace who seeks certain information as you will see from his questions.  I cant give it and will thank you to furnish it for me.  I expect to be in Washington in ten days so you can direct your letter to me at the House of reps and I will get it there.  Give this yr attention and return with your answer Mr Wallaces letter.
Yr frd &c
Geo S Houston

Hon S. Cole
Pension Office DC
Page 36

Jno Wallace who was in a situation to know of his service says Thos Wallace served 6 mos as a priv the year the battle of Kings Mountain was fought.  Wallace is a pensioner, (certified by Lester Yancey) Saml. McGuaghy. served [  ] 4 mos as a Lieut & is pensioner for that identical service.  He made his decl without any reference to this case & after Wallace was dead.
[  ] for 4 mos Capt Riflemen $200.
[  ] for 2 mos as pri Inf  7.87
[=] $207.87
Page 37

Georgia  Lincoln County}
Superior Court October Term 1845.
I Garrett Andrew's Judge of the Superior court of said county & state, which court is now in session, do certify that an old bible much worn was produced in court as the family Bible of Thomas Wallace late of Lincoln County deceased and that Micajah Henly clerk of this court detached the leaf containing the names of the family from said Bible in the presence of the court which leaf I have here i closed for transmission to the Pension office of the General government.
Oct 27th 1845
Garrett Andrews J.S.C. L.C.JC
Page 38

Rebecca Wallace dec?
Widow of Thomas Ala
Admd. July 4 1836
4 mos cap Rifles  $100
2 mos pri  7.81
[=] $107.81
per annum from
4 March 1831 to
4 Sepr 1840 when she died.  Pay to Joel Wallace Admr. for his benefit of himself & the rest of the surviving children, of whom it has been shown that Thomas Wallace and William Wallace as, also, Joel Wallace the Admr.
Cert to J.J Coombs Esq  Present
Page 39

No. 34
Wallace
Rebecca Wallace
1st qr. '54

Admit

Huntsville Ala.
1st Qr 1854
Bel 19
Ch 19

FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
Page 40

Washington, November 7th 1853.
Sir:  I received through the Post Office this morning, a Pension Certificate in the case of Rebecca Wallace, decd widow of Thomas, late of Alabama, allowing a pension at the rate of $107.87[ ] per annum, under the Act of 4th July 1836.
As I think it very clear that a larger amount of pension is due, I feel it my duty to ask a re-examination of the claim, and will retain the certificate I have received, until I get an answer to this application.
As Mrs. Wallace was married to her husband before the commencement of the war (1770) she of course spoke from personal knowledge, in describing his services, in her declaration.  She says her husband served six months as a private under Capt. Barr, in the early part of the war— 3 months as Capt. of Mounted Riflemen, in 1780, and 6months as Capt. of ditto, in 1781, making 6 mos service as private, and 9 months as Captain.  The pay for the service described in the declaration, would amount to $490.  The certificate of the Comptroller of N.C., lately obtained by me, shows three payments to Thomas Wallace, amounting to £166.6. or $415.75, corresponding, in an unusual degree,
Page 41

with the amount of service claimed for in the declaration.  I do not claim that the whole of the service is proved by parol testimony, But if the parol testimony identifies the husband of the declarant, with the person to whom the payments were made (as it certainly does) I respectfully submit [crossed out: that] whether the record evidence of the amount of payments, is not the highest and best evidence of the amount of service? There is no conflict between the parol and the record evidence.  We are simply unable to prove, for want of living witnesses, a part of the service claimed in the declaration, and covered by the payments.  Suppose the case were reversed, and the parol testimony proved twelve months' service, but the payments only amounted to enough to cover six months — what would you do in such a case?  If you allowed the claim at all, you would allow for six months only.  And why?  Because, you hold that the record of payments is higher and better evidence of the amount of service, than parol testimony.  And when the payments show more service than can be proved by parol, (if the payments do not exceed the services described in the declaration) is not the evidence still of a higher character
Page 42

character than parol testimony?
If you pompute the pension, in this case, according to the payments proved, it will amount to $207.87 [illegible], the exact amount at first allowed by Mr. Triplett.
There were three terms of service set forth in the declaration, and we find three payments made to Thomas Wallace.  There is no evidence, and no reason to believe, that there was more than one Thomas Wallace in the Militia Service of N.C.  But if you assume,evidence, that there were more than one of that name in that service, still it must be admitted that the largest payment of £103. was paid to the Thomas Wallace who is shown to have been a Captain.  Without admitting that this payment applies to this case, you could not allow the amount of $107.87.  But this payment alone, would give a pension of $178.75.
Again, I respectfully ask where evidence of the service of 2 months & 11 days as private, is obtained.  From the precise number of odd days being stated, it would appear that the allowince was based upon some evidence by which that particular length of time was shown.  But surely
Page 43

there is nothing in the declaration, the record evidence of payments, or the parol testimony, having any reference at all to a term of service of that particular length.
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully
Your Obt Servt,
J. J. Coombs

Hon L. P. Waldo
Comm'r of Pensions
Page 44

Senate Chamber
Decr. 26 of 54
Dr Sir:
A constituent desires to know whether a pension was ever granted to his mother, Rebecca Wallace, wife & widow of Capt. Thomas Wallace, who was in service during the revolution & commanded a company at King's Mountain.  If so, when did it commence, & when expire by her death?  and where & to whom was it paid?  & what its amt?
He seems to think her agent defrauded her, or will defraud her heirs, as he can get no answer from him to letters on this subject.
I understand from his letter, that his mother died in Tennessee & drew her pension there, if she ever recd a pension.  He seems to be singularly ignorant of her, as well as of everything else.
Please answer this at yr earliest convenience & oblige, most respectfully, Yr ob st,
C. C. Clay, Sr.

Hon. L. P. Waldo,
Comm'r. of Pensions.
Page 45

Washington, Oct. 22d 1853.
Sir:  Enclosed please find evidence of death and heir ship in the case of Rebecca Wallace, widow of Thomas, of Alabama, in accordance with the requirements of your letter of the 22d June last.  Mr. Triplett, who last examined the case, was satisfied with the evidence upon all the other points.
I have however received from the family, since the last report in the case, the enclosed original papers.  The advertisement of personal property for sale in 1775, showing that said Thomas Wallace was then a Householder, goes far to corroborate the evidence heretofore filed showing that he was married previous to that date.  Very respy &c
J.J. Coombs

Hon L. P. Waldo
Comm'r of Pensions
Page 46

Washington  March 18, 1853
Sir:
Enclosed please find the certificate of the Comptroller of North Carolina, showing payments to Thomas Wallace for Revolutionary service, amounting in all to £166.6s. — or $415.00.
This is presented as evidence in support of the claim of Rebecca Wallace, of Alabama, und the Act of 1836.
You will see by her declaration, that she claimed service as follows:
6 months as private, under Capt. James Barr.
9 months as Capt. of Mounted Riflemen, in 1780, & 1781.
The certificate of the comptroller amounts to just about as much as would pay for the services claimed.
The husband of the claimant is identified with this service by the testimony—
1st of John Wallace, who has personal knowledge of the 3 months service in 1780 and 6 months in 1781, as Capt of Mounted Riflemen.
2d By Samuel McGaughey, who served
Page 47

under him in the 6 months campaign in 1781.
Said McGaughey also states that he knows the said Wallace was married to claimant before the time of said service. 
Very respectfully
Your Obt Servt
J. J. Coombs

J. E. Heath Esq
Comm'r of Pensions
Page 48

Wallace

FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
Page 49

State of Alabama  County of Morgan} Sct
I William H. Campbell the Judge of the Probate Court for Said County do certify that Satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to Said Court this day that Joel Wallace in whose favor as Administrator of Rebecca Wallace deceased, a certain Pension Certificate was issued, a copy of which is hereto annexed; was a resident of this County and died in this County on the 17th day of December 1853 (Eighteen Hundred and fifty Three)
This order is founded on the accompanying Declaration of Thomas Wallace, made before me the Judge of Probate in and for said County on this 9th day of March 1854  Supported by the accompanying affidavit of Miss Narcussus P Wallace and Miss Mary Jane Wallace two reputable citizens of said County made before me also this 9th day of March 1854 
and is made after full investigation
Page 50

of the Case and due enquiry into its merit
[Ink seal]  In testimony of which I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court at my Office in Somerville this the 9 day of March 1854
Wm. H. Campbell  Judge of P

FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
Page 51

State of Alabama  Bibb County}
Before me  J C D Trott a Justice of the Peace for said County personally appeared John Wallace a Revolutionary Soldier who after being sworn according to law states on oath that he the said John Wallace knew Capt Thomas Wallace Seventy years past untill his death which I beleave was about Seven or Eight years ago and have lived near him till the last Eighteen years past I have lived some over one hundred miles but have frequently seen him I visited his widow there years ago in Morgan County where he died in Morgan County Alabama  I saw the Said Capt Wallace married to his wife Rebeca who is now his widow.  Capt Wallace and myself both lived in the County of Sullivan State of Tennessee then North Carolina in the year 1780 in that year the Militia was Called for in our County five Cumpanys out of thirteen.  Capt Thomas Wallace was not Caled for as an officer he volunteered and went as a soldier he took the line of march the the first of the month of October of the year above mentioned and as well as I Can remember he was out about three months and was in my mess till he went home I was with him in the battle of Kings Mountain  Said Capt Thomas Wallace in the year 1781 about the month of July or August marched at the head of a Company as Capt under the Command of Col Isaac Shelby, from Sullivan County as above to South Carolina and Joined genl Marian and was in the service I beleave about six months  Said Capt Wallace was a mounted Rifleman on both the above named Campaigns  the Services was done in the
Page 52

States of North Carolina & South Carolina this deponent further sayeth not
J Wallace
Sworn to and subscribed to before me this 4 day of February 1839 I do certify that this deponent is a man of truth and worthy of Creadit given under my hand and seal
John C. D. Trott JP [drawn seal]

State of Alabama  Bibb County }
I. Williams Caddell Clerk of the County Court of said County do hereby Certify that John C D Trott a Justice who attested the foregoing deposition of John Wallace is and was at the time of Attesting the same a Justice of the Peace for our Said County duly Elected and qualified and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 4th day of 1839.
Williams Caddell Clk
[Seal affixed]

State of Alabama  Bibb County } 
J E Sumners Judge of of the County Court of Said County do Certify that Williams Cadell who has given the above certificate is and was at the time of giving the same Clerk of our Said Court duly Elected and quallified that said Certificate is in due form of law and sealed with our County Seal given under my hand and seal this 4th February 1839
J E Sumners Judge 
Bibb County ala. [drawn seal]
Page 53

State of Alabama  Morgan County} To wit
On this 13th day of February in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine personally appeared  before Green P. Rice of Morgan County and State of Alabama Mrs Rebecca Wallace a resident in the county of Morgan aforesaid aged ninety years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"  That she is the widow of Thomas Wallace who was a Captain of the Revolutionary War:  That he served as follows according to the best of her information and beleif.  At the commencement of the war he served in two three months campaigns under the command of Capt James Barr  On both expeditions he marched from McLinburgh County North Carolina one of the trips was after the Cherokee Indians  The other he went to Hillsborough in these campaigns no important battles were fought some skirmishes took place the exact date of these transactions not now recollected  Then Thomas Wallace changed his residence to Sulivan County on the fronnteir then of North Carolina.  That about the month [crossed out: month] of August or September 1780 [crossed out: that] Thomas Wallace raised a volunteer mounted rifle company
Page 54

and marched from Sulivan County then of North Carolina to Kings Mountain and was in that Battle which took place the 7th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty.  He commanded the above named company on that occasion as Captain or in other words was Capt Com'd as stated to me during the campaign which was for three months.  Some time in the month of July seventeen hundred and eighty one the said Thomas Wallace raised another volunteer company of which he was elected Captain of mounted rifle men and marched from Sulivan County and joined Genl Green at as he said the high Hills of Santeo in the State of South Carolina and after as I learned joined Genl Marion.  This term of service was for six months.  He belonged in both instances to the command of Col Isaac Shelby that in the last campaign.  I did not hear [  ] of any important battles having been fought in the last tour were there some skirmishes.  Deponent further states that on the 15th day of May seventeen hundred and seventy she was married to the sd Capt Thomas Wallace and continued to live as man and wife until the 28th day of Apl eighteen hundred and thirty at which time he died: has remained and is now the widow of said Wallace not having married since his death  So far as she knows their was never any record made by Thomas Wallace
Page 55

in his life of the date of his marriage with deponent.  Deponent further states the said Capt Thomas Wallace had documentary evidence of his services but during his life lossed or mislaid them
and further the deponent saith not
Rebecca her x mark Wallace

The above decleration was subscribed & sworn to in open court the day and year above stated the Hon Green P. Rice.  Judge presiding In testimony whereof I M. C. Houston Clerk of the County Court for Morgan County aforesaid have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 14th day of February A.D. 1839
M C Houston  Clerk of Morgan County Court
[seal affixed]

State of Alabama  Morgan County } To wit.
I Green P. Rice Judge of the County Court of Morgan Couty aforesaid do hereby certify, that M. C Houston who has certified as above, is and was, at the time of certifying the same, clerk of our said court, duly commissioned & qualified  That said certificate is in due form of Law, and sealed with our county seal.  Given under my hand & seal this    day of    A.D. 1839.—

[drawn seal]
[illegible: Judge?] of Morgan County Court
Page 56

State of Alabama  Morgan County} To wit
On this 29 day of March in the year of our lord eighteen hundred and thirty nine personally appeared before me William Morrow an acting justice of the peace in and for said County Thomas Wallace and deposed to the following facts touching the time of the of the death of Captain Thomas Wallace a revolutionary soldier who died in said county  That he was acquainted with Captain Wallace and that he died on the 28th day of April eighteen hundred and thirty (1830 and that Rebecca Wallace now of Morgan County and State aforesaid is now and has remained ever since his death his widow
and farther deponent saith not
Thos Wallace

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 27 day of March 1839
William Morrow JP
Page 57

State of Alabama  Morgan County}
I. M.C. Houston Clerk of the county court in and for the County and State aforesaid, do certify that William Morrow, whose Signature appears to the within affidavit, was at the time thereof an acting Justice of the Peace in and for Said county, and that full faith and credit is due to all his official acts as Such.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed my seal of office, at office, this 27th day of March, 1839, and of American Independence the 63rd year
M. C. Houston, Clk c.c.

The State of Alabama  Morgan County}
I Green P. Rice Judge of the County Court of said County do hereby certify that M.C. Houston whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate is and was at this date thereof the Clerk of said court and that his said certificate and attestations are in due form.  Given under my hand, this 27th March 1839.
Green P. Rice. Judge C.C.
Page 58

State of North Carolina
Comptroller's Office
I, William J. Clarke, Comptroller of Public Accounts in and for the State aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears of record in my office, having the payments made by said State to sundry persons for Military services in the Revolutionary War, as follows, to wit:
Thomas Wallace
Indent or Army Certificate issued by Auditors of the counties of Washington and Sullivan No. 2327, August 1782, £32 S10 specie Ditto No. 2645 dated September 15th 1783, £103 S16 specie. Book No. 14 appendix page 16 £30 specie.
[seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this 15th day of March A.D. 1853.
Wm. J. Clarke Compt'r.
Page 59

Wallace
Page 60

Brief in the case of Rebecca Wallace decd. widow of Thomas
   County and State of Alabama
act July 4 1836

Claim, ([crossed out: "original," or] "for increase.")

Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.
Parol proof of service, John Wallace a pensioner who was in a position to know of his service as a private and certified to be Senator Yankee as a man of character, and Samuel McGuaghy, who served as a Lieutenant under him, and who is pensioner for his own services, and who made his declaration, evidently without any reference to this case, then conclusively [ignored: (If for increase.)  Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?] the amount of service allowed.  There is also a Record of payments made to a man of his name in N.C. for Military services.
Parol proof of marriage.
Thornton Triplett  Examining Clerk.

Name and residence of Agent
J. J. Coombs Esq
Present
Page 61

State of Alabama  Morgan County}
On this 14 day of July AD 1852 personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid R J Morris and Elizabeth B Morris residents of Morgan County who being first duly sworn according to law declare and say that they are well and personally acquainted with Joel Wallace and have been for the last thirty years.  That he is the son of Thomas Wallace deceased and Rebecca Wallace deceased late the Widow of the said Thomas Wallace deceased who was formerly a Soldier in the War of the Revolution.  That the Said Thomas Wallace died in the Said County of Morgan and State of Alabama on or about the first day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty leaving the said Rebecca Wallace his Widow  That the said Rebecca Wallace made application for a pension during her lifetime as the widow of the said Thomas Wallace, but died on or about the 10th day of September one thousand eight hundred and forty one without ever having received a pension leaving Joel Wallace Thomas Wallace William Wallace and Ruth Wallace (who has since died without heirs) her children and only surviving children who were also the children and only surviving children of the said Thomas Wallace deceased
R.J. Morris
Elizabeth B. Morris

Sworn to and subscribed before me this
Page 62

14th day of July AD 1853
A. A. Hewlett JP
Page 63

State of Alabama  Morgan County} Sct.
On this Seventh day of September 1853. before me, Wm H. Campbell Judge of the Probate Court in and for the County & State aforesaid personally appeared William Morris and James B McCrosky Citizens of said county, who being first duly sworn according to law declare and say— That they were well and personally acquainted with Rebecca Wallace deceased late of the county and state aforesaid, and that they knew her in the lifetime of her husband Thomas Wallace late of said County, who, in his lifetime was reputed to have been a Captain in the Revolutionary War.  They further state that the said Thomas Wallace died in the year 1830— leaving Rebecca Wallace his widow— who remained his widow never having again married until the fourth day of September (1840.) Eighteen hundred and forty when she also died, leaving at her death the following named surviving children— To wit.— Joel Wallace, Thomas Wallace, William Wallace & Ruth Wallace and that the said Ruth Wallace has since died without issue.  That they remember the date of Rebecca Wallaces' death, having lived in the County at the time & from the following circumstances— To wit— that they were members of the same Church of the said Rebecca Wallace at Mew Providence in said County and that the Records of said Church show that she died at the time above stated, and that we believe the Record is fully true having been kept up without intermission
James B.. McCrosky {LS}
Wm Morris {L.S.}
TT
Page 64

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day & year first above written & I hereby certify that Wm Morris and James B McCorsky are personally known to me, and are credible & disinterested witnesses— I further certify that I have no pecuniary interest in the result of the above application—
[Seal stamped] Witness my hand and seal of office at Summerville this 7th day of September 1853.
Wm H. Campbell Judge P.C
Page 65

State of Alabama  Lawrence County } To wit
Before me Joseph Pickens a justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid, this day personally appearing Samuel McGaughy a soldier of the revolution, who after being sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he was acquainted with Capt Thomas Wallace of the revolution.  Some time in the month of July seventeen hundred and eighty one Capt Thomas Wallace and myself raised a company of mounted firemen he was elected Captain and myself second Lieutenant of the same.  We marched from [  ] County of the State of North Carolina and joined Genl Greene at the high hills of Santeo in the state of South Carolina from this point we crossed the Santeo river and joined General Marian in the [  ] of the river Santeo a distance from General Green of about twenty five or thirty miles.  This term of service lasted for six months he belonged to the command of Col Isaac Shelby.  No important battle was fought during this campaign nothing mind than some skirmishes took place at one of which a [  ] was taken near Muchs corner on the Lanter river.  Witness further declareth that he think as well as he now can remember in the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight he first became acquainted with Capt Thomas Wallace & his wife Rebecca Wallace that they were then man and wife, that their marriage he did not know anything personally about but is informed and believes it took place the 13th day of May seventeen hundred
Page 66

and seventy and continued to live as man and wife until the 28th day of Apl eighteen hundred and thirty at which time the said Thomas Wallace died, and that the said Rebecca Wallace has not married since the death of her husband and is now the widow of the same Capt Thomas Wallace.  The witness further deposeth that he himself was at the Battle of Kings Mountain that he did not see Capt Wallace their but from circumstances and evidence that came to deponants knowledge he believes Capt Wallace was their present and belonged to the command of Col Isaac Shelby.
and further this deponent saith not.
Saml. McGaughy

Subscribed & sworn to before me this 20th day of Decr AD 1838 and I do certify that the above deponent is a man of truth and worthy of credit
Jos Pickens JP  [drawn seal]

State of Alabama  Lawrence County} 
I Wiley Galloway, Clerk of the county court of said county of Lawrence do hereby certify that Joseph Pickens who has attested the foregoing deposition of Samuel McGaughy is and was at the time of attesting the same one of the justices of the peace for our said county duly elected and qualified: and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.  In testimony
Page 67

whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at office this 20th day of December 1838
[seal affixed]
Wiley Galloway  Clerk.

The State of Alabama  Lawrence County}
I James Gallagher Judge of the County Court of Said County certify that Wiley Galloway whose name is signed to the foregoing certificate is & was on the day of the date thereof Clerk of the County Court of said County of Lawrence duly commissioned and qualified: that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such:  That his certificate is in due form of law; and that the above signature is genuine.
Given under my hand at Moulton this 20th of December 1838.
James Gallagher, Judge
Page 68

Rebecca Wallace
Widow of Thomas
Ala. Act 1838
sers.

[Crossed out: No papers on file in Pension Office.]
Papers found

J.J. Coombs
Page 69

The State of Alabama
Morgan County}
I Tom Price Judge of the Probate Court of Morgan County in the State aforesaid (and by virtue of Said Office also clerk of said Court) hereby Certify that A A. Hewlett when name appears to the foregoing Power of Attorney Declaration and affidavit is and was at the date of the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified according to law.  That full faith and Credit are due all his official acts as such and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
I further Certify that letters of Administration have been granted to Joel Wallace on the Estate of Rebecca Wallace Deceased late of said County and Widow of Thomas Wallace Deceased formerly a soldier of the Revolutionary War which letters have not been Revoked but Continue in full force and virtue and that the aforesaid Court is a Court of Record.
[Seal attached]
Given under my hand and Seal of Office at Somerville in Said County on this the 15th Day of July 1852 and of American Independence the 88th Year
Tom. Price Judge P.C
Page 70

Houston, Texas.
June 22, 1937

Dear Sirs:
I am seeking data on my Revolutionary ancestor, Capt. Thomas Wallace who married Rebecca Milligen.  I believe he enlisted from Mecklenburg Co. N.C. 
Would like all available data, particularly the marriage date.
Will greatly appreciate any information you can give me.
Sincerely,
Mrs. E. S Atkinson
1502 Stuart Ave.

[Stamp:]
RECEIVED JUN 24 1937
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS ADM.
READER # 12

[Side note:]
Letter in re: to Abraham & Jus [Sloner?] returned to writer 7/17/37
Page 71

Rev Sec NH

Houston, Texas
Dec. 3, 1917.

Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington, D.C.
Can you five me any information regarding the Revolutionary history of either John or Thomas Wallace?
The two men were brothers but I'm in doubt as to which one of them was the father of my great-great-grandfather.  John Wallace who was born in Mecklenburg County. N.C. in 1771.  Perhaps the records will give the names of the descendants of both J. and T. Wallace.
Page 72

I am very desirous of obtaining membership in the D.A.R. and any information you can give me will be highly appreciated.
Respectfully,
Mrs. Edward S. Atkinson Jr
831 Harvard St.
Page 73

Record Division  3—1865.   J.B.R
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. 
WASHINGTON, D. C., September 21, 1908. 

Mrs. America Houston Coxe, 
P. O. Box 325, Athens, Alabama. 
Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 11" and received the 14” instant, you are advised that in order to identify a claim for pension which may have been filed on account of the service in the Revolutionary War, the full name of the soldier and some of the following data is essential: names of officers under whom he served; places of residence at enlistment and after service; approximate dates of birth and death; given name of widow 
Very respectfully, 
John Davenport
Acting Commissioner.

[Written in response:]
Capt N. C. W. 11739 
(I think his name was Thos. or it might have been Jno.) I am assured it was Thos.
Thomas Wallace, resided I think Blount Co. Tenn.  I do not know the given name of his wife but she was a Miss Milligan. He died in Morgan Co. Ala, about 1820 or earlier. Do not know under whom he served but it must have been Sevier. He commanded a Co. at Kings Mountain. 
Very Respt'ly 
Mrs. America Houston. Coxe.
Page 74

Page 1.
Rebecca Wallace.
says Thos. Wallace who was a Capt. in the War served as follows.  At the commencement of the war he served 2 campaigns of 3 months each under Capt. Jas. Barr in both expeditions he marched from Mecklenburg County N. Carolina.  In 1 campaign he was in pursuit of the Cherokee Indians, in the other he marched to Hillsboro'. After this he changed his residence to Sullivan Co:- About August or September 1780 Cat. Wallace raised a Compy of Mounted Riflemen in Sullivan Co. now East Tennessee and marched to Kings Mountain which occurred 7th Oct 1780.  This campaign was for 3 months during which Wallace was Capt.  In 1781, Wallace raised another Co: of Mounted Riflemen of which he was elected Capt. & served as such 6 months.  He raised sd. Co in Sullivan Co. marched to join Genl. Green at high Hill, in So. Ca. & afterwards he informed Capt. joined Genl. Marion.  In the two last tours he  was under Col. Isaac Shelly [Shelby]. Married 13th May 1770.  Thomas died 28th April 1830.  Infirmity certified by the court.

John Wallace. 
4th Feby, 1839 a revolutionary soldier, knew Capt Thos. Wallace married to his Rebecca his widow.  Capt: Wallace & Dept. lived in Sullivan
Page 75

page 3.
An old record adduced, but does not so shew the dates of any childrens birth, who are identified as children as to fix the date of the marriage.

Certificate Comptroller- N.C. shews payments to one Thomas Wallace issued in Augt. 1782 of £32.10. specie.  Ditto Sept 15th 1783- £103.16 specie.  Book No. 14 appendix page 15 £30.- specie.

Application of Joel Wallace Admr. & Power Atty to J.J. Coombs

R.J. Morris & Elizth. B. Morris, have been acqntd. with Joel for last 30 yrs. son of Thos. decd. & Rebecca Decd.  Thomas died about 1st Apl. 1830.  Rebecca his widow applied for a pension but died about 10th Sept: 1841 not having received a pension, leaving Joel, Thos, Wm & Ruth who has since died.

Joel Wallace.
Says Capt. Thos. died 19th April 1830.  Rebecca died 10th Sept. 1841

Court of Lincoln Co. Georgia certifies that an old family Bible much worn was produced in Court as the family Bible of Thomas Wallace & that Micajah Henley Clk of Court detached the leaf. - (sd. leaf has been adduced.)

Advertisements of Thos. Wallace on 19th Augt. 1778 of a sale at his Dwelling, &c &c
Page 76

Page 2.
County Tennessee. then N. Carolina in 1780.  In that year the Militia were called for in our County.  five companies of thirteen.  Wallace was not called for as an officer.  He volunteered & went as a soldier who took the line of March 1st Oct: 1780 & as well as he remembers was out 3 months.  Was in Depts. mess till he went home & Dept. was with him in the Battle Kings Mountain.  Thos. Wallace about July 1781 marched at the head of a Co: as Capt. under Col. Isaac Shelby from Sullivan Co: to South Carolina & joined Genl. Marion & (believes) was in service about 6 months.  Wallace was a mounted rifleman in both the above named campaigns & the service was done in North & South Carolina

Thomas Wallace 
(27th March 1839)  says he was acquainted with Capt. Thos Wallace a revolutionary soldier.  he died 18th April 1830 & Rebecca has remained his widow.

Rebecca Wallace's 2d Declaration
embodying facts as before & also says also that no record of the marriage ever, [crossed out: had] ever made by Thomas.

Certificate of Court Probate of Alabama (1st June 1753).
Shews it was satisfactorily proved to the court that Capt. Thos Wallace died 28th April 1730 & Rebecca died 4th Sept. 1840. leaving children surviving to wit Joel, Thomas, William & Ruth Wallace & that Ruth has since died unmarried.  & also that Letters of Administration were granted to Joel Wallace on Rebecca's estates whose Bond is $5,000.—
Page 77

July 17, 1937 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 
BA-J/MLB 

Mrs. E. S. Atkinson 
1502 Stuart Avenue 
Houston, Texas 
Dear Madam: Reference is made to your letters in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Abraham Slover who served in 1782 in Captain Charles Reed's company of Washington County militia, and died in 1834 in Dandridge, Tennessee, leaving widow, Martha, and whose parents, you state, were killed by Indians leaving him and his brother John as the only survivors of the family. You desire the record, also, of the brother John Slover, and that of Captain Thomas Wallace who served from Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and who, you say, married Rebecca Milligan. 
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolution of an Abraham Slover or Selover, under any spelling of the surname. 
In order to identify the record of the particular John Slover or Selover in whom you are interested, should it be on file, it is essential that as much as possible of the following data in regard to him be furnished, when another search of the records will be made and a report furnished you: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow. 
The record of Captain Thomas Wallace is furnished you herewith. 
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

[Margin note:]
Ltr. ret. to writer in regard to Slovers.
Page 78

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.  Thomas Wallace Wid. File 11739

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
1. Beginning of War
2. Aug or Sept. 1780
3. Feby 1781

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
1. 3 mos
3 mos
2. 3 mos.
3. 6 mos.

RANK.
1. [blank]
[blank]
2. Capt.
3.   "

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. | COLONEL.
1. James Barr | [blank]
James Barr | [blank]
2. Mtd. Rifle Co | Isaac Shelby
3.   "  |  "  " 

STATE.
1. N.C.
  "
2.  "
3.  "

Battles engaged in, Kings Mountain

Residence of soldier at enlistment, marched from Mecklenburg Co. N.C. first service.  lived in Sullivan Co. Then N.C. afterwards E. Tennessee, 2" service

Date of application for pension, Feby 13, 1839.  Her cl. was al

Residence at date of application, Morgan Co, Ala

Age at date of application, 90 yrs.  She died Sept 4, 1840.

Remarks:  Soldier married May 13, 1770 Rebeca...  He died Apl [crossed out: 28] 1830 in Morgan Co., Ala.  Only surviving children Joel, Thomas, William, and Ruth who died prior to 1852.

Family record not used as relationship could not be established.

Respectfully,
Page 79

THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES 
Form VAM-51
12 - 5 - 41 
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD* 
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME Wallace Thomas  
GRADE Private  
LINE Pennsylvania  
WARRANT NUMBER 10590  
ACREAGE 100  
ISSUED February 14, 1791 to Alexander Power, assignee 

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates.  Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.  Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.