Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45883, for Thomas King, North Carolina
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SERVICE                                                 NUMBER

N.C.                          King, Thomas         S.45883             
Penn.

CONTENTS.
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5930

Jonesboro Agency
Thomas King
of Sullivan in the State of Tennessee, who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Lawson of the Regt. commanded by Col. Moylan, in the Penna. line for fifteen months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Jonesboro Agency at the rate of 50. Dollars  00. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of Feby. 1833 and handed to Hon. John Blair
Arrears to 4th of Sept. '32.                              75.00.
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar. 1833.      25.00.
                                                                    $100.00. 

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Wm. K. Garland. Clerk.
Book D. Vol. 9. Page 207.


Date of death not on A.B.
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5686
Thomas King
from 1776 private
15 months.
$50.
5   E
Amt. 1,2,3,7.

Dec 17 P 100
John Blair
Jonesboro Tn
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5686
Brief in the case of Thomas King
County of Sullivan in the State of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?   Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disable by bodily infirmity?  -
3. How old is he? 78
4. State his service as directed in the form annexed.

         Period.          Duration of Service.  Rank.  Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
                               Years, Months, Days.   As a          Gen.
Vol.   in 1776 August    not stated           private        Capt. J. Crouch
ditto   1776              about 4 1/2 months   "               Capt. Morrows, Col. T. Morgan
Vol.      1778 August    1 month                  "               Capt. J. Duncan
do.      1778                                   14 days  "               Capt. F. Colbane
"         1780                  about 2 months       "              Capt. A. Lawson, Col. Campbell
Sub.  1781                              2 months         "            Capt. T. Wallace, Col. Shelby
Vol.     1779                   about 5 months 

5. In what battles was he engaged?  none
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Paxton Cty, Pa.
7. Ins his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditonary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the andwers agree with the evidence in the case above amentioned.

F. Waugh, Examining Clerk.
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State of Tennessee
Sullivan County      August Sessions  1832

On this 21st day of August 1832, personally appeared in Open Court before the Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Sullivan County now setting Thomas King a citizen of the County and State aforesaid aged Seventy Eight 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 provision made by 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 to wit, that in August 1776, in Paxton County, Pennsylvania he volunteered under James Crouch Captn. and was marched to Amboy in the State of New Jersey, when he again volunteered to join the flying camp when he was placed under the command of Captn. James Morrow and Colonel Thomas Morrow from thence he was marched to Fourt Lee on the North River, opposite Fort Washington, from which place the army was repulsed back by the British into Pennsylvania above Philadelphia where I was verbally discharged as well as I can now recollect he states he was in the service that tour about four months one half and that he was not in
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any particular engagement  [illegible] my sd Tour   He states that in the year 1777 he  moved to the Section of Country when he was lived until this time when in August 1778, he volunteered under John Duncan and was marched to the Glade hollow on Clinch River in Virginia to gard the frontier country against the Shawnee Indians when he [illegible]  one month when he was verbally discharged by the sd. Capt. John Duncan. he states that about two weeks after he returned from the Clinch Tour he volunteered under Capt. James Calvan to go on Tour on the three forks of New River in the State of North Carolina to disperse a body of Tories that were embedded at that place when he was discharged by sd. Capt. James Colvan which tour he was two weeks in service. he states that in 1781 he volunteered under Capt. Andrew Cowan, Colonel Arter Campbell and marched to [illegible] chato against the Cherokee Indians when we burned some Towns killed some Indiana and took some prisoners when he was verbally discharged and returned home after serving about two months. He states that in 1781, he substituted in the place of William King who was down... in Sullivan county the state of North Carolina now Tennessee to go to joined General Marion  in South Carolina. he was placed under the command of Capt. Thomas Wallace Lieutenant M. Blecher and Colonel Isaac Shelby  to Santee Swamp where he joined  General Marion army when some of the British were taken
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by tour of our scouting parties whence he was verbally discharged from the General marions army by his sd. Capt. Wallace of a campaign of  two months. he also states that in the year 1779 he volunteered to go to Logan Station now in Kentucky and from there to Herads Station and from there to Lickin River where we built a fort which was taken the spring following by the British and Indians frorm there he returned home after a tour of about four months service and that he has no documentary evidence, & that he know of no person whose testamony he can procure who can testify to his service. he herby relinquished every claim to a pension or annuity, except the present, and claims that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state that there issued  rendered 
 [illegible] in his vicinity by whose he can prove the statement required in the instructions of the Secretary of War. Sworn to & subscribed this dated first before written.

Thomas King, Abraham McClellan & Geo Gammon citizens of Sullivan County, state aforesaid do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas King who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age and that he is reputed & believed on the neighborhood where he reside to have been
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a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that  [illegible] opinion.
Abraham McClellen
Geo. Gammon

And the said Court do hereby declare their this opinion that the above named case being investiaged and after the interrogatories procedure by the war department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier. & served as he states and that William Rutledge & William Snodgrass are citizend of said county & their statemednt are entitled to credit they being credable persons . it further appeared to the Court that there is no resident Clergyman in the Vicinity of the applicant.

I Richard Netherland Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Session do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the orignal proceedings of the Court in the aplication of Thomas King for a pension.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 21st day of August 1832. Richard Netherland Clerk
by Geo. Netherland D. Clerk
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Thomas King
S. 45883
BA-J/AWF

The Quartermaster General
Memorial Branch
War Department
Washington, D.C.


Dear Sir:

The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 45883, based upon the service of Thomas King in the Revolutionary War.

Thomas King was born March 17, 1754 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. the names of his parents were not shown.

Thomas King enlisted in Paxton County, Pennsylvania, sometime in August, 1776 served four and one half months as private under Captains James Crauch and James Morrow, Colonel Thomas Morrow's Pennsylvania regiment.

He moved in 1777 to what was later Sullivan County, Tennessee. He enlisted sometime in August 1778 and served one month in Captain John Duncan's North Carolina company and guarded the frontier from the Indians. He served in same year, two weeks in Captain James Colvan's company, out against the Tories. He served in 1779 about five months in Kentucky, and assisted in building a fort, names of officers not given. He served in 1780, two months in Captain Andrew Cowan's company, Colonel Arthur Campbell's North Carolina regiment, was in skirmishes with Cherokee Indians, took some prisoners and burned their town. He served in 1781, two months as sub-
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stitute for William King, in Captain Thomas Wallace's company Colonel Isaac Shelby's regiment.

Thomas King was allowed pension on his application executed August 21, 1832, then a resident of Sullivan County, Tennessee.

The papers in this claim contain no reference to wife or children of Thomas King nor was it stated that the William King for whom he served as substitute was a relative. 

The application for headstone for Thomas King is returned attached to this correspondence.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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1914 Feb. 13.  Hon. Sam. R. Sells M C. infd no bounty land allowed on account of service of this soldier or any Thos. King of Pa. AW
115 Jany 6 Hist. to James B. Searcy
1916 Oct. 18 Hist. to Hon. J. W. Gaines Letter in S. F. 21335 Wm. King.
1918 Feby 27 Hist. to Miss Ivy HiIl Letter in S. F. 21334 Wm. King
1920 April 20. Hist. to Mrs. H. Haviland King Y.M.C.A. Bldg. Columbia Mo (see her letter in Thomas Parker S 1709) Aw
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FM  Rev [illegible]    Attorney for Probate and Judicial Bond Company                                          At Palmyra Branch office Each Friday

James B Searcy
Lawyer

Carlinville, Ill., Dec 30, 1914

Hon. Commissioner of Pensions,
                            Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
Will you please send to me , copy of the service records of the Revolutionary Soldier, Thomas King, who was pensioned under service file, N. 45883, was in the Pennsylvania trooos [troops] and lived in Sullivan County, Tennessee, when pensioned, andn the particular desire is to know what battles he was in, and under whom he served.
He was an ancester of my wife, and the family records are being traced.
Hoping your kind reply,  
Most Truly,
James B Searcy
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Sam R. Sells
1st Tenn. District 

House of Representatives 
Washington       February 11, 1914

(letter stamped- Chiefs Desk, Army and Navy, Feb 12, 1914 [illegible] U. S. Bureau of Pensions)

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:-
I enclose letter from Mr. E.S.King of Mosheim, Tennessee, with reference to a grant said to have been made to Thomas King. I have been unable to secure any information from the General Land Office relative to this matter, and I would be glad to ascertain whether or not the records in your office show that a grant of the character  was ever made to Thomas King. You will note that the grant was supposed to have been made in Kentucky, near Lexington.

Thanking you for any information you may give, I am,
Yours very truly, , 
enc.   Sam R Sells
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Revolutionary Div.      1621 North Second St
                                     Harrisburg, PA
                                     Nov 18th, 1923
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, 
D.C.

Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly send me a copy of the pension record for Thomas King who drew a pension in Sullivan Co., Tenn. ?
 
The service record was for Pa. (Ref. PA. Archives 3rd series, vol. 23, page 573)

Thanking you for your assistance
Very sincerely
J. C. Ferguson

(stamped- Revolutionary War Section Nov 21 1923)
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Lockwood, Lockwood, Goldsmith & Galt
Attorneys-At-Law
Patent and Trademark Practice
Fletcher Savings and Trust Building 
Indianapolis

Virgil H. Lockwood
Ralph G. Lockwood
Elmer L. Goldsmith
Dwight B. Galt

800 F Streed, NW
WAshington DC
Merchants Nat'l Bank BLD'g
Los Angeles, CAL

August 10, 1928

Bureau of Pensions
Room 533
Department of Interior Bldg.,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
Will you kindly report whether or not there are any Revolutionary war pension records for Thomas King. It is thought he lived in North Carolina, possibly in Virginia, and he moved to Sullivan County, Tennessee and about 1811 he came to Washington County, Indiana. If you have any record of him, kindly send me a report.
Yours very truly,
V.H. Lockwood

JHW

(stamped Pension Office   US  Aug 13 1928)
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Sept. 7, 1928

Pension Commissioner,
Department of Interior, 
Washington, D. C.

Gentleman:
I wrote to you in June sending self addressed stamped envelope asking for all information available comsefning [concerning] Revolutionary pension claim of Thomas King "S 45883". Have not received an answer.

Now I hear you will furnish a photostat copy of all papers furnished by Thomas King at the time he applied for pension at 15 cents per page.

Please let me know how many pages there are to be copied and I will pay for them, also am very anxious to know date of last payment, amount of payment, and last address.

Verry [Very] respectfully,
 (Mrs.) Jennie King McGrew
Walnut Grove, Illinois

(Stamped pension office US Sept 12 1928)
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May 28, 1928
Pension Commissioner 
Dept of the Interior
Washington, DC

This letter was drawn after photo letter was written.

Gentlemen, 
Please give me any information available conserning [concerning] the applicant of pension claim S45883?  Thomas King.

Would the records show
1- Date of birth and where?
2- Names of parents, wife, or children?
3- To who whom married, when and where?
4. Where did Thomas King live at time of applying for and receiving pension?
5. Date of last payment?
6. Amount of pension received?
7. Services rendered.
Please state if there are any charges for this service . Am anxious to complete family history. Very respectfully Mrs Jennie King McGrew, Walnut Grove, Illinois 
 (stamped Pension Office US May 31, 1928)
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Rev. &1812 Wars Section                [illegible]

Copied by Ady

September 17, 1928

Mrs. Jennie King McGrew,
Walnut Grove, 
Illinois.

Madam:
I advise you that under the provisions of the Act of August 24, 1912, photostatic copies of original papers on file in the Revolutionary War pension claim of Thomas King (S.45883) will be furnished you at the rate of fifteen cents a page with twenty-five cents extra for certification if that is desired.
The number of pages to be copied is seven.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.
Due to the very large number of inquiries similar to yours and the lack of clerical force available for the purpose, the bureau is unable to make immediate response to all requests pretaining to soldiers of the Revolution. Letters are being answered as rapidly as possible in order of receipt.
Respectfully, 
E.W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner
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MO 241- 130
(Stamp :  Finance Division Book Keepers Desk  May 27, 1929 Bureau of pensions)

May 22, (Feb 24 crossed out) 1929

The Commissioner of Pensions
Dept. of the Interior Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Inclosed please find money order amount (one dollar and thirty cents) for which send me a photostatic copies of all original papers on file in the Revolutionary war pension claim of Thomas King (S45883) also the 25 cents extra for certification.
Number of pages 7 @ 15 cents     $1.05
Certification                                         .25
                                                           $ 1.30
Respectfully
Mrs. Jennie King McGrew
Walnut Grove, Ills.

(Stamp- Revolutionary & 1812 Wars Section  May 25, 1929 Bureau of Pensions)
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Thomas King which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?      Yes

II.  Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?  Yes

III.  If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?   - 

IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes

V.  Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?  No

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

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

VIII.  Has the Court given their opinion?  Yes

IX.  Has the Clerk given his certificate?  yes

X.  Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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2
XI.  Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?   2 Citisen

XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, there any reason assigned for no obtaining it?
Yes

XIII.  If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be hard? Yes

XIV.  If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate of administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?

XV.  Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, of of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI.  Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes

XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories presCribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily>? And if not, which of them is not so anSwered? 1,2,5,7

EXPLANTORY NOTES.
 QUERE V.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long her served, he should amended his declaration by making affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that , by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:  For                   year              months and      days,   served as a                   .   For           months and         days, I served as a                 ; and for such service I claim a pension."
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Printed part omitted in file
[preprinted form]

   It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
  In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.


[handwritten]


State of Tennessee
Sullivan County  On this 4th day of February 1833 personally appeared Thomas King (the applicant for provicion whose names is in this g foregoing brief which refers his original  claims before the s  {illegible] Samuel Rhea an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County & made oath, in explanation  [illegible] of his said declaration towards as to after question numbered 5 that in the respective six engagements set forth by him served fifteen monts in the ReEvoluntionary war; that where he stated "about such lengths of time:" he meant that time at least and is confident of having served the said fifteen months. As to No. 17 in the same being interrogatories 1, 2, 5, & 7, he can state that he was born in the county of Lancaster, State
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of Pennsylvania on the 17th day of March 1754 from the best information which he can obtain, which is the Family record in his possession
That he served with no regular officers except in the first & fifth tours. The only officers which he can recollect are stated in his original declaration that has stated with [illegible] acssion there under whom he served. That the Hon. Abraham McLellan now of the senate of Tennessee, & the Hon George Gammon formerly of same are persons well known to him & have established his reputation for veracity as also their belief of his services from [illegible] taken in the Revolutionary war.
Sworn to & subscribed                     Thomas King (signature)
before me this date above.
Test Saml Rhea J. Peace

I know Samuel Rhea to be an acting Justice of the Peace for the County of Sullivan.
Feb 13th 1833   J. Blair  M C

Thomas King
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Submit in Duplicate    1-681   Phone Branch 476

All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 32617

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Title and description of job: photostatic copies of 7 pages from Revoluntionary War pension claim for Thomas King, N. C. Troops, S. 45883.

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8-871

Record Division
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions

Briefed by A. W. Feb 13 1912
Claim No. _____________
Certificate No.___________
Claimant_________________
Soldier  Thomas King
Service  VA.
Additional Service     Rev.
No______claim, States records_____, 191
No claim, combination records______, 191

Remarks:

No bounty land claim as above. Old  books [illegible] Officers and privates of PA N.C, and [illegilbe]

It would not have been possible for Thomas King [illegible] PA [illegible] S45883 to have received U.S. bounty land prior to  1800 because he did not serve on the [illegible] est until the end of the war.    Chief Division
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February 13, 1914

Hon. Sam R. Sells, 
House of Representatives.

My Dear Mr. Sells:
In response to your letter of the eleventh instant, and the enclosed letter of Mr. E.S. King of Mosheim, Tennessee, I have the honor to advise you that a careful search of the records of this Bureau fails to show that bounty-land was allowed by the United States on account of the services of Thomas King, Revolutionary war pensioner, Sur. File No. 45, 883, who was in the Pennsylvania troops and lived in Sullivan County, Tennessee when pensioned; or on account of any other Thomas King who served in the Pennsylvania troops, War of the Revolution.  

Very truly yours, 
G. M  [illegible]
Commissioner
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Revolutionary War Records Section.    3-525

Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
SF.45883            Washington, D.C.---------,19--


In reply to your request of --------, received------ for a statement of the military history of Thomas King a soldier of the revolutionary war, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's[crossed out]) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

Dates of enlistment     Length of service       Rank         Officers under whom service was rendered              State
or appointment                                                                   Captain                           Colonel

Aug 1776                         4 1/2 mos                  PVT          James [illegible]                                                           Penn
[check mark]                                                                       James Morrow             Thomas Morrow
Aug 1778                          1 mo                                           John Duncan                                                                    NC
[check mark]                    2 weeks                                    James  [illegible]
        1779                          5 mos                                        Went to Logans Station no officers stated
        1780                          2 mos                                        Andrew [llegible]            Arthur Campbell                      NC
        1781                          2 mos                                         Thomas Wallace             Isaac Shelby                             "


Battles engaged in, in General [illegible] with Cherokee Indians
Residence of soldier at enlistment,  [check mark]
Date of application for pension, Aug 21, 1832. His [illegible] was al.
Residence at date of application,   Sullivan Co. Tenn
Age at date of application, born March 17, 1754 in Lancaster College Penn.
Remarks: Solider alleged that he volunteered  in 1776 [illegible][illegible] Penn and that in 1777 he moved to the section of  county where he has lived until this time (1832).  No date as to family.

Respectfully,          Commissioner
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Rev & 1812 Wars Section

January 7, 1924

J. C. Ferguson
1621 N Second St.
Harrisburg, Pa.

Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.45883, it appears that Thomas King was born March 17, 1754, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

He enlisted in Paxten County, Pennsylvania, in August 1776, and served four and one half months as private in Captain James Crauch's and James Morrow's companies, Colonel Thomas Morrow's Regiment.

In 1777, he moved to what was later Sullivan County, Tennessee, and enlisted in August 1778, and served one month in Captain John Duncan's North Carolina Company.

In 1779, he served about 5 months in Kentucky, and aided in building a fort.

He enlisted in 1780, served two months in Captain Andrew Covan's company, Colonel Arthur Campbell's North Carolina Regiment, was in
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skirmishes with Cherokee Indians and burned their towns.

He enlisted in 1781, and served two months in Captain Thomas Wallace's company, Colonel Isaac Shelby's North Carolina Regiment.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 21, 1832, while residing in Sullivan County, Tennessee.

There is no data on file as to his family.

Respectfully, 
Commissioner
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

August 16, 1928

Virgil H Lockwood
Fletcher Savings & Trust Building
Indianapolis, Indiana

Sir:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.45883, it appears that Thomas King was born March 17, 1754 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
He enlisted in Paxton County, Pennsylvania, in August 1776 and served 4  and one half months as private in Captains James Crauch's and James Morrow's companies, Colonel Thomas Morrow's regiment.
In 1777, he moved to what was later Sullivan County, Tennessee and enlisted in August 1778, and served one month in Captain John Duncan's North Carolina company.
Two weeks later he enlisted and served two weeks in Captain James Colvan's North Carolina company.
In 1779 he served about five months in Kentucky, and aided in building a fort.
He enlisted in 1780, served two months in Captain Andrew Cowan's company, Colonel Arthur Campbell's North Carolina REgiment, was in skirmishes with Cherokee Indians and burned
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their towns.
He enlisted in 1781 and served two months in Captain Thomas Wallace's company, Colonel Isaac Shelby's North Carolina Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 21, 1832 while residing in Sullivan County, Tennessee.
There are no data (on file-scrated out) as to his family.  

Respectfully 

Winfield Scott,
Commissioner
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March 30, 1931

Mr. Karl D. King
Insurance Exchange
175 West Jackson Boulevard 
Chicago, Illinois 

Rev. & 1812 War Section
AWF: MLB

Dear Sir:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 45883, that Thomas King was born March 17, 1754 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

He enlisted in Paxton county, Pennsylvania, in August 1776, and served four and one-half months as private in Captains James Crauch's and James Morrrow's companies, Colonel Thomas Morrow's regiment.

In 1777, he moved to what was later Sullivan County, Tennessee and enlisted in August 1778, and served one month in Captain John Duncan's North Carolina company.

Two weeks later he enlisted and served two weeks in Captain James Colvan's North Carolina company.

In 1779 he served about five months in Kentucky, and aided in building a fort.

He enlisted in 1780, served two months in Captain Andrew Cowan's company, Colonel Arthur Campbell's North Carolina regiment, was in skirmishes with Cherokee Indians and burned their town.

He enlisted in 1781 and served two months in Captain Thomas Wallace's company, Colonel Isaac Shelby's North Carolina regiment.
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He was allowed pension on his application executed August 21, 1832, while residing in Sullivan County, Tennessee.

There are no data as to his family.

Due to the very large number of requests similar to yours and the lack of clerical force available for the purpose, this bureau is unable to furnish more than two histories to each inquirer.

Very truly yours


E.W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner