Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3,800, for Robert Thompson, Pennsylvania
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Penn
Thompson, Robert
S3,800
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United States Pension Agency
Wheeling, March 30 1850
Received of Geo S Thompson, Agent for paying Pensioners, thirty one dollars – cents, being for 6 months 6 days pension due to Robert Thompson, deceased from the 4 day of March 1848 to the 10 day of September 1848 for which I have signed duplicate receipts.
Robert Thompson by Wm Faris Administrator
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Final Payment Voucher
Received from GAO
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3842
Ohio & Pittsburgh
Robert Thompson
Belmont Co in the State of Ohio who was a Sergt in the company commanded by Captain  _____ of the Reg commanded by Col Davis in the Pennsylvania militia for 12 months from 1777
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate od 60 dollars – cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day od Jany 1833 and ___ Hon Wn Renner H.R.

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832			90.00
Semi-anl. Allowance ending 4 Mar 1833	30.00
					           $120.00
Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Henry Sylvester Clerk
Book D  Vol 2  Page 143
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18112
Robt Thompson
Belmont Co, O
A_____ 12 mo
From 1777 _____________
$60 per annum
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18450
Brief on the case of Robert Thompson of Belmont Co in the State of Ohio
Act 7th June 1832
1.	 Was the declaration made before a Court or Judge? County
2.	2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3.	How old is he?  73
4.	State is service as directed in the form annexed
Period	Duration of Service	Rank	Names of General and field Officers under whom he served
Apr in 1777	3 months	Sergt	Col Wm Davis
Aug	3 months	Sergt	Col Wm Thompson
May 1778	6 months		
	12		

5.	 In what battles was he engaged?
6.	Where did he reside when he entered the service?  ______ Pa
7.	Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
8.	Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? And if so, in what respect??
I CERTIFY that the forgoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk
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No. 13
Robert Thompson deceased
$31
Act 7 June 1832
6 mos 6 days
Wheeling, WVa
1 Apr 1850
Box 10
C-21
Final Payment Voucher
Received from GAO
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The State of Ohio, Belmont County
I Robert H Miller, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said county do hereby certify that this day satisfactory evidence was adduced to prove that Robert Thompson was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of sixty dollars per year, was a resident of the county of Belmont in the State of Ohio in the year 1848, on the 10th day of September; he has left no widow, but left three children to wit: Julia Ann Sims wife of John Sims, Laina Orr wife of Dr Thomas Orr, and Mina Jane wife of William P Skinner.  There was another daughter who was married to Robert Israel and it is not known where the children now are they having left this county a number of years since and their names are unknown.  Also that Wm Faris is and was legally appointed administrator of the goods and chattels rights and credits of said Robert Thompson, deceased and he is duly qualified to act as such Administrator.
Witness and signature and seal of said Court at St Clairsville the 31st day of March A.D. 1850
Robert H Miller, Clerk
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State of Virginia Ohio County
Be it known that before me pension agent in and for said county, personally appeared William Faris and made oath in due form of law that he is the Administrator of Robert Thompson deceased, the identical person who was a pensioner and is now dead and to whom a certificate was issued, which is herewith surrendered.

That the deceased pensioner resided in the county of Belmont in the State of Ohio for the space of upwards of forty years and previous thereto he lived in Pennsylvania State (the county he is not certain where)
Sworn to and subscribed this day
30th day of March 1850
Before me
Geo S Thompson Pen Agt
Wn Faris
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832
State of Ohio, County of Belmont
On this nineteenth day of November, personally appeared before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting in open Court, Robert Thompson, a resident of Richland Township, County of Belmont and the State of Ohio, aged on the 3rd day of Sept last seventy three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress paper June 7, 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated – In April 1777 he volunteered from York County Pennsylvania for three months – served out his time.  His officers were Capt William Thompson, Col William Davis, Maj John Henderson and Genl Anthony Wayne.  He served in the Pennsylvania line.  He does not recollect the no. of his regiment.  He marched from thence across 7 or 8 miles from Little York to Little York, thence to Lancaster, and from there to Chester County and then stopped for some time from thence he marched to the State of Delaware on the banks of the Delaware, and was then discharged.  He got a written discharge which is lost.  In August 1777 he was drafted from the same place (a distance from Little York as above) for three months.  His officers were Capt Williamson, Col Wm Thompson Maj John Henderson and Genl Wayne as above-same line as above.  Marched from thence (within 7 or 8 miles from Little York as above) to Little York, and from thence to Lancaster, and then ______ for some time;_____ to within 5 or 6 miles of Brandywine Creek – latter – thence to Brandywine Creek. He was in the Battle of Brandywine
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Hence _______________ toward Philadelphia. Genl Howe followed and passed us. Hence he retreated back about eighteen miles and there remains scouting about the cut of the provisions for Philadelphia, with the three months were out.  Got a written discharge which was burnt with my mothers house.  In May 1778 he was drafted for six months from the same place and under the same officers as above.  Marched from there to Chester County – then north then to the state of Delaware, then into New Jersey – there hotter in June.  Thence marched after Sir Henry Clinton to Monmouth and was there in the Battle on the 28th of June.  Thence he marched into Pennsylvania and remained in Chester County and Philadelphia with the end of the six months.  He then received a written discharge which was burnt with his mothers house as above.  He has no documentary evidence in his possession.  None of his acquaintances who served with him are alive that he knows of.  He says that the Battle of Brandywine was fought Sept 11, 1777.  He says the day of the Battle was calm and pleasant – the morning rather foggy and so calm that the smoke of the guns settled about them.  He left the service in the fall of 1778.  He says that his uncle, Capt William Thompson, one of his officers, became Colonel before the Battle of Brandywine was fought.  At the time he entered service he lived with his mother about 7 or 8 miles from Little York in York County, Pa.  He has no discharge or commission.  He served as a Serjeant during the whole time.  He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension role of any state.
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Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Robert Thompson
We, Joseph Anderson a clergy man, and William Kinnan residents of Belmont County in the State of Ohio, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Robert Thompson who has ___ and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sevnty three years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood when he _______ to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we ____ in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Joseph Anderson
William Kinnan
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and putting the interrogations m_____ by the War Department that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states, and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Joseph Anderson who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Belmont and the State of Ohio and that Benjamin Ruggles who has also signed same is a resident of the County of Belmont and the State of Ohio, and is a credible person, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
George Sharp
Jantes Alexander
John Davenport

Questions proposed by the Court
1.	 When and where were you born?
Answer: I was born in 1760 Sept 3 within __ miles of old Lancaster Pennsylvania

2.	 Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?
Answer: I have no record of my age.
3.	 Where were you living when called into service?  Where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live?
Answer: Within 7 or 8 miles of Little York in York County, Pa.  Since the revolutionary war up to 1801 I lived in Cumberland County, Pa. in and around Carlisle.  In the spring of April 1801 I came to the western territory to what is now the State of Ohio, and have lived here in Belmont County ever since.
4.	 How were you called into service, were you drafted or did you volunteer or were you a substitute?
Answer: I was the first three months I was a volunteer; I was afterwards drafted twice – once for 3 months and once for six.  I never was a substitute.
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5.  States the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served; such Continental and Militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
Answer. Lieutenant Colonel Bonar of the Regular Army. General Anthony _______, Col. William Thompson, Maj John Henderson, Capt Williamson, General Wayne was my Commander at Monmouth, Col Morgans Rifleman (afterwards Genl Morgan) came down to the Battle of Brandywine about the middle of the day.
6.  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it.
Answer.  I got a discharge every time I was out.  Capt William Thompson I think gave me my 1st discharge; and I am certain that he after her became Colonel gave me my 2nd and 3rd.  They were all burnt with my mother’s house.
7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and the belief of your service as a soldier of the revolution.
Answer.  Joseph __________, Benjamin Buggler, John Scatterday, James Gertrude, Solomon Bentlet, Steel Smith, John_____________, John Thompson, John _______ but there many others.
I Peter Tallman, Clerk of Courts of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the said court in the matter of the application for a pension.  In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 19th of Nov AD 1832
Peter Tallman, Clerk
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April 13, 1937
bA-J/EEL am
Mrs. Luella Earp
Robert Thompson=5.3800
Payette
Idaho
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Robert Thompson, pensioned January
4, 1833 for service as sergeant in the Pennsylvania troops.
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.3800, based upon the military service of Robert Thompson in that war.

Robert Thompson was born September 3. 1760,within one-half mile of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The names of his parents are
not shown.

While residing within seven or eight miles of Little York, York County, Pennsylvania, with his mother, Robert Thompson volunteered in April, 1777, and served three months as sergeant in
Captain William Thompson*s (soldier*s uncle) Company, Colonel William Davis' Pennsylvania Regiment; and in August, of same year, he
enlisted, served three months as a sergeant in Captain Williams' Company, Colonel William Thompson's (who had been promoted colonel)
Pennsylvania Regiment and was in the battle of Brandywine he enlisted in May. 1778, served six months as sergeant under the officers last named above, and was in the battle of Monmouth.

After the Revolution, he lived near Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, until April, 1801, when he moved to the state
of Ohio.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 19, 1832, while living in Belmont County, Ohio.

There are no data as to soldier's family.
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In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the
name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death
of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Robert Thompson(S.3800), you
should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office,
Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Robert Thompson, Certificate No.3862, issued January 4, 1833,
rate $60 per annum. commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832,
Ohio(Pittsburgh) Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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Rev War 3800
Invalid

File No 3800
Robert Thompson
Sgt, Pa. Mil

Act: June 7, 1832
Index: - Vol H,, Page 372
[Arrangement of 1870]

1931 – Apr 16 – History to Harry L Albright.  Letter in case of Thos. Iams – S8751   EEL
1937 – Apr 12 – History to Mrs Luella Earp.  EEL
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Payments to be made at Wheeling Virginia by A Woods Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Wheeling

Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book D, Vol 2,, Page 143 by H.H. Sylvester, Clerk

Final Payment Voucher Received from GAO
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Duplicate
War Department
Revolutionary Claim

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832, Robert Thompson of the State of Ohio who was a Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Sixty dollars  and per annum during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and the 4th of September, in every year.
Issued in lieu of and dated the 4th January 1833 and numbered 3862 which has been lost and destroyed.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this seventh day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight
J.R. Pionsett
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Application for a new Certificate

State of Ohio Belmont County

On this thirteenth day of January AD 1838 before me , the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Belmont personally appeared Robert Thompson who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Williamson in the regiment commanded by Colonel Thompson in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Ohio (Pittsburgh Agency) that he received a certificate of that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate on or about the sixth day of September AD 1837 at or near Wheeling  VA or on the road from Wheeling to St Clairsville Ohio he (lossed) and that he has not since been able to hear of or find the same.
Robert Thompson
Sworn and Subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid
Jno Scatterday
Justice of the Peace

State of Ohio Belmont County

Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Belmont Jospeh A Ramage of lawful age who on his oath declares that he is well acquainted with Robert Thompson the above applicant for a new pension certificate, and that he knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit.
Joseph A Ramage
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 30th day of January 1838
Jno Scatterday J. P.
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State of Ohio Belmont County
I John Scatterday Justice of the Peace is and for said county do hereby certify that the deponent Joseph A Ramage whose name is annexed to the within affidavit is a person of truth and veracity given under my hand and seal this 30th day of January 1838
Jno Scatterday
Justice of the Peace

The State of Ohio Belmont County
I John C Tallman, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said county of Belmont do certify that John Scatterday Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavits were made, was at the time thereof an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned and sworn.  In witness whenof I have hereto set my hand and the seal of said Court of Common Pleas at St Clairsville this 30th day of January AD 1838
John C Tallman, Clerk
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Received
Mar 9 1937
Mail Sub-Division
Vets. Adm.
Reader 39

Peyette, Idaho
Mar 4, 1937

Dept of Revolutionary Pensions
War Dept, Washington D. C.

Dear Sirs:

Will you please give me 
what you have pertaining to one
Robert Thompson who was pensioned
Jan 4, 1833 at age of 75 years, as 
a Sergeant in the Pennsylvania Militia.
He was pensioned at the rate of $60.00 per yr
I would like any information
concerning his wifes name and also
the names of his children.
Also where he resided during the
Revolution, + name of father and
brothers + sisters.
The original
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April 16, 1931

Rev.& 1812 Wars Section
EEL

Harry L. Albright
Shadyside
Ohio

Dear Sir:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in
the Revolutionary War pension claims, S.3800, that Robert
Thompson was born September 3, 1760, within one-half mile of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

While residing within seven or eight miles of Little
York, York County, Pennsylvania, with his mother, whose
name is not given, he volunteered in April, 1777, and 
served three months as sergeant in Captain William Thomp-
son's (soldier's uncle) Company, Colonel William Davis'
Pennsylvania Regiment; and in August of same year, he en-
listed, served three months as a sergeant in Captain Wil-
liamson's Company, Colonel William Thompson's (he had been
promoted Colonel) Pennsylvania Regiment and was in the bat-
tle of Brandywine.

He enlisted in May, 1778, served six months as ser-
geant under the same officers and was in the battle of
Monmouth.

After the Revolution, he lived near Carlisle, Cumber-
land County, Pennsylvania, until April, 1801, when he moved
to the State of Ohio.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
November 19, 1832, while living in Belmont County, Ohio
and then stated that he had lived in Ohio ever since his
removal from Pennsylvania.  It is not shown that he ever
resided in North Carolina.
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There are no data as to the soldier's family.

The above is the history of the only soldier named
Robert Thompson, who was pensioned while residing in Bel-
mont County Ohio, found on the Revolutionary War records
of this bureau.

Very truly yours

E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner