Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,643, Thomas Dance, Va. Va. Sea Service

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(8-1776)
Service
Va.
Va. Sea Services

Dance, Thomas

Number
R. 2.643

Contents


NR(?) (initials top corner)

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Thomas Dance
Va
Rejected, See l(_) 4~
September 1833 to J.G.WE. Baynham
White Hause, VA
2643
ach 4 June 1832

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Thomas Dance Del
26206
Rejected
3 mos Service only
at ___

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State of Virginia
County of Halifax S.S.
On this 25th day of May 1833, personally appeared before me Samuel Painter . . . a Justice of the Peace in the county of Halifax.
In the State of Virginia ~~~
Thomas Dance ^was a Resident of Halifax County State of Virginia aged Seventy five years last September 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 passed June 7th 1832~~~
That he entered the service of the United States under the named officer and served as herein stated ~
To that. I enlisted

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and approach as near the army of the enemy as possible and list such information as could be practicable the strength of the army. This your applicant started from the county of Dinwiddie and went into Brunswick there got information from a Esq. Jones who had obtained a certificate from two British deserting of the strength of  Lord Cornwalles's army was furnished with the Nicybary papers and carried and delivered them to General Lafaetto, them stationed at the city of Richmond occupying a time of 10 days to the best of accollection paying my own expenses during that time

Where, and in what year were you born?
Ans. In Dinwiddie County V. in year 1757
Have you any record of your a4: and if so where is it?
None that I know of : if any I can't tell where it is
Where were you living when called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? and if a substitute, for whom- a volunteer enlistment, and drafted-
State the names of some of regular officers who were with [ illegible] the troops where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service
As. General Nelson, ( Regiments not accolleted) as a marine private [ illegible] Commissary H -
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and if so, by whom was the [ illegible] and what has become of it?
If any discharge I do not recall it, and if so they are lost -
State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify a to your character for veracity, and their belief in your serving as a soldier of the Revolution - Robert Nelson and Pleasant Wall -
This applicant has no documentary evidence whereby he can prove his services and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service - except the affidavit of Capt. John Stratton here to [illegible] a Brother John Henry Stratton with whom he served - believing that he was captured - by the British privateer  Whale Bone 
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state or ( if any ) only on that of the agency of the State of Virginia- sworn to, and subscribed, the day [illegible]  aid   Thos Dance

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We Robert Nelson and Pleasant Wall, Residents of Halifax County State of Virginia
Hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Dance who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Seventy five years of age; that he is reputed, and believed in the Neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we Concur in that Opinion.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid-
Rob't. Nelson
Pleasant Wall
x his mark

Halifax County to wit
I Samuel Pointer, Justice of Peace in the County aforesaid in the state of Virginia do hereby declare my Opinion after the interrogatories of the matter, and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the war Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and Served as he States. and I further Certify that it appears to me that Robert Nelson and Pleasant Wall Residents of Halifax state of Virginia who has signed the preceding Certificate are Credible persons and that their Statement is Entitled to Credit and it also appears to me and from Information made to me by this applicant that he at this time is unable to go to the Court house of his County being a Distance of Twenty three or 4 miles to make out his declaration from Old age & infirmity Given under my hand & seal this 25th day of May - 1833
Sam'l. Pointer {Seal} J.P.

Virginia to wit.
I Samuel Williams clerk of the County Court of Halifax in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that Samuel Pointer whose name appears to the above certificate is an acting Justice of the Peace for said County and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this 8th day of June 1833
Samuel Williams

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In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 8th day of June 1833
Samuel Williams

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Know all men by these present that I Thomas Dance of the County of Halifax, & state of Virginia do hereby Constitute & Appoint Joseph G. E. Baynham my true and lawful attorney with a power of substitution for me and in my name to receive from the United States the amount of pay now due to me under the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1833 entitled an act supplementing to an act for the relief of the surviving officers & soldiers of the revolution as a soldier of the army of the revolution in witness my hand & seal this 5th day June 1833
Thos Dance
Sealed & delivered in presence of John Davis
[illegible] O. Pointer

Before me Sam'l Pointer a Justice of the Peace in the county of Halifax & state of Virginia personally appeared the day Stephen Dance whose name is subscribed to the foregoing power of attorney and acknowledge the same to be his act & deed. Given under my hand this 5th day of June 1833
Sam'l Pointer JP

Virginia, to wit;
I Samuel Williams clerk of the County Court of Halifax in in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that Samuel Pointer before whom the foregoing power of attorney was acknowledged is an acting Justice of the Peace for said County, and that his signature thereto appears to be genuine-

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I do hereby certify that the bearer Mr. Thomas Dance is an acquaintance of mine that I have understood that he was one of the crew of the schooner Alliance Commanded by Capt. Henry Stratton and in the service of the state of Virginia that whilst she was in the merchant service she was captured by the British privateer Whalelem and that the said Tho Dance was captured in her and put on shore the same day. I have no doubt but what Mr. Dance was taken by the British in the manner I have stated in the year 1780 or 1781
John Stratton

Chesterfield County, to wit
This day Capt. John Stratton personally appeared before me John Archer a Justice of the Peace for said County and made oath to the truth of the above statement, Given under my hand this 3d Dec 1830
J Archer

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2643
P.O.
Thomas Dance
Service:
Enlisted: _______, 18__
Discharged: REJECTED, 18__
Application filed: ________, 18__
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P.O.

______ Recognized. _________ Contract.
_______ Cert. of Dis. Searched for __________, 18__