Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3,785, for Owen Thomas, Pennsylvania

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93-1776)

SERVICE                                                   NUMBER

Penn.                 Thomas, Owen                S.3,785
Va.                      _______________                ________

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CONTENTS

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5420
Ohio, Pittsburg
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Owen Thomas
of Columbus Co in the State of Ohio
who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Smith of the Regt. commander
by Gen. Dow in the Pennsylvania [{line for} crossed out] Militia 7 mo and 5 days

Pa. and Va. Line. Records corrected Mar10 '14
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Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio, Pittsburg
at the rate of 23 Dollars 8h Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of February 1833 and sent Hon John
Thomson H R
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Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832                           35 79
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 March 1833 11  93
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                                        Deld [Delivered]    47.72

                                       {Revolutionary Claim,}
                                       {Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Henry H. Sylvester    Clerk
Book  D    Vol.  10    Page 49

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date of death not on AB

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5945.
Pension claim
Owen Thomas


23.33
     53
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 23.86


7 mo. 5 d
   
                23.86
                11 93
                  1 79

Admd [Administered]



Hon J. Thomson

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State of Ohio.}
Columbiana county Ss.}  On this 16th of August, AD. 1832,  Personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting [Begin underline] Owen Thomas, [End underline] a resident of Centre township in said Columbiana county, Ohio aged [Begin underline] seventy-eight [End underline] years the 12th of may last, 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 Jan 7, 1832.

     That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
      He, with with most of the other [Begin underline] militia, [End underline] in and about [Begin underline] Philadelphia, [End underline] Pa. entered the service of the United States as a [Begin underline] volunteer, [End underline] to go against the British on or about the 31st. July 1775; he was under command of Genl. Robert Doe, (or Dow,) a militia general: he was under Capt. Gen. Smith, Lieutents  S. Evans, & Samuel Hines, and Ensign Jacob Humphreys.  Marched from Montgomery township,  [Begin underline] Philadelphia county, [End underline] Pa, the place of his volunteering, to Trenton, then to Brunswick, thence to [Begin underline] Perth [End underline] Amboy, N. Jersey, where he arrived in about five days after leaving place of volunteering.  Here he remained for [Begin underline] ten months, [End underline] at the end of which time recd, [received] a discharge from Genl. Robert Doe, which is since lost.  Was in no battle during above service.  General Washington, & his army was with him while he lay at Perth Amboy, whence

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he and the army departed, two days before applicant was discharged, for Long Island.
     After returning home some time perhaps a year time not recollected, he was  [Begin underline] drafted [End underline] and served other [Begin underline] two months [End underline] in the militia, starting into service from same place as before, under [Begin underline] General Potter, Col. Curry, Capt. [Begin underline] Isaac Longstreth, __________[End underline] Ensign  ___________ Teanhorn.  There were commanding other companies, in this town,  Capt. John Peterman, _____________.  In this town marched to Germantown, marching all night and arriving just before the battle between Americans and British, the latter being commanded by Genl Howe.  After serving two months was again [Begin underline] discharged [End underline] by Genl Potter, but recd [received] from him no written discharge, but recd [received] one from Capt. [Begin underline] Longstreath [End underline], which is lost.
     After he returned home remained there till the 18th. of February following the above named battle of Germantown, when he was taken prisoner by the British, this the instrumentallity of the [Begin underline] refugees, [End underline] and remained a prisoner five months.

     In July 30, AD. 1782. having removed to Louden [Loudoun] County, Virginia, some time previous, was again drafted, (or my class ordered out,) for another tour of two months.  This tour served altogether from the time of entering the services [Begin underline] three [End underline] months till he arrived at home.  After entering service this tour, marched to Fredericksburgh, thence to Bowling Green,  thence