Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,968, Thomas Divine, Del.

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SERVICE
Del.
Divine, Thomas
Jemima
NUMBER
2.968

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Declaration
In a matter of a Pension vested in, due to, and undrawn by Thomas Divine, late a private soldier of the Delaware Line on Continental Establishment, by the Act of Congress passed the 7th June 1838.
State of Tennessee}
Monroe County} SS.
This day personally appeared before me Alexander Sloan, an acting Justice of the Peace and one of the Justices of the County Court in and for said County and State, - Jemima Divine, a resident of said county and widow of Thomas Divine, deceased, late of said county, aged eighty-eight years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath depose and say that she is the widow of Thomas Divine a soldier of the Delaware Line on Continental Establishment during the Revolutionary War; - that he enlisted as a private in said line early in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six under a Captain Gray or Grey in Kent County, in the State of Delaware and served for six years until shortly after the surrender of Cornwallis   at Yorktown and was then honorably discharged; that he was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, and at the Siege of Yorktown, and was wounded by a cannon-ball in the inside of the left leg above the ankle, which her husband told her was received in a skirmish with the British where they fired across a small lake or pond, but she cannot now recollect the name of the place. - that the said Thomas Divine never drew Military Bounty Land to which she believes he was entitled by the acts and resolutions of Congress, nor did he ever apply for or receive a Pension when as an Invalid, or Revolutionary Soldier under the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832 or under any other act, that he was not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State at or before the time of his death; that she has no record or documentary evidence in her possession that will establish the service of her late husband, the said Th. Divine, nor does she now know of any living witness by whose testimony she can prove his said service And she further declares that she ^[insert] was married to the said Thomas Divine by Esqr Calhoun at the house of the said Calhoun within one mile of Black-swamp - cause way, in the County of Kent and State of Delaware in about one year after the discharge of the said Thomas Divine, to me; on the [blank] day of [blank] in the year seventeen hundred and eighty-two, the banes of matrimony first having been published; that at the time of the marriage the said Esqr Calhoun gave them a certificate thereof, which certificate & the discharge of her late husband she believes were burnt in the house of her husband in the waters of Packolet [Pacolet] river in Greenville District, South Carolina, in the year seventeen hundred and ninety or seventeen hundred and ninety-one; that her

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^[insert] husband the aforesaid Thomas Divine, died on the [illegible lined out] twentieth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty [illegible lined out] (1840), aged then about ninety years; that he resided at the time of his death in Monroe County Tennessee, & previous thereto he had resided in McMinn County Te. to which place he had removed from Greenville District South Carolina: that she was not married to the said Thomas Divine previous to his leaving the service but that the marriage took place at the time above stated, to wit, in the year seventeen hundred and eighty-two, & she is now a widow 
Jemima her [scribble] mark Divine
Witness F. M. Hood
Sworn to and subscribe by me the 30 day of August 1845.
Alex Sloan seal [hand circled]
a Justice of the Peace for Monroe Co. Te.

And I, Alexander Sloan, before whom the above declaration of Mrs. Jemima Divine has this day been made and sworn to, do hereby certify that I am personally well acquainted with her, & was acquainted with her late husband, Thomas Divine at and before the time of his death; that he died,  as well as I can recollect, on the 20th day of June 1840; that he was reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a revolutionary soldier & served as his widow states, and I concur in that opinion, that for years before his death he frequently stated his intention to myself and others of his neighbors, of applying for a Pension, but owing to his habits of intemperance failed to do so, having to my own personal knowledge attended court in Madisonville several times for that purpose, and as often became intoxicated before his business could be attended to. And I further certify that Jemima Divine is a credible & intelligent person, and from bodily infirmity, would be unable to appear in open court to make her declaration
Given under my hand this 30th day of August 1845.
Alex Sloan seal [hand circled]
a Justice of the Peace for Monroe County, Te

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State of Tennessee}
Monroe County} SS.
At a County Court begun & held at the Court-house in Madisonville on Monday the first day of September 1843 for the County and State aforesaid, came Jemima Divine, by her attorneys, into open Court when sitting for ordinary purposes, and presented for the approval of the Court the act of Alexander Sloan Esqr. one of its members, before whom the respective preceding declarations of the said Jemima Divine were made, as well as the depositions of Lydia Dill, Isam Avans, and Lucinda Avans in support of her claim to a Pension under the act of Congress of 7th July 1838, and of the 3rd of March 1843, and of the 17th June 1844, and her claim for arrears of Pension vested in her husband Thomas Divine by the Act of Congress of the 15th May 1828, and of the act of the 7th June 1832. And the said Court hereby ratifies and confirms the act of the said Alexander Sloan Esqr. and ordered that the clerk certify the same as well as the official character of the said Alexander Sloan Esqr.
I, John A. Stephens, Clerk of the Court aforesaid certify that the foregoing contains the [illegible lined out] proceedings had and done, before & by said Court in the matter of the claim of Jemima Divine for a Pension. And I further Certify that Alexander Sloan is, and was at the date of the respective declarations, and depositions taken before hand in said claim, an acting justice of the peace, duly commissioned & sworn, and one of the Justices of the County Court in and for the County & State aforesaid; and that his signature attached thereto is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of the said County, at office in Madisonville, this first day of September 1845.
John A Stephens [signature] Clerk

Approved and countersigned this 1st day of September 1845 in open court.} 
John Carson, Chairman
Wm. Williams
John P Cole} Esqrs. Justices of said Court.

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Transcript of Th. Divine - Family Reccord [sic]
Thomas Divine was born in the year of our Lord February 21. 1748
Jemima Divine was born in the year of our Lord Nov. 23rd 1755
and was married April 12th 1782.
the four first children dead born.
James Divine was born in the year of our Lord 1793. 20th April.
Thomas Divine was born in the year of our Lord February 24th 1795
Nancy Divine was born in the year of our Lord Jan. 30th 1798
Margaret Divine was born in the year of our Lord 1801. June 30th

State of Tennessee}
Monroe County}
I, James Divine, certify that the accompanying family reccord [sic] is a transcript of the original reccord [sic] of the births of myself and ^[insert] father's family and was made about 40 years ago and in the handwriting of Alexander Jordon
James Divine [signature]

Sworn to and subscribed before the [?] County Court for the County & State aforesaid in open session this first day of September 1845} John A Stephens Clk
John Carson Chairman
John P Cole
Wm. Williams Esqrs ^[insert] associate justices

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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section.
February 25, 1927

Mrs. J. E. Phillips
21 Howard St
Atlanta, Ga

Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim R. 2968, it appears that Jemima Divine applied for pension, April 9, 1845 while a resident of Monroe County, Tennessee, and alleged that her husband, Thomas Divine, while residing in Kent County, Delaware, enlisted in 1776 and served as a private in Captain Gray's Company of the Delaware Line, and was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, was wounded in the left leg in a skirmish with the British, and was at the Siege of York.
Her claim was not allowed, as she failed to furnish proof of his service.
It also appears in said claim, that Thomas Divine was born February 21, 1748, and came from

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Ireland to Kent County, Delaware and that he married ['there' lined out] April 12, 1782, [handwritten note inserted "in Kent to Del-] Jemima, daughter of Joseph Dill. She was born November 23, 1755. Soldier died June 20, 1840 in Monroe County, Tennessee. She stated that they moved to Greenville District, South Carolina, soon after they were married.
Children-
James born April 20, 1793.
Thomas " February 24, 1795.
Nancy " January 30, 1798.
Margaret " June 30, 1801.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
[handwritten note]
changed before sending out Feb. 25 - 1927
ok'd by Miss Wilson

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Mrs Divine called on me to know the date of a [?] Thomas Divine agt. Sammuel Bowen
I certify it was on the 28th day of May 1803 by me
Reuben Barrett
11 May 1806

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Thomas Divine paid paid [duplicate] ten for 1810
Rueben Barrett
James Daley paid ten for 1810
R Barrett

Mr. Thomas Divine you are summoned to appear in Greenville Court house on the first Monday after the fourth Monday in March next by ten o'clock to serve as a [?] or plea. Juror herein fail this 13th Jany. 1810
K. T. Walker JP

January 22nd 1813 Recd. of Jemima Divine four Dollars 37 Cents
full of anote of hand
Wm Lynch agent Thos Divine
Recd by me Benj Malin

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No 11995
Jemima Divine
Trn
[lined out]
Let to Mr. W. McTier Augs '45
to [?] 18 [?] 48-
to Let McKamy 23d Augt 1849
Act 7 July '38

No 11997
Jemima Divine
wdw of Thomas
Trn
Let to Mr W McTier Augs of 45
Act 7 July 1838

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In a matter of a Pension vested in, due to, and undrawn by Thomas Divine, late a soldier of Delaware Line on the Continental Establishment, by the Act of Congress passed the 15th day of May 1828. 
State of Tennessee}
Monroe County} SS.
This day personally appeared before me Alexander Sloan, an acting Justice of the Peace and one of the Justices of the County Court in and for said County and State, - Jemima Divine, a resident of said county and widow of Thomas Divine, lately deceased, aged 88 years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath depose and say that she is the widow of Thomas Divine a soldier in the Delaware Line on Continental Establishment during the Revolutionary War; - that he enlisted as a private in said line early in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six under a Captain Gray in Kent County, in the State of Delaware and served for six years until shortly after the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown and was then honorably discharged; that he was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, and at the Siege of York-town;  that the said Thomas Divine never drew Military Bounty Land to which she believes he was entitled by the acts and resolutions of Congress, nor did he ever apply for or receive a Pension  under the act of the 15th May, Eighteen hundred and twenty eight. that he was not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State; that he died on the twentieth day of June Eighteen hundred and forty, in Monroe county, Tennessee; that he

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removed to McMinn County Tennessee, the adjoining county to Monroe about twenty years before his death, and previous thereto he had resided in Greenville District South Carolina; that she is the lawful widow of the said Thomas Divine, and was married to him in said County, Delaware, about the [blank] day of [blank] in the year seventeen hundred and eighty two (1782); that the marriage was celebrated by Esqr Calhoun at his own house in said county, after the publication of the [?] of Matrimony who gave them a certificate thereof, but which has long since been lost or destroyed; and she hereby refers to her accompanying Declaration to obtain the benefits of the act of 7th July 1838, and the subsequent acts of Congress granting pensions to certain widows, and the evidence annexed in proof of her husband's the said Thomas Divine's service, her marriage & identity.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9th day of April 1845}
Jemima her X mark Divine
Alex Sloan seal [hand circled]
a Justice of the Peace, for Monroe Co,

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State of Tennessee}
Monroe County} SS
This day personally appeared before me Alexander Sloan an acting Justice of the peace in for said county and one of the Justices of the County Court for the County and State aforesaid, Isam Avans, a resident of said county, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath, depose and day that he was acquainted with Thomas Divine and his wife Jemima Divine in Greenville District South Carolina more than thirty years ago; that they were then reputed and believed to have been Lawfully married and it was so generally understood in the neighborhood in which they resided; that it was the general opinion in said neighborhood that Thomas Divine had been a soldier of the Revolution and that he concurs win that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 10th day April 1845} Isam Avans
Alex Sloan seal [hand circled]
A Justice of the Peace for said County}

State of Tennessee}
Monroe County} SS-
I, Lucinda Avans am now sixty eight years of age and reside in Monroe County Tennessee, I have been acquainted with Jemima Divine, who has made and sworn to the accompanying declaration & her late husband Thomas Divine for about fifty-three (53) years. They then resided in Greenville District South Carolina, and was then reputed and believed

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in the neighborhood in which they resided to have been man and wife, and I so believe them to have been lawfully so, and I further certify that agreeable to the best of my recollection, the widow of the said Thomas Divine has correctly stated his death in her said declaration; that the said widow of Thomas Divine, is an intelligent and credible person, and a woman of truth and integrity, that the aforesaid Thomas Divine, in the neighborhood in which he resided at and before the time of his death, was generally reputed & beleived to have been a soldier of the revolution, and served as his widow states in her declaration, and that I concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 10th April 1845} Lucinda her X mark Avins
Alex Sloan seal [hand circled]
a Justice of the peace for Monroe Co. Te.

State of Tennessee}
Monroe County} sct
I, Alexander Sloan, an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County, & one of the Justices of the County court for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby cirtify [sic] that I am well acquainted with Jemima Divine, who made & signed the declaration hereto affixed, before me at the time it bears date; that she is an intelligent and credible person. and I believe her to be eighty eight years of age: that she has correctly given the date of the death of her late husband, Thomas Divine, and that in the neighborhood in which he resided at and before

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the time of his death, he was generally believed and reputed to have been a ['revolution ary' lined out] soldier of the revolution, and I concur in that opinion. And I further certify that I am acquainted with Lydia Dill Isam Avans, and Lucinda Avans where severally been sworn to & have subscribed the several certificates hereto affixed; that they all reside in Monroe County, Tennessee, are intelligent and credible persons, and full credit ought to be givin [sic], & that the declarant would be unable to appear in court to make her declaration
Givin [sic] under my hand this 10th day of April 1845
Alex Sloan seal [hand circled]
a justice of the peace in and for said County & State

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State of Tennessee}
Monroe County} sct
I John A Stephens, Clerk of the County Court of the county and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Alexander Sloan is a justice of the peace in and for said county, and one of the Justices of the County Court for said County and State, duly commissioned and qualified; and that his commission was dated on the 21st day of March 1842 and will expire on the 21st day of March 1848 and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of the said County this 16th day of April 1845
John A Stephens clerk

State of Tennessee}
Monroe County} sct.
I, John Carson, presiding Justice of the County court in and for said county and State,, do hereby certify that John A. Stephens, is the Clerk of said court, duly elected and qualified as such; and that full faith and credit are due all his official acts
Given under my hand - the 16th day of April 1845.
John Carson seal [hand circled]
Chairman of the County court for Monroe County Te.

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No 11997
Jemima Divine
widow of Thomas
act 7 July 1838

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Maryville Ten.
June 7th 1845
J. L. Edwards Esqr. Commissioner of Pensions
Sir:
Herewith enclosed you will find a declaration and accompanying papers, of Mrs. Jemima Divine, of Monroe County, Tennessee, in a claim for a pension under the Acts of 1838, 1843 & 1844. Also a claim for arrearages alleged to be ^[insert] vested in & due to, but unapplied for by her late husband, Thomas Divine, under the act of the 15th May 1828.
Mrs. Divine is an entire stranger to us, but from information obtained by inquirers from us, of citizens of the neighborhood, it appears to be the general opinion of the neighborhood that Thomas Divine served as his widow states & that she was married to him at the time & place she mentions. In the absence of documentary proofs, we thought it best for her in her Declaration to state minutely the localities of the country where she was married, so as to test by the known geography of the country, the truth of her declarations. Mrs Lucinda Avans testifies that she knew the Applicant & her late husband as early as 1792, and that they then were reputed and believed to have been lawfully married. Other corroborative evidence is also introduced as well to prove the correctness of the widow's statements, as to prove the identity of her person. She has one son, with whom she resides,

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reputed to have been born in lawful wedlock, when own family record, which we examined, if we mistake not ^[insert] make him now near 60 years of age, and he is not the oldest of the family. We were informed by Mr. James A. Coffin, Clerk of the Chancery court at Madisonville, whose statements now corroborated by others, citizens of the same place, that Mr. Thomas Divine, repeatedly visited the town of Madisonville in his lifetime for the express purchase of procuring Mr. Coffin to prepare a declaration for him, but at each time before it could be attended to, he would become so much inebriated, it was impracticable to prepare a declaration understandingly. This vice excepted, he is reputed otherwise to have been a good citizen. 
No doubt was expressed by any of the acquaintances of the late Thomas Divine with whom we conversed, -and we conversed with a number - of his services in the Revolutionary Struggles for American Independence. 
There is no Minister of the Gospel residing in the neighborhood of Mrs. Divine, ^[insert] or with whom she is acquainted, therefore, a certificate of her standing - credibility & intelligence, by a minister of the Gospel, is not furnished. 
Respectfully
Montgomery & William McTier

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No 11997
Jemima Divine
widow of Thomas
Term
act 7 July 1838
2968

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Maryville, Tennessee}
October 1st 1845}
James L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions:
Sir: Enclosed we return to the Pension Office the papers in the claim of Mrs Jemima Divine, approved by the County Court of Monroe County in open session. We also forward attached thereto a declaration under the act of Congress of June 7th 1832, & a transcript of the Original Family Record of Thomas Divine
We learn that the Original Record has been found, which, if true, we will procure & forward to your office. The transcript herewith forwarded is taken from a copy in possession of James Divine, the oldest living child, - the original is said to be in possession of another son. This transcript & certificate, we regret, are taken in such a manner, as perhaps, not to establish satisfactorily the date of the marriage of Thomas Divine & Jemima Divine - the applicant. We have delayed forwarding the papers in this claim until now, in hopes of being able to forward the original Family Record, & a Certificate of service from the Secretary of State of Delaware, for both of which we have written, but have received neither as yet. 
Very Respectfully
Montgomery & William McTier

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Dover July 5th 1849
Dear Sir, 
I have thoroughly searched the archives of the Secretary's Office, for the evidence of the service of Thomas Divine in the war of the Revolution, but have not found his name, neither have I found the name of the Captain under whom he served (Gray or Grey). The Revolutionary papers of the Delaware line have been badly kept and I have no doubt that some of them are lost. A press of business has prevented me from attending to this matter sooner. 
John A. Moore Deputy Secretary of State, of the State of Del.
J. A. McKamy Esq
P. S. Mr. D. W. Bates Secr'y of State directs that you must send to me a fee of $5.00 for my trouble which has been no little. [underlined]
J. A. Moore

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Maryville Tenn
August 13th 1849
Dear Sir,
Having been employed by Messrs Montgomery & Wm McTier of this place to attend to the claims which they have filed in your office, I have made application to the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware "for any evidence ^[insert] in his office the service of Thomas Divine in the War of the Revolution", I herewith enclose his answer. State that there is no evidence of Thomas Divine's service in his office. But he also states that the rolls and other papers of the Revolutionary Army have been badly kept and some of the been lost
There is then no probability of ^[insert] obtaining any more evidence in support of Mrs Divine's claim 
She therefore hopes that as there is no more evidence which she can obtain, that her claim will be allowed. She is very old & in indigent circumstances so much so that has to rely upon others entirely for a support.
The Original family record has not been found as stated by Messrs McTeirs, then a paper found which was supposed by one of her sons to be the one required by you but upon examination I find it is not the one

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If you think that more evidence will be required I fear the claim will never be established.
Very Respectfully
J. A. McKamy
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

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J A McKamy Esq
23 August 1849

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Pension Office
August 23d 1849
Sir
The certificate of the Secretary of State of Delaware enclosed by you in suport [sic] of the claim of Jemima Divine, wid of Thomas Divine, offered no evidence of her husbands alleged service in the Line of that state.
For the reasons heretofore stated we cannot admit this claim. The evidence of the service of claimants husband as well as the date of their marriage is defective
J A McKamy Esq
Marysville Ten

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Pension Office
August [July lined out] 9 1845
Sir,
The papers in the case of Jemima Divine wdw of Thomas Divine under the act of 7 July 1838 have been examined and are herewith returned in order that he proceedings before the single magistrate may be submitted to, and allowed by a court of Record in open session.
This claim is made for services in the Delaware Line the certificate of the Secretary of State of that State, should be procured showing the service of Thomas Divine; no proof whatever on this point has been filed [lined out] received. 
The date of the marriage must be established by record or documentary evidence public or private. If as it is alleged, one of the sons has a record of his age which shows that he is 60 years old, made more than 20 years ago, it should be provided to this office; this may possibly furnish the proof required
Those only who were in service in

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the continental line as the conclusion of the war were entitled to pensions under the act of 1828. It appears from Mrs Divines statement that her husband was discharged shortly after the surrender of Cornwallis at York Town, which took place n 1781. Her claim therefore is not embraced by the act of 1828; Mrs. Divine should make a declaration under the act of 1832
The fact that Thomas Divine  [illegible lined out] was living until 1841 without having applied for the benefits of any of the pension laws, is well calculated to create a doubt about his having rendered sufficient service to entitle him to ['a' lined out] their pensions. To remove this doubt the most satisfactory record ['of his service' lined out] [?] only, will be deemed sufficient.
Mess. Montgomery & William McTier
Maryville Ten.

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M. & W. McTier
Nov 18 48

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Pension Office
Novm 18 1845
Sir, 
The papers of Mrs. Jemima Divine wdw of Thomas Divine have been ['received' lined out] examined and filed
No further action ['will' lined out] can be had in this case until the certificate of the Secretary of State of Delaware showing any evidence the records in his possession ^[insert] may furnish of the service and the original family record heretofore required ['in this case' lined out] shall have been received.
Mess Montgomery & William McTier
Maryville Tenn.

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Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 5, 1927.
Hon. Winfield Scott,
Dept. of the Interior,
Washington, D. C. 
Dear Sir:
I wonder if it would be possible for you to furnish ^[insert] me with the Revolutionary Record of Service of Thomas Divine who enlisted from South Carolina or could possibly have been from Penna. His wife's name (if he married before or during the Rev. war) was Jamima Dill from Pennsylvania and Greenland. I would like date of enlistment, Rank, organization, date of discharge and any other information on his service you can furnish me. 
I wish this information for our family record and it is of value to me for that. If you are not authorized to furnish this information will you please hand my letter to the proper person? Thanks.
Mrs. J. E. Phillips
21 Howard street

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['Acts of July, 1862, and March 3, 1873.' lined out]
2968
Jemima Divine
REJECTED [ink stamp]
The printed list of 1852 shows reasons for suspension
"Proof defective of service and of marriage."
1927 - Feb. 25 - Hist to Mrs. J. E. Phillips - owf.
Melburn Divine
800 W. Locust St. 
Johnson City Tenn
June 1955

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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows," (and an act approved the 23rd day of August 1842 amendatory thereof, and a resolution approved the 16th day of August 1842, entitled "A resolution declarative of the Pension Act of July 7th 1838.") and the act of the 3rd March 1843 granting one year's pay and pensions to certain widows, and the act of the 17 June 1844 continuing certain persons on the Pension roll four years longer
State of Tennessee}
Monroe County} SS
On the ninth (9) day of April eighteen hundred and forty five (1845) personally appeared before me Alexander Sloan an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and one of the associate Justices of the County court for the County and State aforesaid, Jemima Divine, a resident of the said county of Monroe and thirteenth Civil District thereof, aged Eighty-eight (88) 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 7 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows," (and an act approved the 23d day of August 1842 amenditory [sic] thereof; and a resolution approved the 16th day of August 1842, entitled "A resolution declarative of the Pension act of July 7th 1838,") and the act of the 3rd March 1843 granting one year's pay and pensions to certain widows, and the act of the 17th June 1844 continuing certain persons on the Pension roll four years longer, That she is the widow

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of Thomas Divine late of Monroe county, Tennessee, and formerly of the County of Kent & State of Delaware, who was a private soldier in the Delaware line on Continental Establishment and belonged to a company commanded by a Captain Gray, was enlisted by the said Captain Gray or Grey at said Gray's house in Kent County, Delaware, about the first of the year seventeen hundred and seventy six (1776) and she believes belonged toa Regiment commanded by a Col Fountain or some such name; that he served for six years & during that time was in the battle of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, and Siege of Yorktown and was honorably discharged shortly after the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown in the State of Virginia; that she has frequently seen the discharge of her late husband, but which is now destroyed; that about the year seventeen hundred and ninty [sic], (1790) or ninty-one [sic], ('91) - her husband the said Thomas Divine having a short time before that time removed to and settled on Pacolet river in Greenville District, South Carolina, had his house burnt and that this discharge was burnt therein. - his residence then was in about eighteen miles of Reedy creek.  She further declares that in about one year, or something less, after the discharge of her said husband, Thomas Divine, and of his return home to Kent County, Delaware, to which place he had emigrated from Ireland previous to the War of the Revolution, & where he resided at the time of his enlistment - She was married tot he said Thomas Divine by Esqr Cahoun, or Cahoon who resided in Kent County, Delaware, within one mile of Black Swamp causeway and that the marriage was celebrated at the house of the said Esqr Cahoon, after publication

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of the bands of Matrimony on or about the [blank] day of [blank] seventeen hundred and eighty-two, (1782) that her father, Joseph Dill, then resided within about ['about' lined out] five miles of Choptank bridge; that after the marriage they removed to Greenville District, South Carolina, as aforesaid, thus to McMinn County Tennessee, & lastly to Monroe County in said State where she continues to reside; that her husband the said Thomas Divine died on the 20th June 1840 there aged about ninety (90) years; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service; but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz: at the time above stated. And she further declares that she has no documentary evidence of the service of her said husband or of her marriage to him, the certificate thereof given then by the said Esqr. Cahoun, being long since lost and destroyed, nor does she know of any living person by whom she could prove as to the service of her said husband Thomas Divine, or positively prove her marriage to him. And she further declares that during the term of his said service he was wounded by a cannon shot on the inside of the left leg above the ankle and that scar was visible, being very large up to the time of his death.
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and date above written} 
Jemima her X mark Divine
Alex Sloan seal [hand circled]
a justice of the peace for Monroe Co. Te

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State of Tennessee}
Monroe County} SS.
This day personally appeared before me Alexander Sloan an acting Justice of the peace in & for the County aforesaid and one of Justices of the county court for said county and State, Lydia Dill a resident of said county, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath, depose and say that she was acquainted with Thomas Divine & his wife Jemima Divine upwards to thirty years ago; that Jemima Divine is the widow of the said Thomas Divine, that when she was first acquainted with them they were living in Greenville District in South Carolina; that the said Jemima Divine was there reputed and believed to be the lawful wife of the said Thomas Divine; that there, he was believed in the neighborhood in which he resided to have been a revolutionary soldier & that she concurs in that opinion; that she has frequently seen a large scar on his left leg which he said was a flesh wound by a cannon ball.
Sworn to and subscribed this 9th day of April 1845, before me} Lydia her X mark Dill
Alex Sloan seal [hand circled]
a Justice of the peace

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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
NAME Dix, Benjamin
GRADE Corporal
LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 5706
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED Oct. 7, 1789 to Benj. Tallmadge