Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6495, Thomas Alexander, N. C.

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N.C.		Alexander, Thomas		S.6495
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	12171
North Carolina
_________________
Thomas Alexander
of Meckenburg in the State of N.Car.
who was a pr: __ in the __ commanded
by Captain __ of the Regt commanded
by Col. Irwin in the N.Car
line for 15 mo.
_________________
inscribed on the Roll of N.Carolina
at the rate of 50 dollars__ Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
_________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 3d day of April
1833 and Sent to Isaac
Alexander Charlotte . 2a NC
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833	100-
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept ~	25
					_____
					$125-

		{ Revolutionary Claim, }
		{ Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk,
Book E Vol. 6 Page 33

[right side of page]
See letter to Hon H. W. Conner June
11. 1834--
Order to pay 4 Nov 1837.
Same . . . 21. Oct 1839. [ink blot]
Same 12 Nov. 1844.
Let Ha[ink blot]ch Dickey July 23/5
Ada ou den [illegible] [illegible]
[illegible]
	[illegible]

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Thomas Alexander

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State of North Carolina }
Mecklenberg County }
Court of Pleas and quarters
Sessions August From 1 to 32 
on this 28th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open 
Court before the justices of the said Court open and held 
for the County aforesaid on the [illegible] day of August 1832 
now sitting Thomas Alexander a resident of the County 
of Mecklenberg aged 79 — 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 passed June 7th 1832 — that he 
was born in the County of Mecklenberg State of North 
Carolina in the year — 1752 — that he has no record of his 
age nor does he know of any — that he was living in the county 
of Mecklenberg aforesaid when he first entered into the 
service during the Revolutionary War — that he entered in 
the year 1775 — ["or 1776" crossed out] as a private and was a volunteer under 
Captain John Springs on a scouting party to protect the 
frontiers from the indian incursions — that he was out 
upon the head of the Catawba about six weeks — there 
was no officer upon this tour ["any officer" crossed out] higher than 
a Captain and that the next tour that he was out -- was against 
the tories on the frontiers of South Carolina about [cross out] 
Ninety Six -- under Ezekiel Polk as captain — about three 
months he was engaged in this excursion — and returned 
with said Polk after the expiration of said service 
into North Carolina — this was in 1775 [cross out] That in 1776 he 
again volunteered as a private under William ["Alexander} crossed out] 
as his captain -- the superior officers were Col Robert 
Irwin and Colonel Adam Alexander and the gener
al [general] commanding was Genl. Rutherford — they marched 
from Charlotte to the Qaaker [Quaker] Meadows upon the head 
of the Catawba and from there across the Blue Ridge 
into the Cherokee country against the indians of 
that name — that this tour he served five months and 
[cross out]^ discharged by General Rutherford — in the Cherokee nation

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that after the fall of Chaleston [Charleston] in 1780 was appoin
ted [appointed] by General Thomas^ Polk a captain and was detailed 
with a ["bod" crossed out] company with orders to guard a magazine 
at Charlotte — that he performed this duty for the 
period of about three months — until the said magazine 
was removed which was on the evening before the British 
came into Charlotte under Cornwallis — some time in August 
of the year 1780 —. that he ["again" crossed out] volunteered in 1779 under 
Captain William Polk and served on a scouting 
party for six weeks — and marched into the State of 
South Carolina — on the waters — for the purpose of 
overaweing the tories — that after Cornwallis left Charlotte 
in his pursuit of Green — decarant [declarant] raised a company of 
mounted men equiped [equipped] with swords and rifles and placed 
himself under Colonel Williams of South Carolina who 
had been ordered to guard the Lee chase & ford on the 
Catawba — and went on under Williams after Cornwallis 
— Williams afterwards placed himself under Colonel Lee 
of the Continental line — with declarants company. ["and" crossed out] 
who was engaged ["was" crossed out] in the Battle with Coll. [Col.] Pyles a tory 
on Haw River — after which he returned Home — the said 
Thomas Alexander further declares — that he and five others 
who were in the state of South Carolina in 1781 — volunteered 
["was" crossed out] under ["Col" crossed out] Major Davy and was with him in the 
battle of the Hanging Rock and was with the said Davy 
about two weeks — that after Gates defeat at Camden 
he was appointed quarter master with orders to 
attend to the Hospital established in Charlotte — 
he performed this duty for five or six weeks — 
that the whole time he was out was about sixteen 
months — that he has no documentary evidence by which 
he can prove that he was in the United States service during 
the revolutionary war — that he was always discharged re
gularlly [regularly] — but his discharges were verbal — that altho 
he acted as a captain he never received a commission as

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captain — that since the Revolutionary was he has constantly 
resided in the County ["in the" crossed out] of Mecklenberg aforesaid 
[start bracket at left marked "omit] that 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 and 
that as to his character for truth he refers to the cer
tificate [certificate] of the Reverend Robert Hall Morrison as to 
to [sic] the fact of his having served in the Revolutionary 
War he refers to the certificate of ["Isaac" crossed out] Isaac Alexan
der [Alexander] and of cross out] Laird H Harris ["and" crossed out] he further declares that 
the whole time that ^ he served he uniformly served as 
a volunteer
Sworn to and subscribed the day 
and year aforesaid — [end bracket at left marked "omit] [signature] Thos. Alexander
We [cross out] Laird H Harris [cross out] residing in 
the County of Mecklenberg and Isaac S Alexander and 
Robert Robinson both of the same County hereby certify that 
we are well acquainted with Thomas Alexander 
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declar
ation [declaration] that we believe him to be seventy nine 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 — Isaac Alexander and Robert 
Robinson both further swear that the said Thom
as [Thomas] Alexander was out in the Revoulutionary [Revolutionary] 
war as a private on a tour of five months under 
General Rutherford as stated in his declaration 
sworn and subscribed the day 
and year aforesaid 
	[signature] Laird H Harris
	[signature] Isaac Alexander
	[signature] Robert Robinson

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	Sess 25
		10,924
And the said Court do hereby declair [declare] their opinion 
after the investigation of the matter and after putting 
the interrogatories proscribed by the War department 
that the above named applicant was a revolutionary 
soldier and served as he states __ and the Court 
further certifies that it appears to them that Robert 
Hale Morrison who has signed the proceeding certif
icate [certificate] is a clergyman resident in the said County 
and that Isaac Alexander and Robert Robinson 
who has also signed the same [ink blot] are residents 
of said County and are credible persons and 
that their statement is entitled to credit __ .

I Isaac Alexander Clerk of the Court of pleas 
and quarter sessions opened and held for the 
County of Mecklenberg on the 4th Monday of August 
1832 do hereby certify that the foregoing contains 
the original proceedings of the said Court in the 
matter of the application of Thomas Alexander 
for a Pension. the testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and seal of office at office at 
Charlotte this 28th day of August AD. 1832
	[signature] Isaac Alexander Clerk

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Thomas Alexander
	N. Carolina


Admit as private
fr. 15 mo. $50=
from 1775
Cd [illegible] NC.

10924

Isaac Alexander
Charlotte
	NC

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BRIEF in the case of Thomas Alexander
Pr of Mecklenburg in the State of N.C.
	(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court of a Judge? open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [no answer]
3. How old is he? 79
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.
In 1775 volunteer | about 1  14 | private | Cap Springs
" " |   3 . . | " | Cap Polk
1776 " |   5 | " | Cap Alexander Col Irwin
Augt 1780 |   3 | Captain | . . . Genl. Polk
1779 |   1  14 |  | Cap Polk
  |   1  14 | Qter Master | Col [illegible]  Col Williams
he said his whole time of service was about 15 months
5. In what battles was he engaged? 
	Battle of Hanging Rocks
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Mecklenburg N. Carolina
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary 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?
	the time of service is no precise
	X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above 
mentioned.
	[signature] George Payton
		Examining Clerk.

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State of North Carolina }
Mecklenburg County }

	We the undersigned citizens of Mecklenburg 
County_ do hereby certify that we were near 
neighbours of Capt. Thomas Alexander during 
his lift time and the life of his wife Jane. 
they were always reputed to have been legal-
ly [legally] married -- and we know that they lived 
together as man and wife until separa-
ted [separated] by the death of Jane his wife --
	And we further certify that Thomas 
Alexander and Jane his wife raised a fam
ily [family] of Children, the youngest of whom now 
living is Edwin Alexander who is now 
applying for an increase of pension --
	May 28th 1852 --
	test [signature] Thomas Hunter
	[signature] Jno. Kirk senor
	[signature] Susanna 
			Alexander
	[signature] Josiah Montgomery
	[signature] D.T. Caldwell

	I Thomas Hunter of the County of Mecklenberg and 
State of North Carolina do hereby certify that I was born & 
raised in said County -- that I am now about sixty seven 
years old, my father Henry Hunter was a pensioner of the 
United States for Revolutionary services -- I have heard my 
father say that he served under Thomas Alexander 
whilst he was Captain in the Revolution, if my recollec
tion [recollection] serves me right.
	[signature] Thomas Hunter

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State of North Carolina }
Mecklenburg County }
I William Davidson one of the Justices of 
the Peace in and for the County and State 
aforesaid do hereby certify that I am well 
acquainted with Thomas Hunter, John Kirk, 
Susanna Alexander, Josiah Montgomery 
and David T Caldwell who signed the fore 
going [foregoing] certificates, and I know them to be 
respectable citizens of this County, and their 
statements are entitled to full credit,
	Given under my hand this 31st 
day of May A.D. 1852
	[signature] Wm. Davidson J.P.

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[page torn away at top and left]
Alexander decd
	12171
[page torn] , in the State of [left blank]
[page torn] pint in the Capt, commanded
[page torn] __ [blank] of the __ [blank] commanded
[page torn] [blank] in the __ [blank], 
[page torn] for Revolution
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Inscribed on the Roll of Fayetteville
[page torn] the rate of 100 Dollars -- Cents per annum,
[page torn] commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. Ending
28, Dec, 1844
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Certificate of Pension issued the 3d day of Aug [illegible]
~~~ and Sent to
	Hon. A. Dockery
	H of R
Arrears to the 4th of [blank]
Semi-annul allowance ending
	Incd from $50.

	{ Revolutionary Claim, }
	{ Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by R McRue Clerk,
	[illegible] Vol. 6 Page [illegible]

[right side of page at perpendicular]
[page torn] h 19th Oct. 1853.
[page torn] ant 26 May 1854.

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State of North Carolina }
Mecklenburg County }

On this 29th day of May A. D. 1852, personally 
appeared before me the undersigned Justice 
of the Peace in and for the County and State 
aforesaid, Edwin Alexander a resident of the 
County of Mecklenburg and State of North Carolina 
aged 56_ 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, passed June 7th 1832, 
and all other acts of Congress touching this case,
	That he is the son and executor of the 
late Thomas Alexander deceased, who was 
a soldier of the Revolution, and served in the 
N. Carolina Continental Line, as will appear by refer
ence [reference] to the records now on file in the Pension Office 
	That he has often heard his Father say he was in one 
Campaign against the Cherokee Indians, during which 
time he took part in several skirmishes, that he 
was also at the battle of the Hanging Rock in the 
State of South Carolina, under the command of Col
Robert Irwin -- that he was one of a detachment 
commanded by Col Lee, in endeavouring to surprise 
Col. Tarlton [Tarleton] in his camp on Haw River in N. Carolina 
but were prevented, by coming in contact with a 
large body of Tories, who gave battle, and Tarlton [Tarleton] 
hearing the report of their gains, made his escape, 
	That deponent has frequently heard his Father 
speak of serving as Captain of a company some 
five or six months, a part of which time he and 
his company guarded the public Magazine while 
in Charlotte, N. Carolina --

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	Deponent has often heard his Father Thomas 
Alexander say that he did receive from the 
Government of the U. States the amount of pension 
to which he was justly entitled on account of his 
services, that when making his application for 
a pension, he was unable to prove the amount of 
service rendered by him, particularly the service 
he rendered as Captain, there was no living 
witness by whom he could prove the fact, and 
that he had lost all his papers in relation to his 
appointment as Captain --
	Deponent further states that he was ap-
pointed [appointed] executor by the last will and testa-
-ment [testament] of his said Father, and in that way came 
in possession of all his papers, and that in 
looking over a large quantity of old papers that 
had been thrown promiscuously together in an 
old box -- he came across an old paper in the 
following words viz = [begin circled text] "I have just recd orders from 
General Rutherford to continue your company at 
Charlotte for some time, with those men I am now 
a raising & which as to be at Charlotte on friday [sic] the 
ninth instant, at which I hope to see you with 
your Company which composed the guard [guard] for the 
Magazine at Charlotte in order to joyn [join] the troops 
June 7th 1780-- 
	V. I am your obt serv
	Robt Irwin Capt M. M [end circled text]
[begin circled text] To Capt Thos Alexander"
on the back of said paper appears the following writing 
viz = "On ["the" cross out] Publick servis
To Capt Thomas Alexander
By Express" [end circled text]
the original of which is herewith presented

[under above page, portion of typed page follows]
THO. J. SUMNER, Assistant.

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	Deponent further states that his Father the 
said Thomas Alexander was married to 
Jane Morrison one or about the [blank space]
A.D. 17 [blank space] and that the said Thomas and 
Jane lived together as man and wife 
until Jane his wife died which occurred in 
the month of June A. D. 1819 -- That 
deponent and his two sisters Margaret 
Wilson & Arrabella Alexander are the 
only surviving children by said mar-
riage [marriage] --
	Sworn to and subscribed before 
me
	[signature] F. M Ross JP.  [signature] Edwin Alexander
And I Francis M Ross a justice of the Peace 
as aforesaid, do hereby certify that I am per-
sonally [personally] acquainted with Edwin Alexander 
who signed the foregoing declaration, & know 
him to be a worthy respectable citizen of Meck-
lenburg [Mecklenburg] County. and entitled to full credit--
	And I further certify that the ["obituary" crossed out] Thomas 
Alexander, whose obituary I have appended 
to this my certificate, and upon which I have 
marked the initials of my name, is the identical 
Thomas Alexander referred to in the foregoing 
declaration -- I cut it, with my own hands 
from a paper called the Charlotte Journal 
bearing date the 17th of January 1845 -- and 
published at that time in the town of Charlotte 
N. Carolina --
	[signature] F. M. Ross JP.
[under above page, portion of typed page follow]
DIED
[obscured] Instant, LEOPOLD,

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riage --
	Sworn to and subscribed before 
me
	[signature] F. M Ross JP.  [signature] Edwin Alexander
And I Francis M Ross a justice of the Peace 
as aforesaid, do hereby certify that I am per-
sonally [personally] acquainted with Edwin Alexander 
who signed the foregoing declaration, & know 
him to be a worthy respectable citizen of Meck-
lenburg [Mecklenburg] County. and entitled to full credit--
	And I further certify that the ["obituary" crossed out] Thomas 
Alexander, whose obituary I have appended 
to this my certificate, and upon which I have 
marked the initials of my name, is the identical 
Thomas Alexander referred to in the foregoing 
declaration -- I cut it, with my own hands 
from a paper called the Charlotte Journal 
bearing date the 17th of January 1845 -- and 
published at that time in the town of Charlotte 
N. Carolina --
	[signature] F. M. Ross JP.
[newspaper clipping attached at bottom of page]
	DIED
In this town, on the 14th instant, LEOPOLD, 
infant son of T. J. and R. R. Holton, aged one
month.
[hand-drawn initials] FMR
	OBITUARY
	Died, in Mecklenburg county, on Saturday the 
28th December, 1844, in the 92d year of his age, 
Maj. THOMAS ALEXANDER. The deceas-
ed [deceased] was a soldier of the Revolution, who, by his 
high character, his great age, and dignified man-
ners [manners] connected the existing generation with that 
race of patriots, who lived in times of trial and 
of danger in the county of Mecklenburg. He 
was by blood allied to the two most distinguished 
families of that period, the Polks and Alexan-
ders [Alexanders], and in his own person blended many of the 
qualities peculiar to each. He was remarkable 
for the highest courage and the greatest modesty 
-- for marked dignity of personal deportment and 
a disposition the most cheerful and a heart over-
flowing [overflowing] with kindness. He crowned all his vir-
tues [virtues] by a simple unostentatious and humble piety 
and concluded a life protracted to a period exten-
ding [extending] long beyond that allotted to mankind with-
out [without] a blot and without reproach and with the res-
pect [respect], the affection and veneration of all who knew 
him. Recurring, as we do with the deepest in-
terest [interest] to the early history of our country we can-
not [cannot] but weep over the death of one who is almost 
the sole survivor of this glorious brotherhood, tho' 
he has been gathered to them as a "sheaf ripe 
for the harvest." --Communicated.

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I Binly Oates Clerk of the Court of 
Please and Quarter Sessions for the 
County of Mecklenburg and State of 
North Carolina, do hereby certify that 
Francis M Ross is a justice of the 
Peace, in and for said County, duly 
Commissioned and Qualified, and 
that the signatures attached to the 
foregoing declaration and certificate 
purporting to be his, are genuine -- 
	In testimony whereof
I have hereunto sub-
scribed my name and 
affixed the Seal of My 
office this 31st day of May 
A.D. 1852
	[signature] B. Oates Clerk of 
	Mecklenburg Co. Court
[illegible seal affixed at left]

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June 10 52
Mr Cole
Thos Alexander
N C D 32

Hon A. Dockery
H.R.

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I William Davidson of the County 
of Mecklenburg & State of N. Carolina 
Do hereby certify that I was commissioned 
In said County, that I am nearly 
seventy four years old, and I have^ known 
Major Thomas Alexander & his wife 
Jane from my earliest recollection, they 
were then living together as man & wife 
which so continued to live until Jane 
his wife died, it was a family of high 
Respectability, and I never heard the 
Legality of their Marriage questioned 
I also knew there [sic] children, one of 
them I do not recollect whether the 
oldest or not, was a presbyterian 
Minister & if he was now living 
would not be much short of my own 
age, I am also acquainted with the [sic] 
their surviving children of Major Thoms.
Alexander. viz, Margaret Wilson, 
Arrabella Alexander & Edwin Alexander 
Who are very respectable, all of 
whom have grown Children & 
Mrs. Margaret Wilson has grown 
Children, 
	Major Thomas Alexander 
was a soldier of the Revolutionary war

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with Great Britain, and has always 
Been Considered as having Served 
his Country with Considerable merit 
as an officer & otherwise he died 
at an advanced age respected
By the whole Community
	Given under my hand this 1st day of June 1852
	[signature] Wm Davidson

State of North Carolina }
Mecklenburg County } 
	I Francis M Ross one of the Justices of 
the Peace in and for the County and State 
aforesaid, do hereby certify that William 
Davidson who wrote and signed the fore-
-going [foregoing] certificate, is an old and highly respect-
-able [respectable] citizen of Mecklenburg County, and his 
statements entitled to full faith and credit
	In testimony whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand this 1st day of June 185[page folded]
	[signature] F. M. Ross JP.

I Isaac Campbell aged 75 years am a native of Mecklenburg County 
and I have known Maj. Thoms Alexander & wife Jane from my earliest 
days. and fully concur with William Davidson in the

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statements made by him in the foregoing certificate --
June 1st 1852
[signature] Isaac Campbell
[flourish]
[signature] F. M. Ross JP.


State of North Carolina }
Mecklenburg County }
	I Braly Oates clerk of the Court 
of Pleas and Quarter Sessions held for the County 
aforesaid do hereby certify that William 
Davidson and F. M. Ross whose names appear 
to the foregoing Certificates are acting Justices 
of the Peace in and for said County and that 
the signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine 
	In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my name and affixed my 
seal of Office at Charlotte this 
1st day of June A. D. 1852.
	[signature] B. Oates Clerk of 
	Mecklenburg Co. Court
[illegible seal affixed at left]

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Rev. War Section.
[illegible initials]

	February 20, 1918.
Ella Ross,
855 Eastwood Ave.,
Chicago, Illinois.
Madam:
	In response to your letter dated the thirteenth instant, 
you are advised that Thomas Alexander Survivor's File No. 6495 
Rev. War, was allowed pension on his application executed Aug-
ust [August] 28, 1832, while a resident of Mecklenburg County, North Car-
olina [Carolina].
	He state that he was born in 1753, in Mecklenburg Co., 
N. C., where he resided when he entered the Revolutionary service 
as follows:
	Volunteered in 1775, as a Private, under Captain John 
Springs, to protect the frontiers from the Indians; six weeks.
	Same year, under Captain Ezekiel Polk, against the Tories 
near Ninety Six, South Carolina; three months.
	Volunteered in 1776, Private, under Captain William Alex-
ander [Alexander], and Colonels Robert Irwin and Adam Alexander, against the 
Cherokee Indians; five months.
	In 1779, under Captain William Polk, against the Tories 
on the Wateree, S. C.; six weeks.
	Afterrfall [after fall] of Charleston, 1780, he was appointed Captain 
of a company to guard the Magazine at Charlotte, N. C.; about 
three months.
	Volunteered under Major Davy, and was at the battle of 
Hanging Rock; two weeks.
	After Gates' Defeat, appointed Quartermaster for the Hos-
pital [Hospital] at Charlotte, N. C.; five or six weeks.
	After Cornwallis left Charlotte, 1781, he raised a com-
pany [company] of mounted me, placed himself under Colonel Williams of 
South Carolina and Colonel Lee of the Continental line, and was 
in the battle of Haw River, after which he returned home.
	He married Jane Morrison, date and place not stated. 
She died in June 1819, and he died December 28, 1844 in Mecklen-
burg [Mecklenburg] Co., N.C., Only surviving children in 1852: Margaret Wilson, 
Arrabella Alexander and Edwin Alexander who was 56 years old.
	Very respectfully,
	[signature] G M Saltzgaber
	Commissioner.

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[left side of page]
1918 Feby. 20. Hist. to Ella Ross. ¢

[right side of page]
[at angle on left] Rev War
6495
[checkmark] INVALID.
__________	[at angle] Died Dec 28 1844
File No. 6495
Thomas Alexander
Priv Rev. War
__________
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:--Vol. A, Page 6
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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N Carolina Agency
~~~~
Thomas Alexander dcd
who was a Captain & 
private N.C. troops
~~~~
Ad Act June 7. 1832
12 mo private 	$40
4 mo Capt. 	60
		____
		$100
Com March 4, 1831.
Pnd Dec 28th 1844 when
he died -- deducting former
payments at $50 pr ann
---
Payable to
	Margaret Wilson,
	Arabella Alexander
		&
	Edwin Alexander, only
[illegible], to
_____
Hon A Dockery,
		H.R.

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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 Alexander 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? [no answer]
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? yes
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? yes

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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 revolu-
tionary [revolutionary] service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, in there any reason assigned for not obtain-
ing [obtaining] it? [no answer]
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 had? [no answer]
XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness 
or witnesses as to his service? yes
	If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, 
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes
	Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the 
regulations direct? yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, 
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
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? yes
__________
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how 
long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an 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 recol-
lection [recollection] he served no less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For ——year ——— months, and —— days, I served as a ——— For ——— months 
and ——— days, I served as a ———; and for such service I claim a pension.

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	It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each 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 in-
definite [indefinite], and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions 
merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the 
officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objection-
able [objectionable]. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration 
of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the 
applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either 
in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not em-
ployed [employed] in any civil pursuit.
†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 the 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 magis-
trate [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 authenticates the papers is not 
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the cer-
tificate [certificate] must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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.
	[right-pointing hand icon] In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of 
office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the 
certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

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	Pension Office
	Fayetteville Nov 4th 1844.
James S Edwards Esquire.
	Commissioner of Pensions
		Sir--
			Please direct the 
payment of Thomas Alexander promotion.
[illegible]. 32. [illegible] mo-- $50.
	Sincerely
		respectfully
			your Obt srvt
			[signature] James S Edwards
			Aty.

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Brief in the case of Thomas Alexander, decd
Mecklenburg County and State of N. Carolina.
	act June 7, 1852 [sic].
==========
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
He was pensioned for 15 months service as 
a private--Reced evidence [illegible] that 
three months of this service was in the grade
of Captain.
(If for increase.)
	Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Name and residence of Agent
[signature] Hon. A. Dockery.
		H.R.
			Examining Clerk.
			[signature] Ogden Niles

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	(Washington City
	October 5th. 1853.
Sir,
	Please inform me what 
progress has been made in the 
case of Edwin Alexander, Son of Capt.
Thomas Alexander of North Carolina 
for a Revolutionary Pension, filed 
May 25th. 1852.
	Very Respectfully
	Your obdt. Servt.
	[signature] John Y. Bryant
	per William H. Dietz

To
	Hon. L. P. Waldo
	Comr. of Pensions

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	Washington City
	May 23rd 1854.
Sir,
	I beg leave to call you attention to the claim 
of the heirs of Capt. Thomas Alexander, who was as 
they believe, erroneously pensioned, under the act 
of 7th July 1832, at the rate of only $100.-- per annum, 
while the evidences on file in your office shows him 
to have been in active service for [begin underling] sixteen months [end underling]. 
	A re examination of this case is respectfully 
requested, with the views to an increase of pension 
to the amt. to which he was really entitled.
	Herewith is a statement by the Comptroller 
of the State of N. Carolina, showing the payments 
made to Capt. Thos. Alexander.
	Very respectfully
	Your obdt. Servt.
	[signature] John Y. Bryant

Hon:
	L. P. Waldo
	Commr. of Pensions.
	Present.

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Capt. Thomas Alexander.
Book	N. 7.	Page 24	£ 6.1S.
"	" 3	" 17		£ 4.10S
"	" 7	" 20		£ 7. 7S. 6d.
"	" 8	" 31		£ 14. 4S.
"	" 8	" 31		£ 19. --
"	" 9	" 7		£ 6. --
"	" 10	" 41		£ 43. 5S. 8d.
"	" 7	" 20		£ 21. 10S. --
"	" E	" 78		£1200. currency Feby. 1781 paid
to Capt. Thomas Alexander, equal to £5.9S.8d. Specie, 
the depreciation being 210 for 1.
----------
Vol. A. 4717. Capt. Thos. Alexander for Militia
	services of himself & Company £463.1S.
	Specie.
Vol. A. 4722	Same £186.13S.6d. Specie.
----------
	Thomas Alexander also appears in Book I as 
Captain in Pickin's Corps of Cavalry. Also, 
in a book of Receipts, next to last page, for 
£12.15S.9d. Specie.

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[at upper right]
June 16/52
Mr Cob

[at upper left]
June 16./52
----------
Evi: of Thomas
Alexanders' service
----------

Honl. A. Dockery
	House of Reps.

[at lower left]
Fee due $5--

[at lower right]
Hon A. Dockery
	H.R.

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	State of North Carolina
	{ Comptroller's Office
I, William J. Clarke, Comptroller of public accounts 
in and for the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that 
it appears of record in my office, among the pay-
ments [payments] made by said State to sundry persons for 
Military services in the Revolutionary War, as 
follows, to wit:
Thomas Alexander
Book	N. 7.	Page 24	£ 6.1-- 		specie. --
"	" 3	" 17		£ 4.10 -- 	"
"	" 7	" 20		£ 7. 7S. D6 --	"
"	" 8	" 31		£ 15. 4	--	"
"	" 8	" 31		£ 19. --		"
"	" 9	" 7		£ 6. --		"
"	" 10	" 41		£ 43. 5S. D8-	"
"	" 7	" 20		£ 21. 10 --	"
"	" E	" 78		£1200. currency February 1781 paid
to Capt. Thomas Alexander, equal to £5.S9D8^ specie, the depre-
ciation [depreciation] being 210 for 1~
Vol. A. 4717 Capt. Thomas Alexander for Militia services 
of himself and company £463S1 specie
Same book 4722 ditto for ditto £186S13D6 specie~
Thomas Alexander also appears on Book "J." as a 
Captain in Pickens's Corps of Cavalry
Also on Book of Receipts, next to last page, receipt for 
£12S15D9 specie~
	In testimony whereof I have here-
unto subscribed my name and affix
ed [affixed] my seal of office this 2d day 
of June A.D. 1852
	[signature] Wm. J. Clarke Compt'r.
[illegible seal affixed lower left]

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Tho Alexander
NC
Additional Evidence

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X State of North Carolina }
Mecklenburg County} 
Court of Pleas and quarter
Sessions August Term 1833

	Be it remembered that on this 26th day of August 
in the year of Lord one thousand eight hundred & 
thirty three, Robert Robinson of the County of Mecklen
-burg [Mecklenburg] appeared before the worshipful [ink blot] Justices 
of Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions for said County 
now siting [sitting] and made the following declaration 
on oath he the said Robert Robinson being duly 
qualified thereto relative and touching the services 
of Thomas Alexander of the County of Mecklenburg 
aforesaid Pensioner of the United states as a Captain 
during the Revolutionary War who declares that 
in the^ year seventeen hundred & eighty he was well 
acquainted with Thomas Alexander that in the 
Fall of the same year he was stationed in Charlotte 
North Carolina and served as a Captain of Militia 
that his duty during that period was to guard 
the public stores and deposits belonging to the army 
of the United States that this was soon after Genl
Gates' defeat at Camden. that he was employed 
as one of the guard during the whole period and 
that he assisted a such in removing and [illegible] 
the stores and deposits aforesaid after the said defeat 
that he was a private under the said Thomas Alex
-ander [Alexander] who was his Captain and that he served 
under him for the term of three months the time 
for which he engaged--
	Sworn to & subscribed in 
open Court
	[signature] Robt. Robinson
				X
	[signature] B. Oates Clerk.

	We the undersigned Amos Alexander, Alexander Robeson & 
Robert Kerr residents of the County of Mecklen
-burg [Mecklenburg] aforesaid do hereby certify that we are well

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acquainted with Robert Robinson who has sworn 
and subscribed the preceeding [sic] declaration that he 
is reputed and believed in his neighbourhood to 
have been a soldier of the revolution that he is 
a creditable person and that any statement which 
he makes on oath is entitled to credit of belief 
sworn to & subscribed in 
open court
		[signature] Amos Alexander [hand-drawn seal]
		[signature] Alex Robison [hand-drawn seal]
		[signature] Robt. Carr [hand-drawn seal]
	[signature] B. Oates Clerk

	The court now presiding do hereby certify 
the preceeding [sic] declaration and certificates 
have duly sworn to by the persons are 
hereunto annexed and that from the 
evidence appearing to the court they are persons entitled to credit

State of North Carolina
Mecklenburg County
	I. Brawley Oates do here 
hereby certify that the foregoing contains 
the whole of the preceedings [sic]in the matter 
touching & concerning the additional evid [sic] 
taken relative to the services of Thomas 
Alexander of the County of Mecklenburg as a 
Captain during the revolutionary war 
and that he is the same person whose 
declaration has heretofore been proven 
in this Court and upon which he has 
obtained a certificate entitling him to 
a pension for life of fifty dollars 
	In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my 
name & affixed the seal of my Office at Charlotte 
the 27th of August AD 1833
	[signature] B. Oates Clerk.
	[flourish]

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State of North Carolina }
Mecklenburg County }
	Be it known, that on this 27 day of April --
A.D. 1852, before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace 
in and for the County and State of North Carolina personally 
appeared Edwin Alexander -- a resident of Meck-
-lenburg [Mecklenburg] - County, and made^ oath in due form of law that he 
is the sone & executor of Thomas Alexander who made appli
cation [application] for a pension and was allowed at the rate of $50
per annum, that he has been informed that said 
pension ought to be increased, that he is directly inter
ested [interested] as a claimant in said Pension and makes this affi
davit [affidavit] to be filed with such additional evidence or argu
ments [arguments] as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim
	Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
before me--
	[signature] William Hunter J.P.	[signature] Edwin Alexander Executor
I William Hunter a Justice of the Peas in and 
for said County, do hereby certify that Edwin Alexander 
who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable res-
-ident [resident] of this county, and is I believe directly interested 
in said claim as therein set forth--
	[signature] Wm Hunter J.P.
	[flourish]
I Braly Oates Clerk of the County Court of the County 
and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that William 
Hunter -- before whom the foregoing papers were 
executed, was at the time and is now a Justice of the 
Peace in and for said County duly authorized by law 
to administer oaths, and the name thereunto sub-
scribed [subscribed] is his signature--
	In testimony whereof I have hereunto sub-
scribed [subscribed] my name and affixed my seal of Office 
this 25 day of May A.D. 1852,
	[signature] B. Oates Clerk of
	Mecklenburg Co. Court

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State of North Carolina }
Mecklenburg County }
	Know all men by these presents That I 
Edwin Alexander executor of xx Thos Alexander decd of the county of Mecklenburg 
and State of North Carlina do hereby constitute and 
appoint Wm. F. Davidson my true and lawful 
Agent and Attorney to prosecute the claim of Thomas 
Alexander decd-- for any amount of Revolutionary Pen-
sion [Pension] or increase of Pension that may be due, and I 
hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all the 
papers and documents in relation to said claim, on 
file in the Departments at Washington City or elsewhere 
to file additional evidence or arguments, and to 
receive the Certificate which may be issued for said 
claim, which certificate I wish made payable 
to myself (Edwin Alexander) executor as aforesaid 
to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the 
purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that 
I might or could do were I personally present, Hereby 
satifying [satisfying] and confirming all that my said Attorney 
and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises--
	Witness my hand and seal this 27th day of April 
A.D. 1852,--
		[signature] Edwin Alexander Exor
Signed and Sealed in the 
presence of 
[signature] Wm. Hunter J.P.
[signature] W.D. Caldwell
State of North Carolina, }
Mecklenburg County }
On this 27th day of April A.D. 1852 before me the subscriber a 
Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared 
Edwin Alexander and acknowledged the foregoing power of 
Attorney to be his act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned--
	In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the 
day and year aforesaid--
	[signature] Wm. Hunter J.P.

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State of North Carolina } 
Mecklenburg County }
Court of Pleas and 
Quarter Sessions April Term
	1852.
	It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence, viz. 
of my own personal knowledge, and the testimony 
of respectable witnesses, has been exhibited before 
me. Braly Oates Clerk of the Court of Pleas and 
Quarter Sessions in and for the County aforesaid 
in open court, that Thomas Alexander was a 
Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the 
rate of $50 per annum, and he died on the 
28th day of December A.D. 1844. having surviving 
him the following named children viz= Margaret 
Wilson -- Arrabella Alexander and Edwin Alex-
-ander [Alexander] -- who are the only surviving children 
of the aforesaid Thomas Alexander --
	In testimony whereof I have here
	unto set my hand and affixed 
	my seal of Office this 25th day of 
	May -- A.D. 1852
	[signature] B. Oates Clerk of 
	Mecklenburg Co. Court