Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,821, Thomas Evans, Md.

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[Corner of Page] (9-1776)

Service Md
Evans, Thomas
Number S.34.821

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7365
Maryland
Thomas Evans of Baltimore in the state of Maryland who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Howard of the Maryland line for the term of 2 years, 10 months.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 2 of October, 1818.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 5th of Mar. 1819 and sent to Judge Brice, Baltimore Md.  
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Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819. 4 304/3538 40.77
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1859. 48.00
77 to SO 3M $88.77
Continued

{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818}

Baltimore, MD

[Sideways text reads:] 

Died Sept 2, 1833
Notification sent 4th Oct 1820 to William Gibson Baltimore Maryland. Discharge certificate filed 12 of March 1824 and delivered to the pension dept

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Thomas Evans
Application for pension

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State of Maryland - City of Baltimore fol.
Be it remembered that on the second day of October in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and eighteen Thomas Evans of Baltimore County aged sixty four years an application for a pension under the late act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons in the land and naval service of the united states in the revolutionary war, personally appeared before me the undersigned and made the following declaration on oath by me administered that sometime in or about the year 1777 as well as he remembers, he enlisted into the army of the United Staes as a Common Soldier under the command of Captain Beatty at Hagerstown in Maryland and was mandated to Annapolis to join the first regiment from thence was marched to the [transcriber's guess; southward  to join the army under General Green and was in the Battles of Cowpens, Eutaw Springs Guilford Courthouse in the first of which he got wounded in the arm. he

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and further declare that he fought in the said Army against the common enemy for three years and five months in continuance that he has never received any pension for his services. and from his reduced circumstances in life requires [illegible] in need of the assistance of his country for support. Thomas Evans. His X mark. 

Baltimore City
I hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction from the afore going declaration upon oath and amended affidavit of Gov. John E Howard that Thomas Evans above named served in the Revolutionary War on the continental establishment as a private soldier for more than nine months in continuance and that from his reduced circumstances in life he needs the assistance of his country for support. 23rd October 1818. 

N. Brice
Chief Judge
Baltimore Court

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City of Baltimore
I Thomas Harwood, Clerk of Baltimore City Court
hereby Certify, That the Honorable Nicholas Brice who appears to have taken, signed and certified the foregoing proceedings, was at the time of taking and signing thereof ever since hath been, and still is Chief Judge of Baltimore City Court, duly Commissioned and Qualified; and to all his
duty as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given, as well in Courts of Justice as thereout -

In Testimony I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said Court this Twenty third day of October one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. 

Th. Harwood Clk
Baltimore City Court ~

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Thomas Evans
No 7365
Sept. 1819
Co

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SCHEDULE.
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United States of America
(A.) State of Maryland Balt. County SS.
ON this Twenty third day of September 1820, personally appeared in open court (*) being a court of record, (+) (B.) that is today the regular County Court in and for the said (C.) County of Baltimore in the Sixth Judicial District in said State

Thomas Evans - aged Sixty Six years, resident in Baltimore County - in said (D.) State
who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare, that he served
in the Revolutionary War, as follows: (E.) That he was enlisted at Hagerstown Md.
by Lt. Col. Tho: Sprigg, joined Cap: William Beatty's Company to the 1st Reg: Commanded by Col: J. E. Howard at Annapolis about the month of August 1780, marched to the South
and Continued in the service of the U. States on the Continental establishment until the close of the war when he was discharged from Cap: John Lyndy Company at Frederick
Town Md in the Fall of the year 1783 -

That he made his original declaration at Baltimore on or about the second day of October 1818 before the Hon N. Brice Chief Judge of the Balt. City Court & was placed on the Rev: Pen: List of the Maryland agency at the rate of $8 [illegible] as per Certif: No: [underlined: 7365]

and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th
March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, dis-
posed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring
myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled, "An Act to provide for
certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revo-
lutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has
any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me;
nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and 
by me subscribed.

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Schedule Viz:
(F.) That he hath no property of any kind whatever except his wearing apparel & bedding.

That he hath no family except his wife named
Elenor aged Fifty-seven years or thereabout -

That he had formerly supported himself and his wife by common laboring work through the
Country, having no settled residence, but being now greatly debilitated from advanced age and having received many Severe wounds during the War (for which he never claimed pension) he is now unable to support himself - that being in extreme indigent circumstances, stands in need of the assistance of his country for support, and were it not for the pension he receives from Government he could not possibly support himself, except
by private or public charity - 

Thomas Evans
His X Mark

SWORN to and declared on the 23d day of September 1820
BEFORE, Wm H Ward associate Judge of the
6th Judicial District of Maryland

I, William Gibson Clerk of Baltimore County
do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly
copied from the record of said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the
said court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Nothing Dollars and - Cents.]

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said court, on this 23 day of September 1820

William Gibson
Clerk of the court for the County of Baltimore

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*The whole of the form prescribed in the first section, to verify the amount of property of the applicant, the oath of the party, and the certificate of the clerk excepted, must be done while the court is in session. 

+All are courts o record, within the contemplation of the Act of Congress:
1st, which are expressly made courts of record by the laws of the State which create them;
2d, which have been solemnly adjudged, by the tribunals of the several States, to be courts of record; 3d, Which proceed according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount;  
4th, Which have the power of fine and imprisonment; And courts which proceed according to the civil and canon law, having neither of those attributes, are
not courts of record, although they may keep a registry of their proceedings, and possess a seal. The court should, in every instance, state, on the face of the proceedings, that it is a court of re-
cord, and state why it is such. - (Opinion of the Attorney General of the United States.)
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DIRECTIONS FOR FILLING UP THE BLANKS.
A. District,-Circuit,-county, or corporation, as the case may be.

B. State why a court of record.

C. After repeating the district, circuit, county, or corporation, insert the declarant's name.

D. District, circuit, county, or corporation.

E. Here set forth the regiment, company and line; or ship, corps or vessel, and the date of the original declaration; and if he has received a pension, the number of his pension-certificate should be inserted.

F. Here enumerate each article of real and personal estate, necessary bedding and clothing excepted, and 
subscribe the same. The declarant must also mention his occupation [fold in page prevents viewing the text here] ber and names of his family residing with him, their ages, and their capacity to contribute to their sup-
port, in order that the department may be enabled to decide whether the applicant is in such indigent circumstances as to be entitled to the pension. It is the opinion of the Attorney General, that the words of the third section of the Act of the 1st May, 1820, "in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself without the assistance of his country," comprehend those only, who are incapable of
supporting themselves without the aid of the government, except by private or public charity.

Extract of a CIRCULAR LETTER from the War Department, to the several Agents for
paying pensions, enclosing the foregoing Form.
"For the guidance of persons already on the pension list, or who may hereafter make application for that purpose, it may be proper to state, explicitly, that, as experience has proved the necessity of a rigid adherence
to particular forms in such cases, no instrument of writing drawn up contrary to this form can be admitted as a proper voucher."

When the notification of continuance of Pension is granted, [illegible] to forward the same to me, care of Tho. Bailey St. to Harrison St  Balt.. and oblige

Your able servant 
Thomas Evan
His X Mark

Jacob Bare

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November 30, 1937
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THOMAS EVANS
S. 34821
BA-J/MLB

Mr. William C. Evans
65 Overlook Circle
New Rochelle, New York

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of soldiers with the surname Evans who served in 
the Pennsylvania troops and later settled in Harford County, Maryland.

The Revolutionary War pension and bounty land records have been searched and no record located of an Evans who served from Pennsylvania and later applied for pension or bounty land while living in Harford County, Maryland. Of course, without the full name of a soldier with your surname, it is almost impossible to identify any particular record.

The record has been found of a Thomas Evans who received a pension while living in Maryland. He enlisted, however, in Maryland. This record may aid you in some way and follows as found in pension claim, S. 34821,
based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of birth and names of the parents of Thomas Evans are not shown.

He enlisted January 1, 1777, at Hagerstown, Maryland, served as a private in Captains William Beatty's and John Lynn's companies, Lieutenant Colonel John E. Howard's Maryland regiment, was in the battles of Cowpens, Guilford and Eutaw Springs and was discharged in the fall of 1783.

The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed October 2, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-four years and a resident of Baltimore County, Maryland.

In 1820, Thomas Evans was living in Baltimore County, Maryland, and referred to his wife, Elenor, aged about fifty-seven years, as his "family". It was not stated whether they ever had children. In 1824, the soldier made affidavit in Washington, D. C., but did not state his place of residence at that time. He died September 2, 1833.

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In order to obtain date of last payment of pension and name and address of the person paid, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

Thomas Evans
Certificate #76365
Issued March 5, 1819
Rate $8 per month
Commenced October 2, 1818
Act 18th March, 1818
Maryland Agency.

Very truly yours


A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

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APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.

District of Columbia
County of Washington SS.
On this ~12th~ day of April 1824, before
me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Washington personally appeared Thomas Evans who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain John Linn in the regiment commanded by Colonel Howard in
the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Maryland that he received a certificate of that fact, under the signature and seal of
the Secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the 15th~ day of March 1823, at or
near Liberty in Frederick County in
Maryland, he lost the same
by burning

That he at present received Eight dollars per month.
Thomas Evans
His X Mark

Sworn and subscribed to, before}
me, the day and year aforesaid.}
Jno N Moulder
J Peace

NOTES. The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner, of the loss or destruction of the original certificate.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.

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[picture/sketch of a multi-story building in upper left corner of this page]
The Harrisburger
Opposite the Beautiful Capitol Park
HARRISBURG
PENNA.      Oct 13-37

Bureau of Pensions
Washington 
D.C.                            [black circle date stamp with numbers 1-12 divided by tic marks: RECEIVED OCT 14 1937 MAIL SUB-[ILLEGIBLE]]

Gentlemen: I am trying to get some information about an [underlined: Evans] who served in the Revolution War enlisting from Pennsylvania and later settling in Harford County, Maryland.

Do you have any record of paying a pension to the family of an Evans in Harford Co. Md. serving from Pennsylvania.

If not could you suggest how I might get information about him from the Government records.

Very truly yours
William C. Evans
65-Overlook Circle 
New Rochelle N.Y.

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"STOP AT RECOGNIZED HOTELS"

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[two column page folded down the center; left side follows]
1937, Nov 30 - sent to Wm. C Evans - MLB.

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34 821
Revy INVALID

File No. 34,821
Thomas Evans
Pri Rev War

Act: 18th March 18
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 127
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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The deposition of John E Howard, a Lieutenant
Colonel in the Maryland line of the army in
the Revolution who being duly sworn deposeth
and saith that he has some recollection of Thomas Evans who is now applying for a pension under the late act of congress and he believes that the said Evans was a private soldier but from the lapse of time he does not recollect how long the said Evans served. By referring to the Muster Rolls he finds that the said Evans enlisted in the 3d Regiment on the 1. of Jan. 1777 and that his
name appears on the Muster Roll the 1. of 
Nov. 1780 - That the name of the said Evans
not appearing afterwards on the Muster Rolls
in the auditors office he believes can be readily
accounted for as the Maryland Troops to the
Southward were almost always moving so that
Muster Rolls could not conveniently be made.
He further deposeth and saith that he believes
that

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that the said Evans served to the end of the
war but for the reasons above stated he cannot
give further evidence of that fact.

John E. Howard

taken before me
N. Brice CJ.
[illegible]
23d Oct 1818

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Maryland Sct

Auditors Office Annapolis 20 Oct. 1818

I certify that it appears by the Musters of Maryland Troops that Thomas Evans a Private in the 3rd Regt. Enlisted on 1 Jan. 1777 and was 
present on the 1st Novr. 1780.

R Loockerman Aud. Genl.

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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
FORM VAM-51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

DIVISION OF VETERAN'S ADMINISTRATION ARCHIVES

NAME Evans, Thomas   GRADE Private   LINE Maryland

WARRANT
NUMBER 11176   ACREAGE 100   ISSUED February 1, 1790
to ~ not shown ~

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*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.