Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6385, Thomas Ware, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Ware, Thomas or Weir,
W 6385
B.L.Wt. 26209-160-55
Mildred
CONTENTS

36260 } Act March 3/55 - Rec April 2 "
Mildred Ware wiv of Thomas Ware 1 Priv
Claimant states that she is a pensioner under the act of Feb 2 1848 - at the rate of $26 26 / 100 per annum
Rev War
va Feb 48-6277
At: 160 Boston  as May 16/57 B.P. [signature] M [signature]
J.G. Pollard & Co. Pascagoula
Rev. J.G. Pollard & Co. Aug 22/55 va
Feb 48-6277
Vol M.1, page 15.

Date of widow's death not on AB.
6:211 Virginia Richmond Mildred Ware widow of Thomas or Weir Ware Va or Weir who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26. Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
26 th of December, 1851
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of July, 1851 and sent to
J. S. Pollard & Co. Present.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 197. Vol. 3

Virginia 16.191
Thomas Ware
Nelson in the State of Virginia who was a pri: in the company commanded by Captain Leake of the Reg t commanded by Col. Richardson in the Virginia line for 8 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of July '33 and sent J. Galland Livingston Va
Arrears to the 4th of March '33 - 53.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " - 13.33 $66.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm Miller Clerk, Book E. Vol. 6. Page 31

State of Virginia } ss County of Nelson }
On this 3 a day of July A.D. One Thousand Eight hundred and fifty Three personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Mildred Ware aged about 82 or 83 years who being first duly sworn according to law, unto on her oath made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 an act granting half pay and pensions to Certain Widows," that she is the Widow of Thomas Ware deceased who was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War and who was inscribed on the Pension List before his decease and drew a Pension of Twenty six 66 / 100 Dollars Annually up to the 4 th day of September 1851 in the County and State aforesaid and to which declaration she refers for proof of said services now on file in the Pension office at Washington,
She further declares that she was married to the said Thomas Ware in the County of Buckingham & State of Virginia about the 15 th of October and about the year 1787 and that her maiden name before her said marriage was Mildred Bryant, that her said husband the aforesaid Thomas Ware died the 26 th December 1851; 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; that at the time above stated, she further swears that she is now a Widow and that she has never before made application for a Pension.
Know all men by these presents that I Mildred Ware aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint John Whitbeck to be my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of the Interior of the United States all monies that may be found due me and said attorney is hereby fully authorized and

empowered to constitute and appoint One or more substitutes or attorneys under him for the special purposes above expressed.
Mildred X Ware mark
Witness
J. W. Hopkins
Joshua M. Moore
Known to and subscribed before me the day and year above written and I hereby Certify that I believe the Said Mildred Ware to be the Widow of the aforesaid Thomas Ware and that she is of the age aforesaid Stated, And I hereby Certify further that from Mrs Mildred Ware's bodily infirmity and extreme old age and moreover a long and rough road to the Courthouse, would think it would be imprudent to attempt to carry her there as being about twelve miles.
Geo S. Hill J.P.
State of Virginia
County of Nelson
On this 1 st day of October 1853 personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid James Napier aged 83 years, to me well known and entitled to credit, a resident of the County and State aforesaid and made oath in due form of law, that he has been acquainted with Mildred Ware and her husband Thomas Ware here for about Fifty years previous to his death and can testify that they lived together as man & wife and were respected as such, and raised a large family of Children, her maiden name before she married the said Thomas Ware was Mildred Bryant, She says further that Thomas Ware died the 26 December 1851 at his own home in the above named County and State And that the aforesaid Thomas Ware drew a Pension of Twenty Six Dollars & 66 Cents Annually up to the time of his death.
Witness: S. D. Clegg
James Napier

34,260
John Pollard 16th St. N.W.
Filed in Pension Office by J. C. Pollard & Co. April 2nd 1855.

State of Virginia } County of Nelson }
On this 15 27 day of March A. D. One Thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me a Notary Public in and for the County and State aforesaid aged 80 years Mildred Ware, and made oath in due form of law, that she is the identical person named in an original Certificate in her possession of which (I certify) the following is a true copy;
Department of the interior Widow's Pension
I Certify, that in conformity with the act of February 2 nd 1848, Mildred Ware, Widow of Thomas Ware who was a private, in the Revolutionary War, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Twenty Six Dollars and Sixty Six, Cents per annum, Commencing on the 26 th of December 1851 and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of marriage
Given at the Department of the Interior this twelfth, day of July One Thousand eight hundred and fifty four
Examined and Countersigned
L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
R. W. Clelland
Secretary of the Interior
That She has not intermarried but continues the widow of the above mentioned Thomas Ware Deceased. That she now resides in the County of Nelson, and State of Virginia and

has resided there for the space of forty years past; and that previous thereto she resided in Buckingham County Virginia; She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3 rd 1855
her Mildred X Ware mark
We Virginia Ware and John M. Bugh - residents of Nelson County in the state of Virginia upon oath declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mildred Ware in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and that she is still a widow;
Virginia Ware John M Bugh
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the Claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim
John S. Stickleman A. P.
The words aged 85 and years interlined before signed
John S Stickleman A. P.

State of Virginia ss Nelson County ss
I Thomas J. Mafie clerk of the County Court of Nelson County, in the State of Virginia, do certify that John S. Stickleman who has given the foregoing certificate on the sheet hereto attached, was at the date thereof an acting Notary Public in and for the County aforesaid, duly Commissioned and qualified; that said certificate is complete according to the laws of said State, and the signature thereto is in the proper genuine handwriting of said Notary Public; In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court, in office this 29 th day of March 1855, in the 79 th Year of the Commonwealth.
Thomas J. Mafie C.N.C.

State of Virginia and
County of Nelson to wit
on this 19 th day October 1832 personally appeared before me James Woods a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid Thomas Ware, a resident of said County and State; aged sixty nine or seventy years to the best of his knowledge, 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 the 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated, he says that some time in the winter of 1780 or 81 he then being a resident of the County of Albemarle and State of Virginia, he entered the service of the United States as a Militiaman with Captain Mays Leake, Lieutenant William Hughes, and Ensign Pleasant Martin and took water at Scotts Mill in said County, on James River and run down the said river to Old West Haven in the County of Henrico six miles above Richmond where he was landed and was marched to Richmond, and from thence to Williamsburg from thence to Cabin Point, there stayed some time under the command of Colonel Richardson; the names of any other field officers, or the A. Q. of the regiment not recollected, from thence to Petersburg where they stayed some time and from thence to Richmond where he was dismissed and then went home to the County of Albemarle, the said town was two months. The next time he entered the service was in Albemarle, in 1781 he knows, and in the month of May to the best of his recollection, that he entered as a Militiaman under Captain Thompson, Subalterns not recollected his Colonel, Reuben Linsey, he recollects that he joined General Lafayette's army after it had retreated out of Richmond and after marching to & for some days, took their course in a northwestern direction which they went for several days, and then turned a Southern direction and marched to Albemarle County, on which march they were joined by General Wayne, he recollects that while they were retreating the enemy got to Charlottesville dispersed the assembly and then retreated our army then pursued until they got near Williamsburg some times arriving at the enemy's encampment when their fires were still burning, he recollects some little fighting that took

place near Williams Burg at Hickory Church and a place he thinks called Hotwater; not long after this the enemy took shiping at Jamestown at which time and place there was an engagement where both armys met with considerable loss. after which the enemy disappear d and our army marched to Hobbs hills where he was stationed for a considerable time and where he was dismissed, the length of this tour having been three months. The next and last time he entered the service was at Charlottesville in Albemarle County under Captain Benjamin Harris, at which time and place he drew arms, from thence they marched to Old William-sburg where they went under the command of General Lofton and was attached to the army of General Lafayette after which it was said the enemy had gone up York river in consequence of which, General Loftons Brigade was detached and went to the river found that it was a false rumour, and the same day he thinks returned to the main army. from thence on Saturday they marched to York, on the next day which was Sunday, the french took Pigeon Hill, on Monday he was called on to work on the fortification which was in plainview of the enemys breastwork, and while he was at work alternately for the space of four days and nights the enemy kept up a brisk cannonading with little or no injury, only one of our men to his recollection being killed; after the expiration of the said four days to the best of his recollection our army commenced a brisk cannonading and continued for forty eight and continued cannonading untill finally the enemy was compelled to surrender which was signified by their hoisting a white flag, but their terms not being satisfactory to our General which was Washington, they were rejected, but finally they offered such terms as was accepted and they then marched out and grounded their arms. The day following he with other militia troops was detached to guard a part of the prisoners to Potomac River at Nolens ferry where they were delivered to the Marylanders; and from thence he marched to Charlottesville under his same Captain and was there dismissed after a tour of three

account. He dont recollect the C.O. of any regiment to which he was attached during his service, he has no documentary evidence to prove his service, can prove a part of his service but knows of no person now living by whom he can prove the other part.
Question by the Magistrate. Where and in what year were you born. Answer, As I was told by those that was older than me I was born in the county of Amherst Virginia in the year of 1762 or 1763. have you any record of your age, and if so where is it. Answer, I have none. 2 d where were you living when called in to the service where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live. Answer.
I lived in the county of Albemarle Va. when called in to service in Albemarle part of the time since the revolution, and in Henry County Va. another part, and the balance in that part of old Amherst County Va. which is now Nelson County, and I now live in Nelson County Va. 3 d how were you called into service, were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom.
Answer. I was drafted. 4 th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served, such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service. Answer, the officers recollected in addition to those named in the body of my declaration are Generals Stevens, and Nelson, the other enquiries are as well answered in the body of this declaration as I can answer them, as the C.O. of no regiment in which I served is now recollected. 6 th did you ever receive a discharge from the service.
Answer. I never received a written discharge to my recollection, but was in each case informed by my officer that I was at liberty to go home. 7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood, who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your service as a soldier of the revolution. the Magistrate will please enquire of Moses P Alexander Fitzpatrick who can testify as to my character for veracity and their

the belief of my service as a soldier of the revolution. and the said Thomas Ware hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state or territory. Sworn to and Subscribed, the day and year aforesaid Thomas Ware
we Moses Fitzpatrick and Alex. Fitzpatrick residing in the neighbourhood of Thomas Ware who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said Ware that he is a man of veracity him to be sixty nine, or seventy 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. Moses Fitzpatrick Alex. Fitzpatrick Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid and James Woods Jr. Justice as aforesaid do hereby declare that my opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, is that the above named Thomas Ware applicant was a soldier of the revolution and served as he states, and that it appears to me that Moses Fitzpatrick and Alex. Fitzpatrick who has signed the preceding certificate is residents in the neighbourhood of said appli- cant and that they are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit given under my hand and seal the day and year aforesaid
James Woods Jr Seal
State of Virginia, Nelson County, to wit: J. Spotswood Garland, Clerk of the Court of Nelson, in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing signature is the proper signature of James Woods Jr. who is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Nelson in the State of Virginia. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of my office this 22nd. day of October 1832, and in the 5th. year of the Commonwealth.
J. Sp. Garland

Thomas Ware No. N o . 25176.
Admit a parole 8 mo 1/26/66
a. j.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Thomas Ware
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1780 or '81 or aft d 2 Pri: Col. Richardson 69 or 70 yrs. Albemarle   " " 3 " Col. R. Linsey Co. Va. Traditionary   — " 3  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 recollection, he served not 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."
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 indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that 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 objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown 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 employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers authenticated, the 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 their affidavits the time of the claimant's 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 magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [e] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Know all men by these presents, That we, Thomas Ware and Randolph Jefferson, are held and firmly bound unto the Governor and Council of the Commonwealth of Virginia and their successors, in the sum of Fifty pounds, current money, to which payment will and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals and dated this 8 th day of Octo: 1787.
Whereas a marriage is shortly intended to be had and solemnized between the above named Thomas Ware & Milley Bryant - Now the condition of the above obligation is such, that if there be no lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage, then the above obligation to be void, else to remain in full force and virtue.
Thomas Ware Seal Randolph Jefferson Seal
A copy:
Judge, J. Eldridge C.B.C.
State of Virginia, Buckingham County ss
I, Rolfe Eldridge, Clerk of the County Court of Buckingham County, State of Virginia, do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of a Bond, taken from the original on file in my Office.
Given under my hand and Seal of Office at the Courthouse this 21 st day of June 1854. R. Eldridge, C.B.C.

State of Virginia } County of Nelson } ss
On this 3 rd day of March 1854 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace - within and for the state and county aforesaid James Lyon aged 74 years to me well known and entitled to credit a resident of Nelson County Virginia and made oath in due form of law that he was well acquainted with Thomas Ware and Mildred his wife and have lived in 3 or 4 miles of them for about 54 years at that date I went to school with some of their children I was about 21 years of age at that time and went to school at the time to a Mr Heoleman Jopling from the best calculation I can make of the ages of the children of Mr Ware her oldest daughter Mrs Elizabeth Pugh is about 64 years old and youngest son Robert is about 36 years of age they raised 14 children in all namely Elizabeth, John, Thomas, Martha, Nancy, Malinda, Mildred, William, Edward, Peyton Polly, Virginia, Almira and Robert all of which I was well acquainted with Mrs Mildred Ware is still living and is unmarried they were married in Buckingham County Virginia. She said Thomas & Mildred Ware lived together as man & wife all the time I knew them and was respected as such. James Lyon
Attest
Wm C Roberts
Darius N. Balme
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written
Geo A Skill J.P.

State of Virginia } ss County of Nelson }
On this 3 rd day of March, 1854 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the State and County aforesaid. Capt John Harris Aged 86 years to me well known and entitled to Credit a resident of Nelson County Virginia and made oath in due form of law that he was well acquainted with Thomas Ware and his wife Mildred Ware and knew Thomas Ware ever since the year 1792 at which time the said Thomas Ware hired a Negro girl of his father, Estate  he thinks for a nurse or house girl; he thinks the said Ware was a married man at the time; he knows all of their children as he has lived all of the time in 4 or 5 miles of them he was acquainted with the children fourteen in number, with the youngest his son Robert as well as the oldest his daughter Elizabeth and thinks that his oldest must be at least 65 years of age; his oldest daughter married a Mr Pugh and has not lived in this neighbourhood for some time the most of his other children reside near here at this time.
Witness
Wm C Roberts
Sarah J Harris
John Harris
The word Estate interlined and the 8 words, he, thinks, for a nurse, or, house, & girl erased before signed
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written
John Skill, J. P.

State of Virginia } ss County of Nelson }
On this 21 st day of March 1854 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the State and County aforesaid Ryland Rodis aged 58 years to me well known and entitled to a credit a resident of Nelson County Virginia and made oath in due form of law that he was well acquainted with Thomas Ware deceased and with his widow Mrs. Mildred Ware who still resides at his old residence in this County and is a very old woman, he states further that he prepared the old mans pension papers & drew his pension of $ 26. 44 / 100 Annually for him for many years previous to his death Being a part of the pension at the time, the old Gentleman came to my house till he became nearly Blind when I informed him that I would go to his House and prepare his pension papers for him, which I done for some years till his death and kept his pension certificate till this time which I now send to Mr. Wm C. Roberts, I have not the least doubt on my mind of their marriage etc.
Attest Laurens Ganning Wm Wood D.D.
Ryland Rodis
I hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of the original Jacob. Warwick J.P.
State of Virginia } ss Nelson County }
I Thomas S. Massie Clerk of the County Court in the County and State aforesaid do hereby Certify that Jacob Warwick and John A. Hice whose names are signed to the certificates hereto attached were at the date of signing the same acting Justices of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified accordingly and full faith and credit are due to all such their official acts and the signatures thereof purporting to be theirs are in the genuine handwriting of the said Justices
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set My Name and Affixed My Official Seal in office this 23 rd Day of March A.D. 1854 in the 78 th year of the Commonwealth
Thomas S. Massie Clk

September 9, 1932
BA-J/MLB am
THOMAS WARE
W. 6385
Mrs. C. S. Patton 33 Walbrook Road Scarsdale, New York
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Thomas Ware, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 6385, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Thomas Ware.
He was born in 1762 or 1763 in Amherst County, Virginia.
While a resident of Albemarle County, Virginia, he enlisted sometime in the winter of 1780-1781, served as a private in Captain Mass or Moss Leeke's company, Colonel Richardson's Virginia regiment; length of this tour two months. He enlisted in May, 1781, served as private in Captain Thompson's company, Colonel Reuben Linsey's Virginia regiment, was in skirmishes at Hickory Nut Church near Williamsburg, at Hot Water and in the battle of Jamestown; length of this tour three months. He later enlisted and served in Captain Benjamin Harris' Virginia company; was in the siege of Yorktown; length of tour three months.
After the Revolutionary War he lived in Albemarle County, Virginia, Henry County, Virginia, and in that part of Amherst County which was later Nelson County, Virginia.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 19, 1832, while a resident of Nelson County, Virginia.
He died December 26, 1851, at his home in Nelson County, Virginia.

Thomas Ware married October 15, 1787, in Buckingham County, Virginia, Mildred Bryant, a resident of that county. In the marriage bond her name was given as Milley Bryant and the soldier's name as Thomas Weir.
Soldier's widow, Mildred, was allowed pension on her application executed July 3, 1853, at which time she was aged eighty-two or eighty-three years and a resident of Nelson County, Virginia, where she was still living in 1855, and where she stated she had lived for forty years.
Thomas Ware and his wife, Mildred, reared a family of fourteen children whose names are as follows:
Elizabeth, the oldest child, who married _____ Pugh; in 1854 she was aged about sixty-four years.
John Thomas Martha Nancey Malinda Mildred William Edward Peyton Polly Virginia Almira Robert
All of the above children were residing in the same neighborhood in Nelson County, Virginia, in 1854, except Elizabeth who had moved away and her place of residence was not stated.
In 1855, one Virginia Ware, a resident of Nelson County, Virginia, testified in the claim; it is not stated whether she was the daughter of the soldier and his wife, Mildred, named above; and one John M. Pugh was a resident of Nelson County, Virginia, relationship to Elizabeth Pugh not stated.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Shamian Ware , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. W.F. 6385.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Winter 1780-81 2 mos. Private Mass or Morr Lake h ut Richardson Va.   May 1781 3 mos. Thompson Benjamin Linsey Oct 1-1851   7 3 mos Benjamin Barris   after Rev. never do Henry C. Va.  
Battles engaged in, Yorktown.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Albemarle Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Oct 19 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Nelson Co. Va.
Age at date of application, Nov 1762 or 1763 in Amherst Co. Va.
Remarks: he married in Buckingham Co. Va. Oct 15, 1787 Mildred Bryant, he died in Nelson Co. Va. Dec. 26 1851. and she was allowed pension on an ap. of July 3, 1853 while a resident of Nelson Co. Va aged 82 or 83 years. Children: Elijah 64 in 1854 - mar. - Pugh; John Thomas; Martha; Nancy; Malinda; Mildred; William; Edward; Peyton; Pearly; Virginia; Almira; Robert 36 years in 1854.
Respectfully,
Virginia Ware John M. Pugh
res. Nelson Co. Ky 1855
Commissioner.
is in behalf of wife no rela

Brief in the case of Mildred Ware widow of Thomas Nelson County and State of Mo act 2 nd Feby 1848
Claim, ("original," or increased increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Her husband was a pensioner under the Act of June 7 1832 at $25 00 per annum. (Vide his papers for service)
Record of marriage (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Jas Napier, Geo Morris, Ryland Rodes, Jas Lyons & John Harris for identity & death
Name and residence of Agent J. S. Pollard & Co. Front
Thornton L. Lipton Examining Clerk.

virginia to wit
I John Cited"> I John C. Lowers of the county of Augusta being the same John C. Lowers a justice of the peace before whom Claudious Buster appeared and made oath as to his knowledge of Thomas Ware having served a Militia term of service of three months in the revolutionary war; do hereby certify that the said Claudious Buster is a man of credibility entitled to belief given under my hand and seal this 22 nd day of June 1833
John C. Lowers
Virginia to wit.
I Jefferson Kinney Clerk of the County Court of Augusta in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that John C. Lowers Esq. whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate, is a Magistrate of the County aforesaid, and that the said signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 22 nd day of June 1833 and in the 57 th year of the Commonwealth.
Jefferson Kinney Clk of Augusta Co.

Washington Janry 10 th 1834.
Sir
with this I send you the application of Mrs. Mildred Ware widow of Thomas Ware for the pension allowed her husband under the act of 1832. up to his death as set forth in application — — The presentation of this claim has been delayed for some time for reasons unknown to me you will please report the base to me as soon as action may be had upon it
Hon. L. P. Waldo } Comm te of Pension }
Very Respectfully your obedt Servt J. S. Pollard T. co

No 1787 -
Thos. Ware D r 26 Dec 1851,

Mildred Ware Widow of Thomas Nelson Co Va adm d . 2 o Feby 1848 8 mos pr i $26 66 per annum from 26 Dec r 1857 when her husband died.
Art to Messrs J. S. Pollard & Co Present-

Augusta County to wit, this day Claudius Brister a resident of the said County, per- sonally appeared before the subscribers, a justice of the peace, in and for, the County Aforesaid, and made, Oath, that he served two tours, of duty of three Months Each in the Revolutionary War, in the Militia from Abemarle County, in the State of Virgi- nia, the last tour, the Men from Aber- marle County, was under the command of Colo. Rabeen Linsay, they joined the Main Army under General Lafayette as they retreated out of Richmond which he thinks was in May 1781 our Army, after marching and countermarch- ing, some day, took their course in a North- westerly direction as far as about, Fauquier County, from thence they turned a more Southerly direction, as far as Abemarle Coun- ty, in which route they were joined by Generals Wayne and Sturband in the time of our retreat, the British came to Charlottesville routed the Assembly, destroy- ed some property and then retreated, our Army then followed them until they

got near to Williamsburg, Where Some Skirmishing took place, One at a place called hot water, and One at hickory Nut Church Shortly after the british went a board of their shiping, at Jamestown, at which time & place the Americans met with considerable loss, both of Militia and continental troops, as there was a considerable battle - Shortly after our Army Marched up James river, to Manakin hill Where this affiant was discharged - he further states that he well recollects that Thomas Ware, Now a resident of Nelson County in the State of Virginia, served that tour of duty, with  for him and this affiant and Ware were Mesmates for several weeks during that tour, and for the same Not
Glendon Buster
Subscribed and sworn to before me Lewis Marshall Septm 6th 1832

I James Woods Jr a justice of the peace for the county of Nelson in the State of Virginia being the same James Woods Jr before whom Thomas Ware of the same county and State appeared and swore to his declaration in compliance to the act of June 7 th 1832 preparatory to his admission on the pension list do hereby certify that the reason why the said Ware did not appear in open Court and swear to his declaration was on account of his bodily infirmity which bodily infirmity is well known to me given under my hand this 19 th day June 1833
James Woods Jr
State of Virginia } — Nelson County. } to wit.
I Spotswood Garland, Clerk of the Court of Nelson County, certify that James Woods Jr, is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office, and subscribed my name, this 27 th day of June 1833.
Sp. Garland

Ware 25170 } Dltu for a Pension, Thomas
filed in Office 22 d Octo. 1832.
County of Ware

This day personally appeared before me John C. Sowers, a Justice of the peace for the County of Augusta Charles Benton & made oath that the foregoing is true given under my hand Seal this 16 th day of October 1837
John C. Sowers Seal
Virginia, to wit:
I. Jefferson Kinney Clerk of the County Court of Augusta, in the State aforesaid, do hereby certi- fy that the foregoing signature, is the proper signa- ture of John C. Sowers, who is a Justice of the peace for the County of Augusta in the State of Virginia.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this 16 th day of Oct r 1837 and in the 57 th year of the Com- onwealth.
Jefferson Kinney C. Clerk

Washington City March 28 th 1854.
Sir,
Enclosed herewith we transmit to you evidence designed to establish the fact of the Marriage of Thomas and Mildred Ware, the latter of whom is now claiming a Pension as the widow of said Thomas Ware who was pensioned under the Act of 4 th March 1831 as evidenced by his Certificate of Pension also herewith.
This claim was suspended by you on the 14 th Jany last, for the want of the evidence as aforesaid.
Very respectfully Your Obdt Servt J. S. Pollard & Co.
Hon: G. P. Waldo Commr. of Pensions.

Pension Office, July 8 1857
Sir
Thomas Ware, Va. Rolls, act June 7 1832, $26. 66 / 100 per annum. Please state to what time paid.
Very Respectfully A. Cole
H. Burks This Auditor
for Com d of Pensions
~~~~~ Paid to 4 Sept 1857
F. Burks Auditor
Triplett
4-051

Washington City July 3 rd 1854.
Sir,
In compliance with the requirements of your letter of the 30 th March last, in relation to the application of Mildred Ware for a Revs: Pension, we enclose herewith, a certified copy of the "Marriage Bond" of her deceased husband Thomas Ware, dated 8 th Octr. 1787.
We now respectfully request that the Pension be t to Mrs Ware may be issued as early as practicable.
Very respectfully Your Obed t Serv t . J. S. Pollard V.C.
How:
L. P. Waldo Comm r . of Pensions.

26.209
5 Mo Aug

No 106
Mildred Ware, Widow of Thomas Ware, Virginia Letter to J. S. Pollard & Co Jan 13/52 Same date 30/54 Res. ad Feb 2. 1848

Virginia
I Rolfe Eldridge clerk of the County court of Buckingham in the State of & lately Virginia, that I have carefully examined the record of the Register of marriages in my office and that I can find no register of a marriage said to have been solemnized between Thomas Ware and Mildred Bryant - in this County - Given under my hand this 9 th day of Sept. 1853.
The seal of my office -
R. Eldridge C.B.C.

State of Virginia, } ss Nelson County. }
I, Thomas I. Massie, Clerk of the County Court of Nelson County, in the State of Virginia, do certify that John A. Hill and Jacob Warwick, who have given the foregoing certificates on the sheets hereto attached, were at the date thereof acting Justices of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified; that said certificates are complete according to the laws of said State, and the signatures thereto are in the proper, genuine hand-writing of the said Justice.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court, in Office, this 3rd day of October, 1853, in the 78 th year of the Commonwealth.
Thomas I. Massie Clk.

Sworn to and Subscribed before me the day and year above written
Jacob. Warwick J. P.
State of Virginia } County of Nelson }
On this 1 st day of October A.D One Thousand Eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid George Morris of the aforesaid County of Nelson and State of Virginia aged sixty years to me well known and entitled to credit and made oath in due form of law that he was acquainted with Thomas Ware and Mildred his wife for at least forty years before his death and can testify that they lived together as man and wife the whole of this time and was respected as man and wife and raised a large family of children; he says further that Thomas Ware drew a pension up to his death and that he died the 26 Decr 1851 and that Mrs Mildred Ware is still a widow
Attest
William W Dillon
his George F Morris mark
Sworn to and Subscribed before me the day and year above written
Jacob. Warwick J. P.

1915. Apr 10: Testimony to Miss Kate White. Miss
1932. Sept 9 - Feb. 6 Mrs. L. D. Patton - MRB
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6383
Mildred Ware  or Heir }
Wid.
Thos Ware  or Heir }
Rev. Ware
Act: July 28/48
Index: — Vol. 16 , Page 306
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1913
Knoxville, Tennessee,
SOUTHERN REFERENCE LIBRARY MISS KATE WHITE, CHAIRMAN, 508 BROADWAY
April 2 1915-
Commissioner of Pensioners, Washington D. C.
Dear Sirs. Will you please give me the information of pension applications of soldiers of Rev. Capt Robert Ware , of Caroline co. Va., and Thomas Ware of Nelson co. Va. These two names are on the roll of Va. soldiers, page 457, (Rev. sol. of Va. report of Librarian). Could I procure from your department any published books or pamphlets on rev. records list of pensioners, soldiers etc. If so, what would be the cost. Thanking you for any information on these matters.
very sincerely
Miss Kate White
508 Broadway
Knoxville Tenn.

CHATHAM BARS INN CHATHAM CAPE COD
33 Walbrook Road Scarsdale, N.Y.
Veterans Administration Washington D.C.
Dear Sir —
Please send me record of Thomas Ware born 1762 in Amherst Co. Virginia, Died 1851 Served in Am. Rev. with Lafayette at Charlottesville & Williamsburg & was at surrender of Yorktown Married Mildred Bryant of Buckingham Co.

Sincerely yours Mrs. C. S. Patton