Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,649, Thomas Waters, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Waters, Thomas Watters or
840,649
CONTENTS

Notification sent to J. W. Campbell Esq. Ohio 1720 West Union Ohio
Date of death not as yet
12,725 Ohio R
Thomas Waters, Sen. of Ohio in the state of Ohio who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Gaskins of the Virginia line, for the term of the war.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 15 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st of July 1819 and sent to John W. Campbell Esq. West Union, Ohio.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 10 16 2/3 33 1/3 00.29 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Oct. 1819. - 40.00 $133.29
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued State of Ohio -

State of Ohio Adams County ss
I hereby certify that this day Thomas Waters a citizen of the United States and this state personally appeared before me the undersigned a Judge of the County Common Pleas in and for the county aforesaid & being duly sworn according to law made the following declaration under Oath First that he had served between four and five years in the Army of the United States in the Revolutionary war against the common enemy in the Virginia line or continental establishment 2 d That he enlisted under Captain William Dark but after was transferred to Captain Abraham Kirkpatrick's Company That he served in Col. Hovey's Regiment Colonel Thomas Gaskins's Regiment but was afterwards transferred to different regiments part of the time in the 6 th 7 th & 11 th Regiments 3 d That he enlisted first for Eighteen months, the same week he enlisted for three years and the next week he enlisted for during the war That he first enlisted in the service in the Month of March 1778 as well as he can now ascertain and continued in the Army in the Service of the United States till the Army was discharged after the conclusion of peace 4 th That after the conclusion of Peace he procured from General Muhlenburg at Winchester Barracks a regular & honorable discharge in due form and left the army but that he gave his discharge to Captain John Strather to procure his land warrant of which he has never seen  been since

5 th That there is not at this time any person in this State within his knowledge by whom he can prove any of the foregoing facts 6 th That he never had nor received any pension from the United States and therefore thinks it not necessary to make any formal relinquishment of a pension Thomas Waters
State of Ohio Asbury County ss I certify that the foregoing deposition of Thomas Waters was this day taken subscribed and sworn to before me the undersigned a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid and I further certify that the said Thomas Waters has satisfied me by examination under oath that the facts stated in the foregoing deposition are strictly true; that he served in the Army of the United States in the Revolutionary war against the common enemy and that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country Given under my hand and seal this 15 th day of April 1818
John Dunning Esq.

Thomas Waters
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State of Ohio Adams County ss on this Eleventh day of August 1820 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Record having the power of fine and im- prisonment for the County and State aforesaid Thomas Waters age Sixty seven years resident in Adams County in the said State who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath de- clare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows that he enlisted at Winchester Va in the Reg t Commanded by Col. Wm Dart in March 1775 or 76 as he believes was then transferred to the Command of Col. Thos Gaskins and joined the Army under the Command of Baron Steuben at the forks of James River then he was afterwards transferred to different Regiments that he served under Genl. Mulinburgh at the siege of York and that at the taking of Lord Cornwallis went down with the flag of truce into Little York to move Secretary Nelson's Family out before the siege began that he enlisted first for 18 months then for three years and afterwards for "during the war" that he received an honorable discharge from Genl. Mulinburgh at Winchester Barracks - in July in the year 1783 date of my original Declaration 15 th April 1818 A.D. of my pension Certificate 12.725 And I do solemnly affirm that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 And that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof within limit thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the pro- vision of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary war" passed on the 18 th 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 annex- ing by me subscribed Thomas Waters

  1 Cow & Calf $17 00 Prost. Up $105 00   1 Horse & Harness 40 00 about 4 acres of Corn 16 00   1 Chest & Valis 4 00 on the ground at   1 Kettle plough & team ware 6 25 2 acres of Wheat in straw 5 00   1/2 doz Ruler Water 1 25 $126 00   3 Sheep 3 25 Deduct my debts 26 70   1 Sow & Pigs 4 25 $99 30   1 Axe & Wedge 1 50   1 Pot & Oves without Lid 2 00   Chains & Hoe 1 50   Due me in Corn 18 00   $145 00 
My family consists of myself and wife Elizabeth aged 57. (My son Robert aged 19 years) My occupation as a laborer - am disabled by having had my thigh broken about nine years since
Thomas Waters
Sworn to and declared in open Court on the 11 th day of August 1820 Joseph Darlington CLK. etc.
I Joseph Darlington Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Adams & State of Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath & Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Records of the said Court; and I 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 One hundred and twenty six dollars In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court on this 15 th day of August in the year of our Lord 1820
Joseph Darlington Clerk of the Court for the County of Adams

October 21, 1931
BA-J/EEL aw
Mr. George Thomas Watters 1186 Morton Avenue Columbus, Ohio
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Thomas Waters, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.40649, based upon the military service of Thomas Waters in that war.
Thomas Waters(the name also appears as Watters) enlisted at Winchester, Virginia, in March, 1778 or 1779, served as a private in Captain Abraham Kirkpatrick's Company, Colonel Thomas Gaskins' Virginia Regiment, and in Colonel William Darke's Virginia Regiment and in the Sixth and Eleventh Virginia Regiments, was at the siege of Yorktown and surrender of Cornwallis, and was discharged in July, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 15, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-six or sixty-seven years. His application was made in Adams County, Ohio, and he signed Thomas Waters, Senior.
In 1820, he was residing in Adams County, Ohio, and then stated that he was aged sixty-seven years, and that his family residing with him at that time consisted of his wife, Elizabeth, aged fifty-seven years, her maiden name and the date of their marriage not shown, and a son, Robert, aged nineteen years.
There are no further family data.
The above is the history of the only soldier named Thomas Waters, who served from Virginia, found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours
A.D.HILLER Assistant to Administrator
Date of death not on QB

of va Per
Mr. Hatten's letter stated, a pension in 1819, so his letter should not have been sent to War Dept by "OPD"

Copy of va Pens
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION WASHINGTON
October 9, 1931
IN REPLY REFER TO: MBAB WIDOW SUBDIVISION
The Adjutant General, U.S.A. War Department Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Herewith is referred for consideration and reply a letter from George Thomas Watters, 1186 Norten Avenue, Columbus, Ohio.
Respectfully,
A. D. Wilkinson
A. D. Wilkinson Acting Director of Pensions
1st Ind.
ORD/ejt
War Department, A. G. O., October 17, 1931. - To the Director of Pensions, Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
1. Under date of September 18, 1931, Mr. George T. Watters, 1186 Norten Ave., Columbus, Ohio, was furnished with the Revolutionary War record of Thomas Waters or Watters, as a private, quartermaster sergeant and sergeant in Capt. Wm. Mosby's Co., 5th Va. Regt., and in Capt. John Anderson's Company, 3rd Va. Regt., and in the 4th Va. Regt., under the command of Colonel John Nevill. Mr. Watters was referred to the Director of Pensions as a possible source of obtaining additional information relative to Thomas Waters. Therefore, the letter from Mr. Watters addressed to the Director of Pensions is herewith returned.
C. H. Bridges Major General, The Adjutant General. By PLR
1 Incl. Letter of Geo. T. Watters.

MONARCH
MONARCH ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY MONARCH LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
CLYDE W. YOUNG, PRESIDENT
SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
BRANCH OFFICE 83 So. High St., Room 418
Columbus, Ohio
Director of Pensions Washington D. C.
Dear Sir;
Would like any and all information your files contain on Thomas Watters or Waters, a member of Mosby's Company 5 th Virginia Reg't. Commanded by Col. Josiah Packer.
Thomas Watters or Waters was granted a pension, supposedly in July 1879.
This is my granddame and would like any information concerning him as to birth, marriage and etc.
Yours truly
George Thomas Watters
1186 North Ave
Columbus Ohio

40 649
Ray INVALID.
File No. 40.649
Thomas Waters
Re: Rev. 1880
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 535
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1931-Oct 21-List to G. J. Walters 268

Thos. Waters, Pvt. Priv.
Col. Gaskin's Virginia Regt.
1775 - for the war -
15 th April 1810
Admitted -

If it be the case, the with applicant, will swear that he is in reduced circumstances and re- quires the assistance of his Country for support & the Judge will cer- tify that it is proven to his satisfaction to be so -

The State of Ohio Adams County ss
I Joseph Darlington Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of said do hereby certify that the above named Job Dinning Esq. whose name is subscribed to the above Certificate
was at the time of signing the same (and still is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of said duly Commissioned and qualified (and that full faith and Credit is due to his said Certificate as in Courts of Justice as thereout
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at West Union
this 2 d day of July in the year of our Lord 1879 in the 43 d year of the Independence of the U.S. of America & in the 17 th year of this State
Joseph Darlington

State of Ohio Adams County ss
I Joseph Darlington Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the before named Job Dinning Esq: before whom the foregoing deposition of Thomas Waters was taken and who has signed the foregoing Certificate was at the time of signing the same and still is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned & qualified and that full faith and Credit is due to his said Certificate as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said
Court at West Union this 16 th day of April in the year of our Lord 1818
Joseph Darlington
The State of Ohio Adams County ss
I Job Dinning a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that this day Thomas Waters Sen r whom name is subscribed to the foregoing Declaration personally appeared before me and declared upon his solemn Oath that he is now between 66 & 67 years of age, very infirm is without real or personal property, is unable to labor for his living & "that he is in reduced circumstances & absolutely needs the assistance of his country for his support" Thomas Waters Sen r

I Job Dinning a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Adams and State of Ohio do hereby certify that the within deposition of Thomas Waters Ben was this day taken & subscribed and sworn to before me and I fur- ther Certify from my own knowledge "that he is in re- "duced Circumstances and absolutely needs the assistance of his Country for his support" And I now transmit the proceedings of said taken and had before me to the Se- cretary for the Department of War pursuant to the direction of the act of Congress in such case made & provided Given under my hand and seal this 2 d day of July in the year of our Lord 1814
J. Dinning. Exat W. D.