Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 723-300, Thomas Vose, Continental (Mass.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Mass.)
Vose, Thomas.
B.L. Mt. 723-300
CONTENTS

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED
Thomas Paine Esquire Greeting. We Reposing especial trust in your Patriotism, Valour, Fidelity, and Fidelity, DO by these presents constitute and appoint you to be Captain in the Second Battalion of Artillery in the Army of the United States, to take rank as Captain from the 2nd day of December 1770. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of a Captain by doing and performing all manner of things therein belonging. And we do hereby charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your command to be obedient to your orders as Captain. And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions from time to time as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United States or Committee of Congress for that purpose appointed, a Committee of the States or Commander in chief for the time being of the Army of the United States, or any other your Superior Officer, according to the rules and discipline of War, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in force until revoked by this or a future Congress, the Committee of Congress before mentioned, or a Committee of the States.
Entered in the War Office and examined by the Board
Attest
Ben: Probert Secretary of the Board of War
Witness His Excellency Sam: Huntington Esquire President of the Congress of the United States of America, at Philadelphia the 2nd day of April 1780, and in the fourth year of our Independence.
Sam: Huntington President

State of Massachusetts } ss. Lincoln County }
Granby Regiment
Whereas it has satisfactorily been made to appear to me that Mary Robinson Lucy Henderson, Sally Vose, Thomas Vose, William Vose & James Vose are all & the only surviving legitimate Heirs at Law of the late Thomas Vose deceased late a Captain of Artil- lery in the United States Army during the Revolutionary War.
I Jeremiah Bailey - Judge of the Probate Court of said County do accordingly hereby certify the same -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the probate seal of my Office at Wiscasset this 21 st day of February one Thousand eight hundred & eighteen -
Jere Bailey

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT I Benjamin W. Hopkins of the town of Buffalo in the County of Niagara and State of New York do hereby make, substitute and appoint, and by these presents have made, substituted and appointed John Davidson of Washington City in the District of Columbia my true and lawful substitute and attorney, for me and in my name, to do and perform all acts and things, in the prosecution and recovery of the claim of Capt. Wm. Vose late a Captain in the United States' army, and now of [blank] in the County of [blank] and State of [blank] against the United States at the proper department, at the city of Washington, that I could do by virtue of his several powers of attorney to me executed with powers of substitution were I personally present, and whatsoever my said substituted attorney shall legally do in the premises, I hereby ratify and confirm. Given under my hand and seal at
Belfast this [blank] day December 1817.
Signed, sealed and delivered } "John Davidson" in presence of } wrote on an erasure by me
John Vose Wm Moody
B. W. Hopkins
B. W. Hopkins
STATE OF Massachusetts } PERSONALLY APPEARED Benjamin W. Hopkins Hancock. COUNTY, ss. } the signer and sealer of the above instrument, and acknowledge the same to be his free and voluntary act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned. Before me, in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Notarial seal of my office to be affixed to these presents at Belfast this Thirteenth day of December
A. D. one thousand eight hundred and seventeen.
Wm Moody Just Peace Notary Public

See Book of Officers
KNOW all Men by these Presents, That I Thomas Vose one of the legitimate heirs at Law of the late Thomas Vose deceased late a Captain of Artillery in the United States Army in the Revolutionary War — son of the town Thomaston in the County of Lincoln and State of Massachusetts
have made, constituted and appointed, and by these presents do make, constitute and appoint Benjamin W Hopkins of the town of Poughkeepsie in the County of New York and State of New York my legal representative and lawful attorney, for me and in my name and behalf, to demand and receive of and from the Secretary of the War Department of the United States, or such other person as may be duly authorised to grant the same a Legal Warrant for all land Bounty to which I am entitled by virtue of the several Acts of Congress in such case made and provided and by virtue of my being heir at Law of the late Thomas Vose deceased late a Captain of Artillery in the United States Army as aforesaid
And the said Benjamin W Hopkins is hereby authorised and directed to execute in my name and behalf the proper receipt and legitimate acquittance for the same, and all other writings, necessary in my name, to make, do, seal and execute in as ample and complete a manner to all intents and purposes as I might or could do were I personally present at the doing thereof.—And one or more attorneys or substitutes under him to duly make and appoint, and at pleasure revoke their powers; and whatsoever my said attorney or his substitutes may lawfully do in the
premises by virtue of the power herein contained I hereby irrevocably ratify and confirm. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal, this 10 th day of February A. D. 1818
In presence of John H. Ingraham Ebenezer Thatcher
Thomas P Vose
STATE OF Massachusetts } COUNTY OF Lincoln — ss. }
PERSONALLY APPEARED Thomas P Vose
to me well known, and made oath in due form of law, that he is the same person described in and who executed the above power of attorney, and the same is his free, voluntary act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
Thomas P Vose
Before me Ebenezer Thatcher Justice of the Peace
Sworn and subscribed before me, this 10 th day of February A. D. 1818
STATE OF Massachusetts } Lincoln — COUNTY, ss. }
PERSONALLY APPEARED John H. Ingraham
and Julia Fales — and being duly sworn according to law, do depose and say, that they and each of them are personally acquainted with Thomas P Vose who has executed the above power of attorney, and well know him to be the person described therein.
and that the said Thomas P Vose is the reputed son and one of the heirs at Law of the late Thomas Vose deceased John H. Ingraham Julia Fales
Sworn and subscribed before me, this 10 th day of February A. D. 1818 and I hereby certify that the above deponents are in my opinion credible witnesses.
Before me Robert P. Thatcher Justice of the Peace

STATE OF Massachusetts Lincoln COUNTY, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this eleventh
day of February — one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me Ebenezer Thatcher Esq. one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared John Gleason Esquire and captain David Hale and made solemn oath in due form of law that they and each of them are personally acquainted with Thomas P. Vose who hath executed the within Power of Attorney and well know him to be the reputed son and one of the legal heirs at law of the late Captain Thomas Vose who is mentioned and intended in the accompanying commission and who served in the army of the United States in the Revolutionary war as captain commanding a company of Artillery in the Third Battalion late Decades and that they well know that the said Thomas Vose served to the close of said war and was Honorably discharged at the ratification of the peace in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty three. and that they were personally acquainted with the said Thomas Vose since the war and verily believe that he the said Thomas hath not applied or authorized any person to apply for him for any land bounty due him from the United States for said services as captain
Sworn and subscribed before me, this eleventh day of February — A. D. 1818 And I hereby certify the above witnesses are in my opinion credible witnesses
John Gleason David Hale Jr.
Ebenezer Thatcher Justice of the Peace
STATE OF Massachusetts Lincoln COUNTY, ss.
I D. S. Hale
Notary Publick
do hereby certify that Ebenezer Thatcher before whom and at the time when the within acknowledgements and affidavits were made was a Justice of the Peace acting under the authority of this State, and that his name thereunto subscribed is his own proper signature. — In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my notarial seal this eleventh day of Feby one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
D. S. Hale, Notary Publick
I certify that the above named Ebenezer Thatcher is a Justice of the peace within & for the County of Lincoln and State of Massachusetts
Thomas Rice Member of Congress Dec. 17th 1818.
Ms. A. 9. 2. 10. 1

THE CONTINENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
HENRY EVANS, PRESIDENT
WESTERN DEPARTMENT 332 SOUTH LA SALLE STREET, CHICAGO, ILL. P.O. DRAWER 771 J.R. WILBUR, SECRETARY H.W. LA RUE, ASST. SECY. - J.R. MARTIN, AGENCY SUPT.
N. T. HOWARD & CO., Agents Greeneville, Tennessee
JANUARY 1st, 1920 CAPITAL $ 10,000,000 TOTAL GROSS ASSETS $ 39,624,376 RESERVES FOR UNEARNED PREMIUMS $14,854,828 FOR LOSSES AND ALL CLAIMS 2,304,724 RESERVE FOR CONTINGENCIES 100,000 FOR DIVIDEND 1,000,000 TOTAL LIABILITIES $ 18,259,552 POLICY HOLDERS SURPLUS $ 21,364,824
Box 59, Greeneville, Tenn.
October 19th., 1920.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Sir:
Kindly give me any data you may have concerning Thomas Vose, or his Widow, Laura Whitcomb Vose. He was commissioned Capt. Lt. Nov. 9, 1776, from New York State; served with Stevens and Crane to the close of the War.
Thomas Vose was married on Oct. 4, 1808 in Windham, Pa. to Laura Whitcomb, (Daughter of a Revolutionary Soldier) who was born in 1792 in Geneva, N. Y. Their children were: John, Dimick, Sophia, Milton, Luke and Sallie. Sallie was born November 10, 1816 in Mehoopany, Pa.
Any information furnished will be greatly appreciated.
Respectfully,
Mrs. R. C. Howard

1920 Nov. 24. Hest. 50 Mrs. R. C. Howard.
-723-
Thomas Vose — Capt: Mass. Artillery —
Thos P. Vose & others heirs at law —
No 722 annulled
Warrant issued Dec. 24. 1878-
Major Geo P. Davidow Atty.

Rev. War Section.
V.L.M.
November 24, 1920.
Mrs. R. C. Howard, Box 59, Greeneville, Tennessee.
Madam: In response to your letter dated the 19" ultimo, you are advised that it appears from the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau that Thomas Vose was a Captain in the Third Battalion of Continental Artillery from December 2, 1778, until 1783, and that Warrant No. 733 for 300 acres of bounty land was allowed on account of said service in 1818 to Mary Robinson, Lucy Henderson, Sally G. Vose, Thomas P. Vose, William and James F. Vose the only surviving heirs at law of the above noted soldier. They were residents of Lincoln County, Massachusetts. Their relationship to soldier and the date of his death are not stated nor is there any further data on file as to his family.
Very respectfully,
J. N. Byington Commissioner.