Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File O.W. Inv. File 24422, Thomas L West, Not Rev. Indiana Mil. N.W. Ind. War 1811

SERVICE
NUMBER
Not Rev.
West, Thomas L.
O.K. Inv. File 24422
Indiana Mil.
B.L. # 94551-40-50
N.H. Ind. War 1811
B.L. # 86980-120-127
CONTENTS

Elymias L.D.M.
217.680 A.M. Mar 3 45.076 Oct 11 } 55
Anna West (wife)
Thomas D West (husb)
Capt David Rabb
For Oct 1811 } Ind M dis 1811
Battle Tippecanoe
Indian War 1811 Recd W th 94,551 400 A
120 Acres Oct 7 56 Cai D th death April 24 66 Foot Horace Hayward Olney Richland Co Ills

No 1301 To Illinois Indiana
Thomas West.
Private
Captain David Robb's company of the In- diana Mounted Infantry.
Ratio of disability, one half.
Date of discharge  closing testimony } 8 November 1828.
scribed on the roll of Indiana
at Four dollars per month, to commence on the 8 th day of November 1828.
Certificate of pension issued the 25 th of Nov 1828 and sent to Samuel Hall Esq Princeton Indiana
Arrears to 4th March 1828 $15.59 3/4
Semi-ann. all'ce ending
$15.59 3/4
Act 10 th April 1812

See letter 27 Dec. 1828 to Hon. T. P. Blake H. R. See letter to T. Poygan Oct. 13. 1831
Pension increased to $5.33 3/4 comm. 10 Dec. 1831 and new cer- tificate issued 20 Dec. 1831 and sent to T. Poygan by Corrydon and
Transferred from Indiana to Illinois 24 Jany 1832 to take effect from 4 Sept 1831 no- tification sent to the Hon. Joseph Duncan H. R.
see letter 23 o March 1832 to David Hay Esq. then agt- to Pensioner 26. March 1832.
See letter to Hon. G. Carey 11 ap. 1834
April 19 th 1834 increased commencing 14 April 1834 to $8 per mo: certif: sent to Hon. G. Carey H. R. on the - 22 o same month see letter March 23. 1836 to Hon. G. Carey H. R.

SURGEON'S AFFIDAVIT.
Vincennes 6 th Nov (Date) 1828
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED, That Thomas West a soldier in the Company of mounted infantry in the _____ Regiment of the United States is rendered incapable of performing the duty of a soldier, by reason of wounds or other injuries inflicted while he was actually in the service aforesaid, and in the line of his duty, viz.
By satisfactory evidence and accurate examination, it appears that on the 7 th day of November in the year 1811. Thomas West being engaged in a battle at or near a place called Tippecanoe in the district, or territory, of Indiana he received a wound from a ball in his mouth passing through the cheek & also another wound from a ball passing through the joint of the right shoulder
and he is thereby, not only incapacitated for military duty, but, in the opinion of the undersigned, is at least one half disabled from obtaining his subsistence from manual labor.
E. M c Namee Surgeon.
Jacob Hupendall Surgeon.
N. B.—The blank in the last line but one is to be filled up with the proportional "degree" of disability; for example: "three-fourths"—"one-half"—"one-third," &c. &c. or, "totally," as the case may be.
Sworn to before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Knox in the State of Indiana this 6 th Day of Novr A.D. 1828.
Samuel Hill Justice of the Peace

State of Indiana Knox County } set
I Homer Johnson Clerk of the Circuit Court in & for the County of Knox, do hereby Certify that Samuel Hill before whom the foregoing Acknowledgment and affidavit appears to have been taken is and was at the time of taking the same a justice of the Peace in & for said County duly Commissioned & qualified & that due faith & Credence is and ought to be given to all his Official Acts as such.
In testimony Whereof I have hereto set my hand and Affixed the seal of Office at Vincennes this sixth day of November A. D. 1828
H. Johnson Clerk S. S. - K. S.

State of Indiana } County of Gibson } ss
On this the eighth day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Gibson and state of Indiana Anna West Aged Sixty five years a resident of the County of Richland and State of Illinois who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Thomas L West deceased who was a private in the Company Commanded by Captain David Robbin the Regiment of Mounted Riflemen Commanded by Colonel Luke Specker in the war with the Indians on the western frontier during the year eighteen hundred and eleven. That her said husband volunteered at the County of Knox in the then territory of Indiana on or about the first day of October A D 1811 to serve during the Campaign up the Wabash River under General William H Harrison and continued in actual service in said war for the term of about fifty days and until the termination of said Campaign and was honorably discharged at Vincennes in said territory of Indiana his certificate of discharge being lost — She further states that she was married to her said husband Thomas L West in the County of Gibson and territory of Indiana on the fifteenth day of April A D 1814 by one John Milburn a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Gibson and that her name before her said marriage was Anna Cheek. And that there is no record of her said marriage in existence; that her said husband died at the County of Richland and State of Illinois on the fifth

day of December A D 1848 and that she is still his widow — She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act of Congress pass- ed September the 28 A D 1850
Anna her West mark
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year above written J. N. Hill Justice Seal
State of Indiana County of Gibson { ss
On this 8 th day of August A D 1853 person- ally appeared before me a Justice of the peace within and for the County and state aforesaid Henry Reel aged sixty years a resident of said County of Gibson who being duly sworn according to law deposes and and says that he was a volunteer private in the Company commanded by Captain David Robb in the Regiment of mounted Riflemen commanded by Colonel Luke Hecker, in the war with the Indians on the western frontiers in the year eighteen hundred and eleven, that he then and there knew Thomas L West who was then and there a private in said Company commanded by Captain David Robb in the Regiment of mounted Riflemen commanded by Colonel Luke Hecker in said war, that the said Thomas L West volunteered at the County of Knox in the territory of Indiana on or about the first day of October A D 1811 to serve during the Campaign up the Wabash River under General William H Harrison and continued in active service in said war

for the term of about fifty days, and until the termination of said Campaign and was honorably discharged at Vincennes in the then Territory of Indiana on or about the twentieth day of November A.D. 1811. And that the said Thomas West was the husband of the said Anna West { Henry Reel
Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year above written and I certify that the said Henry Reel is a credible and disinterested person and that I have no interest in this matter.
J. V. Hill Justice Peace
State of Indiana
Gibson County ss.
I Andrew Lewis Clerk of the Gibson Circuit Court certify that Joseph V. Hill before whom the foregoing Declaration and affidavit were made and whose certificates of the same are thereto attached, was at the time of the mak- ing and taking of the same an acting Jus- tice of the Peace within and for the said County of Gibson, and am authen- ticated with his signature, and believed the same purporting to be his to be genuine and that his commission expires at the 16th day of April 1852 and will expire on the 16th day of April A.D. 1856 and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts.
In Testimony Whereof I hereunto affix the seal of said Court and subscribe my name at Princeton this 9th day of August 1853 Andrew Lewis Clerk

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WIDOW'S CLAIM.
BOUNTY LAND CLAIM
OF
IN THE WAR WITH
7
MILLER & BROWN, ATTORNEYS FOR THE CLAIMANT, WASHINGTON, D. C.
T. WRIGHTSON & Co., Printers, Cincinnati, O.

The State of Illinois } ss. Richland COUNTY,
On this Eighteenth day of September A. D. 1855 personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace of and for the County and State aforesaid, Anna West aged 60 years, a resident of Richland County, in the State of Illinois , who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the Widow of Thomas West deceased, who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain David Noble in the Regiment of Indiana Militia commanded by _____ in the War of Indian war that he was in the battle of Tippecanoe
That her said husband enlisted at Vincennes  Indiana on or about the _____ day of October , A. D. 1811, for the term of 90 days  or 14 days and continued in actual service in said War for the term of more than 14 days , and was honorably discharged at Fort  Vincennes & discharged on the last  last  day of his  service A. D. 1811
She further states that she was married to the said Thomas L. West on the _____ day of April , A. D. 1812 by one John Milbourn , a Justice of the Peace , and that her name before her said marriage was Anna Creek ; that her said husband died at Richland County Ills on the day of November , A. D. 1849, and that she is now a widow.
Anna West
She further declares that she has heretofore made application for Bounty Land under the Act of September 28, 1850, and received a Land Warrant, No. 94551 for Forty acres, which she has since legally disposed of, and cannot now return. Located upon the SE SE 3rd Sect 18 T 2 N R 11 East in said county of Richland and cannot now return
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the additional Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3, A. D. 1855. She also declares that she has never applied for nor received under this or any other Act of Congress, any Bounty Land Warrant except the one above mentioned Illinois
She hereby appoints _____  Reynard of Richland County Illinois her Attorneys to prosecute said claim, and procure her Warrant, hereby authorising and empowering her said Attorneys to procure from the proper authorities at Washington, or elsewhere, certified copies of any records or documents, or any and all other evidence that may be necessary to establish her claim, as fully as she might or could herself if present, and hereby revoking and countermanding all other authority that may have been heretofore given for the said purpose.
Anna x West mark

We, S Griffin and Robert B Marney Jr residents of Richland County in the State of Illinois upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Anna West in our presence, with whom we are personally acquainted, and that we believe, from the appearance, statement, and our acquaintance with the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that we are dis- interested witnesses.
S Griffin
R B Marney Jr
We, S Griffin and Robert B Marney Jr residents of Richland County upon our oaths declare that we were personally acquainted with Thomas S West and Anna West that during the lifetime of the said Thomas S West husband of the said Anna West and we know that the said Thomas S West and Anna West lived together as husband and wife, and were so re- garded and reputed by their neighbors; that the said Thomas S West is dead, that the said Anna West is still his widow, and that we have no interest in this claim.
S Griffin
R B Marney Jr

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.
W. B. Snyder J. P.
The State of Illinois } ss. Richland COUNTY,
I, Jacob Hofmann, Clerk of the County Court of said County, do certify that W. B. Snyder is, and was at the time of making the foregoing signatures, (which I certify to be genuine,) an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County, having been duly commissioned and sworn.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court, and subscribed my name, this 26 th day of September A. D. 1853
J. Hofmann Clerk

July 30, 1937
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Mr. H. H. West 214 South Hill Street Los Angeles, California
THOMAS L. WEST O.W.I.File 24422 BA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Thomas West whose name was borne on the 1840 Index as a pensioner, aged fifty-two years and a resident of Lawrence County, Illinois.
You are furnished herein the record of Thomas L. West as found in the papers on file in claims for pension and bounty land under O. W. I. File No. 24422, based upon service and upon disability incurred during service in the Northwest Indian War, Indiana.
The date and place of birth, age and names of the parents of Thomas L. West are not shown.
Thomas L. West volunteered at Vincennes in Knox County, Indiana, served from October 25, 1811, to November 19, 1811, as private in Captain David Robb's company of Indiana mounted infantry, and while serving on the campaign up the Wabash River, was in the battle of Tippecanoe, November 7, 1811, in which he received wounds by a ball from gunshot passing through his mouth and cheek and another ball through his right shoulder.
On account of disability resulting from the above-noted injuries, Thomas L. West was pensioned from November 8, 1820, while a resident of the State of Indiana and his name was placed on the pension rolls of that state. In December, 1831, he stated he had recently moved to Lawrence County, Illinois, and requested that his name be transferred to the pension rolls of that state. In 1836, he was still living in Lawrence County, Illinois. He died December 5, 1849, in Richland County, Illinois.
Thomas L. West married April 7, 1814, in Gibson County, Indiana, Anna or Anne Cheek. The date and place of her birth and names of parents are not given.

Anna West applied August 8, 1853, for bounty land which was due on account of the service of her husband, Thomas L. West, and then gave her age as sixty-one years while residing in Richland County, Illinois. On this application she was allowed forty acres of bounty land on Warrant No. 94551, under the Act of September 28, 1850. She applied September 18, 1855, for additional land due on account of her husband's service. At that time she gave her age as sixty years, being still a resident of Richland County, Illinois, no explanation made of the discrepancy in ages given. On this application she was granted one hundred twenty acres of bounty land on Warrant No. 86980, under the Act of March 3, 1855.
No names in the claims were designated as those of children.
In 1831, one Nathaniel West made affidavit in Lawrence County, Illinois, in behalf of the soldier, Thomas L. West, but did not state any relationship.
In 1853, one James Cheek, aged sixty-four years was a resident of Richland County, Illinois. In 1856, one of the same name made joint affidavit with one T. W. Cheek, both of Richland County, Illinois, in behalf of soldier's widow, Anna West. Their relationship to her or to each other not stated, nor was it shown whether James Cheek in each case were one and the same person.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Official Business
FREE
Com t of Pensions Washington D. C.
217680

Thomas West Send cut: to the
Hon. J. Casey, Payable on the 4th March H. Rep d and 4th September, at Corydon .
by Thomas Poyntz Esq r
Increase to Pension Agent. $8 per month, to commence 14 April 1834
Registered in Book I Vol. 9 Page 175 by Wm Wilson Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
INVALID PENSION.
I Certify, That, in conformity with the Law of States, of the 10 th April 1812. Thomas West late a Private of the Indiana Infantry was, on the 25 th day of November 1825 inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Indiana Agency, at the rate of four dollars per month; and that his name is now on the roll of the same Agency, at the rate of five 33\frac{1}{3} dollars per month, commencing on the sixteenth 100 day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty one. This certificate is issued in lieu of one dated on the 25 th day of November, 1828. (cancelled)
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 20 th day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty one.

To what time, and at what rate, was Thomas West, an Invalid of Illinois, last paid?
Resp y .
J L Edward Ap r . 19. 1834
paid at 5,33 2 / 3 to the 4 Sept: 1833.
H. Whetcroft Esq r

Increase of Pension
It is hereby certified that Thomas West formerly a private of Capt. Robbs Company in the Indiana Mounted Infantry, who it appears by the accompanying certificate was placed on the pension roll at the rate of Four dollars per month on account as he states, of having received a Gunshot wound in the Right Shoulder and also in the mouth which fractured the upper and lower jaw while in the line of his duty and in the said service on or about the 7 th day of November in the year 1871 at a place called Tippecanoe in the State of Indiana is not only still disabled in consequence of the said injury, but, in our opinion is entitled to One dollar 33\frac{1}{3} per month more than he already receives as a pension in consequence of a diminution in the size and use capability of the parts affected being disabled to a degree amounting to Two thirds of a Total disability.
Sworn and Subscribed to before me this 1 st day of December 1881.
J. W. Kintner S.S.
W. Craig
J. J. Laughlin
Physician
I Certify that I am acquainted with the Physicians who have signed the above Certificate; and that they are reputable in their Profession.
Given under my hand and Seal of Office at Corydon the day and year last above written.
Jacob W. Kintner S.S.

I Tho. Lody Agent for paying pensioners in the State of Indiana, certify that I am personally acquainted with Tho. Craig & James B. Stangler the Physicians who have granted & signed the within certificate and that they are reputable in their profession
Given under my hand at Corydon 1 st Dec r 1831
Tho. Lody Agent
J. P. Perry Corydon Indiana
Income to $45:33 1 / 3 for mo. J. P. M. 16 Dec. 1831

Olney 27 th Sept r 1856
Com d of pensions Washington
Friend Sir
Enclosed please find evidence of the death of Thos s West, taken as additional evidence to be used in application of Anna West widow of for Bounty land App- lication N o 217,680, please address warrant or communications to
H. H. Hayward Olney Richland Co, Ill s

Free Official Business
True
Hon J.P. Waldo Washington D.C.

June 9. 1832
Pension Office
Transfer to man
The Hon'ble L. Cols Secretary of War

W of Peps
January 9 th 1872
Dr Sir
Should the application of Thomas Wirt (which is heren enclosed) be successfull Will you confer a favour by giving me the information, so that I may convey it to him
With great respect
Your friend
Joseph Duncan
Genl L Cols
Secretary of War

State of Indiana } County of Gibson } 58
On this the eighth day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace within and for the county and state of said James Cheek aged sixty four years a resident of the County of Richland and state of Illinois who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he was present and witnessed the marriage of Anna Cheek to Thomas J West, or he was a private in the Company commanded by Captain David Robb, in the regiment of Mounted Riflemen commanded by Colonel Luke Becker in the war with the Indians in the year eighteen hundred and eleven, That the said marriage took place on or about the seventh  fifth day of April A D 1814. And was solemnized by John Milburn a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Gibson and the then territory of Indiana That the said marriage marriage was solemnized in the said County of Gibson. That the said Thomas J West died on or about the fifth day of December A D 1848 in the County of Richland and state of Illinois. That the said Anna during the lifetime and until the death of the said Thomas J West was reputed to be his lawful wife. And at the time of her application and at this time is his widow James, Cheek
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year above written and I hereby certify that the said James Cheek is a credible and disinterested person and that I have no interest in this matter
Jonathan C Fisher a justice of the peace

State of Indiana } County of Gibson } ss
On this the eight day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, John Milburn aged seventy two years a resident of the County of Gibson and State of Indiana, well known to me to be a credible and unsworn person who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that on the seventh day of April A D 1814 he the said John Milburn then a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Gibson duly Commissioned and qualified did join in marriage Anna Cheek and Thomas L West, who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain David Rabb in the regiment of Mounted Riflemen commanded by Colonel Luke Decker in the war with the Indians on the western frontiers in the year eighteen hundred and eleven That by the laws of the Territory of Indiana he the said John Milburn was as Justice of the peace authorized to solemnize marriage, And that the said Thomas L West is now dead, that the said Anna during the lifetime of the said Thomas L West was reputed to be his lawful wife, and that she is still his widow
John Milburn
Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that the said John Milburn is a credible and unsworn witness and that I am wholly uninterested in this application
Jonathan C Fisher a justice of the peace

State of Indiana Gibson County p
I Amard Lewis Clerk of the Gibson Circuit Court certify that Jonathan C Fisher before me wherein the within and foregoing affidavits were made and whose copies of the same are thereto attached was at the time of taking and certifying the same an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and then acquainted with his signature and believed the same purporting to be his to be genuine --
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court and subscribed my name at Princeton the 9th day of August AD 1853
Amard Lewis Clk

Grey

We the Subscribers, Practising physicians of the County of Lawrence and State of Illinois do hereby certify, that after a careful examination in the case of Thomas West, who is now on the pension roll of the State of Illinois, we are of opinion that his disabilities does still continue viz; a wound in the right shoulder occasioned by a Ball passing through the same and further that the degree of disability under which he labors at present, is entire being not less than the original degree of disability, for which he was placed on the pension roll.
G. T. Gauthorn Thomas Collins
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 6 th day of March of March 1834
J. P. Strother J. P. L. C.
I certify, that I am acquainted with the physicians who have signed the above certificate, and that they are reputable in their profession
J. Strother (Seal) J. P. L. C.
State of Illinois Lawrence County I James M c Lean Clerk of the County Commissioners Court of said County do certify that Peneteton Strother is a Magistrate as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my seal of office and subscribed my name this 7 th day of March 1834 J. M. M c Lean cl.

Both certificates

State of Indiana p.
I David Robb formerly Captain commanding a company of mounted infantry at the battle of Tippecanoe in the fall of 1811 do certify that Thomas West a private then under my Command, while in the Service of the United States and in the line of his duty was wounded in the battle fought at that place on the 7 th November in the year of our Lord, by a ball passing through his mouth which brought him to the ground - Upon dis- covering his situation I ordered him to the Ser- geants tent. While on his way another ball struck him in the right shoulder which passed through the same at or near the joint, and he again fell.
I further certify that about the year 1813 I went in company with said West before the Hon ble B. Parker now Judge of the District Court of the United States for the Indiana District and made oath of these facts to enable said West to be placed on the pension roll, but never learned any thing further in relation to it.
David Robb -
Subscribed and sworn to before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in & for the county of Gibson in the state aforesaid this 25 th day of Oct r A. D. 1828
James Edwards J. P.

State of Indiana Gibson County S.S.
I John S. Neely clerk of the circuit court of Gibson County in the State aforesaid do certify that James Evans Esq: before whom the within affidavit was made and who hath certified the same, is, and was at the time of doing the same an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County & State aforesaid duly Commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Princeton this 8th day of November A.D. 1828.
John S. Neely clerk By Daniel M. Jones & Clerk

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Olney 1 st October 1855
Com d of Pensions
Dear Sir
Enclosed please find application of Anna West for additional land warrant please address communication or warrant to Horace Hayward, Olney Richland County Ills Very Respectfully Horace Hayward

McCart. Mar. 19.
Am. 7th Q.M.
Flanery H.M.
St. Edward City Com. of Publics Washington

House of Representatives March 18 th 1836
Sir
I have this day received a letter from Thomas West of Lawrence County Illinois in which he states that he was in the battle of Tipacanoe in which battle he was badly wounded. He thinks he ought to have had a pension from 1812 1813 or 1814 when he first applied for it. His pension was granted in 1828. Will you have the goodness to examine this subject & inform me of the result
Your Obedient Servant
J. Casy
J. S. Edwards Esq Pension Office War Department

Hon J. P. Waldo Olney Richland Co Ills Aug 13 1853
Sir - Inclosed pleas find declarations and affidavits for Land warrant for Anna West widow of Thomas L. West which pleas attend to as soon as convenient and much oblige Direct it to
L Griffin
Olney Richland
Co
Ills
This case has been on hand for a long time and on account of evidence has been delayed until now and on account of the delay the widow is very anxious to get it as soon as possible. I would not make application for her until I could get what I thought was sufficient.
Your Obedient Servant,
L Griffin
Ps I was knowing to Thomas L West drawing a pension for I helped him to get it, and saw him receive some of it. Lg

Pension Office
21st Decr.
Thomas West Invalid act 10 April 1812. Secretary of War Washington City
D.C.
Samuel Hall Postmaster Princeton Ind a
pen: to com: Nov: 8. 1828, $4 per month -
act April 10. 1812.
Nov 22. 1828
Princeton Ind a Nov: 8 th
Hon:

Princeton 8th Nov 1825
Sir
Enclosed you will find an affidavit of D Robb the Capt under whom Thos West served when he was wounded at the battle of Tippecanoe and also the affidavit of two surgeons made according to the form furnish by department.
A. Whitlock Esq was paymaster of the regiment in which West last served
Respectfully
Your
Obt
serv
Sam l Hare

Treasury Department Third Auditor's office
Apr. 24 th 1828
It appears from a Muster Roll of Capt n David Robb's Company of Indiana Volunteers to the 21 st Apr. 1811 that Thomas West a private was " badly wounded on the 7 th Apr. 1811 " - leave of Whitlock Cth. E V. 5 -
Wm Hagner Aud r
For the Pension office from Dept

Thomas West dead Ills.
Official Business
Com d of Pensions Washington City D.C.

45076
Pension office
October 13/83
Sir
This case is respect- fully referred to your dept at suggestion of Land office for examination
Very Respectfully
Yours &c
J. Call for Commissioner
Col F Burr 3 and 4 Prebend
W.H.

Capt
D. Robb
Jan 1811
Whilock & Co
25 Oct { 1811 19 Nov { 1811
26 Oct
Dr. Miller
bad Monday 7 AM

86,980
S
1120 Cinos

Re examined
No 451076
Treasury Department 3 Auditors office
Oct 21/88
Thomas West, serg in Captain DeRodd's Co.
From 21 st Oct { 1891 to 19 Nov {
26 days
No Milage,
"lady wounded 7 Nov 1891"
Phelan
Fn 3 Anas
Slaves

Laurensville. Miss { Dec 24. 18
Free
The Hon ble Joseph Duncan Rep: in Congress Washington City.

Application for a Transfer
State of Illinois } Laurens County } ss
On this the fourteenth day of December 1831 before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace for the County of Laurens and state of Illinois personally appeared Thomas West who on oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company Commanded by Captain David Robb of the Indiana mounted Infantry in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel
in the service of the United States that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Indiana from whence he has lately removed that he now resides in the state of Illinois where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable in future The following are his reasons for removing from Indiana to Illinois believing Illinois a better state to live in and knowing I could live there with less labour and it being more healthy than in Indiana
Sworn and subscribed before me the day & year aforesaid
Thomas West
Samuel P. Lawrence J.P. 56

State of Illinois Lawrence County ss Personally appeared before me an acting Justice of the peace for the County of Lawrence and state of Illinois Nathaniel West who being duly sworn deposeth & saith. Thomas West is the Iden- tical person that is inscribed in Certifi- cate now before me belonging to the Indiana militia & the same who has subscribed the above and I furthermore Certify so far as I am acquainted with the deponent I know nothing to the reverse of his being a man of veracity { Nathaniel West Sworn and Subscribed } before me the day above written
Daniel R. Lacey J.P.
State of Illinois Lawrence county ss:
I W. H. Bradley Clerk of the county commissioners Court of said County, do hereby certify that David Young whose name appears to the above Certificate is, and was at the time of doing the same , an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County, duly commissioned and qualified & that full faith and Credit are due to all his official acts as such.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court, at my office in Lawrenceville, this 23 rd day of December A.D. 1831.
W. H. Bradley, CLK

State of Illinois & Lawrence County ss:
I. Algernon S. Badollet, President Judge of County Commissioners Court of said County. do hereby certify, that V. H. Bratley who made the foregoing certificate of Magistracy, is, and was at the time of making the same the regular Clerk of said Court, and that his said certificate is in due form of Law.
Given under my hand and Seal this 23 rd day of December A.D. 1831.
A. S. Badollet C. S. Judge

State of Illinois } ss Richland County }
The following additional testimony of James Chuck & T. W. Chuck was this day taken by me for the purpose of enabling me to procure Bounty land on my application heretofore forwarded, the next of which was acknowledged on the 11 th Oct 1855 as claim of Anna, wife of Thomas West No. 217,680 for Bounty Land under the act of March 3 rd 1855 This 27 th Sept 1856
Anna her West mark
The foregoing statement was signed by Anna West before me, on the day and year above written & I certify that I know her that she is the person represented to be viz Anna West widow of Thomas L. West that I have no interest in said claim
M. B. Snyder

State of Illinois 3 rd Richland County 3 rd
On this 27 th day of September A D 1856 person- ally came before me a Justice of the Peace within & for the county & State aforesaid James Chuk & J. W. Chuk two creditable persons who after being duly sworn say we James Chuk & J. W. Chuk residents of the county & State aforesaid upon our oaths declare that we were personally acquainted with Thomas L. West and Anna West during the life-time of the said Thomas L. West husband of the said Anna West, and we know that the said Thomas L. West and Anna West lived together as husband and wife, and were so reputed and regarded by their neighbors and the fact of their marriage never was called in question by their neighbors. That the said Thomas L. West is dead that we saw him buried on or about the fifth day of December A D 1849 in the county & State aforesaid. That the said Anna West is still his widow that we have no interest in this claim.
James Chuk J. W. Chuk

The foregoing affidavit of James Chuk & T. W. Chuk were sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be creditable persons; that the claimant Antonia West is the identical person represented to be & that I have no interest in her claim for County land
M. B. Snyder J.P.
The State of Illinois } Richland County }
I Jacob Kaufman Clerk of the county court of said county do certify that M. B. Snyder was at the time of making the foregoing signature (which I know to be genuine & his hand writing) an acting Justice of the peace in and for the said county having been duly commissioned and sworn
In testimony I have hereunto affixed the seal of said court, and subscribed my name this 27 th day of Sept 1856
J. Kaufman Clerk

W. A. 74 551 p. Nov. 2/53
Vol 82 P 216
451176217680 Aug 20/53 Ann. West. wid of Thomas L. West (dec) Bvt.
Capt. David Robb. } Luda Col. Luke Decker } Vols.
Ent. Oct. 1, 1861. } Indian Dis. } War.
David Aug 29/63 2 nd Md. U. Aug. 30. 63
Repr to 2 nd
Blayton 2 nd
Com: of Pensions } 3 and 6. Oct 10/53 leaves
40 acres Oct 26/53 leaves
L. Griffin, Olney, Richland Co H.D. Ill.

1937 July 30 - Hist. to H. West - msa
24422
INVALID.
Index 1811
File No. 24,422
Thomas West
Rev Mrs. wife
Act: April 18 th 1812
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 442
[Arrangement of 1870.]

H. H. WEST CO. Manufacturers' Representative 214 South Hill Street VAndike 1818 Los Angeles, Calif.
July 8, 1937.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
In the List of Revolutionary Pensioners shown on the 1840 Index, is soldier:
52 1788 8 p.m. 1822 THOMAS WEST, Age 52, residing in Lawrence County, Illinois. ?
Will you kindly furnish me an abstract of his military and family records as shown by the pension papers, and oblige.
The information is wanted for History of Hezekiah West, a Revolutionary soldier who died in Johnson Co., Ills. in 1845.
Thanking you, I am,
Yours very truly,
H. H. West H. H. West.
HHW/M