Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,101, for Thomas Steele, New Hampshire

SERVICE
105
★ Steele, Thomas
NUMBER
R 10.101
Exhibit at Lewis Point, Pa.
CONTENTS

N 38014 Huma, Stele ar v n
Set Hon. Th. S. Bingham Aug. 12/50
10,101
at 7 June 1832

Pension Office 20 June 1850
Sir,
The application of John Steele for Bounty  Land , as son of Thomas Steele deceased, transmitted through you, has been received and filed. The name of Thomas Steele is not found in the list of the soldiers of Col. Warren Regiment who enlisted for, during the war, and served out their term, and no others are entitled
I have the honor to be
Respectfully, Your M t Servant H. Edwards
Hon. H. T. Bingham House of Representatives,

38014 Aug 2/50
John Steele
Will the Third Auditor be so good as to give the necessary certificate in this case?
Pension Office July 5. 1850. J. L. Edwards
Recd July 6 This appears to be a Revolutionary claim for a Pension!
3. Aud's Office Aug 15/50 1850 J. L. Edwards Comptroller of Pensions
Heen. H. S. Bingham H. R.

10 101 P. O. Thomas Steele
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____ _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

Detroit June 25 th 1850 —
Hon Sir
Enclosed I return you the — Pension office letter of the 20 th Inst — In reference to the claim of John — Steels for pension . Not Land. The application was not for Land , but for pension due his father since 4 th March '31 to the time of his death. In said letter the com states that his term of service did not entitle him to Land , but do not say that it was not sufficient to entitle him to pension . If you please you will refer this letter & the enclosed one to the Hon Com for further advice or for reexamination
Very Resp y Yours G. Z. Lewis for President
Hon J. S. Ringham H. R.

Declaration to be made by the Children of a Deceased Revolutioner, who was never Pensioned, must be made before a Court of Record.
STATE OF Virginia COUNTY OF Kanawha } ss.
On this thirty first day of May A. D. 1850, personally appeared John Steele before the Judge of the Circuit Superior Court of the Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery in and for the County of Kanawha aforesaid and State of Virginia now sitting at Charleston, the Court House of the said County . (Insert here the names and ages of all the children who so appear.) John Steele
Who being first duly sworn, according to law, do his  on their oaths, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by act of Congress, approved 7th June, 1832, and 4th of July, 1836, and all such other acts as have from time been passed. That now deceased  he is the child  son of  son of  the late  the late  Thomas Steele - who entered the service of the United States at Crown Point under Captain John Smith and Colonel Warner as a private and continued in the service, as deponent believes until about the " " " " " day of 1776 , when he was honorably discharged, at Amboy . That, as deponent was informed, his father was first marched from the place of enlistment to Cambridge, head quarters . That he was in the service under etc. (or if more, say how many different periods of enlistment.) Three different periods of enlistment
That during said service, he served under the following officers: (Here state the names of the officers, and where he was stationed while under them—for example: "In the year 1781, was under the immediate command of Geo. Washington, at West Point." Also, state fully what battles he was in.) Colonel Warner, Captain John Smith, General George Washington and the name of one of the Commissioners under whom he was enlisted was - Chambers he was at the battle on Long Island and was at the capture of the Hessians at Trenton

I do further state, that my father, the aforesaid Thomas Steele _____ departed this life on the eighth _____ day of December _____ 18 44 , leaving no widow who is now living - my mother having departed this life before the death of my said father _____
I do hereby hereby relinquish all claim to a pension or pension money, on account of my father's service, except the present; and we believe my father's name was never on the Pension List of any State.
I further state that my father had eight children, to wit, myself, George, Elizabeth, Robert, Margaret, Jane, Isabel, and Mary, of whom three only are now in life to wit George, myself and Margaret, now Margaret Arnott, - George is I believe still living in the County of Monroe aforesaid. And Margaret moved about fifteen years ago with her husband John Arnott to the State of Tennessee.
} All the children's Signatures in full.
John Steele
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED in open Court.
Teste A. W. Duarier _____ Clerk.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that Thomas Steele _____ within mentioned, was a Revolutionary Soldier, and that he served as is stated in the foregoing declaration.
I, Alexander W. Duarier _____ Clerk of the Agout Superior _____ Court of Saw & Channing for Kanawha County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court, in the matter of the application of the children  John Steele the Son of the late Thomas Steele died for pension money due him in his life time, not applied for.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 31 st day of May _____ A. D. 1850.
A. W. Duarier _____ Clerk.

N 38014 Human State do on act 7 June 1832
John Still One of the —
—Heirs of the late
Thomas Still
— A Soldier of the Revolution.
Application for Pension Allowance due their Father for service in the Revolution.
A Private of Capt John Stark's Company Col Warren's Regt
G. F. LEWIS, Attorney, DETROIT, MICHIGAN.
Entered the Service at Crown Point in 1776 see written different Battles he was in

At the same time and place, came William Bolinger _____ and John Dibble _____ two credible and respectable witnesses, and citizens of said County and State, and severally made oath that they are acquainted with the foregoing affiant, and that they are  he is reputed and known in the neighborhood as the child  child  and wife  and wife of the aforesaid Thomas Steele _____ and that the said Thomas Steele _____ was reputed to be a revolutionary soldier. That said Thomas Steele _____ departed this life on in Monroe County State of Virginia on or about the eighth _____ day of December _____ 18 47 , leaving no widow who is now living; and that they are disinterested—of the truth of which statements the Court is fully satisfied.
SWORN AND SUBSCRIBED in open Court.
Wm Bolinger John Dibble
A. W. Quarnier Clerk.
Know all Men by these Presents, That we  I the subscribers have appointed, and by these presents do appoint and constitute GLEASON F. LEWIS , Esq., our  my true and lawful Attorney in fact, to receive from the Secretary of War, Paymaster General, second or third Auditor of the Treasury, or any other officer or officers authorized to settle or pay the same, my  my land warrant and all moneys, drafts or other dues of every kind, nature and name, for extra pay, commutation money, bounty, clothing money, prize money, withheld pay, or any other dues of any kind due to me from the United States, whether paid by any of the before mentioned or any other officers of the United States; and I do hereby request said officers, or any or either of them, to pay said amounts to said Lewis, and do hereby give to said Lewis full power to endorse all drafts, pay certificates, or any other papers in reference to said business, and to execute any and all receipts or discharges, or any other act which I could do if present; and any act by him to be done, shall be the same as if done by me in proper person.
Witness our hands and seals this thirty first — day of May _____ A. D. 1850
John Steele
Claimant's or claimants' signature or signatures, first name in full.
IN PRESENCE OF
A. W. Quarnier Clerk.