Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3621, for Rufus Thomson, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Thomson, Rufus or Thompson,
W. 3621
Salley
CONTENTS

13.386 Ohio Pittsburgh
Rufus Thompson
of Philada. Co. in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Co. commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt. commanded by Col. Chapman in the [blank] line for six months.
Paid at the Treasury under the act of 6 th April 1838 from 4 March to 2 nd Sept. 1834. Agent enrolled April 18 th 1842
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio Pittsburgh at the rate of 20. Dollars 00. Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of July 1833. and sent to J.R. Geddes. Esq. Q.C. Ohio.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833. 70.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. 33. 10.00
$50.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm. Palmer Clerk, Book E, Vol. 8, Page 129.

Phila (8101.
Pennsylvania.
Sally Thompson widow of Rufus Thompson Conn who was a Private in the Conn. Line.
Husb. died 6 Jany. 1850.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of March 1847 and sent to
Hon. W. S. Garrison No. of Rep.
[Act of March 3, 1813.]
and June 17. 1816. Recorded in Book d Vol. 7 Page 117.
Lt. Col. Butler Oct 23. 47
Rep. 2 Cents 1838, 1843 1844.
Roll of Death and AB

13.386 No 15009 -
Rufus Thompson Ashtabula County Ohio
Adm 6. Months.
J. R. Giddings Esq. Jefferson - Ashtabula County Ohio

BRIEF in the case of  Rufus Thompson  of Ashtabula County in the State of Ohio  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 67-  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years. Months. Days.     In 17 81- 6 As a Gen. Col Chapman - Genl Huntington Col Star  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Tolland Co Conn.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The copy of the certifying officer is not attached to the sheet of paper which contains the affidavit by a piece of tape the ends of which are 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Dyer Castor
Examining Clerk.

Reuben Thompson's Application for a Pension -
enrolled July 1832
15009

STATE OF OHIO,
Ashtabula COUNTY, } ss.
ON this 27 th day of September A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court, before
the court of Common Pleas now sitting, Plummer
John Thompson a resident of Milford in the county of Ashtabula and
state of Ohio, aged 67 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 act of congress passed June 7, 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say, that while he was a resident of the township of Union in the County of Tolland in the state of Connecticut, to the best of his recollections he enlisted for the period of five months, in the township of Union aforesaid in the Connecticut State Troops into a Company, the name of whose Captain is not recollected, as said Captain soon after said Company joined the Army was taken sick and left the Army for a furlough, that soon after his return, he with the rest of said Company proceeded to the township of Tolland, in the County of the same name where they joined other Troops under the Command of Colonel Deer Chapman , that immediately thereafter he marched with said Troops, into the State of New-Hampshire where they joined the main Army or that division thereof that was under the Command of Brigadier General Huntington at a place the name of which is not recollected, That the Regiment to which he belonged was commanded by Colonel Stearns , That he was acquainted with the Colonel, Glenn , and Major Walbridge , and some others whose names have escaped his recollection.
It was in the summer of the year 1765 - He was a resident of his home. That to the best of his recollection he was quartered some time at Valley Forge That he is unable to recite the movements of the Army particularly during the period of his Service; That he was present at the Encampment of Major Andre That he was quartered with said Troops for some time at a place called Gap Ford That he assisted in building a fortification at B.B. Ferry on the west bank of the Hudson River . That to the best of his recollection he enlisted in the fore part of June A.D. 1775 but will not be positive as to the year.
That he served during the period of his enlistment and was discharged some time in the fore part of December of the same year, at Watrous That he at the time received a written discharge but that the same was lost in his father's house, with most of his other property at Stafford in the County of Tolland aforesaid. That immediately after his discharge on his return home he was taken sick and thus detained for about three months before he reached his home.
That he has not to his knowledge any direct witnesses, or documentary evidence of his aforesaid term of Service, That he cannot conveniently procure the Certificate of a Clergyman, to his character as he resides five or seven miles from the County Seat in an unincorporated part of said County.

HE 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 (if any) only on that of the agency of the state of
Rufus Thompson
SWORN to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
in Open Court ————— Attest Sam l Hendry Clerk —
WE, Samuel Hendry a clergyman residing in the township of Soffron and Robert Hooper residing in Haverhill hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Rufus Thompson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 67 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. Sam l Hendry
SWORN, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Sept 27 in Open Court ————— Attest Sam l Hendry Clerk R. Hooper
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 Samuel Hendry , who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Soffron and that Robert Hooper who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Haverhill and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Sam l Hendry clerk of the court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Rufus Thompson for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 27 th day of September A. D. 1832
Sam l Hendry Clerk

Washington D.C. Jan y 28 th / 79
J. S. Edwards Esq. Sir,
Mr C. H. Thompson writes me that he wrote to you some three or four weeks ago see informing you that his Mother Sally Thompson widow of Rufus Thompson of Penn a , had appointed me her agent to attend to her claim for a pension and requesting you to apprise me of the present state of the case. I ask your immediate attention to this.
Respectfully E. W. Hayer

12. 5206 } 9209 1362
Sally Thomson Penn a
Act 7 July '38. 26 Jan 41.
adm
emo pri
$20 from 6 Jan 41 when her husband died
acts 43044
20 th
Hon W.S. Garrison H.R.
Geo F. Carter, Esq. Huron, N.Y.

State of Connecticut Tolland County ss Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Samuel Hammond of Union in said County aged Twenty Seven Years After being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith, That he holds the office of Town Clerk in Union, in the County aforesaid. That he finds in an Old Ancient book of Records of Marriages in said town the following Entry viz Book 3 d Page 522 viz. Rufus Thompson and Sarah Burley were joined in the bands of Wedlock the Twenty fourth of November One thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty five - That the above is a true Copy of the Records With the exception of the date which is expressed on the Records in fair legible figures as follows - Rufus Thompson and Sarah Burley were joined in the bands of Wedlock the 24 th of November 1785. That the above is a true Extract from the Records of said town with the Exception above named as Certified by me - Sworn & Subscribed before me This 27 th day of December 1845
Samuel Hammond Town Clerk
Harvey Walker Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Samuel Hammond. That he is Clerk of the town of Union Tolland County Conn. and is a Man to whom statements full credit is due Union Dec 27, 1845
Harvey Walker Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut County of Tolland ss. County Clerks office Tolland
I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of the County Court within & for the County of Tolland certify that Harvey Walker of Union in said County is a Justice of Peace within said County of Tolland duly appointed Commissioned sworn and acting in said capacity. That his name is enrolled in the Commission of Justices of the peace for said County now in this office which commission is dated the 11 th day of June A.D. 1845 and will continue until the 20 th day of June A.D. 1846.
That the signatures to the above certificates purporting to be the official signatures of said Justice Walker are genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County at Tolland this 1 st day of January Anno Domini 1846 Jeremiah Parish Clerk

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Act of Congress of the 7 th of July 1838 Entitled An Act granting half pay & Pensions to Certain Widows - Also of the Act of the 3 rd of March 1843 - And of the Act of the 17 th of June 1844
State of Pennsylvania
County of Erie
ss On the 21 st day of October 1845 personally appeared before the Subscribed a Judge of the Court in & for the County aforesaid Sally Thompson of Conneaut in said County Aged thirty Six Years last past - Who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her Oath Make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Acts of Congress of the 7 th of July 1838 - of March 3 rd 1843 - and of the 17 th of June 1844 granting Pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War - That she is the Widow of Rufus Thompson late a Soldier in the War of the Revolution & a Pensioner of the United States - That she was married to him on the 21 st day of November 1785 Eighteen Hundred & Eighty five. That her said husband died on the 6 th day of January 1841 Eighteen Hundred & Forty one - That she has not since married but remains a Widow. That she has no French Buregs with the exception of one made upon a small scrap of paper. That the filing her marriage was recorded in the town of Union Holland County Ohio.
Sworn to & Subscribed before me The day & Year above mentioned
Miron Fletcher
Assistant Judge
Sally Thompson
Certify that the above named Sally Thompson is a respectable person. That I consider her to be of the age represented by her - That on account of bodily infirmity she cannot attend the Court to make this her Declaration
Miron Fletcher
Assistant Judge
State of Pennsylvania
County of Erie
ss Personally appeared before the Subscribed a Judge of the Court in & for the County aforesaid Hiram Woodard of Spring Township Crawford County State aforesaid Aged thirty four Years - After being duly sworn according to law Depose & saith, That for the last twenty Years he has been personally acquainted with Sally Thompson who is applying for a Pension as the Widow of the late Rufus Thompson who was a Soldier of the Revolution & a Pensioner of the United States - And that he was equally well acquainted with the said Rufus Thompson. That at the time when this deponent's acquaintance commenced with the said parties they were living together as Husband & Wife & continued to live together as such until the death of the said Rufus Thompson. That this deponent never heard that the said Rufus Thompson ever had any other Wife but the said Sally Thompson. That this deponent was with the said Rufus Thompson in his last sickness, and that he died on

the 6 th day of January 1841. That the said Sally Thompson has not since Married, but remains a widow. Subscribed & sworn before me 22 nd day of October 1845 } Hiram Woodard
Miriam Hutchinson associate judge
I certify that the above named Hiram Woodard is a respectable person & worthy of credit.
Miriam Hutchinson associate judge
Commonwealth of Penn a } I Miriam King Notary of the Erie County ss } Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do Certify that Miriam Hutchinson is now and was at the time of signing the above one of the associate judges of said Court in & for said County duly Commissioned & qualified and to all whom official acts full faith and credit are due, and further that the signature "Miriam Hutchinson Associate Judge" to the above purporting to be his, is
Genuine Witness my hand and the Seal of said Court at Erie October 22 nd 1845
Miriam King Notary By King Oct. 22. 1845
19540
Answr to John S. Curtis Huron Wago Co. Wis.

November 17, 1931
BA-J/AWF
Mrs. O. K. Dick 578 Main Street Iowa Falls, Iowa.
Dear Madam:
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 3621, based upon the military service of Rufus Thomson in the War of the Revolution.
He was born in 1765 in Monson, Massachusetts.
He enlisted in June 1780, while residing in Union, Tolland County, Connecticut, and served six months as private in Colonel Starr's Connecticut Regiment, and was at the execution of Major Andre.
He was allowed pension on his application executed, September 27, 1832, then a resident of Millsford, Ashtabula County, Ohio. He was pensioned Rufus Thompson.
He died January 6, 1841. It is stated that he lived in Ohio until a short time before his death, when he moved to Pennsylvania.
He married November 24, 1785 in Union, Connecticut, Sarah or Sally Burley.
She was allowed pension on her application executed October 21, 1845, then a resident of Conneaut, Erie County, Pennsylvania, and was aged seventy-six years.
A son, C. H. Thomson, was referred to in 1847. There is no further reference to children.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

WIDOW, &c.
Rev
File No. 3621
Sally Thompson
Widow
Rufus Thompson
Br. Rev. War
Act: March 3, 1843
Index:—Vol. M. , Page 269.
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Feb. 26-1903 Mr. Geo. F. Thompson. City
Feb. 15, 1910 Mr. Charles Harry Thompson 1931-Nov. 17-Hist. L. Ners. O.K. Dickins.

(10.206.)
Pennsylvania
Rep o
Sally Thomson
Widow of Rufus Thomson who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 6 Jany. 1841 of Erie Co. in the State of Penn ta who was a Pri st in the Compy y commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg t commanded by Col. Chap ma in the Conn t . line for Cornwall
Inscribed on the Roll of Philadelphia at the rate of 70 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 1st day of March, 1836. 6 Jany. 1841
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of March 1847 and sent to Hon. H. S. Garvin, No. 38 Rep o .
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D. H. Wood Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1. Page 233.

V 12. 520.
Sally Thompson. Penn a .
Let. to J. F. Curtis, June 17. '46 1846 [Do not act on this case without consulting J. L. E.] See letter to J. F. Curtis, Aug. 27. 1846. J. W. Thayer, Dec. 12. '46.
Act 7 July '38.

Sally Thompson Widow of Rufus } Phila. Pa. act 38, 43044, $20 00 per an.
To what time has she been paid, and to whom?
Pension Office Act 10 1847 }
66 A Paid to 4 th March 1847 to R. D. Wood, one of the firm of Wood, Abbott & Co. the Attorneys, at Philadelphia —
B. L. Bryan
Continued to be paid until 11.

State of Pennsylvania County of Erie ss
Personally appeared before the subscriber One of the judges of the Courts of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Erie, Giles Badger of Girard in said County, aged seventy six years and upwards after being duly sworn according to law, deposes and saith that for more than sixty years past, he has been personally acquainted with Sally Thompson, who is applying for a pension as the widow of Rufus Thompson, and that he was equally well acquainted with her late husband the said Rufus Thompson. That this deponent's acquaintance with the said parties commenced before their marriage. That previous and for a time subsequent to that event the said Sally and Rufus Thompson resided in the town of Union, Tolland County, Conn - which was the residence of this deponent at that time, that this deponent and the said Sally & Rufus Thompson were in the habits of atten- ding the said religious meetings and frequently met on other occasions. That according to the best of this deponent's recollection, the above named Rufus & Sally Thompson were said to have been married, about sixty years since. That from that time they have lived together as husband & wife and have always had the reputation of being such up to the time of the death of the said Rufus Thompson. That the said, and above named Sally Thompson is the identical person and widow of the said Rufus Thompson who was a soldier and pensioner of the United States, as this deponent always understood and verily believes, that she is the same person that was living with the said Rufus Thompson as his lawful wife about sixty years since. That this deponent is fully satisfied

That the aforesaid Rufus Thomson and Sally his wife must have been married the length of time before stated, from the fact that they were married some few years before his own marriage, which was fifty six years ago last December and further this deponent sayeth not
Sworn and subscribed before me at Grafton this 20 th day of January A.D. 1846 Miron Hutchinson
Giles Badger
I do hereby certify that I have been ac- quainted for the last twenty eight years with the signers of the above deposition Giles Badger and that he has always sustained a good reputation for truth and veracity -
Miron Hutchinson

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Erie County
I Wilson King Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said County do certify That
Miriam Northwick Esq. before whom the foregoing annexed proceedings were had was at the date thereof an associate judge of said Court duly commissioned and qualified & that the signatures thereto
affixed are true to the best of her knowledge
Witness my hand and
The seal of said Court at Erie this 27th day of January A.D. 1846.
Wilson King Prothonotary

The State of Ohio Ashtabula County ss
This day that is to say on the 2 nd day of May A.D. 1833. personally
Come Rufus Thompson Subscribed of the above &c and being duly sworn upon his said oath declared saith that he is not acquainted with any Clergyman who can attest to his character or belief of his services for the reasons mentioned in his above application. he entered the Army by enlistment. As is above stated said his declaration . That he cannot at this time specify the names of his said officers with more particularity than is above in his said declaration set forth. That in answer to the 7 th interrogatory he saith that he is acquainted with General Hovey & President Harper who have known and can testify to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution.
Rufus Thompson
Sworn and subscribed before me this day and year above written Alvin Bayley
The State of Ohio Ashtabula County ss
I Samuel Hovey, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County do hereby certify that Alvin Bayley's Commission Certificate is attached to the foregoing declaration was on the said second day of May that is to say on this present day, a justice of the Peace within and for the Township of Jefferson in said County duly authorized to act according to Law, and that full faith and credit ought to be given to his official acts.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed by name, and affixed the seal of said Court, at Jefferson, the 3 rd day of May, A.D. 1833. Sam Hovey, Clerk P.C.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Feb'y 15 th , 1842.
Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," the widow of Rufus Thompson, dec d , a Pensioner on the Roll of the Pittsburgh, Pa. Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of Sept. 1840, to the 6 th Jany 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
Abner B. Tarris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Spring, Bradford county Penn a . Nov 1846.
J. S. Edwards Esq.
Sir. I have appointed John Mr. Thayer of Washington city my Attorney to attend to my pension claim and I request all reports hereafter, and the certificate, to be delivered to him. Salley Thompson
Signed in presence of { Jackson Howard David H. Conover

Huron NY Aug 10th
10
21 Aug 1896
Hon. J. S. Edwards Count of Persian Washington City D.C.

(Faron Wayne 6 o Aug 15-1846
Hon. J. S. Edwards
Sir - In answer to your of June last - asking for information relative to the Residence of Rufus Thomson at the time he Rec d a Pension Certificate to enable you to search for his Service. What you may determine the amount of Pension due the widow Sally Thomson - I have to state that Rufus Thomson obtained his Pension under the act of 1832. That he Resided at the time in the State of Ohio - I would further state that there has been, or will be, an effort made by a Mr. Thayer to have the next Report in this case forwarded to him - This will not be done. I am legally authorized by the Widow to present the claim & am bound to account to you
Yours with due Respect
John P. Curtis

Oct 12/47 Spring Pa. Oct 12/47 A. R. Rulter.
Johnson has Sally Thompson's peruvian bark paid.
12 D B291. See Oct 11/47 v 15 Pension Office
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War Department Washington City
D. C.
Spring Pa Oct 5 th
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Spring 5 Oct 1/47 Genl of the War Department - Sirs Sally Thompson widow of Rufus Thompson Secy late a revolutionary pensioner - Employed one John M. Thayer of Washington City, to do her business relation to obtaining a pension as widow of said Rufus Thompson - She says he obtained a certificate for her she authorized him to receive her pay thereon - She has a letter from said Thayer dated last Spring stating that she would receive her money soon, since which time she has heard nothing from him - Please answer & give all the information concerning the case that you can - It is probable she has been imposed upon by some one -
(Her address is Spring Crawford Co Pa - her husband died I think in Conneaut Erie Co Pa.)
Yours with Respect A. V. Butler

Rufus Thompson

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Rufus Thompson which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned 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? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
Amended by affidavit
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
No answer
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
4. 5. 7 - Amended by affidavit
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 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.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI.  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 paper 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.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

Spring PA Dec 29 Jan 2 1847
Paid 10
Apr 2, 1847
Mr J. P. Edwards commissary of pensums Washington DC Maryland

Spring Dec 28. 46
Mr
Edwards Sir i have apical to your office for a pension & have appointed John M. Thayer my attorney to attend to my business in presenting my papers and doing all necessary business in obtaining my pension if allowed i wish you to do the business with Mr Thayer i learn by a letter from a Master Curtis that he is attempting to draw my certificate contrary to my wish the bargain that i made with Mr Mary apartners of Curtis they forfeited their contract with me or rather bargain that i made Mr Mary & did not attend to my business in a proper way & i discharged them before applying by Mr Thayer it is my wish that you would pay no attention to Mr Curtis & do the business with Mr Thayer
Faithfully yours
Kelley Thompson
per Hand of W. Thompson By the request of the above subscribed name Her agent to transact Her writings & business Here
W. Thompson

House of Rep.
Feb. 18. 1847
Dear Sir
Will you be pleased to inform me the condition of the claim of Sally Thompson, widow of Rufus Thompson, of Pa. for a pension, and forward me a certificate, if it is allowed. Respectfully yours
Wm. L. Gaven
J. L. Edwards, Esq. Com. of Pensions

Washington D. C. Dec 1 1846.
J. S. Edwards Esq.
Sir,
I herewith transmit a power of Attorney in the case of Sally Thompson of Penna. widow of Rufus Thompson of Ohio. Mrs Thompson's papers will be found, I presume, among those from Penna, and those of her husband, Rufus Thompson, among those from Ohio, as he lived in Ohio till within a short time of his death, and then removed to Penna. Will you be pleased to inform me what is  everything is wanting for anything to complete the case.
Very Respectfully Yours J. B. Shayer

Washington Dec. 19 th 1876.
Sir,
On the 9 th inst. I filed in your office a Power of Attorney appointing from Mrs Salley Thompson to me widow of Rufus Thompson, appointing me her attorney to attend to her claim for a pension. It is signed by Mrs Thompson in presence of two witnesses. On the 12 th inst. it was returned to me in a letter informing me that the office was in correspondence with her another agent and that it would be continued with him until he was superseded by an attested Power of Attorney. It had not before to my knowledge been required that a power of Atty appointing new agent should be acknowledged, and the clerk's certificate so appended.
I am the agent of Mrs Thompson, regularly appointed, and will not consent to be set aside thus without resisting this encroachment on my rights as an Attorney, by the clerk who wrote the letter of the 12 th inst. I have some half dozen or more of letters from the son of Mrs Thompson, and from Mrs Thompson herself besides papers forwarded to me by her relating to the case, but I did not present them not knowing how the case stood. I now ask the particular attention of the Commissioner to this matter and I am return the power of Atty for his inspection.
Very Respectfully,
J. B. Hays

3621
3-068.
(Old No. 3-649.)
6-20
Bureau of Pensions.
Rufus Thompson
Sept 27, 1832 - 67 Astoria, O. Ohio
87 Talland Co. ch
Opt -
Cal Staryn Cal Chapman
Post - 6 m
No Ben
Mrs. Sally Burley
Mor. 24 1785 Talland Co ch
10 Jany 6, 1841 7 1841 ch

3-871.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by Geo M. Moore
Claim No. Feb 8, 1910
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Rufus Thompson
Service _____ Rev. & 1812.
Additional Service _____
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No W. & W. or R. as above except W F 3621.
No War of 1812. Sun. or Wid.

Sioux Falls, Iowa Nov. 3 rd 1931
U. S. Pension Bureau Washington D. C.
Dear Sir - I am trying to trace the Revolutionary record of Rufus Thompson who was born about - 1765 - (do you have exact date) at Monson, Mass. married Sarah Burley. Sept 27-1832 he put in claim for Rev service. Claim was allowed and he received $50 00 back pay and an annual allowance of $20.00. He then lived at Millford (now Dorset, Ashtabula Co. Ohio) Any record you have and date would be greatly appreciated. Would like to inquire about the Rev. service of Josiah Burley who married Hannah - Josiah may have been born at Union Conn. John Lamont also Rev. soldier - Born about 1753. died April 10-1843. Can give no farther information to you -

Enlisted from Hillsdale Columbia Co N.Y. Feb. 1776. Do you have record of his exact birth. Any information you can give of these three men will be greatly appreciated
I am
sincerely
Mrs A. H. Dick 578 Main St Iona Falls Iowa

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Missouri Botanical Garden St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 3. 1910
To the Commissioner Bureau of Pensions Dept. of the Interior
My dear Sir.- I write to learn if there is any record in your bureau of services rendered in the War of the Revolution and the War of 1812 by Rufus Thompson and his son Hamilton Thompson.
Rufus Th. born in Connecticut. Married just after the Revolution closed to Sarah Burling of Union. Tolland Co. Conn. Moved to Oneida Co. N.Y. thence to Ashtabula Co. Ohio and finally died in Erie Co. Pennsylvania.
Hamilton Th. born in Oneida Co. N.Y. Went with his father to Ashtabula Co. Ohio, thence to Erie Co. Pennsylvania.
I am told both received pensions. That Rufus was a soldier in both wars and that Hamilton was in the War of 1812.
How may I secure a copy of any records you may have of these gentlemen.
Very truly Yours
Charles Henry Thompson

Washington, D.C., December 1, 1902.
Hon. E. F. Ware, Commissioner of Pensions.
Dear Sir:
I am sure you may be able to give me some information which I would like to have. If your files contain anything concerning Rufus Thompson, who served as sergeant in Captain Jasper Clark's Company of Infantry, 129 th Regiment (Furnham's) New York Militia, war of 1812, I should be very glad to be put in possession of it. The facts recited have been furnished me by the Record and Pension Office, but they appear to have nothing additional. I am otherwise informed, however, that he drew a pension till his death, which occurred about the 10 th or 12 th of January, 1841. After that his wife,

Sally was granted a pension till her death, some 10 or 12 years later. me in this matter, I shall very much appreciate.
Very truly, yours,
Geo. F. Thompson 319 B St. S.E.

O. W. & N. DIVISION DEC 3 1902 RECEIVED

WASHINGTON
November 17, 1931
BA-J/ AWF
Mrs.O. K. Dick 578 Main Street Iowa Falls, Iowa.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Josiah Burley, John Lamont and Rufus Thompson, soldiers of the War of the Revolution.
Because of the large number of requests for Revolutionary War data, and the lack of a clerical force available for furnishing such data, only two records are furnished each inquirer.
You will find enclosed the records of John Lamont, pension claim S. 37154, and of Rufus Thomson, pension claim W. 3621.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

file in this Bureau.
Thompson N. File 3621
   DR. F. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 1782 6 mos. Por. Starr, Conn. Rising, Connecticut Conn.                                     
Battles engaged in, at evacuation of Major Andrie. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lincoln, Tolland Co., Conn. Date of application for pension, Sept. 20, 1832. His claim was al. Residence at date of application, Milford, Ashland Co., Ohio. Age at date of application, in Mansfield, Mass. in 1765.
Remarks: Henry Thompson a deserter. Reported in Jan. 1811. He was in Conn. Nov. 24, 1785. In July 1829. Sarah or Sally Bailey. She was also pensioned on an application dated Oct. 21, 1845, while a res. of Conn. Co., Pa., aged 76 yrs. No data re family. son referred to in 1847.
1805 76 1881
Very respectfully, C. H. Thompson
Commissioner.