Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41253, for James Thornton, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
va
Thornton, James
S. 41253
CONTENTS
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20.091
Virginia
James Thornton
of Accomack Co. in the State of Virginia who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Spead of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Matthews in the Virginia line, for the term of two years. from February 1776 to February 1778
Inscribed on the roll of Virginia at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 23 rd day of January 1830
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd of January 1830 and delivered to W m Randolph Parent,
Arrears to 4th of March 1830 $ 11. 35 Semi-annual allowance ending
$ 11. 35
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
Recs Book D. Vol: 7 fol: 116.

St. Raphael Jan. 23 1830
Mem: to com: Jan. 23. 1830
Acc to Mr. [unclear] 11 Janry.
free
Richard Coke Jr. Esq (Congress.)
Washington City Dist of Columbia
Wm. Lloyd Jan. 4 th 1830

Accruals to Henry Langy 8 th 1830
Dear Sir. I have taken the liberty of enclosing you an application for a pension & will thank you to lodge it at the War office (or Pension office) and inform me if any thing more is wanting in order to obtain the pension - if so - please give me instructions. I have endeavoured to follow the directions of the Law so far as I understand it on this subject. If sufficient & the pension is allowed please inform me when & where the payments will be made &c &c. Nothing of interest has occurred here since I wrote you about 10 or 12 days since.
In haste to yours truly (W. S. Ellis)

At a Court held for Accomack County on the 28 th day of December 1829. An application of certification in behalf of James Thornton for a pension was filed in the following words and figures viz t
County of Accomack, State of Virginia S c .
On this 17 th day of December 1829 personally appeared before me James Gillett one of the Justices of the County Court of Accomack County , James Thornton sen d resi- dent in said County aged Seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 & the 1 st May 1820; that he the said James Thornton sen d enlisted for the term of two years on the day of February 1776 in the State of Virginia in the company commanded by Capt. Thomas Snead in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Matthews in the line of the State of Virginia on the continental establishment that he continued to serve in the said corps until about February 1778, when he was discharged from the service at Valley Forge in the State of Pennsylvania: that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension except the present: that his name is not on the roll of any state ex- cept Virginia: and that the following are the reasons for not making an earlier application for a pension to wit: that a few years since he applied to an attorney at Law by name George Parker who promised to make applica- tion for him & said he had done so, and told this applicant that he could not get his pension, and being an ignorant man he had supposed he had no chance of getting his pension after this advice, and in pursuance of the act of the 1 st of May 1820. I do solemnly swear that I was a resi- dent citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 & that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of the act of Congress entitled

"an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18 th March 1818, and that I have not nor had 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 annexed and by me subscribed: that since the 18 th March 1818 the following changes have been made in my property - to wit: a sale of small quantities of grain and of fowls & vegetables for the purpose of procuring the comforts of life, such as coffee sugar, clothing & other necessary articles for the use of himself & wife. He has hitherto kept free from debt, but his increased debility renders him unable to provide for himself & wife, & he is now going into poverty -
Sworn to & declared before me a Justice of the County Court of Accomack County by James Thornton sen. this 19 th day of December 1829. Witness my hand & seal the day & year aforesaid.
James Gillett
I James Gillett A Justice of the County Court of Accomack County where the declarant James Thornton Sr. resides do hereby certify that the above named James Thornton is from great bodily infirmity with which from his advanced age he is necessarily afflicted & which is apparent to the undersigned, unable to attend the Court of which I am a Justice & I do not think from present appearances that he will be able to attend the Court above named at its next session. I have therefore in pursuance of the act of Congress of the 1 st March 1823 attended at Hampton in said County which is very near his place of abode (the Court House of the County being twenty-six miles distant) & administered the foregoing Oath, Witness my hand & seal this 19 th day of December 1829. as a Justice of the County Court of Accomack County
James Gillett

Schedule of the Real & personal Estate of James Thornton sen. dec d . One hundred Acres of very poor & mostly uncultivated Land, One mare about 18 years old, 1 yoke of Steers, 3 Horses, 2 calves, 9 hogs of various sizes, 7 Sheep One Wain. 2 old ploughs - 1 harrow - 5 old flag chairs 1 pine table, 2 old chests - 2 Iron pots - 1 Tea Kettle - 1 sp. And horn - 1 meat tub - 2 washing tubs, and about 20 pieces of crockery ware of little value. 6 knives & forks - about 60 Bushels of corn the produce of the aforesaid Land this year - about 4 or 5 hundred weight of pork just killed & there may be some few trifling articles omitted, but they are of no value & not recollected. The declarant is unable to labour & his wife is in her 85 th year, He has no children, his whole family is himself & wife, He has no Slaves and is compelled to hire labourers to carry on his little farm, being unable to cut his own firewood. James Thornton sen. mark
The foregoing Schedule & Statement was sworn to & subscribed by James Thornton sen d before me a Justice of the County Court of Accomack County this 19 th day of December 1829. Witness my hand and seal this 19 th day of December 1829. afs d
James Gillett S eq and it is ordered that the Clerk do certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Thornton did serve in the Revolutionary War against the common Enemy, as stated in his declaration for the term of nine months in one engagement on the Continental Establishment, and also that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is one hundred & twenty three Dollars and a Seventy cents.

Commonwealth of Virginia
Accomack County ss.
I Littleton P. Henderson Dy Clerk of the County Court of Accomack do hereby certify to all whom it doth or may concern that the foregoing is a true copy from the records of the Clerk's office of Accomack County Court
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the office aforesaid this 5 th day of January in the year of our Lord 1836.
Litt. P. Henderson Dep. Clk of Accomack County Court
21.105
298 V. 10. 10 £15.17:4

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[Arrangement of 1870.]