Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3,796, for John Thompson, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Navy—
Thompson, John
S. 3,796
Penn. Agency.
Carded.
CONTENTS

Pennsylvania
John Thompson,
Private,
In the Army U. States
Inscribed on the roll of Penn: at $5. Increas- ed to $8. per mo: by the Law of the 24 th of April 1816.
Aug: of pension issued 24. Sept: 1829 and sent to Wm J. Duane Esq. of Philadelphia.

City of Phil a ss.
John Thompson having been duly sworn says that he was a sailor in the brig Lexington, capt. Henry Johnson, and lost his leg in the service of the United States during the revolutionary war: that he has received a pension ever since, but having lost his certificate, cannot obtain it without a new one, for obtaining which he makes this deposition.
Sworn and acknowledged this twentieth September, A.D. 1879, before me one of the Aldermen of said city -
J. Magee Ald.
} John Thompson

1923 Aug. 22. Hist. to Mrs. M. A. Joyce. aw
Rev May
3796 INVALID.
to Col. Hart
File No. 3796
John Thompson ★ Gunner in U.S. Arm.
Act: Apr. 24/96
Index:—Vol. A , Page 372
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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U. S. Army and Navy. Records completed. Feb. 18, 1907. R.

Hanford, Wash., June 25th., 1923
Commissioner, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C., Dear Sir:-
I would appreciate it very much if you could inform me whether or not John Thompson, 1756-1833, Lieutenant 7th Company, 7th Regiment 1776, Pennsylvania , drew a pension for services during the Revolution? Can you inform me of the members of his family at the time of the Revolution, that is give me any of the names of his family?
S7715 Sent July 25-23
Also can you tell me whether or not John Thompson a Gunman on Brig. Lexington commanded by Captain Harvey Johnson, and who was wounded and lost a leg on above Brig. Lexington, ever drew a pension? Please give me the names of his family if you have them from your records. I believe they are my grandfather and his son.
S3496
Very truly,
Mrs H.A. Joyce

Rev. War Section. S. File 3796.
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Aug. 22, 1923.
Mrs. W. A. Joyce, Hanford, Wash.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the records of this Bureau it appears that John Thompson a sailor in the brig Lexington, under Capt. Henry Johnson, lost his leg in the service during the Revolution and received pension at the rate of $5 per month on account of said disability. In 1819 he was in Philadelphia, Penn.
There is no further data on file as to this man and no data at all as to his family.
Respectfully,
Washington Gardner Commissioner.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Thompson, John GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7873 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED February 14, 179-? to James Hamilton, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Thompson, John GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7885 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED May 9, 1792 to — not shown
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.