Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2488, for Joseph Thompson, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Connie
Thompson, Joseph or Thomson. Ruby
1/ 2488
B. L. Mt. 26862-160-55.
CONTENTS

14. 458 Connecticut
Lit to S.D. Carver Oct 29. 1839 Pla Mrs M. H. Lins, May 31/52
Died Dec 23 1829 Joseph Thompson
of Country in the state of Connecticut who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Ward of the Connecticut line, for the term of one year
inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 17 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th of Sept. 1819 and sent to the Hon. S. Gilbert Hobson Connecticut
  Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1819  132. 80    emi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Mar. 1820  48    6 mos 18/30  $180.80  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Joseph Thompson and wife Mary H. Lins

102.708.
Act Mech Spd Spd 37.
Ruby Thompson, widow of Joseph Thompson. Pri Rev War.
Capt. Dane, Col. Conn Mil.
Ent. Br. War Rev.
Now a Pension of the U. States.
Much 8/8/53-2879
William May 21/53 B.R. [initials]
[Large handwritten initial 'A' or 'R']
J. H. Hartwell, atty Detroit, Mich.
Capt. H. Hartwell Dec. 14/53 Jan 4 '54 To Mrs. Woodruff's Comt
April 25/57. Sit to Agt. recalling war paint. Died before the war. Cannot find date. Mrs. H. H. Hines of Utica, N.Y. D.P. N.Y. May 13/57. In the cause of her Land Office.
Vol. T. page 64

Reported 2879 died July 1. 1856 Michigan in Michigan Ruby Thompson, widow of Joseph Thompson who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private  C. Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of November 1852 and sent to
A. C. Gray Utica N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 203. Vol. A
(18)
let. to Mrs. S. Bumpass, 8 th Dec. 5. " Mrs. O. B. Mallison 24 March 1856. " Mrs. M. H. Sines April 21 1857 Her letter relating also to Bounty, Sur. refund to S. Jenkins. 1889 J. W. Thompson (not entitled) Prior May 24 1893 April 27 J. W. Thompson, children not entitled. Prior
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Joseph Thompson Declaration Affidavit
and Nathan Dexters
Declaration 9
Col. Andrew Ward resigned his commission Dep. - Clerk and resigned.
Adm. J.L.E.

Joseph Thompson now residing in Coventry in the County of Tolland in Connecticut, Testifies & declares on oath, that in or June May A.D. 1776 he enlisted in Capt. James Dana's Comp y Colonel Andrew Ward's Regiment to serve as a Soldier in the revolutionary war, One year from the 14 th day of 10 May 1776 - That s d Regiment was in the Connecticut line of the Continental Army. That he joined & served in s d Comp y in the American Army against the common Enemy, & s d Comp y was in the Battles at Trenton & Princeton, and other Skirmishes, and he served faithfully until the 14 th day of May A.D. 1777, being one year when he was regularly & honourably discharged, but does not recollect that any written discharge was given to him, but does remember that the s d Regiment was paraded in a line, & were all dismissed & discharged at one time. S d Col. Ward & Capt. Dana were both of Connecticut and on the Continental establishment. He also says that he ever has been & now is a resident citizen of the United States, and is reduced in his circumstances in life and is in need of assistance from his Country for support. He further says that Nathan Dexter of Coventry aforesaid enlisted at the same time, served in the same Comp y & Reg t the same term of time & was honourably discharged at the same time with this Deponent. Joseph Thompson Hobson April 17 th 1818
State of Connecticut ss County of Tolland April 17 th 1818
Then personally came before me Sylvester Gilbert presiding judge Judge of the County Court within & for the County of Tolland, Joseph Thompson & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed Sworn before me Sylvester Gilbert Judge as aforesaid

I Sylvester Gilbert presiding Judge of the County Court within & for the County of Tolland in the State of Connecticut do Certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Joseph Thompson did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding Declaration against the common enemy; and he is very poor and destitute of property and I now transmit the proceed- ings and testimony had & taken before me to the Secretary of the Department of War pursuant to the direction of an Act of Congress made & passed in this behalf Sylvester Gilbert Judge as aforesaid Tolland County ss. Hebron April 17. th 1818

Ruby Thompson
Application for Bounty Land Act March 3 rd 1855
J. H. Hartwell Detroit

State of Michigan,
County of Oakland
ss.
On this 20 th day of April -
A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Ruby Thompson aged 78 years, a resident of the County of Oakland in the State of Michigan who being duly sworn, declares that she is the Widow of Joseph Thompson - who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Dane in the Revolutionary War .
That her said husband enlisted in the State of Connecticut on or about the _____ day of _____ A. D. _____ for the term of One year - and continued in actual service in said War for the term of Fourteen days and on and was honorably discharged in the State of Connecticut at the expiration of one year from the day of his enlistment . She further states that she was married to the said Joseph Thompson - in Connecticut - in the month of March - day of March A. D. 1803 . by one Abial Abbott a Minister of the Gospel - and that her name before her said marriage, was Ruby Russ ; that her said husband died at Tolland, Connecticut - on the _____ day of December A. D. 1830 and that she is now a Widow.
She further declares that she has heretofore made application for bounty land under the Act approved _____ and obtained a land warrant for _____ acres, No. _____ which she has legally disposed of and it cannot now be returned. That she is unable to give particulars respecting her husband's service as she was married to him subsequent to his aforesaid service in the Revolutionary War , that she is the identical person who is now on the Pension Roll of the Michigan Agency at the rate of $96. per annum . inscribed thereon as Ruby Thompson . She makes this Declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3rd, 1855.
Ruby Thompson mark
We, Ephraim Thompson and Sylvanus H. Blackman residents of Royal Oak, Oakland Co - in the State of Michigan upon our oaths declare, that the foregoing Declaration was signed and acknowledged by Ruby Thompson - in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the affiant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Ephraim Thompson Sylvanus H. Blackman
Ephraim Thompson Sylvanus H. Blackman
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.
Hermon Drake
Justice of the Peace Oakland Co Mich
STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Oakland
ss.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That Hermon Drake Esq. , before whom the foregoing Declaration was made, and who has hereunto subscribed his name, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the Seal of the County aforesaid, this 11 th day of April 1855.
Edward H. Root Clerk.

Thomas N Hartwell of Detroit, Michigan is hereby appointed my Attorney to procure for me the Bounty Laws to which I may be entitled under the act passed March 3 rd 1855.
Attest
Ruby Thompson mark
Lyman A Blackman
Ephraim D Thompson
Pension Agents Office at Detroit April 22 nd 1855.
I Elisha Taylor Agent for Paying Pensions for the State of Michigan do hereby certify that Ruby Thompson who has subscribed her name to the foregoing Application for Bounty Loan is a Pensioner at the rate of $96. per annum under act of July 3. 1853 -
Elisha Taylor Pension Agent
102 408.

Joseph Thompson
14:456
March 1820.
Contd

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, County of Tolland ss. County Court, or Court of Common Pleas, holden by order of the Judge  of said Court, on the  day of  June Term 1820.
ON this 26 day of June 1820, personally appeared in open Court, the same Court being a Court of record for said County, having the power of fine and imprisonment,  Joseph Thompson aged 63 years, resident in  Conventry in the County of Tolland who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolu-
tionary War, as follows: to wit, one year in Capt James Dana's, Company in Col. Andrew Ward's Reg't in the Cont't line as stated in his original Declaration now in the office of the Secretary of War bearing date the 17 day of April 1818 that he has received a pension and now holds his certificate thereof Number 11456
"And I do solemnly swear, _____ that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818, and 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 an 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 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has 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."
   Schedule 25.00   5 acres of land 10.20   house hold furniture 4.00   1 loom .50   1 cider barrel .50   1 meat barrel .25   1/2 barrel flour .50   4 dry rags 1.00   1 axe 1.00   1 sythe & snath .75   1 hoe 18.00   1 saw 2.00   2 pigs 63.70  
Joseph Thompson

The declarant is a Way labourer and through age and infirmity unable to labour especially in the winter season has a wife 38 years old infirm by reason of a lameness in one of her ankles, has seven children, three sons and four daughters, to wit, Lemina aged 15 Glanney aged 11 years Em Dwight 9 years Amanda aged 6 years Josephus aged 4 years Rachel aged 2 years and Eunice aged three weeks - and before obtaining his pension the declarant was supported by public charity and without his pension must be dependent on the same at present
Sworn to and declared by said Joseph Thompson on the 26 day of June 1820 before said Court, and it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is
63 dollars and 70 cents. and that the declarant's circumstances and family are as herein stated
I, Elisha Stearns Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Tolland aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record of said Court. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 26 th day of June 1820
E. Stearns
Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of
Tolland

Pens n Act of Feb y 3 rd 1853—
Ruby Thompson Widow of Joseph Thompson Late a Pensioner and draw $6.00 Dols per annum at Hartford Count y Died in 1829—at Tolland Count y —
Forwarded by A. C. Crary of the City of Utica N. York
Please to forward my Pension Certificate to A. C. Crary of Utica N. Y. Ruby Thompson By A. C. Crary Agt

State of Michigan County of Oakland
On this Seventeenth day of October A.D. 1853 personally appeared before the Judge of the Circuit Court of the 6th Circuit Ruby Thompson, a resident of the Town of Royal Oak, in Oakland County, State of Michigan aged seventy one years - who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed February 8 th 1853 -
That she is the widow of Joseph Thompson, who was a prisoner of the United, on account of services rendered in the War of the Revolution - That the said Joseph Thompson, drew a pension of ninety six dollars per annum, till his decease at the Agency for paying pensions at the City of Hartford Connecticut - That he the said Joseph Thompson, died at Tolland in the County of Tolland, on the twenty seventh  ninth day of December eighteen hundreds and twenty nine -
She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Thompson, on the twenty fourth day of March in the year eighteen hundreds and three - at Coventry in the County of Tolland, State of Connecticut; that she was married to said Thompson, at the time above stated, by the Rev. Abiel Abbott, of the Presbyterian Church who is now dead -
She further declares that she was a

widow at the passage of the act, and is still a widow, and that she has never before made application for a pension.
That she has no record of her marriage and that she knows of no record thereof.
Ruby X  with  Mr. for
Sworn and Subscribed on the day and year above written before me in Open Court
Wm. S. Copeland Circuit Judge 6th Circuit
State of Michigan County of Oakland ss:
I hereby certify, that Joseph T. Copeland a Judge of the circuit court in and for the county of Oakland & state of Michigan was at the time of signing the foregoing declaration before whom the foregoing declaration was made, and further certify that at the time of so doing a Court of Record of the State of Michigan in and for said county and duly commissioned and sworn
And I do further certify that said court is a court of Record by Statute - and I further certify that the handwriting of the said Judge is well known to, and that his signature to the jurat of this declaration is his the said judge's proper handwriting and genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my seal of office and subscribed name at Pontiac in said county on the 17 th day of October 1853 -
Alfred D. Readway County Clerk

State of New York County of Onondaga, ss;
Louisa B. Limer
a resident of Utica, in said county, aged thirty three years - being duly sworn according to law, says that she was well acquainted with Joseph Thompson, late of the Town of Tolland, in the county of Tolland - Connecticut - and is well acquainted with Ruby Thompson, the widow of said Joseph Thompson, now a resident of Royal Oak, in the county of Oakland Michigan; And she this deponent further says that said Joseph Thompson, was a prisoner of the United States on an out of series under the United States in the War of the Rebellion - that said Thompson drew she believes ninety six dollars per annum at the agency for paying pensions, in the city of Hartford Connecticut. That said Joseph Thompson died at Tolland, in the county of Tolland afore- said on the twenty seventh day of December eighteen hundred and twenty nine - That she this deponent saw the corpse of said Joseph Thompson - And that she this deponent has no pecuniary interest in the claim of said Ruby Thompson to a pension -
Louisa B. Limer
Subscribed and sworn
before me this day of September - eighteen hundred and fifty three - And I hereby certify that Louisa Limer, who subscribed and deposed to this affidavit is well known to me, that she is a respectable person and that her statements are entitled to the fullest credit.
David D. Smith Justice of the Peace

State of New York - County of Oneida, ss;
John A. P. Ross, a resident of the City of Utica, in said County, being duly sworn says that he is well acquainted with Ruby Thompson, a resident of Royal Oak in the County of Oakland, Michigan - the widow of the late Joseph Thompson late of Tolland, in the County of Tolland deceased - and was well acquainted with the said Joseph Thompson deceased - who was a pensioner of the United States, on account of services rendered in the Army of the Revolution.
And this deponent further says that the said Joseph Thompson, was married to the said Ruby Thompson, at Coventry in the County of Tolland, State of Connecticut - on the twenty fourth day of March eighteen hundred and three - by the Revd. Abiel Abbott, who was at that time the Pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Coventry, aforesaid - and who is since dead - That this deponent was present at and witnessed said Marriage - And further that he this deponent is fifty years of age - and that he is not interested in the claim of said Ruby Thompson, to a pension - and is not retained or employed, in obtaining her Pension certificate -
Subscribed and Sworn
John A. P. Ross
before me this 17 th day of
Oct r 1853 - And I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with this deponent - That he is a respectable person, and that his statements are entitled to the fullest credit. J. H. Congdon Notary Public in and for Oneida County.

State of Connecticut-
Tolland County, ss; Jeremiah Parish and Joshua Briggs a residents of Tolland in said county aged Twenty Seven years - and Joshua Briggs a resident of Tolland in said county - aged Forty Six years - being severally sworn according to law depose and say - That they were well acquainted with Joseph Thompson late of the Town of Coventry in said county - who was a Revolutionary Pensioner; That said Thompson died at Tolland  Tolland aforesaid on the twenty seventh day of December eighteen hun- -dred and twenty nine - and that these deponents attended the burial of the corpse of said Thompson - And these deponents further say that they are well acquainted with Ruby Thompson, the widow of said Joseph Thompson - who now resides at Royal Oak - Oakland County Michigan - That these deponents have no interest, directly or indirectly in the event of this application of Ruby Thomp- -son for a Pension - and are not retained, or employed in prosecuting said claim -
Jeremiah Parish Subscribed and sworn before me Joshua Briggs This third day of July 1853 - And I hereby certify That the said Jeremiah Parish and Joshua Briggs are well known to me, that they are reputable persons, and that their statements are entitled to the fullest credit - I further certify that I have no interest, directly or indirectly in

The said claim of Ruby Thompson the widow of the said Joseph Thompson - for a Pension. And that I am not retained or employed in the prosecuting such claim -
Alvan L. Hovey Justice of Peace
CERTIFICATE OF JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
JOHN GEE, Stationer and Steam Printer, 10 State st. Hartford.
State of Connecticut, Tolland County, } ss. County Clerk's Office.
 Joseph Bishop Clerk of the County Court, within and for the County of Tolland and keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commissions of the Justices of the Peace for said County, hereby certify, that
Alvan Hovey Esquire, was on the 3 rd day of Jan 1853, ever since has been, and now is, a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, with power by the laws of this State, to administer Oaths, and take the acknowledgement of Deeds and other Instruments; that I am acquainted with his handwriting, and that the signature to the instrument hereto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine, official signature.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereto set my hand and the seal of said Court, at Tolland this 3 rd day of Jan 1853.
Joseph Bishop Clerk.

State of New York County of Oneida, ss;
I Richard Hulbert, Clerk of said County of Oneida, do hereby certify that David Babcock, before whom the foregoing affidavit was subscribed, and deposed to by Louisa H. Limer, and George H. Conyn, before whom the foregoing affidavit, purporting to be signed John H. Bleecker and deposed to, were at the times said affidavits bear date, Justices of the peace, in and for said County, and duly authorized to administer oaths for general purposes - And I further certify, that the handwritings of the said Justices, are well known to me - and that their signatures to the said affidavits, are their the said Justices proper handwritings, and genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said County, at the City of Vicksburg, in said County, this 21 day of October 1853 Richard Hulbert clerk

Peoria Ill Apr 25 th /89
To Commissioned Banner of the Pension Bureau department
Dear Sir My Father Joseph Thompson who died Dec 27 th 1829 in Holland Ct was a soldier in the Continental Army and received a pension a few years before he died for his services after a great deal of delay owing to satisfactory proof of said service. Nearly 40 years ago my Mother Ruby Thompson residing with her son E. D. Thompson at Royal Oak Mich obtained the pension that my Father used to draw. She was Joseph Thompson's 3 d Wife she died at Royal Oak Mich Feb. 1 st 1856 a few days before the Quarterly pension was due. The Agent at Detroit which said that the last 4 quarters could not be obtained. There is a question in my mind, whether this last transaction was correct and further more are the Children of Joseph & Ruby Thompson entitled to pensions, two yet remain alive myself & one Sister, out of a family of 7 Children 3 sons & 4 daughters. I shall feel truly thankful for any information on the above Please address G. W. Thompson 514 Sanford Peoria Ills Josephus W. Thompson

89.
Feb: 9 - 1852
Watson N.Y.
Jan'y 31/51.
Mrs M A Lines
Rel: to the claim of her Mother for Revolutionary Pension. &c
Joseph Thompson Jan 18 M
Triplets
Ref to the Commissioner of Pensions for attention & aw. sent into 3 Feb 9/52 3

Interior Feby. 5.
Utica Jan 31 - 1851
Honorable Sir
I hardly know how to address you or make my wants known. but I have a poor invalid Mother which I think is entitled to a pension & which did you but know the circumstances would perhaps do something for her. According to the present Acts she is not entitled to one - she was married to my father in 1843 he served in the Revolutionary War and drew a pension at the time of his death which was in 1830 as near as I can remember that could be easily ascertained by writing to Hartford Ct where he drew his pension his name was Joseph Thompson his residence was Coventry Conn I cannot give you the particular that perhaps would be satisfactory for I was a mere child when my father died but old enough to know how hard my poor Mother had to toil night & day to take care of her husband & children my father was sick nearly five years what little property he had was soon gone & for the last two years before his death his pension was all he had to live on but by my Mother's unceasing toil we kept together till his decease. My Mother had eight children, my father had nineteen since was living when my mother marri

him. This is the eighteenth child of J. Thompson which now pretends to address you, you may enquire of out of so numerous a family if she has no child or children that can take care of in heart & in truth I can say no four out of eight of her own children are quietly she lying in their graves of the four that remain. to drag out a miserable existence, by a life of toil from their earliest years unfit to take care of themselves this the plain unvarnished truth.
Now if you will deign to answer this letter or if you think there is a possibility of granting her a pension that it will be done the earliest opportunity for she is now with my brother in Michigan & is very anxious to return to die as she expresses it in the land of her nativity. If it is necessary to have a record of her Marriage I presume it could be obtained in Mansfield & I don't know of but one witness of the same & that is John A. Buss of this city her youngest brother — If you require further proof please inform me or address J. A. Buss of Mich. Yours humble & to Mrs. M. H. Limes

Lock Box 22
El Paso Ill Feb 3 d /93
Mr Ransom
Dear Sir
Yours of Jan 31 in reply to my com- m enquiring after a pension bounty land & c is at hand calling for further particulars such as Christian names dates &c My Father Joseph Thomp- -son and Ruby Ruff were Married Mar 24 th 1803 Fanny their daught- -er was born Feb 19 th 1805 and died Jan 18 th 1883 Joseph their son was born Jan 6 1806 and died Sept following 1806 Chauncy G second son was born Sept 3 d 1807 and died Sept 15 1832 Ephraim D third son was born Nov 11 th 1810 and died Dec 1864

Amanda P second daughter was born July 6-1813 and died Sept 8 th 1851 Joseph H was born Aug 2 nd 1815 Rachel Louisa third daughter was born Sept 29 1817 Eunice S th was born June 3 rd 1820 and died Aug 10 th 1847.
The above was taken from the family records
My Mother received her first pension I suppose in Detroit which her home was with her son Dwight now dead. What transpired those few years regarding her pension is blank to me I hope you will be able to decipher my feeble attempts at communi- cating my ideas.
Respectfully
J. W. Thompson

3. further more if there was a section of land awarded as a bounty to to soldiers who served in the war of the Revolution I know it was often mentioned but I know not the facts.
By replying to the above you will confer a great favour on yours
Truly
J. W. Thompson.
P.S. Ynery are pension papers returned to Washington after the decease of the pensioners J. W. T.

Not sufficient data

Atkins Nov 26 1854
Mr Waldoon Secretary in the Pension Office at Washington
Dear Sir I am about to ask a very greate favour of you & I hardly know how to commence In the first place you will probably remember that a little more than a year ago you granted a pension to Nancy Thompson, widow of Joseph Thompson who died in Holland Et 25 years ago the 23 of next month now this woman is my poor old Mother and I have been to see her this fall and she is far from being comfortable My brother that she is living with is not able to make her so - They live in a very unhealthy place near Royal Lake which he is not able to work neither has he been for a long time They are

live in a miserable Log House which is not comfortable for a well person and she is old and very feeble and not able to be moved from there at present - Now her pension does make her more comfortable it gets her all of the necessaries of life - but she does need a more comfortable house Now can she not draw the back pension Cannot some of the good Men at Washington do something for her talk the matter over and if they cannot grant her the back pension give what they please (Can she draw the bounty Land) and they may rest assured that no widow of the Revolution ever was more deserving of their kind attention Mr Waldon can I presume require her that my father was sick for a number of years my poor Mother working hard by day and watching by his bedside at night: he left three children that were not old enough to take care of themselves I am the

the youngest of the three I cannot introduce myself to Mrs. Holden yet I very readily selected your Daguerrotype in Davies Doggerstown Gallery and I almost wished that I had my nice basket of Whortleberries which when a mere child you always was ready to buy of me yes you never sent me home with a sad heart And it is that which gives me courage to write you at this time — Will you condescend to answer this letter if so you will Oh an anxious daughter
Yours Respectfully
Mrs. Maria H. Lines formerly Louisa B. Thompson
If you wished to ascertain any thing about my humble self pleas address Mr Samuel Thompson son of De Girdon Thompson Deceased of Holland Ct
Mr Thompson resides in Utica

Perkins
WIDOW, &c.
Am
File No. 2488
Ruth Thompson Widow Joseph Thompson Printed War
Act: Feb. 3, 1853
Index:—Vol. M. , Page 269.
[Arrangement of 1870.]

✓ 26.862
Cancelled
No. Amp

Pension Office Nov. 3-1853
Sir Please report time of last payment to, or death of within named pensioner
Respectfully
H. Burt Esqr 23 and Present
Joseph Thompson, abt 1818, 48. p. month. Due Dec 23 d 1829, Paid to his death.
Sam d S. Rinds Actg Auditor.

april 16
FREE
To the Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
RECEIVED 1882

Jan 9 75
Your letter of the 14 th ult addressed to the President of the United States has been referred to this office for reply.
I have the honor to inform you that a W. for the acts No 26842 under act of July 3 rd 1851 was issued in the name of Ruby Thomp- son for estate of Joseph Thomp- son. and afterwards recalled and cancelled it appearing that the said widow died before the issue of the warrant.

If any of the three children mentioned in your letter were under 21 years of age on the 3 rd day of March 1855, they are jointly entitled to be paid for their father's service and should apply in accordance with forms contained in the enclosed pamphlet.
Mrs Bennett Woodruff Unadilla Otsego Co. N.Y.

Sir
In answer to your communication of the 25 th ult relative to pension on account of the services of Joseph Thompson in the war of the Rebs you are advised that while the acts of Congress have provided pensions for his widow  your father which have been paid, these laws contain no provisions for the benefit of their children or other heirs and there is no law existing under which they can claim a pension or other compensation.

Joseph Thompson - Comt. M. - act March 18. 1818 -
Be pleased to say to what time he was last paid.
Pension office { Oct 29. 1839 }
Discd 23 Dec. 1829 p't to that period AH

Lock Box 22 El Paso. Tex Dec 27 th /92
Commissioner of Pensions, for soldiers of the Revolution- ary war
Dear Sir
Joseph Thompson - My Father was a soldier in the service of the U.S army for which he received a pension a few years before his death which occurred Dec 27-1829 aged 73 years in Golland Ct and left my Mother a Widow, some years after his death my Mother received the pension by act of Congress allo- wing pensions to the widows who were married in 1803 on was married Mar 24 1803 she continued to receive the same until a short

time 2 before her death which occurred Feb 1 st 1856 at Royal Oak which she received it through some agent residing in Detroit which the last installment was withheld the agent claiming that it was not due as she had died a short time before the regular time of paym- ent and the heirs were not entitled to what was strictly due. it does not look reasonable to me what was done with was done with the pension papers I never knew or ever saw them. My elder Brother who died Mar 1 st 1864 at Royal Oak had the whole care of our Mother for last 10 or 12 years of her life a sister & myself are all that remain alive of our Father's family. I wish to know if there has been any act of Congress granting pensions to Sons and Daughters of Revolutionary soldiers

Madella Dec 17 1874 Thos W. S. Grant President Sir
I regret with all your pressing calls to attend my hall self upon your visit
But will be as brief as possible. My Mother Ruby Russ Thompson widow of Joseph Thompson a Revolutionary soldier and recd a pension at the time of his disease which was in 1828 My Mother died Feb 1 st 1855 she had drawn a pension some years - In June my husband had her papers for the Bountys by a Pension Agent in Utica N.Y. he would have taken the papers and advanced the money but my Mother was living with my

land
Interior
Reltobounty land
P. 44

Mrs N H Limes Box 79
Wien April 11 th
Mr Buchanan
Honorable Sir
Will you pardon me for addressing you at this time I would like very much to ask you a few questions about my diseased Mother Pension Money & Bounty Land Mrs Rufy Thompson my Mother Died Feb the 1 in 1854 In June the same before she died her papers for her Bounty Land was made out & left with a Pension Agent in Detroit my brother often called to see about it but he would say that papers were at

Washington and they remained there untill her death None I would simply ask you if it must be lost if her papers were in Washington from June untill Feb 6th if the Pension Agent was careless must my poor brother want and likewise her Pension money that was due at the time of her death it was due in March & she died in Feb that likewise is withheld from my brother for some reason which I cannot understand & I simply wish to know if it is right or just
I will send my brother's letter although it is meant for eyes only dear to my

from Old Mother but I thought the plain truth the Garrisonist truth I should have said
My Mother for Seven Years before she died lived with my brother in Royal Oak. With he done every thing in his power for her comfort but that Dogs not much for his own health & that of his family has always been from in the sickly district or swamp I might say for it is Mother more than I visited her three years ago last summer in her miserable log hut for I can call it by other name and waited long & anxiously take her home with me but she was so feeble I was obliged to leave her to die the Western

Western Wildes When I come home my first business was to write you and I did most humbly begg of The Pension Commissioner at Washington that she might obtain her back Pension I felt as has every one that knew Mother that no one deserved it better than she and I do believe that had the truth been known it would have been granted her But it is not now if it can be obtained for her Children I can only say that we all poor & needy & would thankfully except it
One thing I do begg for my brother that he may obtain her money pension & Bounty Land which was due when she died Yours respectfully Mrs. H. H. Hites

City of Utica Oct. 30 th 1853
Sir
Enclosed are the evidences in support of Mrs Ruby Thompson's claim to a pension, under the Act of Congress, of February 28 th 1853—
I am Sir Very Respectful Your obed t Serv t Arch d C. Sprague
Loren P Waldo Esq r Court of Penn ty City of Washington D. C.

Detroit May 11 th 1857
Rev Geo C. Whiting, Comm r  Genl Pensions. Washington D.C.
Dear Sir.
In accordance with instructions set forth in your letter of the 25 th ult. Herewith enclose to your address No 100 A. Seal Warrant N o 26862. issued under Act of March 3 rd 1855 to Ruby Thompson, Widow of Joseph Thompson. Private. Revolutionary War.
Very Resp ly
Your Off Secy.
Thos N. Hartwell.

W Thompson
File with papers
Respectfully referred to the Com te of Pensions Moses Kelly Dep. Int. Ap l 15/57

Brief in the case of Ruby Thompson widow of Joseph Oakland County and State of Michigan act of Feb. 3 1853
Claim. ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a private in Connecticut line N.Y. & prisoner of the U.S. under act of 1818 at $96 per annum & paid to his death Dec 23, 1829.
Allowed $96 per annum to commence Feb. 3 1853 (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage proved by John A. Rops of Onondaga Co. New York certificate to be credible
Death proved by auditor's report
Identity & Widowhood proved by credible witnesses
Name and residence of Agent
A. C. Coary Utica N. York.
Examining Clerk.
H. Gray

South Coventry Conn Oct 22 nd 1839
Sir
At the request of the widow of Joseph Thomson formerly of Tolland County Conn a Revolutionary Pensioner I write to request you to inform me if there was an arrearage of Pension due to her said husband at the time of his death as she has been so informed By so doing you will much oblige
Sir
Yours Respectfully Samuel Haver

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Bounty
Land
Department
of the Interior
OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS
It is hereby Certified, that under the Act of March 3rd 1855, entitled "An Act in addition to certain Acts granting Bounty Land to certain Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in the Military Service of the United States," Ruby Thompson, widow of
John Thompson Private Revolutionary War
is entitled to locate ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRES, at any Land Office of the United States, in one body, and in conformity to the legal subdivisions of the public lands, upon any of the public lands subject to sale at either the minimum or lower graduated prices.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Department, this 26th day of May 1876
No 26862
Original May 1876 the with Ruby Thompson the widow of John Thompson Private Revolutionary War
Commissioner

100 DOLLARS
100 DOLLARS
104414
10
UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK NOTE
CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE
Ruby Thompson
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