Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43995, for Joshua Thompson, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental N.H.
Thompson, Joshua
S. 43995-
{ B.L.W. 2130 200-Lieut. Issued Sept. 11, 1795 to William S. Thoms assignee no papers.
CONTENTS

13841 R  New Hampshire  Joshua Thompson, of Concord in the state of N. Hamps. who was a Lieut in the regiment commanded by Colonel Cilly of the N. Hampshire line, for the term of 5 years   Inscribed on the Roll of N. Hampshire at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 17 of April 1818   Certificate of Pension issued the 11 of July 1819. and sent to Hall Burgin Esq  Concord New Hampshire   Arrears to 4th of March 1819  14/31 4/31 3/31 $ 211.91 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819  120.   $ 331.91
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Not entitled
Payment on A.B.
Application sent September 12. 1820 to Peter Chadwick, Esq., New Hampshire.

Lt. Joshua Thompson claim for a pension 1818
Lieutenant Gilleys New Hampshire Regt March 5. 1798 war
April 17. 1818.
Service adm?
The Judge has not certified to the reduced circumstances of the Applicant

I Joshua Thompson of Concord in the County of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire testify & declare that in the month of May in 1775 I in- listed in the Company commanded by Captain George Reid in the Reg- iment commanded by Col o John Stark in the New Hampshire line in the Revolutionary War against the common enemy for eight months - went to Winterhill Hill where we staid & served said eight months out & was discharged. Then in February 1776 I enlisted again into the same service for one year in the same Comp- any & Regiment at Winterhill wh- -re we staid until the eighteenth of March 1776 to New York. From thence to Manhattan thence to Tarriffville & from thence to Mount Independence in No- vember following I was appointed & commissioned an Ensign in said ser- vice in the Company commanded by Captain Ebenezer Dyer in the Regim- ent commanded by Col o Joseph Gil- ley in New Hampshire line. in Jan y 1777 I was ordered on the recruiting service & in July again joined the said Army at Ticonderoga. had to retreat to Hubbardston where we had a skirmish with the enemy & retreated to Mohawk River from thence to Still- water where we had a severe battle with Burgoyne's Army. retreated to our Tents - on the 7 th day of

october 1777 we had a second engagement with said Army at which time the British Genl. Fraizer was killed I was commissioned as second Lieutenant but the date I do not recollect as have lost said commission but served as such untill March 5 th 1778 at which date I receiv- ed a place first lieutenants Commiss- ion in the same Company & Regim- ent Captain being taken prisoner by the Indians I had charge of said Company untill June 1778 in 1779 I went into the Indian Country at Genesee under General Sullivan. In 1781 we marched to Virginia Staid there untill the surrender of Genl. Cornwallis I continued in said United States Army & served as Lieutenant untill the close of said Revolutionary War then I served in said war more than seven years as a commissioned officer & in December 1783 the said Army were all disbanded. I am now sixty eight years of age am in reduced circumstances in life and need assistance from my coun- try for support Concord April 17 th 1818
Y. Shua Thompson
State of New Hampshire Rockingham ss April 17, 1818 Declared sworn to before me
Isaac Burleigh Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Rockingham -

I hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Joshua Thompson did serve in the Revolutionary War & now transmits the testimony & the said Thompson's commission & another paper to the Secy of the War Department.
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Rockingham.
By order of the Judge
Attest E Chadwick Clerk of said Court
N.B. Lt. Thompson's commission appears to be defaced by carrying it in wet weather but I can discern some of the filling up - particularly his name. he thought not to send it but I thought proper to send it & let it pass examination at the war office.
H Burgess
I hereby certify that Lieutenant Joshua Thompson the the signer of the foregoing declaration is in reduced circumstan- -ces in life & needs assistance from his Country for support
H Burgess } Judge of the Court of Com. pleas for the County of Rockingham

Concord June 23. 1818
We the Subscribers being near Neighbours to Le Joshua Thompson of Concord aforesaid know him to be deprived of his health and unable to support himself and is in reduced circum- stances and has needs and the Assistance of his country.
Jonathan Eastman Edmund Leavitt Stephen Ambrose

Joshua Thompson 13.041.
1819 1819

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
ROCKINGHAM.....SS.
ON this eighteenth day of July , 1820, personally appeared in open court, Concord , before John Harvey and Nathl. Duryee , Esqrs. Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County of Rockingham, being a Court of Record for the said County of Rockingham, having the power of fine and imprisonment, Jonathan Thompson aged Seventy years, resident in Concord , in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:— viz That he served as a private a Sargant an Ensign & Lieutenant in the first Regiment in the New Hampshire line commanded by Col Joseph Cilley during the whole of the Revolutionary war as will more fully appear by his original declaration made in order to obtain a pension which declaration is dated the 17th day of April 1818 he has secured a pension the number of his pension Certificate is 13.841 .
And I do solemnly Swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 8th 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 provision 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. My occupation is That of a Farmer but I am not of sufficient ability to pursue it
The reason of the Rheumatism which has confined me to the use of my limbs in a great measure I have in family residing with me my wife aged 53 years and a Child Anna Thompson aged 9 years
Their capacity to contribute to their support is nothing but what arises from their labour — Jonathan Thompson
Sworn to and declared at Concord on the eighteenth day of July 1820 before us John Harvey & Nathl. Duryee Justices of the said Court
I, Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Rockingham do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truely copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is 1429 dollars and 96 cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 21st day of July , 1820.
P. Chadwick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Rockingham.

SCHEDULE
CONTAINING the whole estate and income of Jonathan Thompson (his necessary clothing and bedding excepted,) by him subscribed, exhibited to the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Rockingham, on the eighteenth day of July 1820, and annexed to his oath, viz.
  Defund Stock of the United States 635. 23   Notes of hand due me which I concede good 758. 21   My Buildings & 10 acres of land That net income of the land is $12 350. 00   Personal estate as appraised by Stephen Ambrose & Charles Eastman 211. 75   2 Shares in Federal Bridge 110. 00   $1429. 96 
The court concede $1429. 96 to be the amount of to the said Thompson is now possessed of exclusive of the Defund Stock of the United States which Stock the Court are unacquainted with
John Harvey Justice of Wallburg said Court

43995
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 43,995
Joshua Thompson Lient Rev War
Act: 15 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 578
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Act 1828
Settled at Treasury
Cous. with Invalid file # 43.995
Revolutionary
JUN 13

Concord N. H. June 16. 1823.
Hon. Richard Rush Secretary of the Treasury of the United States Dear Sir
Enclosed is the Application of Lieut. Joshua Thompson, to receive the benefits of the Law of May 15 th 1823. He requests me to state that his Commission as first Lieut. in the Army of the Revolution was dated March 5 th 1778 and signed by Samuel Huntington then President of Congress - and that the Commission is so defaced, that neither his own name or that of the President is legible - it was sent to Washington as a voucher for his receiving a pension under the Act of Congress of 1818 - and is now undoubtedly in the Secretary's Office - should further evidence of his right to relief under the Law, than the enclosed be necessary, it can readily be forwarded.
I am, Sir, your Obedt. Servt.
Stephen Ambrose

For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an Act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" approved on the fifteenth day of May 1828.
I Joshua Thompson of Concord in the county of Merrimack, in the State of New Hampshire, do hereby declare that I was an Officer in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, and served as such to the end of the war. — Five years of which period I was a first Lieutenant in the first Regiment of the New Hampshire Line.
And I do also declare that I afterwards received certificates (commonly called commutation certificates) for a sum equal to the amount of five years full pay; which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress of the 22 d of March 1783, in stead of the half pay for life, to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21 st of October 1780.
Witness my hand this fourteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.
Joshua Thompson
Before me Stephen Embrose one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the county of Merrimack in the

the State of New Hampshire, personally appeared this day Jonathan Eastman and Robert B. Wilkins both of Concord in the county and State aforesaid, who did severally make Oaths that Joshua Thompson by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally respected and believed to have been an Officer in the Revolution in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand this fourteenth day of June in the Year 1828.
Stephen Ambrose Justice Peace
I Moses Eastman Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that Stephen Ambrose before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn was at the time a Justice of the Peace and duly empowered to administer Oaths.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this sixteenth day of June Anno Domini 1828. —
Moses Eastman

I Robert B. Wilkins of Concord in the County of Merrimack in the state of New Hampshire, on oath declare — that I was a Lieut. in the New Hampshire line in the Continental Army of the revolution — and was personally acquainted with Joshua Thompson of said line, who was a Commissioned officer from Dec r 1776 to the close or end of the said war — I further declare that I served with him the whole of said term — and that Joshua Thompson of said Concord & now in my presence is the identical gentleman that served as above stated — Robert B. Wilkins
State of New Hampshire } Concord June 14. 1828. Merrimack ss }
Sworn to before me.
Stephen Ambrose Justice Peace

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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
19 July 1828.
Joshua Thompson — of Concord in the County of Merrimack in the State of New Hampshire has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the war,
at which period he was a Lieutenant in the first regiment of the New Hampshire line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the re- solve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing . dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. Dikins,
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
21 st July 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to Joshua Thompson. Lieutenant in the New Hampshire line, amounting to Sixteen Hundred dollars.
It further appears that Joshua Thompson not is now on the pension list of the any — — — — — agency, and has been since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of  per month
John Hagner Aud
Concord
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