Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 9518, for Joseph Thomas, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
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Thomas, Joseph Mary
W 9518
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25379
West Tennessee
Joseph Thomas
He served in the War of 1812 who was a private in the company by Captain Bell of the 1st Regiment by his transfer to the Pennsylvania line for Virginia
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 80 Dollars 11 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of Jan 1830 and the 1st of at Lynch the 1st
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 200.00 Pension allowance ending March 40.00
$240.00
Revolutionary Claim, for June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Dalby Clerk Book Vol. 7 Page 98
July 1844
Hon G.S. Houston Oct. 8 1856
Name Dec 2 1856 -

6271.
Alabama Hunts-
Mary Thomas, widow of Joseph Thomas Va
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 27 th day of Oct. 1857 and sent to
Wm Geo. S. Houston, Athens Ala.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 446 Vol. M.
1884 Jan 14 Mr J Rutherford for more data to identify

Return to the sender 2077 South Union Mills Oregon City, Or. 97007
Mr. [unclear]
Dixon Mo. 11/1884
Dear Mr. Dudley Commissioner of Pensions My Grandfather, Joseph Thomas was a soldier in the Revolution war & as after words [unclear] he was a enlisted in [unclear] out from Kentucky.
Though he died in East Tennessee soon after you will please let me know where it was as [unclear] his Postoffice was when last heard from By the Department he left an estate & I cannot find it until I hear from you
M. J. Rutherford

State of Tennessee, Lawrence County, Sam T. of Benton & David L. Spence, Lawrence Co. Tenn. 1833 On this 10th day of January 1833, personally appeared before Robert L. Hill John Wapson & Thomas New England, having said Sam T. for the County of Lawrence in said State in after Sam T. L. Hill & Thomas witness of the said County of Lawrence State of Tennessee aged twenty years on the 8th day of twelfth day of January instant who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1797 on the 12th day February with Simon Morgan in Frazar County State of Virginia & served in the thirteenth Regiment of the Virginia Line under the following named officers to wit Simon Morgan from Robert Bell Col. Crawford Col. that at Williamsburg or Fort Williams Col. Gibson took the command of the regiment who continued in command until the Battle of Brandywine after the Battle of Brandywine when Col. [blank] took the command of the Regiment & continued in command the expedition against the Shawan & Mingo Towns when Col. [blank] Brant had command, George Washington was commander in chief at Brandywine & Brandywine & at Brandywine that he enlisted for three years & served until his time & was discharged the

out of Germany on first of March 1780 at Pittsburgh on Fort Pitt Pennsylvania, there he lived in Fugue being State of Virginia when he ended the service & returned then after his discharge that he received a discharges but has lost it, that he was on the baggage train during the Battle of Brandywine & was in the Battle of Germantown, that when he first entered he marched from Virginia to Pittsburgh State of Pennsylvania, from there to Philadelphia where he joined the Grand Army under Washington, from there to Trenton in the State of New Jersey, thence to Brandywine where the battle was fought, thence to the Battle of Germantown thence to Red Bank where we took up Winter Quarters thence to Red Bank, thence down the Ohio River about thirty miles where we built a fort & called it Fort McIntosh in honor of our Col. thence we marched back up the Allegheny River about 25 miles & built Fort LeBoeuf, thence to the mouth of New River where we built Garrison during the winter & returned to Pittsburgh in the Spring, thence to the Monocahela & Mingo Rivers where we camped, thence back to Pittsburgh where he was discharged a short time after the expiration of three years from the commencement of his term of service, that he was drafted or turned out again ten to recruit being drafted in the mouth of Solomon 1780 in Fugue Virginia for six months, & served under Col. Wm. Maj. Ficklett, & joined Col.

afterwards Genl. Morgan in South Carolina & was at the taking of the Tories at Rugeley's Mill. That he served out his term of six months & was discharged. was mustered by Maj. Tuttle, making in three years & six months service in the Revolutionary War. I hereby relinquish every claim which I have to the above. an authority to act the part of a claim that my name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
I hereby to & inasmuch as the day a year opened U. H. Buchanan Clerk
And the said board do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier as he states
J. WATSON
Robt. J. Hill
Thos. H. Hare

J. H. Buchanan Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Joseph Thomas for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private seal (there being no seal office) this 10 th day of January 1833 J. H. Buchanan Clerk
Washington D.C.
December 18 th 1833.
I certify that H. M. Buchanan who made the above certificate was at the time of making said cer- tificate clerk of the County Court of Lawrence, in the State of Tennessee and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
Wm. M. Gentry
Member of Congress.

Mary Thomas
Land -
Geo. S. Houston Ho of Reps

The State of Alabama } ss: Franklin County } on this 10 th day of February 1857. personally appeared before me Thomas Thom a Justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Mary Thomas aged seventy nine years, who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following decla- ration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the third of February 1855. Granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war, that she is the Widow of Joseph Thomas a Revolutionary soldier, who drew a pension in the State of Tennessee at Nashville afterwards at Pulaski, up to his death as before stated to you. She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Thomas on the 29 th January 1826. in Lawrence County in the State of Tennessee that she was not married to him prior to the second of January eighteen hundred but at the time above stated She further declares that she is now a Widow
Mary Thomas her mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me Thomas Thom J.P.
The State of Alabama } This day personally came before me Thomas Thom an Franklin County } acting Justice of the peace in and for the County afore- said Littleton Lindsay and Caswell Lindsay who being sworn deposeth on oath that they were present in the County of Lawrence in the State of Tennessee on the 29 th day of January 1826. and did see Mary Thomas the above applicant and Joseph Thomas her husband married, and that we have lived close to them up to his death and is still living close to her and she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed before me } this 10 th day of February 1857. }
Thomas Thom J.P. }
Littleton Lindsay Caswell Lindsay
The State of Alabama } I hereby certify that the above applicant is infirm Franklin County } in body so that it would be with a great deal of difficulty that she could attend court
Given under my hand this 10 th day of February 1857. Thomas Thom J.P.

The State of Alabama I James H. Trumble Just in Franklin County & S. B. of the Court of Probate of said County & Ex-Officio Clerk of said Court, (which is by law a Court of record) hereby certify that Thomas Thorne Esq o before whom the foregoing affidavits were made & maker of the foregoing Certificate - is now & was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County duly qualified & commissioned and that full faith and credit should be given to all his acts, when acting in his official character and that the signature purporting to be his, is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said Court at Office in the Town of Frankfort this the 16 th February A D 1857
James H. Trumble Justice

No 23838- Joseph Thomas. Tennessee on Road.
Va State Road for 1777 private 27-480
Non Mrs. M. Inge R.R. M. H. Buchanan flk Lawrence County Tenn Tennessee

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
May 10
183 8
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjjoined notes you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Joseph Thomas Laurence Co Tenn.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted 1777 Feb 11-12. 3 Private Capt. Bell Col. Crawford Brandywine Pa Age 70 Handwritten   1780 Oct Drafted or Vol. 6 " Winn Morgan St  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers, the time he left the service, (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers,) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service, the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Myer Austin Exam Clerk

Perry  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 9578
Mary Thomas Wid
Joseph Thomas Print Rev. W.
Act: Subj. 3d  1883
Index:—Vol. 116 , Page 278
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No 6647
Mary Thomas, widow of Joseph Alabama.
Let. Hon. Geo. S. Houston Feby 25, 1857, Same Oct 26/57
Act February 3 1853

Q. W. NAVY, 1812 & B. L. JAN 8 1884 FILES.
If not delivered within 10 days, to be returned to
Joseph Thomas
OP
Shall the P & Q addrs be furnished wrote Jan'y 14 for more data to identify
Williamson of Pensylvania Washington
38437: Va 04819 9518 Mary Va Ala 6277 Rebecca Va Va

3 d Auditor's Office Oct. 25. 1887.
Sir: Joseph Thomas. Pulaski Tenn. act 1832, at $80. - per annum, appears to have been paid to March 1st. 1864.
Very Respectfully W. J. Garrison Auditor
Geo: C. Whiting Esq. Comm. of Pensions

Pension Office, Oct. 26. 1857
The Third Auditor will please certify the date of death of the within named pensioner, and name of widow, if she received arrears.
Very respectfully S. P. Cole
For Commissioner
Goods
W. No. 44

Mary Thomas, widow of Joseph Franklin Co Alabama
// Admitted Act. Feb'y 3. 1833 at rate of $80 per Annum, commencing at date of said act.
// Service 2 years private Mts.
// State amount due 4 th Sept. 1837 on margin of Certificates.
// Certificates to Hon. Geo. S. Houston MC Athens, Alabama

Brief in the case of Mary Thomas, widow of Joseph Thomas, Franklin County and State of Alabama. act February 3. 1863
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Claimant's husband was a pensioner under act of June 7. 1832, at rate of $80 per annum, and was paid to 4 th March 1844 - He died July 13. 1844 - as far as by parol -
Marriage, in 1836, identity and present widowhood proved by several credible witnesses - (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Allowance accordingly,
Hon. Geo. S. Houston Athens, Alabama. Name and residence of Agent
R. Rhodes Examining Clerk.

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Mary 9578 va ala
Rebecca 6277 va va
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10506 Geo

Mary Thomas
Appln for Pension
Geo S Houston Ho Repd

State of Alabama } Be it known that before Franklin County } me Thomas Thom a Justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Mary Thomas the Widow of Joseph Thomas deceased, and made oath in due form of Law that she is the I dnticle Widow of Joseph Thomas deceased, that is named in the original Certificate in his possession at his death from the Ward Department, which Certificate has been in my possession ever since his death and is still in my (Mary Thomas) possession of which (I certify) the following is a true Copy. Mary her Thomas known to and subscribed by her mark before Thomas Thom J.P. 1 st Nov. 1836. } War Department
Revolutionary Claims
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7 th June 1832 Joseph Thomas of the State of Tennessee — who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is entitled to receive Eighty Dollars and — cents per annum during his natural life commencing on the 4 th of March 1831. and payable Semiannually on the 4 th of March and 4 th of September in every year. Given at the War Office of the United States this 2 nd day of January 1834 Examined and Countersigned } P. L. Edwards } Commissaire of Pensions } Sew Camp Secretary of War

The State of Alabama This day personally came before Franklin County } me Thomas Thom an acting Justice of The peace in and for The County and State a foresaid, Mary Thomas the wife of Joseph Thomas deceased who states upon oath that she is the Widow of Joseph Thomas, (de) who was a Revolutionary Soldier in the United States War, who drew a pension of Eighty Dollars a year from the 4 th March 1831. up to his death, when my husband (Joseph Thomas) first drew his pension we lived in Lawrence County in the State of Tennessee and continued to live there until March 1844 at which time we moved to Franklin County in the State of Alabama where we resided until Mr Thomas death which was the 13 th day of July 1844. and I still live in said County and still remain a widow
Mary Thomas mark
The above sworn to and subscribed before me by her mark this 15 th day of November 1856.
Thomas Thom V.P.
The State of Alabama } Know all men by these presents Franklin County } That I Mary Thomas of the County aforesaid, the widow of Joseph Thomas deceased who was a revolutionary soldier do here by Constitution and appoint George J. Houston my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to receive from the Agent of the United States paying pension, as Wit- ness my hand and seal this 1 st day of November 1856.
Mary Thomas mark
Sealed and delivered in the presence of Thomas Thom V.P.
Not W. C. [unclear] Thoms Coydill " [unclear]

The State of Alabama } James H. Tremble Jr. Franklin County S.S. } of the Court of Probate of said County, & Ex Officio Clerk of said Court, (which is by law a Court of record) hereby certify that Thomas Thom- as Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits were made is now, & was at the date thereof an acting justice of the peace, in and for said County duly qualified & commissioned & that full faith & credit should be given to all his acts, when acting in his official character, and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal of said Court at Office in the town of Franklin the 10 th November 1856
James H. Tremble Jr. &

The State of Alabama } This day personally came before me Franklin County } Thomas Thom an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County and State aforesaid Caswell Lindsey who being sworn deposeth and states on oath that he was acquainted with Mary Thomas and Joseph Thomas in Tennessee before the said Joseph Thomas drew his pension and he (Caswell Lindsey) moved with them from Tenne- see to the State of Alabama, Franklin County and lived by him until his death in July 1844, and still lives by his widow (Mary Thomas) and knows that she is his widow and that she has not been married since the death of her said husband Joseph Thomas.
This 8 th day of November 1856.
Caswell Lindsey
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8 th day of November 1856. Thomas Thom J.P.
I here by certify that I am personally acquainted with the above witnesses John F. McKinney Alfred Davis & Caswell Lindsey who are persons of truth and can be relied on - Given under my hand and seal
This 8 th day of November 1856.
Thomas Thom J.P.

The State of Alabama } This day personally came before me Franklin County } Thomas Tharn an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County and State aforesaid John H. McKinney who being sworn deposeth and states on oath that he was acquainted with Mary Thomas the widow of Joseph Thomas deceased who drew a pension in Tennessee and moved to the State of Alabama, Franklin County about the year 1839  1839 some time in March, and died in July 1844 and that she is yet a widow and has never been married since the death of her said husband Joseph Thomas. This 8 th day of November 1856.
John H. this McKinney mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8 th day of November 1856. Thomas Tharn J.P.
The State of Alabama } This day personally came before me Franklin County } Thomas Tharn an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County and State aforesaid Alfred Davis who being sworn deposeth and states on oath that he is is acquainted with Mary Thomas the widow of Joseph Thomas deceased who drew a pension in Tennessee, and moved to the State of Alabama Franklin County about the year 1839. same time in March, and still drew his pension from Tennessee see until his death which was in July 1844. The aforesaid widow still resides here and has not been married since the death of her said husband Joseph Thomas this 8 th day of November 1856.
Alfred Davis
Sworn to and subscribed before me This 8 th day of November 1856.
Thomas Tharn J.P.