Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,540, for Reuben Thompson, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Thompson, Reuben
S 11,540
Carded
CONTENTS

State of New York Chautauqua County
Be it remembered that on this fifth day of April in the year eighteen hundred and thirty two, personally appeared before me Benjamin Walworth, one of the judges of the court of Common Pleas of the said County, Samuel Lucker, aged about seventy two years, known to me to be a credible person, and apparently of sound mind and memory, who being duly sworn by me according to law, on his oath says that in the year 1779, he went into the service of the United States, in the Continental Army in Col. Thomas Mifflin's Regiment, Gen. John Sullivan's Brigade of the Massachusetts line. That while in the Continental Army he became acquainted with Peabody Thompson the person in the annexed declaration named, and knows that he served in the said Army for the term of Nine Months or more. That the said Peabody Thompson is now present and will be remembered by the said Samuel Lucker, who says he cannot be mistaken in his person -
Subscribed & sworn to before me the fifth day of April 1832,
W. Walworth Judge Com. Pleas
Sam l Lucker

State of New York Chautauque County
Be it remembered that on this fifth day of April in the year eighteen hundred and thirty two, personally appeared before me Benjamin Walworth one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas of said county. Nathan Thompson aged about sixty eight years, who is known to me to be a credible person, and who appears to be of sound mind and memory, and who after taking an affirmation according to the laws of this State, under such affirmation says, that he is a Brother to Reuben Thompson in the annexed Declaration named, and knows that in the year 1778 he the said Reuben Thompson enlisted into the Continental Army of the United States for the term of nine months. That he the said Nathan Thompson the same year went into the Militia of Massachusetts on a term of eight months service. That while in the said Militia the Regiment to which he belonged was attached to Gen. John Nixon's Brigade of the Massachusetts line of continental troops. That while attached to the said Brigade he frequently saw his said Brother Reuben Thompson. Who at the time belonged to and was a private in Col. Thomas Nixon's Regiment, of the said Brigade. That he the said Nathan Thompson understood at the time that the said Reuben Thompson served in the said Brigade the term of nine months according to his enlistment, and has now no doubt of the fact. Subscribed and affirmed to me before me April fifth 1832
Nathan Thompson Benjamin Walworth Judge Chautauque Common Pleas

Letter to Hon. C. Morris 17 Jan'y 38 Duplicate certificate issued 13 March 1838 and sent to Simon H. Daniel Ulcheville, Gallia County Ohio
Letter to Pen Agent 13. March 1838 of who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Danforth of the Regt: commanded by Col. Veyon in the Chap s m a line for 9 m s
Letter to J. Crane 25 March 1839 Letter to Pen Agt 23 March 1840 To Albany New York from 4 Sept 1838 - 10. April 1840 Notification to Camp Dickson Ho- Mayville New York
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1838 from 4 Sept 1838 to 4 March 1839. Agt notified 24 April 1840 Let to Albany agent May 16. 1840.
Ohio 14180 New York, N.Y. New York
Reuben Thompson Chautauqua Co in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Danforth of the Regt: commanded by Col. Veyon in the Chap s m a line for 9 m s
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of May 1833 and sent to Ellsloft & Crane Fredonia
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $60.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept. 15.00 $75.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book 4 Vol. 4 Page 37.

Reuben Thompson
14825
In the Matter of the Application of Reuben Thompson for a
Pension under the act of June 7 th 1832
Mallett & Brane Fredonia Chautauque Co N.Y.
Agents -
acom d 9 mo. pri
30 $
On Roll of Pensioners Reg d 7 June 78 to 7 Mar 79
9 mo.

Declaration of Reuben Thompson in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
State of New York } ss: Chautauqua County }
On this twelfth day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas held in and for the County of Chautauqua aforesaid, in open Court, now sitting at the Court house in the village of Mayville in the County aforesaid Reuben Thompson of the town of Harmony in the County of Chautauqua aforesaid, aged twenty years the fifth day of September last, 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 7. 1832.
That in the month of June in the year Seventeen hundred and twenty eight at Charlton, in Worcester County in the State of Massachusetts, where he then resided he entered the army.
That he enlisted into the continental army for nine months, and joined the army at the North River in the State of New York on the opposite side of the River from West Point and near Verplancks Point in about two weeks after his said enlistment. — That he belonged to Captain Sanfords Company, Colonel Thomas Nixons Regiment, and General John Nixons Brigade. — That soon after he joined
the army as aforesaid, the said Brigade marched to White Plains, West Chester County, New York, where they lay till the latter part of the summer, & then marched to Chestnut Ridge and stayed about in that neighborhood till late in the Fall of the same year, when they went to the Highlands on North River to build Huts for Winter Quarters, at which last place he remained until the following Spring when the term of his said enlistment expired and he was honorably discharged. — That he was engaged in no battles
That after he joined the army as aforesaid, he marched through no Country except that between the North River and Chestnut Ridge, and between Chestnut Ridge and West Point. — He remembers being at Verplancks Point, at White Plains, and that he was in the Hospital at Danbury, Connecticut about two weeks. — He also remembers being at Peekskill after he left the Hospital.
That when he left the Army he received a written discharge but lost it soon afterwards.
That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State or Territory.
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the

day and year aforesaid } Reuben Thompson James B. Lorry Clerk }
And to interrogatories propounded by the Court the said Reuben Thompson says that he was born in the town of Gloucester in the State of Rhode Island on the fifth day of September in the year 1762. — That he has no record of his age except in his Family Bible, which, as respects his age, was copied from his Father's Bible. — That when he enlisted he resided in Charlton, Worcester County, Massachusetts as above stated. — That after the revolutionary war he went to Windsor Massachusetts where he resided about a year & a half & married his wife — then he moved to Herk Rensselaer County & resided there about one year — then moved to Shrewsbury Vermont & remained there about two years — then to Argyle, Steuben, Deerfield, Marcellus, and Harmony in the state of New York in which latter place he now resides & has resided there for the last seven years past. — That he entered the service of the Revolution by voluntary enlistment & served on his own account & not as a substitute.
Besides the officers already above named he was acquainted with Col. Jackson, Col. Grayton, Col. Putnam, Major Oliver & Capt. Twogood & many other Continental officers, & Col. Woods of the Massachusetts Militia. — That he received a Discharge and lost it as above stated.
That in the town where he resides he is acquainted with Stephen Brayton, Deacon Powers, Ephraim Case, Joshua B. Van Dusen Postmaster in said town, Isaac Osborn & many others to whom he refers as to his character for veracity.
Sworn to & subscribed } Reuben Thompson in open Court before the Judges thereof the day & year aforesaid. }
James B. Lorry Clerk }

We Ephraim Case & Isaac Osborn residing in the said town of Harmony do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ruben Thompson who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be about seventy years of age - that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court the day & year aforesaid.
Ephraim Case Isaac Osborn
James B. Sorney Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolution-ary soldier and served as he states.
And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Ephraim Case and Isaac Osborn who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of the said town of Harmony, & are credible persons, & that their statements are entitled to credit.
James B. Sorney Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Chautauque aforesaid do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ruben Thompson for a Pension.
I do further certify that Benjamin Walworth before whom the foregoing & annexed affidavits appear to have been made, was at the time they appear to have been made & still is one of the judges of the said Court & acting under the authority of this State, & that the signature of B. Walworth annexed thereto is the genuine signature of the said judge & known to me to be in his own handwriting.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of my office, being the seal of the said Court, at Mayville aforesaid in the County of Chautauque aforesaid this twelfth day of October in the year eighteen hundred and thirty two.
James B. Sorney Clerk

Mar 18. 1870
Mr Swan
EF
Pension Office Washington D.C.

Application for a Transfer.
County of Chautauqua } ss. State of New York }
On this fifth day of July 1839 before me the Subscriber, a Justice of the peace for the said County of Chautauqua, personally appeared Reuben Thompson of Sherman in said County, who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Danforth in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Nickerson commonly called Colonel Nickerson in the service of the United States; That his name was first placed on the Pension Roll of the State of New York where he then resided; That he lost his Pension Certificate in the fall of 1837 when he removed to the State of Ohio to live with one of his sons: That soon after, he obtained a new Certificate by which his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Ohio where he continued to reside until September 1838 when he removed with his family from his sons in the State of Ohio to Sherman, in the County of Chautauqua aforesaid to reside with his son-in-law and where he now lives. That he now resides in Sherman aforesaid with his said son-in-law, Joseph A. Hubbard, where he has agreed and intends to remain for life, and wishes his pension to be there payable in future.
The following are his reasons for removing from Ohio to New York, viz:
1 st His wife, who is this deponent's 2 d wife, has 3 Children residing in Genesee County N.Y. about 80 miles distant and 2 Children in West Pennsylvania about 30 and 70 miles distant, and has an anxious desire to live nearer her children than she was when she resided in Ohio, a distance of about 600 miles from her said Children. 2 d - This deponent had a lease of about 20 acres of Land lying in the town of Harmony (adjoining Sherman) in Chautauqua County aforesaid, for and during his life, which this deponent wished to occupy, or lease or sell, & which this deponent did sell in March or April last.
Subscribed & sworn before me July 5. 1839.
Reuben Thompson
Jacob Houghton, J.P.

State of New York } ss. Chautauqua County } John Crane being duly sworn deposith and saith that he is well acquainted with Reuben Thompson and knows him to be the same person described in the foregoing affidavit and who signed the same and deposed thereto in the presence of this deponent. And further that he is the same person for whom this deponent some seven, eight or nine years ago, made out his papers to obtain a pension and thereupon obtained a pension.
John Crane
I certify that on this 5 th day of July 1839 before me the subscriber, a justice of the peace in & for the County of Chautauqua N.Y., personally appeared the above named John Crane and signed and made oath to the foregoing affidavit. - I also certify that the said John Crane is a person of truth and veracity & worthy of full credit & belief.
Jacob Houghton, J.P.
State of New York } Chautauqua County } I, George W. Tew Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Jacob Houghton Esq., whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Affi- davit and certificate, was on the day of the date thereof, a Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly elected and qualified, and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe that the foregoing signature "Jacob Houghton" purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, this eleventh day of March. 1840.
G. W. Tew Clerk
Pension Office
Please send the notice of transfer enquiries in this application, to Reuben Thompson, Care of the subscriber. Mayville Chaut. Co N.Y., March 11, 1840 Camp, Dickson & Co

14,826
Reuben Thompson
Acorn
Mullett & Crane, Freedom Chautauqua County New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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 subjoined 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. These 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 Reuben Thompson of Harmony in the County of Chautauqua - N. York
   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.     Not June 1778 9 Private Capt s Danforth Col s Nixon Gen l Nixon None to White Plains then to Chestnut Run & thence to the High Bridge lands Charlton Worcester County Mass s aged 78 years Living Wit = Nephew  
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 here 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 [e] 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.

June 4, 1938.
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BA-J/ady Reuben Thompson S.11540
E. R. Pember Hazen Chester Vermont
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Reuben Thompson, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.11540, based upon the military service of Reuben Thompson in that war.
Reuben Thompson was born September 5, 1762, in Gloucester, Rhode Island. The names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Charlton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Reuben Thompson enlisted in June 1778 and served nine months as private in Captains Danforth's and Flower's Companies, Colonel Thomas Nixon's Massachusetts Regiment.
After the Revolution he moved to Windsor, Massachusetts, lived about a year and a half and married there.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 12, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Harmony, Chautauqua County, New York.
In 1839 he was living with his son-in-law, Joseph A. Hubbard, in Sherman, Chautauqua County, New York, and referred to his sons, and to his second

wife(then living); the names of his wives and children are not given.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of soldier's death, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington-D.C. and cite the following data: "Reuben Thompson, Certificate No. 14160, issued May 11, 1833, rate $30.00 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, New York Agency".
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

1915, May 24. History To Mrs. E. A. Curtis. F.W.
1923 Dec. 29. Hist. to Mrs. P. K. Shauland 1933 Sept. 8. Hist. to Andrew K. Smith 1938 June 4. Hist. to E. R. Peabody Hazen A.D.Y.
Reuben
11540 INVALID.
File No. 11,540
Reuben Thompson Brin Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: — Vol. a , Page 873
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Commercial Board of Cincinnati Pension Agency 28 th Mar 1840.
Sir.
Yours of 23 rd inst has been received at this office. — The pensioned Reuben Thompson now upon our roll has been paid up to September 4 th 1838. — his name will according to your direction be struck from our rolls —
I Am very Respectfully H. Cbt. Hunt.
To S. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
J. Smith Pension Agent.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
April 17 th , 1840.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Reuben Thompson, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Thirty — Dollars and  Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1838, to the 4 th March 1839.
Respectfully, yours,
William L. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

May 22 1840
Mr Stuart
James L Edwards Esq Camp of Persians War Dept City of Washington.

Albany Pension Agency May 19. 1840.
James L. Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 16 th inst. respecting Reuben Thompson's case, I have to state that on referring to our Books, we find that he was transferred to Ohio on the 28 th of March 1838 , and not, in March last - We also find that he was transferred to this Agency on the 10 th ult o as stated by you, and is now on our Books.
This fact was overlooked, as his name is inscribed on our Books in two places, and his being retransferred to this Agency was not noted on the page on which his name was first inscribed -
Very Respectfully
Your obed t Serv t
Thos. W. Blett Clerk Pens. Agency for J. Jenkins.

Wilkesville Ky 16th Feby.
James L. Edwards Commissioner of Prisons Washington
This person with the mail order was not to be kept in the prison the order the order

Mar 10 1838 12
Wilkesville Gallia Co. O. Feby. 16 th 1838
Sir
I enclose you herewith an application for a transfer and also for a New Certificate for Mr. Reuben Thompson I presume the papers are made out in accordance with the necessary forms as I recd from your Department a few days since blank forms for that purpose through Hon. C. Norris of the House of Representatives from this district to whom I will refer you for testimonial as I presume I am not known in your Department.
Your earliest attention to the above business will confer a favor so that the papers may be in readiness by the 4 th of March.
I am Sir very Respectfully Yr. Oble Servt James J. Edwards Esqr. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C. Hiram G. Daniel

MECHANICS' & FARMERS' BANK,
Albany Pension Agency,
March 17 1838
JAMES L. EDWARDS, Esquire,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 13 th inst. I have to state, that Ruben Thompson a Pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832 at 30 Dollars per annum was last paid to the 4 day of Sept. 1837.
I am, Sir,
Very respectfully,
Your ob't serv't,
Thos. M. Cleland
PRES'T, AND PENSION AGENT.

May 1. 1840
Con
Reuben Thompson
Darius L. Edwards Esquire Commission of Pensions War Dept. City of Washington.

Albany Pension Agency. April 28. 1840.
James L. Edwards Esquire, Comm't. of Pensions, Sir,
By a letter from the Ohio Auditor of the 20 th inst. we are authorized to pay the pension of Reuben Thompson, from 4 March 1839 to 4 Sept. 1839, which we have done, although we find that he was transferred to the Ohio Agency, on the 28 th ult. as appears by your letter of that date -
Be pleased to inform me whether there is any objection to our having made this payment, as the Attorney who received it has promised, in that case, to refund the money -
Very Respectfully Your obedt. Servt.
Thos. M. Clift Pro Tem agt

Mar 23 W Evans
Samuel L. Edwards Esquire Chairman of Pension War Dept City of Washington

Free
Hon Secretary of War Washington City
Mr. Fremont
6135 March 16. 1839. P Union Station

Fredonia Chautauqua Co: N.Y. March 7. 1839.
Hon. J. R. Poinsett Secy of War.
Sir,
Reuben Thompson, a Private in the war of the Revolution obtained a Pension of $30. per an. by certificate no 14,160 dated May 11. 1833, payable at the Albany N.Y. Office.
He lost this Certificate, and obtained from the Pension office a new Certificate dated March 13. 1838.
Previous to or about the latter time he moved to Ohio, and obtained a notice of transfer from the N.Y. to Ohio agency March 28. 1838 to take effect from & after Sept. 4. 1837, where he recd payments, but not the one last due.
He has lately removed back from Ohio to this place without drawing his Pension due 4 March inst. & wishes to be restored to the N.Y. Agency, & to receive his March & subsequent payments at Albany, & has desired me to write the Dept enquiring what it will be necessary for him to show as proof to be changed from Ohio to Albany.
An answer to the above will much oblige him & Yours as as Servt
J. Crane

County of Gallia ss on this Tenth 10 day of January A.D. 1838 before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace for the said County of Gallia personally appeared Reuben Thompson who on his Oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain L. Flowers, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Vidow in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of New York from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State of Ohio where he intends to remain and wishes his Pension to be there payable in future, and that his reasons for removing to the state of Ohio were for the purpose of being near his Son that he might receive assistance from him in the decline of life Reuben Thompson Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid Zimri Wells J.P.
State of Ohio Gallia County ss Be it known that on this Tenth day of January 1838 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared - Reuben Thompson Jr. and after being duly sworn on deposition and saith that he well knows the person who has taken the above oath to be the same person described therein and no other than the identical person to whom the pension was originally granted - and further saith Not. - We also certify that Reuben Thompson Jr.

The witness above named is a person of veracity - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned.
Zimri Wells J.P.
The State of Ohio Franklin County ss
Joseph Drown Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Zimri Wells is a Justice of the peace in and for the said County duly commissioned and qualified that his commission was dated on the 11 th day of November 1835 and will expire on the 11 th day of November 1838 and that his signature above written is genuine -
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this 10 th day of February 1838 - Rev Drown Clerk

County of Gallia ss
On this Fifth day of February 1838 before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Gallia personally appeared Reuben Thompson who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Hobbs in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Nixon in the service of the United States; that his Name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York that he received a cer- tificate of that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which cer- tificate on or about the Thirtieth day of September 1837 at or near Wattsburg Pa was lost or stolen as he verily believes Sworn and Subscribed to before me Reuben Thompson the day and year aforesaid Samuel H Brown J. Peace
State of Ohio Gallia County ss
Be it known that on the fifth day of February 1838 before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Reuben Thompson and made oath in due form of law that he well knows Reuben Thompson to be the same person described in the above affidavit - I also certify that Reuben Thompson is a person of veracity - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned
Samuel H Brown J. Peace

The State of Ohio Guadalupe County ss
vs
I Joseph Drouillard Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the State and County aforesaid do hereby certify that Samuel H. Brown is a Justice of the peace in and for the said County, duly commissioned and qualified to the best of my knowledge was dated the 20 th of April 1835 and will expire on the 20 th of April 1838. and that his signature above written is genuine —
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this 10 th day of February 1838
Jos. Drouillard Clerk

JAMESTOWN CHAPTER
JAMESTOWN, N. Y. Nov. 13, '23.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Revolutionary War Records Section:
Will you kindly send me the record of the Revolutionary Soldier, Reuben Thompson, mentioned in the Chautauqua County, N. Y., Pension List of 1840, as a resident of the town of Sherman, Chautauqua County, N. Y.
Our Chapter, D. A. R. are endeavoring to verify some of the war records of Revolutionary soldiers who at one time resided in this County, for the purpose of use in a booklet.
Thanking you for the favor, I am
Very Respectfully Yours
(Mrs. P. H.)
Lucy Norton Shankland.
Chairman of Historical Committee, Jamestown, N. Y., Chapter, D. A. R.
17 Fulton St., Jamestown, N. Y.

171 Fredonia, N. Y. Rear 50 Central Ave. May 18, 1915
To the Commissioner of Pensions; Washington D. C.
Dear Sir; Please send me the military record of Reuben Thompson, a Revolutionary Soldier of this town of Pomfret, Chautauqua Co., N. Y. He received his pension here in 1840.
You will greatly oblige me.
(Mrs. E. A. Curtis) Jennie N. Curtis Historian Benjamin Prescott Chapter, D. A. R.

THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF UTAH 47 EAST SOUTH TEMPLE STREET SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
August 22, 1933
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
✓ Will you please send us a copy of the pension record of Reuben Thompson who enlisted at Charleston, Mass. 17 June 1778 as private under Capt. Danforth Flower, Col. Thomas Nixon, Mass. troope. Also served under Capt. Nicholas and Col. Holman, Capt. Fowler and Capt. John Greaton, Capt. Alton and Col. Davis.
Re-enlisted March 25, 1780 under Capt. Joseph Crocker and Col. Greaton attaining rank of fifer. Granted a pension and mentioned in the pension list of 1840 as residing in the town of Pomfret, Chautauqua, New York. (Chautauqua County, New York Revolutionary Soldiers). (Soldiers and Sailors of Massachusetts).
This information is requested in behalf of our patron, Joseph W. Thompson.
Sincerely,
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF UTAH
Andrew K. Smith By Andrew K. Smith Supt. Research Department
SW Y

Chester, Vt., April 7, 1938.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs,
The only one under any spelling conf
Have you not a record of Revolutionary War pension or service of Reuben Thompson , who lived in Chautauqua County, N.Y.? He died near Panama, Chautauqua Co., N.Y.; probably born and enlisted in Massachusetts.
Especially we hope to get personal data: his birth record, death record, name of head of family with whom he lived while receiving the pension, or name of his widow. Some of his family afterward (about 1840) settled on bounty land in Wisconsin, but we do not know if that was awarded for his service. An old birth record may be 1762, but is not clear.
Very Truly Yours, E. R. P. Hazen
E.R. Pember Hazen, Chester, Vermont.
atty

Copied from M. M. H. D. hist. Dec. 29-1923.
September 8, 1933.
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BA-J/ADY Reuben Thompson S.11540
Mr. Andrew K. Smith 47 East South Temple Street Salt Lake City, Utah
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to one Reuben Thompson , a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.11540, based upon his military service in that war.
Reuben Thompson was born September 5, 1762 in Gloucester, Rhode Island.
While living in Charlton, Worcester County, Massachusetts he enlisted in June 1778 and served nine months as a private in Captains Danforth's and Flower's Companies, Colonel Thomas Nixon's Massachusetts Regiment.
After the Revolution he moved to Windsor, Massachusetts, lived about a year and a half and married there.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 12, 1832 while a resident of Harmony, Chautauqua County, New York.
In 1839 he was living with his son-in-law, Joseph A. Hubbard in Sherman, Chautauqua County, New York and referred to his sons, and to his second wife (then living); the names of his wives and children are not given.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
mmh
December 29, 1923
Mrs. P. K. Shunkland 17 Fulton St., Jamestown, New York
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 11540 it appears that Reuben Thompson was born September 5, 1762 in Gloucester, Rhode Island.
While living in Charlton, Worcester County, Massachusetts he enlisted in June 1778 and served nine months as a private in Captains Danforth and Flower's Companies, Colonel Thomas Nixon's Massachusetts Regiment.
After the Revolution he moved to Windsor, Massachusetts, lived about a year and a half and married there.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 12, 1832 while a resident of Harmony, Chautauqua County, New York.
In 1839 he was living with his son-in-law Joseph

A. Hubbard in Sherman, Chautauqua County, New York and referred to his sons, and to his second wife (then living); the names of his wives and children are not given.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
Death not on AB
Bro. Nathan in service

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Reuben Thompson a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. F. 11540
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June, 1778. 9 mos. Pri. Danforth Flomer Thomas Nixon v Mass.                              
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Charlton, Worcester Co. Mass.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 12, 1832. His cl. was al. Harmony
Residence at date of application, Chautauqua Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, B. Sept. 5, 1762.
Remarks: In 1839, he referred to his second wife & his sons (no names stated) and his son-in-law Joseph A. Hubbard (name of daughter not stated).
There is no further data relative to his family.
Respectfully,
had a bro. Nathan in Rev.
Commissioner.