Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10563, for William Thompson, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Thompson William
R. 10563
CONTENTS
Buffalo Co. Va

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
10563
P. O.
Wm Thompson
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

28. 720
M m Thompson Ken
Rejected. served only 3 1/2 months during the Revol. War. served more months after May 1781. See letter 11. Dec 31 to Rev R. in John N.P.
10563
Rev. R. N. Johnson 11/11
for Jan. 1881

State of Kentucky & ss. On the 26 th day of November 1833 Campbell County } personally appeared in Open Court, before the Court of Campbell County now sitting, William Thompson, a resident of the state of Kentucky, in the county of Campbell aged sixty-six years, on the 27 th day of June last, who be- ing first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed on the 7 th day of June 1832. That he en- tered the service of the United States, in the 15 th year of his age as a volunteer, under Capt. Baker Ewing, Col. John Logan, & John Sconce was sergeant, the names of the Lieutenants & Ensign, he does not recollect, I had just come to Kentucky and after my entrance into the service we went in pursuit of the Indians, and we rendezvoused at Pettit Station, on the head waters of Green River, on the 1 st day of February 1752, and from there we marched to Cumberland River, at Price's Babbins, and crossed the river at that place, after ma- king a small canoe, to carry over our guns and provision and swam over our horses; and the next day after cross- ing the river we came on the trail of a party of Indians that were making for their towns, as they had been in the settlement, and had committed some murders and stole some horses, we followed the trail 7 or 8 days & overtook them on a fork of the Tennessee River; and there we had a battle with them, and killed 17 of them 16 we killed on the battle ground and one was wounded and taken prisoner, near one mile from the place of the battle, and Capt. Davis wounded the indian, and took him prisoner, and the same night the wounded Indian attempted to make his escape, and ran some distance, and the same Capt. Davis killed him with his Tomahawk, we had one man killed in the battle by the name of Thomas Gilmore, and one wounded by the name of Daniel McCormick. Gilmore was a Mesquite of mine and a near neighbor, we were out this time one month & then returned home again. Then in the month of June I again turned out as a volunteer, and had the command of the company to range for one month

and we marched to Rupels creek, at Logans station on a Branch of the Green River, and scouted round for some time, and returned home without any battle this time, - Then in the month of August in the year 1752, I turned out again as a Volunteer, under Capt. John Dougherty, Col. Benjamin Logan, and crossed the Ohio river at the mouth of Limestone creek, and marched to the old Chillicothe Towns, and had a Battle with the Indians there, and killed several Indians and destroyed their Town, and was out this time one month and a half, - Then again in the year 1783. in the month of June there was a call sent from Col. Lloyd to Col. Logan, and to send him some men to Bullets Lick, as the Indians were com- -mitting depredations on that place, and Col. Logan sent me with the command of 40 men, and we were out one month this time, and we killed one Indian, as he was in the act of taking off the hobbles off a horse to steal him, and the name of the person that killed the Indian was John Prior, and then we returned home again - Then in the month of August in the same year orders came to Col. Logan to raise a company of Horsemen, to be ready at a moments warning, and again volunteered, and continued from the first day of that month, till the last day of December making five months this time, making nine and a half months time In what I term my Revolutionary service, but this did not end my Indian Warfare, for I never failed to beat the party of Ranger while there was a savage to molest the country near where I was, and I never took any pay or drew any Rations only what the forest afforded, and I know of no person that I can prove my services by at this time He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the -Agency of any state of the United States

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. In Open Court W m Thompson Attest In o N Saliafino Clk
We Benjamin D. Beall the coroner of the county of Campbell, and Richard Nelson a Justice of the peace in and for the aforesaid county certify, that we have been long and well acquainted with William Thompson, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be of the age of sixty six years, 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 to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Ben D. Beall Richard Nelson In Open Court Attest In o N Saliafino Clk
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 the above named Ben D. Beall & Richard Nelson is a coroner and a justice of the peace as above stated & that they are credible & respectable persons.
I John N Saliafino Clerk of the court of Campbell County, do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of William Thompson for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 26 th day of Nov. 1835
In M Saliafino Clerk Campbell County Court

Where and in what year were you born. ans. I was born on the 29 th day of June in the year 1767. in the County of Bedford in the state of Virginia, according to my Father's record. Which record I had in my possession till a few months ago and then the children destroyed it, but I have a perfect recollection of it. Where did you live when you entered the service - ans. I lived in Kentucky when I entered the service, in what is now called Lincoln County, and from there I moved to Montgomery County, and lived there two years and from there I moved to Campbell County, where I now live and have lived for 34 years past. I volunteered each time when I entered the service, and the names of the most of the Officers are mentioned in the body of my declaration.