Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 876, for John Thomas, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Thomas John Catharine
N 876
CONTENTS

See letter 3 Feb 1834 to
Hon James Hardepe
Duplicate certificate issued & sent to Hon J Hardepe 15 March
original certificate 1838 returned as a dead letter 27 Augt 1835 cancelled & filed within, having been directed to Pikeville Tenn.
15790
East Tennessee
John Thomas
of Blount Co in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Reynolds of the Regt by _____ in the Virginia line for 9 months
Enrolled on the Roll of East Tennessee at the rate of $30 Dollars & _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the _____ day of Dec 1833 and South James. Whiteside Pikeville
Arrears to the 14th of March 64 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 13-5
$73.72
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Daniel Boyd Clerk, Vol. 7 Page 63
Recorded by Book 6

5735.
Knoxville, Tennessee
Rep?
Catharine Thomas widow of John Thomas who was a Private in the Revolution
Va Sine
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of June 1844 and sent to A. Ray Present
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1, Page 222

c No 25293
John Thomas Blasey Tennessee
from pirate 9 months $30.
Dr. A. Whiteside Pikeville Blade County & Tennessee

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 show 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, showing the Service of John Thomas Bledsoe County Tennessee
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Draft - 3 - private Col Reynolds 72 years Traditionary evidence & Clergymen   Draft - 3 - " Col Jenkins Franklin County Certificate certified evidence, a   Draft - 3 - " Col Bachly Colonel Holmes, Virginia congressmans certificate in support of Clerks Seal & Certificate.  
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 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) _____, who has 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 days 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, (1) 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 terms, 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.

State of Tennessee } I John Thomas do certify that Blount County } the last will & testament of the late John Thomas of John Thomas deceased and that the same is now in the possession of his widow Catherine Thomas and that the Records of the ages of the Children of the said John and Catherine Thomas there in written were written by the direction of the said Thomas some years before his death in my presence the Bills being very much worn the original Records was transcribed here to & subscribed before John Thomas. On this 14 th day of September 1843 Elisha Kirklin Justice of the Peace for Blount County
State of Tennessee I John Thomas clerk of Blount County Court do certify that Elisha Kirklin whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit is now and was at the time of signing the same an acting justice of the peace for Blount County duly commissioned and sworn according to law and he is entitled to due faith and credit for all his acts and deeds. Given under my hand and seal of office at office in Pigeonville the 13 th day of September 1843 John Thomas clerk

State of Tennessee } ss 1 Declaration for the benefit of act of the Blount County } 7 th July 1838 and the 23 rd August 1842
On this 4 th day of September 1843
Personally appeared in open court at the court house in Pigeon Mountain Thomas a resident of Tennessee in the county aforesaid aged about 74 years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the acts of congress passed July 7 th 1838 and the 23 rd of August 1842 granting pensions to widows of pensioners who served during the war of the revolution. That she is the widow of John Thomas Deed , who was a soldier in the war of the revolution and a pensioner of the United States under act of the 7 th June 1832 on the Tennessee roll at the rate of Thirty Dollars per annum
She also declares that she was married to the said John Thomas about the month of March A.D. 1789 as will be satisfactorily shown in the papers herewith planted that her husband the aforesaid John died on the 25 th day of January A.D. 1843 that she was married to him prior to his leaving the service but previous to the 1 st January 1794 (the date about the month of March 1789 as above stated (the pension act not known to record ever having been kept except of the age of the children which is herewith produced) and still remains a widow. The application is made through her agent Mr. Alexander Ray of Washington and the evidence upon which her husband's pension was allowed is respectfully referred to in support of this application. Sir Thomas Swann to & deposition in open court this 4 th day of September A.D. 1843. True
John Thomas black
State of Tennessee } Personally appeared Elisha Kirklin Blount County } in open court and made oath in due form of law that he has been

well acquainted with John Thomas and his wife Catharine Thomas for the last thirty years and that the said John Thomas in his lifetime drew a pension and that he died about the time specified in the foregoing declaration leaving Catharine Thomas the person mentioned in the foregoing declaration his widow and that she still remains a widow
Eliza Hickson
Sworn to and subscribed in Open Court the 2 nd day of September A.D. 1843. Peter John Thomas Clerk.
State of Tennessee } September before me the County Court Blount County } of said County 1843.
The foregoing Declaration and affidavits were read in Open Court and the Court being satisfied from the evidence produced that Catharine Thomas is the widow of John Thomas Deed and that the matter & things set forth in said Declaration and affidavits are true and also being satisfied of the credibility of the affiant the same was approved by the Court
W. Brewer
Chairman of C.C.
State of Tennessee } I John Thomas Clerk of the County Blount County } Court of said County do certify
that the foregoing Declaration and affidavits were sworn to in Open Court and that they are in due form of law
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal the seal of said County Court at office in Knoxville
the 2 nd day of September A.D. 1843
John Thomas Clerk

William Thomas Was Born in the year of our Lord 1789 Elizabeth Thomas Was Born Dec 20 th in the year of our Lord 1791 Margaret Thomas Was Born Feb 25 th in the year of our Lord 1793 Andrew Thomas Was Born August 25 th in the year of our Lord 1795 Sophia Thomas Was Born July 20 th in the year of our Lord 1797 Benedict Thomas Was Born Sept 19 th in the year of our Lord 1800 Henry Thomas Was Born Dec 14 th in the year of our Lord 1802 Thomas

Catharine Shevunake was born 8 th in the year of our Lord 1813
Lucas Rose Shevunake was born Tuesday 14 January in the year of our Lord 1813 about 10 a.m.
Ellis Thomas
was Born 27 th Sept r 1886

State of Tennessee Blount County County Court
May Session 1833
On this thirteenth day of May personally appeared in open court before the justices of the county court of Blount County now sitting, John Thomas a resident of Blount County and State of Tennessee, aged Seventy two 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 Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. — In the county of Frederick and State of Virginia, he was drafted and served as a private in the militia for three several tours of three months each, making in all nine months service. The first tour he served under Captain Isaac Reynolds who was a merchant in Winchester, at which place he was stationed most of his first tour & until a garrison was established six or seven miles from Winchester at Walter Dinton to where he was removed & served out his tour, and rec d a written discharge from Captain Reynolds. — Blackburn was orderly sergeant in Capt. Reynolds company. — he was employed during this tour in guarding prisoners British, Hessian & Tory prisoners. — The second tour declared served under Captain Jenkins and was

part of the band. Stationed at the garrison at Dentons in Frederick county, from which place he was marched as part of a guard fronted to Philadelphia with some British and Hessian prisoners. He was stationed at the Garrison at Philadelphia about a week. Captain Jer- kins then returned to Frederick county. Declarant was in feeble health when he started for Phila. which grew worse & worse until about the time the company crossed the Potomac river returning, when he was left, being entirely unable to proceed any further. - Declarant's father lived in Frederick county to whom he sent word of his sickness by John Shriver one of his mess- mates, and who went after him and took him home. His time had expired, and on passing through Winchester with his father, he met with Captain Jenkins who gave him a written discharge.
The third tour he served under Captain Ellis Cackly and was again under him em- ployed in guarding the prisoners at the garrison at Denton (which was called Winchester Garrison) and of which Col. Joseph Halmer who lived in Winchester, had the command. During this tour he was marched guarding  with the pris- oners into the State of Maryland, under the command of Captain Cackly and Colonel Halmer. From there he returned to Winchester & received a written discharge from Captain Cackly, which terminated Declarant's services. He cannot from defect of memory tell the year or years in which he served, but knows that it was in his 17 th 18 th & 19 th years of his age or in

some two of those years. He states that he has now no documentary evidence nor does he know of any person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services.
He was born in Frederick county and State of Virginia on the 25 th day of November 1760 according to the register kept by his father in a large family bible, which is now in declarants possession. He was living in Frederick county State of Virginia when called into the service & continued to live there during the revolutionary war. Shortly thereafter he removed to Shenandoah county, Virg a when he lived about six years, from there he moved to Washington county State of Tennessee when he lived about a year, from there to Jefferson county Tennessee when he lived about seven years, from there he moved to this (Blount) county where he has lived for about twenty four or five years, and where he still resides. He was called into the service by being drafted. He has stated the names of his officers as well as he can now remember them. He received three written discharges but is wholly unable to state what has become of them, He does not recollect to have seen them in more than forty years.
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.
Given to me this day of November 1841. He states that he

is known in his present neighbourhood to John Dutton . . . a clergyman and Isaac Stephen & George Jones . . . . who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution.-
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid
John his Thomas marks
We John Dutton a clergyman residing in the County of Bedford and State of Tennessee and Isaac Stephen & George Jones . . . residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Thomas who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy two years of age, that he is respected and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.-
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid
John Dutton D.D. Isaac Stephen George G. Jones
And the said Court, do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department, that the above named applicant, was a Revolutionary soldier, and

Second as he states - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John Dallas who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Blount, and that Isaac Stephens and George F. Jones who have also signed the same, are residents in the County aforesaid and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit -
State of Tennessee,
I Scott Terry Clerk of the County Court of Blount County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of John Thomas for a Pension. -
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my private seal, (not having a seal of Office), this 13 th day of May 1833. -
Scott Terry Clk
State of Tennessee
I James Standifer a member of Congress from the State of Tennessee aforesaid, do certify that Scott Terry, whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate, is now, and was at the time of signing the same, Clerk of Blount

county court - that his signature is genuine, and that there is no seal of office for said court. -
Given under my hand this 14 th day of May 1833. James Standifer
James Standifer

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
John Thomas 7876
L. W. B. W. 376.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV. REVOLUTIONARY.
May 20, 1898.
Sir:-
Replying to your recent communication you are advised that John Thomas made an application for pension on May 13, 1833, at which time he was 72 years of age and residing in Bledsoe County, Tenn., and his pension was allowed for nine months' actual service as a private in the Virginia troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Reynolds and Col. Holmes. He enlisted in Frederick County, Virginia. His widow, Catherine, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
Mr. J. I. Stout,
324 West 2nd Street,
Dayton, Ohio.

5 7
Dayton Ohio May 7th 1888
U.S. Pension Office Washington D.C.
WAR & NAVY MAY 13 1898
In list of Revolutionary Soldiers. did Catherine "Blumstone" Thomas or Catherine Thomas receive pension as widow of John Thomas Catherine Thomas lived in Leesburg. Loudoun Co. Va John Thomas died 1798. Young family Stout 2nd st 324 west 2nd " Dayton, Ohio

976

MAY 20 1898
J. J. Stout Dayton, Ohio.
Ken
WIDOW, &c.
File No.
876
Catherine Thomas,
Widow,
John Thomas,
Priv. Riv. War.
Act:
March 3, 1843.
Index:—Vol.
M.
Page
268.
[Arrangement of 1870.]

V 8173
East Tennessee Howard
Catharine Thomas
widow of John Thomas who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 25 th Jan y 1843 of Blount co in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Reynolds of the Reg t commanded by _____ in the Virginia line for 9 mo
Inscribed on the Roll of E. Tennessee at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of March 1844 and sent to Hon ble Ray Esq c Washington D.C.
Total amount, $ 150.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by J. H. Savage Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 Page 357.

9718 Bluffton
Catherine Thomas wid of John who died Jan 25 th 1843 East Tennessee
Admitted Yrs Sirs $30 per an
Heath Ray Washington

9718 R.
Sep 29. 1813
Katharine Thomas
Oct 1838
Iowa
ad 7 Feb 1838.
James L Edwards Esq Comm r of Pensions Washington

Sir,
Washington Sep 25. 1843.
You will receive herewith, a declaration made by Catherine Thomas of Tennessee for the benefit of the act of July 1838. as the widow of John Thomas deceased, who was a pensioner under the act of 1832. at the rate of $20 per annum on the Tennessee bill.
I am Sir
most respectfully Alex. Way
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm o of Pensions

6048 June 15 44 Tenn Mar 3 1843 Colk Theman
Act 3 March 1843
James L Edwards Jr.
$30 per ann
Com or Pension
A Ray Pres.

Washington
June 14. 1844
Sir,
I enclose you a declaration made by Catherine Thomas of Tennessee for the benefit of the a/c 3 March 1843.
I am very respectfully Sir On the Hess. O'ay
J. L. Edwards Esq. Com d of Pensions

Pension Office
Wm James Standifer House of Representatives

War Department Pension Office 3 rd Feby 1834
Sir
In answer to your enquiries respecting the cases of John Thomas & Daniel Sutherland I have to state, that their claims were allowed on the 17 th June last, and their certificates sent to James A Whiteside at Pikesville. It would be proper to observe that Daniel Sutherland's certificate was made out by mistake in the name David Sutherland
I am Respectfully Your O bt Servt J L Edwards
Dear James Standifer House of Representatives

From
free
Wm. James Standifer M.C. Washington City
Spencer duplicator chillicothe
H. J. Standifer

Knoxville Feby 27. th 1834
Dear Sir,
I recently received your favour informing me of the allowance of the claims of John Thomas and Daniel Sutherland at the pension office, and containing a communication from that office stating that the certificates had been sent to me.
The certificates have never been received and having business at this place I called on Mr King, the pension agent, to ascertain whether they had ever been presented to him for payment. Thinking it possible that they had fallen into improper hands, and find they have not. I have procured his certificate of that fact, appended to my own affidavit upon which I hope you will be able to get duplicates. — I see Sutherland's in the name of Daniel instead of David , as that will be found by reference to his declarations, to be his right name. —
Your early attention to this business will be a great favour to the old men concerned. —
Your friend
James A. Whiteside
Col. Standifer.

Payments to be made at Knoxville Tenn e by Robert King Esq Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of East Tennessee
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 7 Page 63 by David Boyd Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, John Thomas of the State of Tennessee who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Thirty dollars and _____ cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Seventeenth day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three
Acting John B. B. Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

I James S. Whiteside a citizen of Bladear county, State of Tennessee, being first duly sworn depose and say, that in the spring of the year 1833 I prepared the declarations of John Thomas and Daniel Sutherland citizens of said county of Bladear, made in order to obtain pensions as revolutionary soldiers under the act of Congress of June 7. th 1832 and enclosed the same, with the authentications, by mail to the pension office at Washington City, as well as I now recollect in the month of May of that year. — That I understand from the subjoined communication from the commissioner of pensions, that the claims of the said John Thomas and Daniel Suth- erland were allowed in June 1833 and their pension certificates forwarded to me at Pikeville, Tennessee, — that I never received the said certificates, nor do I believe they have been received by either of the persons for whose benefit they were issued. — That the first and only information I have ever received of the allowance of the claims of the said John Thomas and Daniel Sutherland is contained in the an- nexed communication from the commis-

of pensions before alluded to, and that I have no doubt from the circumstances but that the said certificates were either mislaid or have miscarried at all events I am very certain they have never reached their intended destination. —
James A. Whiteside
Subscribed & sworn to before me at Knoxville Tenn this 25. day of February 1834. —
James Park Justice of the Peace Rutherford County
I am personally known to James A. Whiteside of Rutherford County Tennessee and acquainted with his hand writing he is a creditable respectable attorney and his name is in his own handwriting his state- ment is entitled to as much credit as any person.
March 15. 1834
I find on examination of my Pension Books that the name of David Southerland is on the list of this agency and also at the rate of $32. 90 per annum and also John Thomas at the rate of $30 per annum neither of which has drawn any pay
A. H. McCall
Pension Agent Knoxville East Tennessee

Declaration for the benefit of the act of the 3. March 1843.
State of Pennsylvania Blade County
On this 3rd day of June 1844, personally appeared before the subscriber, a justice of the peace in and for said County, Mrs. Catharine Thomas a resident of Tunkila in the County of Blade aged Seventy- Six — years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by Congress, passed on 3rd March 1843 granting pensions to widows of pensioners, who served during the revolutionary war. That she is the widow of John Thomas who was a soldier in the army of the revolution, and the annual amount of the pension she received under act of July 7 th 1838 was thirty dollars per annum.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, and I do hereby certify that Mrs. Catharine Thomas who signed the above declaration is personally known to me
Catherine Thomas mark
William Stephens Justice of the peace for Blade County

State of Tennessee Blount County.
I John Thomas Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State aforesaid do certify that William Stephens Woff whose name appears to the within declaration is now and was at the time of signing the same an acting justice of the peace in and for said County, and that his signature appears to be in his own proper hand writing.
Given under my hand and Seal of Office at Office in P. Knoxville the 3rd day of June A D 1844 John Thomas Clerk
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