Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30737, for Rodes Thomson, Virginia

SERVICE
Va.
Thomson, Rodes or Thompson, Rhodes
NUMBER
S. 30737
CONTENTS

Kentucky 32,344
Rhodes Thompson
of Scott Co. in the State of Kentucky who was a Pr. Sergeant in the company commanded by Captain Minor of the regt. commanded by Col. Campbell in the Virginia line for 4 months Pr. 3 " Sergt.
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 28 Dollars 33 1/3 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of June 1845 and sent to W.S. Ellison Present
Arrears to the 4th of March 1845 396:66 Semi-annual allowance ending 4. Sept. 16:16
$412:83
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D. Brown
Clerk
Book E. 2, Vol. 7
Page 49.
Rep?
Date of death not on a. B.

I Daniel Bradford Justice of the Peace in & for Scott County Kentucky certify that I proffered the following interrogatories to Rhoades Thompson of said County who is about to apply for a Pension
1 st When and in what year were you born?
Answer I was born in Louisa County Virginia the 14 day of October in the year of 1754
2 nd Have you any records of your age? if so where is it?
Answer I have, if it is now in my Bible in my own house
3 rd Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
Answer I lived when I entered the service in Louisa County Virginia, and since the Revolutionary war I resided in Louisa County Virginia until 1787 when I left Virginia and came to the very spot where I now live.
4 th When were you called into service: were you draughted did you volunteer or were you a substitute: and if a substitute for whom?
Answer the first tour of service under Capt. Minn I was a volunteer. And the tour under Mundy I was draughted as a Private - and the time I spent on board of a vessel I think I volunteered, and that in the summer and fall of 1779 when he served two tours in guarding the Prisoners in the barracks at Allamakee, he was draughted or it fell to his lot thus to serve - and the month, he served under an officer by the name of Philips, he served as a draughted Private or soldier - And that in 1781 He was draughted and served as orderly sergeant and after the tour for which he was draughted had terminated he thinks he volunteered to serve as said orderly sergeant and did so serve until seven months had terminated from the month of February or March from the time he was draughted -
5 th State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with you & the troops where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you

can recollect; and the General Circumstances of your service S.
Answer General Lafayette and General Wayne were the Regular troops or the officers of the Regular troops that were with me when I served in 1787 as orderly Sergeant. The companies of Militia of Augusta, Lehigh, Rockbridge, Rockingham were with our company in 1787 & also in 1779. And the general circumstances of my service are as follows in 1775 I served as a Private in an army General Dunmore on board the vessel that he took shipping on, & had an engagement at Jamestown: in 1779 under Captain Mosby he marched down to Williamsburg to prevent the British from spreading such cruelties in the country that they did - He went on board a vessel and went around on the eastern shores of North Carolina and returned back to the mouth of James River: in 1779 He sent two teams as a guard over the British which had been taken Prisoners and which were in the Albemarle Barracks - in 1780 He was drafted to serve in the Regular Line on Continental establishment under an officer by the name of Philips and marched over Henrico miles and continued in said Line one month & the kind @ substitute for the remainder of the time and paid him One Hundred dollars in Silver - In 1787 - He was drafted to serve as an orderly Sergeant in the militia under Genl Matthew Lead Campbell & Capt Byers and marched down to Williamsburg and all through that portion of Virginia on the waters of James & York Rivers and served seven months in 1787 as orderly Sergeant and drew and distributed the provision for his troops and called the roll both by day and by night and was with other companies of militia from Virginia and his company was with General Lafayette & General Wayne Q Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and if so by whom was it given, and what was the amount of it S Answer I received a discharge from Mosby for my service in

der him & it was signed by Mosby & I don't know what has become of it - I received a discharge for the eighteen months service of the Continental Line for which I was draughted and also received a receipt for the substitute I hired to fill out my time & I can't tell what has become of them I received a discharge for my service as a Sergeant for my service in 1787 but what has become of it I cannot for my life say -
7 State the names of the Persons to whom you are known in your neighborhood & who can testify as to your Character for veracity & their belief of your service as a Soldier & as a early Sergeant of the Revolution -
Answer - William Johnson Edgar Mrs. Milly Humpson Col Richard M Johnson Rhoads Thompson  Smith & Daniel Bradford.
And said Rhoads Thompson further declared that the reason he did not apply for a Pension at an early date is that he imagined it was fought with a great deal of trouble and expense to make application, and that he is wealthy and not at all compelled to apply for it -
Sworn to and subscribed before me } Robert Thompson This 4 th Jany 1843 } Danl Bradford Plan
State of Kentucky Scott County set
I Benjamin B Ford Clerk of the Court of Scott County certify that Daniel Bradford who has signed the above Certificate is an acting Justice of the Peace in for said County & the above signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name This 4 th Jany 1843 Ben B Ford Clk By M Price Do

No. 35.469
Rhodes Thompson
Ky
att 7. June '92

State of Kentucky } Scott County } On this the fourth day January eighteen Hundred and forty three Personally appeared before me Daniel T. Bradford an acting Justice of the Peace in and for for the County of Scott and State of Kentucky. Mr. Rhodes Thompson resident of said County and State and who is by reason of bodily infirmity prevented from appearing in open court and is aged upwards of eighty eight years, and who after being 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 D: That he entered the service of the United States during the war of the Revolution as a Militia Volunteer and Private or Soldier under Captain Minion he thinks in the year of 1775, and they marched down from Louisa County towards Williamsburg and met Governor Dunmore who took sides with the British, upon a vessel and we had our engagement at James Town with the British & Tories, and this tour of service under Cap- tain Minion as a Private & a Volunteer of the Militia was of two months duration, and in the year of 1779 he was again enlisted as a Private of the Militia and served a tour of three months under Captain Mosby and said tour commenced in Feb- ruary or March and they marched down from Louisa County to Williamsburg with the intention of preventing the British from per- etrating the enormous cruelties which they so freely spread through the whole country over which they made themselves masters and particularly did they destroy immense deal of shipping and provision down about Norfolk & Portsmouth. He also declares that he served a tour of service under an officer who was sent by Patrick Henry and who went down to the mouth of James River and went on board of a vessel and set out for the shores of North Carolina & he thinks that he was about eight weeks in said tour, but of the date, and the names of all the officers under whom it was performed and the object of the voyage he has not a

distinct recollection but knows they recited the address of Patrick Henry. He also declares that he served a tour of one month in the summer of 1779 if he is not mistaken in the year, as one of the guard in Albemarle County over Prisoners that had been sent to Albemarle, which had been taken by the Ameri- cans. And that it came to his turn thus to serve them having been divisions laid off and he being of one of the divisions and that in the fall of the same year he served another tour of a month in guarding the Prisoners in the County of Albemarle which County adjoins Louisa County, and that in the year of 1780 he was draughted to serve an eighteen months tour in the Regu- lar Continental Line of Virginia and, under an officer by the name of Philips, and that he served one month of said tour and marched about one hundred miles from Loui- sa County, and the condition of his family was so helpless that he was induced to hire a substitute for the remainder of the time and that he gave him one hundred Dollars in silver and he borrowed twenty dollars of the money from a Mr. George -les and $20. from Col. Minor and $10. from a man by the name of Henderson. He also declares that in the month of February or March 1781 he was draughted to serve in the Militia as an orderly sergeant under our Captain Byers Colonel Campbell of General Matthews and that he served seven months as orderly sergeant, he is of opinion that when the three first months terminated he volunteered and continued under said Col- onel Campbell and General Matthews until the seven months terminated, and that during said tour they marched down to Williamsburg & stayed about there a great while & then marched back to Louisa County and maneuvered from place to place and through the south eastern portion of Vir- ginia on the waters of James & York rivers & mentioned parti- cularly the Battle of James Town, and that he served the whole seven months as orderly sergeant, and that he drew and distributed the rations and provisions for the men of his company & called the rolls both by day and by night.

And he remembers that Genl Matthews was not from Louisa County but went out from some place over the mountains of he knows that there were Militia Companies from Allamore Rockingham & Culpepper Counties that were with his Company during the last towns of service and he knows the regular troops of Genl Lafayette and Genl Wayne were with the Brigade & Regiment of Genl Matthews & Col Campbell & he has a perfect recollection of both Campbell and Matthews & that Colonel Campbell was a humane kind-hearted man of broad & big mind, while Matthews was a large fine looking man and disliked by his men on account of his tyrannical disposition - He also declares that at the time in 1779 that he served under Capt Mosby that there were other Militia Companies from Culpepper Augusta & Allamore County, and that he has no documentary evidence in support of his claim & that he knows of no person who can testify to all of his aforesaid service. He hereby declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of the Agency of any state, and hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension except the present.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Rhodes Thompson
Sam Bradford 3  3  3
We William Johnson residing in the county of Scott state of Kentucky & Milly Thompson residing in the same County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Rhodes Thompson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be right in all means of age, that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood

wherein he insides to have been a soldier and sergeant of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
William Johnson
Milly Thompson
And I Daniel Bradford Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Scott also do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the whole matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department, that the foregoing applicant Rhodes Thompson was a Revolutionary Soldier and Sergeant as he states. And I further certify that I have long known William Johnson who has signed the foregoing Certificate and that he is a member of the Christian Church and a highly honorable gentleman and a resident of said County of Scott and a near neighbor of said Rhodes Thompson, and that Mrs. Milly Thompson is likewise a member of the Christian Church and whose statements ought to receive the fullest confidence and both her and said William Johnson are credible persons and their statements entitled to the fullest credit - I also certify that there is no clergyman near Mr. Thompson. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this the 6 th day of January 1843.
Danl Bradford J.P.
State of Kentucky Scott County set
I Benjamin D. Ford Clerk of the Court of Scott County certify that Daniel Bradford who has signed the above Certificate is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County and State and the above signature purporting to be his is his true signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this the 6 th day of January 1843.
Ben D Ford Clk By M Price Do

June 29, 1931
Mr. Lester D. Gardner 251 West 101st Street New York City
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section MLB
Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 30737, that Rodes Thomson (pensioned as Rhodes Thompson) was born, October 14, 1754, in Louisa County, Virginia.
While a resident of said Louisa County, he volunteered in 1775, and served two months in Captain Minor's Virginia company against Lord Dunmore and was in an engagement at Jamestown with the British and Tories; he enlisted in February or March, 1779, and served three months as private in Captain Mosby's Virginia company; he next served a voyage of eight weeks, down the James River and to the shores of North Carolina, officer's name not given, but they were sent on the voyage by Patrick Henry; he served two tours of one month each during the summer and fall of 1779 guarding the prisoners at Albemarle Barracks; he enlisted in 1780 and served one month as private under an officer named Philips of the Virginia troops; he enlisted in February or March, 1781, and served seven months as orderly sergeant in Captain Byers' company, Colonel Campbell's Virginia regiment and was in the battle of Jamestown.
After the Revolution he lived in Louisa County, Virginia, until 1787, when he moved to Scott County, Kentucky, where he was residing when pension was allowed on his application executed, January 4, 1843.
One Mrs. Milly Thompson was living in Scott County, Kentucky, in 1843, no relationship to soldier stated.

In 1844 soldier's post office was Georgetown, Kentucky, and he was then referred to as Major Rodes Thomson, no explanation given in regard to that rank.
In soldier's application for pension he stated that in 1780, he had a "helpless family" but did not give any names.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

30737 Rev  INVALID.
File No. 30737
Rhodes Thompson
Serg Rev War
Act: June 1 st 39 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 431
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1915 Feb. 9. Hist. to Mr. Finis L. Bates. & 1931 June 27—Hist. to Mr. Lester D. Gardner — — — — — m.p.B. 1931 Nov. 10. Lester D. Gardner adv. cost of photos. m.m.H. 1931 Dec. 20 Photos mailed to Lester D. Gardner a.s.v. Account Div. n.t.f.d.

  75. Capt. Minor  Louis a (e)  Jamestown Pensburg -  2 mo.    79. -  Mosby  Wmsburg - Argoek Portsmouth  3 -    79- no officers   Albemarle Barracks  1. x    " " -   " " "  1 x    80. Philips -  Continental for 18mo - served  —  1 x    87. Byers   Wmsburg - York - Jamestown - 3 mo. sol. 4 mo - Serg t 7 -   
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Invest: to H. J. Alisson French
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J. L. Edwards Esq Committee of Pensions
Rev. R. S. H.
Phila. Nov. Sept. 3 mo $28:33 1/3 per an Act June '32

Rhode, Thompson
Private 4 mo.
Seyt. 3 mo
$28:33 1/3 per an
Act June '32
Rev. Role
J. D. Edwards Esq. Committee of Finance
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Send cut: to W. S. Allison Precepts

Quil.
Washington May 21, 1845
Sir,
I have been authorized to prosecute the claim of Rhodes Thompson to a pension under act of June 1832 and would respectfully request a review of the evidence in his case. From all that I can learn I have no doubt but there can be no claim more meritorious and I believe that upon a re-view of it a favorable decision will be made. The witnesses some of them are of the highest standing in society as well as the claimant himself.
I am respectfully Your obt. Servt.
H. J. Allison
J. S. Edwards Esq Board of Pensions,

In the case of Rhodes Thompson, I will accept such pension as it may be found upon an examination of the papers, the Dept. will be justified in allowing upon the evidence exhibited, being authorized to do so. R. L. Allison,
June 16. 1845

Quilt
Frankfort Kentucky May 22 1843
Dear Sir
I herewith enclose you the deposition of Rhodes Smiths fully establishing the latter part of the service rendered by Rhodes Thompson in the war of the Revolution: Is also enclosed herewith, the deposition of Rhodes Thompson more satisfactorily showing the reasons he did not make an earlier application for a Pension: I hope you will cause his claim to be allowed for such terms of service as you consider him Equitably entitled to.
I am Sir Very Respectfully your Obed Servt C W Trumbo
War I L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Quil.
Frankfort Kentucky February 18. 1843
Sir.
I herewith enclose you the Declaration of Rhodes Thompson of Scott County Ky. and the evidence in favor of his application for the Benefit of the act of 7 th June 1832. Please address me at Frankfort Ky.
I am Sir very Respectful Your Obed Servant CNO Trumbo
Hon J L Edwards Commissary of Pensions Washington City DC

I do certify that I have known May- Rodes Thomson upwards of 45 years intimately as I can know any man - he lived in a mile of my fathers house & lives at the same place now - He has been a member of the Baptist Church about 40 years I have conversed with him as to his Revolutionary Services, & no man I think who knows him doubts his services as stated by him. as he is a man who can be relied upon for what he states & no doubt he deserves his Pension
Al: Johnson 6 Jan. 1 st 42
I was before the undersigned a

justice of the peace for Franklin county by this 23 rd of Jan 1843. R. C. McKee
State of Kentucky Franklin County ss.
I Alexander McRae clerk of the Court of Franklin County State of Kentucky Certify that Robert C. McKee before whom the foregoing affi- davit was made, was at the time of taking the same and is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid the above signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this the 15 th day of February 1843
att. J. H. Kennedy C. H. C.

State of Kentucky Scott County
I Rodes Smith a resident of said County hereby certify that I am above twenty seven years of age and am well acquainted with Rodes Thomson a resident also of said County and have known him ever since I could recollect any one. I also certify that I served @ town of Seneca as a Malitia Private in the war of the Revolution and in the year 1781, in the State of Virginia and in the summer of that year which was the time Lord Cornwallis was in Virginia and also General Lafayette and when I joined the army and went into the service I saw said Rodes Thomson then in the service and when I left the service I left said Rodes Thomson still in the service and how long said Rodes Thomson served in the Revolutionary war I cannot state. I served as said Soldier in my fathers place who had been called on to serve his regular tour. I also certify that said Rodes Thomson is a man whose statements ought to receive full faith and credit.
Rodes Smith
Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 4 th day of May 1843
John Dougherty by Plan
I the just subservient Justice hereby certify that the above affidavit is a gentleman of high standing and a man whose statements ought to receive full faith and credit. he was long a member of the State Senate of Kentucky. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this the 4 th day of May 1843
John Dougherty by Plan

State of Kentucky } B Scott County }
On this the 4 th day of May 1843 Personally appeared before me John Dougherty an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County Mr. Rodes Thomson a resident of said County and who after being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Statements in order to obtain a Pension by virtue of the act of Congress passed 7 June 1832: To wit that he in January last made a Declaration of the Service and the character of the same that was rendered by him in the Revolutionary war, and which he now refers to, and says it contains literally the service by him actually performed as well as he can it set it forth. And that the reasons he did not make an earlier application for a Pension are that he has been confined to his house for the last eleven years past, by affliction of the Palsy, and was consequently unable to leave his house, and procure testimony or try to procure testimony and he thought it was attended with such trouble in going all the way to town as he was not able to endure, and that his application would also be quite expensive, and his circumstances were such that he was not compelled to have assistance from his country for a support. And now believing it to be his right, and his duty, to apply for compensation for services by him so arduously and faithfully performed, and money by him expended, to secure the freedom of his country, he respectfully asks, that he may be inscribed on the roll of Revolutionary Pensioners by virtue of the act of 7 June 1832: sworn to and subscribed on the day and year aforesaid before me
Rodes Thomson
John Dougherty JP
and I the just subscribed justice hereby certify that the above declarant is a Gentleman of the first standing, and a man who would not make an incorrect statement for any amount. And one whom I solemnly declare my opinion, ought to be enrolled on the roll of Revolutionary Pensioners. I also certify that he is by reason of affliction wholly unable to leave his house. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 4 th day of May 1843
John Dougherty - JP

State of Kentucky Scott County Set
I Ben B Ford Clerk of the Scott County Court hereby certify that John Dougherty before whom the foregoing deposition of Ross Thomson was taken is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Scott duly Commissioned and qualified and the foregoing signature purporting to be his and his own genuine signature, and is also the signature annexed to the affidavit of Ross Smith. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office and subscribed my name this the 5 th day of May 1828
Ben B Ford etc.
By M Price Dcl

Mar 12 44
Col. J. A. Edwards Pension Office City of Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
Col. J. A. Edwards Pension Office City of Washington D.C.

It will gratify me if you will acknowledge the receipt of this whether the information is important or not. I can not suppose it is important, yet these old veterans wish to have letters to every point your friend Chas Johnson

Ames Please acknowledge the receipt of this in a letter to Maj. R. Rodes Monsoon Co Georgetown Ky

Col J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir,
I am informed by Messrs Thodes Mowson that in presenting his papers for a pension you have among other things enquired why he had not made application sooner. - many years ago he conversed with me on the subject when the law confined the Pension to persons in indigent circumstances. I told him the law excluded him as he was in dependant in property & I have no doubt as he states to me that this information delayed his applica- cation at that time up to the time of applying when he was informed that the law made no discrimination between the rich & the poor but it was applicable to all - this delay should not injure his claim to a Pension. This 5th March 1844 Th: A. Johnson

I Milly Thompson Certify That I have long known Rhodes Thompson of Scott County and that he has ever stood as a high minded honorable Gentleman and a man of intelligence, of truth and veracity and all statements made by him are entitled to the fullest credit and that the rumor had long been general in the nei- ghborhood where said Rhodes Thompson resided that he was a Revolutionary Soldier & a orderly sergeant in said war and that she has never heard said general rumor contradicted or doubted in the least by any body but on the contrary universally believed -
Milly Thompson
Sworn to and Subscribed
Before me Daniel Bradford an acting Justice of the Peace in & for Scott County & I myself certify that I have long known Mr Rhodes Thompson say for forty years and know him to be a gentle- man of standing intelligence & wealth & from reputation a Soldier & Sergeant in the Revolutionary war & all his statements entitled to credit
Daniel Bradford J.P.
State of Kentucky Scott County
I Benjamin B. Hays Clerk of the Court of Scott County certify that Daniel Bradford who has signed the above certificate is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County and the above signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affi- xed my seal of office and subscribed my name this the 4 th January 1822
Ben B. Hays By McPhee Do

Nothing in files for Asa Thomson. under any spelling
If you desire a report of the prisoner Rodes Thomson S. 30737 please give me an address to which to direct it

LESTER D. GARDNER 251 WEST 101st STREET NEW YORK
June 3, 1931,
Bureau of Pensions, Rev. and 1812 Wars Section, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Thank you for your letter of June 1st. giving the record of the S Sweetser Brothers. It has been most helpful.
I wish to perpetuate the memory of two other of my ancestors who bot bore military titles but the War record of Va. and Ky are so incomplete that I have not been able to prove them as yet. I will appreciate it if you will have another search made for the two men on the enclosed sheets. I am writing these letters separately so that they may be handled with the least inconvenience. Thanking you in advance, I am
Very truly yours,
Lester D. Gardner

LESTER D. GARDNER
251 WEST 101ST STREET
NEW YORK
June 3, 1931,
Bureau of Pensions, Rev and 1812 War Section, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I will appreciate it if you can give me any record of service either in the War of the Revolution or 1812 of
Major Rodes Thomson (sometimes spelled Thompson) He was born in Spottsylvania Co. Va. Oct. 14, 1754, He moved to Orange Co. Va. and later to Scott Co. Ky where he died Sept. 26, 1845. His wife's name was Sally Vivian.
He was always referred to as "Major" Rodes Thomson and while honorary titles are prevalent in Ky. they are usually known as Col.
I shall appreciate any information that you may be able to find.
Very truly yours,
Lester D. Gardner

LESTER D. GARDNER 251 WEST 101ST STREET NEW YORK
July 7, 1931.
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Ref: Rev & 1812 Wars Section MLB.
Dear Sir:
Once more I thank you for invaluable information which you have furnished me in your letter of June 29, 1931 regarding the services of Rodes Thomson. When I tell you that N may have searched for years in the War Dept. files, the Archives of Va., and Ky. and never thought of applying to you, you may know how welcome this information was. It will be filed with the Sons of the American Revolution immediately with photostat copies of your letter so that it will always be available to others who wish to use it for membership in patriotic societies.
Inasmuch as you have given me information twice which has been so helpful, I am requesting further favors on the enclosed letters which I hope that I may reciprocate sometime when I am in Washington appearing before Committees which I do occasionally. I know that that is the most real appreciation that a citizen can show for exceptional service.
Is it possible to secure photostatic copies of Rodes Thomson's application for a pension? I would appreciate it if I could get this to add to my collection of his papers. If you will let me know the charge, if possible, I will remit promptly in advance.
Again thanking you for past favors and for any information you can give me about the enclosed, I am,
Respectfully,
Lester D. Gardner Formerly, Major, Air Corps.

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON
November 10, 1931.
IN REPLY REFER TO: BA-J/MMHF Rodes Thomson S.30737
Lester D. Gardner, 251 West 101 st Street, New York City.
Dear Sir:
32209
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the cost of photostatic copies of original papers on file in Revolutionary War claim for pension of Rodes Thomson.
Such copies are furnished at the rate of fifteen cents a page. The number of pages to be copied is fifteen.
The proper amount should be forwarded by money order drawn to the order of the Treasurer of the United States.
Very truly yours,
A. D. Hiller
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.
Dear Sir:
Enclosed please find money order for $2.25 for the 15 pages at 15¢ each as stated above. Thanking you, I am,
Very truly yours,
Lester D. Gardner
Full copy of pension record
Enclosure

November 10, 1931.
BA--J/MMHF Rodes Thomson S.30737
Lester D. Gardner, 251 West 101 st Street, New York City.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the cost of photostatic copies of original papers on file in Revolutionary War claim for pension of Rodes Thomson.
Such copies are furnished at the rate of fifteen cents a page. The number of pages to be copied is fifteen.
The proper amount should be forwarded by money order drawn to the order of the Treasurer of the United States.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

Rev. 4/18/12. No. 46.
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Rev. War claim for pension of Rodes Thomson, File No.S.30737. Actual 1 of each page.
NOT TO BE CERTIFIED.
$2.25.....15 pages
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Kindly leave margin of 1 1/2 in. at top of each page and return papers in each case in folder with corresponding name and number. The word "omit" written in pencil on those pages which are not to be copied.
Chief, Rev.&1812 Wars Section.

List to Lester D. Gardner:
  Sol. decl. Jan. 4-1843  2 pages    Wm. Johnson + Milly Thom's affid. Jan. 4, 1843  2 "    Interrogatories 1 to 7  3 "    Milly Thom's affid. Jan. 4-1842  1 "    Johnson's affid. Jan. 6-1842 & Court record  2 "    Sol. statement, May 4-1843  2 "    Rodes Smith's affid. May 4-1843  1 "    Johnson's letter to Commissioner Mar. 5-1844  1 "    Sol. Ct. jacket No. 32 344  1 "  
NOT TO BE CANCELLED
copy here to be noted as noted as noted as
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noted as
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noted as
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Wm. H. ... Jan. 4/8/45

Rev. War Section.
February 9, 1915.
Mr. Finis L. Bates, Tennessee Trust Bldg., Memphis, Tennessee.
Sir:-
In response to a personal inquiry on the eighth instant, you are advised that the papers in claim Survivor's File No. 30,737 Rev. War, show that Rodes Thomson was allowed pension on his application executed January 14, 1843, at which time he was a resident of Scott County, Kentucky.
He stated that he was born October 14, 1754 in Louisa County, Virginia, where he resided when he volunteered in 1775, as a Private under Captain Minor, marched in pursuit of Lord Dunmore and drove him aboard ship; served two months.
He, himself shipped on board a vessel and went from the James River to the shores of North Carolina, names of vessel and officers not recollected; two months' service.
In the summer and fall of 1779, he served two months as guard to the prisoners at Albemarle.
Drafted in 1780, for eighteen months under one Phillips served one month and then hired a substitute whom he paid one hundred dollars in silver.

Drafted in February or March 1781, as the Orderly Sergeant of Captain Byers company, in Colonel Campbell's regiment, and served seven months. He was in the battle of Jamestown.
There is no family data on file. One Mrs. Willy Thomson of Scott County, Kentucky testified to the soldier's identity but did not state any relationship to him.
For the date of the soldier's death, and name of the person to whom the arrears of his pension were paid, application should be made to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U. S. Treasury Department, giving him all of the following data:
" Rhodes Thompson , certificate no. 32,344, issued June 18, 1845 for $28.33 1 / 3 per annum from March 4, 1831, under the Act of June 7, 1832, at the Kentucky Agency."
Very respectfully,
E. C. Sieman
Acting Commissioner.