Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 20269, for William Thompson, Rhode Island

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
R. D.
or Thompson, William Thomson
R 20269
CONTENTS

State of Pennsylvania,
Erie County, ss:
I, James Skinner Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid, do certify that
Dyer Larnis Esq. , before whom the annexed Affidavits & Acknowledgment were duly made & by him duly taken, is now, and was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace , duly authorized to take acknowledgements
of Deeds, administer oaths, &c., in and for said County, duly commissioned, sworn and qualified, and to all whose acts as such full faith and credit are due, and that the same is executed agreeably to the Laws of Pennsylvania—and further that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Dyer
Larnis Esq. aforesaid, and verily believe that the signature of the said Dyer Larnis Esq. , to the said Affidavits &c. is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Erie the Ninth day of September A. D. 1861.
James Skinner PRO.

Champaign Dec. 15 th 1803 To The Commissioners of Pensions of the United States
at Sir I have with En close the declaration of W m Thompson Jr. Applicant claiming the amount unpaid due in right of his Father W m Thompson & where they pay agreed to on his entering the Army as a constitution and promised on the part of the Government of the United States and said the County that was promised unto the said W m Thompson and a consideration for the services of said W m Thompson all of which may said Client claimed and being due & owing unto him as the legal right unmerited and his a Representative of said W m there fore decided all of which I am Authorized by said Power of Atty attached to said W m Thompson's declaration herewith Enclosed as set forth in said Applicant's declaration being all monthly pay of said W m as well the County Loan Warrant and all and being fractional part of Back pay now remaining un- paid & now remaining unpaid said W m Thompson claiming a Loan Warrant under Act of 3rd of March 1855

P.S. I have to state that I wish you to address me at Champaign City and County of Champaign State of Illinois Yours & I hasten have to state that I have been deferring forwarding these & sim- ilar papers in the business of my clients & have waited on the account of the pressure of the present War business at the Department of the Interior and having reached so long I wish you to be prom- pt and communicate to me with- out delay & you will oblige me Yours sincerely
Respectfully Geo. A. Page Hon
Clasment
Pls please forward to my address any draft that you wish to be the above entitled claim or bounty land certificate for a land warrant & mailed to my address as above directed by C.
G. A. Page Hon Clasment

State of Pennsylvania — SS Erie County To be it known that therefore me colend of the Peace for the County of Erie & State aforesaid a duly qualified Commissioner and sworn to office and authorized to Adminis- ister Oaths Wm Thompson personally appeared Wm Thompson D.B. & being duly qualified according to Law and made Oath that he is of the Age 83 and that he resided in the County and State aforesaid and that he is the Son of William Thompson who was a Resident of the Town- ship of Westford and the State of Rhode Island & who was a Revo- lutionary Soldier and who served and done duty in said War as a drummer and who entered the said Revolutionary War and was enlisted and mustered on or about the 25th day of May 1773. and done duty in the said War during the Revolutionary War in the Continental line during the said War until the end & during the War and until its termination and belonged to the Washington County Militia of the above mentioned State of Rhode Island and belonged to

To the Company of Capt. Jas Green in the Regiment Pennsylvania Key Stone Battery Geo Washington for us the case may be during the War until its Termination and who obtained an honorable discharge and who was not paid by the govern- ment of the United States his Monthly pay as he has ever received his Bounty and Said William Thompson makes this Application that he might receive the pension money & Backare arrearages and that the State pay the monthly pay provided him by the United States and who was not paid until his Father Wm Thompson his Monthly pay as a Soldier who did not receive his pay for his Mon- thly Services and the said Applicant payers and a claim under Act of 16 March 1816 passed by Con- gress granting pensions and bounty Land to Revolutionary Soldiers & others their Widows and Chil- dren who have done duty and who have not received it who have died and who have not received any pension has Died & leaving no Widow he Died as above stated at the Residence of William Thompson of the New Market State of

Said William Thompson Jr. Claims as the heir and Represen- tative of William Thompson who served in the Revolutionary War as above stated and who has not been paid the amount due the said William Thompson at the time of his death as above stated and the said Applicant Claims as a bona fide holder of said Act above named or any other act granting pay and pensions to officers & soldiers widows their children pensioned said applicants under Claims $3800.—Three Thousand Eight hundred & thirty Dollars & 20 cts pay on a Black arrears and any fractional part that may be ought to have been paid & being unto the said William Thompson at the day of his death & now Claims a legatee son and heir & representative no probated will not having been made of his estate in said State of Rhode Island &

The said Applicant makes this application that he may obtain the Bank pay bills the monthly pay & that all debts to be paid to the heirs and representives of the said Wm Thompson of Union Thompson
The above subscribed to before me this 14th day of Oct 1860. Wm Thompson P.P. I know the within to be true & that I Wm Thompson as sure by appointment & appoint Robert Davis my own Attorney for me & in my name to represent the interests of the Commission of government affairs of the United States that keeping out of any State of the United States that I am a member of the United States & applied at the same is the United States & I have the power of South Institution & Revenue & my said Attorney is also authorized to call on the

proper to the authorities and obtain from them at the City of Washington - or else where Certified a Copy of any Army or Navy record book or documents in which his service as may be recorded and in a to procure any Army and all other evidence that that may be necessary to establish his claim as fully as he might were he personally present himself at the hearing thereof & my said Attorney is hereby allowed full authority to make use of all lawful means & means to the end name to obtain my pension granted by an Act of Congress in the government of the United States One and for the services of my father & I claim as he is at present a Representative of Mr. Thompson who was an officer or Commander Service in the War as set forth in the Appendix Declaration during the War of the Revolution given me now my hand & seal this 14th day of August 1860. William H. H. N. Witness my hand

personally appeared W m Thompson Affiant to the Subscriber to the above & foregoing Letter & Power of Attorney and signed the foregoing Declaration and also acknowledged the Letter and Power of Attorney & Sub- scribed to the same & that it is his free act and deed and for the purpose therein set forth and named and Ex- hibited. On August 14 th 1860. W m Loomis D
The foregoing Declaration Letter & Power of Attorney was Subscribed to & acknowledged before me this 14 th day of August 1860 W m Loomis D
and the same day personally appeared before me a resident of the County of Erie & State of Pennsylvania persons of

Prospectus and who I certify to be the true and correct to the best of our knowledge Witnesses are who have first Dorsey, Varnon according to Law who declare by me that they are person ally acquainted with the De- cedent and that from his ap- pearance they are acquainted with him and who saw the Will of Thomas J. Clary Signed his name to the foregoing Declaration & Letter of Power of Attorney and that they belie- ve him to be the lawful individual person who sub- scribed to the foregoing De- claration Letter of Power of Attorney & the lawful person he repre- sents himself to be and that they reside at the place above named and that they have no interest in said Estate
Corin Thompson John Thompson

I certify that I have no interest in this claim and that I am not interested in its prosec- ution and I further certify that I am acquainted with the Declarant Wm Thompson Applicant & that I am well acquainted with the affidavits I know them to be credible persons & that I know the Declarant to be the person he represents himself to be. A. G. Coombs

Wm Thompson Claim - Thos Claim Filed August 14 th 1860.
By Jno. T. Rose Atty. for Claimant
No Rec of Pension
Wm Thompson

Ex'r. OLD WAR.
No. 20269
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
William Thompson R.I. Rev. war
Died at _____
other claim.
_____, 187____.
Clerk.
Application filed: Augt , 1860.
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____