Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22403, for Holmes Thomas, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Thomas, Holmes Susanna
W. 22403.
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8164 Maine
Holmes Thomas of Hebron in the State of Maine who was a Priv - in the Com commanded by Captain Wadsworth of the Regt commanded by Col. Cotton in the Mass a time for State Troops 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of March 1833 and sent. Human Bradford Portland Maine
Arrears to the 14th of March 33 $160.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sep 4. 40.00 $200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E.D. Bullock Clerk. Book 9 Vol. 1 Page 93
Let to Tho. Clark, July 16. 1835 to do Aug. 21. 1835 See Letter to A.R. Parise Compt 11 Octr 36

15 Maine No 277.
Susanna Thomas
of Oxford in the State of Maine
who was a Mass in the commanded
by Captain of the commanded
by in the
line for
Widow of Holmes Thomas Private, Mass line
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834 26 March 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of Nov 1836 and sent to Hon A K Parris, 2 d Cong.
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-ant. allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832 } Act July 1836
Recorded by M c Dwilyn Clerk, Book Vol. 1 Page 20
Lett re Pen st aft A K Parris, Nov 30, 1836.

Declaration of Holmes Thomas.
N o 3197
admit
2 year pirate
$80
Freeman Bradford Bolland me

"The following Marriages was consummated by the Rev. Mr Ezra Sampson."
"July 9. 1777. Holmes Thomas to Susanna Churchill."
The foregoing is truly copied from the Records of the Town of Plympton in the County of Plymouth, Mass. Book 2 d , Page 637.
Attest, Lewis Bradford { Town Clerk of the said Town of Plympton.
Plympton, November 16. 1836.
I, Lewis Bradford of the Town of Plympton in the County of Plymouth, Massachusetts, do testify upon oath, that I am now, and have been the Town Clerk of said Town ever since March 1812, and have been yearly and legally sworn into that Office, and have the Town Records of said Town in my Custody, and that the above copy of the Record of the Marriage of Holmes Thomas and Susanna Churchill is truly copied from said Records. I further testify, that I was born and have lived in said Plympton, and am now sixty-eight years of age, and that I was well acquainted with the said Holmes Thomas and Susanna his wife, and was personally knowing to their living together as husband and wife while he dwelt in said Plympton and that a number of years ago he and his family moved from said Plympton into the then District but now State of Maine.
Lewis Bradford, Town Clerk of Plympton, Ms. Plympton, November 18. 1836.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County ss. Plympton November 18 th . 1836
Then Personally appeared Before the Subscriber Lewis Bradford above named and made oath That the above Statement by him subscribed Is true Likewise the said Lewis Bradford is a man of good Reputation for truth and is a credible witness
Jonathan Parker Justice Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do certify that Jonathan Parker Esq is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified & that the above is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Probate Court for said County this nineteenth day of November A.D. 1836 Jacob H. Lord

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT SS.
At a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at Minot  Portland , within and for said District, on the fourteenth day of August A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty- two before the Honorable ASHUR WARE, Judge of said Court.
On this 14th day of August aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge Holmes Thomas a resident of Hebron in the county of Oxford in said Maine District, aged seventy seven 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 the said Thomas entered the service of the United States sometime in the spring of 1775 in the town of Kingston in the County of Plymouth in the State of Massachusetts and served eight months in the company commanded by Capt. Peleg Wadsworth of Kingston in the regiment commanded by Col. Cottle of Plymouth and was stationed at Roxbury near Boston that the British were in possession of Boston during said eight months.
That he the said Thomas again enlisted sometime in the winter of A.D. 1776 and served five months in the company commanded by Capt. Jesse Harlow of Plymouth which company was raised for the defence of Plymouth harbour and was stationed in the town of Plymouth. That he was one of the volunteers who went down to the wharves to prevent the crew of the British vessel who came into the harbour, from taking away the cattle on Saltas Neck so called.
That he again enlisted sometime in July A.D. 1776 and served five months in the company as an orderly sergeant commanded by Capt. James Harlow of Plympton in the regiment commanded by Col. Cary and marched to New York and served there to the expiration of said five months. That he again enlisted sometime in July A.D. 1777 and served six months as orderly sergeant in the company commanded by Capt. Seth Storer of Hingham in the regiment commanded by Col. Robbins and was stationed at North Kingston in the State of Rhode Island said six months. That he the said Thomas again enlisted and served as a substitute for Judah Washburn of Kingston and served three months as orderly sergeant in the company commanded by Capt. Elijah Baker in the regiment commanded by Col. Turner and served said term of three months at Battle Hill so called in the State of Rhode Island. That the evidence of his service is herewith annexed. This last term of service was A.D. 1781.
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of
Holmes Thomas
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before,
Ashur Ware
} U. S. Judge for the District of Maine.

And the said Thomas further declares that he was born in the town of Kingston in the County of Plymouth in the State of Massachusetts A.D 1755
That he has as record of his age made by himself about twenty years ago. That he was a resident of Kingston at the time he entered the service and has resided in Hinton afterwards 43 years. That he served in all twenty seven months - fourteen months of which he served as an orderly sergeant. That he never received any written discharge.
Signed & sworn to before me Aug. 14. 1832
John Warr Judge of the U.S. for the District of Maine.
Holmes Thomas
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatives prescribed by the War Department) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states
I, John Nussey Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Holmes Thomas for a pension.
And that Simeon Perkins who took the annexed depositions of John Chandler, Abraham Seavey and Luther Robbins and that Freeman Bradford who took the depositions annexed of James Dunham and Gideon Gulliver are Justices of the Peace duly qualified and that their official attestations are entitled to full faith and credit. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this eighteenth day of August
A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two
John Nussey
Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
Maine District,
District Clerk's Office November 20. 1832
In testimony that Freeman Bradford and Simeon Perkins Esquires whose signatures are to the annexed papers & additional declaration of the above named Thomas & one generally connected with the Seal attached to my Certificate of date the eighteenth day of August last - are Justices of the Peace duly qualified & that their official attestations are entitled to full faith and credit I have hereto set my hand & seal of office the day & year above just written.
John Nussey Clerk U.S. Courts

I Luther Robbins of Greene in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine aged seventy four years do testify & say that Mr. Holmes Thomas of Hebron in the County of Oxford and State aforesaid served as orderly Sergeant in a Company Commanded by Captain Seth Stower of the Town of Hingham State of Massachusetts for the term of six months in the year Seventeen hundred Seventy seven and I was a Soldier in the same Company at the same time at a place called Slades Ferry & North Kingston in the State of Rhode Island said Company did duty in Col. Luther Robbins John D. Sleeper's Regiment and your Deposition further saith not Witnesseth When personally appeared the above named Luther Robbins and made oath that the foregoing Deposition by him signed is true Before me Hebron June 20 1832 Simson Perkins Just of Peace.

Helen Stetson Copy of letter to copy of letter to copy of letter to
I Charles Stetson of Durham on oath say that I am well acquainted with the Robins of Green who signed the within deposition and I know him to be a man of truth and veracity and his statement as a witness is entitled to full faith and credit
Charles Stetson
Cumberland ss. Nov 20 1832 I personally appeared the above named Charles Stetson well known to me a man of truth and made oath to the truth of the above deposi- tion by him signed
Before me Freeman Bradford Justice of Peace

I William Barrows of Hebron County of Oxford State of Maine aged seventy six on oath say that I am well acquainted with Luther Robins by reputation and have often heard that he is a Post-Master of Green and that he has heretofore been representative of the town of Green and in my belief he is entitled to full confidence and belief as a witness. Wm, Barrows
State of Maine County said S.S.
Sworn to and subscribed this 20th day of November A.D. 1832. before me Freeman Brufford Justice of Peace
I certify that Wm Barrows is well known to me as a man of strict truth and his statement is entitled to full faith and credit.
Freeman Brufford Jus Pacis

This may certify that after many years acquaintance with Holmes Thomas Esq. of this town, we esteem him a person of undoubted veracity, and believe his word may be safely taken respecting the time he was in the revolutionary service of the United States.
Hebron, Me. July 30, 1852.
John Tripp, Pastor of the Bap. Ch. in Hebron Wm. Barron deacon in the above Ch.

Holmes Thomas
Ed. Thys and Dion Barrows Recommendation

1 Holmes Thomas case aff. of W m Burrows
encl

I William Barrows of Hebron in the County of Oxford State of Maine aged seventy six years on oath depose and say that in the year 1775 I was a soldier in the company commanded by Capt. John Bradburn in the regiment commanded by Col. Cotton and served in said company for the term of eight months. I further say that Holmes Thomas of Hebron aforesaid was well known to me at the time aforesaid and that he served with me at Roxbury Mass. the term of eight months in the company commanded by Capt. Philip Madsen. I have been well acquainted with the said Thomas and know him to be the identical person who served as stated above.  Wm. Barrows
United States of America Maine District  Subscribed ss. August 14 th , A.D. 1832. Then personally appeared the above named William Barrows and made solemn oath to the truth of the affair by him subscribed. Before me.
Mason Warren Judge of the Superior Court Dist. of Maine
I hereby certify that the erasure and interlineation of the above deposition was made by the request of the deponent William Barrows.  Freeman Bradford Jus Pacis
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Wm Barrows who signed the above deposition and know him to be a man of strict truth and veracity and his statement entitled to full faith and credit.  Freeman Bradford Jus Pacis
I hereby certify that Mr Robbins is a man of truth Simson Perkins Just of the Peace

John's specimen base App of form Chumbe
John Chandler's depositions

2 I John Chandler of Minot in the County of Cumberland of Lawful age Testify and say that Holmes Thomas of Hebron in the County of Oxford enlisted into the Company com- manded by Capt Peleg Wadsworth of Kingston (Mass) belonging to Col Cotten's Regiment of Plymouth in the year 1775 and served therein eight months and also said Thomas served in the State Company commanded by Capt Jesse Harkness of Plymouth five months in the year 1776. when company was raised by the State of Massachusetts for the defence thereof John Chandler
Oxford fs July 17 1832 then personal appeared the above named John Chandler and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him Subscribed - before me
Simeon Perkins Jus of Peace
I hereby certify that from a long acquaint- ance with the above named John Chandler I have ever found him to be a man of truth and has that character whenever known
Hebron 17 Nov 1832
Simeon Perkins Jus of Peace

3
Holmes Thomas Curran Aff. of James Dunham

I James Dunham of Hebron in the County of Oxford and State of Maine on oath depose and say that I am seventy eight years of age and served in behalf of the State of Massachusetts in the Revolutionary War. That I enlisted sometime in the year 1776 and served five months with Holmes Thomas of Hebron aforesaid in the company commanded by James Harlow of Plympton in the regiment commanded by Col. Carey of Plympton county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts. I further depose that I well know said Thomas who served with me during said five months as an orderly sergeant. I further testify that I have been well acquainted with said Thomas ever since, and know him to be the identical person who served with me during the time aforesaid.
James Dunham
Cumtula ss August 14 th 1832 Then personally appeared the above named James Dunham and made solemn oath to the truth of the affidavit by him signed Bishop - m. Freeman Bradford - justice of Peace
I hereby certify that James Dunham is a man well known to me and that his statement is entitled to full faith and credit. Freeman Bradford Justice of Peace

3
Holmes Thomas. Case Aff. of Gideon Cushman

I Gideon Cushman of Hebron in the County of Oxford State of Maine aged eighty one years on oath testify and say that I served in the revolutionary war in the year 1776 and was stationed in the City of New York. While there Holmes Thomas of Hebron aforesaid arrived, being a soldier in the company commanded by Capt James Harlow in the regiment commanded by Col. Simeon Cary. Which regiment was called the five months men. I further state that said Thomas served five months in said company as orderly sergeant. Said Thomas who is about to make application for a pension is the identical person who served as above.
Min X Mark Gideon Cushman
Cumberland ss. August 14 1832 Then personally appeared the above named Gideon Cushman and made solemn oath to the truth of the affidavit by him signed. Before me Simeon Bradford -
Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that Gideon Cushman is known to me as a man of truth Simeon Perkins Jist. of the Peace

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I Abraham Dean of Oxford County of Oxford State of Maine aged seventy years I depose & say that in the year seventeen hundred & eighty one I was enlisted a sergeant in the Company com- manded by Capt Elisha Gifford and in the Reg- iment of Col Wm Turner which Company and Regiment were raised by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the defense of Rhode Island for the term of five months and while there at Rhode Island I became acquainted with Holmes Thomas of Plympton in Massachus- who was a sergeant in the Company of Capt Baker and Col Turner's Regiment and I was acquainted with sd Thomas while there & have since been acquainted with him and said Thomas did the duty of an ordinary Sergeant while I was acquainted with him there and have no doubt but that said Thomas served some months in his Company  Abraham Dean
State of Maine County of Oxford 31 July W 32 When the above named Abraham Dean whom I know to be a credible  witness personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above Affidavit by him signed before me Simon Perkins Jus of Peace
Choate certified to in the attestation

WE John Tipton Hebron town
and William Burrows a Clergyman residing in the town of Hebron
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Thomas - who has subscribed the foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be 77 - 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 to, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before
Amos Brann
U.S. Judge for Maine District
John Tipton William Burrows
And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John Tipton who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident of the town of Hebron and that William Burrows
who has signed the same is resident of the same town and an creditable person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Adams Wood

Declaration of Holmes Thomas.
N o 3197
admit
2-year pirate
$80
Freeman Bradford Bolland me

And the above said Thomas on oath further declares that he commenced the service on the first of May and was discharged on the last of December of the year 1775 under the officers mentioned in the foregoing declaration. That he enlisted for eight months and served said term of time fully out. That he served as a private soldier, and was stationed at Roxbury most of the time. The declarant further states that the company to which he belonged was stationed at Old Plymouth in the beginning of the said campaign. That after they had been there a short time they were called upon to march to Boston as it was rumored that the American Army were about to make an attack upon the British troops in Boston. That the attack was deferred and his company with an other was called upon to return to guard Old Plymouth. Capt. Woodworth refused or objected to return and another company took his company's place.
Respecting the five months service testified to by John O'Handlin the applicant declares that he entered the service about the last of February 1776 and served till the tenth of July of that year, and then voluntarily out of Capt. Jerry Howland's company as before stated in his declaration and enlisted into Capt. James Howland's company and marched to New-York in said company. He served as orderly sergeant in Capt. James Howland's company.
Respecting the service in Capt. James Howland's company the applicant states that he entered into it at Albany on the tenth of July and served five months exposed to continued hardship and care and was discharged on or about the tenth of December in the State of New-York. That he was in the battle at White Plains. That he was pursued by the enemy from one point to another from the City of New-York to the North West of White Plains. That he was Orderly Sergeant in said Campaign.
Respecting the six months service. He states that the first of July 1777 he had enlistment given him by his brother who was a commissioned officer at that time. That he enlisted a number of men and was ordered to take them on to Bridgeport to pass muster, and from thence he marched with his men to Morristown where he met his Capt. Stevens as before stated in his declaration, and then he marched to North Kingston where he was stationed for a time. When he was engaged in a skirmish with the British. At the last part of this campaign he was stationed at Slaty Ferry. That he was discharged the first of January or the last of December following the time of his enlistment. He served six months in this campaign as an Orderly Sergeant.
Respecting the three months service last mentioned in his declaration he further states that he served in the company of Capt. Baker as a substitute for a Jericho Washington. That he entered the company in the month of August 1781 he thinks and was discharged in the month of November he thinks. He was a Sergeant when
he went there and in the last part of the time he served as quarter master in the place of the quarter master of the next who went home at that time and was taken sick and unable to return.
And the declarant further states that he served at least two years and three months fourteen months of which time he served as Orderly Sergeant and quarter master and thirteen months as a private.
State of Maine
H. B. Jones Thomas
Sumnerland Jan. November 20. 1832 Then personally appeared the above named Holmes Thomas a man well known to me as a person of strict truth and veracity and made the above declaration as a supplemental to the one sworn to in open Court before Judge Ware, and subscribed the same and sworn that it contained the truth. Before Me Freeman Bradford Pro Pacis

Hebron, Ill. Sept. 29.
Dear
Susanna Thomas, widow of Holmes Thomas name
No. 242
Hon. Alben K. Parris 2 Controller in the Treasurer Office in the city Washington
$80 per ann.
Mr. A. K. Parris, 2 d Compt.

Oxford September 27 1836 > Declaration of Widow Susanna Thomas
I Susanna Thomas Widow of Holmes Thomas late of Oxford County of Oxford State of Maine Do depose and say that I am the wife, and now the Widow of said Holmes Thomas and was lawfully married to him in the Town of Plympton in the County of Plymouth State of Massachusetts on Thursday the tenth day of July in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and seventy seven and have since lived with him till his death on the 26 day of March last past. Susanna Thomas X mark
Oxford ss September 27 1836
Then the above named Susanna Thomas personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by her signed before me Simson Perkins Justice of Peace
I hereby certify that the above named Susanna Thomas is a person of truth and veracity. Simson Perkins Justice of Peace

I Zebedee Cushman of Oxford County of Oxford State of Maine testify and say that I became acquainted with Holmes Thomas and his wife Susanna in having lived in the same house with them soon after their marriage more or less for three years and have ever since known them as living together till the time of his death on the 26 day of March 1836 and have no doubt of their lawful marriage in the manner she has declared
Zebedee Cushman
Oxford ss September 27 1836
Then personally appeared the above named Zebedee Cushman and made oath that the above deposition by him signed is true before me
Simeon Perkins Justice of Peace
I hereby certify that the above Zebedee Cushman is a person of truth and veracity Simeon Perkins Justice of Peace
I certify that I am acquainted with Simeon Perkins above named and know him to be a Justice of the Peace and that the above is his genuine signature — I also know that the aforesaid Susanna Thomas is now a widow and has never been married since the decease of her late husband, Holmes Thomas —
Albion H. Perkins
Nov. 30. 1836

dear Sir I recd your kind letter and have made known to m rs Thomas the contents and she hath made out her disclavation of her marriage + evidence that she could get her and the best evidence that she could get her no short of sending to Olinton for the record but thinking of the time how confused things were at the time of there marriage that it was possible that there would be no record found and there is no person alive that saw the marriage, but if this should fail I will ask you to let us know or write to the town clerk of Olinton for the record of there marriage m rs D as well as myself feel grateful for what you have done and pray your further assistance and if you obtain and send it to me I will suit delivered to her, wishing you prosperity I am your loving friend Wm Burrows
Hon Alvan K. Paris 21 Center Street
If any thing is lacking or respect the office to be advised for with you to add it

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
1913, Dept. 11. To B. M. Gen. War Dept. For Tombstone.
File No. 22403
Susanna Thomas Wid. of Holmes Thomas Priv. Rev. War.
Act: July 4 th 1836
Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 273
[Arrangement of 1870.]

April 11 - 1776
Joshua Holmes is my
  for one Gallon Molasses -  2 - 8    carrel 1/2 lb to Bread bought -  5 1/2    for Bread for the mess -  8    for hopon tea for the mess -  9 1/2    for Sugar for the mess -  4  
  Starch Thomas Dater  8 - 7 1/2    for money I paid for him     at one time to day to     for money I pay for     him for close above  0 8 0  
Signature of Thomas Holmes
Holmes Thomas Holmes Thomas

18 Camp Hotels and 77 Cottages
I hope John Cook has paid for the three charges for our 18 years & 6 months a Pease.
600 Paid for Sargant Dunham one Sargant was worth 0 0 40
Yours for Love Greg Brother King of the  Land  and  and am
imagined to one Eye by Donham said for his Brat giving me some a great.
65 (100) Some cherry which was 0-0 8 Bolton the horse Langan
Continued
Yours Affectionately Your Father
John Cook Samuel West
Holmes Thomas Morgan
Holmes Thomas
James Dunham
Seneca, Washington 9:11:00
Zadok, future
Samuel Stephens 81 / 4
Joshua Chandler
Joseph (1866)
Edward Volmeyer
By Francis Cate \frac{81}{2}
Cracran 4 1/2 1/8 3/4
1878

William Thayer Oliver Hall Abiah Rhiney Jacob Bright Jobb Holmes John Bifby Seth Johnson Winifred Bradford Daniel Sote Lucas Harb John Perkins Nehemiah Crocker William Lucas Asa Shurley Ezra Churchel Abiah Sharmen
Levi Eveson Samuel West John Cook Henry Richman Gilbert Holmes Joseph Daws Abel Chandler Thomas Ford Isaac Dyer Vezah Washburn Nathaniel Delano Vezah Lyman Joshua Adams Samuel Cole Converse Suler Melatiah Cobb Holmes Thomas

Lemuel Fuller Enoch Hall Reuben Ripley James Prince Isaac Cushman Zenas Atwood Seth Waterman Ginnman Fuller Seth Sturtevant James Harle (Junior) Eli Bozworth Calop Cushman Isaiah Tinkham Abner Prickard Salvenas Samson Joseph Bryant Aaron Barrows  568 97 07 28 69 79
Joshua Perkins Andron Murdoch Beaser Smith Perez Briggs Ebenezer Clarke Joseph Bozworth Benjamin Swift Nathaniel Barges Israel Fearing Benjamin Chubbock Willer Barrows Samuel Converse Benjamin Swift William Hunt  6 84 44 91/561  6: 81: 8 9: 51: 9 0: 51: 0 6: 91: 0 9: 11: 1  Homer Thomas

The Account Against us - Paid for our mess for October 1-8 Paid for our mess for one quart Brandy 1-0
October the 8 1776
Then Received of Capt James Henson for the Brandy Pay due to all the Company of the first month Pay with the odd days from the Month of September last which said I Received was in Cash at this time 56
4 6 8 1 15 8 5 22 4

To what time was Holmes Thomas, of Maine, at 7 June 1832, last paid?
To the 4 th March 1836
JH
J L Edwards, Nov. 30. 1836

I Holmes Thomas, on oath declare, that the annexed book is the original Book kept by me while Orderly sergeant in the Company commanded by Capt. Jesse Warlow while in the service of the United States in the year 1776. and from which, I daily called the roll of said Company as the Orderly Officer - -
H. Thomas
State of Maine.
Oxford County ss.
I Thomas Clark, a Notary Public of the county and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Holmes Thomas, whose genuine signature is affixed to the above affidavit, personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit. I further certify that I am well acquainted with Dea. Holmes Thomas, and that he is a man of truth & veracity. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal, this 4th day of August A. D. 1835.
Thomas Clark, Notary Public Oxford County, State of Maine -

Adams H. M. Doe Vol. No 8164

I, Holmes Thomas, of Oxford in the county of Oxford, and State of Maine aged eighty years, do upon oath declare, that I am a pensioner of the United States, by virtue of the act of 7th. June 1832. which is herewith annexed, No. D. 164 - that my said certificate is issued to me as a private. Whereas, the said Thomas further on oath declares, that he served as a sergeant for the term of fourteen months, as follows, to wit: in the company commanded by Capt. James Starlow, for the term of five months , as orderly sergeant: in the company commanded by Capt. Asa Drewry for the term of six months , in the company commanded by of Capt. Elijah Baker for the term of three months : in all which terms that he was was an orderly sergeant, under a warrant from the Colonel of the regiment: whose name he had forgotten: except two months of the last term, when he was elected and appointed Quarter Master sergeant: both of which duties were performed by him. He therefore prays, that he may have a certificate issued in his favor, to entitle him to the pay to which he is entitled by the act aforesaid.
Holmes Thomas
State of Maine.
County of Oxford ss.
I Thomas Clark, a Justice of the Peace, and Notary Public, duly commissioned, qualified and sworn, hereby certify, that Holmes Thomas, whose genuine signature to the above declaration was written in my presence; made oath to the truth of the same; and is well known to me as a man of truth - and that full faith is given to his declarations -
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my notarial seal, this ninth day of July A. D. 1835.
Thomas Clark, Justice of the Peace and Notary Public, within and for the County of Oxford State of Maine.

Deposition of Wm Burrows

I William Bannows of Webnon in the County of Oxford State of Maine of lawful age do depose and say that I was a Soldier in the Company commanded by Capt John Bridyham belonging to the Regiment commanded by Col' Cotton in the year 1775 and served out the term of my enlistment in said Company and Regiment of eight months service and during the term of my service as aforesaid I became acquainted with Holmes Thomas of Webnon now of Oxford who also was a Soldier in Capt Peley Wads- worth's Company belonging to the above named Regiment and served in said Com- pany the term of eight months from early in the month of May till the latter part of December 1775
Wm Bannow
Oxford Js Aug 5 1835
Then the above named Deponent personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition before me
Simeon Perkins Justice of Peace
Webnon Aug' 5 1835
I hereby certify that the above named William Bannows Esq is a man of truth and veracity
Simeon Perkins Just's of Peace

State of Maine.
Oxford ss. I Thomas Clark, a Notary Public of the county and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Simeon Perkins Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified: and that the within certificate is his genuine signature -
I further certify, that I have been well acquainted with Dea. William Barrows, for more than thirty years last past; that he is a man of truth and veracity, and that the within is his genuine signature -
Given under my hand & Notarial seal, this 9th day of August 1835.
Thomas Clark, Notary Public. Oxford County State of Maine -

Thomas Holmes 21st Nov. 1832
Sir,
War Department Pension Office November 1 st 1832
The evidence in support of your claim to a pension under the act of 7. June 1832 has been examined.
It is necessary that every claimant under that act state in his declaration the times of entering and leaving the service at each period - or where from want of recollection of precise dates this cannot be done with certainty, that he state positively and directly that he served at least a certain specified time at each term, detailing his Officers, circumstances &c as set forth at length in the regulations, and adduce the best evidence of which the case is susceptible in support of his service. Your declaration is not sufficiently explanatory, nor is the

evidence shewn to be such as is required. Most of the witnesses are not certified by the magistrates before whom their testi- mony was taken to be credible persons.
It has long been a rule of this Department that where evidence upon more than one sheet of paper is authenticated by one seal that the papers shall be connected together by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon the ends of which should pass under the seal in such a manner as to prevent other papers from being improperly att- ached. These papers are not so secured. They are herewith returned.
I am Respectfully Your Ob t Serv t
M t Holmes Thomas. Hebron J o 21                      Maine

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, July 31 st 1835.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Holmes Thomas, as a private, is borne on a muster roll of Capt. Peleg Wadsworth's Company, in Col. Cotton's Regt. where he is allowed from May 7 th to August 12 th 1775, three months and five days. — m. d. 3-5
Holmes Thomas' name is borne on the rolls of Capt. Jesse Hurlbut's Company, where he is allowed from Jan y 29 th to Nov r 18 th 1776, nine months and twenty one days. — 9-21
Holmes Thomas' name is borne (fourth from the Captains) on a pay roll of Bounty due to Capt. Seth Stowers' Company, in Col. S. Robinson's Regt. where he is allowed from July 1 st 1777, six months and three days. — 6-3 18-29
Holmes Thomas claims for further services under Capt. Wadsworth in Col. Cotton's Regt. in

Amount brought Over - 18-29
1775, - but the roll after the 25 th of August for 1775, is not found in this Office. —
Holmes Thomas claims for services at Rhode Island in 1781, - but he not recollecting his Officers, evidence of this service is not found in this Office. for E. D. Bangs Secretary
Wm. Tufts. Ch. Clerk.

J. L. Edwars Esq Washington DC

Portland November 20. 1832
Sir In conformity to the detailed instructions from the Pension Office. Mr Holmes Thomas has added a supplement to his declaration and stated more fully the incidents of each campaign, the time of entering and leaving the term of each campaign - and the length of time that he served in the Revolutionary War. He has also procured from the Magistrates who took the depositions annexed to his declaration his certificate of the character of the several deponents who have testified in favor of the applicant - except in the case of Luther Robbins. and as a testimony of his character he has subjoined the depositions of Wm Burrows and Charles Stetson who are well acquainted with him. The applicant expresses an earnest desire to fulfill all the requirements of the Department and hopes that what he has now for winding may prove satisfactory -
To J. L. Edmons. Esq. Chief Clerk of P.O. - I am Most respectfully Your Aff. Servt Freeman Bradford Portland