Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3807, for Thaddeus Thompson, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Thompson, Thaddus
S 3807
{ B.L.W. 2141-H00- Surgeon Issued July 22, 1789 No papers. Carded
CONTENTS

19.004
New York
Thaddeus Thompson
of Broome Co. in the State of New York who was a Surgeon in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Mixon in the Massachusetts line, for the term of 3 years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 21 of May 1823
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 of June 1823 and sent to Adam G. Ramsdell Esq. Lisle, New York
Arrears to 4th of portion of Semi anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1823. $69-75
69-75
{ Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. } }
1 March 1823

State of New York
Broome County 3 d . On this twenty first day of May 1823 personally appeared in open court in the court of Common Pleas for said county of Broome being a court of record proceeding according to the course of the common law with jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount keeping a record of their proceedings and having the power of fine & imprisonment, Thaddeus Thompson of the town of Lisle in said county of Broome aged seventy one years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of congress of the 18 th of March 1818 and the first of May 1820 that he the said Thaddeus Thompson in the month of January 1778 in the state of Massachusetts entered in the capacity of surgeons mate to William Annen who was then surgeon of the sixth Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Nixon in the line of the state of Massachusetts on the continental establishment that he continued to serve in that capacity in said corps until the first day of May 1779 when he was promoted to the rank of surgeon of the said sixth Regiment in the room of the above named William Annen who was removed to a different regiment that he continued to do service as surgeon of said sixth Regiment until the month of January 1787 when in consequence of indisposition, being absent on furlough and also in consequence of new arrangements of the different Regiments in the line by which they were lessened in number, he the said

Thaddeus Thompson was superceded or deranged.
That he was at the Battles of White plains & Stoney Point & at several skirmishes, and the said Thaddeus Thompson further says that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services except the certificates of the above named Nixon & John Cochran who was Physician & Surgeon General to the American Army
And in pursuance of the act of the first day of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the United States in the revolutionary war passed the 18 th of March 1818" And that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is mentioned & contained in schedule herunto annexed & by me subscribed. —
3 iron kettles, 1 Looking glass 6 common chairs 2 old candle stands 4 Milk pans 1 tea server one One horn sleigh 1 Bed & bedding for the same

The said Thaddeus Thompson has due to him a note of hand drawn by John Palmer for sixty two dollars & fifty cents payable on the tenth day of April 1824 also demands on book for medical attendance &c against three or four different persons of long standing and doubtful - the debts owing by the said Thaddeus Thompson are as follows (viz.) the sum of about one thousand four hundred dollars in judgment due to John Thompson of Natchez in the state of Mississippi the whole amount of which judgment is two thousand dollars the above sum of $1400 being the balance now due & unpaid - also the sum of about three hundred dollars the greater part of which is in notes of hand one of which notes amounting to about one hundred & twenty or thirty dollars is now due & in the hands of an attorney for collection upon which a writ has been issued & served. -
And the said Thaddeus Thompson upon his oath of office further saith that he is unable owing to the infirmities of age to practice or discharge the duties of that profession and that the number of his family is himself & wife who is sixty six years of age and quite infirm & unable to labor. -
Sworn and subscribed this 21 st May 1823 in Open Court Daniel Evans Clerk
Thaddeus Thompson

I Daniel Evans Clerk of the court do certify that the said schedule and oath have been admitted to the record of said court, and that the same are truly copied therefrom; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is thirty two dollars. —
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this twenty third day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty three. —
Daniel Evans Clerk of the Court for the County of Broome

I Samuel Thompson of Amherst in the county of Hampshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Gentleman, of lawful age, testify & say; that in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty nine, I enlisted as a Private Soldier into the service of the United States, in what was termed the New Troops, into Capt. Dinsmore's Company, in Col. Thomas Nixon's Regiment & Genl. John Nixon's Brigade, in the Massachusetts line, for the term of Nine months; and continued in said service during that term. I further testify, that Doctor Theodorus Thompson was, during that term, either Surgeon or Surgeon's Mate in said Regiment. He was my older brother, & I was taken to be his waiter. He now resides at Lisle in the State of New York, and has resided there for a number of years. I have been there three times, during his residence in that place, on visits to him; & I seen him there, and know him to be the same man who was in the service aforesaid. At the expiration of my said term of service, I was discharged. I left my said brother in the service; & I have always understood, that he remained there, until the close of the war. Samuel Thompson.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss. May 6. 1823. Then personally appeared Col. Samuel Thompson, subscriber to the above deposition, and made solemn oath, that the above contains the truth, the whole truth, & nothing but the truth. Before me Samuel F. Dinsmore justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss I Solomon Stoddard Jr Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the said Commonwealth for the said County of Hampshire do certify that Samuel P Dickinson whose signature is affixed to the within Certificate, is one of the Justices, of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth - and that full faith and credit is, & ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity. and I further certify that I know the hand writing of said signature to be the hand writing of said Samuel P Dickinson. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said County this Seventh day of May A.D. 1823.
S Stoddard Jr Clerk of Judicial Courts

1912 June 17. Hist. to Mrs. Gains M. Brumbaugh f.
Rev May 1 380 4 INVALID.
File No. 3807 Thaddeus Thompson Surg. Wash. line
Act: Mch. 18 th 18, May 15 th 20, Mch. 15 th 23
Index:—Vol. A , Page 372
[Arrangement of 1870.]

There was no abstract in this file when opened on May 14, 1942.
Deane Lingle Vet. Ad. Archives. Room 1806

18,868
Thaddeus Thompson Broome Co. N.Y.
Adam G. Bauman Lisle, N.Y.
Recd 24 June 1823-
John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War City of Washington
True
H. Russell

Sir
I transmit to you the papers, relative to the claim of Doct. F. Thaddeus Thompson a Pension applicant, together with his Diploma as a Member of the Society of Cincinnati which I would thank you to enclose to me, if consistent, by mail hereafter
June 14 th 1833-
I am Your Hble. Servt.
Adams J. Ransom

No diploma of the Cincinnati Society on file in this case when carded by me July 11, 1907. A Wilson probably returned as requested Thaddeus Thompson S. File 3807-

State of New York Broom County. Is Paul Sawyer of the town of Chenango in the said County of Broom being first duly sworn according to law on his oath says that he knew Thaddeus Thompson in the year one thousand eight hundred seventy eight in Col Thomas S. Riggs Regiment and was a surgeon in the same Regiment and is satisfied that he is the same Thaddeus Thompson that now resides in the Town of Lisle in the County of Broom and further states that he knew him to do duty in the line of his office while he was in the Regiment Chenango June the 10 th 1823
State of New York
State of New York Is Personally appeared Broom County before me one of the Justices of the Peace for the County of Broom Paul Sawyer whose name is subscribed to the above statement and on his oath says that the facts above stated are true to the best of his knowledge and belief
Sworn to before me Andrew Shaw Justice of the Peace
This 10 th day of June 1823
and I do further state that the above named Paul Sawyer is a man of Moral character and entitled to credit under oath
Andrew Shaw Justice of the Peace

State of New York Broome County ss
I hereby certify that Andrew Shaw Esq. whose signature appears to the foregoing and and annexed certificate was on this 10 th of June 1823 an acting Justice of the Peace in and for this said County of Broome duly appointed commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit are to be given to his acts as such Justice -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the County at the Clerks Office this tenth day of June 1823 -
Daniel Evans Clerk of said County
(Signature of Daniel Evans)

MRS. GAIUS M. BRUMBAUGH, REGISTRAR GENERAL MEMORIAL CONTINENTAL HALL WASHINGTON, D. C. June 13, 1912.
Commissioner of Pensions, Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly furnish me with a copy of the original pension application of one Thaddeus Thompson, who was placed on the pension roll from Broome Co., N.Y. June 25, 1823, when 73 years of age.
Thanking you in advance for your courtesy, I am
Yours, very sincerely,
C. B. Brumbaugh
(Registrar General, N.S.D.A.R.)
(Mrs. G.M.)
(J.O.C.)

Rev. War Section,
June 17, 1912.
Mrs. Gaius M. Brumbaugh, Memorial Continental Hall, Washington, D. C.
Madam:-
In response to your letter dated the 13" and received the 14" instant, you are herewith furnished an abstract of the services of Thaddeus Thompson Surv. File No. 3807. Rev. War, and advised that owing to lack of clerical force available for the purpose, this Bureau is unable to furnish full copies of the papers on file in pension claims.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner,
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BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Thompson, Thadeus GRADE Private LINE Lamb's Artillery (New York)
WARRANT NUMBER 7896 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED December 24, 1790 to — not shown
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.