Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6273, for Caleb Thomas, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn
Thomas, Caleb
W. 6273
Polly
B.L.Mt. 28-573-160-55
CONTENTS

Pittsburgh Ohio 19.196
Caleb Thomas
of Ashtabula in the State of Ohio who was a private in the Compt. commanded by Captain Converse of the Regt. commanded by Col. Wells in the Compt. line for 1 Yr. 9 Mos.
$40 $140 30 35 $70 $175
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 70 Dollars Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of Sep. 1833 and due to S. Hendry Jefferson
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33 $175 Sem-ant. allowance ending 4 Mo. 34 35 $310
Revolutionary Claim, $100 July 7, 1832. S. C. Hiles Clerk
Recorded by S. C. Hiles Clerk Book E Vol. 8 Page 129
Was placed in the Ohio Book by mistak Col to Geo Green May 8. 44 P. 1. 6 Hon. J. V. Campbell Sept. 22. 48 Col to Geo. Green Nov. 11. 48

961 The Pittsburgh Polly Thomas widow of Caleb Thomas Con t who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
scribed on the Roll at the rate of 70 Dollars per annum, to commence the 4th day of March, 1848.
ertificate of Pension issued 8 th day of April and sent to L. Rarden Mindon Ashtabula
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners and July 20, 1848, Page 569 Vol. 6

138.273/pad Mar 8/55
Mar 17/55
Polly Shrum mid Calot Shrum Prin
Residence Rev new
Ms 285 ✓
By E. B. Curtis Mar 11/56
Ohio July 48-767
W. 16000 Ma. 26/56 B. H. D.
✓
E. F. Curtis Farmington Ohio
Vol 7. page 64

State of Ohio } Ashtabula County } ss On the nineteenth day of November A D 1849 personally appeared before me Luther Rawdon an associate Judge in and for said County duly authorized by law to administer oaths, Polly Thomas, a resident of the Township of Windsor, County of Ashtabula and State of Ohio Aged Seventy six Years. Who being first duly sworn doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress approved on the twenty ninth day of July Eighteen hundred and forty Eight granting pensions to Widows of persons who served in the Revolutionary War; That she is the Widow of Caleb Thomas who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, that he served in Captain Conners Company of Connecticut Infantry, in Colonel Fias Regiment, that on account of services rendered in the Revolutionary War, for many years previous to his death he drew a pension of Seventy dollars per Annum under the act of June 7 th 1832. That the copy of his certificate now in her possession (The original having been surrendered to the Pension Agent at Pittsburgh Pennsylvania soon after his death and which she drew the balance due him at his decease), dated at the war office of the United States the 16 th day of September 1833 Enclosed No 19796 and signed Lewis Cass Secretary of War. That for the Evidence of the services of her said Husband she refers the deponent to the Evidence on file in that office, upon which his certificate of Pension was obtained. She further declares that she has not intermarried but remains the Widow of the said Caleb Thomas, And further declares that she was married to him on the ninth day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four, by

Jemimah West Esqr in the Town, and County of Holland in the State of Connecticut, and that her name previous to her Marriage with the said Caleb Thomas was Polly Norris, and that she has Ever lived with the said Caleb Thomas since their Marriage until his death, and raised a family of nine Children - that they moved from Holland, Connecticut, to the Township of Windsor Ashtabula County and State of Ohio in the year Eighteen hundred and seventeen where they lived together until the Eighth day of January Eighteen hundred and forty two on which day the said Caleb Thomas died - and that she has and still resides there, and remains the Widow of the said Caleb Thomas - and further says that she is very infirm and her health poor and that she does not feel able to be taken to the County Seat to appear in open Court - Sworn and Subscribed to the day and year first above written before Me Lathrop Rawdon a Judge Polly Thomas
State of Ohio } on the 19th day of November AD 1849 Personally Ashtabula County ss. Appeared before me Lathrop Rawdon an associate Judge in and for the County aforesaid duly authorized by Law to administer oaths Charity Whitaker a resident of said County aged Eighty four years who being first duly sworn according to Law deposes and says - that she is and has been intimately acquainted with Polly Thomas who made and sub- scribed the foregoing declaration for at least sixty years last past and that she the said Polly has ever maintained a good and unspotted character - The deponent further says that she

was at the wedding when the said Polly Thomas (being Polly Norris before Marriage) was married to Caleb Thomas. That certain circumstances enable her to know that the wedding took place on the ninth day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four in the Town and County of Tolland State of Connecticut, that the Marriage ceremony was performed by Jeremiah West Esq r . That the said Caleb and Polly have ever lived together since their Marriage until the eighth day of January Eigh- teen hundred and forty two on which day the said Caleb died and that they have raised a large family of children. That she knows the said Caleb Thomas drew a pension for many years previous to his death, but does not know how much. That she mov- -ed from Tolland Connecticut a few weeks after the said Caleb and Polly did, to Windsor Ashtabula County Ohio where they have resided to the present time. That she the deponent has lived in the same Township with the said Polly ever since they were young people, and always intimately acquainted. That the said Polly is and has remained a Widow since the death of her husband the said Caleb Thomas - and also says that the said Polly is deaf, feeble, and enjoys poor health - and further she saith not. Sworn and subscribed to the day and year first above written before
Charity Whitaker
Mr Lathrop Rawson Associate Judge

State of Ohio } Ashtabula County } ss On the 24 th day of November. Eighteen hundred and forty nine personally appeared before me Lathrop Rawdon an Assaiat Judge in and for the County aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer oaths Gail Grover a resident of said County Aged Seventy seven Years, who being first duly sworn acor- -ding to Law deposeth and says. That he has been acquainted with Caleb Thomas named in the foregoing declaration and signed by Polly Thomas Ever since he was a boy, that he the deponant went to School to the said Caleb Thom when a boy and lived in the Town of Tolland Connecticut for many years with the said Polly and Caleb Thomas, That the said Caleb Thomas was Married to Polly Norris. in the Town of Tolla- -nd State of Connecticut some time between 1790 and 1800 and he thinks in the year 1794 but he can not be positive what year they were Married. Also says the said Caleb and Polly have Ever lived Together since their Marriage until the the said Caleb's decease And that they have raised a large family of Children. That he the deponant Moved from Tolland to Windsor Ashtabula Count Ohio in 1813 and that the said Caleb and Polly came to said Windsor some four or five years after, where they have resided until the said Caleb died, and that his widow the said Polly yet resides there and remaining a widow and further he saith not Sworn and subscribed The day and year first God never above written before Me Lathrop Rawdon Assaiat Judge

State of Ohio } D Patthrop Rawdon an Associate Judge County of Ashtabula ss) of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that satisfactory Evidence has been Exhibited to me that Caleb Thomas was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of Seventy dollars per Annum, was a res- ident in the County of Ashtabula in the State of Ohio for many years last past previous to his death, and that he died on the eighth day day of January Eighteen hundred & forty two, and that his widow Polly Thomas the above declarant is personally known to me and has been known for thirty three years last past, and that her old age and feeble health prevents her from appearing in open Court - and the statements made by her in her declaration above I believe to be true, knowing her to sustain an unquestio- nable Character for truth and veracity - I also certify that the forgoing deponants, Charity Whitaker and Rachel Brown are persons with whom I have been intimately acquainted for many years, and that they sus- tain good and unquestionable character for truth & veracity In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this 27 th day of November Eighteen hundred and forty nine
Patthrop Rawdon Associate Judge

The State of Ohio Ashtabula County
ss I Abner Sleeper Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Lathrop Randel is an associate Judge of the aforesaid Court of Common Pleas duly Commissioned and qualified
that his commission was dated on the 6th day of February A.D. 1845 and will expire on the 14th day of March A.D. 1852 and that his signature attached to the within certificate is genuine
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court at Jefferson this 5th day of Dec A.D. 1849.
Abner Sleeper Clerk

Windsor Ashtabula County Ohio Nov 29 th 1849
Hon. James L. Edwards Sir
I have the honor of transmitting to you the declaration of Polly Thomas - please make returns, To me To Windsor Ashtabula County, Ohio
Respectfully Yours Lathrop Rawdon

oath County clerk, but if that W. W. Brau is Town clerk of the Town of Tolland etc.

Caleb Thomas and Polly Norris both of Tolland's were Married January the 9 th A D 1794
Tolland County ss Tolland's July 30 th 1850
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the marriage certificate of Caleb Thomas and Polly Norris as appears of Record
Attest W m W. Bruce Town Clerk
State of Connecticut } Tolland County - } S.S. County Clerk's office
I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Tolland do hereby certify that William W. Bruce is Clerk of the town of Tolland in said Tolland County duly & legally appointed to said office & sworn to a faithful discharge of the duties thereof; That he was chosen & sworn into said office on the first monday of November 1849 for the term of one year & until another be chosen in his place & sworn and that he is now acting in sd capacity of Town Clerk of sd Town of Tolland
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County at Tolland in the County aforesaid this 30 th day of July 1850
Attest Jeremiah Parish Clerk

New York Augst 3 d 1850
Hon. J. L. Edwards Sir
I have the honor herewith to hand you the record of the Marriage of Caleb Thomas with Polly Morris, as by your letter heretofore required, in addition to her declaration and other proofs which I forwarded you last winter in order to obtain a Pension & certificate — You will please forward to me her certificate, Direct to Windsor Ashtabula County Ohio, as I reside there, and now on my way home
Your Mst Ob t
Luther P. Rawdon

FAMILY RECORD.
Caleb Thomas born March 2 1763 Polly Thomas born December 9 1772 6 Thomas married to Polly Davis Jan 7 1794 Sally Thomas born December 10 1794 John Thomas born February 5 1797 Lorenzo Thomas born April 23 1799 Polly Thomas born October 25 1801 William Thomas born June 1804 Mary Thomas born June 6 1807
Marriage
Lucy Thomas born May 27 1811 Susannah Thomas born February 15 1814 Lorenzo Thomas born March 21 1820 Caleb Thomas Dyed the Eighth Day of January 1842

FAMILY RECORD.
My Father died April 21 st 1886 being 90 years of age and 20 days old
My Mother was born 1829 in the year of her age

FAMILY RECORD.
Lorenz died August 7 th 1817
Susannah died February 2 d 1827 Sally died March 22 1827

10.016
Caleb Thomas
Ashtabula Co
Ohio
Adm 7 years & 9 months
Samuel Hendry Esq Essex Ashtabula Ohio

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
17 th August 1839
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 shew what is necessary to be done. These 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, shewing the Service of Caleb Thomas
   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.     1779. 2 Capt. Coonvers 69. year.   1780 1. 42 " Granger Tolland   1781. Col. Wells. Con t   Capt. Richards   7. Col. Sherman  
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 of the Court of 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) 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 (l) 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 inquiry 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 tours, 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 evil 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 [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by 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 Ohio } On this 14 day of April AD 1855 Shelby County ss } personally appeared before me John Thomas a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Polly Thomas aged sixty two years, a resident of Windsor County & State aforesaid who on her oath says that she is the widow of Caleb Thomas late of Windsor now deceased, and who was a soldier in the war of the revolution. She cannot state any facts in regard to her said husband's services. That she applied for and obtained a pension from the United States on account of her said husband's services in said war which fact is shown by Certificate of Pension dated the forthday of March AD 1848 under act of congress of July twenty 7 th AD 1848 at the rate of seventy dollars per annum and is payable at the agency at Haverland 4 th month and 4 of September and is recorded in the pension office on the roll of pensions under Act 1848 page 169 vol A That she was married to the said Caleb Thomas at Holland Connecticut on the 7 th day of Jan AD 1794 by one West a Justice of the Peace and that her name before her said marriage was Abigail That her said husband died at Windsor on the 8 th day of Jan AD 1842 and that she is still a widow. She refers the Department to the papers filed by her in the Pension office on occasion of applying for her pension, for proof of marriage and other facts as set forth above. She directs her warrant sent to her Agt. C. H. Curtis Farmington Connecticut Ohio She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act of March 3 rd 1855, and she states she has never before applied for or received bounty land in presence of John Thomas Subscribed before me this 14 day of April John Thomas Justice of the Peace

We Hebrew Elderman and Franklin Crandall Citizens of Windsor Ohio on our oaths say that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Polly Thomas in our presence, and further we say that for many years past we have been personally and intimately acquainted with the said Polly Thomas That her husband Caleb Thomas was reported to have been a soldier in the war of the Revolution & died some years since. That the said Polly Thomas since did apply for and receive a pension which she is still receiving, she being still the widow of the said Caleb Thomas deceased
John Thomas Franklin Crandall
The foregoing declaration and affidavits were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she claims to be, & that I have no interest in this claim. This 14 day of April A D 1855
John Thomas part of the Peace

THE STATE OF OHIO, } Ashtabula County, ss: }
I, Abner Kellogg, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Ashtabula, certify that John Thomas Esquire, by his  his whom the annexed and foregoing indictment  indictment , and Affidavit, as taken, was, at the date thereof, an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the said county, duly qualified, and as such duly authorized to take the same. And further, that I am acquainted with the Hand-Writings of said Justice, and believe the Signature purporting to be his to be genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said court, at Jefferson, the 14 day of May A. D. 185 5
A. Kellogg , Clerk.

I Ladock Benton of Chardon in the County of Geauga and State of Ohio of lawful age being duly sworn depose and say, that in the year 1776. or 1777 I can not recollect certainly which the Company of Israel Com- p of Stafford County of Hartford & State of Connecticut which Allis was Smith & Kimbal Carlton was ensign was called out for service in the Revolutionary War I was a member of that Company and Caleb Thomas of Windsor County of Ashta- bula and State of Ohio was also a member, and the Company and said Thomas and myself served in said Company six weeks or two months - I am not positive which when the Company was disbanded and we discharged and forth this deponent saith not -
his Ladock Benton X mark.
Subscribed and sworn to this fourteenth day of August A.D. 1882
Before me Hilar lawful notary public

The State of Ohio Ashtabula County to
2
J. B. Haken Clerk of Common
pleas in and for the County of Geauga in the State of Ohio do by these presents certify and make known that Milton Confield Esquire before whom the annexed Affidavit was taken and who has thereto in his own proper hand writing subscribed his name, was at the time of taking said Affidavit and now is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly commissioned and sworn and to all whom official acts of such full faith and credit is and ought to be given throughout the United States and elsewhere. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Chardon in said County this fourteenth
STATE OF OHIO, } ss. Ashtabula } COUNTY, }
ON this
day of August A.D. 1832
personally appeared in open court, before the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio now sitting, within & for said County in the county of aforesaid
Calib Thomas
a resident of Windsor
and state of Ohio, aged 69 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, 1832. THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That in the month of July A.D. 1779, he was drafted in the Company commanded by Capt. Israel Parsons in the Regiment commanded by Col. Hays - Parsons in the Connecticut Troops that he then resided in Holland in the County of Hertford. That he then immediately marched to New London where he continued to some time in the Spring of 1780, but the month & day he cannot now recollect he enlisted at Holland aforesaid in the Company commanded by Capt. Sanger in the Regiment commanded by Col. Levi Wells. That he enlisted for one year and immediately marched to Horse Creek, from which in the Connecticut line that he enlisted for one year and immediately marched to New York, and was on the march several times, marched near to the enemy lines in Nova Scotia, in State of New York, and was on the march for West Point at the time of Arnold's attempt to surrender that Post, when they arrived a little before they continued until the morning of the 10th or 11th of December when they were surrounded and captured by the enemy and after a short battle were taken prisoners, and were detained about six weeks after the expiration of his term of enlistment when he was exchanged and landed at Elizabeth New Jersey - That some time in the Spring of 1781 but is now unable to state the day or month he again enlisted at same place in the Company commanded by Capt. Richards in the Regiment commanded by Col. Isaac Hopper in the Connecticut line for seven months and immediately marched to White Plains in the State of New York, and from thence they marched to Peterkill in New York and soon after they started for New London, and marched for several days when hearing that the enemy had retreated, they returned to Yellow Hill about the first of January 1782, they were discharged on the north river opposite West Point. That he has no documentary evidence or living witness of his service, which has long since been lost; that he has no documentary evidence or living witness of his service, which has long since been lost; that he has no documentary evidence or living witness of his service, which has long since been lost. 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, or of the agency of the state of Ohio.

...the County of Hartford. That he was discharged at said last mentioned place in the State of Connecticut. For the term of two months, when he was discharged at said last mentioned place. In the Spring of 1780, but the month & day he cannot now recollect he enlisted at Holland before the company commanded by Capt. ... in the Regiment commanded by Col. Levi Wells. In the Connecticut line that he enlisted for one year and immediately marched to Horse Creek, from where they several times marched near to the enemy's lines in Nova Scotia, in State of New York, and was on the march for West Point at the time of Arnold's attempt to surrender that Post, when they returned to Greenwich, where they continued until the morning of the 10th or 11th of December when they were surrounded a little before day light by the enemy and after a short battle were taken prisoners, and were detained about six weeks after the expiration of his term of enlistment when he was exchanged and landed at Elizabethton. That some time in the Spring of 1781 but is now unable to state the day or month he again enlisted at same place into the company commanded by Capt. Richards in the Regiment commanded by Col. Isaac Harkness in the Connecticut line for seven months, and immediately marched to White Plains in the State of New York, and from there they marched to Peekskill in New York and soon after, they started for New London, and marched for several days when hearing that the enemy had retreated, they returned to Tarrytown till about the first of January 1782, when he was discharged on the north river opposite West Point. He has no documentary evidence of his discharge from his last term of service, which has been lost, but he has no documentary evidence of having been paid for his services. 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, or (if any) only on that of the agency of the state of Connecticut.
SWORN to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Caleb Thomas
Sam. Hendry Clerk
WE, John Norris and Solomon Griswold are well acquainted with Caleb Thomas who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 69 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 day and year aforesaid.
John Norris Solomon Griswold
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 John Norris who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Windsor and that Solomon Griswold who has also signed the same, is a resident in the said Windsor and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Sam Hendry clerk of the court of Supreme Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Caleb Thomas for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 16th day of August A. D. 1832
Sam. Hendry Clerk
John Norris of lawful age being duly sworn say that in the summer of 1781 at White Plains in the State of New York, I several times saw Caleb Thomas, engaged in the service of the United States as a common soldier in the Connecticut line. That while at home we were neighbors and well acquainted with each other. That it was then said that said Norris was engaged in the service for either six or eight months, and I understood he served his time out but I was not present at time of his discharge.
John Norris
Sworn to and subscribed this 17th day of August, 1832.
Sam. Hendry Clerk

Personally appeared John Norris before me and Testified that Caleb Thomas served as a soldier in the Continental army the campaign of 1781 but cannot tell how long but thinks six months or more he states that he saw him there personal- ly and that he Caleb Thomas did duly serve
John Norris Sworn and subscribed to before me this 17 th day of July A D 1832 Timothy Alderman for justice of peace
Personally appeared before me Ezra Sexton and testified that Caleb Thomas served in the Revolutionary war in the year service under Col. Luc Wells in the year 1780 Ezra Sexton mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 25 th July A D 1832 Timothy Alderman justice of peace
The State of Ohio } Windsor Township. May first Ashland County } 1833 -
I Timothy Alderman a justice of the Peace in & for said Township & County before me the affidavits of John Norris and Ezra Sexton were taken on the seventeenth day of July A D 1832 which said affidavits were in support of the application

The State of Ohio } Windsor Township. May fifth Ashtabula County } 1833 -
I Timothy Alderman a justice of the Peace in & for said Township & County before whom the affidavits of John Norris and Ezra Sexton were taken on the seventeenth day of July A.D. 1832 which said affidavits were in support of the application of Caleb Thomas for a Pension from the United States do hereby certify that said John Norris and Ezra Sexton were on said seventeenth day of July A.D. 1832 and still are credible witnesses and in my opinion are entitled to full credit & belief - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this first day of May A.D. 1833 Timothy Alderman Justice of Peace
The State of Ohio } Ashtabula County }
I Samuel Hendry, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the County of Ashtabula in the State of Ohio, do hereby certify, and make known, that Timothy Alderman Orgun, whose official signature is attached to the foregoing certificate was on the said first day of May, A.D. 1833 and still is a justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified according to Law. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court, at Jefferson the fifth day of May Anno Domini eighteen hundred & thirty three. Saml Hendry Clerk.

10.017 Calif Thomas Application
Applicant to be heard in the application of Calif Thomas for a pension -
See copy of letter of Calif Thomas to the Secretary of War dated 10.017

I William Canfield a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Franklin and State of Ohio. Before whom the within affidavit was taken. do certify that Lador Benton is a credible witness, and in my opinion full confidence should be then given to his testimony. Given under my hand this tenth day of May 1850 William Canfield Justice Peace

Caleb Thomas Application for Pension
Filed August 16 th A.D. 1832
Caleb Thomas Application Pension

The State of Ohio Ashtabula County ss
I Sam Hendey Clerk of Common Pleas of sa
Ashtabula do hereby certify that Timothy Alderman Lunt whose name appears subscribed in his own proper hand writing to the within Affidavits (and before whom the same appear to have been taken was on the 17th and 25th days of July AD 1832 and still is a Justice of the township of Windsor in said County of Ashtabula duly commission- ed and sworn agreeably to the Laws of the State of Ohio. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Painesville the 21st day of August AD 1832 Sam Hendey Clerk

House of Reps. Washington Feb. 16: 1830
Sir Will you be good enough to have the rolls of the Comm. line examined to see whether the name of Daniel Denton is on it - and send me such blanks as will enable him to get printing &c. Truly Yours W. J. Bryan
Am. S. Edwards Comm. of Ways & Means
P.S. Please return me the letter

Widow Polly Thomas safe for a pension
George Green Agent
December 30, 1846 Referred to the Committee on Revolu- tionary Pensions.
Jan. 7. 20 1847 Rep. n to t 1345
Members Rev Pen

Washington May 23 d 1880.
Col. J. L. Edwards,
My Dear Sir, I wish to call your attention to two items, the one is the application of Charles Boyles an applicant for a pension whose papers have been sent to your Department some time since. Will you make a report at as early a day as convenient.
Will you send me all the papers & proofs filed in your office in the matter of an application of Sally Warren, widow of Ebenezer Thomas, of Ashland, Ohio. Rev. George Green acting as her agent if it is consistent with your duty under the regulations. I would thank you to send them to me. I make this request at the instance of "Mother" Green.
Please to let me hear from you at your earliest conven- ience & oblige your friend M. H. Smith

Gentlemen of the Committee truly I George Green wishes you to locate your mind if you please in this case of the widow Polly Thomas as a person who Married an old Revolution Soldier a name I think we all ought to esteem who married as early as the year of 1794 - her Husband got a small pension of 75. Dollars a few years She was lucky above many widows got two. Charity Whittaker & John Norris to be qualified that they saw her Married & fitch part of her bible with me wherein wherein her Marriage was recorded with the County seal & things in I believe in a Lawfull & Honest manner for I say B Oldly for 40. years Habitually I wish Honesty & admire it so I gave them to Honor Edward it seems he Dont incline to accept them & has Detained the papers but I took a copy which I give you but I wish you to send & get the originals & I think they will show more distinct truth I wish you if you think proper to see she has something done for her who Married as early as 1794 - for Verily I believe the power is vested in you to give her something for in one News paper last year Special act was passed for the relief of individuals something like 150 - Gentlemen I thin myself above affecting - I Remain your well wisher -
George Green
This case Gentlemen similar to Widow Grays

Pay
July 16/50
Mr. Andrews
Honord. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of pensions
Washington City D. C.
I was informed a few days ago by one of the Representatives whose whole place & business it was to - know that old fanny had in the treasury a head of calls above forty millions of - Dollars now to be call for by old fannys agents of every grade. S. G.

Washington City July 9 th 1850
Honored J. L. Edwards General Sir after my good wish and respects to you if you will believe me please to let me inform you my oldest son wrote to me not long since & said he would be glad to see me Home - once more I have been here two years last February was a year & then Dirty Scamps as I call them & I have no doubt in my mind but its in a Degree indirect Robbery to persuade me at my Expence & bringing me in an article that they would not pay me one Cent Except I made their Case successfull at my Expence & Dont regard their oath By signature nor their Bail Bonds and now taking upwards of four thousand Dollars that went through your hands By me & wont give me one Cent Except I free my bail Bonds & get my service by law & oh what a pity this goes to show you my money that I put Gold & silver in the bank of pittsburgh and took a check on the Metropoleos Bank & some time ago filled with them & fell four Cents in Debt said I Gentlemen I hope you wont free father Green for four Cents I think some of them Laught & Friend Smith the Cashier lent me two Dollars in silver & now I am - Borrowing money to pay my Bond at two Dollars per week from my friends thats willing to lend I wish to slip Home soon, & the widow Thomas who was married to Caleb Thomas lives not far from my son Do please to act on her Case soon for I have no doubt that when you do you will give a Certificate of pension for her because I have Lately came up to the requisitions of your rule By getting the Honored

Mr Giddings the Representative of the widows Neighbourhood in ashtabuly County ohio & the two Witnesses Cornelius Norris & Mrs Whittaker that Norris Character was on the first list of Respectability & Mrs Whittaker he never saw nothing to the contrary so please to approbate his signature which I gave you I think at the bottom of the copy of the original which you had the original & has yet with their seals & Councal will you let me inform you the reason why I did not get the Credibility of the Witnesses of the widows Marriage was I Expected every little while to go - Home & get it Done in her own Neighbourhood but was baffled about getting away trying to close my business here that Washington City would be rid of me & I might have the society of my little girl & my two young boys - but so it is as its now - I wish you to understand I gave you her case long ago but she was married 9 Days after the year 1794 & now her marriage is good in 1800. please not let me be wronged by her revoking my power of attorney for I had a powerfull fight of trouble in that case not worthy mentioning here - so I am foremost & if you give the Certificate to me I think & hope she will pay me something - Councal will you please not be offended & let me relate one circumstance you gave me a Certificate for my Neighbour in mercer County Widow Alexander whose husband you gave a pension to who got his pay in Philadelphia & the sum of her pension was only thirty Dollars the sum was so small I could not think to go all the way there which was my duty to give her the money or get nothing I wish you to reverse the thing & let me get it in pittsburgh & Crump note on the Certificate for that purpose but you ordered it to be

scratched out Crump Did so for you Had sent orders to the agent at Philadelphia to pay it there as he paid her Husband's pension so I went home & showed the Certificate to her & her son who bailed her if I got any thing he would be - fourth coming to me & give me a bail bond at the beginning which was my rule because of that Clue in the law in favour of the widow I apprised them of it so when I showed the Certificate to him & her he said father Green give the Certificate to my mother & as the souls in my Body of the see you said according to my bail to you & let the lawyer Holston get us the money of gave the Certificate to her & ordered her to give it to her son in my presence & I took Witness she Did so but Look here  Holston sent to Parvally here in Congress our Representative & caused you to send the money from here you sent only a part of it Holston sent back again & got the whole money here so I was informed I think by my Representative who now is in the post office so now Alexander the dirty scamp when he got the money won't pay me one cent knowing I am not at home to sue him the bail for his oath by signature my share was seventy five Dollars if I had that now it would keep me from shame for I even borrow from my not finding white people enough - one might as well pluck all pocket book out of my pocket in a degree - but Council Edwin father Green Has Had my eye on one principle for upwards of 40 years many are the afflictions of the righteous but the (Lord) Has promised to deliver them out of them all I would thank any gentleman when I lack it I would try & alter it (NOW) - Council these goes to ask you if you please not suffer them to revoke my power of attorney I believe the thing is vested in you if so you will do me more good than you think for perhaps please to act on this case of Polly Thomas a Widow whose Husband was Caleb Thomas - I have thought her Husband got a higher pension than the old lady mentioned not remembering perhaps but please to examine his pension case that will tell the tale I think - for I remain your friend & well wisher.
George Green

State of Ohio Ashtabula County
On this 12 th day of December A D 1850 Personally appeared before me William Linder a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Ashtabula and State of Ohio Polly Thomas a resident of the township of Windsor County and State aforesaid aged 77 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 act of Congress passed on the 29 th day of July 1848 Granting pensions to Widows of Revolutionary Soldiers that she is the Widow of Caleb Thomas a Revolutionary Soldier (a certificate is now before the department) and that she still resides in the Township of Windsor County of Ashtabula and State of Ohio
Polly Thomas
Sworn to and subscribed this 12 th day of December A D 1850 before me
William Linder J. P.

THE STATE OF OHIO,
ASHTABULA COUNTY, ss.
I, ADNER KELLOGG , Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said county of Ashtabula, Certify that William H. Harker Esquire, by whom the annexed and foregoing acknowledgment and affidavit was taken, was at the date thereof, an acting Justice of the Peace, within and for the said county, duly qualified, and as such duly authorized to take the same. And Further , that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of said Justice, and believe the signatures purporting to be his, are genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the Seal of said Court, at Jefferson, the 13th day of December A. D., 185 0 .
A. Kellogg Clerk.

Hampden Geauga County Ohio August 29 th 1856
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
My husband Caleb Thomas was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and pensioner of the United States at the rate of twenty dollars per annum and I am a pensioner and draw the same amount but I understand that a man by the name of Caleb Thomas served in Connecticut Troops Col. M unf Regiment for over two years and if this man was my husband I would be entitled to increase of pensions Will you have the goodness to inform me who my husband served under as set forth in his declaration he was placed on the pension Roll Sept. 16 th 1833
Respectfully Yours
Polly X Thomas her mark
P.S. Please write to me care of Lewis Elliott

Washington City 30 th March A.D. 1850.
Honored Council J. L. Edwards. Sir. after my respects & good wish to you please to give my letter to you to give my wish & this case of Polly Thomas a digest of thought she said she was married 9. Days after the year 1794. I got your Rejection on that Ground I got hold of a Report that Congress gave the Widow Gray 500 Dollars for her Husbands service per annum who was Married 32. Days after the year 1794 that gave me Hopes Congress would jump over the Nine Days for got Lumbos of Kentucky to try it, they had it on your Grounds - Here lately I had a case of a widow of Errcans of pension that - Hagner rejected I Did not believe it was Law so I put it in Mr. Honorable Waldos Hands & Having Polly Thomas case in my pocket I was induced to let him try it also without much consideration of my own at that time So I think this is a apology enough for me in this, for I might have went to you at once but what was the out Come, Honored Mr. Waldos informed me you informed him that Polly Thomas had revoked my power of attorney & put it the Hands of another & you rejected it on the Grounds untill they proved the Marriage in Council you gave me the Law & your Rules of the Law August 31 st 1848. in the printed Handbill & when I examined the Legality of the marriage I perceived that neither me nor Lathrop Rawdon the justice had the presence of mind to have it put down in writing the credibility of the two witnesses who swore they were at her marriage in Council Edward D. Duguid to go home & see my children & my brother close by the widows & I Duguid to get the credibility of the witnesses established as your rules - Required in But whirlpools after whirlpools as it were hold on me & I did not get away & lately I thought of circumstance that this Polly Thomas was in the District of the Honorable J. R. Giddings & perhaps he might have some personal knowledge of Cornelius Norris & Charity Whittaker so Honored Giddings gave a High Credibility of Cornelius Norris & had no doubt of the good name of Charity Whittaker as you may see Mr. Giddings signature now Council I have fulfilled your requisition completely look at my under lining in your law thus in the facts must be established by the testimony of (ONE) or more respectable persons in now Council I deem that Honored Mr. Giddings testimony of Cornelius Norris as good as Lathrop Rawdons or A. C. Hubbards the Chief Clerk of Ashtabula County State of Ohio for in my knowledge you received the signature of the Congressmen of the credibility of individuals, please to accept of Honored Giddings in this of Norrises

Now Council Edwards I Remark that I was first in Polly Thomases Widows Case & I am the first that has fulfilld your Rules & Requests and I Believe the power is Vested in you to now Give me a Certificate for that Widow in preference to any other power of attorney because of first Giving of proof of Marriage so please to let me Come to you for it or send it to the Post Office to me as you formerly Done just as you please I Have had a heap of trouble in that Case & Convinft I am if you Dont now Give me the Certificate I shall Loose my Reward & that will be a pity for I told you time & again the Widows was Taking four Thousand Dollars that Came from you through my Hands & not Giving me one Cent for my trouble I Boldly say its wrong for them to Do so for says Malachi the prophet the third Chapter & the latter part of the 5 th Verse and that turn aside the stranger from his Right and not me faith the (Lord) of Hosts Council Edwards please to Do so in a few Days if you can well Sir I remain your friend & wellwisher George Green
N. B. This Copy I send you that Has the signature of Honorol Giddings of Polly Thomases petition & power of attorney to me you may keep because of Mr Giddings testimony of Norrises Credibility for I keep Copies so you Have the originals with the County Seal of A. C. Hubbard of ashtabula County Ohio Geo: Green
please to let me Have the printed paper again G. G.

a copy Edwards has the originals
Petition of Polly Thomas Widow of Caleb Thomas a revolutionary Soldier praying the continuation of her Caleb Thomas's pen- sion
Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions May 20 1844.
Presented by Mr. Hays
December 30, 1846 Referred to the Com. on Revolutionary Pensions.
Mr. Hays

No 4 Pop. Thomas no 60 Calib at 29 May 1848

State of Ohio } ss. Winfield township Sept th 4 th 1843 - before me Ashtabula County } me Lathrop Rawdon a justice of the peace in & for said County personally came the foregoing named Polly Thomas signed on & sealed on the foregoing Deposition of a petition & power of attorney & made oath that the foregoing was a correct statement given under my Hand & Seal the Date above written Polly Thomas Seal Sworn to & subscribed 4 th Day of September A.D. 1843
Lathrop Rawdon J.P. we the under named can affirm & testify on our Deposition that we was personally by & saw Caleb Thomas Married Polly Norris by Jeremiah West Esquire in Toland township Toland County State of Connecticut on the ninth Day of January seven teen Hundred & Ninety four Given under our Hands & Seals this 4 th Day of September A.D. 1843, Cornelius Norris Seal Charity Whitaker Seal Witness present Samuel Higley
Lathrop Rawdon J.P. State of Ohio } ss. Winfield township Sept th 4 th 1843 - before Ashtabula County } me Lathrop Rawdon a justice of the peace in & for said County personally came the foregoing named Charity Whitaker & Cornelius Norris signed on & sealed on the foregoing concerning the Marriage of Caleb Thomas & Polly Norris & made oath that the foregoing was a correct statement given under my Hand & Seal this 4 th Day of September A.D. 1843 Sworn to & subscribed this fourth Day of September A.D. 1843 { Lathrop Rawdon a justice of the peace }
the State of Ohio } ss. A. C. Hubbard Clerk of the Court of Common Ashtabula County } Pleas within & for the County of Ashtabula and State of Ohio Do Here by Certify that Lathrop Rawdon Esquire before whom the foregoing and annexed Depositions was taken is now & was at the taking of the same a justice of the peace within and for said County & State above said duly sworn & commissioned agreeably to the laws of the State of Ohio and that I am acquainted with his signature and that the above is genuine & to all of whose official acts as such full faith & credit is & ought to be given throughout the United States & else where in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal affixed the seal of said Court this 27 th Day of October A.D. 1843 A. C. Hubbard Clerk 11

The widow Thomas was Married to Caleb Thomas in Toland township & now Toland County in the State of Connecticut on the nin Day of January seventeen Hundred & Vinty four & Had unto him nine Children and moved from that Country to Windsor township Ashtabula County State of Ohio where we Have lived for now twenty six years & where he Dyed which was the eighth Day of January Eighteen Hundred and forty two & as I can solemnly swear & affirm on my Deposition that I was Caleb Thomas Lawfull wife therefore I beg petition Difere & Request Congruous & war Department to give me the same sum of money you gave my Husband yearly something like twelve years I think or more which was seventy five Dollars per year for the give me that sum for five years at least or more if the law will allow it to me for I am poor & very ready a widow & almost Desolate & as to my Husband's services I deem it unnecessary to give a Description for you Have on account of them because you gave him his pension therefore I find the Records out of our old bill of the time of Polly Norris & Caleb Thomas was Married we was Married by Jeremiah West Esquire in my father's House the place above descri- -bed & also the Depositions of Charity Whittaker & Cornelius Nor- -ris who was & saw me married to Caleb Thomas I send these thing by my Lawfull attorny who I allow him in & by all the Vir- -tues of the Laws of the united States to Do my business with you, my attorny George Green These things I can affirm & testify on my qualification and Deposition given under my Hand & Seal this 4 th Day of September A.D. Polly Thomas
1843
Witness present Samuel Higley Lathrop Rawdon
I authorise George Green to try & get a reward for me from government or war Department any way they please or fee proper for my Husband's services Caleb Thomas's services done to the united States in the Revolution War given under my Hand & Seal this 4 th Day of September A.D. 1843
Polly Thomas
Witness present Samuel Higley Lathrop Rawdon

Copies of Widow Jobby Thomas safe sent perhaps to the M. Bookie Revolutionary pension Committee
11 Honored Mr. Loren P. Waldo Chairman of the Committee On Revolutionary pensions when you have acted on this safe please to return this to Father Green as a guide to me
Honored J. L. Edwards Please to return this paper to Father Green when you have given a Digest & look at my Lines below for instance I will be gratified Sir. I remain your friend and well wisher George Green

PENSION OFFICE,
August 31, 1848.
THE following rules of evidence will be observed under the law of the United States of the 29th July, 1848, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving widows of officers and soldiers of the revolutionary army."
1. Applicants must produce the best proof the nature of the case will allow , as to the service of the deceased officer or soldier, and the time when he died. It must be clearly shown in what troop or company, and regiment or corps, he served, and the grade he held. Proof as to service must be had, either from the records of the War Department, the muster rolls, the testimony of commissioned officers, or the affidavits of persons of known respectability . Every applicant will make a declaration according to the subjoined form, before a court (a) of record, setting forth, according to the best of her knowledge or belief, the name and rank of the person on account of whose service the claim is presented; the day, month, and year, (if possible,) when he entered the service, and the time when he left the same; and, if under more than one engagement, the claimant must specify the particular periods, and the rank and name of the officers under whom the service was performed; the town or county, and State in which he resided when he entered the service; whether he was drafted, was a volunteer, or a substitute; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged; the country through which he marched, with such further particulars as may be useful in the investigation of the claim; and, also, if the fact be so, that the claimant has no documentary evidence in support of the claim. From the best sources of information evidence must be derived as to the period of the death (b) of the officer or soldier.
2. The legality of the marriage, and the time when it took place, must be clearly established; and it must also be shown that the widow was never afterwards married. Record proof, as to the marriage, is always required, whenever it can be obtained. In a case where the town, county, parish, church, or family records afford no proof as to the period when the marriage took place, the fact must be established by the testimony of (one) or more respectable persons, whose credibility must be certified by the giving of an oath. officer who may administer the oath. And, in order to prevent any mistake or improper use that may be made of the affidavit of an officer who may have the custody of records, from which he may make transcripts of the record in relation to a marriage, the officer who may give his affidavit, will, instead of copying the figures contained in the record, certify "that it is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures, as follows:" [Here copy the day, month, and year, in letters and figures, in exact conformity with the original. Then let him add the following words:]
"I, A. B., above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of in the county, town, and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said with the exception above named, as certified by me.
A. B., Clerk of the (or rector, or pastor, as the case may be.)
Sworn before me,
C. D., Justice of the Peace."
And then will follow the certificate of the proper officer, under his seal of office, as to the official character and signature of the magistrate who may administer the oath. Where no record-proof exists, other than the family record, the original record must be produced and sworn to by the person in whose possession it has been kept. (c)
3. In a case where the service of the deceased officer or soldier is clearly proved by record, or documentary evidence, or the affidavit of a commissioned officer, showing the grade and length of service of the deceased, the particulars in relation to the service are not required to be set forth in the claimant's declaration; but she must swear in positive terms, that she is the widow of the person whose service is thus proved. And no claim whatever can be sustained without positive proof of service.
4. In every case in which the deceased officer or soldier was a pensioner, the fact should be so stated, and the deceased pensioner so described, as to enable the Department to refer immediately to the evidence upon which he was pensioned, and thus facilitate the investigation of the claim of the widow.

5. Applicants unable to appear in court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, before a judge or justice (d) of a court of record of the county in which the applicant resides, and the judge or justice will certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the court.
6. 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 of the Territory, or of the proper officer or clerk of the court or county, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such a person is a judge, or a justice, of a court of record, or a justice of the peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
7. The widows of those who served in the navy, or as Indian spies, will produce proof, as nearly as may be, conformably to the preceding regulations, and authenticated in a similar manner, with such variations as the different nature of the service may require.
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
(a) The declaration of the widow who claims must be made, in all cases, in open court, unless she is prevented by bodily infirmity from appearing before the court.
(b) It must, in all cases, be shown in what year the husband died. The testimony on this point must be positive, and the language must be free from all ambiguity.
(c) The family record must be sent to the Pension Office, if there be no other record, accompanied by the oath of the person in whose possession it has been kept. The person who may swear to the genuineness of the record, should give the name of the person in whose hand writing the record was made.
(d) A declaration made before a justice of the peace cannot be admitted as evidence.
DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 29th July, 1848.
STATE, [TERRITORY OR DISTRICT] { OF {
On this _____ day of _____ of the _____ A. B., a resident personally appeared before the _____ of the _____ aged _____ years, of _____ in the county of _____ who being 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 act of Congress, passed _____ who was a [Here insert the rank the husband held in the army, navy, or militia, as the case may be, and specify the service performed, as directed in rule numbered one of these regulations.]
She further declares that she was married to the said _____ on the _____ day of _____ in the year seventeen hundred and _____ that her husband the aforesaid _____ died on the _____ day of _____ ; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the second of January, eighteen hundred, viz: at the time above stated. She further swears that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made any application for a pension.
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before

AN ACT for the relief of certain surviving widows of officers and soldiers of the revolutionary army.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the widows of all officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, soldiers, mariners, or marines, and Indian Spies, who shall have served in the continental line, state troops, volunteers, militia, or in the naval service, in the revolutionary war with Great Britain, shall be entitled to a pension during such widowhood, of equal amount per annum that their husbands would be entitled to if living, under existing pension laws; to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848, and to be paid in the same manner that other pensions are paid to widows; but no widow now receiving a pension shall be entitled to receive a further pension under the provisions of this act—and no widow married after the first day of January, eighteen hundred, shall be entitled to receive a pension under this act.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any pledge, mortgage, sale, assignment, or transfer of any right, claim, or interest, in any way granted by this act, shall be utterly void and of no effect, nor shall the annuities or pension granted by this act be liable to attachment, levy, or seizure by any process of law or equity, but shall inure wholly to the personal benefit of the pensioner or annuitant entitled to the same. The same rules of evidence, regulations, and prescriptions shall apply and govern the Commissioner of Pensions and Pension Agents under this act as now prevail under existing pension laws which relate to widows of revolutionary officers and soldiers.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately.
APPROVED July 29, 1848.

(10844)
Polley Thomas Ohio
act 7. July 3 rd
10844 April 20 1844 Widow Thomas
Petition
Polley Thomas, 7 July 1838
Geo. Green
Present

State of Ohio. } S. S. Winsor township Sept. 4 th 1843 - before me Ashtabula County ( Latrop Lathrop Rawdon a Justice of the peace in & for said County personally came the foregoing named Polly Thomas signed on & sealed on the foregoing Deposition of a petition and power of attorney and made oath that that the foregoing was a correct statement given under my Hand & seal the Date above written — Polly D Thomas
Sworn to & subscribed this fourth Day of September A.D. 1843 —
Lathrop Rawdon a Justice of the peace
we the under named can affirm & testify on our Deposition that we was personally by & saw Caleb Thomas Married Polly Morris by Jeremiah West Esquire in Toland township Toland County State of Connecticut on the ninth Day of January seventeen hundred & ninety four Given under our Hands & seals this 4 th Day of September A.D. - 1843 - Cornelius Morris Charity Whittaker
Witness present — Samuel H. G. L. Lathrop Rawdon
State of Ohio. } S. S. Winsor township September 4 th 1843 Ashtabula County ( before me Lathrop Rawdon a Justice of the peace in & for said County personally came the foregoing named James Charity Whittaker and Cornelius Morris signed on & sealed on the foregoing concerning the Marriage of Caleb Thomas & Polly Morris and Made oath that the foregoing was a correct statement Given under my Hand & seal this 4 th Day of September A.D. 1843 Sworn to & subscribed this fourth 4 th Day of September A.D. 1843 — Lathrop Rawdon a Justice of the peace

The widow Thomas was Married to Caleb Thomas in Toland township & now Tolland County in the State of Connecticut on the ninth Day of January Seventeen Hundred and Ninety four & Had unto him Nine Children and moved from that Country to Windsor township Ashtabula County State of Ohio where we Have lived for now twenty six years & where he D ied which was the eighth Day of January Eighteen Hundred & Forty two & as I can solemnly swear & affirm on my Deposition that I was Caleb- Thomas Lawfull wife therefore I beg petition Defer & request Congress and war Department to Give me the same sum of money you gave My Husband yearly something like twelve years of thin not more which was seventy five Dollars per year Give me that sum for five years at least or more if the Law will allow it to me for I am poor & Very ready a widows & almost Desolate & as to my Husbands services I deem it unnecessary to Give a Description of for you Have an account of them because you Gave him His pension therefore I send the Records out of our Old Bible of the time of Polly Norris & Caleb Thomas was Married we was Married by Jeremiah West Esquire in my fathers House the place above Described & also the Depositions of Charity Whittaker & Cornelius Norris who was & saw me Married to Caleb Thomas I send these things by my Lawfull attorney who I allow him in & by all the Virtues of the Laws of the united States to Do my business with you, my attorney George Green - these things I can affirm & testify on my qualification and Deposition Given under my Hand & seal this 4 th Day of September A. D. 1843 ~ Polly Thomas
Witness present Samuel Higley Catharp Rawdon
I authorize George Green to try & Get a reward for me from Congress or war Department any way they please or see proper for my Husbands Discharge Caleb Thomas services Done to the united States in the Revolution War Given under my Hand & seal this 4 th Day of September A. D. 1843 ~ Polly Thomas
Witness present ~ Samuel Higley Catharp Rawdon

the state of Ohio: } S. A. C. Hubbard, Clerk of the Court of Common Ashtabula County } Pleas within and for the County of Ashtabula and state of Ohio. Do hereby certify that Lathrop Rawdon Esquire before whom the foregoing and attached Depositions was taken is now & was at the taking of the same a justice of the peace within and for said County and state aforesaid Duly Sworn and Commissioned agreeably to the Laws of the state of Ohio and that I am acquainted with his signature and that the above is genuine and to all of whose official acts as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given throughout the united States and Elsewhere - in testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 27 th Day of October A.D. 1843 A.C. Hubbard Clerk

The widow Thomas was married to Caleb Thomas in Toland Township & now Toland County in the state of Connecticut on the 18th Day of January seventeen hundred and thirty four and had unto him nine children & moved from that country to Winfor township Ashtabula County state of ohio where we have lived for now - twenty five years & there He Dyed which was the eighth Day of January Eighteen hundred and forty two & as I have solemnly sworn & affirmed in my Deposition that I was Caleb Thomas's Lawfull wife therefore I beg petition desire & Request Congress & war Department to give me the same sum of money you gave my Husband yearly something like twelve years I think or more which was seventy five Dollars per year Give me that sum for five years at least or more if the Law will allow it to me for I am poor and very needy a widow & almost desolate and as to my Husband's services I deem it unnecessary to give a Description of for you have an account of them because you gave him his pension therefore I find the Records out of our Bible of the time of Polly Norris & Caleb Thomas was Married we was Married by Jeremiah West Esquire in my father's House the place above described & also the Depositions of Charity Whittaker & Cornelius Norris who saw me married to Caleb Thomas I send these things by my Lawfull attorney who I allow them in and by all the Virtues of the Laws of the United States to my business with you my attorney George Green these things I can affirm & testify on my qualification & Deposition given under my Hand & Seal 4 th Day of September A.D. 1843. - Polly Thomas
Witness present Samuel Higley Lathrop Rawdon
I authorize George Green to try & get a Reward for me from govern- ment or war Department any way they please or as proper for my Husband's Deceased Caleb Thomas's services done to the United States in the Revolution War given under my Hand & Seal this 4 th Day of September A.D. 1843. - Polly Thomas
Witness present Samuel Higley Lathrop Rawdon
State of Ohio Ashtabula County ss. in Winfor township September 4 th 1843
Before me Lathrop Rawdon a justice of the peace in & for said County personally came the foregoing named Polly Thomas signed on sealed on the foregoing Deposition a petition & power of attorney & made oath that the foregoing was a correct statement given under my Hand & Seal the Date above Retten - Polly Thomas

Sworn to & subscribed 4 th Day of September A.D. 1843 Lathrop Rawdon Justice of the peace
we the under named can affirm & testify on our Deposition that we was personally by us saw Caleb Thomas Harriet & Polly Norris by Jeremiah West Esquire in Toland township Toland County State of Connecticut on the sixth Day of January Seventeen Hundred & Ninety four given under our Hands & seals this 4 th Day of September A.D. 1843. — Cornelius Norris Seal Charity Whittaker
Witness present Samuel Higley Lathrop Rawdon Justice of the peace
State of Ohio — Ashtabula County ss. Windsor township September 4 th 1843. — Before me Lathrop Rawdon & Justice of the peace in & for said County personally came the foregoing named Charity Whittaker & Cornelius Norris signed on & sealed on the foregoing concerning the Marriage of Caleb Thomas & Polly Norris & made oath that the foreg- oing was a correct statement given under my Hand & seal this 4 th Day of September A.D. 1843 Lathrop Rawdon a Justice of the peace
Sworn to & subscribed this fourth Day of September A.D. 1843
The state of Ohio } Ashtabula County } ss. A. C. Hubbard Clerk of the Court of Common pleas within & for the County of Ashtabula and state of Ohio Do hereby certify that Lathrop Rawdon Esquire before whom the foregoing & annexed Depositions was taken is now & was at the taking of the same a Justice of the peace within and for said County & State aforesaid duly sworn & commissioned agreeably to the Laws of the state of Ohio & that I am acquainted with his signature & that the above is genuine & to all of whose official acts as such full faith & credit is & ought to be given throughout the united States Else where in testimony whereof I hereunto set my Hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 27 th Day of October A.D. 1843. A. C. Hubbard. Clerk
I have long been acquainted with Cornelius Norris of Lorain Ohio and believe him to be a man of high moral character. I know some of the Clansmen of Mrs. Whittaker though but little I am well acquainted in her family and think she is well educated but having very little personal acquaintance with her Washington July 6. 1850

Honor'd General J. L. Edwards Sir. after my respects to you Sir. Please to let me know Green apologise a little to you why I have done as I have in this case of Widow Polly Thomas. I gave her original papers to you with honest & lawfull proof of her marriage & testimony of Witness & the County Seal &c. but she was married 9 Day after 1794 - so it seemed you was not at liberty to give her a pension - so I got hold of a report that Congress gave the widow Martha Gray 500 Dollars per year for life who was married 32 Days after 1794. so I had some hopes they might give the widow Thomas a pension who lived in that heavy timbered & wet Country so great poor with a parcel of children - so Honor'd trumbull from Kentucky sent to you for the originals you sent them to him & he Did as you Did for want of them 9 Days but I went a few Days ago & got a copy of the widows law from the State Department from under Honor'd Duvicks signature that Congress brought the widows marriage Down from 1794. to 1800 - which Embraces Widow Thomas case Honor'd buck told me on saturday last perhaps if you sent for the originals from the files you could have them to act on - will you please to send for them General & give me a Certificate for that poor widow soon amidst your throng as I wish to go home to Mercer County Pennsylvania to see my children General please to let me have (Dictate) a little that the commencement of her pension from the time her proof of marriage was made out in my hands, if you can I think as you Did frequently since I saw you - General I can show you the new law Widow Gray paper, & a true copy of the widow Thomas's originals, as I make it a rule to keep true copies of papers of importance, except when I make mistakes like some others Do - I can show them to you when I come, if you wish to take a quick look at them for I remain your friend & well wisher ~~~~~ George Green  (W.B. you gave Caleb Thomas a pension for proof of service is with you ~~~~~ G. Green)  August 28 th 1848 ~~~~~

Pay  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6273
Polly Thomas
Wid:
Caleb Thomas
Post Rev. War
Act: July 27 th 48
Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 270
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Washington September 22 d 1848
Honored. Colonel. J. L. Edwards. Sir. my father Green knowing your pressure in your office. I have Respect to you but need urges me to ask you if you please to spend a little time to give me that Certificate for Widow Polly Thomas the wife of Caleb Thomas Deceased who got a pension ~ there is a few lines from Honored W. Smith you will Do me a favour if you will tell me how you answered him whether you gave a Description of the services of John - Sernerville a Revolution soldier you will Do me a favour I remain Your friend & well wisher ~
George Green

1886 Polly Thorne Sister Mary Green Sept. 28. '86 Lit & South of Road At 28/30
Act 29 July 1886

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Thomas, Caleb GRADE Sergeant LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 5168 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Dec. 13, 1796 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.