Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7724, for Isaac Thompson, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Thompson, Isaac
S 7724
CONTENTS
Carded

Letter to J. Mac Rae & J. Mac Rae 1 June 1839. - Dead - Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 5 th April 1838 from 4 th March 1838 to 9. June 1838 the day of his death - A/c Notified 15 June 1839.
 Feb 20 July 21 1835- Peter Kunkle young sheep. 2 " 23 " " " 3 " 21 Apr. " " " A. G. Harkness & penicium. 4 
7153 North Carolina
Dana Thompson
of Burke Co in the State of N o Carolina who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Warden of the Reg t : commanded by Col Butman in the N o Carolina militia time for 9 mos: from '77
Inscribed on the Roll of North Carolina at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of March 1833 and sent to William Hoane Morganton N.C.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. £ 60. 00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept r 1833 15. 00
$ 75.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book 4 Vol. 5 Page 53

No 19410.
Isaac Thompson
Perke County
North Carolina
from 1777 prints 9 months.
$30.
William Roan
Morganton
North Carolina

BRIEF in the case of Isaac Thompson  of Burke County in the State of North Carolina  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? about 77  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Drafted In 1776 or 77 3 Private Gen. Capt. H. Clinton Col. Paterson   1777 3 3 " " Litty   1781 or 2 3 0 " M c Donnell Col. Shelby  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Skirmish with the Indians  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Burke County N.C.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses & traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The certificate of the certifying officer is not attached to the sheet of paper which contains the affidavit by virtue of tape the ends of which are  X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
Dyer Castor. Examining Clerk.

19410
Private Isaac Thompson II

State of North Carolina } Court of Pleas of Sessions Burke County } October Court 1832
on this 22 nd day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of said Court now sitting Isaac Thompson a resident citizen of said County and State aged about 77 years who first being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declarations, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of August passed June the 7 th 1832
That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated
That he was first drafted under Captain John Harker in 1776 or 1777 in the expedition against the Scotch Tories at a place then called Crops Creek (now Fayetteville) & after they had a battle went further to Block River but got there the place of rendezvous after the Tories were defeated - that they were to have served for 6 months but after the defeat of the Tories they were marched back to Col Bateman who commanded in the Crops Creek expedition and was discharged by said Bateman at his own house in the County of Burke State of North Carolina - That he was as he is informed born on Dan River but cannot say where as he came from there when a child - that he then resided in what is the now the County of Burke: that when they marched to Crops Creek they went on through Salisbury and were joined on their route by large companies of Militia until they got to

Crops Creek where there was a large force of American Militia & Volunteers & the Scotch Fry forces being defeated - they returned home. that he was then young & ignorant so much so that he can tell but little about the officers who commanded for that what little he then knew is now forgotten in consequence of failure of memory - that Reuben Walker was in the same mess with him during the expedition.
That he next served for the term of 3 three months as a private under said Cap- tain Thomas Little Harden against the Indians at what was then called Catheys Fort in the year 1777 or early in 1778. That his next tour of service was for the term of 12 months at Davidsons fort on the head of the Catawba River and shifted from that fort to a fort on Buck Creek, near the same & that they were often ranged from Catheys fort backwards & forwards to Davidsons fort & so on as the Indians were troublesome that he was in one skirmish with the Indians on the north fork of the Catawba. - That he was for 10 months in the expedition against the Public enemy in what was called the Winton expedition, at the time that the enemy were driven from or evacuated Winton in the year 1781 or 1782. - That he was in an expedition which took a fort called Captain Pads Mores fort a Fort Captain or thirty in South Carolina that Joseph McDowell was Captain

under led Shelby when they took said fort
I do hereby relinquish every claim to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Question. Where were you born?
Answer. On Dan river, on the Virginia or N.C. side. I cannot say which
Question. Have you any record of your age
Answer. No.
Question. Where were you living when called into service - where have you lived since, & where do you now live?
Answer. I lived here when called into service and ever since and still live here. It was then called Phenixville  now Brooke county.
Question. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops & the other particulars of your service -
Answer. I do not recollect the names of any of the Regular officers who served with us for I was generally engaged with the Indians & Tories from the time the war broke out till the Peace for our Country was over run with Tories & other Tories, I was once taken along with 9 men and our Captain Canada that was on our return from the West -ington trip.

on Little River in the County of More  Sumter -land, as I think it was then called question
Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service & if so by whom?
Answer - Yes I received one from Captain Cook Nottingham after my first expedition I believe it was in my pocket book when taken a prisoner by Fanning & his men who never gave the took our papers or money back to me. I also lost all other papers that we had at the same time
Question State the names of Persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your veracity & good behavior & your services of the Revolution
Answer I think it is generally known in my neighborhood but especially by Col James Erwin the Clerk of the County Court. and Mark Britain Esquire -
Yours in open Court Isaac Thompson. his mark this 22 nd Octob 1832
Sub J. E. Spriglett

State of North Carolina } Court of Pleas and Duke County - } Quarter Sessions October Term 1832
Thomas Little Swears that when he Commanded as Captain against the Indians during the war of the Revolution that Isaac Thompson lived under him for at least the term of six months that said service was at the Forts at the head of the Catawba River Sworn to in open Court 22 nd October 1832 J B Morris Clerk
Thos Little John Duckworth
and John Duckworth Swears that he served with Isaac Thompson under Captain Thomas Little as above described - and that Isaac Thomp- son served
John Duckworth
Sworn to in open Court this 22 nd Oct. 1832 J B Morris Clerk
I Lemuel Erwin Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in the County of Burke and Mark Britain who has for eight years Sheriff of said County do hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac Thompson who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age that he is reputed and believed to be in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion sworn to and subscribed this 22 nd October 1832 in open court.
Mark Britain
Sworn to in open Court 23 rd of Oct. 1832
J B Morris Clerk See this signature as saw Patten copy 23342 NC

State of North Carolina } Court of Pleas and Quarter Burke County } Sessions October Court 1832
Ruben Walker swears that he is well acquainted with Isaac Thompson who has made the above declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 7 June 1832 that I marched with said Thompson in the Wilmington expedition as by him described that they were engaged for a term of 8 months but after the Retreat of the British they were discharged & came home that he also served with said Thompson in the Expedition against the Scotch Fries at Cross Creek as by him described —
Sworn to in open Court 23 rd October 1832 J. Brown Clerk
Ruben Walker mark
And the said Court do declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department, that the above named applicant Isaac Thompson was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court further Certifies that it offers to them Mark Britain
who signed the foregoing certificate as a resident in the County of Burke that the said Mark Britain is a man of undoubted veracity also a person of both credibility and that his statements are entitled to full credit.
J. E. Morris Clerk

I James Erwin Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions for the County of Berkshire do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the origin- -al proceedings in the matter of the application of Isaac Thompson for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have this hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 24 day of October 1832
James Erwin Clerk

Rehran
7724
INVALID.
File No. 7724
Isaac Thompson
My Bon War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 B , Page 373
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Isaac Thompson which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned 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? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service ?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it ? No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had ?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service ?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct ? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily ? And, if not, which of them is not so answered ?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 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 shewn 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 civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
‡QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 4 th , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," the widow of Isaac Thompson, a Pensioner on the Roll of the North Carolina Agency, at the rate of Thirty — Dollars and  Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, 1838, to the 9 th June, 1838, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

State of North Carolina Burke County —
21 st March 1835. —
Isaac Thompson knows that some time in the year 1776 (as well as he recollects the date) he was drafted and ordered out to leave the State of North Carolina for the term of 3 months against the Scotch Tories who inhabited the State in the lower countries round about where Fayetteville now is. He was ordered out by Colonel Bateman of the militia of Rowan County then was then called. He served under Captain Thomas Caneda John Harden. the infor- -mation he then rec d from the Captain was that they were to serve 3 months or six months if required; he knows nothing of what the acts of assembly were but can only speak of what he was told by his captain Col Bateman was the Com- -manding officer & Harden my captain — I served 3 months if not larger. I was then young & ignorant so that I had only to obey orders & knew nothing of the Law —
As to the service I rendered under Captain Lytle as a ranger in 1777 or 1778 I can speak most positively of that. I was then young and adventurous, had seen a little service & was pleased with it

Colonel Charles McDowell was colonel & issued orders for the raising of men to guard against the Indians. Captain John Hardin commanded us at home & when he called on us I turned out as Volunteer for 3 months and at the expi- ration of that term I again volunteered for 3 months again as orders came from the same Colonel McDowell to keep the company full and that is the way I account for the six months service
As to the service by me rendered in the expedition to Wilmington in the year 1781 or 1782 that statement must have been obscurely worded or misunderstood by the Commissioner for of Pensions. I intended to say that I was ordered out for six months if so long required but possibly for 3 months & that I then served at least 13. — Captain Thomas Canaday was my Captain & General Charles McDowell was the officer who ordered us out. — I again say that I neither then knew, nor do I now know, what the acts of officers are as respects the Militia Service. I had to take for granted that what our officers told us was the truth — let me repeat I was ordered out for 3 months & six if required — & served at

least 3. months. — That we heard & knew nothing about the law but what our officers told us. being the extreme from =ten County adjoining the Indian nation This date above J. B. Allinson Poor Came Isaac Thomson before me Robert Pearson a justice of the Peace for Burke County and made oath that the foregoing statement is true to the best of his knowledge and belief R. Pearson J.P.
State of North Carolina Burke County
I Joseph S. Ewing Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid certify that R. C. Pearson Esquire before whom the foregoing amended declaration was sworn to as a justice as above and that his signature is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 30 th day of March 1835
J. S. Ewing Clerk