Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10531, for Isaac Thompson, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va. _____
Thompson, Isaac _____
R. 10531 _____
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
10.531.
P. O.
Isaac Thompson
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

Isaac Thompson
Sumner
Rejected services
performed in providing
providing not provided
for the term of May
1833 A. H. Foster
8
10531

21950 Isaac Thompson Gen
Rejected service performed in packing provisions not provided for. Letter May 1 st J. F. Fout. May- ville.
Jacob F. Fout Co Mayville Blount Co O h

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
183
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 subjjoined 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 Isaac Thompson. Mount Co. T.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Sept. '80 6 past. prom. Capt. Rowle Va Frederick Co. 29 Hardy.  
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 day 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 he 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 enquiry 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 _____; 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 civil 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 [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in 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.
W. L. Williams

21950
Isaac Thompson Blount County Tenn. Application for a Pension —
Address Communication on this subject to Jas. H. Founto - Mansville Blount County Tennessee

We John Pudson a Clergyman Presiding in the County of Blount and State of Tennessee and Alexander Logan Presiding in the Same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac Thompson who has Subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be Seventy nine years of age against the tenth day of January next that he is reputed and Believed in the Neighbourhood where he Resides to have Been a Soldier of the Revolution; and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year Aforesaid John Pudson Clergyman
Alexander Logan
1 st
Where and in what year ware you born
Ans r I was born in Fredrick County in the State of Virginia in the year 1754
2 nd Have you any record of your age and if so where is it
Ans r I have a record of my age and it is in my possession at this time.
3 rd Where ware you living when called into Service where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live
When called into Service I was living in Frederick County Virginia After peace ware made I moved to Rockbridge County Virginia and lived there a bout ten years Then moved to Washington County State of Tennessee and lived there about four years I then moved to Blount County State Tennessee and now lives there
4 th How ware you called into Service; ware you drafted did you volunteer or ware you a Substitute and if a Substitute for whom
Ans r I ware Drafted
5 th State the names of Some of the Regular officers who ware with the the troops where you Served Such Continental and militia Regiments as you can recollect and the genarell circumstan- ces of your Service
Ans r I ware drafted and immediately put under Mordecai Arnolds Command He arnold ware pack master and I was ordered to the pecking business pecking provisions from Fredrick County Virginia to the monongahela Near fort Pitt and continued at that business intill Discharged which prevented me from a knowledge of any of the officers
6 th did you ever receive a Discharge and if so by whom was it signed and what has become of it
Ans r I did receive a discharge it ware signed by Mordecai Arnold I had it many years and then threw it away

State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution
And I would name William Ewing James Henry Joseph Ramsey George Julien Isom Julien
William Ewing James Henry Joseph Ramsey George Julien Isom Julien
We James Upton and William M c Teer two of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Blount and State of Tennessee 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 was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and we further certify that it appears to us that John Knipson who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman Resident in the County of Blount and that Alexander Logan who has also signed the same is a Resident in the County of Blount and is a credible person and that their statements is intitled to credit and we further Declare that in our opinion the above applicant is so far failed and his bodily strength so much reduced that he cannot attend at Court without manifest danger of doing him bodily harm and we further certify that the applicant together with those who testified were sworn to and subscribed as appears above
Given under our hands and seals December 6 th 1832
James M c Teer William M c Teer Justices of the peace
State of Tennessee
Jacob H. Fouts Clerk of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions of Blount County do hereby certify that James Upton and William M c Teer Esq rs whose signatures appear to the above certificate

in their own proper names and handwriting was at the time of the date thereof acting justices of the peace duly commissioned and sworn in and for Blount County and that full faith and credit are due to their Official acts as such
Given under My hand and seal of Office at Office in Maryville the 27 th Dec r 1832
Jac. F. Hunte -
Please address any Communication on the Subject of this Application to the undersigned "Maryville Blount County Tennessee," Jac. F. Hunte

State of Tennessee Blount County Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June Seventh 1832 — On this sixth day of December one thousand eight Hundred and thirty two personally appeared before us James Upton and William McTeer two of the Justices of the peace in and for the State and County aforesaid Isaac Thompson a President of the State of Tennessee and County of Blount aged Seventy - Nine years against the Tenth day of January next; 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 the 7 th 1832 That he entered the Service of the United States under the follow- -ing named officers and served as herein stated; That he lived in Frederick County Virginia in the bounds of Capt. Moors compe- ny that he was drafted out of Capt. Moors Company and was first under Mordai Arnold which was packmaster for the purpose of Transporting provision for the army; The day he entered the Service he cannot recollect but says that he believes that it was in September in the year 1780; but his memory at this time he says will not serve him positively - either for the year nor month and that he received a Discharge for a six months tour and returned home in March or April after he was drafted that he lived in the State of Virginia Frederick County when drafted that he was ordered under the command of Mordai Arnold A pack Master in Company with nine other soldiers and that he was engaged in packing provisions and in recruiting and taking care of packhorses during his service that he packed provisions from Gibses Mill near Winchester in the State of Virginia; to the Monongahela near fort Pitt where the comm- -ssary received it and he believes transported it farther by water The applicant further states that he can recollect of seeing Gen Brady and he believes that Brady commanded at that time and further says that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service — 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 and further declares that this is the first application made by him Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Isaac Thompson