Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6227, for Ephraim Thomas, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New York
Thomas, Ephraim
S. 6227
carded
CONTENTS

1861 Pennsylvania New York
Ephraim Thomas of Whitehall in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain L Stockwell of the Regt. commanded by Col Webster — in the New York — line for Three years & more
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Novem- ber 1832 — and sent to C. F. G. G.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $120.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 33 40.00 $160.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles Clerk Book D Vol. 5 Page 141
Via Cu - Nov 18 36 Transfer to Pennsylvania for Albany from 4 March 1836. Nov. 25 1836 —

Application for A Transfer.
County of Crawford ss.
On this thirtyfirst Day of October 1836 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Crawford personally appeared Ephraim Thomas who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Sherred in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Copeland in the service of the United States that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York from whence he has lately removed that he now resides in the State of Pennsylvania where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable in future and that his reasons for removing to the State of Pennsylvania are because he thought he could more easily provide for himself and family. Ephraim Thomas
Sworn and Subscribed to, before me the day & Year aforesaid.
J. D. Patterson
Commonwealth of Penn a
Crawford County ss. — I James Lockman Brother & Clerk of the several Courts in and for said County Do certify that Joseph Patten Esq r before whom the above proceedings were had was at the time an acting Justice of the peace duly appointed & commissioned within the jurisdiction of this Court and to whose Official acts full faith and credit is to be given & that the handwriting purporting to be his is genuine witness my hand and seal of said Court this 7 th Day of November A.D. 1836 James Lockman Brother

In the Matter of the Appli- cation of Ephraim Thomas for a Pension
Q 8775 For Three years & 8 Months service
admitted
for

State of New York County of Washington
On this twenty eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in Open Court before the Court of Common Pleas held at the Court house in the Town of Salem in and for the County of Washington in the State aforesaid now sitting Ephraim Thomas a resident of the Town of Shelbourn in the County of Washington and State of New York aforesaid aged twenty three years and five months who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath make the following Declaration in order to ob- tain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and Servants as here in Stated —
ing named Officers and Soldiers as herein stated commanded by His first service was in the Militia of the State of New York, Colonel Alexander Webster in a Company Commanded by Captain Levi Stockwell and Lieutenant Briggs, Major Childs was attached to said Webster's Regiment, He does not remember whether there was any General in Command at or near the place of his service. That he volunteered his services in said Company of Militia and commenced his services in it some time in the fall of the year of the year 1779 two years as he believes after Bur- goyne was taken he cannot state the day of the month but is pretty sure it was in the Month of September 1779 That he entered said said service. That he served at that time a little over six Months during which time he was stationed at Skene- sborough, now called Whitehall, in the County of Washington & State of New York and was frequently sent out with scouting parties as they were called as far North as Ticonderoga and Crown Point on Lake Champlain to watch the movements of the Tories & Indians, was in no consid- able battle but there were two or three of his Company wounded by the Tories and Indians. - That in March 1780 he was discharged for a short time but that in less than a month he was again called on and again volunteered under Captain Elisha Jones of Skeneborough in the Militia of said State under Col. John Williams, the Major's name he don't remember here and served under their officers off and on for more than half the time until some time in June of the same year, this service was also at and about Skeneborough in the County and State aforesaid where he resided when he first entered the service as aforesaid and where he has resided ever since that time except when absent in service in the revolutionary war as herein after mentioned. - That then under the regular or Continental regiments or companies in service at Skeneborough at the time of his service as

above, That he knew Col. Seth Warner who raised a Regiment called the "Green Mountain Boys" and he also knew Col. Herrick and Captain Allen of Herrick's Regt. His next service as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War was in a Company commanded by Captain Adiel Sherwood in a regiment of State Troops raised by the State of New York and commanded as he believes by Colonel Copeland. That in the Month of June 1780 the day of the month he cannot remember he enlisted under the said Captain Sherwood for the term of three Months. That he enlisted as aforesaid at a place then and now called Sandy Hill in the Town of Kingston in said County of Washington, that he was then station- ed at Fort Ann in said County State of New York where he assisted in building a Pickett fort, after building the Fort he was frequently sent on scouting expeditions through the woods north as far as Ticonderoga and Crown Point. At one time the party consisting of twelve men discovered two British guard ships lying in the Lake between Crown Point and Ticonderoga, three of his party fired from their ambush on shore at the ships, immediately two small boats were maned from the ships where these boats had approached within a gun shot of the shore his party fired and wounded some of the men where the Boats put about and retreated to the ships. He continued in this service at and near Fort Ann until some time in the Month of September following when Major Carlton or Tarleton approached with the thirty fourth Regiment of the British forces, with Tories and Indians in all amounting to about sixteen hundred men and surrounded the Pickett fort there, when Captain Sherwood the Officer commanding the fort capitulated and surrendered the whole American force there consisting only of about twenty men were surrendered as prisoners among which was the said Ephraim Thomas the Declarant. Captain Sherwood Lieutenant Baldwin and Lieutenant Roberts - That he the Declarant with the other prisoners were then taken by the British to Fort George at which place the survey met with a part of Col. Seth Warner's Regiment of Green Mountain Boys and a battle or skirmish ensued and Warner's Regiment were many of them either killed or taken prisoners, Col. Warner was not then with his Regiment it was commanded by Major Chapman

at Fort Ann and Fort George to Ticonderoga and then to Crown Point where all the said prisoners were put on board open boats and conveyed through Lake Cham- plain to the Isle aux Noix and then to St Johns from thence to Chambly then to Montreal where he was detained a prisoner till the Month of March following when he was taken back to Chambly and kept about a month he was then sent with about fifteen other prisoners to Quebec and there imprisoned all summer and in October following was put on board the British Ship Isabella Captain Robinson and transported to the Cove of Cork in Ireland was then placed in a British Brandy ship called the Lenox and in about a week after was transferred to the Dolphin a 44 Gun Ship in the British Navy Commanded by Captain Robinson where he remained about a year when he deserted that Ship in Barbados in the West indies and went on board a Schooner bound for Savannah - was pressed from that Schooner and placed on board the British Ship Leander a 50 Gun Ship and sailed to Tobago where he deserted that Ship and made his way to Grenada and from thence to Virginia and from thence he returned to his home at Skeneborough now called Whitehall where he arrived in the month of December just after Peace was proclaimed
That he was born in Viringham in the State of Massachusetts in the year Eighteen hundred and fifty Nine - has no record of his age, the family Bible of his father contained a record of it but that was burned many years ago with the house of his brother Eliphalet - He lived in Skeneborough (now called Whitehall) in the County of Washington and State of New York when he was called into the service and has lived there ever since with the exception of the time he was absent in service and now resides there - He volunteered in the service both in the militia and State troops and was not a Substitute - That he never received any written discharge from the service but was paid off on his return from his impris- onment, by his former Captain Adiel Sherwood at Fort Edward for the whole time he served inclu- ding the time he was detained as a prisoner as aforesaid which was more than three years, the amount he received

for such service was Ninety five pounds Six and two pence it was paid in State Notes with which he bought the small farm he now lives on at Whitall aforesaid He knows of no Officer now living by whom he can prove his said service nor any other person except those whose statement is hereto annexed. He entered and served as aforesaid as a private soldier and has no documentary evidence to support his declaration, & that he is known to Daniel Earle Esq Supervisor of Whitall, Elisha Andrews Milamtown & others in his immediate neighbourhood whom he believes testify to his character for truth & the belief of his services. He hereby relinquishing every claim whatever to a pension or Annuity except the present and declaring that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid J. S. Leigh C.W.C.                      Ephraim Thomas
We Elisha Andrews - a clergyman residing in the Town of Whitall in the County of Washington & State of New York and Daniel Earle - - - residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ephraim Thomas who has subscribed the above declarations and we believe him to be about thirty three years of age or over, that he is respected and beloved in the neighbour- hood where he now resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution. and that we concur in that opinion and the said Daniel Earle further certifying that he has been well acquainted with said Thomas since about the close of the Revolutionary war & that he has always understood & believed that said Thomas was a Soldier of the Revolution & that he had been a long time detained as a prisoner by the enemy Elisha Andrews Daniel Earle Sworn to this 16 th day of August 1832 Before me by Elisha Andrews M. W. Parker Justice of the Peace

State of New York Washington County ss
Thomas Biglow of the Town of Whitehall in the County of Washington and State of New York being duly sworn makes oath and says that he this Deponent is sixty three Years of age that he was born in Faringham in the State of Massachusetts and moved with his father's family from that place to the Town of Skeneateles (now called Whitehall) in said County of Washington where he was about two years old and before the Commence- ment of the Revolutionary War, that he became acquainted with Ephraim Thomas who has subscribed the foregoing Declaration as early in life as he can remember any person whom so ever, that said Thomas resided in the same neighborhood with this Depo- nent's father that he has a perfect recollection of said Thomas going into the service as a Soldier in the year 1780, although he did not see him in the service he knew he was absent from home and it was well understood in the neighborhood that he had enlisted in Captain Sherwood's Company and was stationed at Fort Ann a town adjoin- ing Skeneateles, This Deponent also well rec- ollects that in the Month of September 1780 Captain Sherwood's Company were taken prisoners by the British as it was then said and believed and the three Sisters of this Deponent who were then at Brady Hill were taken prisoners at the same time as was also the said Thomas as this Deponent then understood - And this Deponent further saith that his said Sisters were kept and detained as prisoners in Canada for three years and when they were at length returned they stated that said Ephraim Thomas was sent off to sea, said Thomas had been absent all that time and did not return until after his said Sisters did and when said Thomas did return he stated once and he has very frequently since stated to this Deponent his services imprisonment and sufferings in substance as he has detailed them in the foregoing Declaration by him subscri- bed & that this Deponent has been intimately acquainted with said Thomas ever since his return and still reside in the same town, with him and that he is respected and beloved in the neigh-

know how to have been a revolutionary soldier and for the said that he he remembers hearing his Brother Samuel speak of said Ephraim Thomas being in the service of the United States in the militia, with him, pre- -vious to his enlisting under Captain Sherwood — and for the said not —
Always before me this 28th February 1832
Thomas Bigelow
J. D. Parker & Dean
State of New York Washington County ss. Robert Hopkins of the town of Fort Ann in the County of Washington & State of New York being duly sworn, makes oath & says that in this Deposition is now in the twenty seventh year of his age that he was born in the town of West Greenwich in the State of Rhode Island — that at the age of fourteen he together with his Father & Father's family moved to the town of Salem in the State of New New York — that in the second year after the termination of the Revolution- ary war he moved to the town of Fort Ann in the state of New York where he has resided ever since that he was a soldier in the said war — that in the year 1780 he was stationed at Fort Ann in a Company Commanded by Captain Abel Sherwood in a Regiment of State Troops raised by the State of New York & Com- -manded as he believes by Colonel Loperland — that some time in the year 1780 he should think about the month of June Ephraim Thomas who has subscri- -bed his name to the foregoing Declaration enlisted into said Company — that he knows of the said Ephraim being in the service as stated by him in his said Declaration until they were both taken prisoners by the British — that the said Thomas was taken to Montreal as stated by him in his said De- -claration that he this Deponent was carried prisoner to Montreal with the said Thomas — that he this Deponent was kept at Montreal about two years but that the said Thomas was taken out of the Prison as stated by him in his said Declaration after which time he saw nothing of him till about three weeks since —
before me J. D. Parker & Dean
BT 1182 0860

And the said Court hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after the putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states in the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Elisha Andrews who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman residing in the town of Whitehall and that Daniel Carr who has also signed the same is a resident of the same place and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit and that Thomas Bigelow and Robert Hopkins who have signed & sworn to the preceding affidavits reside the said Thomas Bigelow in the town of Whitehall and the said Robert Hopkins in the town of Fort Ann that they are credible persons and that their testimony is entitled to credit and that the personal attendance of the said Elisha Andrews, Thomas Bigelow and Robert Hopkins before the Court can not in their opinion be procured without too much inconvenience and expense to the Applicant.
I, Elisha S. Leigh Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington and State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court aforesaid in the matter of Ephraim Thomas for a Pension. And further that William H. Parker before whom the foregoing certificate of Elisha Andrews, and J. C. Parker before whom the foregoing affidavits of Thomas Bigelow and Robert Hopkins appear to have been sworn, were, the said W. H. Parker on the 16 th and the J. C. Parker on the 28 th day of August 1832 Justices of the Peace of the County of Washington aforesaid and that their signatures annexed to the one to the said Certificate and the other to the said Affidavits are each genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 29 th day of August A.D. 1832 J. S. Leigh CCB

Rev War
6227
✓ INVALID.
File No. 6227
Ephraim Thomas
Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. M , Page 373
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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1828 papers to be filed with a l owder
File #
6227

Ephraim Thomas - N.York line -
Pat -
New York -
Exd. wid. - Inval.
Old books - Susp. & Bayard - S. #6227 Adt. Invs
Not allowed act 1828

Nov 25.
Mr. Prudome
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Jammy L. Edwards Esquire Commissaire of Pensions War Department City of Washington.

Chas. F. Harris Bank Albany Pension Agency November 21. 1836.
James L. Edwards Esquire, Commissioner of Pensions, Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 18 th inst. I have to state that Ephraim Thomas, a Pensioner under the Act of June 7. 1832, was last paid to the 4 th of March 1836.
I am, Sir,
Very respectfully Yr. obed t Serv t
Thos M c Clusky Pro Tem ag t .

Ephraim Thomas Revolutionary Claimant
(over)
Forwarded by M. H. Parker Whitwell Mark. Cy. N.Y.

For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" approved on the 15 th of May 1828 I Ephraim Thomas of the Town of Whitkall in the County of Washington in the State of New York do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental line of the Army of the revolution in a Company commanded by Captain Adiel Sherwood in a regiment commanded by Colonel Lewis Dubois of the New York line, for the term of three months that I enlisted as aforesaid about the month of August in the year One thousand seven hundred and xxxxxx Eighty that in the month of October or about one week previous to the expiration of the time of my said enlistment I was taken prisoner at Fort Ann in the County of State aforesaid by the British forces and taken by them to Mont- real & from thence to Quebec & from thence to Ireland where I was put on board a man of war called the Dolphin in the British Service and flogged until I would consent to do duty, as they called it, on board said Ship that I was compelled to remain and did remain a prisoner on board said Ship Dolphin until the termination of the Revolutionary War and for several months afterwards that when
N.B. The word "Eighty" written on an errand before beginning - M.H. Parker d. P.

I returned to the State of New York I received from Captain Sherwood my full pay for the whole time I had been detained as a prisoner as aforesaid that during the time I served with Captain Sherwood which was nearly three months previous to my being taken prisoner I was a private soldier And I further declare that I was not on the fifteenth day of March 1828 on the pen- sion list of the United States
Subscribed to me this 3 rd day of February 1829 Before
Ephraim Thomas
W. H. Parker Justice of the Peace
Before me William H. Parker a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Washington in the State of New York personally appeared this day Ezekiel Jones and Robert Wilson of the said County who did solemnly make oath that Ephraim Thomas by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have been a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution and to have been taken prisoner as therein stated
Known before me this 5 th day of February A.D. 1829
Ezekiel Jones
Robert Wilson
W. H. Parker Justice of the Peace
I Esdr Leigh Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington in the State of New York do certify

that William H. Parker before whom the foregoing affidavit were sworn was at the time a Justice of the Peace of said County and duly empowered to administer Oaths —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this seventh day of February in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine —
J. S. Leigh C. B.

Nov 17.
Clarksburg Pa 10 Va-
W. B. [unclear]
Free
Mr R. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
Miss. N. G. H. to Rev.
Elizur Thomas

Meadville Nov. 7 A.D. 1838
J. L. Edwards.
Sir we enclose to you Ephraim Thomas application for a transfer of his petition you will please to direct to the Com of Douglas & Allen Meadville Pa

State of Pennsylvania } County of Cranford } ss.
I Joseph Patten, a magistrate in the County above named, do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence, viz: the testimony of Alva Kelly, whom I believe to be a man of veracity, who states that he well knows Ephraim Thomas to be the same person described in the above affidavit, that the said Ephraim Thomas who has this day appeared before me to take the oath of identity is the identical person named in the pension certificate which he has exhibited before me, numbered 1861, and bearing date at the War office the 10th day of November, 1832, and signed by John Nott, acting Secretary of War.
Given under my hand at Centreville the thirty first day of Decr AD 1836-
J. Patten
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Cranford County ss
I James Lockman Brothman and Clerk of the several Courts in and for the County aforesaid do certify that Joseph Patten Esq before whom the above proceedings were had is a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly appointed and commissioned and acting as such within the jurisdiction of this Court and to whose official acts full faith and credit is to be given and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine
witness my hand and seal of office this 7th Day of November A.D. 1836
James Lockman Brothman