Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10528, for Drewry Thompson, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N 6
Thompson, Dreury
R. 10528
CONTENTS

Minden La 20th March / 55
To the Superintendent of the United States Pension office.
Sir,
Something over twelve months since I made as I thought Satisfactory proof and sent on to the Pension office showing that I am the only heir of my Father Druzy Thompson die'd who was a Soldier in the Revolutionary war and as such was entitled to a Pension from the government. Being the only surviving heir of My Father I have applied for his pension money through a friend but have never been able to get it.
Will you be so kind if the money has been paid over to inform me as early as convenient who it was paid to, how much, and at what time it was paid and in so doing you will much oblige Yours Respectfully
R. P. Slaughter for Martha Butler

Power of Attorney in case of Drury Thompson of Louisiana.
Suspended under act of 1832
Col. Anderson will please retain the papers until called for —
Thompson & Venable
Washington D.C.

POWER OF ATTORNEY—Revolutionary Pension Claims.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Martha Butler Daughter of Henry Thompson to a
hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint M. THOMPSON, esq., of Washington City, D. C., my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of Mrs Thompson for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, and to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises, and revoking all former powers.
Witness my hand and Seal this
day
her
A. D., 185
Martha Butler
Mark.
Signed and Sealed in the presence of }
Harmon A. Lord
W. J. Cleveland
I hereby authorize my wife Martha Thompson to make the foregoing power atty —
Isaac Butler
Mark.
STATE OF Louisiana
} ss.
COUNTY OF Clariborne
On this the 7
day of Dec
A. D., 1853.
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared
Martha Butler
and acknowledged the foregoing Power
of Attorney to be her act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, } the day and year aforesaid.
Martha Butler Mark
Henry Thompson J. Peace.
*In this blank, if the Claimant be alive, he will insert his name, and execute the power If he be dead, the widow, if alive, will insert her name, (stating the fact that she is his widow,) and execute the power. If both be dead, then any one of the children may insert his, or her, name, (stating the fact that he or she is the son or daughter) and execute the power.
If there be neither father, mother, child, or children, then there is no person entitled under the existing rules of the Department, and the power of Attorney need not be executed.

Claim of
Act of
STATE OF Louisiana } COUNTY OF Chenier }
Be it Known, That on this the 7 day day of Dec A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty three before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Martha Butler a resident of & in said County, and made oath according to law that she is the identical person
who executed the foregoing power of attorney, and that she is directly interested in said claim, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as said Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before
J. Peace. }
J Henry Leger
Martha Butler Mark
I
certify that Martha Butler
respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby
who executed the foregoing paper is a
J Henry Leger J. Peace.
I, Dickson Konner Clerk of the District Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that J Henry Leger before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is his signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal, this 29th day of
April — A.D., 185 4
J Henry Leger Clerk. 17th Dist Chenier Plain

STATE OF } COUNTY OF }
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me
that [blank] of the United States at the rate of $ [blank] per annum, and that [blank] died on the [blank] day of [blank] eighteen hundred and [blank] leaving surviving [blank]
and that [blank]
the only surviving child [blank]
of the aforesaid.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this [blank] day of [blank] one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
NOTE.—If the original Claimant or person in whose right the claim was made, be alive, then there is no use for the above certificate, but simply the power of attorney. But if he or she (as the case may be) be dead, then the exact period of his or her death must appear. If the widow execute the power of attorney it must also appear when the marriage took place, and that she is still a widow. If there be neither father nor mother, the period of the marriage, and of the death of each, must appear; and also, the name, or names, of the surviving child, or children. If, he, or she, (as the case may be) was a pensioner, state that fact, and also the amount received per annum; but if a claimant merely, state that fact.
The above certificate must be executed by the Clerk of the Court under his seal of office.

State of Louisiana Caddo Parish ss.
On this 7th day of April A.D. 1835 personally appeared in open court before the hon. Pursh court of Caddo Par- ish now sitting Duncay Thomp- son a resident of Caddo Parish and State of Louisiana aforesaid aged 84 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 7th 1832 — That he en- tered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served therein states Lieut General the service of the United States a private in the state troops of the North- Carolina line on the tenth day of May in the year of our Lord 1778 in McLenburgh County State of North Carolina etc. — He enter- ed by joining himself to a regiment (the name he does not recollect) com- manded by Col. Adam Stearns He does not recollect his major general

His Capt's name was Jno. Foster - And his Lieut's name was Robt. Harris - On perusal of a notice published, this declarant - with others met at the afd. Col. Adams Alexander's house and received the administration of the state oath as called - which was of the following purport as nearly as this declarant recollects - "To do good the cause of the United States with their lines & fortunes" - And he being first of all particularly addressed called upon by the said Col. Alexander to receive the administration of the said oath publicly avowed his resolution to do so, and frankly ad- dressed his neighbors & countrymen in as energetic & expressive & laconic a manner as he knew how to fol- low his example and went for- ward, was the first to receive the afd. oath - He was then with the rest of his regiment stationed in the different parts of the said Mecklenburg County and of Surry & other counties adjacent thereto at different times of his service marching from one point to another

against the common enemy whether they were Baptists or Presbyterians, had several small skirmishes with the Tories in the Said Mecklenburgh and other counties of S.C. - but at no par- ticular place of note only, that his memory as we decayed with his years as well as by old age well serve him. Particularly Mr. designates all of the Said Skir- mishes being very light on the part of the Said Regiment for the Tories were never attacked in one place would not give set battle but would flee precipitately to avoid other, manacing & committing depredations by stealth by surprise & stratagem - But he recollects in particular he went on with his Said Regiment to Sullivan County (S.C.) against the Tories who were skulking about in scantling parties. Said the Com- pany never gave battle during the expedition - this was in 1780 - the Tories were of 5 miles from their camp where the Said regiment returned to Mecklen- burgh County S.C. and went into winter quarters - A brother of the declarant - Capt.

Then Thompson being seized by two Tories who tried to kill him, escaping from them and coming in and giving infor- mation thereof was the cause that gave rise to the last of D. Shov- = Expedition — There was further more an expedition against the Cherokee Indians by this regiment from which this ol- dient was excused by furlough on account of indisposition in his family. — Being always willing to do rather more, than less, than his duty he notwithstanding being hired a substitute to go out in his place — This expedition was carried into S. Carolina as the declared believes & lasted till nearly the end of his furlough — Viz. From one to two months — when he returned to the camp & performed duty in the line — He recollects of hearing no particular in- cidents or occurrences recounted pertaining to the last of D. Cam- paign, that might be apt to throw light on the manner of his ser- vice — But with the exception of the fore- going his services entirely personal. For he believes three years

Three or four months = That he served from the age of 1778 all the in manner & form afore said, namely, either in garrison or in the field (with the exception of the few  four or five months dis- dution against the Cherokees as aforesaid) till the carrying of the siege of Yorktown in Va. which he believes was some time in Oct. 1781 - That he served with the said officers in the aforesaid regiment at least three years & four months in the field or the garrison as aforesaid - And he & his said regim- ent were never at any time con- nected (as his decayed memory se- ries him) with any other Corps of the U. States Army - Hence he has no recollection of the names of any of the regular officers of which that he was acquainted with - nor of the militia or Con- tinentals other than of those his own aforesaid regiment. Of which he ever found an acquaintance with any - But he feels assured that whether they were his aforesaid regim- ent, were  some of the state troops or militia, they were called into the service of the United States by the authority of the state of

of North Carolina — That he was discharged from the afd. ser- vice at Mecklenburgh Court house (N. Carolina) — he had no written discharge only a verbal one with the rest of his regiment — Some of them might have applied after- wards to their officers to have their afd. discharges written but he never did himself — not expec- ting ever to get one cent for his services — He with the rest was discharged in manner afd. by the said Col. N. Alexander — He lost valuable property by the war — That he was born in Butte County N. Carolina A.D. 1748 five miles from the C.H. of sd. Co. — He has no record of his age — He was living in Mecklenburgh County (N. C.) afd. when he entered the service of the U. States as afd. — He has lived since the revolution — any more in the states of N. & S. Car- olina in the State of Georgia — has resided in the state of Miss- sippi while follow- ing his (the common- law) trade, and more lines in Clai- borne Parish, state

of Louisiana - That he volun- teered into the said service - and doth re-aver that the na- ture of his service was such that he had no opportunity of becoming acquainted with any regular officers or regiments of militia or continental besides the regiment with which he ser- ved of that could be called such - For his regiment was gen- erally employed in the afd. counties of St. Caroline (Bute & Opelousas) to prevent the inhabitants thereof agai- nst the numerous band of thieves robbers and the marauding band- its that might  would make occa- sional predatory incursions therein - as will as, the British might need he - and that for the afd. term of 3 years & 4 months he was not employed in any civil pursuit, but with the afd. regiment regularly embodied for the whole of afd. term of 3 years &c. - That he volunteered into the said service - And That Mr. W m
Heyer
& Mr. J. W. Mahan
his neighbors can testify as to his character for veracity & that he has of his services as a soldier of the re- public one - And that he has no doc- umentary evidence & that he knows

of no person whose evidence or testimony he can procure who can testify to his services. He hereby relinquishes his every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State - And that there is no claim in his name or any other attendance can be had to give the required certificate (Signed) Downey Thompson
I do hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in the said cause. J. McAllahan Sept 18th We William Leyer a clergyman residing in the Parish of Calcasieu and State of Louisiana do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Downey Thompson who has subscribed to the above declaration that we believe him to be 87 years of age - that he is respected & beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion - Wm Leyer (Signed)
I do hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in the said cause. J. McAllahan Sept 18th And the said court do hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in the said cause. The court finds that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and has served as he states - And the court further certifies that it appears to him that William Leyer - (who has signed the preceding certificate) is a clergyman residing in Calcasieu Parish and that Isaac McAllahan who has also signed the same is a resident in said Calcasieu Parish and is a respectable person and that the statement is entitled to credit. H. S. Killgore Parish Judge (Signed)
Isaac McAllahan Sept Clerk of the Parish Court of Calcasieu Parish do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Downey Thompson for a pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this seventh day of June A. D 1835 -
J. McAllahan Sept 18th Parish of Calcasieu State of Louisiana

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1863.
REJECTED
10528.
P. O.
Andrew Thompson
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Drury Thompson.
Louisiana.
Suspended
At 7 May 1832.
Submarine -
Ler. Mrs Martha Butler Apr 13/55
10528
1832