Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,555, for Thomas Thompson, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Thompson, Thomas
R. 10555
CONTENTS

I Elisha Clark aged eighty nine years on oath declares that I was acquainted with Thomas Thompson a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War that he served in that Capacity in the Company commanded by Captain Caleb Turner and in the Regt Commanded by Col Bracket that I served in the same Regiment & knew him well that he died in Montville about eight hundred & forty three that when he died he left four children only and no Widow they were named Thomas, William, Archibald, Abigail Thompson Abigail's name is now Kenny, who are all yet living in Montville
Elisha Clark
Montville June 24th 1851 Then the above named Elisha Clark appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing. By him subscribed to Before me Alfred Mcallister Justice of the Peace

and I hereby certify that said Clark he is a man of truth and his declaration are entitled to full credit -
Alfred Mcallister } Justice of peace
State of Maine } Probate Court, Before Waldo County ss - } Augt. 5, 1851 -
I Joseph Miller Judge of Probate in & for said county do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been produced to me in open court that the facts contained in the two affidavits to which this is annexed are true -
Joseph Miller Judge of Probate

I Ephraim Evins Aged seventy  five  years years on oath declares I was acquainted with Thomas Thompson a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War that he served in that capacity & I knew him well that he died in Montville on the tenth day of March Eighteen hundred & forty three That when he died he left 4 children only & no widow they were named Thomas Wm Archibald & Abigail Thompson the name of Abigail now is penny who are All living in Montville
Ephraim Evins
Montville June 25 the 1851
Then the the above named Evins appeared and Made oath to the truth of the foregoing By him subscribed to before me
Alfred McAllister } Justice of peace
I hereby certify that he said Evins is a man of truth and his declaration is entitled to full credit -
Alfred McAllister } Justice of

State of Maine
Waldo County ss-
I Nathl. Patterson Clerk of the Courts for said county do hereby certify that Alfred Mr. Alister is a justice of the peace in & for said county & that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine & that Joseph Miller is Judge of probate for said county & that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. Witness my hand & the seal of the said Court of said State this 5th day of August
1851
N. Patterson Clerk

I Henry Beal & Henry Beal of Montville in each declare that I was well acquainted with Thomas Thompson late of Montville a Revolutionary soldier deceased - That the said Thompson died at said at Montville in the tenth day of March 1843 That when he died he left no widow & but four children whose names are Thomas Thompson, Nicholas Thompson, William Thompson & Miguel a 1884 Perry who are all now living in said Montville - Feb'y 4th 1851 -  Henry Beal Jr Henry Beal
State of Maine Waldo Co. } Feb'y 4th 1851 Then personally the above named Henry Beal & Henry Beal Jr. who are well known to me as persons of truth & whose declarations in each are entitled to full credit & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by them signed before me
Alfred McAllister Justice
State of Maine Waldo County } I Nathan Patterson Clerk of the courts for said county of Waldo do hereby certify that Archibald McAllister is a justice of the peace for said county of Waldo & that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 10th day of Feb'y 1851
N. Patterson Clerk

State of Maine
County of Waldo
On this Fourth day of February 1851 personally appeared before Joseph Miller Esquire Judge of Probate for said county.
Thomas Thompson, William Thompson, Arisbald Thompson & Abby Penny - residents of Montville in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law in open court declare & make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress of June 7, 1832 & subsequent acts of Congress - That they are the children & only children of Thomas Thompson late of said Montville a Revolutionary Soldier of the United States. That he died at said Montville on the tenth day of March 1843 That at the time of his death he left no widow & only as his four children -
That the said Thomas Thompson our father was a Lieutenant of the Washington in Capt. Gail James Company, stationed at Boxbury from July to Dec. 31, 1775 - six months & 30 days & also from February 6th to Dec 1, 1775 9 months & 26 days - That he never had a pension -
We make this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the pension to which he would have been entitled at the time of his death - All which is above stated will more fully appear by reference to the depositions accompanying this declaration -
Thomas Thompson William Thompson Arisbald Thompson Abby Penny
State of Maine
Waldo County ss Feb. 4. 1851
Joseph Miller,
Judge of Probate
Signed & sworn to before me

State of Maine
I Charles Palmer Register of Probate in & for the County of Waldo do hereby certify that Joseph Miller is Judge of Probate for said County & that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine —
Given under my hand & seal of office this 4th day of February 1858
Charles Palmer. Judge

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
10,555.
P. O. _____
Thomas Thompson
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

No 38.101.
Thomas Thompson decd
Maine
Act of 7 th June 1832.
Letter to N. M. Lowrey 9 th June 1857.
Same Nov 28/57 et. M. Lowrey 12 th July 1853.
J Williamson Octo 13/1854
Let same Oct. 27/54
Same Jany 13 1855
" Feby 20 1855
10556

Belfast, Maine. Feb. 13. 1855.
To the Commissioner of Pensions:
Sir:
By request, I herewith inclose an affidavit to be used in the case of Thomas Thompson, of Maine, by which it appears that said Thompson made application for a pension in 1818, and that his papers were forwarded to the Pension Office. Are they now to be found on file, and is it, or was it at the time, a custom of the Department to return the papers of unsuccessful applicants?
Yours respectfully J. Williamson.

Belfast, Waldo Co., Maine.
Oct. 9. 1854.
To the Commissioner of Pensions:
Dear Sir:
I herewith send evidence and declaration in the case of William Bowell, for services in Revolution.
I also send additional evidence to substantiate the claim of the heirs of Thomas Thompson, of Maine. Thompson originally applied on May 7. 1818, and his declaration, commission, and other testimony, may be found on file in the Pension Office. His claim was suspended, and not renewed until his children made an unsuccessful application, after his death. The papers sent by them may be also found on file, probably of the year 1837, or 1838. W. M. Lowrey, Esq., of Belfast was the person who addressed them.
Should certificates be granted in either or both of the above cases, the same may be forwarded to me.
Yours respectfully.
J. Williamson.

Belfast, Maine, Jan. 5. 1855.
To The Commissioner of Pensions:
Sir:
The heirs of Thomas Thompson, of Maine, have implored me to write again in answer to your letter of October last. They say that about the year 1818, said Thompson made application for a pension, before the Court at Augusta, and his declaration, with his commission , was sent to the Pension office, where they now remain on file. The possession of property, or some other cause, prevented his name from going on the rolls. As he lived in an obscure town, he never made a second application, after laws were passed which would have placed him in a condition to receive a pension. Now, if these statements are correct, and there is record evidence of the service of a Thomas Thompson, of Maine, (then Massachusetts) and the declaration and commission of a Thomas Thompson are on file, while no pension has been granted to any person of that name for service similar to that named, does not a reasonable presumption exist that the person whose heirs now apply, is the one who performed the service? If the papers alluded to, are not on file, I do not intend to

call your attention to the matter again, but if they are, I must be allowed to add adduce further evidence of identity. The testimony on this point is that of aged citizens, who give evidence of seeing the alleged Thompson in service when they were but four years old. If this was all they had stated, I should have considered it sufficient. Almost every one has a distinct recollection of men and events as they were at that age, and especially would a child be likely to remember an invasion of an enemy, and the preparations for defence, as in this case. I agree that the circumstance of their testifying to the rank of service is somewhat singular. This should be explained. All the witnesses as well as the magistrate who took the affidavits are strangers to me, but I am informed that the witnesses are persons of the most unblemished character, who would testify to nothing which was not within their knowledge.
Of the papers I have referred to, are on file, I will propose that the department appoint a commissioner, to take the evidence of identity at the expense of the claimants. Some I understand that the witnesses all reside in this state, and such a commissioner could examine them without the attendance of any attorney on either side. The amount claimed is considerable, and if I thought there was any attempt at imposition or subornation, my assistance would be at once refused.
Respectfully yours, J. Williamson

Bethel Maine April 1. 1853
Sir
I herewith send you an extra deposition in relation to the case of Thomas Thomsen - or his heirs. the application for a pension, which I hope will be satisfactory to you - The papers heretofore transmitted are on file in the department - You will please to communicate with me in relation to the same
Respectfully Yours Obediently
N. M. Lowney
J. E. Hinck Esq Com d of Pensions (P. C.)

This Thompson so
Me
Set 7 June 1832

Belfast March 10. 1851 - Maine
Sir
Herewith I send you the application of Thomas Thompson & others, children of Thomas Thompson deceased, claiming a pension which they believe due to the deceased at the time of his death - You will please to communicate with me in relation to the same
Most respectfully
Your Obedt. Servt Nathl. M. Loring
James E. Heath Esq Comm. of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Belfast (Maine) Sept 9. 1851
Sir
Herewith I send you 2 affidavits in relation to the claim of the children of Thomas Thompson - About which you wrote to me on the 9th. of June - You will please to send their certificate to me.
I am Sir most respectfully Your Obedt. Servt.
N. M. Loring -
J. V. H. Keach Esq. Comm r of Pensions Washington D.C.

Belfast, Waldo Co., Maine, Oct. 21, 1854.
To the Commissioner of Pensions:
Sir:
Your letter relative to the claim of Thomas Thompson, of Maine, is received. The additional evidence in this case was handed me by a person who wished me to procure the certificates of the clerk of the Courts, and forward the papers. I am not acquainted with the claimants, but am requested by their agent to state that if you will examine the evidence of service , you will find it was performed in 1776, and after. Consequently a witness now 80 years of age, would have been two, and at the termination of the 15 months service which is alleged to have been performed, would have been three or four years old, and able to speak from recollection. Then it is contended that the service of Thompson was partly in the expedition against Bagaduce in August 1779. If this is so, would not the evidence of a person 80 years of age, now be competent to testify of matters which transpired 75 years since?
Yours respectfully J. Williamson.

Thomas Thompson, Additional evidence,

State of Maine Lincoln county ss on this first day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four personally appeared before me one of the Justices of the peace within and for the county aforesaid Abigail McFarland aged seventy five years a resident of Bristol in said county who being due sworn according to law on oath declares that she was born in the Town of Bristol and that she has always lived a near neighbour to Thomas Thompson untill his Removal to Montville which was about the year 1810 and while his living at Bristol from the earliest period of her recollection she always heard him say that he served in the war of the revolution that he was stationed at Penobscot on the coast of Bristol that he lived a near neighbour to her and she heard him say frequently that he served in the Revolution as a Lieutenant and that there never was any other man of the name of Thomas Thompson that lived in the Town of Bristol at the time of his service from her knowledge and belief and if there had have been she should have known it and after his Removal to Montville and while on a visit to Bristol I have heard him say that he served and was stationed at Penobscot and that he served in the Revolution as a Lieutenant that I then believed him as I now believe that he served that he was a man of truth

and it was generally believed that he served in the Revolutionary war by the neighbours where he lived and that he died in the Town of Montville and left known widow and four children only and she further I hear that she is a disinterested Witness Attest Alfred Weallert
Attest Thos. Thompson
Abigail McFarland
Subscribed and sworn to before me on the day and year first above written and of the said Justice do hereby certify that Abigail McFarland is a credible witness
Thomas Thompson Justice of the Peace.

State of Maine Lincoln County ss
On this Second day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four Personally appeared before me one of the Justices of the peace within and for the county aforesaid John Otis aged Eighty years a resident of Bristol in said County who being duly Sworn according to law on oath declares that he was Born in the Town of Bristol that he has resided in said town ever since the aforesaid time deponent says that his first acquaintance with Thomas Thompson was from the earliest period of his Recollection which was at the time of the Revolutionary war and while said Thompson was stationed at Penobscot as a Lieutenant deponent says that he saw said Thompson service and at his Father's house in Bristol while guarding the shore and while stationed at Penobscot that he lived in the vicinity of Penobscot and a near neighbour to Thompson and that his situation was such that he can testify to Thompson's service as a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary war deponent further says that he lived in the same neighbourhood with Thompson after the Revolutionary war and frequently heard him tell his stories of his service as a Lieutenant in said war and until his Removal to Montville which was about the year Eight hundred and ten and after his removal to Montville and while on a visit to Bristol he heard

said Thompson says that he served as a lieutenant in the war of the Revolution and that he was stationed at Penobscot and respondent further states that the same identical Thompson lived in the town of Montville in the State of Maine and he further says it is the general opinion and belief in the neighborhood where said Thompson lived that he served in said war of the Revolution and he further swears that he is a disinterested Witness
Attest
Thomas Thompson Alfred McAllister
John Otis
Subscribed and sworn to before me on the day and year first above written and I the said Justice do hereby certify that John Otis is a credible witness
Thomas Thompson
{ Justice of Peace

State of Maine Lincoln County ss on this first day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four personally appeared before me one of the Justices of the peace within and for the county aforesaid, William McFarland aged eighty years a resident of Bristol in said county who being duly sworn according to law on oath declares that he was born in the town of Bristoll and that he has always lived in said town and from the earliest (Recollection) Period of his Recollection he was acquainted with Thomas Thompson who was a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary war that he heard him say that he guarded the shores along the coast of Bristoll and was stationed at Pemaquid and he has always lived in the neighbour- hood within one half mile from him and he was frequent- ly in his employ and that he heard him say that he was called upon frequently to defend the shores while he was a Lieutenant and he say that there never was any other man by the name of Thomas Thompson who lived in Bristoll. And the same Thomas Thompson moved into Montville about the year Eight een hundred and ten and that frequently after his Removal to Montville and while on a visit at Bristol I heard him say that he served at Pemaquid and at the time of his living at Montville he frequently told me of his services in the Revolutionary war

and it was generally Believed in the Neighbourhood that he served in the Revolutionary war and it is known my belief as was then that Thomas Thompson served in the Revolutionary war and the same Thomas Thompson died in the Town of Montville and he left no widow and four children and he swears that he is a disinterested witness
Attest Thos. Thompson Alfred McCallister
William McFarland
Subscribed and sworn to before me on the day and year first above written and I certify that William McFarland is a credible witness.
Thomas Thompson Justice of the Peace

State of Maine Waldo County SS On this third day of October Eighteen hundred fifty-four Personally appeared before me one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the county, and State aforesaid Mary Persons aged Eighty years a resident of Bangor in the county of Penobscott and know residing in the Town of Montville and county of Waldo who being duly sworn according to law on oath declares that she was Born in the town of Bristol and Resided in Bristol untill she moved into the Town of Montville which was in the year Eighteen hundred and five and that her first acquaint- ance was from the earliest period of her recollection with Thomas Thompson who resided in Bristol and that after her removal to Montville Thomas Thompson moved into Montville and that she lived in the neighborhood to Thomas Thompson while in Bristol and while he lived in Montville and untill his death and that she was Present at the time of his death and that she well remembers of seeing Thomas Thompson who was a Lieutenant and guarding the shores at Bristol and Penobscott and that she well remembers of her father and Thomas Thompson of going to Bagdad in the time of the revolutionary War and that her acquaintance and her means of knowing has been such with Thomas Thompson through her life That she can testify that

Thomas Thompson did serve in the Revolutionary War as a Lieutenant and that the same Thompson died in Montville and left four children and a know- widow and that the children's names were Thomas Archibald William Thompson and Abigail Penny and that they were the only children of the said Thomas Thompson deponent further says that she well recollects of him said Thompson in service and at the time of the English Barges coming into Penobscot and that at the time she was guarding the shores that her position and situation was such that she could see and was knowing of Thompson's serving in the Revolu- tionary war and deponent further swears that she is a disinterested witness
Attest
Julia A. Raynes Quincy A. Lord
Waty X Persons mark
State of Maine Waldo county ss subscribed and sworn to before me this third day of October Eighteen hundred fifty four and I the said Justice do hereby certify that Waty Persons is a credible Witness
Alfred Moulton } Justice of Peace

State of Maine, County of Waldo
I Nathaniel Patterson clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine for the County of Waldo do certify that Thomas Thompson whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing certificate is now and at the date hereof a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Lincoln, and also that Alfred McEllister whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing certificate is now and at the date hereof a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Waldo and that each are duly commissioned and qualified
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said court this day of October A.D. 1854 N. Patterson Clerk

State of Main County of Lincoln Town of Bristoll
I James Plummer of Bristol aged ninety three years on oaths do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Thomas Thompson a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War that he served in that capacity & I knew him well that I served under Captain Tibbits and guarded the Secret that I was stationed at Fallport's Point & at Conoly's Point and served with him at these places & I knew him while he was a Lieutenant and served under Col McCobb and I was not in the service at the time of his being a Lieutenant but I was with him and served at the above places as stated and that I never received a pension and that he moved to Montville about thirty eight years ago and he died in Montville and he left no widow and but 4 children when he died Archibald Thomas & William and Abigail Thompson Abigail is now Jenny and Thomas Thompson always lived in the neighbourhood of me in the Revolutionary war and untilt his Removal to Montville
Attest Ebenezer Pool June 23 d 1823 Thomas Thompson

Lincoln Is. Dec. 6th. 1852
Then the within named James Plummer personally appeared and made Oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed
Before me Thomas Thompson Justice of the Peace
I Thomas Thompson hereby certify that the within named James Plummer is a credible witness
Thomas Thompson Justice of the Peace James Plummer
State of Maine
Waldo County ss
I Nathl. Patterson Clerk of the court for said county do hereby certify that Thomas Thompson is a justice of the peace in the county of Lincoln & that the foregoing signature purporting to be his an genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the Seal of S. J. Court of said State this 15th day of Jany. 1853
N. Patterson Clerk

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Thomas Thompson which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes
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? yes
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? yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes
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? yes

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?
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? yes
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? yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1, 2, 5, 7
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 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.
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.

I Geo W Morton of Augusta, in the County of Ken- -nebec and State of Maine, one of the Executors of the last Will and Testament of the late Robert Cross dec d do depose and say that I have in my possession the Docket kept by him of the names of Applicants for Pensions under the Act of March 18. 1818, and that the following is a true extract from said Docket!
To wit "Applicant Thomas Thompson - Rank Lieutenant - Rensselaerville - Company Turner - Regiment Bangor - Line of Troops Massachusetts - Period 6 months 9 - before whom made Judge Weston - when May 7. 1818 - (commis- -sions" the original papers has not yet been found among any of the papers left by the said Cross.
Geo W. Morton
State of Maine County of Kennebec ss.
On this Ninth day of February A.D. 1855 personally appearing George W. Morton, Esq., well known to me as a reputable witness, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing statement, by him subscribing, before me - I also certify that I have no interest in the result of the claim, and no concern in the prosecution thereof.
Abner E. Nichols
Assistant to the Clerk

State of Maine County of Washington ss
I Nathaniel Patterson Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine for the County of Washington do hereby certify that David D. Nichols Esq. whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing certificate is and was at the date thereof a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Penobscot duly commissioned and qualified; and I am not authorized in the claim named in the foregoing affidavit or in the prosecution thereof.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the 12 th day of February A.D. 1855.
N. Patterson Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston :
January 31. 1850.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Thomas Thompson is borne on muster rolls of Capt. Caleb Turner's Co. stationed at Boothbay; credited by service as a Lieut. of Bristol; from July to Dec. 31, 1775, 6 months 3 days, and from Feb. 6 to Dec. 1, 1776, 9 mos. 24 days. —

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth the date above written.
Amasa Washburn, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of Maine County of Waldo Application for certificate of Revolutionary Service made by one of the Heirs of Thomas Thompson who Rendered the service County of Waldo Town of Montville The Secretary of State is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office of the service of Thomas Thompson in the war of the Revolution he was a native of Bristol in the county of Lincoln and State of Massachusetts now Maine he enlisted he enlisted from the Town of Bristol in the County of Lincoln and State of Mass, now Maine in the year 1778 as a Lieutenant in the company commanded by Capt in the Regiment and served one tour at Megehegwaduc 30 Months and was Stationed at Christmas Cove in Bristol one year or more Attest Thomas Thompson William Thompson
Sworn to and subscribed before me December 19 the 1850
Alfred McAlister } Justice of Peace