Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,562, for John Thompson, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Thompson, John
S. 40,562
CONTENTS

5461
Ohio
John Thompson Capt Ganswoth private War New York N.Y line In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of - 8 2 Dollars per month, to commence on the 12 th of May, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th of Aug 1813 and sent to Daniel McAlister Esq Judge Hamilton Ohio
  Arrears to 4th of  Sep 1818  31 30  30.22    Semi-annual all'ce ending  4 th June 1819   48.00       78.22  
d. Mch. 2. 1836
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
S. file 40,562
Continued
Redirection sent November 14. 1820 to Daniel McAlister, Hamilton Ohio
make 2 declarations.

John Thompson Schedule
5,461
ys. Jany. 1817.
Mar 1817
Con
S. File 40,562

The State of Ohio Butler County ss
A court of common pleas held at Hamilton in the county of Butler aforesaid on the first day of September one thousand eight hundred and twenty before the Honorable Joshua Collett Esquire President and his associates judges of the said court, the same court of common pleas being a court of Record expressly created a court of Record by the laws and ordinances of the State of Ohio with jurisdiction unlimited in civil causes and with power to fine and imprison on Personal appeared in open court John Thompson aged eighty three years resident in Fairfield Township in the said County of Butler who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, to wit, I enlisted at Brinker Hill on the continental establishment in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy six for during the war in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Peter Gansevoort in the Company commanded by Captain Brann being the third Regiment in the New York line - at the end of the war I was discharged at Snake Hill in the State of New York. My original declaration for a pension was made and at about the twelfth day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. My pension certificate is numbered five thousand four hundred and sixty one. And I do Solemnly Swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby to to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" passed on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that I have not nor has any person interest for me any property securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed to wit, Property I have none nor have I any family

My occupation is that of a shoe maker, but from age and debility have not been able to pursue it for some time since - At the time I made my declaration for a pension I was a Pauper supported by the inhabitants of the township in which I resided and continued a township charge until I received my pension. Sworn to and declared on the 1 st day of September 1820 before the judges - above named -
his John Thompson mark
John Reily Clerk
I John Reily clerk of the court of common pleas of the county of Butler aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath and the Schedule hereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said court; And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is Dollars and cents
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court on this sixteenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and twenty John Reily

one back Judge Wilkinson Porter City Ohio, Recd - 27 May 1818 Hamilton Ohio, 15th May 1818
Free
Hon The Secretary of War Washington City D C a

State of Ohio } Butler County } ss
Personally appeared before Daniel Milliken an associate judge of the court of Common Pleas within and for the county of Butler in the State aforesaid John Thompson who being duly sworn according to law deponeth and saith that some time in the commencement of the month of July in the year seventeen hundred and seventy five he enlisted as a common soldier into the service of the United States in the New York line for five months in the company of Captain Daniel Denton commanded by General Schyler at Goshen in the State of New York That he marched from thence to Fort St Johns that he was present during the siege & capture of that place This deponent further saith that on the expiration of said five months at Albany in the state of New York he was discharged, on the evening next after said discharge this deponent at Albany re-enlisted as a private soldier into the service of the United States in the New York line in the Third regiment commanded by Colonel Peter Gensworth in the company commanded by Captain Forysth This last mentioned enlistment was to serve during the war then existing between great Britain and the United States This deponent served in said regiment until the spring of the year of seventeen hundred and eighty to the best of this deponent's recollection and belief the said Third regiment was disbanded This deponent was transferred to the first regiment of the New York line commanded by Colonel Vanrype into the company of Captain Cornelius Johnston This deponent faithfully served in the said last mentioned regiment until the close of the said war some time in the spring of the year seventeen hundred and eighty three at Snake hill near New Windsor in the State of New York

as This deponent verily believes he was discharged untill called for he then received a written discharge to that effect which he has lost This deponent further saith that he now resides in the county of Butler aforesaid and that from old age infirmities & his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for sup- port, This deponent further saith that  to the best of his knowledge subscribed his before me this twelfth day of May A. D. 1818 John Thompson Mark
Dan d Millikin
State of Ohio } Butler County } ss
I Daniel Millikin
an associate Judge for the court of common pleas of the county of Butler in the State of Ohio do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction from the above deposition that the said John Thompson served in the revolutionary war against the common enemy as a private soldier for more than nine months and that from his reduced circum- stances in life he needs the assistance of his country for support given under my hand this twelfth day of May B.B.
Dan d Millikin
The State of Ohio Butler County ss
I John Reily Clerk of the court of common pleas of the county of Butler aforesaid do certify that Daniel Millikin Esquire before whom the deposition & certificate above sta- ted was taken was at the time of the taking thereof one of the associate Judges of the said court of common

pleas of the said county of Butler and that to all his Official acts as such full faith and credit is due and ought to be given
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Official seal at Ham- ilton the twelfth day of May One thousand eight hundred and eighteen
John Reily
John Thompson, 191 Private New-York line, 12. May, 1818.
John Thompson Private - Ganesport New York Re. 1776 War
Correct
Daniel McKinley Esq. Judge, Hamilton, Butler Co. Ohio.
Recd 27. May, 1818.

John Thompson
Private Claim for a pension
Proof &
Col. Janesville
N. York Ref. This is the second set for we recd the first being found not to correspond with the proofs required recd by the Honorable The Secretary of War -
Roll - The Petitioner is now a Pauper supported by the inhabitants of the Township in which he resides
John Reily Surveyor
Admitted
S.F. 40573
The above  copy  is  to  be  admitted to the above  copy  is  to  be  admitted to the above  copy  is  to  be  admitted

State of Ohio } ss. Butler County }
on the twenty eighth day of July in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighteen before Daniel Melick an associate judge of the court of common pleas for the county of Butler in the seventh circuit in the State of Ohio per- sonally appeared John Thompson who being duly sworn by me doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of a late act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war that was about the beginning of April  July in the year seventeen hundred and seventy five about three weeks after the battle of Bunker's hill being at Poughkeepsie in New York  York he enlisted to serve as a private or common soldier into the company commanded by Captain Daniel Devitow in the regiment he does not recollect  whether they were the whether they were the  attached to any  they were  the  they were  the from Thence to Saratoga from Thence to Albany fort Miller from Thence to Lake George & to Snickersaga from Thence to fort St Johns he was engaged & present at the capture of the last mentioned fort a few days afterwards General Schuyler became sick & the said John together with thirteen others were appointed to conduct the General from fort St Johns to Albany  Snickersaga They proceeded in a barge which was carried from Lake Champlain to Lake George after passing over Lake George the barge was carried to a branch of Hudson They then proceeded

in said passage to Albany on their arrival the said John was immediately discharged verbally by General Schyler about two weeks before his time of service had expired he was requested by General Schyler to enlist under Colonel Peter Gainsworth who at that time was recruiting in Albany on the same day of the last mentioned discharge he enlisted to serve as a private soldier into the company commanded by Captain Thomas Dewitt in the third regiment in the New York line commanded by Colonel Peter Gainsworth Lieutenant Colonel Willett He Major Cohen or Cockran with said John enlisted in the last mentioned company to serve during the existence of the war between the United States & Great Britain The said regiment last mentioned marched to fort Stawarix where they were besieged twenty one days after immediately after the siege the said John was transferred from the company of Captain Dewitt to the company of Captain Forsyth in the same regiment The said regiment then marched to Albany from thence to West Point from thence to the White Plains The said John believes that either at West Point or the White Plains he was transferred to the company commanded by Captain Cornelius Johnston into the first in the New York line regiment, commanded by Colonel Van Ruyven This happened a short time before the capture of Lord Cornwallis at York Town They marched to York Town & was engaged in the siege & capture of Lord Cornwallis They then marched to Pampton in the state of New Jersey where they remained during the

winter; in the ensuing Spring they marched to Plank Point opposite to Stony Point on the North river where they remained during summer in the fall they marched to Snake Hill in the State of New York & remained during the winter some time in the Spring of seventeen hundred & eighty three at Snake Hill he was discharged until called for by General Washington. His discharge or dismission was never printed & partly written he has since lost it he was not afterwards called for The said John further declares under oath that he is sixty seven years of age & that from his reduced circumstances in life he stands in need of the assistance of his country for support & that the aforesaid services were performed during the revolutionary war on the continental establish- -ment The said John further declares he has no other evidence now within his power to produce of having performed the aforesaid services
sworn to & subscribed before me this 24 th day of July A.D. 1818
John Thompson Mark
Daniel Milliken State of Ohio } Butler County ss.
I Daniel Milliken an associate judge of the court of Common Pleas for the county of Butler in the seventh circuit of the State of Ohio do hereby certify that I am satisfied that John Thompson who has made the above declaration did serve as a private soldier in the New York line on the continental establishment during the revolutionary war upwards of nine months as set forth in the above

declaration and that from my own knowledge of the circumstances in life of the said John I do certify that he absolutely stands in need of the assistance of his country for support given under my hand this twenty eighth day of July 1818 —
Dan Millikin
The State of Ohio Butler county ss
I John Reily Clerk of the court of common pleas of the county of Butler aforesaid do certify that Daniel Millikin Esquire before whom the within or foregoing deposition and certificate was taken and made not at the time of the taking and making thereof One of the Associate Judges of the said court of common pleas of the said county of Butler and that to all his Official acts as such
full faith and credit is due and ought to be given
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Official seal at Hamilton the eleventh day of August One thousand eight hundred and eighteen John Reily

Rev.& 1812 Wars Section
AWF:MLB
September 22, 1930
Harriet A. Ross 14 Pierrepont Street Brooklyn, New York
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 40562, that John Thompson enlisted in July, 1775, and served five months as a private in Captain Daniel Denton's New York company, and was at the siege and capture of Saint Johns. Immediately after the above service, he enlisted and served in Captains Thomas De Witt's and Forsyth's companies, Colonel Peter Gansevoort's New York regiment, until the spring of 1780, when he was transferred to Captain Cornelius Johnston's company, Colonel Van Schaick's New York regiment; was at the siege of Yorktown and served until the spring of 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 12, 1818, at which time he was living in Butler County, Ohio, and was aged sixty-seven years. (In 1820, see age)
He died March 2, 1836.
It is not stated whether soldier was ever married.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner
The question of land arose, for John Thompson, see letter to Dr. Gregory in John Thompson, P. 42 476, so several claims were read to determine if certain warrants found recorded in old B. L. Bk., could be applied to any for Cl. They could not. must have not attached.

see U.W. Inv. File 40,562
40573
Ray INVALID.
File No. 5078
John Thompson Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 507
[Arrangement of 1870.]

40 562
1914 July 7 Fish. So. Miller Co. Marsh. V. I. K. 1930 Sept. 22: 14th Co Harriet A. Roseberry.
Rev INVALID.
File No. 40 562 John Thompson Wm. H. ...
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: —Vol. 8 , Page 507
[Arrangement of 1870.]

no Certificate n o
Ohio
John Thompson
of Butler Co. in the state of Ohio who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Ganesvort of the New York line, for the term of the war.
scribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 28 th of July 1810-
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th of April 1819 and sent to Dan l Millikin, Esq r . Hamilton, Ohio.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 7 1/2 50. 06 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th Sept. 1819 40. 00
$: 106. 06
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
S.F. 40573
Butler County.
made 2 declarations

Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in Chillicothe , at the Branch Bk: of the W. States.
Ohio.
S.F. 40,573

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, — " — " —
John Thompson — late a Private " — in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Ohio — " — Agency, at the rate of Eight — dollars per month, to com- mence on the twenty eighth day of July — " — one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this twenty ninth day of April — one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

P. 40562
Ohio - Butler Co.,
Said he ser. to end of war (which entitled him to land) but made no mention of land.
J.L.L.

Kirksville, Mo. June 25, 1914.
Dept of the Interior: Commissioner of Pensions.
Dear Sir:
If there are any records in your office showing that John Thompson, who served in Capt. Denton's Co. and was on muster roll, Goshen N.Y. during Rev. War or if John Wiser more data or Wizer

who served in Co. Frederick Fisher's Co. - Tyron Co. N.Y. or that their wives ( (names unknown) were pensioners, I shall appreciate data con- cerning them.
Yours truly,
Nellie S. Marsh
Kirksville
Mo.
Dear Wel.

Ans Sept 22/30
14 Pierrepont St. Brooklyn. N.Y. Sept 11 " 1930.
Bureau of Pensions: Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:
Would the files in your office give me any information regarding one John Thompson who was in New York Conts Rev. War. - but who is listed on pension roll from Ohio. Butler Co.
In looking over Muster Rolls. I find 2 John Thompson! on Ohio pension lists - I am
trying to locate my ancestor "John Thompson" who settled in Butler Co. Ohio, going there from Orange Co. New York - Want name of wife and children if listed in enlistment papers - Place of Birth + dates -
Will you please be kind enough to give me any information you may have on record regarding these 2 Thompsons.
Yours very Truly
Harriet A. Ross. 14 Pierrepont St Brooklyn. N.Y.

Bureau of Pensions. Washington, D.C.
14 Pierrepont St Brooklyn, N.Y. Aug 27-1930
Guillemine:
In looking up records in the N.Y. Library I find the following notation:
"John Thompson private N.Y. Cont. 97 yrs old - placed on pension Roll Jan'y 18-1819 - Commencement of Pension May 12 - 1818. - Butler Co. Ohio."
Can you tell me whether this "John Thompson" was a Rev. War soldier? If so where he enlisted, and if it is possible, can you give any information about his family? I am trying to establish my Great Great grandfather's parentage -
John Thompson My great great grandfather was a soldier in the war of 1812 and he was a resident of New York until 1803 when he moved to Butler County, Ohio.
Will you please be kind enough to give me all the information regarding the first above named "John Thompson 97 yrs old." The date the pension was stopped, or whether it was paid to his widow in the event she outlived him,
Yours very truly,
Harriet A. Ross.

In reply to your request of _____, received for a statement of the military history of John Thompson a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. File 40,562
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     ✓ July 75 5 mos. Pri. Daniel Denton ✓ N.Y.   Im. after above to Spring 80 sergeant Thos. De Witt Peter Sansvoort N.Y.   — to Spring 80 ens ✓ Forsyth Peter Sansvoort 3   ↓ Spring 80 to Spring 83 Snake Hill, N.Y. ens Cornelius Johnston Vanschaick 1  
Battles engaged in, St. Johns  regt  Yorktown  x
Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓
Date of application for pension, May 12, 1818.
Residence at date of application, Butler Co., Ohio.
Age at date of application, 67  1820 - 83 yrs.  d. Feb. 2, 1836 *
Remarks: 1820 no property nor any family
(Apr. May 12, 1818 enl. at Goshen N.Y. 1820 enl. at Bunker Hill )
July 28, 1818 enl. at Poughkeepsie N.Y.
It is not known whether soldier was a prisoner of war or not.

on file, 40562 40562