Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6217, for William Thompson, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.B.
Thompson, William
S. 6217
CONTENTS
carded

37
19113
West Tennessee
order to Dead - pay 11 April 1861
William Thompson Franklin in the State of Tennessee who was a Col. Sq. in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the N.G. commanded by Col. Carroll in the Warrenton line for 9 months private 3 " " Sergeant 12 " " Captain
Inscribed on the Roll of W Tennessee at the rate of 285 Dollars & Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of Augt 1833 and Docket No Paul Winchester
Arrears to the 14th of March 570.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept 4 142.50
$712.50
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by David Boyd Clerk,
Book 8 Vol. 7 Page 98

Joseph Bryan N. H. L.

I know all men by these presence that I Thos Finch of the County of Franklin and State of Tennessee (Adm r ) executor of the Estate of the Late Capt William Thompson do hereby nominate constitute and appoint Thos Whinnery of Knoxville Tennessee my true and Lawful Attorney for me and in my name place and stead to prosecute the General Government of the United States, for all increase of pension due said estate an account of the services of Capt William Thompson who served in the North Carolina Line in the war of the Revolution for more than two years, and having only drawn pay or pension under act of Congress of June 7 th 1832 of two hundred and eighty five dollars per annum, and having died on the first day of March eighteen hundred and thirty five, I hereby appoint my attorney to procure such increase or annuities of pension as was due said Capt William Thompson at his death and now due his estate an account of said Revolutionary services in said Line, hereby authorizing my attorney to furnish all proof and to file the same in the Departments at Washington City, and to examine and use all proof now on file in any of the Departments at Washington City or elsewhere, in order to establish said claim of increase of pension; further giving power to my attorney to do any and every other act or acts that I might or could do in and about the premises, by virtue hereof. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my

hand and Affixed my Seal this 14 th day of June A.D. 1852
Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of _____ John T. Hutton W m W. Shay
Thos. Hunt
State of Tennessee Franklin County } S.S.
Be it known that before me John T. Hutton an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn personally appeared Thos. Hunt and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be his act and deed for the purposes therein contained
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 14 th day of June A.D. 1852
John T. Hutton J.P.
Justice of the Peace for Franklin Co. Tennessee

State of Tennessee } Franklin County } To Wit,
I, Wm C Gaylon
Clerk of the County
beast in and for the County and State above mentioned hereby certify that it appears from the Records in my office that Thos Fincher Esq, is the Lawful and Legal appointed Administrator of the Estate of the Late Capt William Thompson deceased, who was a prisoner of the United States, and resided in the County and State above mentioned,
I would further certify that John T. Station Esq before whom the foregoing acknowledgement was made is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and sworn, and the signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office in Winchester This 14 th day of June AD 1852
Wm C Gaylon Clerk

Capt. W m Thompson
Franklin
from - private
Sergt + Captain
2 yrs
P. 9 mo. - 30. -
Sergt 3 mo. 15. -
Captain 1 yr. 240. -
$285.
M. Taul
Winchester,
Ten

Capt. Wm. Thompson: Tennessee.
Winchester — Edmund Russell, Clk. Franklin County, Tennessee,

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 Capt. Wm Thompson, of Tennessee.
   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.     Vol. 3 Br. Capt. Gran. Col. Caswell, Major General. Wayne County N.C. Aged 79 years. Documentary proof and traditional evidence.   Vol. 3 P. Capt. Tolson Col. Caswell.   Vol. about six or seven weeks. P. Capt. Geo. Miller, Lt. Colonel. Col. Caswell Moore's Creek. Moore's Creek Bridge.   Vol. in '79 3 acting Quartermaster. Capt. Mooring. Col. Johnson. From Dobb County, N.C. to Fayetteville; thence to Charlotte, thence to the District of Columbia.   Served in '80 at least 12. Captain. Col. Wm Claiborne.  
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 the 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 _____. 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 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 [i] 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. R. Frances

State of Tennessee, Franklin County ss.
On this 27 th day of November 1832, personally appeared before the Worshipful the Court of Pleas at Quarters Sessions for the County and State aforesaid, Capt. William Thompson a resident of the County & State aforesaid, aged about 79 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 of the Act of Congress passed June the 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers - I first volunteered in the early part of the Revolutionary War, year not recollect ed , as a private in Capt. Joseph Green's Company of North Carolina Militia, Dobb's County in the Regiment commanded by Col. Richd. Caswell, for a term of three months - The Inlets of Cape Fear river was at that time blockaded by a British Man of War - 40 Miles below Wilmington, at a place called Old Head - The troops were commanded by Col. Caswell - Ensign, Major. We occupied an intrenched Camp at a place, called the Cots Spring, one Mile below Wilmington - After remaining there some time, Colonel Caswell, receiving information, that it was not the object of the enemy to land troops

but to blockade the Inlets, he discharged us from serving to the best of his recollection (for he has no discharge for that term, without written evidence) about two months & a half. He then resided in Dobbs Ferry, North Carolina . - After being discharged as above he returned home, & in a short time thereafter, he broke within a month or two, volunteers were again called for, to march to Baldhead Island Wilmington. He again volunteered as a private in the Company Commanded by Capt. William Fellows, - Col. Gwynn having the Chief Command. - His residence was then as above, distant from Wilmington about 100 miles - we crossed Cape Fear at that place; & marched down to Baldhead on the South side - Here we remained until the term (three months) expired, when we were discharged, but not in writing -
After being at home some time, there was again a call for volunteers. He joined the Company Commanded by Col. George Miller Benjamin a Second Lieutenant, in Col. Gwynn's Regiment. - We were marched to Morris's Creek bridge, where we had a battle with the Tories (Scotchmen) who were on their march, to join the enemy at Wor- rington. - The Tories were defeated. They

was Commanded by McLeod (or McLeod) & Mc Donald, both of whom with others were killed, many wounded taken prisoners - We had one killed (John Brady) two wound- ed - The prisoners, he believes, were released upon taking the Oath of allegiance to the State - He was again discharged, tho' not in writing after serving as well as he reflects about six, or seven weeks -
Early in the year 1779, he again Volun- teered as a private for a term of three months & joined Capt. Morings Company in the Regiment Commanded by Colo. Jonas John- son - there was another Regiment of North Carolina state troops Commanded by Colo. Mc Donald, both raised to go to South Carolina, the white Commanded by Gen Butler of North Carolina - We marched from Dobbs Ferry, N. Carolina early in the month of March 1779, passing by Kingston the place of Rendezvous, to Fayetteville, from thence to Charlotte, from thence to 96 in S. Carolina - Here we remained about one week - then marched to Augusta in Geor- gia, having previously reached Gen Lincolns headquarters - not far from Augusta - The enemy had been lying at that place, which they evacuated upon Lincolns approach

We pursued them down the River near the mouth of Pin Creek - Here we crossed the River & marched to Pocomoke bridge from there we marched to Dorchester 22 miles from Charleston - The Army lay encamped at Bacon's bridge, Two Miles from Dorchester some time. The Army was marched from this place to Stones , where the enemy was which was fought on the 22 nd day of June 1779 attacked. He was in the battle. - The enemy was reinforced from the Islands near Charleston, & the American Army Commanded by Gen. Lincoln was repulsed. Our loss in in the battle was 176 in killed wounded. This officer was then acting as Quarter Master for Willoughby Willi- ams, the Quarter Master of Col. John- ston's Regiment - His term of service be- ing expired, some time before, he was re- gularly discharged on the 10. th day of July 1779, as will appear by the annexed dis- charge under the proper hand of Col. James Johnston, who Commanded the Regiment. He was however detained at camp some days after the 10. th of July waiting for orders. He returned to his residence in Dobb's County N. Carolina, about the 27. th Aug. t 1779 - The body of said discharge is in the hand writing of Willoughby Williams, who was Quarter Master of the Regiment, & whose widow married the

late Gov: McEwen of this State. His hand writing is probably known to the Honble H. L. White of the Senate of the U. S.
On the 8 th day of June 1780 the Applicant was appointed a Capt. of Militia in the Regiment commanded by Col o William M c Stoney, by the Honble then Governor of the State of North Carolina, as will appear by the Annexed Commission - As soon as Captain of the Militia, he was immediately ordered into service for an indefinite period thereof. He was almost constantly in service from that time until the end of the war - but from the nature and character of the war at that time in the Southern States, he was generally with the men under his command, sometimes more sometimes less, engaged in patrolling & scouting about the Country in pursuit of the Enemy. The times were so gloomy that many of the principal men Officers particularly Col o Caswell, Col o Shuford, Col o Scott & others fled for refuge West of the Mountains leaving such as chose to remain to defend themselves & Country the best way they could - In April 1781, being on a scout with a small party of men of which he had the command in Duplin County, N. Carolina, he was attacked by a detachment from the main Army of the enemy commanded by Lord Cornwallis & taken as prisoners of war.

We are paroled after being robbed of my mare Saddle Horse by a Sergeant of the British Dragoons - the mare was young & very likely valuable, the Sergeant after taking her separately of her, said he would not take 50 Guineas for her. She was never returned to me, nor did I ever receive any compen- sation for her. Without being able to specify with precision the length of time he served as Captain, he can say with truth & certainty, that he is confident that he must have served as such at least one year - that altogether he has no hesi- tation in declaring that he served the United States, during the War of the Revolution, as a private soldier & officer of Militia more than two years - He states that he was born in the County of Dobbs, State of North Carolina, in the 1753 or 1754 - He has no record of his age having lost it - He continued his re- sidence in Dobbs County, afterwards Wayne until the year 1796, when he removed to Washington County, Georgia, & resided there until 1808, when he removed to Wilson County, Tennessee, where he resided until 1810, at which time he removed to this County, where he has resided ever since

He has no other discharge or documentary evidence in his possession to prove any of the facts herein stated; nor does he know of any person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service.
He hereby relinquishes every claim what ever to a pension or annuity, except the present, & declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any state sworn to & subscribed in open court, Nov. 27 th 1832 on  Mr  Thompson E Russell Clerk By W. B. Wagner D. C.
Mr Rob t Dugan a Clergyman of Elias Oldham Esq r mid d of the County of Franklin State of Tennessee, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Sgt. William Thompson, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be thirty nine years of age that he is reported & believed in the neighborhood in which resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, that we concur in that opinion. Rob t Dugan. Sworn to & subscribed in open court Nov 27 th 1832 Elias Oldham E Russell Clerk By W. B. Wagner D. C.

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented 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 Robert Dougan who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Franklin State of Tennessee and that Elias Oldham who has also signed the same is a resident in the County State aforesaid and is a credible person that their statement is entitled to credit.
Edmond Russell Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions for Franklin County in the State of Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of William Thompson for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office at office the 27th day of Novr 1832
E Russell Clerk of Franklin County Court By W. B. Wagner D. C.
Col. W. B. Thompson 210 Declaration

Rev War
6214 INVALID.
File No. 6217 William Thompson Sergt Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. M , Page 372
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mrs Thompson Jan 25 32
Ja. B. Heath Esq Present
J. Bryant

Discharge
Discharge
File 6217 n.c. William Thompson

This is to certify that William Thompson a Native Man from S. Carolina (Dobbs County) has served in my Reg't Three Months in the South State as for my Sergeant and he is now Discharged from any further Service there So Given Under my hand July 18 th 1879 Francis Gilmerston Col

Winchester Tenn: Dec 6 th 1832
Hon. Secretary of War
I send to you enclosed the Declarations of Capt. William Thompson, Barnard Thompson, Sanford Perry, Charles Pierson, and Martin Jones, Applicants for Pensions under the Act of June last.
Some three months ago, I forwarded similar declarations for 10 or 12 other applicants - I should like to be informed of the result, as they expect to receive their information through me.
Respectfully W. L. Gann

Wm. L. G. May 21. 1833.
M. Lord would be much obliged to be in- formed of the result of the application of S. Berry. C. Pease & M. Jones.
In the case of Capt. Thompson, the only object was secured before, the papers were not attached This being now done, it is hoped a certificate will be returned.
Yours sincerely J. M. Lord

Washington City May 11 th 1852.
J. E. Heath Esq. Comt. of Pensions. Sir.
You will please recognize J. Bryan Esq. as the attorney for me in any claim presented to the Pension Office by me -
Very respectfully Your obedt Servt Jabez W. Newman

Washington City June 24. 1852.
J. E. Heath Esq Comd. of Pension Off.
I have the honour to enclose herewith a power of Attorney from Thos. Smith admr. of Mr. Thompson dec. d late of Seneca, authorizing Sarge W. New- man to prosecute his claim for an increase of Pension. The power of atty from Mr. Newman to me is also enclosed, & I re- spectfully ask leave to examine the papers on file.
Very respectfully Roger O. Schuch Joseph Bryan

J L Edward Esq Conner of Puma Washington 6/5

Pension agency Union Bank of Tex Nashville 11 March 1837
J L Edmund Esq
Sir
The enclosed vouchers are presented to me for payment of pension due to Mr Thompson's and for As they are not exactly in the usual form - two of the powers of Atty being acknowledged before the clerk of the county court in Alabama (which would make it legally valid in ordin- ary transactions & in the transfer of real estate in that state or this) instead of a megnotate which latter is required by the printed instru- tions -
After examination please say whether I shall be justified in paying the money on the vouchers in their present shape
very respectfully
Yours Oct 20th
John B. Prest Pension Agent