Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3798, for Samuel Thompson, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. 6
Va.
Thompson, Samuel.
S. 3798
CONTENTS
carded.

3370 East Tennessee
Samuel Thompson Plunk in the State of Tennessee who was a Sgt. in the Comp y commanded by Captain Donall of the Reg t commanded by Col. Lewis in the VA. line for -- from 1776
Va 9th No. Line. Records etc. March 1 st
Inscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee at the rate of 66-- Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 1 st day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of Dec r 32 and sent to James Heir. Knoxville. Tenn
Arrears to 1 st of Sept 1832 99.99 Semi-ant. allowance ending Nov 33. 33.33
$133.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk. Book D Vol. 9 Page 113
Died 8 Jan. 1839 { see letter to H. Ragan

Samuel Thompson Tennessee No 7039-
from 1776 Serf Private $66.66
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BRIEF in the case of Samuel Thompson  of Blount County in the State of Tennessee  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 78 Years,  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Drafted In 1774 " 5 " Private Gen. Col Andrew Lewis } against Col Charles Lewis } Indians Col McDowell }   Volunteer May 1776 " 7 " " Col Chester   Drafted July 1778 " 6 " " Col John Sisk   Drafted " " 1 " Sergeant Col McCrekin   Volunteer 1781 " 3 " Major Col Williams Brims   Private Col McCrekin   do. Col Sisk Gen Minton Col Shelby Col Thomas Wallace  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? —  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Augusta County Virginia  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

State of Tennessee } ss on this 8 th day of August 1832 County } Personally appeared in open Court before me Edward Scott one of the Circuit Judges of law and Equity in and for the state of Tennessee and for the Second Judicial Circuit in the Circuit Court now sitting in and for the said County Samuel Thompson a servant in the County and state aforesaid aged Sixty eight 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 7 th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated He lived in Augusta County Virginia in the summer of 1774 he was drafted under Capt Samuel McCall in Col Charles Lewis Regiment as a private Marched to Point Pleasant in Virginia at the Junction of the Kenhawa way and Ohio Rivers against the Shawnee Indians had a battle there which continued all day we conquered the Indians Col Andrew Lewis was the Commander in the battle Marched along the Ohio River through the Country Inverness to the hard water of the Nottaway River there peace was made with the Indians by Governor Dunmore and we were honorably but verbally discharged served five months
Again he lived at the same place in the year 1776 about the last of May as he believes he volunteered under Capt John Sisk to go against the Cherokee Indians we had no Col Marched to the big Island on the Holston River calling at the different stations on the way stayed there to guard the frontiers till about the

first of October we were there just under Capt William McCuchin and Col William Christie who was Moved to the big Indian Camp  carried over and chief  there we continued there waiting for the Indians to come and make peace and make peace There was no peace concluded at that time we were there honorably but suddenly discharged & served in this last four years months
Again still here at the same place about the first of July in the year 1778 was drafted under Col Samuel McCuchin in Col Wm Baynes Regiment he went as an orderly sergeant was there appointed sergeant  was there appointed sergeant  on a raid  on a raid Marched to Fort McIntosh on the Ohio River there to the head of the Muskingum River built a fort which we called Fort Laurens Marched back to Stanton Virginia was there honorably but suddenly discharged served six months
Again when he removed to Sullivan County South Carolina that was Tennessee he was drafted under Capt Robert Kyle in the Ocmulgee Marched to the Chickamauga against the Cherokees Indians reconnoitered the country after three weeks march was honorably but suddenly discharged
Again when leaving at the place last described about the 1st of July 1781 volunteered under Capt Thomas Wallace in Col David Shelby's Regiment of Ocmulgee Marched to Green's Camp to the big hills of Suckee then ordered by Genl Greene to Join Genl Genl Marion at the Suckee swamp Marched from thence a garrison called Collington Buildings the British surrendering to us we there took about eighty prisoners then back to Suckee

Swamp to Maroon camp. In there got his arm distanced and unable to perform duty. He was there honorably but rebellion discharged. Several three months he has been a cripple in said arm ever since.
Then removed to the south side of French Broad and little Pigeon in what is now Sevier County Tennessee in the year 1788 as to the Cherokee Indians became hostile the people were under the necessity of fortifying and he fortified at Walla's fort on little Pigeon remained fortified and fighting the Indians about a year. Then removed to what is now Blount County Tennessee there had to fort remained fortified and fighting the Indians for about two years. He served as above stated in the Infantry and Cavalry in the whole twenty two months and in the different against the Indians three years. He may be mistaken as to dates but believes he is not as to the length of time he served. He has no documentary evidence and he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension as a military except the present and believes that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid his Learn to & subscribed in Samuel Thompson Open Court August 8th 1832. mark
Daniel D. Foulk
The Isaac Anderson a Cleggman residing in the County of Blount and state of Tennessee and Col John Lowry County of Maury and state of Tennessee hereby certify that we are well acquainted with

Samuel Thompson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be twenty eight 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 Isaac Anderson Sworn to & subscribed in Open Court 8 th Aug. 1832 John L. Hovey Daniel P. Mitchell
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 applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to him that that Isaac Anderson who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the said County of Blount and State of Tennessee and that Col John Sneyd who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place and is a credible person and that the statement is entitled to credit
Edw. Scott one of the judges of the Circuit Court of Law and Equity in & for the State of Tennessee aforesaid
State of Tennessee I Samuel D. Faunt Clerk of the Blount County Circuit Court of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original

Rev. Mar
3498
INVALID.
File No. 3798
Samuel Thompson Pot. Prov. Line.
Act: June 7, 1832
Index: —Vol. 64 , Page 372
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Va. & Md. Line. Records corrected Mar 10 '04

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Samuel 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? Yes
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? Yes
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
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?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 12 & 14 not answered
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 the 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.
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 authenticated 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 end 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.

Jan. 2, Thompson
7039.
Direct to James Hair Knoxville

proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Chapman for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at office in Nashville this 8 th day of August 1832
Paul D. Tennt. clk.
By W. S. Conger D. C.

Aug 24 Aug 14
C.W.
Sam Thompson Tenn.
Friend
Mr. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions Washington City

Dear Sir
You will please examine this case and give the necessary directions in order for Mrs. Thompson to get her deceased husband's Pension, according to an act of Congress on that subject. All the necessary proofs as I conceive can be easily obtained which will entitle her to draw the money
Your early attention to this subject will confer a great favour on the widow. In haste I remain yours &c.
J. Ragan Clk By J. H. Henry Ex.
N.B. Direct your Instructions to Maryville Blount City E. Jennings Ex.