Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1000, for Benjamin Thompson, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Thompson Benjamin
W 1000
Martha Wade
B.L.Wt. 34994-160-55
CONTENTS

212 140 Jack. 2-18-55 Sept 17, 55
Martha Made Thompson wid. of Benjamin Ph: Vap. Amber Capt. Fox on Rose leaf Ma. Mud.
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Revolutionary War.
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John Houghton Calhoun Lenn
Vol. I = 67

6832 Tennessee State  Wade Thompson Wade Thompson son of Benjamin Thompson served in the Revolutionary
1855 July 6 Transferred from Nashville to Knoxville from 1853 May 4 Smith Matilda
for, as a priv. & corp. of Line
scribed on the Roll at the rate of 87 Dollars 11 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of May 1855. and sent to
S. B. [unclear] Present.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 9, 1848, Page 311 Vol. 3

Agree Will Perry Thompson Hambright & McElrath Walhalla Ga.
Proof of birth Enclosed
Return to J. H. [?] $ 2.00 military

Calhoun Tennessee July 27 th 1837
Sir
We have Received yours of the 12 th Instant which Informed us that you had Succeeded in finding the name of Benjamin Thompson on your Roll
In Answer we can Inform you that Mr Hambright visited Mrs Martha W Thompson widow Dr, and obtained the following Information which we wish you to Examine and prepare the papers for her for a Pension as promised in your Letter
1 th we Enclose you a old family Record of part of the births of their Children written by a man by the name of Tillison which we will be able to prove is Genuine by Respectful Witnesses The widow says her oldest child died when an Infant with no name and is not noticed on the family Record of which we will be able to prove
2 th we have in our possession an additional family Record written by Benjamin Thompson son of The claimant in the year 1816 at the request of his father which Shows all the births of their Children which is ten in number The dates agreeing with the Record written by Tillison and sent to you we have also in our possession a deed of gift from Benjamin Walker the father of the claimant in the following words
Extract To my Beloved daughter Martha wife of Thompson wife of Benjamin Thompson, The deed witnessed by four witnesses and dated on the 27 th day of November 1792 all which we will be able to prove in a Court of Justice, They are genuine, by credible witnesses
Mrs Thompson Declaration is very vague and Scanty but we are in hopes you can give her the necessary Information which will Indentify her with the Service of her husband

Declaration of the widow
The Recollection of the widow is that her husband entered the service in the early part of the Revolution and served the whole war either in the State troops of Virginia or the Continental Line his residence was either in Mecklenburg or Brunswick County Virginia when he entered the service she believes his captain's name was Fox (but not certain) Colonel not recollected but would know them if mentioned her husband once enlisted for five years or during the war was in the service at the end of the war, he was in the Battles of Brandywine at the Storming of Stony Point the Defeat at Paoli he was under General Wayne in all of the above mentioned engagements she thinks he was in the Battle of Monmouth  1778 was a sergeant part of not all the time was stationed at Valley Forge and White Plains marched through the country of New York New Jersey his service was principally at the south if not entirely so, or middle states she believes he served in the 8 th or 9 th Regiments from Virginia
She was married on the 18 th day of August 1790 by William Holt Esq. her husband died on the 12 th day July 1825 thinks she can prove marriage by living witnesses not certain
We have no record of the marriage, but from the births of the children and deed of gift above mentioned we think the loss of the marriage can be clearly proved that the claimant was married before the 1 st day of January 1794 which will entitle her to the benefit of the act of the 7 th July 1838 and Succeeding acts in making the Declaration we entirely depend on you She says her husband said he was entitled to Land which he never applied for if so please Enquire into the case and send us the Regulations

the Department in such cases we will guarantee to you your fee in both cases provided we can succeed in getting please give this your earliest attention as we wish to authenticate the papers at the meeting of the next Court which will be in four weeks from this { Respectfully, Hambright & McElrath
We Request you to Examine your Rolls for the names of John Shively & Matthew Shaw They served in Virginia either State Troops or as Regulars in Colonel Darke's Regiment (perhaps they are mistaken) Capt Dandridge was then Capt please Examine all the Rolls of Virginia Hambright & McElrath
L B True Washington City D.C
The borders will be sent to you postage paid to be entirely under your control. H. B. True
There are Thos. Wall & Fox - Officers in Va message Service of

Jer. Thompson was born July the 18 th A.D. 1811
Robert H. Thompson Was born February the 9 th A.D. 1806
Martha Thompson born May the 6 th The year of our Lord
Clary C. Thompson Born March the 14 th 1809
Benjamin
Rebecca Thompson Was married April 25 th in the year of our Lord 1819
John J. Thompson was Born July 17 th in the year of our Lord 1820
Henry S. Thompson Was Born March 15 th in the year of our Lord 1821
Martha J. Thompson Was Born January 2 th in the year of our Lord 1824

Benjamin & Martha
Thompson (children)
Ages Thus 16 th day Novem 1816
Benjamin W. Thompson
was Born January the 11 th in the year of our Lord 1793
Mary Thompson was Born December the 29 th in the year of our Lord 1794
Mary Thompson was Born March the 8 th A.D. 1794
death of Clements husband Benjamin Thompson about July 12 th the 1825
Carey W. Thompson Departed this Life.
March 14 th in the year of our Lord 1827
Aged 18 years

January the 4 th 1883 Mary Thompson was born December the 29 th 1884 John Thompson was born March the 8 th 1897 Mary Thompson was born the 18 th --- 1890 Robert Thompson was born February the 9 th
1805 Mother Thompson was born May the 6 th in the year of our Lord 1807

THE NEW TESTAMENT
OF THE LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST,
TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL GREEK.
And with the former Translations diligently compared and revised,
BY HIS MAJESTY'S SPECIAL COMMAND.
APPOINTED TO BE READ IN CHURCHES.
CAMBRIDGE,
PRINTED BY JOHN ARCHDEACON AND JOHN BURGON, PRINTERS TO THE UNIVERSITY.
AND SOLD BY C. DILLY, F. & C. RIVINGTON, AND B. & J. MERRILL, IN CAMBRIDGE.
1795.
CUM PRIVILEGIO.

No. 4. 743
Martha Thompson near Bufum
Iowa
July 1. 1838
[Faint, mirrored handwriting from the reverse side of the page] The ... ... ... ... ...

Declaration
In order to obtain the Benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838 Entitled an act Granting half pay and pensions to certain widows
On this 26 th day of July 1852 Personally appeared before W m P. Simmons, an acting Justice of the peace for the County of Martha Wade Thompson a resident of the State of Tennessee in the County of Bradley Aged Eighty years who being duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath Make the following Declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the provision made by the acts of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 also of March the 3 rd 1843 also the Act of June 17 th 1844 also the Act of February 1848 Entitled Acts Granting half pay and Pensions to certain widows that She is the widow of Benjamin Thompson who was a Corporal in the Continental Army that forasmuch as the best Information and from her Recollection of what her Deceased husband informed her that her husband Enlisted for the term of five years in the State of Virginia in the County of Brunswick that he Entered the Service in the latter part of the year of 1776 and served full five years declarant says she has often heard him speak of his officers names but she has forgot their names, she thinks he served under Colonel G. Linn but is not certain, her best Recollection is that her husband served in the 8 or 9 Regiment of Virginia but she is not certain she is right, but she is certain he served in one of the Virginia Regiments, full five years, as a Regular Soldier and a Corporal Declarant says her husband was in the Battle of Brandywine at the defeat of Paoli at the Storming of Stony Point declarant says she has no documentary Evidence to support her claim. She further Declares that she was married to the said Benjamin Thompson on the 15 th day of August 1791 1790 that her husband the aforesaid

Benjamin Thompson died on the 12 th day of July 1825 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen Hundred and Ninetyfour viz. at the time above stated declarant further says that the family Record is genuine and is the true ages of their children and further says that Benjamin W. Thompson the first that appears on the Record is not her first child she had one who died in infancy. She further says she is the Identical Martha Wade Thompson and that her husband is the Identical Benjamin Thompson who was named in a deed of gift purporting to convey a negro girl and other property and that she was then the lawful wife of the said Benjamin Thompson at the date of said gift of her father Benjamin Walker. She further states that her husband the said Benjamin Thompson belonged to wagons Brigade and entered the service under Captain Fox or was under Captain Fox, in the Battle of Brandywine, where Captain Fox was wounded and left the service, and says her husband told her he was entitled to Bounty land and then she has not presented her claim, she had no way of knowing her husband's service sworn and subscribed the day and year above written.
W. P. Simmons before me  Notary of the peace { Martha W. Thompson mark State of Tennessee } On this 26 th day of July 1832 Bradley County } personally appeared me W. P. Simmons John Thompson & Benjamin W. Thompson who after being duly sworn according to Law say that they were personally acquainted with Benjamin Thompson deceased and are personally acquainted with Martha W. Thompson who has sworn and subscribed the above declaration that the said Benjamin Thompson was reputed and believed to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that the family Record herewith attached is the genuine family Record of the said Benjamin Thompson & Martha W. Thompson.

and the children there named viz Benjamin W., Mary, John, Jency, Robert H., Martha and Clarice W. Thompson are the children of the said Benjamin Thompson Deceased and Martha W. Thompson, that the said Benjamin Thompson died on the 12 th day of July 1825, and that the said Martha W. Thompson has remained a widow and is now a widow They further say that the deed of gift here presented is the identical deed Given to the said Martha W. Thompson who is the identical person named and Benjamin Thompson Deceased was the identical person named in said deed of gift which has been in their possession ever since, that the family Record is in the hand writing of Samuel Stowell written at the Request of Benjamin Thompson Deceased Recd of his both written by Robert H. Thompson sworn and subscribed the day and year above written before me.
W. P. Simmons
John Thompson Benjamin W. Thompson
Justice of the peace
State of Tennessee } W. P. Simmons are of the acting Justices Bradley County } of the peace for the county and state aforesaid do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Martha W. Thompson, who has sworn and subscribed the above Declaration I am also personally acquainted with John Thompson & Benjamin W. Thompson who has sworn to the above affidavit, they are all Respectable and are entitled to full credit and I believe that Martha W. Thompson is of the age of 21 and from my personal knowledge she is unable from Bodily Infirmary, unable to attend a court of Justice to make a declaration in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal. This 26 th day of July, 1852
W. P. Simmons

State of Tennessee Bradley County
I John H. Robertson clerk of the County Court for the County of Bradley aforesaid. do certify that William D. Summers who's name appears to the foregoing declar- ation and affidavit is an acting Justice of the peace for Bradley County, he was duly elected commissioned and sworn and faith and credit is due to his official acts given under my hand and Seal of office in Cleveland July 28 th 1852. John H. Robertson C lerk

Claim for Bounty Land of Martha Wm. Thompson widow of Benjamin Thompson soldier of the Revolutionary war
Send warrant to John Hambright
Calhoun Tennessee
212, 11/18

State of Tennessee, Bradley County.
On this 15 th day of August, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for said county and State aforesaid, Martha Wade Thompson aged 89 years, a resident of Bradley county, in the State of Tennessee, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Benjamin Thompson deceased, who was a Private & Corporal in the Company commanded by Captain Hose or Rose, in the Regiment of Virginia Continental Line commanded by perhaps by Col. Gideon in the war with of The Revolution
that her said husband enlisted at Brunswick Co., Virginia, on or about the day of A. D. 1776 or 77, for the term of five years and continued in actual service in said war for five years, and was honorably discharged at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on the day of A. D. 1781 or 1782
The further states that she was married to the said Benjamin Thompson in County North Carolina on the 15 th day of August A. D. 1790 by one Holt, a Justice of the Peace, and that her name before her marriage was Martha Wade Walker; that her said husband died at Cocke County, State of Tennessee, on the 12 th day of July, A. D. 1825, and that she is now a widow.
The further declares that she has never made application for bounty land under any act of Congress nor has she ever received any obtained  any  which she has legally disposed of, and it cannot now be set aside.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3, 1855." She further says that she was allowed a pension for the service of her said husband at the rate of eighty seven dollars per annum that her pension certificate was dated the 18 th day of May 1855 & she has no public Record of her marriage and that her proof of marriage to wit her family Record is now in the Pension office which she sent in order to obtain a pension Martha Wade Thompson
We, H. L. Thompson and R. H. Thompson, residents of Bradley county, in the State of Tennessee, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Martha Wade Thompson, in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person he represents herself to be.
L. G. Thompson R. H. Thompson
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Justice of the Peace.
State of Tennessee { on this 3 rd day of September in the year Bradley County { of 1855 personally appeared before me The undersigned one of the acting Justices of the Peace for The County and State aforesaid R. H. Thompson and Samuel Gregory who both reside in this County and who are Entitled to full credit and who say after being duly sworn according to law they are Disinterested and further say that

They were personally acquainted with Benjamin Thompson husband of Martha W. Thompson who has sworn to the above Declaration that he died in Cooke County Tennessee on the 12 th day of July 1828 that the said Martha and said Benjamin associated and lived together as husband and wife up to the day of the death of the said Benjamin that they raised a large family of children (to wit) ten children and that the said Martha is yet a widow sworn and subscribed the day and year above written before me
James Donohoe Esq. a Justice of the peace
P. H. Thompson Samuel Grigsby
State of Tennessee } I John H. Robertson Clerk of the County Bradley County } County of the County and State aforesaid do certify that William Britton & James Donohoe whose genuine signatures are to the above Declaration and affidavit are now acting Justices of the Peace and was at the date of signing the same duly elected and qualified therefore due faith and credit are due all their official acts Given under my hand and seal of office at office at Cleveland. This 6 th day of September 1855
John H Robertson C.C.

Check WIDOW, &c.
No. 1000 Martha Wade Thompson Widow Benjamin Thompson. Print Corp. Rev War.
Act: Feb 2, 1848.
Index:—Vol. M. Page 268
[Arrangement of 1870.]

11.754  Tennessee. Nashville Martha Wade Thompson, widow of Benjamin, who died on the 12 th July 1825. of in the State of who was a priv't Corp in the commanded by Captain of the commanded by in the Revolution line for 21 months corporal. Va. 3 " private
Inscribed on the Roll of Nashville at the rate of 87. Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of May 1835. and sent to
Arrears to the 4th of S. B. True Semi-annual allowance ending Present.
G. H. Petty } Revolutionary Claim, } Act July 7, 1838. }
Recorded by Book D. Vol. 1.
Clerk. Page 357.

9.601 Tennessee
Martha M. Thompson, widow of Benjamin who was a private & corp l l in the Revolution,
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 87. Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of May 1855. and sent to
J. B. Vance Present.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book a Vol. 2. Page 198.

34.994
J Sto. Aug

14,742
Martha W Thompson Widow of Benjamin Iann
Ham bright Oct 11 1852
" Ap. 9 1853
" July 19 1853
A. Smith Dec 20 1853
" Dec 22 1852
Wm & A Smith Dec 28 1852
S B True Jany 10 1855
H. & A Smith 3 March 1855
P True Apr 2 1853
July 7 1838

Jan. 31. 1853
Rec: cc: of Martha Rev. Thompson widow of Rev. Thompson
Rev. H. H. Hight Calhoun Tenn J. M. [Signature] Cal [Signature]
South Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Martha W. Thompson Born 2 nd Jan 1838
for P. Smithville
Dear P. A. Walde Cam of Pennians Washington De

Martha W. Thompson Jan. - Jan. 1886
Believe me true
E. W. True Esq. Washington D.C.

Martha Thompson Jan 1858
Adkins
Franklin Penn Pa
Recd Dec 21 st 1884

Aug 3 rd 1852
App d of Martha rev Thompson wife of Benjamin
Charles Town 31 July 31
Rev Hambleton Calhoun Tenn
Rev H. H. Hester Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
Special

Henry Thompson Tenn Rev. Elgin - Inksheds
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business,
Commissioner.
Hon Judge Waldo Com Pensions Present

Martha W. Lumpkin
To the Commemoration of Call  Ann Washington D.C.

April 20, 1882
Rel: to claim of Martha W. Thompson widow of Benjamin
John Hambright Calhoun McMinn Co. Tenn
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. PENSION OFFICE. OFFICIAL BUSINESS

Adol. cur. int. 1841 Martha R. Thompson widow of Benjamin
John Hambright Calhoun Tennessee
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, PENSION OFFICE. OFFICIAL BUSINESS

Dear P. H. Walden Camp of Americans Washington D. C.

Talkame 2 June 27 th
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Dad of gift to Negro Klae
Thompson, Benjamin Va. W1000

Miss Walker Friendship Columbia, Maryland
Thompson Benj. No. 10000

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I now all men by these presents that I Benjamin Walker of Cumberland County Plano have this day and date given and delivered to my Beloved Daughter — Martha Wade Thompson wife of Benj a Thompson to she and her heirs lawfully begotten One Negro Girl By the Name of Chloe to her and her forever clear of all Incumbrances likewise One Trunk and a Saddle and Bed and one Cow and Calf One hen Bricolane Side Saddle Two Trunks a Skinning Wheel and a Equal proportion of the Household furniture — Two hundred acres of land adjoining Joseph Hinton's in Moore County which I purchased of Abner Pitt all this I give to the said Martha Wade Thompson to her heirs lawfully begotten forever as Witness my hand & Seal this Twenty Seventh of November 1799
Signed Seal and Delivered in the presence of
Benj a Walker —
Benj a Evans
Joseph Hargraves
Edm d Brinkley
Charles + Hinton
I desire the above to be Recorded in Court &
Ben a Walker

State of Tennessee & Joseph H. Davis clerk of the County Bradley County Court of said County do hereby certify
That Samuel Grigsby was appointed Administrator of the Estate of Martha M. Thompson deceased on the 3 rd day of June 1967 as appears of record - and in my office with my hand and seal of office in Cleveland this first day of July 1967 Joseph H. Davis clerk

Calhoun Tennessee May 9 th 1855
Sir
In answer to your Letter of the 9 th ultimo in relation to the claim of Martha W Thompson for a pension under the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 Enclosed please find the affidavit of Richard Dean & John Thompson in support of said claim
Respectfully, John Hambright
L P Wolde
Care of Pension Washington City, D. C.

Letter Oct 1) 1867

Sir, In the claim for arrears of pension in the case of Martha Wade Thompson, widow of Brig. revised I do not find the names of the legal heirs - or proof of their loyalty - of the left heirs It should be shown that earmark also to the app. of the ad.
John H. Hamilton Oct 17. 1867

Martha M. Thompson Wid Benjamin do 7 Tennessee
Surrounded
To see papers
2 13 True Issue B B True B B True

State of Mass June 12 1834
J B Lorne Esq.
Sir
I must ask the favour of you to investigate, and prosecute the claim of Martha W Thompson - for a pension. She is one of my constables and her papers are on file at the pension office.
I make this request of you at the suggestion of her Agent in Ipswich, and the Commissioner will no doubt give you access to the papers in the case.
Respectfully your obedient servant J A Smith

Calhoun Tenn. Jan. 16 th /55.
Sir yours the twelfth Inst. came duly to hand in regard to the letter you sent me to Mr. McElroth in July 1857 Mr. McElroth has either got it or I have mistaid it Mr. McElroth has not been engaged in the prosecuting this claim of Mrs. Thompson the Declaration of Mrs. Thompson was made entirely from her Recollection of her husbands Service which was very vague and uncertain and was founded on no Statements made by you or any one Else and I have no doubt of its being a meritorious claim if it can be allowed she will receive nothing but what is right and just I do not see the necessity of making an affidavit that you did not give Information Respecting her long Service in the Revolutionary war, for you did not nor never has, to the above I would be willing to be qualified to if necessary
yours Respectfully John Hambright
L B True Esq. Washington city

I hereby certify that J Banknight the writer of the within letter is a man of honor and integrity and of unquestionable veracity I can therefore vouch for the truth of the statements herein made I will add that this letter was sent under cover to me and by me handed to Mr True Washington
Jan 26 1835
J. A. Smith
L. B. True Esq Washington City D. C.

I enclose you this poem John Burchett Jun 24 1835. J. A. Smith

This is to Certify, That it appears from a List in this Office of such Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia Continental Line as settled their Accounts and received Certificates for the balance of their full pay, according to An Act of Assembly, passed the November Session 1781, directing the Auditors of Public Accounts to settle and adjust the pay and accounts of the said Officers and Soldiers from the 1st January 1777 to 31st December 1781, (See Hening's Statutes at Large, Vol. 10, p. 462,) that a settlement was made on the 23 rd day of March 1784, in the name of Benj n Thompson as Capt t Inf y _____ and evidence of the indebtedness of the State to him for £ 65, 6, 11 _____ delivered to Col o G. Linn but as the original settlements or copies thereof are not to be found in this Office, the term of service embraced therein cannot be stated
Given under my hand, at the First Auditor's Office, Richmond, this 11 th day of December 1854.
{ NO SEAL OF OFFICE. }
G. W. Chatham Asst. P. Accts.

1 State of Tennessee } On this 21 st day of Sept. Bradley County, } in the year of 1854 Personal- -ly appeared before me James Danchoo an acting Justice of the peace duly authorized by Law to Administer oaths in and for the County aforesaid, Samuel Grigsby , Jane Grigsby , Richard Dean , Amy Dean and Robert Dean , to me well known who after being duly sworn according to Law Deposeth and sayeth that they were well acquainted with Benjamin Thompson a Revolutionary Soldier of the Virginia Continental Line, who was the husb- and of Martha W. Thompson now of this County, and says that the said Benjamin Thompson was ever believed and regarded by the whole community in which he Resided as a Soldier of the Revolution in the Virginia Continental Line, that he was especially so Regarded on all Public Occasions and days of Military Parade or National Celebration where he was made conspicuous as a Soldier of the Revolution who had served his country in the Continental Line of Virginia, that he was Notorious as such, that they never once heard the same doubted and that there are many aged persons now living who if called upon could testify to these things and also

That They Themselves have no pecuniary interest whatever in this claim but make this statement from a full conviction of the truth thereof. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before me I— further certify that these Deponents are of high character as such, and in whose statements entire confidence may be placed I also certify that I have no pecuniary interest in this claim nor am concerned in its prosecution
James Donohoo Justice of the peace
Samuel Grigsby Aged 60 years Richard Dean Aged 70 years Amy nee Dean Aged 60 years Jane nee Grigsby Aged 32 years Robert Dean Aged 38 years

State of Louisiana } I James Bradley County } A Smith
Reproduction in language from the third. Section of Louisiana - as herby certify that I am personally acquainted with all the witnesses to the foregoing affidavit - and that they are all credible, and respectable persons, and that their state- ments are entitled to implicit confidence. I fur- ther state that I was present when the foregoing affidavit was sworn to and subscribed by the affiant Williams, and that James Danohas Esq whose name appears to the affidavit, is a justice of the peace for the County of Louisiana duly commissioned and qualified as such.
Sept 21 st 1854 J. A. Smith

State of Tennessee ) I John H. Robertson Clerk of the County Brady County Court for the County of Brady aforesaid do " " certify that James Donohoe whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit is an acting Justice of the peace for Brady County he was duly elected Commissioned and sworn and faith and credit is due to his official acts - and his Signature is genuine given under my hand and Seal of office at office in Cleveland September 21 st
1854 John H. Robertson C.M.
Henry Johnson Tennessee James Donohoe Justice of the Peace
Very unfortuant Affir
of 5 aged people testified all double & conflicting testimony in this case
Also most unfortuant
testimony of
Hon J.A. Smith
James Donohoe
in this case
J.B. Chase Agent

Washington D.C. Jan y 2/1855
Hon Judge Waldo Leon Persons Sir
In the case of Wid of Benj t Thompson of Tennessee claiming Rev Pension in right of her said husband I herewith enclose a Note addressed & me by Messrs Hambright & McEl- -rah in reply to my Note to them en- -closing particulars of said Thompson's Rev. Services to be stated for me by the Widow herself - see the accompanying Letters -
Respecting this Note - additional & the fact of its having by date been sent me long before any Record had been searched in Pa for his Rev Services - it carries - intrinsic & convincing evidence of the genuineness of this Claim

The Widow declares he served in the Battles of Germantown of Brandywine - of Storming of Stony Point - of defeat at Red Bank &c &c all Northern battles - and that he served in the 8 th or 9 th Va Cont or State line forces. Well, probably in both !
For at the Battle of Germantown George Gibson - father of the present Genl. Gibson of the U. S. Army - Commanded the 1 st Va State line called "Gibson's Lancers", and at this battle the 9 th Va Continental Regt. Va Continental was cut up and lost
Then Congress called upon Va to make good her quota of Cont. Regts which Va did by substituting this Gibson's State line Regt. in lieu of the 9 th Continental Regt. So cut up and lost
So from the 10 th Oct. 1777 it has been a Standing miracle & wonder, both to the Genl. Govt. & to Va, & to the band Officers.

of both, as well as to the Pen Office — as to what  line Gibsons Regiment then forward belonged —
To some of her Officers Gov t granted land but refused it to others of equal length of service
To some of these Officers Gov t gave commutation & denied it to others
To some it gave half-pay for life deducting commutation previously given — others who have received commutation are still refused the half-pay. Thus George Gibson received half-pay as Gov t of said Reg t & Laurence Harrison as Lieut of same, received his commutation & is denied half-pay by deducting same to this day — for whom wid I obtained the pension of a land and who himself received both land & comm n from Gen t Gov t
If then, neither the U.S. Treasury granting commutation, nor the Cont l Army nor the Pension Office granting the half-pay nor Va, have determin- ed to what line Gibsons Regiment

to Oct 1757 belonged. You certainly will not wonder if a weak woman is staggered to tell —
One thing however is certain. No other State line Regiment from Pa went North or was North, during the Revolution, than this which was enlisted for the 9 th Va. Con. line, so cut up & lost at Germantown.
and the Wed. States her husband served in the 8 th or 9 th Va. Con. line or State line (as you may call it) & in Capt Fox's Company, whom your Rev Records show to have served of & from Va, 7 years 9 months —
He served also in the Battles of Germantown, Brandywine — Storming of Stony Point & defeat at Peoria — Battles that only occurred at the North, where she alleges he served and only served, save in the "Middle States" — And declares he served 5 years and during the war, & in the same letter desires me to look after his law —
For the confirmation of these Statements you have only to peruse the enclosed — then there is the convincing mass of evidence & proof previously furnished — all of which you are most respectfully referred
Yours S ir Most Obediently
L. B. True Agent in this case

Washington D.C. Dec 19/86
Hon Judge Waldo Dear Sir,
Sir
I herewith transmit to you a additional evidence in the case of Martha Thompson Wid of Benjamin do of Tennessee - such as certainly to put at rest all doubt forever, respecting the intrinsic merit and sufficiency of evidence, in this claim - I hope & trust there will now be no farther delay - but the Certificate will forthwith issue in this case -
I am so
(Most Obediently)
Yours L. B. True

Colburn Tennessee July 29 th /52
Sir
Enclosed please find the Claim of Martha W. Thompson for a pension for Proof of Claimants husband's Service the Muster Rolls in the Pension office is relied on I therefore Respectfully ask a careful Examination, Mrs Thompson Informing me that her husband told her he was Entitled to Land if so please Inform me if the widow is Entitled to the Land and send me the forms and Regulations of the Pension office in such cases I will here state that in order to aid you in your Examination that the Claimants husband was Discharged at Lancaster Pennsylvania as is believed by the family
Yours Respectfully John Hambright
J. E. Heath
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
J. E.

Martha W. Thompson
Jan - Jan 1858
Hon. S. A. Smith M. C. Washington City D. C.
Wm Lloyd Smith House of Reps

Calhoun Tenn. Feb. 21 st 1855.
Sir
I have this day enclosed an affidavit to L. B. True at his request he thinks the claim of M. W. Thompson will pass which you would hurry the thing up a little and see True does right about it and write me all about it The Land warrant loses on Seaborn plank and others I wish you to see to before you leave for home I enclose you a letter to the Commissioner of Pensions which I wish you would present to him in person and make a speech for poor old Isaac Green about whom my letter to the Commissioner is in behalf of, same if there ever was a case that was entitled to an Invalid Pension Green is the man I know him to be honest sober and in part a great cripple and his disease came upon him while in the service of the U.S. and there is no great objection to his claim all this you can assert without fear of contradiction please read my letter to the Commissioner and try to have the request granted {
Yours truly John H. Harkright
Dear Mr. Smith Washington

1st page
5th T Read this brief according to the numbers in the margin & not according to the order
7 May 1853
Fisrt
Richard Dean & John Thompson state that they were well acquainted with Benjamin Thompson who July 12 1825, that he had the reputation of having served in the Virginia Continental Line for 5 years, that he was a corporal, that he was pointed out on public occasions as a soldier, and they are acquainted with Martha W. Thompson (the present applicant) and that she is the widow of said Thompson, so rejected as a soldier,
2 d
6 July 1852
Second
Martha W. Thompson, declares that she is the widow of Benjamin Thompson, who was a corporal in the Continental Army, enlisted from Brunswick Co Va for 5 years in 1776 and served out his term, she has forgotten the names of his officers, thinks one of them was Col. Glinn , thinks he served in the 8th or 9th Regt. he was at the battle of Brandywine, defeat of Paoli, & storming of Stony Point, — thinks 1779 That he belonged to Wayne's Brigade, under Capt. Foy, at the battle of Brandywine, that Foy was wounded there and left the service, husband told he was entitled to a pension,

that she was married 1791.
3 d
26 July 1832
Third
John Thompson & Benjamin W Thompson, assert her identity as the widow of the reputed soldier, for the family Record as genuine,
6 th
21 Sep 1854
Sixth
Sam d Grigsby, Jane Grigsby, Richard Dean, Amy Dean, & Robert Dean, declare that they were well acquainted with Benjamin Thompson, a soldier of the V th Continental Line, husband of Applicant, that said Thompson has always regarded a soldier as above, particularly on all public occasions. (Hon S d Smith certifies that these witnesses are credible.)
4 th
14 July 1852
Fourth
Auditor of Virginia Certifies that Benjamin Thompson rec d a balance of £ 65. 6. 11; that he was a Corp l of B ty and that the certificate was delivered to Col Glavin .

27 July 1851
First,
Hamblett & Elliott, Tenn Agents, wrote to Mr Droe that they had recd his letter of the 12th Inst , informing them that they (H & E) that he (Droe) had found upon his Bills the name of Benjamin Thompson, that Hamblett had visited Mr Thompson & obtained certain information, which it was desired Droe would examine & prepare the papers as he (Droe) had promised, - Subj. Genl's Record V, (There follows a statement, agreeing with her declaration substantially, only she then thought her husband was a sergeant .)
The office required Mr Droe to furnish the letter of his to H & E of the 12th of July,
Seventh
Droe furnishes the affidavit of Hamblett that he (Droe) had not given the information upon which the claim was based)

Wachapreague Dec 15 1833
Mr Waldo-
Dear Sir,
Enclosed I send you a letter from John Harrington of Calhoun, East Tennessee, in relation to the claim of Martha H. Thompson , for a pension, under the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838.
From my knowledge of the parties I am satisfied the claim ought to be granted, And, hope it will receive a careful examination.
Respectfully
your affec
G. H. Moore

Martha W. Thompson Jan. 1838.

Brief in the case of Martha W. Thompson, widow of Benjamin. Bradley County and State of Tennessee act July 7, 1838
Claim, ("original," or "for increase" )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Service. 21 Mos Corp l & 15 Mos Inf y in Va Cont l line. Proved by rolls and tradition. and the identity of claimants husband with the soldier shown by a comparison of the muster rolls of 6 th Va reg t with the claimants statements anterior to her declaration.
Death of Benjamin, July 12 th , 1825. Proved by parole
Marriage. as early as in 1792. Proved by family records & documents
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Widowhood. Proved by parole.
Name and residence of Agent
L. B. Tame Present.
E. G. Dodge
Examining Clerk.

Charleston S.C. March 18, 1883
Hon P. H. Walden Comr of Pensions
Dear Sir,
The day before I left Washington I received a report from the Pension Bureau in the case of Martha W. Thompson , which stated that a certificate of pension could not be issued, because the proof of the identity of her husband was not sufficient to authorize it. This report astonished me, as I had thought the proof as full and that point as it was possible to make it in any case at this late day.
Mrs. Thompson is my neighbor, and is certainly entitled to a pension. There can be no doubt that her husband was a revolutionary soldier and it seems to me that so strict a rule as that which prevails in relation to the identity of the pensioner ought to be relaxed now that but few of the revolutionary soldiers remain. And it is impossible to make clear proof there is made in the case referred to. I must ask the favor

of you to examine the proof in this case yourself. If you will do so I think you can have no hesitancy in issuing the certificate.
I fear the Claim has been prosecuted by Mr L. B. True. And I would like to know if he filed an affidavit, mentally , made by John Hanchett . And certified by me Very Respectfully
Yours at all
J. H. Smith

110000 Payment to be made at
Nashville
by
J. N. Smith Esq. Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
SEP 29 1867 PENSION OFFICE TENNESSEE
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 311 Vol. 3
Clerk.
E. G. Petty
To be returned

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, - Martha Wade Thompson, widow of Benjamin Thompson, who was a private & corporal in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty-Seven dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior, this eighteenth day of May . one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five
H. W. Bellamy
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.
S. P. Hildreth Commissioner of Pensions.
To be returned

Martha Wade Thompson widow of Benjamin Tennessee - Bradley Co
Act July 7. 1838
Admitted
Corporal 21 mos $ 77.00
Priv 3 " 10.00
at the rate of $ 87.00
Per annum, from July 4 March 4 th 1836, excepting 2 years -
Certif. payable to claimant
Died July 12 th 1825
Atty
L. B. True
Present

Benj m Thompson was a private in, Capt Avery's Company of the 6 th Regt Va Cont l Line - made Corp l enlisted Jany 8. 1777 for 3 yrs but it does not appear in whose Company - Corporal April 1778 - and so continued in Avery's and M c Alpie's Companies thro' 78. & rec d Commutation in 1784. (delivered to Col Glinn) as Corp l for $65.6.11. This service was in Genl. Weedon's Brigade and the regiment were in the Bat y of Brandywine - Ger. mantown, &c, as shown by the muster rolls which have been carefully examined. So far as the rolls go, they confirm the widow's statements (original) as to where he served. The name is not on the State line rolls.
But two payments to the name are on the depreciation roll of the Va Cont l Line - the one above - and one to B. T. bald r of Infy \mathcal{E} 19.12 -
The widow so declared he was a Ser gt . Dean & Thompson (witnesses) say he was a Corporal. The widow thought he was under Capt Fox (wounded at Brandywine) Capt Fox was in the same Regt. and is reported "sick at Trenton" after Bat y of Brandywine.

Haver of Mass. Dec 31 1834.
Hon. S. F. Waldo. Comm of Pensions
Dear Sir
I wish to call your attention to the case of Martha W Thompson Widow of Benjamin in Thompson a Revolutionary Soldier. Mrs Thompson - is a near neighbour to me at home and I have every reason to believe that her husband was a Revolution- ary Soldier. All his acquaintances among the old men in the neighbourhood where Mrs Thompson now lives, say he was in the Revolutionary war. and I have no doubt that the Claims

for a decision is a just one Very Respectfully Yours obed servt
J. H. Smith

Neither 6 th 9 th or 1 st Regt commanded by Col Gibson at Battle of Brandywine Sept 11. '79 or far as the rolls show. The 9 th was there under Command of Col Geo Matthews and were in the Bat of Germantown Oct '79 and about half taken prisoners. Lt Col Ball commanded the Regt in '78 & Col John Gibson in '79 I have examined these rolls & can't find the name of Capt Fox or Benj Thompson Thompson Benj Mr White
May 14. 1784 - £ 19.12
Color of Injy
Same Corp Injy - Col Glenn
Nov 23 d 84 - £ 65.6.11
now in State Line Depreciation roll
Bernard Glenn as Lieut of Injy - State Line - rec d pay himself - Dec 30. 1784 £ 216.15.9-
There was a Capt & Lieut Fox of Cant ts Line. but neither a Capt so early as Bat of Brandywine as I judge.
Aug 1777 - Capt Fox on duty - Sept Oct & Nov - Muster roll (Rich at Trenton)
15 mrs Prin & 21 Corp

Charleston June
May 5 1865
Hon L D Waldo
Com of Pensions
Dear Sir.
Some time since I wrote you in relation to the claim of Martha W Thompson for Revolutionary Pension and requested you personally to examine the case. I have not yet had any reply and you again merely to call your attention to the subject
Respectfully
your obed Servt
J. A. Smith

Aug 1777 - Capt Fox on duty - Sept Oct & Nov - Muster roll (Sick at Trenton)
15 mos Prin & 21 Comp
Neither 6th 9th or 12th Regt commanded by Col Gibson at Battle of Brandywine Sept 11 '77 so far as the rolls show The 9th was there under Command of Col Geo Matthews and served in the Battle of Germantown Oct '77 and about half taken prisoners Lt Col Bell Commanded the Regt in '78 & '79 Col John Gibson in '79 I have examined these rolls & can't find the name of Capt Fox or Benj Thompson Thompson Benj - Mr White
May 14. 1784 - £19.12 Becr of Infy
Same Capt Fox - Col Glenn Nov 28 th 84 - £65.6.11
now in State Line Synod roll
Bernard Glenn as Lieut of Infy - State Line - rec d pay himself - Dec 30. 1784 £216.15.9 There was a Capt & Lieut Fox of Countt Line - but neither a Capt so early as Part of Brandywine as I find.
Bernard Glenn Lt Col Grocketts Regt - commenced Nov 8th '79 - no land - and supernumerary
6th Regt St Line Mrs Fox Lt - commenced Oct 29th '77 Commissioned Capt May 4. 1782
Benj Thompson Corp t of Capt Thos Malsies Compy 6th St Aug '78 Enlisted Jan'y 8. '77
6th Regt Capt Fox was Capt in same Regt comm d June 19. 76 - On furlough - Brings July 6. '78 Dec 78 - on furlough - Feb 78 - Capt Aneny Compy / name Benj Thompson enlisted for 3 yrs Capt Nathl Fox then on Furlough Stephen Thompson was in Fox Compy - Fox on Furlough March 78 Benj n Thompson Corporal - In Capt May - June - July - Aug Sept &c. In Genl Weedon's Brigade - which was in those battles

Power of Attorney M. W. Thompson
 L. B. True
L. B. True Present

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
Know all men by these presents, That I, Martha W. Thompson of the County of Bradley , and State of Tennessee , and the widow of Benjamin Thompson deceased, who was a Revolutionary soldier, do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint L. B. Tree of washington city my true and lawful attorney, for me, and in my name, to examine into and prosecute any claim for a Pension, &c., against the General Government, which may be due me by virtue of my deceased husband's service in the Revolutionary war, and the several acts of Congress relative thereto, and to receive the certificate of Pension, &c., when issued by the Department. I hereby confirm whatsoever my said attorney may do, or cause to be legally done, either in person or by substitution, in the prosecution of said claim, except drawing money in my favor, I revoking any other authority I may have given to any other person or persons in the premises whatsoever.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 5 th day of July , 1854.
Signed in presence of John Lovoy John Hambright the Martha W. Thompson mark ***** * SEAL. * *****
STATE OF Tennessee County of Bradley } Sec.
On this Eighth day of July , in the year 1854 personally appeared before me, Martha W. Thompson , and acknowledged the within Power of Attorney to be her act and deed; and I certify that I well know the said and that she is the person now present, and who executed the above Power of Attorney.
M. Brittain J. P.

7 State of Tennessee Brady County
I John H. Robertson clerk of the County courts for the county of Brady aforesaid do certify that William Brittain whose name is subscribed to the foregoing acknowledgement is an acting Justice of the peace for Brady county he was duly elected commissioned and sworn and faith and credit is due to his official acts given under my hand and Seal of office at office in Cleveland July 10 th 1854.
John H. Robertson C. H.

Charleston June 25 1855.
Hon. L. D. Waldo Cam of Finances
Dear Sir
The Pension of Martha W. Thompson, is made payable at Nashville . She resides in this county (Bradley). And it would be much more convenient and save her considerable expense if you would order it changed to Sevierville . Mrs. Thompson has drawn up to the 4 th of March 1855.
Respectfully your obedt servt
J. A. Smith

That the Co. of Mrs. Thompson residence belongs to Vincennes & may be transferred as requested

Colburn Tennessee October 18 th /52
Sir
I have Received yours of the 11 th Inst. in Relation to the Claim of Martha W. Thompson Widow of Benjamin Thompson Deceased. Enclosed please find Certificate of the Auditor of the State of Virginia which I am in hopes will enable you to examine the Rolls of the Virginia Continental Line for her benefit you say It is impossible to make a search for the service of claimants husband unless she can designate the Regiment it is impossible for her to state with any degree of certainly the no. of the Regiment as I have conversed freely with her on the subject I would infer from the Auditor's Certificate the Regiment was commanded by Col. Glinn in Waynes Brigade the claimant Recollects well he served full five years and she believes he first enlisted and served in Capt. Hoss' company of Infantry from the 1 th of January 1777 to the Battle of Brandywine where Capt. Hoss was badly wounded and quit the service in consequence of his wounds I therefore Respectfully ask on the Receipt of the Auditor's Certificate you will make a careful Examination Yours Respectfully John Hembright
A 9 11 77

THIS IS TO CERTIFY, That it appears from a list in this office of such Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia Continental Line as settled their accounts and received certificates for the balance of their Full Pay, according to an act of assembly, passed the November session 1781, directing the Auditors of Public Accounts to settle and adjust the pay and accounts of the said Officers and Soldiers from the 1st January 1777 to 31st December 1781, (see Hening's Statutes at Large, vol. 10, p. 462,) that a settlement was made on the 23 d day of Nov r 1784 — in the name of Benj m Thompson — as Capt a inf — and evidence of the indebtedness of the State to him for £ 65. 6. 00 — delivered to Col a Glisson — but as the original settlements or copies thereof are not to be found in this office, the term of service embraced therein cannot be stated.
Given under my hand at the First Auditor's Office, Richmond, this fifteenth day of July — 1852
[No Seal of Office.]
H. Johnson First Auditor

State of Tennessee } On this 21 st day of Bradley County } February 1855 personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the acting Justices of the peace for said County John Hambright who resides in this neighbor- -hood and who is entitled to full credit who after being duly sworn according to Law says That in making out the claim of Martha W. Thompson widow of Benjamin Thompson for a pension Says that L. B. Tree of Washington City did not furnish me nor Mrs Thompson any Evidence in getting up the claim he the said Tree merely stated he had found the name of Benjamin Thompson on his Revolutionary Rolls, but did not give any further Information in any Respect Whatever and further the claim was purely of the Widows  originating , and further says that from the Respectability of Martha W. Thompson and connections she would not he believes claim any thing unjustly } Sworn and subscribed the day and above written } John Hambright before me
Wm Pruitt J. P. for B. Co.
N.B. I would be respectfully refer the Office to accompany Notes & me from said Hambright dated Sept 1st 51 also of Note from the same to Pen. Off. dated Oct 10/51 and to me dated April 15 th 1853 Enclosed - in Corroboration of the same Yours & L. B. Tree

Washington July 27. 1865
Dear S r J. M. Waldo Comm d of Survivors
Sir. I hereby certify that William Brillion whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit is and was at the time an acting justice of the peace in and for the county of Bradley and State of Tennessee and that his signature is genuine.
J. A. Smith Major of Corps

Calhoun Tennessee Sept. 24 th 1833
Sir
I wish to call your attention to the proof or affidavits of John Thompson & Richard Dean which was sent to your office in May Last for the Benefit of Martha W. Thompson who is claiming Pension for the Revolutionary Service of Benjamin Thompson her Deceased husband. Please Examine the proof in connection with her other papers in your office if you do not consider you would not be justified in allowing the claim on the proof Exhibited. Please Inform me whether the Benjamin Thompson who you say did serve was in Captain Haze's Company in the Virginia Continental Line and whether Captain Haze was wounded in the Battle of Brandywine and quit the Service, and whether the Benjamin Thompson who you say did serve, served full five years and was Discharged at Lancaster Pennsylvania. The Reason Mrs. Thompson Requests the above Information is if the Benjamin Thompson who you say did serve does fill the above Description. She is his widow. I am in hopes that the affidavits of John Thompson & Richard Dean will be sufficient to identify Martha W. Thompson to be the widow of Benj. Thompson who was a Soldier in the Virginia Continental Line.
Respectfully John Hambright
L. P. Waldo
Comr. of Pensions Washington City

Calhoun Tennessee April 15 th / 83
Sir
Yours of the 9 th Inst n in the case of Martha W Thompson widow of Benjamin Clasing a pension was Received by due course of Mail (You Inform me that a Benjamin Thompson did serve but there is no Evidence that the man thus serving was the husband of the applicant, and this must be very clearly Established before the claim will be allowed) I think the above Requirement to be Reasonable, but I am at a loss to know what kind of proof would be taken not being acquainted with the Rules and Regulations of your office, and I Respectfully ask you to Inform me if Mrs s Thompson should be able to amend her Declaration so as to correspond with the service of the Benjamin Thompson who you say did serve will you admit her claim on her own declaration or will you require the testimony of Living witnesses
Please answer this at your earliest convenience
Respectfully John Hambright
L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
L. P.

State of Tennessee On this 7 th day of May in the year Bradley County of 1853 personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the acting Justices of the peace in and for the county and State aforesaid Richard Dean & John Thompson who after being duly sworn according to Law Deposeth and sayeth that they were well acquainted with Benjamin Thompson who died on the 12 th day of July in the year of 1825 that the said Benjamin Thompson was reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the Revolution and served in the Virginia Continental Line for five years & was a corporal in said service and reputed and believed for the neighbourhood where he resided during his lifetime to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary war in the Virginia Continental Line as aforesaid and was pointed out as such an public occasions and that they are personally ac- quainted with Martha W Thompson who made an appl- lication for a pension on the 26 th day of July 1852 that she is the identical person that she has represented herself to be in said application and she is the widow of the same Benjamin Thompson deceased whom Deponents have herein testified as above to have served in the Revolutionary war in the Virginia Continental Line and that the said Martha W Thompson yet resides in this county and State aforesaid and is still the widow of the said Benjamin Thompson and they are Entirely Disinterested { Richard Dean Sworn and subscribed the { John Thompson day and year above written
before me and I certify that Richard Dean & John Thompson are credible persons that their statem- nt above is entitled to credit and that full cred- ence may be reposed therein R M Swan
Justice of the peace

State of Tennessee {
Brady County {
Subscribed and sworn to before me John H. Robertson clerk of the county court for the county of Brady aforesaid - do certify that R. M. Swan who's name appears to the foregoing affidavit is an acting Justice of the peace for Brady county he was duly elected commissioned and sworn and faith and credit is due to his official acts - his commission is dated 20 th March 1848. & will expire 20 th March 1852. and his Signa- ture is genuine. given under my hand and Seal of office at office in Cleveland May the 7 th 1853. John H. Robertson Clk

Calhoun Tennessee April 18 th 1853 Sir
your letters of July 27 th 1852 & Dec r 10 th 1852 in relation to a claim of Pension of Martha Thompson widow of Benjamin Thompson late a Corporal of the Virginia Continental Line which has never been answered which I now wish to inform you the reason is in the year of 1850 while Myself & McElrath were engaged in prosecuting claims we addressed a letter to you on the subject of Mrs Thompson's claim we received an answer requesting us to forward to you the facts of the case which we did enclosing some documents and requesting you to send us some information as to the service of Benjamin Thompson who served in the Virginia Continental Line our letter remained unanswered until the Spring of 1852 when I again addressed you a letter calling your attention to the case again not hearing from you and being urged by Mrs Thompson to do something for her I made out the case as well as I could on the 26 th day of July 1852 and forwarded the papers to Washington after I had entirely given you out I received a letter from you with a blank Declaration promising to enter immediately on the prosecution of the case, as things then stood I thought it best to wait until I heard from the Commissioner of Pensions yesterday I received a letter from Mr Wolde Storky that (a Benjamin Thompson did serve but that there was no evidence in that office that the man thus serving was the husband of the applicant and this must be clearly Established before the claim will be admitted) as things now stand I hardly know what to say to you in your letter of 10 th of Dec r Lest you say you I keep prevented an

Early in Answer which is a sufficient apology to me for Delay and I am in hopes This letter will Satisfy you that I have not nor did not intend any thing wrong but was anxious to obtain your {services in the case I now propose to ask your advice and give you an interest in the claim by you furnishing me the necessary Information you think the case requires The Marriage is proved Satisfactory to the Commission The traditional Evidence is sufficient The Declaration is vague and uncertain for the best of Reasons Mrs Thompson did not know Who her husband served under She only said He thought he served under General officers and in the Virginia Central Line in waynes brigade and was at the Battles of Brandywine at the storming of Stony Point and at the Defeat of Guilford Please answer this as soon as you receive it
Respectfully John Hambleton
L B Tree Washington City D C
John Hambleton Calhoun - Genl annexed this day and former of attorney encl ack April 22 d /53

Application for Restoration to the Pension Rolls Whose Names have been Dropped under the Act of February 4, 1862.
State of Tennessee County of Bradley , ss.
On this first day of July , A. D. one thousand eight hundred and Sixty Seven , personally appeared before me, (1)  Joseph H. Davis Clerk of the County Court in said State and County, the same being a Court of Record, (2)  Samuel Grigsby aged 78 years, a resident of Bradley County in the State of Tennessee , who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that (3)  he is the identical Administrator of Martha Cook Thompson who was a pensioner on the roll of the agency at Knoxville Tennessee her pension being transferred and whose pension certificate is herewith returned; that (4)  She has resided since the first day of January, A. D. 1861, as follows: to the 15 th day of July 1864 the day of her death she died in Bradley County Tennessee at the time above mentioned that during this period (5)  her means of subsistence have been She being very old not able to work but little and that she continued a widow to the day of her death
and that (6)  She has not borne arms against the Government of the United States, or (7)  She has not in any manner encouraged the rebels, or manifested a sympathy with their cause; and that (8)  She was last paid (9)  her pension on the first day of March , A. D. 186 7 . This Declaration says he has not borne arms against the Government of the United States but has always been truly loyal to the United States Government to the day of her death.
This application is made for the purpose of securing a restoration of (10)  her name to the pension rolls, and of obtaining a new pension certificate, such as (11)  She may be entitled to under existing laws, reference being made to the evidence heretofore filed in the Pension Office to substantiate (12)  her original claim. And I hereby appoint John H. Hambright of Bradley Co. Tennessee , my Attorney to present this my application, and perform all that is necessary therein, without revocation, as well as to receive my Certificate when issued.
Also personally appeared (13)  J. F. Cleveland , a resident of (14)  Bradley Co. Tennessee and (15)  J. R. Cate a resident of (16)  Bradley County Tennessee persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being by me duly sworn, say that they were present and saw (17)  Mr Samuel Grigsby sign his mark  name to the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with (18)  him that (19)  he is the identical person (20)  represented to be ; and they further swear that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim. They further state they were personally acquainted with Martha Cook Thompson who was a Revolutionary Pensioner and who died in Bradley County Tennessee on the 15 th day of July 1864 her loyalty to the United States Government was indisputable and is yet loyal that the mother of Martha W. Thompson was truly loyal and she continued a widow to the day of her death.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this first day of July , A. D. 186 7 : and I hereby certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim.
(1)  Joseph H. Davis Clerk
OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.
I, Samuel Grigsby , do solemnly swear, (or affirm,) in the presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States thereunder; that I will in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the late rebellion with reference to the emancipation of Slaves: So help me God.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this first day of July , A. D. 186 7 . (1)  Joseph H. Davis Clerk  (2)  Samuel Grigsby

State of Tennessee } ss. COUNTY OF Bradley }
I, Joseph H. Davis Clerk of the County Court within and for said County, do certify that Samuel Grigsby, Jesse H. Cleveland and T. L. Galt , before whom the foregoing declaration, affidavits and acknowledgment were made, was at the time of taking the same, and still is an acting personally appeared before me and made oath to the above declaration and affidavits was duly sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and date above stated and their signatures are genuine within and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that the several signatures, purporting to be his, which are appended to said declaration, affidavits and acknowledgment, are his genuine signatures.
In Testimony Whereof, I hereto set my hand and affix the Seal of our said Court, at Cleveland this 1st day of July A. D. 1867.
Joseph H. Davis Clerk of Bradley County Court Tennessee
(Seal.)
INSTRUCTIONS.
FIGURE (1)—Judge, Justice of the Peace, or Clerk having Seal. [NOTE.—If a Judge or Justice of the Peace authenticate the papers, the signature must be verified in usual form by the Clerk of the Court.]  (2) He or She; Name of Applicant; His or Her; Him or Her; Himself or Herself, as the fact may be.  (3) Name the place or places at which claimant has resided since last paid, and during the time for which original Pension has not been drawn.  (4) Here name the employment or other means by which a livelihood has been gained. (4½) Means of subsistence.  (5) Signature of Applicant. If X is made, two witnesses who can write must sign their names opposite the same.  (6) Names of Witnesses in full. (7) State name of residence, City, Village, County, and State. If applicant resides in a City or Village, name of street must be given, and where houses are numbered, the number of the house. 8. Signature of Witnesses. 
NOTES TO BE PARTICULARLY OBSERVED.
If the declarant or any witness, sign by mark, the officer must certify that the contents of the paper were made known to the affiant and witnesses before signing.  In every case, the declaration or affidavit must be either signed by the affiant's own hand or else by mark, (X.) Signed by another hand, when the party is able to write or without a mark when the party is unable to write, is wholly inadmissible.  The allegations made in the applicant's declaration, must be sustained by the testimony of two credible and disinterested witnesses, to be certified as such by the officer before whom the testimony is taken. If the applicant be an Invalid Pensioner, he must be examined by an Army Surgeon, or by a Surgeon duly appointed by the P. Office, as to the continuance of the disability.  If a Widow, she must prove by two credible witnesses (certified to in the usual manner, and under seal) her continued widowhood.  If remarried, the minor children, (under 16) through their guardian can apply for the Suspended Pension, and if the guardian of a minor child be newly appointed, he or she must file the proper evidence of his or her appointment as such.  In all cases, the original Pension Certificate must be surrendered.
Application for Restoration TO THE  PENSION ROLLS, Under Act of February 4, 1865.
APPLICANT'S ADDRESS:  Samuel Grigsby Ady Applicant.
FILED BY  John Hambright Atty

Colburn Tenn., Jan. 25 th 1852
Sir
Since your letter of the 11 th of October last in the case of Martha W Thompson widow of Benjamin, I enclosed you a certificate from the 10 th Auditor of the State of Virginia and requested your attention to the claim again which I was in hopes would enable you to obtain information of Benjamin Thompson's service as a Revolutionary soldier, (as the Rolls in the pension office are relied on as proof as he is alleged to have served five years under one enlistment, fearing the evidence of the Auditor is lost or mislaid in the multitude of business in the pension office I wish you to inform me of the case) There is a gentleman who lives in Washington City who informs me he can prove Benjamin Thompson's service abundantly by documentary evidence and proposes if Mrs Thompson will pay him he will furnish the necessary information from the respectable Respectability of Mrs Thompson and her family I am sure the claim is just as she says and I was in hopes the Auditor's of Virginia certificate would throw light enough to to enable you to allow her claim
I Respectfully ask your early attention to this and much
oblige yours Truly John Hambright
Hon.
J. E. Heath
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
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Calhoun Tenn Sept 11 th
official Bureau of Recl
J. Minot Commissioner of Recl Washington City D.C.

Calhoun Tennessee Sept. 11 th 1857.
Sir
Enclosed please find Bounty Land Claim of Martha Wade Thompson please  enclose
Yours Respectfully
John Baunbright
J. Minot
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
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