Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1709, for Thomas Parker, Virginia

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Parker, Thomas
S. 1709.
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19.5444 West Tennessee
Thomas Parker
Hardin Co in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the regt commanded by Col Lawson in the Virginia line for 3 yrs
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 80 Dollars + Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Sep- tember 1833 and sent to Austin Miller, Savannah. Tenn.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $200.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th Mch '36 40.00
$240.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. } Wm Allison Clerk,
Recorded by Book 8 Vol. 7 Page 92,
Act to Hon. Milton P. Brown March 7 1843 Rate of secret service

State of Tennessee { Court of pleas and Quarter session June Term Hardin County 1833.
Be it remembered that on this the 19 th day of June in the year of our Lord 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the justices of the Court of pleas and quarter sessions of Hardin County now sitting Thomas Parker a resident of Hardin County aforesaid age seventy seventy three 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 was born in Frowningburgh County State of Virginia in the year of 1760. From the best information he has on the subject he has no register of his age he was raised an Orphan boy by a gentleman by the name Pascal Greenal, he never saw any register of his age. When he entered the service he lived in Prince Edward County State of Virginia, he entered as a regular soldier for three years under Capt. John Halcomb in the fourth Regiment Commanded by Col. Lof Lawson son, in the year of 1777 or 1778 but he does not recollect in which year it was in the Spring of the year. From Prince Edward he was marched to Danville where he was inoculated for the Kind Pox remained there about one month & then marched to Philadelphia where he joined Genl. Washington Army, at the time of the Battle of Brandywine and Germantown, he was sick in Philadelphia - When Genl. Washington left Philadelphia he this affiant was carried to Trenton in a Vessel after he landed

he landed at Trenton, he again joined his regiment. He was at the Battle of Monmouth, in Gen Charles Lee Division. He continued in the army until he served out his three years, when he was discharged at Philadelphia. In that year the British took  sailed round to the South, during the time they I was in the army he was  he was changed from the 4 th Re- giment and attached to the 6 th Regiment and was discharged from that Regiment, he received a dis- charge in writing and had it when he drew  drew his 100 acres land warrant for his services in Richmond. But he has since lost or mislaid it, he has not seen it for many years. He had two Brothers in the Army at the same time they were not in the same Regiment, John Parker served out his three years and enlisted again for during the war and was wounded in the knee, has drawn a Pension from the U States, Sterling Parker my other brother died in the army, he was  was commanded by General Greene. He this officiant about twelve years ago applied for a pension and was put on the pension roll & obtained a warrant from the Secretary at War and drew one half years pen- sion $48- but was afterwards taken off of the roll because he had more property than was allowed to those who re- mained on the roll, he lived in Lincoln County State of Tennessee when he was put on the pension roll, From Virginia he moved to Person County N Carolina. From thence, thence to Lincoln County Tennessee. From Lincoln to Hardin County where he has resided

for the last four years. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any State. He puts his warrant he obtained from the Secretary of the War in the hands of Esquire Boyle of Lincoln County, about the time he drew his pension, and the said Boyle says he has since lost it. He has not seen said warrant for eight or ten years and believes that it is lost. This affiant has no documentary testi- mony by which he can prove his service, neither does he know of any person Joseph Duncan a clergyman of my neighborhood and William Basel Sexton an acquaintance with me and can testify as to this warrant of my service and veracity - Thomas Packer (Seal) Sworn to & subscribed in open Court. John Houston Clk
Joseph Duncan a clergyman and William  Basel Sexton both citizens of Hardin County. Do certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Packer who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, and that it is reputed and believed in the neighborhood of the said Thomas Packer that he was a soldier of the revolution and we do concur in that opinion. we do also certify that the said Thomas Packer is a respectable person of Hardin County & that his statements are entitled to credit & that we do believe that he has served as he has above declared & that his statements are true -
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court June 17 - 1833.
John Houston Clk
Joseph Duncan (Seal) Basel Sexton (Seal) Seal

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a soldier of the Revolution and served as he has stated State, And the Court further certifies that Joseph Duncan who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman of Basel Resident in Hardin County at that William  Basel is a respectable respectable person of Hardin County and that their and each of their statements are entitled to Credit.
David Robinson (Sgd)
Nicholas Davis (Sgd)
Samuel Houston (Sgd)
John Houston Clerk of said Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Thomas Parker for a Pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand seal of office at office this the 17 th day of June 1833.
John Houston CLK

Thos Parker 11. 15,938.
Not entitled
William E. Kennedy, Fayetteville, W. T.

State of Tennessee County of Shelby & quarter Lincoln County. 3 Spies — July Term 1828
On this 22 nd day of July 1820 personally appeared in open court, being a count of record filed by Statute and of unlimited civil jurisdiction on the law side of said court, for the said county Thomas Parker about fifty eight or nine years of age, resident in said county who being first duly sworn accord- ing to law doth on his oath declare that he lived in the revolutionary war for three years, that he enlisted in the company of Captain John Holcomb and served in the fourth Virginia regiment of the continental establishment under Colonel Lawson & was in the battle of Mammoth and in the sur- render at the time of the battle of Brandywine and Germantown and was discharged by an officer in Phi- ladelphia, and I do solemnly swear that I have been placed on the pension list roll of West- Tennessee agency by pension certificate bearing number 15.938. and that I made my original declaration for a pension on the 28 th day of September 1819 and that I have no particular trade or profession and my family consists of my wife about fifty eight years old and who is lame, one daughter twenty two years of age named Nancy, one son Daniel Thomas now in his eighteenth year, both of the last named are able to support make their living, and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it, as to bring myself within the pro- visions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war, passed the 18 th day of

March 1818. and that I have not nor has any one in trust for me any property or secu- rities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
Thomas Parker
13 acres of land worth two dollars per acre
7 head of beef cattle some of which are cows
2 horses
28 hogs pigs and all
2 chopping axes one iron wedge
3 hoes 2 shovels 1 pair of drawing chains
1 fro. 1 drawing knife & chisel 1 pot stove
Thomas Parker
Sworn to & declared in open court July 22, 1820
State of Tennessee Lincoln County
I Brian M Garner clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter sessions for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereunto annexed of Thomas Parker are truly copied from the records of said court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is one hundred twenty one dollars fifty cents.
In Testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at office on this 3 d day of July 1820
Brian M Garner clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for Lincoln County Tenn. ss

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON
October 16, 1936
Thomas Parker-S.1709 BA-J/AWF
Honorable William L. Nelson House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. Nelson:
The data furnished herein relative to Thomas Parker were obtained from pension claim, S. 1709, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Thomas Parker was born in the year 1760 in Lunenburg County, Virginia. The names of his parents were not given, he was an orphan and reared by Pascal Greeneral(?)
While a resident of Prince Edward County, Virginia, Thomas Parker enlisted in the spring of 1777, served as a private in Captain John Holcombe's company, Colonel Lawson's 4th Virginia regiment, was in the battle of Monmouth; during the service he was transferred to the 6th Virginia regiment, from which he was discharged in February or March, 1780.
Thomas Parker moved after the Revolution from Virginia to Person County, North Carolina, and thence to Lincoln County, Tennessee. He was allowed pension on his application executed September 28, 1819, then a resident of said Lincoln County.
The soldier referred in 1820 to his wife aged fifty-eight years, but did not give her name, and to a daughter, Nancy, aged twenty-two years, and a son, Thomas, aged seventeen years.
The soldier was living in 1853 in Hardin County,

Tennessee, where he had lived about four years.
John Parker and Starling Parker, brothers of the soldier, Thomas Parker, were in the Revolutionary War, and Starling was killed in the service.
The papers in this claim contain no further reference to the family of the soldier.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

1820 Apr 20. Recd. to Mrs. H. H. King and
Rev. W. S.
1709 ✓ INVALID.
1936 Oct 16-let to Hon. Wm. L. Nelson - see his letter in Benjamin Shenaut - 1867 Oct 1937 May 7-let to Mr. J. H. Haw...
File No. 1709 Thomas Barker, Miss. Va. Line
Act: June 7 1882.
Index: Vol. 2, Page 286
[Arrangement of 1870.]

15938 West-Tennessee. R
Thomas Parker,
Lincoln Co: in the state of Tennessee, who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Lawson, of the Virginia for the term of three years.
scribed on the roll of West-Tennessee, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 28. of September, 1819.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25. of Nov r 1819, and sent to Parry W: Humphreys, Judge, Fayetteville, West-Tenn.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r March } 41.83. 1820. }
semi-annual ending 5 mo. \frac{3}{30} 8 } $:41.83. 4/31 - - }
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued

Thos. Parker - Priv:
Col. Lawson's Virginia Reg. t 1777, or '78 - 3 years - Roll
20 th Sept. 1819.
Thomas Parker Petitioner
Admitted
L. Ward William B. Humphreys

State of Tennessee } Lincoln County } Sixth Judicial Circuit
This day personally appeared Thomas Parker before me Barry W. Humphreys one of the Circuit Judges in & for the state aforesaid, now presiding in the Sixth Judicial Circuit, who being duly sworn deposes & saith, that he is about fifty seven years of age & is in reduced circumstances, & stands in need of the assistance of his country. That some time about the spring or spring of the year 1777. or 1778. he enlisted in the regular service of the United States, at Prince Edward County State of Virginia in a company of Infantry commanded by Capt. John Halcomb belonging to the fourth regiment of the Virginia line, of continental troops under the command of Colo. Lawson Lawson. That at the time he joined said company he enlisted for the term of three years, and continued with said company for the full term of his enlistment. That during the term of his service he was actively engaged in behalf of the United States against the common enemy, and was at the battle of Monmouth, & was also in the service during the battles of Brandywine, & Germantown. And continued in the faithful discharge of the various duties of his station as a private soldier until the expiration of the term of service for which he enlisted. When he was regularly discharged in Philadelphia by some of the field officers, (but who, he does not now recollect) in the month of February or March in 1780. or 1781. This discharge, this affiant has either lost or destroyed by accident, and what has become of it he does not know. This affiant knows of no one

in this state by whom he could prove the facts herein stated, and has no other testimony to offer his country for her bounty, but the solitary affidavit of an aged, decrepit, poor unfortunate war-worn soldier. He thinks it probable that in Virginia he could find some few remaining men of '76. by whom he could prove his allegations. But it is out of his power to procure their testimony. He is so severely prostrated by the hard hand of hard fortune, & so overcome enervated by the lapse of time that he has neither the means nor strength of body to enable him to procure their testimony. And if on his own statement of facts he cannot get relief, he must still revere the country that protects & supports his tried companions who are so happy as to obtain her bounty.
This affiant further states that he has never received a pension from the United States nor from any other source, & he hereby releases every right that he has to receive a pension from his Government, but the one claimed for the facts herein stated.
He further states that he is a citizen of the County of Lincoln & state of Tennessee, & prays to be placed on the pension list. &c.
Sworn to & subscribed
before me this 28 th of Sept r
1819-
J. W. Humphreys
Thomas Post

Personally appeared Mark Steed  Abner Steed Abner Steed  Abner Steed before me & made oath that they are well acquainted with said Thomas Packer whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit, & from their own acquaintance with him they do know him to be a man in very intigent man & in very reduced circumstances, and they further more know him to be a man of credit & that his declarations are to be confided in.
Mark Steed Abner Steed
S sworn to in open court
September 28 th 1819
D Wright Clerk
I Parry W Humphreys one of the Judges of the Circuit Courts in & for the State of Tennessee now presiding in the Circuit Court at Lincoln do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the before mentioned Thomas Packer did serve in the Army of the United States in the revolutionary war for more than nine months at one time ag unst the Common enemy continental colo bushment of that he is in such reduced circumstances as to need assistance from his country for support & therefore transmit the foregoing testimony & proceedings had before me to the Secretary of the War Department as required by the act of Congress H.C.
P.W. Humphreys

State of Tennessee
I James Bright Clerk of the Circuit Court for the county of Lincoln in the State of Tennessee do cer- tify that Parry W. Humphreys whose name is subscribed to the within Certificate is and was at the time of signing the same one of the Judges of the Circuit Courts of Law and Equity for the State of Tennessee now presiding at the Court house in the Town of Fayetteville in the sixth Judicial Circuit of said State.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my private seal (there being no seal of office) this 4 th day of October 1819. J. Bright Clk

H.R. March 3. 1845.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Dr. Sir,
Enclosed herewith is an extract of (or rather a piece) of a letter making an enquiry which I will be gratified if you will answer, as I have had this evening or early in the morning be so good as direct your reply to me at Jackson-Furness.
Most respectfully
Yours in haste
Milton Brown

Wm. Fulton Brown
March 7. '45

Pension Office Mar. 7 '45.
Sir
In answer to the enquiry contained in the piece of letter transmitted by you in the case of Thomas Parker a pensioner under the Act of June 7 th '32 I have the honor to state that Thomas Parker at present receives the most that is ever allowed to the most meritorious soldiers in the rank of private. He appears to have served three years but there is no allowance made under the pension laws for any service beyond two years. The piece of letter is here with returned.
Hon ble Milton Brown
A R O.
19.544. Act June 7 th '32

State of Tennessee Lincoln County
This day personally appeared Charles Boyles before me R. Dickson one of the acting justices of the peace in & for said County and made oath in due form of law that he has seen and once had in his possession a paper purporting to be a notification or certificate issued at Washington City showing that Thomas Parker had been placed on the pension roll of West Tennessee for military services performed during the war of the Revolution which paper this affiant has lost or so mislaid that he cannot after much search find it.
C. Boyles
Sworn to & subscribed this 5 th day of March 1830.
R. Dickson Justice of the peace for Lincoln County Tennessee

Savannah Ga. June 21 3 H. Hall 177 75 $80 Thomas Parker Mrs. Thompson Pension Wapen
By Will Lewis cap Secutay of War Washington City
Andrew Miller Savannah Ga.

Savannah Ten. June 19- 1833.
Mr J L Edwards
Sir Incloud I send to you the papers containing the pro statement of proof of Thomas Parker of this County a soldier of the revolution. Should he obtain a warrant for a pension you will please to forward it to him at this place by mail. He lives in the District of West Tennessee.
Yours Respectfully Martin Miller
A.13.

Route to Revolutionary Section

Columbia Mo. March 26th. Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C. Commissioner of Pensions Rev Wm
Will you please send me, military record Revolutionary war, of Thomas Parker who in 1840 received pension, lived Obion Co. Tenn. also record of Thomas King, S45,883 Washington Co. Tenn. who received pension for services in Revolution war. These records are wanted to establish proof of service, for membership in D. A. R.
Very Respectfully Mrs H. Haviland King G. M. C. A. Building. Columbia Missouri.

Caledonia, Mo.
April 14, 1937
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Dear sir,
I wish to secure from your department all available information concerning the following Revolutionary War Pensioners:-
① Lenoir County, N. Car.
Elisha Hunt - Private commencement of.
Pension Mar 4-1789 - Act Sept. 29-1789
" " Apr 24-1816 - Act Apr. 24-1816
② Thomas Parker, Age 85, Ohio Co., Tenn. Listed as pensioner in 1840 Census. Tenn
Would appreciate full data respecting their services, family, etc.
Yours truly,
J. L. Haw Caledonia, Mo.
1840 57 83

om May 7, 1937
Thomas Parker S. 1709 BA-J/AWF Am
Mr. J. L. Haw Caledonia Missouri
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of the following Revolutionary War soldiers- Elisha Hunt of Lenoir County, North Carolina, and Thomas Parker of Tennessee.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is not possible to comply in full with to each request.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 1709, based upon the service of Thomas Parker in the Revolutionary War.
Thomas Parker was born in the year 1760 in Lunenburg County, Virginia. He was an orphan and was reared by Pascal Greeneral(?). The names of his parents were not stated.
While a resident of Prince Edward County, Virginia, he enlisted in the spring of 1777, and served as a private in Captain John Holcombe's company, Colonel Lawson's 4th Virginia regiment, was in the battle of Monmouth; during the service he was transferred to the 6th Virginia regiment, from which he was discharged in February or March, 1780.
He moved after the Revolution from Virginia to

Person County, North Carolina, and thence to Lincoln County, Tennessee.
Thomas Parker was allowed pension on his application executed September 28, 1819, then a resident of said Lincoln County.
n He referred to his wife in 1820, as aged fifty-eight years, but did not give her name, and, also, referred to a daughter Nancy, aged twenty-two years, and a son Thomas, aged seventeen years.
The soldier, Thomas Parker, was living in 1833 in Hardin County, Tennessee, where he had lived about four years.
John Parker, and Starling Parker, brothers of the soldier, were in the Revolutionary War, and Starling was killed in the service.
The papers in this claim contain no further reference to the family of Thomas Parker.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILGER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Thomas Parker a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S 1709
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Spring 1777 3 yrs. Pvt. John Holcomb Lawson Va.                                                   
Battles engaged in, Monmouth
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Prince Edward Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Sept 28, 1819 His el al
Residence at date of application, Lincoln Co. Tenn.
Age at date of application, b 1760 Lunenburg Co. Va.
Remarks: Sol. refers to his wife aged 58 yrs. name not stated, his daughter Nancy aged 22 yrs and a son Thomas aged 17 yrs in 1820.
Brother in War John - wounded - Harkness  Respectfully,
Commissioner.