Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8933, for Thomas Patterson, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va
Patterson, Thomas
S. 8933
CONTENTS
boarded

North Carolina 23.602
Thomas Patterson (2)
of Orange, in the State of N. Car. who was a Pvt. in the _____ command. by Captain _____ of the _____ command. by Col. Garris in the _____ command. line for time: 18 months -
★ Va. Line.
Nov. 27, 1844.
Second corrected.
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina - at the rate of 20 - Dollars 33. Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of January and sent Hon. L. L. Waukena V.R.
Arrears to the 4th of March 34. 75.99 Semestral allowance ending Sept " 12.67 888.60
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nath. Price - Clerk Book E Vol. 69 Page 69.

29.685.
Amount in purchase 7 mos 18 days $25.33
Hon D. L. Barning H. R.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
State of North Carolina Orange County
On this the 27 th day of November 1833, personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid, now sitting, Thomas Patterson, a resident of the County of Orange aforesaid aged 71 years in February last, 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.
That in February or March 1781, the decla- rant was drafted, in the County of Middle- sex, in the State of Virginia, as a private in the militia of Virginia for the term of one month, & was attached to a Company which was embodied at or near James River, in Henrico County, under the command of Capt Lawrence Mitchell & Lieutenant William George. - From thence declarant was marched to Gloucester Town where remained until the expiration of the term for which he had been drafted, when he was full officer & was then discharged.
The next day after the declarant returned home from Gloucester Town, which he thinks was on the 1 st or 2 nd day of April 1781.

he was again called into the Public Service, in the said County of Middlesex as a private in the Militia of Virginia, as were the whole of the Militia in said County, between the ages of eighteen years and sixty. Whether he could be said to be drafted or by what name his services were on that occasion demanded, the declarant can not say. The call was general. It being at the time when Lord Cornwallis was advancing at the head of the British forces from North Carolina into Virginia, after the battle of Guilford. The call was authorized & commanded obedience, and doubtless was regular & made by competent authority; - and the term of service, that he was required to perform, was not limited, as the declarant was then informed or has since learned in any other way, than as the interests of the Country at that critical juncture, might dictate. On this occasion, the declarant was attached to a company, which was embodied at the said Farm Hill, commanded by the same officers, viz: Capt Lawrence Mitchell and Lieutenants Williams George. From said Farm Hill the declarant was marched to Paradin Old Field in the County of Gloucester, Va, where a Regiment commanded by Col John Taylor was mustered - and to which declarant's company belonged - and which it then joined. - In addition to Col John Taylor, Major Campbell was in command as a Field Officer - he thinks John Campbell. - From Paradin Old Field, the declarant with his Regiment was marched to Wood's Hill

Field as when he remained some weeks, and there was marched to Head Quarters at Pitsworth Church in Gloucester afterwards. Genl Hudson here took command of the militia - and Col. Baines here became a Field Officer. From Pits- worth Church, declarant was marched to Powell's Old Field, within two miles of Yorktown Va. where declarant was stationed until after the capture of Lord Cornwallis - and was dis- charged on the 19 th of October 1781 - after having been under arms in the war last aforesaid six months and eighteen days. The declarant did not receive written discharges from the services. The declarant was not acquainted with any other officers than those aforementioned. The declarant was born in York County Va. on the 15 th of February 1762 - was removed when an infant to Middlesex County Va. as he hath been informed, where he resided during the Revolutionary war. Some forty years ago, the declarant removed from said County & state to Chatham County in North Carolina. and there removed into Orange County N.C. in January 1833, where he now resides. - He hath no certificate of his age. He cannot obtain any from any source, acquainted with declarant's services. 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 the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above stated.
Thomas Patterson Mark
J. Taylor

We Matthew Durham and William McFarley residing in the County of Orange, State of New York, that we are well acquainted with Thomas Paterson, who has sworn to subscribe to the above declaration that he believes him to be 71 years old; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood in which he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that he concurs in that opinion.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Matthew Durham
J. D. [unclear] Clerk
William McFarley
The above declarant further swears that he knows of no person by whom he can prove his service above set forth nor hath he any documentary evidence of it.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Thomas Paterson Mark
J. D. [unclear] Clerk
And the said Court declare their opinion after putting the several interrogatories pro- scribed by the War Department & hearing the answers of declarant, that the a- bove named declarant served as he hath stated; and that it appears to them that Matthew Durham and William McFarley, who have signed & sworn to

The above certificate, on persons of good character, and that their state- ment is entitled to full credit; - and that the declarant is a credible person.
J. John Taylor, Clerk of the Court aforesaid certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the applica- -tion of the said Thomas Patterson for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office, this the 30. th day of November 1833. -
J. Taylor

(3) January 30, 1931.
Mrs. Clna Patterson Tebo 12 East Shadow Lawn Avenue Atlanta, Georgia.
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section ILL Am
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 8933, that Thomas Patterson was born February 17, 1762 in York County, Virginia, and was moved during infancy to Middlesex County, Virginia.
While a resident of Middlesex County, Virginia, he enlisted in February or March, 1781, served one month as a private in Captain Lawrence Mitchum's Company, Colonel Innis' Virginia Regiment; he re-enlisted April 1, or 2, immediately following, served as a private in Captain Mitchum's Company, Colonels John Taylor's and Innis' Regiments and was discharged October 19, 1781.
Soldier moved from Middlesex County, Virginia, about 1793  1807 to Chatham County, North Carolina.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 27, 1833, while a resident of Orange County, North Carolina, having moved there in January of that year from Chatham County, same state.
He died in January, 1839. - A. B.
There are no family data.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Thomas Patterson 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. file 89331
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Feb 40 Mich. 31 1 mo. Pri. Lawrence Mitchum Innis Va.   Apl. 102, 81 Oct. 19 1781 " " " John Taylor   Innis      
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, William Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Nov. 27, 1833. Henrico.
Residence at date of application, Orange Co. Va. from Jan. 1833.
Age at date of application, born Feb. 17, 1762 York Co. Va.
Remarks: _____

83. W. Harris St. Atlanta Ga.
Dec. 14. 09 Commissioner of Pensions, Washington. D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please send me the record of service and family connections mentioned in the pension papers of the Revolutionary pensioner Wm Rowlett of Chesterfield Co. Va., in 1833. and Thomas Patterson of Orange Co. N. C. in 1833

Thanking you in advance for your kind- ness, I am Yours-
Respect.
(Mrs) Alma Patterson Lebo 83, Dr. Harris St.,

1930 Dec. 29. Hist. to Mrs. Olga P. Rebo. R
1931- Jan. 30. Hist. to Mrs. Olga Patterson Lebo: her letter see W m. Rowlet - W 26412 - I L L.
Rev War
8933 INVALID.
File No. _____
8933
Thomas Patterson
Prin. Rev. War
Act: _____
June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. _____
1st
, Page _____
288
[Arrangement of 1870.]