Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33137, for Thomas Moore, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Pa,
Moore, Thomas
S 33137
CONTENTS

Illinois 25. 19.
See letter B.P. Agt. July 18. 1831
Thomas Moore
of Moccasin Co in the State of Va. who was a Pvt in the Company commanded by Captain Peby of the Regt commanded by Col in the Virginia Militia -
6 Mo P. $ 20.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Illinois at the rate of 20 Dollars per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of Jan and in to 1834 Hon Chas Wade Hts of Rep
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 50.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4th Mar '34 10.00 $ 60.00
Revolutionary Claim, { Sept June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by John J. Ingram Clerk, Book, Vol. 8 - Page 63

216. 8898
Thomas Moore Illinois
Return
Adm. M. Moatles $20-
Hon Chas. Stude Ho of Rep P. A. Winchester Carlinville Macon Co Ill Illinois

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
18 th October 1833.
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Thomas Moore
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Oct 1780 3 Cap. P. May 33 years Buckingham County Virginia Traditionary   Oct or Sept 1781 3 Cap Garrison Same place  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[A. B.]
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about  three or four months , in too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

State of Illinois
Macoupin County
On this second day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 88 personally appeared in open Court before the judges of the County Commissioners Court for the County and State aforesaid Now Settin Thomas was a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged Seventy three years on the 24 th day of January A.D. 1834 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 the
28 th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following (names) Officers and served as herein stated to wit he entered the service of the United States under Captain Peter May in Buckingham County Virginia as a substitute for one Peter Sifner Sifner and served three months in the militia and rendezvoused at Hillsborough in North Carolina in October in the year sixteen hundred Seventeen hundred and eighty he then went South where Colonel Glenn
It was nearly five months before he got home to Pennsylvania Old Courthouse in Virginia
He was near the Battle of the Clouds but was not in it he crossed the Yadkin River at a place called the Trading Ford and was fired on by the enemy in the night - Made retreat by Order of his Captain and then marched towards Guilford
He further states that in the year 1781 in September or October he entered the United States and served three months as a substitute for the John Still in Buckingham Buckingham County Virginia under Captain Garrison

that he joined the Army below Richmond Virginia and went to Swans point under Lieutenant Blakeney in charge of some Boats on James River being exposed and in the Water he was taken Sick and remained so until after the Siege of York, that he received a permit while Sick of Lieutenant Blakeney but he never received any discharge for his services he was a Substitute as before stated for William Still and served three Months
He states that he has no documentary evidence and he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services. He hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any of any State.
When and Where were you born, I was born in Buckingham County Virginia On the 24 th day of January 1760
Have you any record of your age and if so Where is it?
I have no record of my age I believe the Book containing the record of my age is in Kentucky a A Brother in Laws of mine
Where were you living when called into service, Where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and Where do you now live.
I lived in Buckingham County Virginia when I entered the service I afterwards lived in Kentucky in the Counties of Woodford, Logan, Green & Simpson, upwards of 40 years I now live in the State of Illinois Macoupin County

When were you called into Service
3 I substituted for Peter Spence for Three Months & William Stile Three Months who were drafted and marched under Captain Peter May and Gassman from Buckingham County Virginia under the former I went to Williamsborough North Carolina under the latter I went to Richmond in Virginia
State the names of some of the Regular Officers then  were with the Troops where you served in such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service
I cannot speak certainly as to who were the Regular Officers but I think Captain Wheatley was a Regular Officer whom I served in Williamsborough
Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service & if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?
I received a discharge for my first term of duty for three months from Captain May at Petersburg Old Court house Virginia which I have lost which was the only discharge I ever received
State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as

to your Character for veracity and good behaviour P H Winchester, J. S. Hovey John Lewis Joseph Borrough John Lewis David Gamble
Sworne to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid Thomas Moore
David Gamble a Clergyman residing in the County of Macoupin in the State of Illinois and Joseph Borrough P H Winchester John Lewis and J. S. Hovey
Residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Moore who was interviewed and sworn in the above declaration that we believe him to be Seventy Three years of age Old on the 24th day of January 1834 that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworne to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid Joseph Borrough P H Winchester John Lewis J. S. Hovey David Gamble

and the said court do hereby declare their opinion of the after the investigation of the matter after after putting the interrogators prescribed by the by the war department that the above named agent agent was a Revolutionary Soldier and as he states as he states and the court further certify that it ap- -pears to them that that  the  above that David Gumbelin who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County and State aforesaid and that  of Binghamton Joseph Borough T.P. Hovey John Lewis, is an Creditable person and that these statements is entitled to credit
I Tristram P. Hovey Clerk of the County Commissioners Court for the County of Mac- -oupin and State of Illinois do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Thomas Moore for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this eleventh day of December A.D. 1833 T. P. Hovey Clerk

I William P. Hovey Clerk of the County Commissioners Court for the County of Macoupin And State of Illinois do hereby certify that the within and foregoing contains the Original proceedings in the matter of the application of John Thomas Moore for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto
Set my hand & Seal.
This eleventh
day of November 1833
William P. Hovey Clerk

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Thomas Moore a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
S. file 33137
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Oct. 1780 3 mos. ✓ Peter May Glenn Va.   Sept. 1781 3 mos. Glason ✓          
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Buckingham Co., Va.
Date of application for pension, Dec. 2, 1833.
Residence at date of application, Macoupin Co., Illinois.
Age at date of application, b. Jany 24, 1760 in Buckingham Co., Va.
Remarks: He was pens. Jany 9, 1834 @ $20 per annum from Mch 4, 1831, for six months' service as Private of Va. Mil.

Connie Mills 1st July
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James L Edwards Esq Commissioner of pensions Washington City
July 17

Canni Ill
30 June 1837
Sir
The enclosed papers of Thos Moore are forwarded for your inspection - and order thereon as to making the payment - eighteen months pay is due to him
yours with Respect Daniel Hay
James L Edwards Esq Washington City

33 137 Rev INVALID.
File No. 33 137
Thomas Moore
Rev
Act: June 1 st 1897
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 285
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Oct. 7-1901 Stella K. Cole Duckville Ills
1911 Aug 2. To R.C. Moore & 1911 Dec. 9 Lucy D. Hayes furnished Tombstone data— Letters in N.F. 3603 Joshua Richardson. V.L.H.
1930 Aug 5. Mrs. Henry Co. English adv. as to date last payment of pen. etc. See correspondence in de. Joshua Armstrong 10. 23461

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O. M. N.
Jacksonville, Illinois - Sept. 26 th 1901.
Department of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen: -
Will you kindly tell me whether on the list of pensioners of the War of the Revolution is found the name of Thomas L. Moore , born Dec. 20, 1761 - enlisted from Maryland - died in Illinois Feb. 20 th 1841.
Any information concerning this name would be of great interest.
Very respectfully Stella L. Cole % Central Hospital Jacksonville Illinois.

Robert C. Moore, County Superintendent of Schools, Macoupin County.
Carlinville, Illinois, July 27, 1911.
Pension Commissioner, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I am trying to establish absolute proof of the fact that my great grandfather was a Revolutionary soldier, and hope that you will be able to give me a little assistance. I have a copy of a certificate that Thomas Moore of the State of Illinois was a private during the Revolutionary War and entitled to receive a pension of Twenty Dollars per annum during his natural life, commencing on the 4th day of March, 1851. This copy is dated at the War Office of the United States, January 9, 1854, and is signed by Lewis Cass, Secretary of War. But it is only a copy and I am unable to locate the original. Then, I have a letter from the present Adjutant General that Thomas Moore served in Captain William Faulkner's Company, Second New Jersey Battalion, commanded by Col. William Maxwell, in the Revolutionary War, during the time January, '75 to January '76; and also that Thomas Moore served in Capt. Giles Meade's Company, First New Jersey Regiment, commanded by Col. Mathias Ogden, enlisted May, 1780.
I would like to know whether you can find on the records of the Pension Department anything which will prove that Thomas Moore of Macoupin County, Illinois, received a pension as a Revolutionary soldier, and whether he was the same as the above named soldier or soldiers.
Yours respectfully,
R. C. Moore