Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6770, Thomas Bullard, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. 6.
Bullard, Thomas
S. 6770
carded
CONTENTS

North Carolina 1685-16
Thomas Ballard of Bladen in the State of N. Car. who was a Pm. in the Regt commanded by Captain of the by Col. Histon in the No. Ca. line for 1 year. 12 mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Carolina at the rate of $1. Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of Aug. 1833 and unto Patrick Mumsey, Taylors Bridge N. Ca.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 - 82.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept - 20.66 $103.32
March 16 - 1837
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nath. Rice - Clerk, Book e Vol. 6 Page 35

State of North Carolina } Court of Pleas & Quarter Bladen County } Sessions May Term 1833.
On this the 7th day of May A.D. 1833 personally appeared in open Court before William H. Beatty Robert Lyon and James M Daffee
the worshipful Justices now holding the Court aforesaid Thomas Bullard a resident of Bladen County in the State of North Carolina aged seventy three years the 13th of December 1832 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 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated
1. In a company of Duplin militia under the command of Captain Hardy Holmes, John Holmes, Lieutenant, Joseph Cartwright Sargeant, in a regiment commanded by Col. Heston, Abraham Moulton Major, his other officers he forgets, except one Sanderlin who was Sargeant also in his company, he thinks in the year 1778 and in latter part of the fall or first of the winter of that year and served six weeks as a private; that he resided in Duplin, now Sampson County N.C. when he entered this service; that he was a substitute for one Jeremiah Simmons; that he was in no battle; that he joined his company at Elizabeth Town, Bladen County

but was enrolled at Duplin Old Court House and obtained leave from his captain to meet his company at Elizabeth Town, that from thence he marched into South Carolina along the road leading to Purysburg, to that place, where he joined Gen Lincoln's army, that a day or two before he arrived at Purysburg he exchanged places with a private named Joshua Tatom, who was in service in a company of nine months' men that the company to which he first belonged were five months' men; that he has no documentary evidence and knows of no person by whom he can prove these six weeks' service.
2ndly He exchanged places as aforesaid with Joshua Tatom and served seven months and a half in a company of nine months' men under Captain Daniel Williams, when he first entered this service and Captain Williams being promoted to the grade of Major, a Captain Sharpe took the place of Capt Williams, Lieutenant Pearl, in a regiment commanded by Col Shackleton, Major Armstrong, Thomas Gregory and Stephen Bowen were Sergeants in his company, he forgets the other officers; that he was a private soldier; that he thinks this company were State troops, that he was in no battle that he marched from Purysburg S. C. up Savannah River to a place called Black Swamp where he encamped awhile, thence up Savannah River still and crossed over at Augusta, thence down the Savannah River to a place called White's ferry on Savannah River, thence across Savannah at White's ferry towards Stone ferry in pursuit of the British to within three or four miles of Stone ferry where he encamped awhile, thence to near Beaufort and encamped and remained awhile till the nine months for which the company were engaged

expired, thence on for Crops Creek now Fayetteville and on his march for Crops Creek, he was discharged over Big Pedee opposite Long Bluff ferry by Col Shacketon on the 15th of August he thinks in the year 1779; that he was in no battle himself but the company and regiment to which he belonged fought at the battle at Stone ferry; that at that time he was sent in a detachment of about three hundred men to capture some British on board some boats up Stone River that the detachment fired upon the boat, killed some of the men on board & took the rest prisoners; that he served with continental regiments or troops under Genl Lincoln and Sumpter from the time he joined them at Purysburg till the nine months were out at near Beaufort; the regular officers he knew were Genl Lincoln and Sumpter, Curtis Gagey, Adjutant Parker Major Dougharty, Captain Lewis, Col Dickson and others whose names he can't now call to mind, that he has no documentary evidence and thinks he can prove this service by Thomas Gregory of Sampson County, & this service was in the year 1779.
3. In a company of Duplin militia under the command of Captain Nathan Hall, Henry Davis Sargeant he forgets his other company officers, in a regiment commanded by Col James Kenan, John Broadwell Major, he thinks in January 1781 and served two months and a half, that he was a volunteer; that just before he entered this service he had removed from Duplin to Bladen County, that during this service the skirmish at the Big Bridge in New Hanover County about ten miles above Wilmington occurred, between the Americans commanded by Col. Brown whose arm was broke in the engagement and the enemy; that his company embodied in Duplin County and marched to the Big Bridge in New Hanover

County where he joined a regiment under Col. James Heman, that he remained there on the west side of the North East River at the Pig Bridge, till he was ordered to be discharged by Col. Brown and received a discharge in writing by whom it was signed he can't recollect, that he has no documentary evidence of discharge now, having been lost or destroyed by fire as his house was once burned, and that he knows of no person by whom he can prove his service in this tour.
4 That he served in several short expeditions against the Tories amounting to one month under Captain Ellis of Bladen County, that he has no documentary evidence & knows of no person by whom he can prove this service.
Answers of Thomas Ballard the aforesaid applicant to the questions prescribed by the War Department propounded by the Court aforesaid.
To the 1st. — I was born in the State of Virginia the 13th of December 1759
" " 2 nd I have a record of my age at home on a slip of paper set down by memory having lost the Bibles in which it was recorded when my house was burned
" " 3 rd When first called into service I was living in Daplin now Sampson County N.C. when I entered my last tour of service I resided in Bladen County N.C. Since the Revolutionary war I have lived in Bladen, Sampson & Cumberland Counties N.C. and I now live in Bladen County N.C.
" " 4 th In my first service I was a substitute for Jeremiah Simmons. In my next I exchanged places voluntarily with Joshua Salom by consent of our officers and in my other services I was a volunteer.
" " 5. I beg leave to refer to my declaration for an answer to this interrogatory.

To the 6th I recd two discharges in writing one given me & signed by Col Shackleton and the other granted me by Col Brown, as his arm was broke I don't know who signed it which are lost or destroyed
To the 7th George Thagot, William Smith, Robert Melvin Esquire, Major John T. Gilmore, Amos Jessup Esquire. Isaac Jessup & others I could name
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 & Subscribed the day & Year above written
Tho s Bullard
We Robert Melvin and William Smith residing in the County of Bladen hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Bullard who has subscribed and sworn to the preceding declaration; that we believe him to be seventy three years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a revolutionary soldier and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & Year first above written
Robert Melvin his mark William Smith his mark
And the said Court hereby declarant 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 Robert Melvin and William Smeth who are residents in the County of Bladen have signed the preceding certificate are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit and further that there is no clergyman residing in the immediate vicinity of said applicant
Interlined before signed
A. H. Beatty Jr. h John L. Beatty Robert Lyon S.P. J. M. Duffee S.P.
I, Patrick Kelly Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of Bladen County hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Ballard for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this the 7th day of May A.D. 1833 & in the 57th Year of American Independence
P. Kelly clerk
State of North Carolina Sampson County
Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions May Term 1833.
On this the 20th day of May A.D. 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Justices now holding the Court aforesaid viz William MacKay, Jesse Bates and Whitney Royal Thomas Gregory a resident of Sampson County in the State of North Carolina aged eighty three years the 29th January 1833, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose

and say that he knew Thomas Bullard the a- foresaid applicant, now a resident of Bladen county. He aged about seventy three years, in the time of the war of the Revolution, that this depo- nent served with the said applicant in the 4th regi- ment of North Carolina State troops or continental- s this deponent is not certain which, in a nine month tour of duty, in a company commanded by Captain Theophilus Williams at first, then Daniel Williams awhile and lastly by Captain Anthony Sharpe Lieutenant Jas. Pearl that Col James Armstrong commanded the regiment and Gen. Lincoln was supreme in command, that this service commenced in December 1778 and ended in August 1779
the battle at Stone ferry occurred during this tour sometime in June, that the company rendezvoused near Duplin Old Court House and marched in the first place to Elizabeth Town Bladen County thence to the Ten mile House this side of Charleston thence to Purysburg, thence up Savannah River to a place called Black swamp, thence on, further up across at Augusta, thence down the Savannah to White's ferry, thence across Savannah to Stone old field, where the army made Head Quarters, thence after the battle at Stone ferry on towards Cross Creek now Fayetteville; that he is not certain where said applicant joined the company but that he served the most of this tour of nine months I work to I subscribed the day & Year abovenwritten
Thomas Gregory
And the said Court hereby certify that Thomas Gregory the aforesaid deponent, is well known to us, is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to full faith and credit. Given under our hands the 22nd day of May A.D. 1833.
M. M. Eoy
W. H. Rayal John Bates

I, Thomas J. Faison Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for Sampson County hereby certify that the foregoing deposition was sworn to & subscribed in open Court, and that the proceeding certificate was made by the Justices holding said Court, and that their signatures thereto are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this the 22nd May A.D. 1833
Thomas J Faison Clerk
Thomas Ballard
25554

No 25554
Thomas Ballard Bladen County North Carolina
Adopted as a private 12 mo and 12 days 41.33
Patrick Murphy Taylor Bridge Sampson County North Carolina

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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, showing the Service of Thomas Ballard Bladen County North Carolina
   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.     Entered fall 1778 - 1 12 private Genl. Lincoln Hemypton Col. Hoke, Col. Alston Col. Moulton, 73 years Duplin County Traditionary evidence, & one witness paper correctly attached   Served 1779 - 7 15 " Col. Williams, promoted to Major - Col. Sharp (com) Col. Shackleton N. Carolina   Served Jan. 1781 - 2 15 " Col. Hall, Col. Sherran Major Brantley   Served " - 1 - " Col. Ellis   12 12 Battle of Stone,  
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 enquiry 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 , is 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 affix 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 [i] 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.

October 17, 1938
BA-J/AWF See Thomas Bullard S. 6770
Mrs. R. L. Bannerman 435 West 23rd Street, Apt. 11 C New York City
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the record of Thomas Bullard, as found in pension claim, S. 6770, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War, and a tracing of his signature, as shown in the claim.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the above noted pension claim. The tracing of the signature of Thomas Bullard is enclosed herewith.
Thomas Bullard was born December 13, 1759 in Virginia. The names of his parents were not given.
While residing in Duplin (that part later Sampson) County, North Carolina, Thomas Bullard enlisted late six weeks in December, 1778, served as a private in Captain Hardy Holmes' company, Colonel Alston's North Carolina regiment; at the expiration of this service, he served in Captain Williams' company, Colonel James Armstrong's regiment, and in Captain Anthony Sharpe's company, Colonel Thackston's regiment, about the time of the battle of Stono Ferry, he was sent in a detachment of about three hundred men to capture some British on board a boat up the Stono River, killed some of them, and took the remainder of them prisoners, and was discharged August 15, 1779. He moved to Bladen County, North Carolina, and enlisted sometime in January, 1781, served two and one half months in Captain Nathan Hall's company, Colonel James Kenan's regiment, and was in a skirmish at Big Bridge, about ten miles above Wilmington. He was, also, out in frequent short expeditions against

the Tories, under Captain Ellis.
Thomas Bullard was allowed pension on his application executed May 7, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Bladen County, North Carolina.
The papers on file in this claim contain no discernible data in regard to family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data-
Thomas Bullard Certificate #16516 Issued August 28, 1833 Rate $41.33 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 North Carolina Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

July 6, 1905 History to B. F. Bullard Savannah Ga. 1926 July 17 - Hest to Mrs. J. W. Oglesby Jr. awt 1938 Oct 17 - List to Mrs. R. L. Bannerman sig trace to Luc.
Rev War
6770
INVALID.
File No. 6770
Thomas Bullard
Rev War
Act: June 1 st 1852
Index: — Vol. 28 , Page 50
[Arrangement of 1870.]

HANNAH CLARKE CHAPTER QUITMAN, GEORGIA
Dear Sir,
Please send me all information contained in Pension of " Thomas Bullard " for Revolutionary service. He was placed on pension roll of Bladen Co. N.C. 1833 and died 1837.
I want this information to use in a D.A.R. paper I am filling out, and will appreciate your prompt attention, and thank you very much for same.
Very Truly Yours.
Mrs. Juanita Bullard Oglesby Regent Hannah Clarke Chapter (Mrs. J.W.O., Jr.) D.A.R.

October 4, 1938
Veterans Administration:
Please furnish me the history of Thomas Bullard, Rev. War pension claim, S. 6770, also the tracing of his signature.
Mrs. R. L. Bannerman 435 West 23 rd St. New York, N. Y. Apartment 11 C

L. 6770
Thomas Bullard
May 7. 1833 Bladen Co. NC
b. Dec. 13, 1759
res Duplin now Sampson Co. NC. at enrol. enrolled at Duplin Old C. H.
78 P. Capt Hardy Holmes
Col Alston
Duplin mil. 6 mth
Dec. 78 P. Capt Daniel Williams
Sharpe
Col Thackston
State mil
dis Aug 15 79 9 mos.
res Bladen Co
Jan 81. Capt Nathan Hall
Col Jas. Kenan
2 1/2 m.
Capt Ellis
rev. short appt. 1 mo

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
July 17, 1926
Mrs. J. W. Oglesby, Jr Quitman Ga.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 6770, it appears that Thomas Bullard was born December 13, 1759 in Virginia.
While residing in Duplin County, North Carolina, he served as a private in the North Carolina Troops, as follows-
In the fall of 1778, six weeks in Captain Hardy Holmes' Company under Colonel Alston.
From in December 1778, seven and one half months in Captain Daniel Holmes' and Captain Anthony Sharp's Company, Colonel Thackston's Regiment, and was discharged August 15, 1779.
While residing in Bladen County, North Carolina, he served two and one half months in Captain Nathan

Hall's Company, under Colonel James Kenan.
He served several short tours, under Captain Ellis, amounting in all to one month.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 7, 1833, while a resident of Bladen County, North Carolina.
There is no data on file as to family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

W. C. POWELL, PRESIDENT.
B. F. BULLARD, VICE PRES.
R. B. POWELL, VICE-PRESIDENT. C. P. DUSENBURY, ASST. SEC. & TREAS.
DIRECTORS.
W. C. Powell, W. F. Coachman, B. F. Bullard, H. L. Covington, C. B. Rogers, H. A. McCuehern, C. Downing, J. A. Cranford, G. H. McMillan, John R. Young, J. R. Saunders.
Consolidated Naval Stores Company, SAVANNAH BRANCH.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
W. C. Powell, W. F. Coachman, H. L. Covington, C. B. Rogers, B. F. Bullard.
Box 455. Savannah, Ga. June 15, 1905.
Commissioner of Pensions, Interior Department, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
The Roster of Continental Troops at Raleigh shows that my Great Grandfather, Thomas Bullard, enlisted as a private from Bladen County, North Carolina, in Sharpe's Company, Tenth Regiment, on November 10, 1878.
We are also informed that he was pensioned in 1883, his claim dating back to 1785. If you have any record of application for pension by the party named, I would be very much obliged for copy of same, together with any and all other data appertaining thereto, that may be gathered from your files.
Thanking you in advance, I beg to remain,
Yours truly,
B. F. Bullard