Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4224, Thomas Hammond, Md.

SERVICE
NUMBER
md
Hammond Thomas Sarah
W. 4224
CONTENTS

Ohio 17.194 R
see letter to J. Holt 21 May 1831 S t Hon. W. A. Wittlesay Aug t 26/50
Thomas Hammond of Athens Co. in the state of Ohio who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Adams of the Maryland line, for the term of 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 10 th of November 1819.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th of May 1820 and sent to Ezra Osborn Esq. Portsmouth, Ohio.
  Arrears to 4th of March 1820,  30; 63    Semi-ann. all ce ending 1 st Sept 1820,  48. —    3 21 / 30 & 4 / 31 Months  78 : 63  
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }

5676
ALC C.
Sarah Hammond widow of Thomas Hammond who served in the Revolutionary war, as a pirate.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29" day of May 1851 and sent to
Deed Hon W. A. Whittelsey July 20, 1852 Marietta Ohio
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 343 Vol. 4
Deed July 20, 1852

Auditor's Office, Annapolis, Jan'y 31 st 1820
I hereby certify, that it appears from the pay-rolls remaining in the Auditor's Office, that Thomas Hammond Esq. received from John Hamilton, agent of the Maryland line, the sum of $ 54..00 for arrears of pay from the 1 st Aug t 80 to the 1 st Jan'y 82. Also, the sum of $ 80..00 for pay from the 1 st Jan'y 82 to the 1 st Jan'y 83 and also the sum of $ 43..30 from the 1 st Jan'y 83 to the 15 th Nov. 83 - when his time expired.
Thos. Kearney A. P. M.

The State of Ohio Athens County ss - On the tenth day of November 1819 before me the subscriber one President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the eighth Circuit of the State of Ohio Personally appeared Thomas Harrison aged fifty seven years, who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following state- ments and declaration in order to obtain the pension made by the late law 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" that he is a citizen of the State of Ohio and a resident of the County of Athens and that he was enlisted for three years at Marlborough in Prince Georges County in the State of Maryland on or about the month of March in the year 1781 and served in the Company commanded by Captain Edward Reid of the first Maryland  first Maryland Regiment, was at the siege of York when General Cornwallis was taken and that he continued in said corps in the service of the United States in the Continental Army against the common enemy until about the first of December 1783 - when he was honorably discharged from service at Fredericktown in Frederick County State of Maryland by Capt- ain Pendergrast - and that he is in name circumstances and stand in need of the

assistance of his country for support and that he has lost his discharge and has no record in his power of his services and discharge other than that which is hereby transmitted - Sworn and declared before me the day and year of aforesaid - Tho. L. Hammond clerk Ezra Osborn P.D.
I Ezra Osborn Judge do as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Thomas Hammond did serve in the revo- lutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of two years and about eight months on the continental establishments and I now transmits the proceedings and testimony taken and laid before me to the secretary for the department of War pursu- -ant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress; and it further appears to my satisfaction that the applicant is in such indigent and reduced circumstances as to require the aid of his country pursuant to the above recited Act. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 10 th day of October
1814
Ezra Osborn P.D.

Thos. Hammond
Priv:
Col: Adams's Maryland Regt.
WV 1350
sent to Annapolis
Col: Adams's Maryland Regt.
Proof of service
needed
1701 - 29 th Dec r
10 th Nov: 1819-
"Ezra Osborn Esq. Portsmouth Ohio"
Ezra Osborn Esq. Portsmouth Ohio
Athens Co. Ohio -

No 14.280.. Declaration of Sarah Hammonds widow of Thomas Hammond d ied for a Pension Revolutionary
Declaration of Sarah Hammonds for a pension
Presented by Mrs. J. Whiteley

In The State of Ohio Washington County ss
Thomas W Ewart clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county hereby certify that Joseph Barker was on the twenty seventh day of December AD 1850 and now is an associate judge of the 8 th Judicial Circuit duly commissioned and quali- fied as such and that his signature within written is genuine
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Marietta this 30 th day of December AD 1850
Thos. W. Ewart clerk

State of Ohio ss
Washington County) On this 27 th Day of December AD 1850 personally appeared before me Joseph Barker, an associate Judge of the of Common Pleas Court in and for the County aforesaid. Sarah Hammond a resident of the Township of Liberty in the County of Washington, Ohio Aged Seventy Six Years who being first Duly Sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July the 7 th 1838 entitled. An act granting half pay and pension to certain widows. That She is the widow of Thomas Hammond who was a private in the army of the revolutionary war as will be seen by his Declaration and proof of service filed in the pen- sion office of the United States as stated by J. L. Edwards Commissioner of pensions in his letter to Wm. A. Whittlesey member of Congress. Dated August 26 th 1850. She further Declares that She was married to the said Thomas Hammond on the 28 th Day of January AD 1793 and that her husband the aforesaid Thomas Hammond died in November AD 1832 That She was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hun- dred and ninety four viz. at the time above stated. She further swears that She is now a widow and that She has never before made any application for a pension. Sarah her Hammond mark Sworn to and subscribed on the Day and Year above written and I hereby certify that the above named applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend the court Joseph Barker
Associate Judge of Washington Co. Ohio

January 27, 1931
Mrs. L.A.Hart 516 Vermont Place Columbus, Ohio
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section EBL an
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.4224 , that Thomas Hammond enlisted at Marlborough, Prince Georges County, Maryland, in March, 1781, served as a private in Captains Williams' and Edward Price's Companies, Colonel Peter Adams' Third Maryland Regiment, was at the siege of Yorktown and was discharged December 1, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 10, 1819, pension certificate issued May 29, 1820, at which time he was aged fifty-seven years and resided in Athens County, Ohio.
In 1828, he was residing in Crawford County, Indiana, and in 1831, in Adams County, Illinois.
He died in November, 1832.
The soldier married January 28, 1793, in Montgomery County, Maryland, Sarah Boyle.
She was allowed pension on her application executed December 27, 1850, at which time she was aged seventy-six years and resided in Liberty Township, Washington County, Ohio.
Frank B She died July 20, 1852.
Children are referred to, no names are stated..

The Revolutionary War records of this bureau do not show that a claim for pension was ever made on account of the services of Jacob Baumgardner, searched under all spellings of the surname.
Due to the great pressure of current work and the lack of a clerical force available for the purpose, only two histories of soldiers of the Revolution are furnished each inquirer.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

Rockville M. a May 20th 1851 I hereby certify that from the Church records of Prince Georges Parish it appears that Thomas Hammond and Sarah Boyle were married by the Rev. d Thomas Read the Rector of said Parish on the 28th day of Jan. y 1793 In testimony whereof I herewith subscribe my name the day and year first above written John A Higgins Registrar Prince Georges Parish
Maryland
Montgomery County, ss
On this 20 th day of May 1851 personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for said County John A Higgins the Reg. of Prince Georges Parish and made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God That the facts stated in the above certificate are just and true to the best of his knowledge and belief Sworn to before
John W Spates J.P.

20717. Thomas Hammond Illinois Act 18. March. 1818
Suspended — Suspicious Case. See papers of Thomas Hammond of Ohio. who was once on the pension list. and papers of Asa Moore of Kentucky papers filed with Suspended Cases. See letter to J. Holt, 21 May 1831
4541

Sarah Hammond, Wid of Thomas Ohio.
Acts 7 July 1838. H.
Ann d 2 yrs pri - $80.00 per Annum from 4 March 1836. except 2 years.
Payable to her.
best to Hon W m A. Whittlesey Marietta Ohio.

Letter of J L Edwacy Aug 26. 1850.

Pension Office,
August 26 th 1850.
Sir:
I have the honor to return herewith your correspondent's letter, and to inform you that the evidence filed by Thomas Hammond in support of his claim to a pension under the Act of 18 th March 1818, is sufficient to show that he rendered in the war of the Revolution, as much as two years service as a private
I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,
Your Ob t . S er v t .
J L Edwards
Hon. W. A. Wittsey House of Representatives.

London 11 St. Martin's
26 Aug t 1856
Miss. William Lloyd 11 St. Martin's Lane
My dear Sir, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 24 th inst. and in reply to inform you that the same has been forwarded to the proper authorities.

657 Pension office. August 26 th 1850
Sir
I have the honor to return herewith your correspondent's letter and to inform you that the evidence filed by Thomas W. H.  Clannan in support of his claim under the act of 18 March 1818, is sufficient to show that he rendered in the war of the Revolution as much as 7 years service as a private
Gen William A. Whittlesey House of Reps

Certificate of the Mammals
Dr Mr. A. H. Thayer Esq. Newark Ohio
HSC
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Free
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To Mr. A. Whittier Esq Marietta Ohio
Calhoun H. Francis

State of Maryland Montgomery County Set.
I hereby certify that from the record of Prince Georges Parish it appears that Thomas Hammond & Sarah Boyle were married on the 28 th day of January 1793 by the Rev. Thomas Read
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 22 nd day of Oct. 1850
John H. Higgins Reg r Prince Georges Parish
I certify that John H. Higgins is the Register of Prince Georges Parish in Montgomery County Md.
Rich d I. Moore 1 st Dist.

Rockville Oct 22 nd - 50
Dear Sir,
Yours of the 18 th Inst d on Saturday last - I was gratified to learn that you were well with your family -
This morning I went to the parsonage and examined the records. I was so fortunate as to find marriage of Thomas Hammond and Sarah Boyle with little trouble. It seems her recollection of the time was entirely correct as the entry of the Register will show - Should anything farther be required I shall be happy to serve you -
I saw your Brother last week who was in his usual health.
We have nothing new here. I found the city comparatively very dull -
I shall be happy to meet again this winter and hope that you will have an opportunity of seeing Rockville.
Yours Respectfully W. L. Chapell

Wm A. Whitney Am
Capt. G. P. Lillie

March 3. 1857— Capt. Griffith
Dear Sir
I call as this morning again by to your suggestion to call your atten- tion to the case of Sarah Hammonds petition for a revolutionary Pension. You intimating to me that you would then take up the case as you are now absent I would request that you would take up that case to day if possible as we know the result before the House adjourns. if this cannot be done I wish your attention to it as soon as possible
Yours very respectfully
Wm A. Whitley

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
4541.
P. O. Thomas Hammond
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Levy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4224
Sarah Hammond
Wid.
Thos. Hammond
Pvt. Rev. War
Act: Feby. 2 d 48
Index:—Vol. a , Page 303
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1931 Jan 27 - Next to Mrs. L.A. Hart Index in case Isaac Hammond S4327 E.C.

INCORPORATED IN NEW YORK IN 1859
National Liberty Insurance Company of America.
JOHN R. ENGLE, STATE AGENT
PHONE 42
WINCHESTER, IND.
Dec. 28, 1930.
Dept. of Interior
Dear Sir:..
I am waiting for information concerning Thomas Hammond , private, md. Continental line, pensioned May 29 th , 1820, while living in Athens County, Ohio. I shall be very grateful for all records or data. you can send me or Thomas Hammond.
also have you any other information concerning Isaac  John  Hammond , private 1 st . Continental, pensioned 1833 in Butler County, Ohio?
I am endeavoring to connect up with Maryland and Ohio families of Hammonds and shall appreciate any and all data you can give me or any advice as to how to proceed.
Thanking you for your trouble in my behalf - Very truly yours, Mrs. L. A. Hart?

Marutta May 7. 1851
J E Heath Esq Dear Sir
I have with Enclose your report on the case of Sarah by Hammond's petition for a Pension. widow of Thomas Hammond a Soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The service of Thomas Ham- mond is by the report admitted. There is on file with the papers, the letter of Commissioners Edwards stating the same fact. The report of Arthur says that the date of the marriage is not proved. This is an error. There is on file in your office a certificate of the marriage on the 28 th of January 1793 signed by the register of Prince George Randall County Maryland. This certifi- cate may not be in the proper file. When I I presented this application to Mr Evans your Chief Clerk. I drew his attention to the certifi- cate of marriage and told him it had not been verified by the oath of the register and proposed to withdraw it and send it to Rockville that it might be shown to. Mr Evans informed me that it was not necessary that if I would prove the certificate of the Hon Mr Bowing to the official character of the register it would answer the purpose

I presented the certificate to Mr. Brown who wrote a certificate on the back of it and I then returned it to Mr. Evans to be put with other papers then on file in this case. I have no doubt this paper is still in your office. Tho I suppose it never reached the file for which it was intended - it may save you some trouble & search I will procure another - I have the highest confidence in the correctness of Mrs. Hammons statement about this marriage and of her being the person named in the certificate. When she applied to me to present her claim for this pension. She stated to me the place and time of her marriage but expressed doubts of her ability to prove it. She had been absent from Maryland many years. She did not know of any person living who was present at her marriage. It was on my suggestion that some record might exist in Maryland that I wrote to my friend Mr. Chapell late Sheriff of Montgomery County. giving the name & the date as she stated it. and Mr. C. sent me the certificate of marriage as compliance with a letter which I left in your office. She had recollected the time & place so correctly that Mr. Chapell had no difficulty in finding the record. She was

Wholly in a way of any such records and is only on my suggestion that we applied for proof in that quarter it satisfied my mind fully that she was the identical person then & then in hand —
The last proposition in the re- port is without any foundation. As as I am informed Hammond never drew a pension he applied for a pension under the law of 1828 and failed to obtain it because he did not prove that he enlisted & served to the end of the war. His applica- tion having been rejected. He more sub- sequently applied and died in ignorance probably of his rights under any amendment of the pension law. A poor reason in my opinion for rejecting the claims of his widow. Your assistant who has charge of the revolutionary pension papers made an appointment with me to meet him in his office on the first of March. I went to the office & remained until 12 o'clock and he did not appear, if he had kept his appointment I think he could have made a more correct report of this case. I do not know that Mrs. Hammond is entitled to a pension not knowing the proof of service that Hammond made in 1829.

To which the report and Mr Edwards letter refers. but if she is entitled It would  It would be a great satisfaction to me to re- ceive the Bounty the Law has provided without an up any delay. She is very ill & feeble and in want. I am con- fident that Mr Heath will direct this case be speedily reviewed & once that justice will be done
Yours very respectfully
M m J. Whiteside
J. G. Heath Esq. Com d of Pensylvania

House of Rep
Aug 22. 1850.
J L Edwards Esq
Dear Sir
I return to you the letter of Mr Glen Anstote. My object is, to ascertain from your files, the character of the services performed by Thomas, Hammond a revo- lutionary soldier. I suppose that in his life time he drew a pension from his King. think he is entitled to Bounty Land. I wish to know whether he did not make out and prove a decla- ration that he entitled Osnera during the war. I suppose also, if Thomas Hammond drew a pension that the proof of service he produced and under which his pension was allowed. Would establish the fact of service so as to enable his widow to draw a pension on her proving her marriage within the Statute -
Yours Respectfully. Wm A. Whittelsey

Kerby
The Commencement desires to know when this can is ready
Mr Whittlesey Campbrother

May 28. 1893-
Pension Office,
March 6 th 1857.
Sir:
I have the honor to inform you that the declaration of Sarah Hammond under the Act of July 7. 1838, has been received. Her husband's service is sufficiently established, but the date of her marriage is not proved. The presumption that she was not married prior to the 1 st January 1794 is very strong, arising from the fact that she has so long forborne to assert any claim. As her husband was a pensioner, there is no probability that she was ignorant of her rights; as he was a pensioner under the Act of 1818, it will hardly be asserted that she did not need such bounty as the law promised.
She must make another declaration; setting forth particularly the town and County in which she was married, the Clergyman or officer who officiated, her maiden name, and produce the most satisfactory evidence on these points, as well as an explanation of the reasons which have impelled her to defer, to this late date, the assertion of her claim.
Very Respectfully
Mr. O. B. Servt J. E. Heath, Com
Hon. W. A. Whittlesay, H of Reps
(Rev)

The deposition of Thomas Hammons Taken at the office of George Logan Esquire one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Adams and State of Illinois, before the said Justice.
This deponent being sixty eight years of age and duly sworn, deposes and saith that he enlisted as a soldier in the Revolutionary war in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty one under Capt. Williams and was transferred to the Company commanded by Captain Price in the Third Regiment of the Maryland line. That he remained in the Service under the command of said Capt. Price two years and eight months or thereabouts, at which time he was disbanded. That this deponent received an honorable discharge signed by Gen: George Washington (the war then having closed) and that said discharge has been lost and cannot at this time be found; and he believes that it can never be found in as much as it has been lost for more than forty years. That he was with Capt. Price at the taking of Cornwallis in the year 1781.

That this deponent is poor, old and destitute - That he has no real estate whatsoever - and has not exceeding one hundred dollars worth of personal estate or other property - That he is entirely unable to support himself and family - That such of his family who are able to support themselves, are still unable to support this deponent and his wife. That this deponent was well acquainted with Asa Moore while in the Service of the United States and was present at the taking of the deposition of the said Moore, thereto annexed. That the reason why he did not make application before, was because he did not know that he had any evidence of the facts sufficient to entitle him to a pension - and further this deponent saith not.
Thomas his  Hammond Mark
Subscribed & Sworn to before me this 26 th day Feb A D 1831. Given under my hand & seal this 26 th of Feb A D 1831 George Logan J.P.

The Deposition of Asa Moore taken at the house of H. G. Morton with Esq. on this 28 th day of October — one thousand eight hundred and thirty at the request of Thomas Hammond, before me Allen Singleton _____ a justice of the peace in and for the County of Hardin and State of Kentucky This deponent being sixty six years of age and duly sworn deposeth and saith that he enlisted as a soldier in the Revolutionary war, in the year 1778. or 1779 under Captain Thomas Boyd, and was transferred to the Company commanded by Capt n Thomas Price, in the Third Regiment of the Maryland line. Commanded by Colonel Peter Adams — That some time after this Deponent was enrolled in Capt n Price's Company, he became acquainted with the aforesaid Thomas Hammond who had been transferred as he believes from Capt n Williams Company of the same Regiment, and also Nicholas Farr who was enrolled in the said Capt n Price's Company, about the same time that the Deponent was enrolled — That the said

Thomas Hammond, Nicholas Farr and this Deponent served faithfully nine months in said Capt n Price's Company together when they were transferred to different commands to go to different places. That this Deponent has never heard of Mr Thomas Hammond since they were transferred from Capt n Price's Company until about two years ago and yesterday saw him for the first time since they were transferred as aforesaid and further this Deponent saith not. Asa Moore
This day Came Asa Moore before me, and subscribed and swore to the foregoing affidavit in due form of law. and I do certify that the said Asa Moore is a creditable witness and to be believed on oath. In testimony whereof I as justice of the peace in and for Hardin County & State of Kentucky have hereunto set my hand this 28 th day of October — Eighteen hundred and thirty — Allen Singleton J.P.

State of Kentucky
Harlan County set I Samuel H. Raycraft clerk of the County court in & for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Allen Singleton Esquire whose name appears signed to the foregoing certificate was at the time of the doing thereof and now is an acting Justice of the peace for said County duly Commissioned and sworn, and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office at Elizabethton
Tenn Given under my hand this 8 th day of November 1830
Sam H. Raycraft C. K.

The Deposition of William Sackett taken at the office of the Subordinate on this Twenty Sixth day of February  February  1831  1831 hundred and thirty one at the request of Thomas Hammond before the Subordinate a Justice of the Peace of the Peace in and for the County of Adams and State of Illinois. This deponent being first two years of age, and duly sworn by the Subordinate George Logan deponent saith that he is well acquainted with Thomas Hammond and his circumstances
That said Hammond is now poor and distressed and unable to support himself and family without assistance.
That part of the Children and relations of said Hammond with which this deponent is acquainted, is also poor and unable to render him any assistance without adversing their own families of the means of life. That said Hammond does not possess property of any kind to the value of one hundred dollars and further this deponent saith not.
William Sackett

State of Illinois } Adams County }
I do hereby certify that the within named William Suckett this day personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace & was duly sworn to the within deposition according to law -
Given under my hand & seal this 26 th day of Feb. A D 1831
George Logan D r Seal
State of Illinois } I Henry H. Snow Clerk of the County Adams County } Commissioner Court of said County do hereby certify that George Logan Esq. whose name ap- pears to the annexed certificates was on the day of the date thereof an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn, that he still is acting as such, and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Quincy the first day of March A D 1831 A D 1831 Eight hundred and thirty one
Henry H. Snow Clerk.

Thomas Hammond - Rob.
Maryland line -
Not allowed
act 1823
Indiana
Ref. File no 4541 ok

9012.
Ohio. c
Sarah Hammond widow of Thomas, who was a pirate, in the Revolution.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 80 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of May 1857 and sent to
Hon W.A. Whittier, Marietta O
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book a Vol. 2 Page 204

11.114.
Ohio. Sarah Hammond
Widow of Thomas who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the _____ of _____ in the State of Ohio who was a priv in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the _____ line for 24 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Cincinnati at the rate of $10 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of May 1851 and sent to Hon W A Whittsey Marietta
Total amount, $ 0.
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by H E Robinson Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 1 Page 389

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
18 Dec 1828.
Thomas Hammond of _____ in the County of Crawford in the State of Indiana, has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain Price never did 's company, in the third regiment of the Maryland line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing .
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary J. D. Dickins.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
20 th December 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to _____ in the _____
It further appears that Thomas Hammond not is now on the pension list of the any _____ agency, and has been so since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of  dollars per month.
The name of Thomas Hammond cannot be found among those of the Maryland line, to whom certificates for the gratuity of Eighty Dollars were issued - P. Hagner And
transferred

Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 3 Jan'y 1829.
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Thomas Hammond , under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether it appears, by any records in the War Department, that the claimant has received, or is entitled to receive, the bounty in land granted by Congress for service in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution.
R. Rusk
The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.
War Depart:
Bountyland Office
The records of this office do not show that Thomas Hammond of the Maryland line ever received or is entitled to bounty land of the United States.
Robert Taylor 7 Jan'y 1829.

For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of "an act for the relief of certain surviving officers & soldiers of the army of the revolution," approved on the 15 th of May 1828" I Thomas Hammond, of the County of Crawford & State of Indiana do hereby declare that I entered in the continental line of the army of the revolution, in the month of March 1781 and continued in its service until its termination, at which period I was a private in Capt. Price's company in the 3 rd Reg t of the Maryland line — And I also declare that I never applied for a Certificate, to which I was entitled under a resolve of Congress passed the 15 th of May 1778 — And I further declare that I was not on the 15 th day of March, 1826 on the pension list of the United States — (Signed)
Thomas Hammond Mark
State of Kentucky } Meade County } ss
Before me H. C. Boon a justice of the peace in & for said County personally who being duly sworn, deposed that appeared Richard Willette who being duly sworn deponeth and saith that Thomas Hammond by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a private of the army of the revolution, in manner as therein stated Witness my hand this 20 day of Aug t 1828 (Signed)
Richd Willette H. C. Boon, P. M.
William Fairleigh Clerk of the Court of the County of Meade County in the State of Kentucky do certify that Sir and Boon before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken, was at the time a justice of the peace

Peace, and duly empowered to administer oaths— In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court the 22 nd day of Aug t  (Signed) W m Fairleigh C lerk Meade County Court Ky.
State of Ohio Athens County
This 16 th day of September 18 1828 Personally came John Selby of said county before me John Thompson an acting justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid and being duly sworn deposeth and saith that Thomas Ham- mon the subscriber to the foregoing declaration is generally reputed and believed to have been a private of the Army of the Revolution in manner therein stated witness my hand and this
(signed) John Selby John Thompson J. P.

The State of Ohio Athens County ss
I Henry Bartlett Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do certify that John Thompson Esquire before whom the above Affidavit was made is a Justice of the Peace acting under the authority of this State and that the above is his Signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed my Official Seal at Athens the 18 th day of September A D 1828.
Henry Bartlett Clerk
1350

State of Ohio ) SS
Washington County ) Personally appeared before me David Hendart a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid Sarah Hammond aged Twenty Six years who being first Duly Sworn according to Law Declares that She is the widow of Thomas Hammond who was a private in the revolutionary war as will appear by his Declaration and proof of service all ready filed in the pension office and also from the accompanying letter of Richard Rush here unto attached She further Declares that She was married to the said Thomas Hammond on the 28 th Day of January A 1793 in Montgomery County, M. d. by one Thomas Reed and that her name before her marriage was Sarah Boyle as will more fully appear from the Certificate and copy of the marriage record signed by John H. Higgin Register of Prince Georges parish, and supposed to be on file with her Declaration & other papers in the pension office, and that her husband the said Thomas Hammond never drew a pension as will appear from the Records and from the above mentioned letter of R. Rush. She further Declares that She never knew that She was entitled to the benefit of the act of July 7 th 1838. untill She was informed by an Advertisement in the Ohio States man by G. S Lewis of Detroit, Michigan, Claiming the attention of widows to the law in reference to widows pensions. of which She knew nothing of until the year 1850 and that the above are the reasons which impelled her to defer to this late date the assertion of her Claims and that her husband died without ever having received any pension for his services and left her in needy circumstances and that She only Claims her right of the act of 1838. & the amendment

resolution of the congress of the United States her Sarah mark Hammond Sworn to and subscribed before me This 25 th Day of April A D 1857 David Hendershot J.P.
I do hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with the above named Thomas Hammond & Sarah Hammond and knew all about the circumstance of his applying for a pension and failing to obtain, for the reasons mentioned in the annexed Letter of Richard Rush and that I firmly believe the statements in her Declaration already filed in the pension office and the foregoing affidavit to be strictly true
D. Hendershot J.P.
The State of Ohio } Thomas W. Ewart Clerk Washington County } of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County hereby certify that David Hendershot was on the 25 th day of April A D 1857, and now is an acting Justice of the peace within and for said County, legally commissioned and qualified to act as such; and that his signature above written is genuine
In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court at Marietta this 6 th day of May A D 1857 Thos W Ewart Clerk By W. C. Taylor D.C.

Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
13 January 1829.
Sir:
Your claim under the abovementioned act has been examined. The act provides for no other non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, than those who enlisted in the Continental line for the war, and served until its termination. In your declaration you state that you served until the end of the war, but do not state that you enlisted for the war and it does not appear by the records here that you did so enlist. Under these circumstances your claim has not been admitted, I am nevertheless willing to reexamine the case with any further evidence that you may be able to furnish.
I am, sir, very respectfully, Your obedient servant,
Richard Rush.
W Thomas Hammond. of Crawford Co. Ia.

"Convention to amend our Constitution" - The Whigs as a Party are opposed to it. from Dec. 6th & 1840