Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4379, Thomas Hood, N.C. Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. 6 Va.
Wood Thomas
S 4379
banded
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13634
West Tennessee Thos Wood
of White Co in the State of Tennessee who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Denny of the Regt commanded by Col Martin in the V a Militia for 9 Months 21 days
Var. & M. Line. Records OK
Enscribed on the Roll of Tennessee Apr 11 '32 the rate of 32 Dollars 31 Cents per annum commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of May 1833 and sent to S. Austin Sparta Ten
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $64:62 Commut. allowance ending 4 Sep 33 16:15
$80:77
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by G. B. Whiting Clerk, bk 8 Vol. 7 Page 82
Let. to N. Oldham Oct 22 1839.

State of Tennessee } White County }
on this 21 st day of August 1832 personally appeared before me Nathaniel W. Williams Judge of the Circuit Court of Law and Equity for said State now sitting in the said County of White, Thomas Hood a resident of White County and State of Tennessee aged about 74 years, who first being 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 7. 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated. He thinks it was in the month of August 1777, but as to the date, it is impossible for him to recollect with accuracy, as he is wholly illiterate, he entered the service as a Volunteer under Captain Downy - he engaged for three months - this was in Bedford County Virginia - Captain Downy with his company to which this declarant was attached, marched to Williamsburg Va - where he remained stationed for the term of his engagement - the Company of Captain Downy was attached to Col Martin's regiment on the expiration of this term of service he received a discharge from Captain Downy which has been lost, in the manner which will be hereafter particularly described.
He then removed with his mother into Burke County North Carolina, where he remained some little time, and came out upon Holston River, to a frontier, which is now in East Tennessee. He there joined the company of Captain Isaac Wilson as a substitute for Moses Johnson. The object of this engagement was to protect the frontier against the Cherokee Indians - Evan Shelby - and Charles Robertson he believes both held the rank of Colonel at this time, but to which Regiment he was attached he does not know, but is certain that one of these individuals had the command of the Regiment to which he belonged - John Sevier , who was after wards a Senator in Congress and Governor of Tennessee, at that time held the

rank of captain, had then the command of a company in the same Regiment to which this Declarant belonged. The term of service of which he now speaks was for three months. The place where he entered the service is called the "Long island of Holston". From this place, they descended the River to the Chickamagua Towns - supposed to be nearly three hundred miles by water. He was not on this occasion in any battle. The Indians, on their approach, evacuated their towns and retreated. He received a discharge from his Captain Isaac Wilson which has in like manner been lost. After this he returned to Burke County North Carolina. He then went out a substitute for Adam Hall , who had been drafted, in the said County of Burke, and belonged to the Company of Captain James Morrison ; who belonged to Col. Fifer's Regiment. They marched from Burke County to Mecklenburg , North Carolina, at which place they joined General Greene . His tour was also for three months. He was not in any battle. The troops were stationed there, in expectation of an attack from the British. The however did not come during the time he stayed. On the expiration of his three months, he received a discharge from Captain James Morrison , which discharge is also lost.
The next tour, he volunteered in the said County of Burke, under Captain John Smith , who commanded a Company of Cavalry - and was attached to Col. Holmes' Regiment of Mountain men. and was in the battle at " Ramsey's Mill ". He believes he was not out, at this time, more than three weeks - this was an expedition against the Tories. The Tories were routed, many of them killed, and the troops returned back to Burke County. The last service in which this Declarant was engaged, was under the following circumstances - A company of Volunteers was raised by Captain John Cleveland , partly from the County of Burke, and partly from the County of Wilkes , and attached to the Regiment commanded by Colonel Benjamin Cleveland , the father of the Captain. They went against British, where they were commanded by Ferguson at " King's mountain ". This declarant

was in the memorable battle of Kings mountain, and was well acquainted with Col. Campbell - and Col. Shelby - He believes he was not in the service on this occasion more than one month, but of this he is not certain - Thus his services to his Country terminated - with the exception of a few short excursions against the Tories for which he claims nothing from his Country. He received a discharge from his Captain John Cleveland which shares the fate of his other discharges. - (He has no documentary evidence by which he can establish the foregoing facts - nor does he know of any living witness by whom the same can be proved.)
1 st add He believes he was born on the 24 th day of March 1758 - He was born in Prince William County Virginia.
2 Omit He had a family Bible containing a record of his age - this bible was burnt, when his house was destroyed by fire, in the County of Burke in North Carolina, about forty years ago -
3 The manner in which he was called into service has already been stated - also his places of abode at the different periods.
4 From Burk County N.C. he removed into South Carolina Pendleton District - where he remained about twenty five years. add He then removed to what is now the County of White in the state of Tennessee - where he now lives, and has not lived two miles from where he now lives, since he has been in the County -
5 As to his acquaintance with regular officers, and the "General Circumstances" of his service, they are as fully set forth in the foregoing declaration as his memory will enable him to do.
6 Omit As to his discharges, and from whom received, on the different occasions above referred to, he has fully and explicitly stated - Those discharges were consumed when his house was burnt in Burk County N.C. as already stated -
7 He refers to the following persons in his neighborhood who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution. Viz. Ebenezer Lane Esq.  John Bryan Esq.  Major William H. Bryan , and the Rev d John Greene .
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his

names is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any state. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Richard D. Gilrell Clerk Thomas Wood
We John Green a clergyman, residing in the County of White aforesaid and Turner Lane residing in the same County do hereby certify, that we are all acquainted with Thomas Wood who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be about 74 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 to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid. — John Green
Sworn to & subscribed in Open Court this 21 st Aug. 1832. Richard D. Gilrell Clerk
Thomas Wood for Declaration Affirming a Pension
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 Revolution- ary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John Green who has signed the preceding Certifi- cate is a clergyman resident in the County of White, and that Turner Lane who has also signed the same is a resident of the County aforesaid, and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. — Nathan Williams judge

Perman
4379
INVALID.
File No. 4379
Thomas Hood
Pvt. Va. Mil.
Act: June 7/32
Index: —Vol. A , Page 176
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Va & Md. Service. Records corrected
Apr. 11/64

Ex? Th. Hood
White 6°
Cap Downy G. Martin
$32:31
3 2 3 9 21
Am 00
   30.00    Mr Trundy -  2.31         32:31  

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Thomas H. Hill
further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? No V. * Has he mentioned 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? No VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? No Signature of the Court Clerk

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 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 shewn 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.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
‡ QUERE XVI.  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 paper 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.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

Oct 20
O.69.
Oct. 21. 1839.
Pension office.
Thos Hood Ferm.
Adm.
Washington City D.C.
To the Honorable Secretary of the Navy Sir
Yours
Spencer In Oct. 10. 1839

Sparta Ga Oct. 10 th 1839
Free
To the Honorable Secretary of War of the United States
Washington City D.C.
Genl. McLeod
Oct. 21. 1839. Pension Office.
W. T. 20

Sparta Ans. 10 th Oct 1839.
To the Honorable Secretary of War. of the U. S.
Sir,
For the information of one of my neighbors, I am requested to a a drop you a few lines on the subject of the application of Thomas Hood late a Citizen of White County for a Pension. The Inquiry is this, whether Thomas Hood ever filed an application for a pension, for 18 Months Months service in the Continental Army and was discharged at Augusta in Georgia, it was authenticated by Saml. Moon who also was a regular Soldier and now on the pension roll of the United States - so was also Thomas Hood but not as a regular Soldier, but for other services -
If the declaration has been filed I would like to know what disposition was ever made of it.
Respectfully Yrs. Obt. Servant
W. Abraham

of Thomas Wood
For Declaration
A. portion
112,203

State of Tennessee March 25. 1833
White County } Personally appeared before me the undersigned an acting Justice of the Peace for said County Thomas Hood who being duly sworn, deposes and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise period of the War, or periods, when his services were rendered, but he will now proceed to throw as much light upon that point as he possibly can, considering the disadvantages already mentioned.
It will appear from his Declaration heretofore sent on to the war department, and which was presented in the Circuit Court of White County on the 21 st day of August 1832, said Declaration having been sent back for correction, and being now present. That , he entered the service, (as he thinks) in the month of August 1777 . This was a three months tour under Capt Dorsey . He believes his second Campaign, spoken of in said Declaration, under Capt. Isaac Wilson , commenced about seven months after the other ended. This would bring it to the month of June 1778 - at which time, to the best of his recollection and according to the best estimate he can form, his sec- -ond Campaign commenced. This second Campaign was for three months . The third tour, or Campaign was for three months under Capt Morrison - but how long this was after the expiration of his second Campaign he cannot say - nor can he, after such a lapse of time, and feeling the effects of age and infirm- -ity, speak more definitely, than he has already done in his Declaration, as to the Campaigns there mentioned. He can recollect that he performed the services, and by whom he was commanded - but as to dates, he cannot be explicit. and although he is in great need of assistance from Govern- -ment - being in extreme poverty, he would prefer living in that condition, the little remnant of his life, to speak- -ing positively as to that which he cannot remember.
Wayman Lytle W. Hood (Seal) Justice of the Peace Thomas Hood mark

State of Tennessee White County
I Jacob Skano clerk of the Court of pleas and Quarter Sessions in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that William Liftwick whose name is subscribed to the foregoing attesta- tion of Thomas Wood as officer as Justice of the peace is now and was at the time of subscribing his name thereto as such an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County legally Commissioned and qualified to act as such, that his attestation is in his proper hand and seal and that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given his official acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at office the 26 th day of March A. D. 1833 and of the Independence of the United States the fifty seventh year
Test Jacob Skano clerk of White County Court by S. Adkins R. Clerk

12. 203
Mr. Wood
application for a Pension
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State of Tennessee
White County } I Anthony Dibrell Clerk of the Circuit Court for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceeding of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Hood for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my private seal (there being no seal of office yet provided) at office this 17 th day of September A. D. 1832. —
Anthony Dibrell Clk
Q
I Felix Grundy, a Senator in the Congress of the United States for the State of Tennessee, do hereby Certify that I know of my own knowledge that Anthony Dibrell, whose name is is subscri- bed, and whose private seal is affixed to the foregoing Certificate is the Clerk of the Circuit Court for the County of White, and was at the time of signing the same and that there is no seal of office yet provided. I also know the signature attached to the foregoing Certifi- -cate, and also the signature, purporting to be that of the Clerk of said Court to the affidavit of Thomas Hood for a pension and also to the affi- davit of John Green and Turner Lane on the application for a pension, made in the Circuit Court of White County by the said Thomas Hood on the 21 st day of August 1832, to be the Genuine signature of the said Anthony Dibrell. Given under my hand this 21 23. March 1833
Felix Grundy

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Hood, Thomas GRADE Sergeant Major LINE Virginia
WARRANT NUMBER 12220 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED May 5, 1790 To Hm. J. O'Veedeburgh, assignee or J.
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.