Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5144, Thomas Holland, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. 6
Holland, Thomas
R. 5144
CONTENTS

State of North Carolina } the Wake County } the
On this the 21 st day of December 1839 - personally appeared in open Court before me the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County of Wake now sitting Thomas Holland a Resident of the County of Wake & State of North Carolina aged about eighty four 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 Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 that he was drafted & entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated - Captain Martin Lane, Colonel Woolen and Major Humphreys. That he was drafted in Raleigh and marched from thence to Hillsboro' & from thence by Salisbury & Charlotte to Camden in South Carolina where he joined Genl Greene and then went to the Eutaw Springs where he was in the engagement which they took about one hundred & forty African Prisoners and then he returned to North Carolina as a Guard for the Prisoners and then went back again to South Carolina and

and was under a French officer in the service of the United States. When after remaining a short time he again returned to North Carolina & & was discharged near the Catawba that he was afterwards drafted a second time and acted as guard to the General Assembly of North- Carolina and afterwards was called to Guilford on a tour against the Tories & was on that tour fifteen or twenty days & then he was dis- missed & ordered to Hillsboro to get his discharge which he obtained but has since lost it, and he states as a reason why he did not soon apply for a pension is that he did not know until very lately that there was any law granting him a pension for his services. That he is an ignorant & unlearned man hardly ever goes to town and very few news papers are taken in his neighborhoods even now and until some friend informed him about twelve months since that he was entitled to a pension he did not know any thing about it in the knotty relinquishes way claims whatever to a pension or annuity

except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the Agency of any State to his knowledge or belief.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Thomas his mark Holland
We Lewis Barker and David Holland — both residing in the County of Wake do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Holland who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration and believes that he is more than eighty years of age gentle as old as he states in his decla- -ration, that he is reported as & be- -lieved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
D r Holland
Lewis Barker

State of North Carolina } Court of Pleas and Wake County ————— } Quarter Sessions November 1839
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 (Thomas Holland) was a Revolutionary Soldier and joined as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that David Holland and Lewis Barker who have signed the preceding Certificate are Residents of the County of Wake & live in the same neighborhood with the applicant Thomas Holland & that they are credible persons & worthy of credit and their statement is entitled to full faith & credit —
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I Alfred Williams Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County of Wake North Carolina do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Holland for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 21. n. day of November 1839 A.D.
A. Williams Clk.

Interrogatories propounded by the Court to Thomas Holman
Q. Where & what year were you born
A. I am about 84 years of age & was born about the year 1755 in Wake County North Carolina
Q. Have you any record of your age - & if so when is it -
A. I have none and don't know where there ever was any
Q. Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, & where do you live now?
A. I have always lived in Wake County North Carolina where I was born & raised
Q. How were you called into service when you draughted, did you volunteer when you a substitute & if a substitute for whom
A. I was draughted both times I served a term of duty
Q. Have the names of friends after the Repu- -bican officers who were with the troops when you served, such continental military regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your service
A. Captain Martin Lane, Major John Humphrey

Humphrey, Colonel Thomas, Wooten General Green and a French officer in both the Carolinas whose name I don't recollect. my tour of duty was in North & South Carolina as stated in my declaration -
Q Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service & if so by whom was it given & what has become of it -
A I obtained a discharge at Hillsboro North Carolina which I have lost this was for my second tour for my first tour I obtained a discharge from Captain Martin Lane which I have also lost.
Q State the names of the persons to whom you are known in your neighborhood & who can testify as to your character for veracity & their belief of your ser- -vices as a soldier of the Revolution
A Burwell Utley, William DuPree; David Holland, John Lawrence, Isaac Beck- -with, Lewis Barker and Willis Regan
In open Court this 20 Dec. 1839 A.D.
his Thomas J Holland mark

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., _____, 190__
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Thos. Holland 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.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dr. Raleigh, Martin Lane Wooten           
Battles engaged in, Guilford Sp.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____
Date of application for pension, Nov. 1839
Residence at date of application, _____
Age at date of application, B. 1755 Wake
Remarks: _____
Very respectfully,

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
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P. O.
Thomas Holland
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized.
_____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis.
Searched for _____
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N. C. 34866
Thomas Holland
Deed to D. W. Stone,
Aug. 26. 1839, Hon Wm Mount
Godwin 18 Jan'y 1840. Same
Feb 15. 1840. same Feb 29. 1840
W. L. A. Ray Aug 23. '45
Repr
Ack June 7. 1832

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Henry Holland
M. A.
Sit to A Ray Oct 10. 45
G. C. Ames Mar 8. 1854
✓ 144
1832

Thomas Holland.
Letter of Aug 23, 1845
to
Alexander Ray Esq Present
filed in claim of { William Elliott S. F. 128 Col. Rev War. N. Y. Troops.

State of North Carolina Wake County
on this the 14 day of May 1839 A.D. Thomas Holland personally appeared before us acting Justices of the peace for the County of Wake in the State of North Carolina. Who 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 7. 1832 A.D. That he was drafted and entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated - viz Capt. Martin Lane. Colonel Thomas Wooten and Major Humphreys and served a term of three months; he further states that he entered the service at the old Fort  Camp Brier in Wake County near where the City of Raleigh now stands and marched from thence to Hillsboro' in Orange County and was stationed there for about two weeks and from thence he marched to Camden in South Carolina and from thence to the Eutaw Springs where was the battle that was fought at that place and participated in taking several prisoners after the battle and from short time afterward, he received a written discharge from Captain Martin Lane and returned home - he further states that his discharge is lost or mislaid so that it cannot be found; he further states that he has no record of his age but that from the information
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-formation and the best opinion he has and can form on the subject, he is somewhat above eighty years of age; he also states that he has resided in Wake County North Carolina ever since the Revolutionary War, where he now lives, and very near to the place where he was born and raised.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the Agency of any State or (if any) only on that of the Agency of the State of North Carolina.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year afore said
S. Pearson J.P.
his Thomas Holland Mark
H. Jones J.P.
We the Justices above named do certify that Thomas Holland the affiant in the foregoing declaration is a very infirm and feeble old man and wholly unable to get to the Court House of the County without great inconvenience.
May the 14 th 1839
S. Pearson J.P.
H. Jones J.P.

State of North Carolina } Wake County } ss.
We, Burnwell Utley a citizen and William Du Pre a clergyman residing in the County of Wake above named hereby cer- tify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Holland who has subscribed hereto the foregoing Declaration: that we believe him to be upwards of eighty years of age: that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Burnwell his Utley Mark
Given to the subscribers } the day & year aforesaid } J. Pearson J.P. H. Jones J.P.
William Du Pre
State of North Carolina } Wake County } ss.
We the above named Justices of the Peace do certify that William Du Pre a clergyman and Burnwell Utley both of the County of Wake also have signed the above certificate and known to us that Mr. Du Pre is a clergy- man & Burnwell Utley is a man worthy of credit and that their statement is entitled to entire & full confidence. Given - the 14 th 1829
J. Pearson J.P.
H. Jones J.P.

State of North Carolina } Ex - Wake County } _____
I Alfred Williams Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County & State above named do hereby certify that J. Pearson and H. Jones — _____ are
Justices of the Peace for the County of Wake & State above named: that the foregoing sign- -atures purporting to be theirs are genuine and that full faith & credit are due & ought to be given to their official acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name saffixed my seal of office this the 14 th day of May 1879.
A. Williams Clerk of the Court of Wake County
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State of South Carolina } Wake County }
On this Eleventh day October Eighteen hundred and forty four Personally appeared before me Drury King one of the acting Justices of peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, Thomas Holland and maketh the following declaration in order to obtain a pension under the act of Congress passed the Seventh day of June 1832
And after being duly sworn according law doth declare on his oath that he is Eightyfive years old and that he was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution that he was drafted in the year 1781 for three months that he served the three months under Capt Martin Lane and was commanded Col Wooton that he was marched from Wake County Court house to South Carolina and was in battle Eutaw Springs in S. Carolina and was after that battle marched to a place called the high hills of Santee in S. Car. where he was stationed until his time was out and he got his Discharge which has been destroyed long since not thinking that would ever be of any use and he further declares that when he returned home he entered the service again as a substitute in the place of one Barniba Stephens in a twelve month tour in the State troops of the above named State, and he further states the said Barniba Stephens had served some three months of his

time before he said Thomas Holland took his place and he then served out the balance of the time of said Stephens, and was discharged from that tour at Hillsboro N.C. in March or April 1782 and he further states that he has made application to the war department through one M c D. H. Stone some five years back which was not allowed in consequence of some deficiency in proof Sworn and subscribed to the day and year above within Before
his Thomas Holland mark
Dwerry King J.P.
State of North Carolina Wake County I do certify that the above named Tho s Holland through bodily infirmity and old age is not able to go to Court and file his declaration.
Dwerry King J.P.

90 State of North Carolina } Wake County } I James T. Marrion Clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the county of Wake do hereby certify that Drury King whose name appears to the foregoing is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said county of Wake & that the signature purporting to be his are genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said court & subscribed my name at office in Raleigh the 29 th day of April AD 1845
for J. Marrion Clk By N.H. High Clk
I do hereby further certify that at February Term Wake County Court 1845. that the within declaration was exhibited in open court & duly approved & the Clerk directed to certify the same to the War Department.
In Testimony of all which I have hereunto affixed the seal of said court at office in Raleigh. for J. Marrion Clk By N.H. High Clk

Sept 13. 1845.
Adal be can
Tho Holland,
Rev.
J. J. Edwards Esq.
Commission of Peace

Washington
Sep 13. 1865.
Sir,
In your favor of the 23 rd ulto. in the case of Thomas Holland of North Carolina for the act 1831. You say "the service as a substitute could have been rendered only in the Continental Line."
In a letter just received from Raleigh N.C. I am informed, the State troops were drafted for nine & twelve months.
The Comptroller's book of N Carolina, do not show the name of Thomas Holland. But you will receive enclosed a further affidavit in his case.
I remain
Your most respectfully
Thos. Ray
J. L. Edward Esq. Commissioner of Pensions

778 3/1562
FREE
The Hon ble J. R. Poinsett. Secretary of War Washington City D.C.
at 1832.
Thomas H. H. and
N.C.
Pension office
June 6. 1839. J. 290 3

Raleigh North Carolina
June 3rd 1839-
Dear Sir,
I beg to enclose you the Declaration etc. of Thomas Holland who is desirous of getting the pension to which he is entitled under the act of June 1832 and have to beg the favor of you as soon as it is examined and passed on to send the papers for him to me at this place as he lives some 18 or 20 miles from town and is confined at home by old age and infirmity & would likely never receive them if sent addressed to him.
Very Respectfully
Mr. O. O. Hunt
D. M. Stone
The Hon. Jack R. Rains
Secretary of War
Washington City D.C.

Raleigh N.C. Compt Office
I William H Collins Comptroller of Public Accounts in and for the State of North Carolina do hereby certify that the name of Thomas Hall - and appears of record in this office as having had issued a special Certificate for Military Service for Eight Pounds Ten Shillings (£8.10) given under my hand and seal this 24 day of May A.D. 1845
William H Collins Comptroller

Aug. 22. 1845
to Mrs Hollander
Mar. 7. 1832.
James L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions War Department

Washington
July 19. 185
Sir!
I enclose herewith, an application made for the benefit of the act June 7. 1832. by Thomas Hollard of North Carolina. which I have been requested to present.
Very respectfully
I remain
Your En- Ser
Rev. May
James L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner
of Pensions

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Thomas Holland
A. C.
Act 1 June 32

H. W. 11th Nov 1840.
Sir
Inland in the petition of Mr Holland for pension, prior Earnings, and Reports to Mr. as they or Government.
Yours Respectfully M. H. Gurney
cc J. L. Edwards } law pension }

No. 1476 Feb 40.
Sir
Will you please send me the report on the loan of Mr Holloman from Wake City for pension, also those of Mr Hand from the same city for the same object.
Respectfully
Yours.
J. L. Edwards Com } of pension
M. Montgomery

Additional Names

Genl. P. Magas Washington March 2 o 1854 Sir
Enclosed you will find additional evidence in the case of Thomas Hollands of North Carolina Act 7 June 1832
Hollands in his declaration stated that he enlisted at Raleigh Wake Co. The Comptroller, Crispell which I now present shows payment to Thomas Hollands amounting to $41 25 and also that it was made said Hollands was from Wake Co.
This is sufficient to cover more than 6 mo. Service and identifies this soldier with Claimant
Very Respectfully Yours Obt Servt Geo L. Ames

506 1 / 2 Dept t of War Pension Office 26 th Aug t 1839
Sir
I have examined the claim of Thomas Holland, who claims a pension under the act of June 7. 1832, and have placed his papers upon our files. Mr Holland alleges that he performed two tours of duty, during the war of the revolution; the first a tour of 3 mos; the length of the second he has not stated.
Why Mr Holland has so long delayed to apply for a pension does not appear; a satisfactory explanation should be given.
If he still intends to assert his claim, he will be required to go before a court, while in session, and make a new declaration in conformity with the rules, and the printed form herewith enclosed. He will also be required to sustain his allegations by the testimony of credible witnesses, unless he can make a

very satisfactory explanation for not having made an earlier application
Yours
D. W. Stone Aug. 26. 1839 A.C.
D. W. Stone Esq Raleigh N.C.
A.C. June 7 1839

State of North Carolina Comptroller's Office
I, William I. Clarke, Comptroller of Public Accounts in and for the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that it appears of record in my office among the payments made by said State, to sundry persons for Military services in the Revolutionary War, as follows, to wit: Thomas Holland
Indent 7322 — 1784, £8. specie
Book No. 14 page 10, £8 10 — " of Wake County
In testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of Office this 24th. day of Febma- ry A.D. 1854 —
Wm I. Clarke, Compt.

State of North Carolina } on this 13 day of Decr 1845 - Wake County } Eighteen hundred and fortyfour
Personally appeared before me Jeremiah Moragne of the acting Justices of the peace for the County of Wake Aaron Roberts of the County and State aforesaid and first being duly sworn according to law deposeth and sayeth that he is in his eightieth year of age that he was a soldier in the Revolution that he now draws a pension and he further declares that he was well acquainted with Thomas Holland who now makes application that he himself and Thomas Holland both served a three months tour together under Capt Martin Lane in the year 1781 to the best of his Recollection and after they had served out their time they returned home and said Thomas Holland entered the service again as a substitute in the place of Carniba Stevens for nine months that said Stevens was in a twelve months tour but that said Stevens had served three months before he said Holland took his place
and he further declares that the Reason he knows these matters is that he saw Holland at Hillsboro in the service in the place of Stevens that he has often heard both Holland and Stevens say that he Holland did serve nine months in place of said Carniba Stevens and he further declares that he Roberts and Holland were both in the battle at Eutaw Springs while they were in the three months tour
Sworn and subscribed to the day and year above written
Jeremiah Moragne
his Aaron Roberts mark

State of North Carolina }
Wake County }
I the under signed Justice of the peace for the county of Wake do hereby certify that Aaron Roberts a delinquent in the case of Thomas Holland in an application for a pension is a man of good and honest carriage therefore full faith and credit should be given to any declaration he makes and I do further certify that he is a very old man but is remarkable strong in mind and recollection for a man of his age given under my hand and seal the 13 th day of December 1844
Jeremiah Morton
State of North Carolina }
Wake County }
I Jas. Marriott Clerk of the court of Pleas & Quarters sessions for the county of Wake do hereby certify that Jeremiah Morris whose name appears to the foregoing is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said county of Wake & that the signature purporting to be his are genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said court at office & subscribed my name the 29 th day of April 1845 Jas Marriott Clerk
By W. A. D. D. D.

State of North Carolina Wake County
29 Sept 1853
The Undersigned Isham Holland the Son of Thomas Holland aed. He States that his Father the said Thomas Holland was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution from N.C., and that his papers for a pension was filed in the Pension Office some Six or Seven years ago who aed the 10 th of January 1851 in Wake County N.C. in which County he lived the Said Isham Holland, do hereby empower these presents Truly R. Wise, my true and lawfull attorney of the City of Washington D.C. with power to examine said papers & prosecute & collect the same in behalf of myself and Brother William Holland, as witness my hand & Seal this the day I date above,
Isham Holland
Wiley Whitaker J.P.
I, the Undersigned a Justice of the peace in & for Said County of Wake and State of North Carolina do hereby certify that Mr Isham Holland of Said County this day personally appeared before me and made the foregoing power of attorney for the purpose above expressed as witness my hand & Seal this the day I date above
Wiley Whitaker J.P.

State of North Carolina
Wake County } I Thomas J. Utley clerk of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County of Wake aforesaid do hereby certify that Wesley Whitaker Jr. whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit is and was at the time of signing the same an acting justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid & that he is duly Commissioned and authorized to administer oaths and that the signature which appears to the foregoing purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said court at office in Raleigh this 29 th day of Sept. A.D. 1853
Thomas J. Utley clerk
Thomas Holland 7 Dec 1852
Suspended V.O.
V. R. Price Resub

State of North Carolina Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions Wake County } February Term 1854
I Thomas S. Milley clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Wake aforesaid do hereby certify that satisfactory Proof was made before the Court that Thomas Holland of said County departed this life on the Eleventh day of January 1854 and that the said Thomas Holland left surviving him only two Children (to wit) William Holland & Sarah Holland Given under my hand and seal of office at Raleigh the 27 th day of February A D 1854
Thomas S. Milley clerk

State of North Carolina {
Wake County }
On this 19 th day of August 1845 personally appeared before me the undersigned an acting Justice of the peace for the County of Wake Andrew Peady a resident of the County of Chatham North Carolina and being first duly sworn according to law Deposeth and sayeth that he is 88 years old that he was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and that he is now a pensioner of the United States And he further declares that he was personally acquainted acquainted with Thomas Holland of Wake County who is now making application for a pension, in the time of the Revolutionary war and that he has bin acquainted with him from that time to the present
Question do you know any thing of his, Thomas Holland's service in the war of the Revolution as a soldier
Ans r I saw Thomas Holland when he Returned out of the service and I recollect to have seen in his clothes where a musket ball had passed through them and I further recollect that two of my brothers in the course of the war served with the said Thomas Holland as he often heard them say
Question do you know how long said Holland served
Ans r I do not and he further sayeth that the Thomas Holland now making application is the identical man who performed the service he has spoken of because he has know said Thomas Holland from that day to the present time and further this deponent sayeth not
Sworn and Subscribed to this day and year above written before me
Tho. G. Whitaker J.P. Andrew Peady

This is to certify that the aforesaid Andrew Puddy who deponeth that he is a resident of Chatham County N.C. has been in the habit of attending in the City of Raleigh N.C. during the week of the sitting of the courts, he being a baker by trade, and in the aforesaid city at the time of making the aforesaid deposition. I hereby further certify that the aforesaid Andrew Puddy is personally known to me, and that full faith a credit ought to be given to his declarations.
Given under my hand this 19 th day of August 1845. Thos. G. Whitaker J.P.
State of North Carolina Wake County I James M. Marris Clerk of the court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the County of Wake do hereby certify that Thos G. Whitaker whose name appears to the foregoing is an acting justice of the Peace in & for the County of Wake & that the signature purporting to be his are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of said court at office in Raleigh the 19 th day of August AD 1845.
for J. Marris Clerk By W. H. High Clerk