Guilford County NcArchives Military Records.....Scott, Thomas October 17, 1832
Revwar - Pension 
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Pension Application Of Thomas Scott, Nat’l Archives Series M804, Roll 2106 Application #R9313
State of Kentucky, Jessamine County}
	On this 17th day of October, 1832, personally appeared in open court 
before the Circuit Court in Jessamine County, the Honorable William J. Kelly, 
sole judge of the court now sitting, Thomas Scott, a resident of Henry County, 
state of Kentucky, aged 79 years next February, who being first duly sworn 
according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration…:

	He states that he was born in Pennsylvania in the year 1754. In the 
beginning of the Revolutionary War, he was enrolled among the Republican 
militia in North Carolina in the county of Guilford, and immediately after the 
Declaration of Independence, he was drafted and served a tour of three months 
under Captain Flack, Colonel Martin commanded the regiment, and General 
Rutherford the brigade. This was in the year 1776. 

	In 1778, he removed to the county of Washington, it then being the 
western county in the state of Virginia, where he continued until the close of 
the war, in the order of what was called the minute men and he was frequently 
called out to defend the frontier against the Indians on one hand and the 
Tories of North and South Carolina on the other, so that he was almost 
constantly in the militia service of the United States. He was in the memorable 
battle at King’s Mountain under Colonels Campbell and Shelby, and he was then 
commanded by Captain William Neal and he does not hesitate to say that taking 
his services as a soldier during the Revolutionary War together, was in the 
actual service of his country at least 12 months. Signed, Thomas Scott.

Henry County, state of Kentucky}
	On this 6th day of February, 1844, personally appeared before me, James 
Henson, a justice of the peace for the county of Henry and state aforesaid, 
Sarah Scott, and who by reason of low health, old age and consequent infirmity, 
is wholly prevented from appearing in open court, and aged 74 years, she 
thinks, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the 
following declaration…:

	That she is the widow of Thomas Scott, who was a soldier in the army of 
the Revolution, and who served some times therein, and on account of his said 
services in said army, he received a pension, she thinks under the Act of June 
7, 1832, of about forty dollars per annum, and which pension was granted him 
during his life. She further declares that she cannot state the names of the 
officers or any particular matter in regard to the services of her said 
husband, but will here refer to the evidence contained in the papers composing 
the matter of the application of her said husband for the aforesaid services 
and the pension granted him.

	She further declares that her said husband resided in the state of 
(unknown) when he entered the service, she thinks, and that this is the first 
time that she has made application for her pay, owing to the fact that no 
person was found to do it. She states that she has documentary evidence of her 
marriage with said Thomas Scott, and of her being his widow, which evidence is 
transmitted herewith. 

That she was married to said Thomas Scott on the 6th day of October, 1800, that 
the said Thomas Scott, her husband, died on the 24th day of September, 1834, 
and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully 
appear by reference to the proof herewith sent, and she now believes that she 
is entitled to a pension on account of the privations, services __ of her said 
husband, and in that she is poor, having nothing and no estate, living on the 
charity of friends and therefore respectfully asks her government for a pension 
or aid, as the nature of her case and the circumstances may require, and that a 
certificate may issue to her and be enclosed to Edmund P. Thomas of Newcastle, 
Henry County, State of Kentucky. Sarah Scott, her mark.

Thomas Scott was born February 22, 1754 in Pennsylvania. He married Sarah or 
Sally Ward who was born May, 29, 1769.

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