: Below is some of the information I received from National Record & Archives : today regarding a Jacob Thomas, Rev. War Soldier that died in Knox Co., TN in : 1831. Unfortunately no family names were mentioned. I tried to obtain court records : from Knox Co. Library & Archives on this Jacob's death in 1831, but they sent me : items on Jacob Thomas, son of Adam Thomas who also died in Knox Co. Not the : same Jacob Thomas I was trying to get information on, but still a member of my : Thomas Family. : Maybe someone will recognize something regarding below Jacob Thomas?? : **************************** : : Letter regarding Jacob Thomas of Knox Co., TN. : Revolutionary War Service Record : From records of NARA : Letter addressed to Mrs. S. W. Jack of Spokane, Washington dated 1938 : : Typed by Barbara (Thomas) Fitzmaurice : 10225 Dice Rd., Freeland, MI 48623-8882 : E-mail BLFITZMA@prodigy.net : 05 May 1999 : ____________________________________________ : : November 21, 1938 : : Mrs. S. W. Jack BA-J/ILL : S. 2625 Garfield Road Jacob Thomas : Spokane, Washington. S. 39106 : : Dear Madam: : : Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War : record of Jacob : Thomas, who served in the First Regiment of Dragoons, Virginia Line. : : The data which follow are found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. : 29106, based upon : service in the Revolutionary War of Jacob Thomas. : : Jacob Thomas was born December 22 1755; the place of his birth and the names of : his parents are not : shown. : : He enlisted July 8, 1777, in Richmond, Virginia, served in Captain John Stith's : company, Colonels : Baylor and Washington's 3rd Regiment of Continental Dragoons, was taken prisoner : May 6, 1780, at : Lanneau's Ferry, South Carolina, was placed on board a prison ship near : Charleston, after which he was : held in Charleston, where he made his escape June 22,3 1780, went to Halifax, : North Carolina, where he : was discharged by Captain William Barret. : : Jacob Thomas was allowed pension on his application executed May 1, 1818, at : which time he : resided in Knox County, Tennessee. In 1820, the soldier's wife was aged : sixty-seven years; the date and : place of their marriage and her name are not shown. They had no family living at : home then. The soldier : died February 28, 1831. : : In order to obtain the date of that person to whom the last payment of his : pension was made, you : should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, : and cite the following: Jacob : Thomas, Certificate #5282, issued January 12, 1819, rate $8 per month, commenced : May 1, 1818, Act of : March 18, 1818, Tennessee Agency. : : : Very truly yours, : : A. D. HILLER, : Executive Assistant : to the Administrator. : : : : : : Barb (Thomas) Fitzmaurice - Michigan : BLFITZMA@prodigy.net : :