----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Fitzmaurice" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 3:47 PM Subject: [THOMAS] Katherine Lowery and George Thomas mar in Sullivan Co. Affidavit Bounty Land Claim > AFFIDAVIT OF KATHERINE LOWRY THOMAS FOR LAND BOUNTY CLAIM > > State of Tennessee > County of Cocke > > On this thirty first day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and > fifty five, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and > for the county and state aforesaid Katherine Thomas aged 68 years, a > resident of the County of Cocke in the state of Tennessee, who being duly > sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of George Thomas > deceased who was a private in the Company commanded by Charles Levin in the > Regiment of Tennessee Mounted Gunmen commanded by Colonel John Brown in the > war between the Creek Indians which existed in the years 1813 and 1814. > That her said husband volunteered at Newport in the County of Cocke in the > state of Tennessee on or about the first day of January 1814 for the term of > six months and continued in actual service in said war for the said term of > six months and was honorably discharged at Newport, aforesaid on or about > the 31st day of une 1814. > She further states that she was married to the said George Thomas in the > County of Sullivan in the State of Tennessee on the 12th day of Jan,y 1804 > by one John Jennings, a Justice of the Peace for said County of Sullivan and > that her name before her said marriage was Katherine Lowry, that her said > husband died in the County of Cocke on the sixth day of January A. D. 1855 > and that she is now a widow at the time of executing this her declaration. > That her said husband obtained a Bounty Land Warrant under the Act of Sept. > 28th, 1850 for 80 acres to which her said husband legally transferred and > disposed of and is not now in her power to return and same being sold as > aforesaid, she cannot give the number and date thereof. She refers to said > declaration for evidence of her said husbands service.vo.(sic) She makes the > declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be > entitled under the Act approved March 3rd 1855. She declares that she has > never received or applied for Bounty Land under this or any other Act of > Congress > > > Her > > Katherine X Thomas > > Mark > Sworn to and suscribed before me the day and year above written, and I > certify that I believe the claimant to be the identical person she > represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in said claim. > G. I. > Thomas > J P > of Cocke County > > State of Tennessee > County of Cocke > > On this thirty first day of March A. D. one thousand eight hundred and > fifty five, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and > for the County and State aforesaid William McSween and James Thomas > residents of the County and state aforesaid, who being duly sworn according > to law declare that they are personally and well acquainted with the Mrs. > Catherine Thomas and that they saw her make her mark to the foregoing > declaration and that they know her to be the identical person therein > represented and she is now a widow and that they are disinterested witness. > > > William McSween > J. > M. Thomas > > Sworn to and suscribed before me this 31st day of March 1855 and I certify > that the said William McSween and James Thomas are credible and respectful > citizens. > > G. > I. Thomas J. P. > > State of Tennessee > County of Cocke > On this 31st day of March 1855 personally appeared before me the > undersigned a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and state > aforesaid William McSween and William C. Roadman, to me well known and are > credible and respectful men and who being duly sworn by me, depose and say > that they are well acquainted with Mrs. Katherine Thomas the foregoing > applicant for Bounty Land, that they have known her for twenty five years > last past, that they were well acquainted with George Thomas her late > husband having known him for twenty five years last passed previous to his > death and that they, the said Katherine and George Thomas lived together all > this time aforesaid as husband and wife and were reputed so to be and they > have never heard the fact of their marriage doubted or questioned > The said William McSween states that he saw the said George Thomas after he > was dead at his own house about the 6th day of January 1855 and assisted to > lay him in his coffin and saw him buried. The said Roadman states that he > lives a near neighbor to the said widow and has no doubts of said Thomas' > death. > They both state that the said Catherine Thomas has since that day and still > is reputed to be his widow. That she has never married since her husbands > death and still is his widow and that her husband was the identical man > mentioned as a soldier in the foregoing declaration and further that they > were present and saw her execute the foregoing affidavit to her forgoing > declaration, that they the deponents reside in the County aforesaid and are > disinterested witness. > > Signed William > McSween > > William C. Roadman > > Sworn to and suscribed to before me this 31st day of March 1855 > > Signed G. I. > Thomas J. P. > > State of Tennessee > County of Cocke > On this 31st day of March 1855 personally appeared before me an acting > Justice of the Peace within and for the County aforesaid and authorized by > law to adminster oaths for general purposes. James Thomas to me well known a > resident of said county and a credible and respected person and who by me > being first sworn, deposes and declares that he is well acquainted with > Mrs. Katherine Thomas the foregoing applicant for Bounty Land and he has > known her for twenty years past and was equally well acquainted with her > husband George Thomas deceased, that the said Katherine and George Thomas > lived together all the time aforesaid as husband and wife and that he never > heard the marriage doubted or questioned. He further states that he saw the > said George Thomas die at his residence on the 6th day of January 1855 and > that the said Katherine is still his widow. That he has examined her family > record and believes the same to be genuine, that it is contained in a > manuscript book purporting to be a family record and appears to be fifty > years old. And that the said record so far as it related to the mariage of > said applicant to said soldier is as follows "January the 12th 1804 George > Thomas and Catherine Lowry were married" which is an exact copy of the same. > > J. > M. Thomas > > State of Tennessee > County of Cocke > I Allen McMahan, Clerk of County Court of the County aforesaid do certify > that George I. Thomas, esquire before whom the foregoing Declaration and > affidavits were taken and executed and who has thereunto suscribed name was > at the time of so doing as acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county > aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn and that his signature is genuine. > > In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the > county court of said County of Cocke this day of______________1855 > > Signed > Allen McMahan > > clerk of said court > > Transcribed by William Thomas > > The foregoing document was filed for a Bounty Land claim by Katherine Lowry > Thomas in 1855, according to information included with these documents the > Claim was allowed and 80 acres of land was granted. No information is > available as to where this land was located and none was included with the > documents. > > It is interesting to note that the Justice of Peace, G. I.(George Isaac) > Thomas was the son of George and Katherine Lowry Thomas as was the witness > J. M. (James M.) Thomas. > wt > > > ==== THOMAS Mailing List ==== > If you're not already a Rootsweb member, please join with us! > RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html >