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Facts and Events
Thomas Heslep (Hayslip, Hayslet) was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
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Revolutionary War Pension Information
Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 2, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :
- Hayslet, Thomas - entered service 1780 in Rockbridge County, Virginia, where granted Pension in 1818; resided there in 1820 age 70 with daughter age 24 & son age 16; died 2/28/1826; administrator of soldier's estate, Robert White, 1826. F-S38010, R1238.
Notes
Thomas, emigrant, from London, England, died in Fairfield, Va., this indicates he is the "Virginia" Thomas, that is the Paternal ancestor of the Virginia Hesleps.
This Thomas Heslep--(writer of this information has photostats from a family Bible)--came to America about 1755 on a vessel which his uncle was master. He went to Pennsylvania, presumably to live with the Hesleps already there who, is believed to be relatives. All family accounts say this Thomas fought in the Revolution but his particular record cannot be singled out from numerous "Thomas Hesleps" on the rolls. He married Jane Mueller, apparently in Pennsylvania, and settled in Rockbridge Co., Va., at Fairfield, some 12 miles east of Lexington, Va. No record of a Revolutinary bounty has been found.
He amassed considerable property but either was a poor manager or went on too many bonds for friends, was reduced to near poverty. He believed in education and made his numerous sons study hard. A will, filed in Rockbridge in 1803, by his son William, is a remarkable document in that all the property including "eight Books" is personal and inventoried in detail. It is one of the few wills on file in early Heslep records.
All family accounts say Thomas and Jane had eight sons and some daughters (number unknown).
Thomas, great-grandfather of the writer (Charter Heslep, who created this document Oct. 20, 1951, while living in Silver Springs, MD., now deceased),
References
- Graves, William T. Southern Campaign Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters.
Pension application of Thomas Hayslet S38010 f17VA
Transcribed by Will Graves 3/7/14
Virginia, SS
On this 14th day of April 1818, before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the General
Court for the said State personally appeared Thomas Hayslet aged __ years, resident in
Rockbridge in the said State who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That he the said Thomas Hayslet enlisted in the Army of the United States in the State of Virginia in the company commanded by Captain Thomas Bell in the second Virginia Regiment on Continental establishment in the month of August in the year 1780 for the term of eighteen months; that he continued to serve in the said Corps, or in the service of the United States until the expiration of his Term, when he was discharged from service on the 17th January at Salisbury in North Carolina by Captain Coward and Officer of the United States Army & that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.
S/ Arch'd Stuart
Virginia, Rockbridge County St.
On this 8th day of June 1820 Thomas Hayslet appeared in open Court being a Court of
Record for said County of Rockbridge aged seventy years resident in said County who being
duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War for eighteen months in the second Virginia detachment, under the command of General Gates
Horatio Gates] & General Green [Nathanael Greene] was under the command of Captain
Thomas Bell of the Virginia line on Continental establishment, that he made his original
declaration on the 14th day of April 1818, that he has received his pension from said 14th day of April 1818 until the 4th of March 1820 being in possession of a pension Certificate dated the 20th day of September 1819 and allowing him his pension from the date of his declaration, the number of his Certificate is 14293 and I the said Thomas Hayslet do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner whatever disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision of an act of Congress entitled “an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war” passed on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any prop [image of the document cuts off at the bottom thereof at this point with text missing in both the Fold3.com. and HeritageQuest.com versions of this pension file]
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Two cows, five Shoats, one old Horse, two calves, no debts due nor to become due – some old
plow irons an old iron farming utensils not fit for use – the whole of which I believe would not sell for more than $50.
S/ Thos. Hayslet
The said declarant is too old and infirm to follow any active employment was a laborer
by profession, has a son and daughter with whom he resides his daughter 24 years of age, and
son 16 who themselves depend for a livelihood on their daily labor and are unable to contribute to his support.
[p 10: Affidavit dated June 14, 1826 filed in Rockbridge County Virginia by Zachariah J White in which he states that Thomas Hayslet, a deceased revolutionary war pensioner departed this life February 28, 1826.]
[p 11: On June 14, 1826 in Rockbridge County Virginia, Robert White executed a power of
attorney in his capacity as Administrator of the estate of Thomas Hayslet deceased by which he empowers his attorney to seek the balance of the pension due the decedent at the time of his death.]
[p 14: final pension voucher:
[Veteran was pensioned at the rate of $8 per month commencing April 14, 1818, for service as a private for 18 months in the Virginia Continental line.]
http://revwarapps.org/s38010.pdf
- The Pension Roll of 1835: Report from the Secretary of War, in Obedience to Resolutions of the Senate of the 5th and 30th of June, 1834, and the 3d of March, 1835, in Relation to the Pension Establishment of the United States. (Washington, District of Columbia: Duff Green, 1835).
Name: Thomas Hayslet
Rank: Private
Age: 76
Birth Year: abt 1742
Pension Enrollment Date: 14 Apr 1818
Residence Place: Rockbridge, Virginia, USA
Death Date: 28 Feb 1826
Service Description: Virginia line
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 International Genealogical Index. ( The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, 1999-2008).
- ↑ Wardell, Patrick G. Virginia/West Virginia genealogical data from Revolutionary War pension and bounty land warrant records. (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, c1988-1998)
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