Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Thomas G. Prettyman.

Thomas G. Prettyman.
1787-1837.

Sharpshooter.

Born: 25 MAR 1787 Lewistown, Delaware, married Mary Petton, on 10, Oct. 1825, at Washington, District Of Columbia, District Of Columbia. They had at lest one child; Harriet Prettyman, born JAN 1838 Washington, District Of Columbia, District Of Columbia and died in 1920, at Washington, District Of Columbia, District Of Columbia. Thomas G. Prettyman, died on 11 DEC 1837 Washington, District Of Columbia, District Of Columbia.

Thomas G. Prettyman, formerly a sergeant in Captain Aisquith's company of sharpshooters, in 1836, he was asking for a pension. Then in 1837, he died, in 1838, Mary had a memorial before Congress which stated; Mary Prettyman, widow of Thomas G. Prettyman, who served, as a non-commissioned officer, in the late war with Great Britain, and died in consequence of his exposure whilst a prisoner of war, praying a pension.
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CHAP. C L III.—An Act for the relief of Mary Prettyman.

Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to cause to be paid, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two hundred and forty-seven dollars, to Mary Prettyman, widow of Thomas U. Prettyman, deceased, who was a sergeant in Captain Aisquith’s company, third brigade of Maryland militia, in the service of the United States, and who died of disabilities incurred in said service during the last war with Great Britain.
APPROVED, August 11, 1842.

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