Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 2045-200, James Clark, Conn.
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SERVICE [black star icon] NUMBER
Conn. Clark, James B.L. Wt. 2045-200
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Form for proof of heirship
the names of each [underlined] & all [underlined]
the heirs to be stated
& to be certified that they
are the only [underlined] heirs at law
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STATE of New York
Streuben County
Surrogates Office, 26th May 1834
I certify, that satisfactory evidence was adduced to me, to prove
that Jonas Clark, Gates Clark and Arnold Clark are the sons and only
heirs at law in fee to James a lieutenant in the
Regiment of reputed to have been in
the Connecticut line of the army of the revolutionary
war.
Given under my hand and Seal of Office, this Twenty Sixth
day of May 1834
Wm Woods Surrogate
Steuben Co.
The above form will answer for the following States: viz.
Maine,
Massachusetts,
New-Hampshire,
Rhode-Island,
Connecticut,
Vermont,
New-York,
New Jersey,
South-Carolina,
Georgia,
Judge of Probate.
Surrogate.
Ordinary.
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State of New York
Hunter County  Jonas Clark living duly
[illegible] Saith that he is an heir at
law of James Clark who served in
the Revolutionary War as a Lieuten-
and in said War and was attached
to the Connecticut Line as this deponent
has, understood from the said James who
was this deponents natural parent and
further this Deponent saith that he
this Deponent was Born in the Town
of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut
and in the year 1785 the said James
Lieutenant as aforesaid remained from
Litchfield aforesaid to the County of
Rensselaer in the State of New York
where the said James died of a
Consumption occasioned by a
wound [illegible] in his
side near the Heart by a muskit [sic]
that from the enemy as this
Deponent has always understood from
his mother and has seen the scar
in the Breast of the said James
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before his death Death and further
This Deponent saith that from the
Examination of his wound the said
James [illegible] - he the said James said
in the month of May 16th 1737 in the
County of Rensselaer aforesaid and further
saith not Jonas Clark
Sworn and subscribed before
me this 26th day of May 1834
Wm. Hamilton S.S.
State of New York
County of Steuben SS. I William H. Bull Clerk
of said County do hereby certify that
William Hamilton Esq. before whom the ┃
foregoing affidavit was taken and
acknowledged was at the time of
taking the same a Justice of the
Peace in & for said County duly commissioned
and qualified and that his signature
above written is Genuine
In testimony whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and seal of
office this 26th day of May 1834
Wm. H. Bull
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May -17-1904 of Hist to
S. L. White Boston Mass
Form for Declaration
& power of Attorney
this may be executed
by one [underlined] of the heirs-
No. June 28, 1834
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James Clark
No. 2045
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DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
Regulations for the heirs of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army, who
were slain by the enemy, or who have died since the war, and have not received
land from the United States.
By an Act of Congress of the 16th September, 1776, it is provided, that the Officers and Soldiers who
engaged for, and continued to serve during the war, or until discharged by Congress, and the heirs of such
Officers and Soldiers as shall be slain by the enemy, shall receive land in proportion to their rank.
N. B. Those who engaged for three years, or for any other period than during the war, or who died
of sickness, fatigue, or casualty, are not entitled to land from the United States.
The following declaration (and enclosed blank form of heirship) must be filled up and signed by the
proper authorities:
State of New York
County of Steuben
1, Jonas Clark heir at law of James Clark
do, upon oath, testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that James Clark
did enter the service in 1776, for the term of during the War
and served as a lieutenant in the Regiment No. under the command of Colonel
[illegible] of the Connecticut line; and that he continued in the service aforesaid until
discharged by Congress-
I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to Lieutenant James Clark on the part of the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received
it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever: therefore,
Know all men by these presents, that I, Jonas Clarck [Clark] aforesaid,
do hereby constitute and appoint Edward Howell - to be my true
and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the
United States, a warrant for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is
hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys
under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Attest,
Wm. Hamilton J.J. Jonas Clark
Personally appeared the above named Jonas Clark the subscriber
to the foregoing declaration, and made oath to the same, and in my presence acknowledged the power of
attorney thereto subjoined to be his free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
Attest, May 26th 1834
Wm. Hamilton Justice of the Peace.
In testimony that the above written William Hamilton Esq. was a magistrate
authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgements, &c., in the State of New York
at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have here
unto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Bath, County of Steuben
this Twenty sixth day of May 1834
Wm. H. Bull C. Clerk, &c.
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State of New York
Livingston County ⎬ Oliver Woodruff of Livonia
in the County of Livingston aforesaid
being duly become saith that he was
aquainted with James Clark in the State of
Connecticut in the County of Litchfield, at
the time of Revolutionary war and
that he the said [crossed out] said James Clark was
then known and reputed to be eng [crossed out]
engaged in the Revolutionary Service
as a Lieutenant in said state and that
he the said Oliver knows
Jonas Clark Gates Clark and Arnold Clark
to be the sons sand Heirs at Law of James
Clark Lieutenant as forsaid, and [crossed out] by Long
Repute - and further saith that he the said
James Clark informed him the said Oliver
that he the said James Lieutenant as
aforesaid - on a return of the said
James from the North to the said State of
Conneticut [sic] that he the said James had
been under Col Van Schauck's command
on a while, and further saith that the
said James Lieutenant aforesaid was a man
of family in Litchfield state of Connecticut
aforesaid and that said James during the war
aforesaid Lived at the place aforesaid - and
further this deponent has understood that
said James did a member of years
time in the County of Rensselaer and
State of New York and further saith not
Sworn & subscribed Oliver Woodruff
To this 30th day of
April 1834 Before
me Leman Gibbs a Judge
of Livingston County Courts
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State of New York
Livingston County | I certify that Leman Gibbs before whom the preceding affidafit of Oliver Woodruff purports to have been
made was at the date of the said affidafit a legally
authorized Judge of Livingston County Courts
and that I am well acquainted with the
handwriting of the said Judge and verily believe his name
subscribed to the jurat of the said affidavit is his own proper
handwriting and Signature
Written my hand and seal of office at Geneseo in said County
this first day of May A.D. 1834
Chauncey R. Bond Clerk
of Livingston County
By. S.G. Haven Dep Clerk