Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7138, for Jeremiah Merit, New York
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( 3 - 1776 )

SERVICE
New York

Merit, Jeremiah
or
Merritt
or
Merret

NUMBER
R. 7138

CONTENTS
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Amended application for Pension
Westchester County
The said Jeremiah Merritt Being further duly sworn saith that the only reason why he hath not made an earlier application for a pension is; that he felt determined to support himself by his own labour without the assistance of his country and that he continued to do so until he was taken sick from which sickness he hath never recovered and is now rendered altogether unable to procure a living by his manual labour: And that during his sickness he was advised by his neighbours & friends to make application for pension, which are the only reasons for his so doing. 
And this deponent further saith that as regards the changes which have taken place in his property since the 18th of March 1818, he having alleged in his annexed declaration that there was no material difference between his property at the time of making the said application and on the 18th day of March 1818: he the deponent still says, that from that period up to the present time he has never been worth $300 at furtherest: and that he is now worth no more than is stated in his aforesaid schedule, and that the diminution of his property to its present state has been in consequence of his [illegible] sickness and no other cause [illegible] further saith not.
Given the 10th day of March 1821 
[Signed] Jeremiah Merit
Before me
John Sing, Commissioner