Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38,987, for Jonathan Parker, Rhode Island
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Service
R.I.

Parker, Jonathan

Number
S.38.987
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Died May 9,1823 (A.B.)

[Following is noted vertically]
Notification sent Sep 27, 1820
to Benjn Cowell Esq
Providence
R-Island

8194
Rhode Island
Jonathan Parker
of Coventry in the state of R. Island
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Olney of the R. Island
ne, for the term of nine months
nscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence o
the 20th of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25th of Mar 1819 and sent to Benjamin Cowell
Providence, R. Island
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819-10 mos 11/[illegible] 83.96
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th Sept 1819  48.00
1:131:90
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}

Continued
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Jonathan Parker -
Private.
Col. Olney's R. Island Regt.
1782 - 9 months -
[crossed out: Judges certificate as to claimants indigent circumstances wanting]

20th April 1818 -
proof of poverty produced & certified

The certificate of the judge or the [illegible] of services of the officiant is also wanting.

Active [written on top of the previous sentence]
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It appears by the Regimental Book, That Jonathan Parker inlisted for, and served Nine Months a Private Soldier in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Jeremiah Olney, in the Rhode Island Line, on the continental establishment, and that he was discharged from said Regiment at Sarratoga in the State of New -York, on the 20th day of December 1782, that being the expiration of the form of his inlistment.

Providence April 20th 1818.

Jno S. Dexter Major of said Regiment at the close of the War.
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Jonathan Parker of Coventry in the State of Rhode Island on oath do declare & say for nine months that I enlisted as private soldier in Capt Ebenezer Marcombey Company in Col Jeremiah Olney's regiment in the Continental army of the United States & in the Rhode Island line In which service I continued nine months then next following when I waived my discharge 20 Dec: 1782 which discharge is now lost.  I further declare that I am now in reduced circumstances & stand in need of the assistance of my country for support -   Jonathan Parker

Rhode Island District 2

Be it remembered that on this twentieth day of April 1818 came before me the above named Jonathan Parker & made solemn oath to the truth of the declaration by him above subscribed In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand & have caused the seal of the Court to be hereto  affixed
David Howell
District Judge

Providence 20 April
The signature of the judge and the seal of the District Court of the United States is hereto affixed
Attny Benjamin Cowell
 Clk of said Court
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Jonathan Parker
8.194

Sept. 1819

Con

Con
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United States of America.
RHODE-ISLAND DISTRICT.
County of Kent. Special Court of Common Pleas, July 7th A. D. 1820.
On this 7th day of July 1820, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record within and for said county. Jonathan Parker aged 59 years, residing in the town of Coventry in said County who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:  that he served Nine Months in Col. Olneys regiment as a private in the Rhode Island Line that he made a previous declaration on the 20th day of April 1818, and that he has received a certificate for a pension, being No. 8,194. And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; 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 provisions 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen:  that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Jonathan Parker
A SCHEDULE of Property and Income (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) of Jonathan Parker viz 6 Chairs, 2 pots, & 2 kettles. 6 Knives & forks & some iron spoons, 1 table, 1 small looking glass, some crockery ware 1 ax, 1 hoe, 1 Cow - other than the above the said Jonathan has no property except as above excepted - And this declarent further saith that he is a labourer but is so unwell that he can do but little work - that without his pension, he must depend on the charity of others - that he is involved in debt that he now justly ows more than seventy dollars - Jonathan Parker

Sworn to and declared in Open Court on the 7th day of July 1820- 
$25-  Witness Jno G Mawney Clk
RHODE-ISLAND DISTRICT.
County of Kent fee Clerk's Office of the Court of Common Pleas, A. D. 1820
I Jno G Mawney Clerk of said Court do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court' and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Twenty five dollars and - cents.  In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 4th - day of August 1820.
Jno G Mawney  Clerk of said Court
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February 27, 1936

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Mrs. F. D. Corson     Jonathan Parker, S. 38987
12 Brewster Road     Pardon Wood, S. 22066
Framingham, Massachusetts    BA-J/MLB

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Jonathan Parker, who served as private from Washington County, Rhode Island, was pensioned March 25, 1819, aged sixty-two years, and died May 9, 1823, also Pardon Wood, who served from Kent County, Rhode Island, pensioned in 1833.
Their records are furnished herein.
JONATHAN PARKER
S.38987
The data herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 38987, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Jonathan Parker.
The date and place of this soldier's birth and name of his parents are not given. [Handwritten note] Macumber, next level - see Heilman
Jonathan Parker enlisted, place not stated, for a term of nine months, served as private in Captain Ebenezer Macomber's company, Colonel Jeremiah Olney's Rhode Island regiment, and was discharged December 20, 1782, after having served the term for which he enlisted.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed April 20, 1818, while a resident of Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island, where he was still living in 1820, aged fifty-nine years.  He died May 9, 1823.
There are no family data in the claim.
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In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, and name of the person paid, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:
Jonathan Parker
Certificate #8194
Issued March 25, 1819
Rate $6 per month
Commenced April 20, 1818
Act March 18, 1818
Rhode Island Agency.
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PARDON WOOD 
S. 22066
You are furnished below the record of Pardon Wood, as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S.  22066, based upon his service in the Revolution.
Pardon Wood was born April 20, 1745, in Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island; the names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in Warwick, Rhode Island, in the spring of 1775, he belonged to a company of Rhode Island militia, and was called out on several alarms, amounting in all to about fifteen days, no further details of this service given.  He enlisted in May, 1775, served as private in Captain Thomas Holden's company, Colonel James M. Vernum's Rhode Island regiment, and was discharged January 1, 1776.  From 1776, until sometime in 1781, he served on short tours of one month each, amounting in all to nearly two years, engaged in guarding the shores and on General Sullivan's Expedition to Rhode Island, under Captains Squire Millard, Thomas Rice, John Low, Christopher Levalley, Robert Rhodes and Job Randall, and under Colonels Waterman and Low.
Pardon Wood was allowed pension on his application executed June 10, 1833, while a resident of Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island.
No family data are shown in this claim.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of the person paid, and possibly the date of death of this

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soldier, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing the following data:

Pardon Wood 
Certificate #21971
Issued December 9, 1833
Rate $80 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act June 7, 1832
Rhode Island Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator


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38987
INVALID.
Rcvy
File No. 38,987
Jonathan Parker
Pri Rev War
Act: 18 March 18
Index:--Vol. 3, Page 382
[Arrangement of 1870]

1906 Oct. 6. History to
R. Hammett Tilley. MBR
[19]36,Feb 27 - Hist to Mrs. F. D. Corson (see ltr in abv S. 22066 of Pardon Wood) MLB
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[illegible]
Jon Parker
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I hereby Certify that Jonathan Parker
of Coventry is in reduced circumstances and
needs the assis of his Country for his support in
conformity to the provisions of the act of Congress
passed the 18 day of March AD 1818 in favour of the Poor
officers & Soldiers in the Revolutionary war
dated at Coventry this 2 day of Janary AD 1819 
Witness P. Potter J. C. C Pleas

Rhodev Island District 13 March 1819
Hen. Lery at War. I am satisfied that
J. Parker is poor and that he served 9 mo as required
D. Howell District Judge
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I, Thomas M. Barrows, of Providence, R.I.
Physician, being called upon by Jonathan Parker
a Revolutionary Soldier, to state the situation of his
bodily health - am of an opinion after hearing the
history of his case, that his complaints, which are
palpitation of the hearts, and Syncope, frequently
induced by the fatigue of labour, in the hot season of
the year, would prevent him from enduring that
exertion and fatigue, incident to a laboring man,
which another, in sound bodily health might bear
with impunity -

Thomas M. Barrows
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FRAMINGHAM MASS.
1130 PM
FEB 15
1936

RECEIVED 
FEB 17 1936
MAIL SUB. DIV.
VETS. ADM. 
MEMBER# 38

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS

Veterans Administration
Washington 
D. C.
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Feb 15, 1936
Framingham, Mass.
Dear Sir:
Will you please send me data
appearing on pension record applications
of the two following soldiers who
served in the Revolutionary War. 
Jonathan Parker, Private, R. I. line. Placed
on Pension March 25, 1819, at 62. Died May
9, 1823 (Washington Co, R.I. soldier)

Only me

Pardon Wood, Private, Placed on pension
1833 age 91. I think he served from Kent Co, 
Rhode Island, possibly Washington Co. 

Thank you very much. 
Very truly, 
(Mrs.) F. D. Corson
12 Brewster Road
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3-595.
O. W. AND N. DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Oct. 29, 1906
Searched by Gill
Original No.
Certificate No.
Claimant,
Soldier, Jonathan Parker
Service, R.I. Service
Rev. War
Remarks.
No claim as above
except Inv. 38987.
Chief of Division.
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OFFICE OF
State Record Commissioner.
Providence, R.I., October 27th., 1906

O. W. & N. DIV.
OCT 29 1906
FILES

Commissioner of Pensions,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
Will you kindly send me the Revolutionary or rather Pension
record of Johathan Parker, placed on roll 1819 a Rhode Island man.
Also state if any other Jonathan is found. The records here show two or
more Jonathans the ages or other distinguishing facts not given, the pensions
records of one or more will help in determining to whom the different
services belong.

Thanking you for your trouble in this matter, I am,
Yours truly,
R. Hammett Titley
State Record Commissioner.
Mc

M.C.
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
OCT 29 1906
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In reply to your request for a statement of the military history
of Sur. File 38.987. Jonathan Parker, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR,
you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his
widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
discharged

LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
9 mos
Dec 20, 1782

RANK.
Private
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.

CAPTAIN.
Elenezer Macomber

COLONEL.
Jeremiah Olneys

STATE.
R.I.

Battles engaged in, None Stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, (checkmark)
Date of application for pension, Apr 20, 1818: His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Coventry R.I.
Age [crossed out: at date of application], 59 years in 1820
Remarks: A careful search of the records of this Bureau fails to show that
a pension claim [crossed out: for Rev War pen has been filed in the name of any Jonathan Parker of  R.I. other than the above] was filed on account of the service of a Jonathan Parker of R I in the Rev. War other than the above. 

Very respectfully, 
Commissioner. 

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