Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,508, for Jonathan Leathers, New Hampshire
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(3 - 1776 )
SERVICE
N. H.

Leathers, Jonathan
NUMBER
S. 44,508

CONTENTS
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9602
New Hampshire.
Jonathan Leathers,
f [of] Durham, in the State of N. Hampse.
who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Reed, -- of the New Hampse.
line, for the term of three years.

nscribed [Inscribed] on the Roll of New-Hampshire,
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 17. of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19. of April '19,
and sent to Daniel M. Durell
Judge,
Dover, N. Hampshire.
Arrears to 4th of March, 1819.

Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4. Sept.1819.

84.76 [+] 48" [=] $:132.76

10 mo. 14/30 & 4/31

Continued --
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44508
Rev y
INVALID.

File No. 44508
Jonathan Leathers
Priv. Rev. War

Act: 18" March 1818
Index: -- Vol. 3, Page 293
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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J. Leathers
private
2 New Hampshire Regt.
1777--3 years--
Service admitted
Wanting the judges
certificate of the reduced
circumstances of the claimant
Adr.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE,
Strafford
SS.
On this 17th
day of April 1818, before me the subscriber, Chief Justice of
the Courts of Common Pleas for the First District in said State, personally appears Jonathan
Leathers
aged fifty nine years resident in Durham in the said
district, 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 Jonathan Feathers enlisted in said service in Nov. 1775
in the state of New Hampshire in the company commanded by Captain James
Norris
of the 2d New Hampshire Regt. to serve one year
that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the month of
January A.D. 1777 when he was discharged - that he then
immediately enlisted into Capt Samuel Cherry's Company
of the same Regt for three years, that he continued to
serve the said camps till some time in January 1780
when he was discharged from service in Reading in the late of Connecticut --
that he was in the battles of Trenton - Princeton - Hubbardston, where he
was made a prisoner - Monmouth, & Newtown - 
and 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.
to
I, DANIEL M. DURELL, Chief Justice of the Courts of Common Pleas for the first district in the
State of New-Hampshire, as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Jonathan
Leithes did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration,
against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me,
to [illegible]Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the
seal of said Court for the County of Strafford
in said district, the seventeenth
day of April
A. D. 1818 -
D.M. Durell
Attest Dan Waldron's Clerk of the Court
of Com. Pleas for said County of Stratford
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State of New Hampshire
First Judicial district ss
March 31, 1819
I, D.M. Durell Chief Justice of the Courts
of Common pleas for the District aforesaid do
certify that it has been made to appear to my
satisfaction that Jonathan Leathers who made
the foregoing declaration is in reduced circumstances
& stands in need of the assistance
of his country for support
D. M. Durell
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I Jonathan Downing of Durham in the County
of Strafford and State of New Hampshire depose
and say that I served as a non commissioned
officer in the 2d Regiment of the New Hampshire line in the service of the United States
in the revolutionary war from December 1775
until June 1783 that I am well acquainted with
Jonathan Leathers whose declaration is hereto prefined
, and do know that he served in said
Regiment from November 1775 until January
1780 as stated in his said declaration
Jonathan Downing

State of New Hampshire
Stafford ss 
^April 25, 1818.
Then Jonathan Downing made
oath that the foregoing deposition by him
subscribed is just & true, before me
D.M. Durell
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Jonathan Leathers
Durham
9602.
iss 19 Apr 1819
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To the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Dover within and for the County of Strafford and
State of New-Hampshire, on the first Tuesday of July, 1820.
Jonathan Leathers aged Sixty one, resident in Durham in said County, comes
into court, and in pursuance of an act of Congress passed on the 1st day of May, 1820, brings with him, and in his
proper person exhibits to said Court a Schedule by him subscribed, containing his whole Estate and Income--his
necessary clothing and bedding excepted -- as follows: --
two old tables  6 Common Chairs  2 Iron Pots
two Iron kettles, some small articles of crockery
Ware-- the
whole estimated to be worth
not more than ten dollars
Jonathan Leathers
And the said Jonathan Feathers
in pursuance as aforesaid produceth ot said Court the following oath by him duly taken and subscribed :--viz.
I Jonathan Leathers 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 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 18th day of March, 1818; and 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 Leathers
in pursuance as aforesaid produceth to said Court the
And the said Jon [Jonathan] Leathers doth here in Court further declare on oath, that he served in the revolutionary
war as follows, viz. On the first of September 1775 he entered
in Capt. Winborn Adams Company in the New Hamphire
Regt commanded by Col. Poor and served therein four
months as a private Soldier. In December 1775 he again
enlisted in Capt James Norris' Company as a soldier &
continued therein twelve months when he was regularly
discharged - In Dec 1775, he again enlisted in Dec. 1776 in
Capt James Norris Company in the Regt commanded
by Col. Hale who was succeeded by Col George Reid &
served therein as a soldier three years and was
regularly discharged about the last of the year 1779 -
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That the date of his original declaration in order to obtain a pension is April 14, 1818 and the number of his pension certificate is - 9602 - :-That his occupation is that of a Labourer [Laborer] but have not sufficient ability to pursue it - That the number and names of his family residing with him, and their ages and capacities to contribute to their support, are as follows, viz. my wife Sarah aged fifty nine years, is unable to support herself-

Wherefore he prays the opinion of the said Court as to the value of the property contained in the said schedule, and that the same, together with a copy of the premises be duly certified to the Secretary of War.

Sworn and declared before the said court the fourth day of July 1820   Jonathan Leathers
Attest, A. Peirce,  Clerk

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE ........Strafford ss.
At a Court of Common Pleas holden at Dover - within and for the county of Strafford and state of New-Hampshire, on the fourth day of Julty 1820, before
Daniel M. Durell, Esquire, Chief Justice, and
Valentine Smith and Samuel Quarles
} Associate Justices of said Court.
The aforesaid schedule and oath and the above declaration duly subscribed and sworn by the said Jonathan Leathers having been by him exhibited in person, and presented to the Court, and the same being seen and considered, it is the opinion of said Court that the value of the property contained in said schedule is ten dollars~~~cents.  Wherefore the Court order that a copy of the premises, together with the proceedings thereon be duly certified to the Secretary of War.
Attest, A Peirce, Clerk.

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE......Stratford ss.
I, Andrew Pierce, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Strafford, being a court of record, do certify that the foregoing schedule and oath, and the declaration annexed, with the propceedings and opinion of the court thereon are true copeis from the Records and files of said court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, the 4th day of July 1820.
A. Peirce, Clerk.