Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29538, Jonathan West, R.I.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
R. I.

*West, Jonathan

NUMBER
S. 29538
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No. 10.231
Jonathan West


7 Dec 1832

16.17

James Robinson
Elmira
Tioga Cty
N Yk

P 139
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No 10,231

BRIEF in the case of Jonathan West of Big flat
County of Tioga in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Before a Court

2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3.  How old is he?  Seventy nine years.  79

4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.
Enlisted May In 1778

Duration of Service.
1 Year

Rank.
As a private

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Col. Samuel Nois Capt George Thurston, Rhode Island [illegible] Capt Randall Wells

5.  In what battles was he engaged?
[illegible]

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Hopkinton, R. I.

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  His tradition is supported by the affidavits of a Clergyman and another respectable citizen whose credibility is verified by the Court.

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  and if so, in what respect?
No


X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas. G Wilcox Examining Clerk.
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3896
New York

Jonathan West of Tioga in the State of New York who was a Private in the Compn'y commanded by Captain Thurston of the Regt. commanded by Col. Nois in the Rhode Island line for 1 Year

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 40 Dollars -- per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of Jany. 1833 and sent to J. Robinson Elmira

Arrears to 4th Sep. 1832       $60
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4th '33   20
                                               $80

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles Clerk
Book D.  Vol. 5.  Page 205
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29538
Revy
INVALID.

File No. 29, 538

Jonathan West

Pri Rev. War

Act :  June 7" 32"

Index :--Vol. 2, Page 443

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Jonathan West
Declaration
10,231


admitted
12 mo
40$


Direct to the care of
James Robinson
Agent, Elmira
Tioga Co N.Y.
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At a Court of Common Pleas holden at the Court house in the Village of Elmira in and for the County of Tioga in the State of New York Commencing on the fourth day of September 1832 
Present Hon Grant B. Baldwin first Judge John R Drake [illegible] Bentley Joseph L Doeling and Elijah Shoemaker Esqrs Judges
State of New York}
Tioga County Ss} on this 4th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges aforesaid being a Court of record because made so by the Constitution, and Laws of the State having by Law a Club and Seal now sitting Jonathan West a Resident of the town of Bigflat in the County and State aforesaid aged Seventy nine years the twenty eighth day of November next who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 - that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated --
He enlisted under Captain George Thurston in the Regiment of Col. Samuel Nois in the State of Rhode Island in the month of May 1778 for the term of one year - Col Pauds commanded another Regiment of Militia raised about the same time, the Corps in which he enlisted was raised for the purpose of erecting places of defense, guarding the Sea Board, Garrison duty, reconnoitering and scouting parties and to watch the Tories - This was the general nature of his service - he was sometimes on one kind of duty and sometimes on another - after Gen. Sullivan
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came on to the Island which he thinks was in August, that officer took the command and the Second division of his forces soon drew out the Enemy from his strong hold in Newport - This deponent at the time of these movements was stationed at Tivertown we were ordered out and fell in with a part of the enemy in the valley between Quaker hill and Butts hill; but we were compelled to retreat; by keeping up a brisk fire on our retreat we were enabled to regain the Fort at Tivertown - about this time Captain Randall Wells took the command of our Company - we continued in Garrison duty most of the winter taking our turn on detach'd parties for scouts and spies occasionally - In May '79 he was discharged having served faithfully one year for which he enlisted - That he has no documentary evidence of his said service and that he knows of no living witness whose testimony he can procure who can testify to it -And in answer to the several interrogatories put to him by the Court he says that he was born at Newport in the State of Rhode Island on the 28th day of November in the year 1753 - that he has no record of his age - his father had one and this deponent saw it several times after the Revolutionary war but where it now is he is wholly unable to say - that when he enlisted into the service as before stated he lived in the Town of Hopkinton in the State of Rhode Island - that after the 


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Revolutionary war he continued to live in Hopkinton aforesaid for several years then lived about 15 years in the town of Vershire, County of Orange and State of Vermont - then lived six or seven years in Columbia Township, Bradford County Pa then at his present residence where he has lived about 20 years - that he served as a volunteer - that he knew Gen. Sullivan Cols. Nois and Sands and some of the Troops under their Command - he well remembers the arrival of Count De Estaing off the Coast and went out to engage the British but got drove off in a storm That he received no other than a verbal discharge - That he would refer to James Riter Amos Stark, Robert Miller Esqr Comfort Bennett, Nicholas Winans, and John Bennett all of Bigflat aforesaid who are acquainted with his reputation for truth and veracity and who can testify to their belief in the truth of the foregoing declaration - he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state --
Jonathan West
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Green M Tuthill Clk
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We Simeon R. Jones a Clergyman of Southport Tioga County and Jacob Miller of the same place - 
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jonathan West who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be nearly Seventy nine years of age; that he is generally reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion -
Simon R. Jones
Jacob Miller
Sworn and Subscribed the 4th day and year aforesaid}
Green M Tuthill Clk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the Investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states.  And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Simeon R. Jones who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Southport and that Jacob Miller who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town and is a Credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit-
J. B. Baldwin
First Judge
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I Green M. Tuthill Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan West for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 8th day of September 1832 --
Green M. Tuthill

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