Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17370, Job Danforth, R.I.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE.                                            NUMBER

R.J.            Danforth, Job.                 S. 17370
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4966
Rhode Island
Job Danforth
of Providence in the state of RI 
who was a ensign in the company commanded 
by Captain blank of the Regt commanded
by Col Atwell in the RI line for 7 mos. Ensign

Inscribed on the roll of RI
at the rate of 70 dollars blank cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 31st day of Jany
1833 and sent to D.S. Pearce H of Reps

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $105.00
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Mar 33 $35.00
$140.00

{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7th, 1832}

Recorded by J H McBlair - Clerk
Bood D Vol 3 Page 107

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1884 Oct 8 [illegible] J D Gilmore with history
1893 June 30 - Hist to C C Allen Cambridge, Mass.
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Job Danforth ~~~~~~
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18869
(Scanned backwards - the number 7 is the only one I can decipher on this line)
$70~~~~~~
Hon D J Pearce
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Rhode-Island District sc. August Term 1832

County of Providence
On this 18th day of September AD 1832 personally appeared in open court being a District Court of the United States within and for said district now in session - Job Danforth a resident of Providence in the county of Providence and state of Rhode Island aged 87 years 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 8, 1832 viz.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following name officers and service as herein stated.

He was born April 21st 1745 in Taunton Massachusetts as by the record of that town will appear, lived in Providence when he entered the service & has continued to reside there ever since. And this applicant further states that in Jany 1777 he was appointed an Ensign in Cap James Bunel's company & Col Atwell's regiment of R I Militia by Gov Cook as will appear by this commission herewith presented and soon after the company to which he belonged was ordered to Pawtuxet here he served three months and this applicant further states that in September 1777 he served one month at Providence in the same capacity & in the same company & regiment and this applicant further states that in October following he served one month in Spencer's expedition in the same capacity & in the same company & regiment & served at Rowlands Ferry and this applicant further states that in June 1778 he served one month at Bristol in the same capacity & in the same company & regiment, being just after the British burnt that place - and this applicant further states that in August 1778 he served one month in Sullivan's expedition in same capacity & in the same company & regiment.

All the above services he performed under his Ensign's commission & as required by his superior officers in the war of the revolution.
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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.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

Job Danforth
Attest B. Cowell - Clk

I Joseph Rawson of Providence aged 73 years on oath do testify & say that I have known Job Danforth of Providence more than 60 years & know that he was an Ensign in Cap James Burrell's company & Col Amos Atwell's regiment of RI militia & served in said company, but the times & places which he served I cannot say but have no doubt he served as much as he has stated in his declaration - he is a man of truth & veracity & full confidence can be placed in his declaration - & he has the reputation of having served in the revolutionary war.

Joseph Rawson

Sept 18, 1832 - Sworn to in open court

B. Cowell - 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 and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Joseph Rawson who has testified for the said applicant is a resident as he states and is a credible person and athat his statement is entitled to credit.

I Benjamin Cowell Clerk of said District Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Job Danforth for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 21 day of November 1832.

Benjamin Cowell - Clk
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17.370
INVALID
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FILE NO.  17.370
JOB DANFORTH
ENSIGN REV WAR
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Any: June 7” 32

Index:-Vol.1 Page 425
[Arrangement of 1870]
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Kimble Lewis Cass,
Secretary of War,
Washington City
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES             BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*     Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

Name  Danforth, John            Grade  Private             Line   Massachusetts

Warrant
Number   4056             Acreage    100                Issued    Mar. 25, 1790
                                                                               to   ---not shown---


*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subse-
quent dates.  Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.