Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12447, Jonathan Card, Vt.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Vt

Card, Jonathan

NUMBER
S. 12447
carded

CONTENTS
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1223
New York
Jonathan Card
of Newlisbon in the State of New York who was a Private in the Compy commanded by Captain Brigs of the Regt commanded by Col: Herrick in the Vermont line for 9 months

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 30 Dollars -- Cents per Ann. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of October 1832 and sent to J. C. Walworth

Arrears to 4th of Sepr 1832 $45
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '33 15
$60

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles Clerk
Book D  Vol. 5  Page 76
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State of New York Otsego County SS
Be it remembered that on the 2d day of August 1832 persely appeared before James C. Walworth Esquire one of the Judges of the county of Common Pleas for the county of Otsego it being a court of record proceding upon common law principles haveing a clerk and seal Jonathan Card of the town of New Lisbon in the said county being first duly sworn makes the following decleration that he was born in the town of East Greenwich Kent County State Rhode Island in the year 1764 and that he is now 67 years of age and that there is a Record of his age in that town and that in the year 1780 he at the town of (illegible) in Vermont volunteerd into Capt Joseph Briggs company Lieutenant Parker and Ensign Brown that he was marched immediately to Carleton in the state of Vermont and served about four months under the command of Col Herrick and that Gen. Ethan Allen was often there ispecting them and was discharged by Col Harick (illegible) again at the town of (illegible) aforesaid at or about the fist of August in the year 1781 so entered in the sevice under Captain Clark Parker and marched immediately to
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to Casleton aforesaid in the state of Vermont and seved there and did garrison duty about five months at the fort and the Mills there under the command of General Allen and Coll. Herrick and returned about the first of January thereafter and that he never was in any engagements that he well recollects that General Ethan Allen mounting a large pine stump at Blanchard Mills in the town of Rutland - and made a speech to the garrison then there and that since the revolutionary war has lived in the town of Pownal Vermont and in the town of New Lisbon in the County of Otsego st N York where he now lives and has lied for 40 years past that he is so infirm that he is wholly unable to attend the Courts that he has not been able to walk a step for more than four years past and never expects to be able to again

He hereby relinquishes all claims whatever to a pension or an annuity
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except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state nor never has been

Subscribed and sworn this day and year aforesaid
Jonathan Card X his mark

James C Warworth a Judge of Otsego County Courts

State of New York Otsego County SS
Thomas Card of the town of New Lisbon in the said county being first duly sworn deposeth and sayeth that he is 70 years of age that he has been well acquainted with Jonathan Card that has made the above decleration in his presants that he is his own brother and has know him from a child that he served with him in the year 1780 at Casleton and knows that he did serve as set forth in his decleration and
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that also in the year 1781 he then served with him at Casleton aforesaid in the St of Vermont and further knows that he did so serve as set forth in his decleration made in his presants this day and  and was present and heard General Ethan Allens address on the pine stump as mentioned by this applicant in his decleration hereunto annexed and that he is very infirm and wholly unable to walk a step and I presume never will be and is not able to attend the county courts at the courthouse of the county it bein more than 12 miles from his residence and that he is a man of truth veracity and entitles to full credit and belief and that he is 67 years of age
Thomas Card

Subscribed and sworn this 2d day of August 1832 
James C Warworth a Judge of Otsego County Courts
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State of New York
Otsego County ss Paul Gammert of the town of Oneonta in the said county being first duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is 75 years of age that he has been acquainted with ['John' crossed out] Jonathan Card that he has read the above declaration and that he served with him in the town of Castleton in the State of Vermont thru two campaigns as set forth in his Declaration and Served with him and well recollects of General Allen's fine Stump address at Blanchard's Mills at Castleton aforesaid and that he now lives near him and that he is a man entitled to full credit and belief and that he is not able to walk a step and I presume never will be and is otherwise very inform and state that he is as old as he represents himself to be - 
/s/X his mark Paul Gammert
Subscribed and Sworn this 2d day of August 1832
/s/J. C. Walworth a Judge of Otsego County
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State of New York 
Otsego County ss I James C. Walworth one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Otsego it being a Court of Reccord haveing a Clerk and seal to certify and declare that on the 2d day of August 1832 Jonathan Card of the town of New Lisbon in the county made the foregoing Declaration before me and at the same time appeared Benjamin Card, Thomas Card, and Paul Gammert all presently known to me and that I had a full and Carefull investigation of all the matters and after Reading the annexed affidavit of the said Benjamin and Thomas Card and Paul Gammert and after putting all of the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department I the said Judge do declare it my my Opinion that ['Jon' crossed out] he the said Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and did so serve as he states and that Benjamin Card Thomas Card and Paul Gammert that has made the annexed affidavits are known to me to be Residences of of the said County and are creditable persons and that their statement is entitled to belief and I further Declare it is my Opinion that the said Applicant is wholly unable to attend the Courts of the said County on account of his bodily infirmities and presume he never will be - 
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand this 2d day of August 1832
/s/J. C. Walworth a Judge of Otsego Common Pleas
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State of New York
Otsego County ss Benjamin Card of the town of Burlington of the ['town' crossed out] said County being first duly sworn Deposeth and saith that  he is 77 years of age and that  is well acquainted with Jonathan Card that has read the above declaration in his presents and that he served with him one season and knows that he did serve as set forth in his declaration aforesaid and that is unable to walk or help himself out of his chair and that he is as Old as he represents himself to be - and that he is a man of truth and veracity.
/s/Benjamin Card
Subscribed and Sworn this 2d day of August 1832 
Before me /s/J. C. Walworth a Judge of Otsego County
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Jonathan Card
No 4267
State of New York
Otsego County ss} I Horace Lathrop, Clerk of the said County of Otsego, do certify, that James C. Walworth, before whom the preceding affidavits purport to have been sworn, and whose name appears to the foregoing Certificate, was, at the date of the same, a Judge of Otsego County Courts, duly commissioned and sworn as such, And also, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said several Affidavits, and Certificate, to be his own proper hand writing & signature. 
[court seal affixed] Witness my hand & Official Seal, the 6th day of August A.D. 1832
/s/Horace Lathrop, Clerk.
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admitted

private 9 mo
$30
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No 4,267
BRIEF in the case of Jonathan Card of New Lisbon in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Judge
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? yes
3. How old is he? 69 years old
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
[column headings: Period.|Duration of Service.(Years,|Months,|Days.)|Rank. As a|Names of Generals and Field Officers under whom he served.['Gen' crossed out]|]
Volunteered in 1780|( ' |4| - )| - |{Col. Herrick Cp. Joseph Brigs (Briggs) Comp'y Lt Parker & Ensign Brown|
 do 1781 Abt 1st August|( - |5| - )| - |Cap Clark Parker, Gen'l Allen Col. Herrick|
[end of columns]
5. In what battles was he engaged? None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Pownal Vermont
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living Witness Thomas Card served with him in 1780 and 1781 - Paul Gammert served with him and testifies to the truth of his statement 
Benjamin Card's evidence is similar to that of the preceding persons 
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
There is no string passing thru them and under the Seal
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
/s/A. Reintzel Examining Clerk.
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In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Jonathan Card a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ['(or his widow's)' crossed out] application for pension on file in this Bureau. Ser. F. 12,447. 
[column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.|LENGTH OF SERVICE.|RANK.|OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.(CAPTAIN.|COLONEL.)|STATE.|]
Sept. 7, 1780|to Dec. 25, '80|Pri.|(Clarke Parker|Herrick)|Vt.|
Aug. 1, 1781|served to close of war.| " |(Joseph Briggs| " )| " |
[end of columns]
Battles engaged in, ✓  
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enl at Pownal, Vt.
Date of application for pension, Mch. 10, 1831. Cl. al.
Residence at date of application, New Lisbon, Otsego Co., N.Y. 
Age at date of application, Born in 1764, at East Greenwich, Kent Co., R.I.
Remarks: Soldier's brother, Thomas, served with him in both services.
No further data as to family.
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[verso]
Apr. 22, '08. Hist. to Lester Card. FW.

[recto]
12447 
Rev War INVALID. 
File No. 12,447
Jonathan Card
Priv: Rev War
Act: June 7" 1832
Index: - Vol. A, Page 61
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873. 
1677 REJECTED
P.O. Jonathan Card
Service: 
O.W. Inv. File 12,447.
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Jonathan Card
Revo. N. York
Rejected. See letter to S. R. Hobbie, Esqr.
April 22, 1831. 
1677
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21.705
In the matter of Jonathan Card
Revolutionary Claim
rejected. See letter to S. R. Hobbie Esqr. 22d April 1831
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I Jonathan Card of New Lisbon in the County of Otsego in the state of New York do hereby declare that I served as a Volunteer in the state of Vermont in the Company commanded by Captain Clark Parker, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Herick (Herrick), in the line of the state of Vermont, under the command of General Ethan Allen, from the seventh day of September one thousand seven hundred and eighty until about the twenty fifth day of December in the same year,: that I afterwards served as a volunteer in the state of Vermont in the company commanded by Captain Joseph Briggs in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Herrick aforesaid in the line of the state of Vermont under the command of the said Ethan Allen, from about the first of August in the Year one thousand seven hundred and Eighty one until the close of the war, as a private soldier - And I further declare that I never have been placed on the pension list of the United States.
/s/Jonathan Card
Subscribed and Sworn this 10th day of March 1831 before me}
/s/Wm. B. Whiting Justice of the Peace
Otsego County
State of New York  ss} Personally appeared before me this tenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty one, Thomas Card and Paul Gammert of said county
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who did severally make oath that Jonathan Card by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed was in the service of the United States during the war of the Revolution as by him in the foregoing declaration is set forth. that they were severally in the service of the United States in the same Regiment during the said times in the aforesaid declaration mentioned, and saw the said Jonathan Card serving as a private soldier as in the foregoing declaration is set forth. 
Witness my hand this tenth day of March one thousand Eight hundred & thirty one. 
/s/Wm. B. Whiting Justice of the Peace
Otsego County ss
I Abner Cook Junior, Clerk of the County of Otsego in the state of New York do certify that William B. Whiting before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time a Justice of the Peace of said County duly Empowered to administer oaths. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the court of said county this 11th day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty one.
/s/A. Cook Jun.
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Know all men by these presents that I Jonathan Card of New Lisbon in the county of Otsego and State of New York do hereby constitute and appoint Samuel S. Bowne my true and lawful attorney with a power of substitution for me and in my name to receive from the United States the amount of pay now due to me. and hereafter to become due to me under the act for the relief of ['certain' crossed out] the surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution as a volunteer in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Herrick of the Vermont line of the Army of the Revolution.
[seal affixed] Witness my hand and seal this 10th day of March 1831
/s/Jonathan Card
Sealed and delivered in the presence of /s/Wm. B. Whiting 
Before me William B. Whiting a Justice of the peace in the County of Otsego and State of New York personally appeared this tenth day of March 1831, Jonathan Card whose name is subscribed to the foregoing power of attorney and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed. 
Witness my hand this 10th day of March 1831. 
/s/Wm. B. Whiting Justice of the Peace
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Before me William B. Whiting a Justice of the peace of the county of Otsego in the state of New York, personally appeared this day the attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney and made oath that the same was not given to him by reason of any transfer or of any attachment levy or seizure ['by' crossed out] or any legal process whatever of the pay therein authorized to be received but that the said pay is intended to issue wholly to the personal benefit of the person by whom the said power was executed
Witness my hand this 10th day of March 1831
/s/Wm. B. Whiting Justice of the Peace
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Pension Dept.
Dear Sir:-
Can I ask you to furnish me with a copy of war and family record of Jonathan Card who was placed on pension rolls Oct 22 1832 from Otsego
County New York for services in Vt Militia.
And oblige
Lester Card Ansonia Conn
4/14/1908