Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,973, for John May, Vermont
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Service  Vt.

May, John

Number S.40973
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[Left side]:
Certification sent July 14th 1821
R Pierpoint, Rutland, Vermont 

[Right side]:
4, 776
Vermont Rolls

John May
Private Seth Warner's Regiment 4th N.H.
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence the 1st of April 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 7th of Dec 1818 and sent to Thomas Hammond Esq Judge
Pittsford, Rutland County Vermont

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818. 5 mths & 4/30-
41:6
Semi.anl. all'ce ending 4th March 1819- 48:-
[total]  $89:6

1777 2 [yrs?]
Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818
Continental
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40 973
INVALID
Revy
File No. 40,973
John May
Act: 18 March 1818
Index: - Vol. [8?], Page [8?]06
Arrangement of 1870
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John May
New Hampshire

Admitted
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To the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States
 I John May of Pittsford in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont respectfully applies to be placed on the pension list of the United States agreeable to the provisions of the act of Congress passed the present  Session entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war        John May
 I John May of Pittsford in the county of Rutland and State of Vermont do testify and say that served the United States in the war of the revolution against the common enemy on the continental establishment as a private soldier  [from the spring of 1777, till - crossed out] that I enlisted in the spring of 1777 into the Company commanded by Capt Thomas Lee and Regiment commanded by Col. Seth Warner [under the command of ? Genl Gates - crossed out] that served two years or more until the sd company was discharged and I recd an honorable discharge with the others [smudge] I further testify that I served on the northern frontier through the whole war on emergent occasions in scouts &c. I was then & have been ^ ever since a resident citizen of the United States that I am entirely destitute of property and have been maintained by the town for several years and by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I am need of assistance from my country for support
  John May
Sworn and Subscribed before me April 18th 1818}  Thos Hammond asst Judge County Court for the County of Rutland
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[many lines at the beginning are faded and difficult to read]
[.......of lawful age...say that.. Regiment in the revolutionary war and that I was acquainted with the within named John May subscriber to the within deposition during the time he served in..... and that ^ I have lived in the same town with him...and that he has ever been...a man of truth and full credit?..put to his oath and I have no...of the ... of his foregoing statement
   ..... [Kellogg?]

 Sworn & subscribed to before me
April 1st 1818 Thos Hammond
Asst Judge County Court for County Rutland

I Thomas Hammond assistant judge of the county court for the county of Rutland in the State of Vermont do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that John May of Pittsford in said county who has applied for a pension under the provisions of the act of congress of the United States passed at their present Session entitled An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war, served in the revolutionary war against the common enemy ^ as stated in the foregoing [po?ectasatega?] that I have been acquainted with him more than thirty years and know that his circumstances are essentially the same as stated in his affidavit. I therefore certify and transmit the testimony in the case
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and the proceeding had thereon to the secretary of the department of War agreeable to the provisions of Sd act Given under my hand at Pittsford this 1st day of April AD 1818
  Thos Hammond

By order of Judge Hammond
 R Temple
 In addition to the foregoing I further certify that I am fully satisfied of the truth & correctness of the foregoing & that the applicant is a pauper & supported by the town in which he resides
Of course he stands in need of assistance from his country for support
 Thos Hammond
Asst Judge Rutland County Court
Pittsford Nov 12, 1818
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John May
(4776)
March 1819
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STATE OF VERMONT,
Rutland County, ss.}
On this 26th day of June 1820
personally appeared before the County court for said county of Rutland in open court,
(said court being a court of record, agreeably to the laws of this state, having the power of fine and
imprisonment, &c.) John May aged 86 years, resident in
Pittsford in said county of Rutland who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth,
on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war, as follows: in Capt Thomas his Co. Col Seth Warners Regt of Vermont in the years 1778, 1779, & 1780
that he made his original declaration on the first day of April 1818
has received a Pension Certificate, No 4776 And I 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 cer-
tain 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 contain-
ed in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. I am by occupation a
Worsted Comber. I have two Worsted Combs. 1 old Cup
-board. 1 old table. I have no family and infirm &
unable to maintain myself by my industry
& that previous to my being placed on the pension
list for a number of years been supported & maintained
by the town of Pittsford. & that I lent ^ $5. to Deodat
[illegible] out of the money I [illegible] on my
pension the last spring & 34 cents to Benj K Johnson
which sums are now due to me
John May
Sworn to and declared on the 26th day of June 1820
before said court.
R. Pierpoint CLERK.
STATE OF VERMONT,
Rutland County, ss.}
I Robert Pierpoint clerk of the County court
for the county of Rutland 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 total amount in value of the property exhibited in the afore-
said schedule is five ------ dollars.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said court, at Rutland
this 6th day of July 1820
R. Pierpoint