Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38,953, for Peleg Moon, Rhode Island
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(8-1776)
Service
R.J.

Moon, Peleg

Number
S.38.953
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17.918.
Rhode Island
Peleg Moon
of [unlegible] in the state of R Island
who was a [unlegible] in the regiment 
  commanded by
Colonel Verneem of the R Island
line, for the term of one year

Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence 
  on
the 7 of July 1820

Certificate of Pension issued the 9 of Nov. 1820
and sent to John L. Manning, East
[unlegible] R. I.

Artears to 4th of September 1820  
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 man 1820
25/31 4/30
$ 15.51
    48.-
$63.54

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th MArch, 1818}
11 May 1820
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Peleg Moon
West Greenwich, Kent, RI
7 Jul 1820
admitted
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State of Rhode Island
County of Kent, Special Court of Common Please
July 7, 1820
On this 7th day of July 1820, personally appeared in open court being a court of record within said county, Peleg Moon, lately of Otsego, now resident in the town of West Greenwich in said County aged 71 years who being first duly sworn maketh the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions of the Acts of Congress of 18th March 1818 and May 1, 1820; to wit: that he the said Peleg in the month of may 1775 enlisted as a private soldier into Capt. Joseph Holley's company and into Col. James W. Varnum's regiment of the army of the United States and of the Rhode Island line for eight months and that he served in said corps until his time of service expired; that as soon as his time of service expired, he again enlisted without leaving the Army; into Capt Oliver Clark's company in the same regiment for one year and continued to serve in said corps until his time expired when he was honorably discharged at Peeks Skill in New York, making it twenty months that he served. That he was in the battles of Long Island and York Island; that he is now in very indigent circumstances, and in pursuance of the Act of the first of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the US in the 18th Day of March 1818; that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner whatever disposed of my property in any part thereof with an intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an Act to provide for certain persons engaged
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The deposition of William Greene of County in the county of Kent who being engaged according to law testifies that he enlisted into Capt Johnson's company of Col. James M. Varnum's regiment in the Rhode Island line in the month of May 1775 and continued in said regiment one year and 8 months following having enlisted a second time after his first enlistment expired. And this deponent further testiifies that Peleg Moon of West Greenwich whom he well remembers and with whom he was and well acquainted enlisted   about the same time into Capt Helley's company in the first enlistment and into Capt Oliver Clark's company in his second enlistment; both companies in the said Varnum's Regiment and that the said Moon continued to serve in said Regiment one year and 8 months following and was then honorably discharged. 
William Greene
Kent: Personally appeared the above named William Greene and made oath to the above deposition
Before Albro Anthony Justice of the Peace
7 July 1820
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The deposition of Daniel Peirce of East Greenwich in the county of Kent, State of Rhode Island, who being engaged according to law testified and says that in April 1775, he was appointed a Sergeant and in June following an ensign in Capt. Samuel Wards Company and Col Lewis M. Varnum's regiment of the Rhode island line and that he serve as an officer in said regiment until 1779, for his services he has received his pension under the Act of 18 March 1818, and this deponent further testifies that Peleg Moon now of West Greenwich whom he well remembers and with whom he well remembers and with whom he was personally acquainted enlisted as a private about the same time this deponent did into the same regiment and that he continued in the same until January 17777 when the said Peleg was honorably discharged at Peekskill. Daniel Peirce
[illegible] H. East Greenwich July 7th 1822. Personally appeared Daniel Peirce subscriber to the above statements and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts therein contained: I also certify that the said Peirce is a man of fair character for truth and veracity. 
Witness Nathan Whiting Justice of the Peace
The preceding declaration was exhibited and sworn to in open court and in consideration thereof it is considered by the court here that said Moon has proved his services, that he is in indigent circumstances and that full credit is given to the depositions of Daniel Peirce and William Greene and that his schedule of his property is worth nothing. 
Sworn to in open Court.
Jno. G. Maurey, Clerk
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I certify that the preceding depositions are true copies from the originals as appears in file in the Clerk's office of the court of common Pleas Kent County duly compared July 11th 1820
Jno G Maurney Clerk
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Peleg Moon
17918
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To the Hon. John C. Calhoun 
Secretary of the Department of War of the United States
The petition and declaration of Peleg Moon of the town of Otego in the county of Otsego and State of New York aged 67 years and upwards humbly on oath setforth and declares that he enlisted in Captain Joseph Hawley's Company in Col. Varnum's regiment in Rhode Island Continental Line for 9 months; he then enlisted in Captain Oliver Clark's company in the same regiment for one year; he afterwards enlisted in Captain Lewis' company in the [illegible] Regiment for 3 years and while serving under said Captain was wounded by a canon and received his discharge on account of the wound received. He further on oath says that he has lost his discharge that he received when he left the service.
He further on oath says that he is entirely destitute of property.
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and is actually in need of assistance from his country for support.
Therefore he humbly prays that the Secretary at War will place him on the pension list and as is duty-bound will every pray 
His mark X Peleg Moon
Sworn and subscribed this 8th day of April 1818 before me
Alijah H. Beach one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Otsego and State of New York.
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State of New York
Otsego County
Be it remembered that on the 8th day of April 1818 the above named Peleg Moon came before me Alijah H Beach one of the judges of the court of common please in the county of Otsego and state of New York and made oath that the facts stated in the foregoing petition and declaration are true; and I the said judge pursuant to the directions of the Act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, during the Revolutionary War," do certify to the Secretary of War, that it has appeared to my satisfaction that the said Peleg Moon served in the Revolutionary War against the common enemy for the term mentioned in the said petition and declaration hereunto annexed; and in pursuance of the directions of said Act, I do hereby certify to the Hon. the Secretary of War, that the testimony of William Green as detailed in his affidavit hereto annexted was taken before me and that I am satisfied that the application of the said Peleg Moon is fair and bona fide in all respects, and that he, by reason of his reduced circumstances, is absolutely in need of assistance from his country for support.
Alijah H. Beach one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Otsego and State of New York
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In the papers submitted by Sarah Wright in behalf of her claim for pension as the widow of Jonathan Wright appears a small slip paper on one side of which is written the following:
Scituate April 13, 1777
Mr. Edward Randall please to deliver that blanket to Mr. Chad MacDaniel that you received of me. 
Jonathan, Knight, Lieut.
On the other side of this slip of paper appears the following names with no explanation as to their purpose: Moses Colvin, Joseph Briggs, Obadiah Ralph, Eleazer Wight, William Stafford, Peter Wight, Abraham Yaw, Samuel Potter, Nathan Franklin, Thomas Ralph, Bennony Colvin, John Manchester.
No further reference is made to Abraham Yaw in the papers of pension claim, Jonathan Knight, W. 13597.
Very truly yours
A.D. Willer
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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38953
Revy Invalid
File No. 38953
Peleg Moon Private Revolutionary War

1936 June 23 hist to Miss Annie F. P. Carson
see letter in Rev. Claim.
Jonathan Knight 78 13597 recs

Act 18 March 1800
Index Vol 8, Page 345

Arrangement of 1870
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To the Hon. J. C. Calhoun, Dept of War
Peleg Moon further states that he first made a declaration of his services with a view to obtain a pension under the act of 18 Mar AD 1818 before Judge Beach in the County Otsego State of New York (where he then lived) on the 18th of April 1818 -- which declaration was returned for further proof -- After which he the said Peleg moved from New York into Rhode Island his native state and once more made a declaration before the Court of Common  Pleas for the County of Kent -- He therefore humbly requests that his pension may commence from said 8th day of April 1818. The papers relating to his first declaration are herewith transmitted.
His Mark X Peleg Moon
Davidson for Providence Nov 10 1820
Sworn to before me
William H. Smith, Justice of the Peace