Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,863, Jehiel Franklin, Conn.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Conn.

Franklin, Jehiel or Jeile

NUMBER
S. 44,863

CONTENTS
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Notification sent to Stephen Phelps Esq
29 Sep. 1820 Canandaiqua, NY

13.828
New York
Jehiel Franklin
of Lyons in the state of New York
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Webb of the Connecticut
line, for the term of three years

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 16 of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 16 of July 1819
and sent to C.W. Boughton Esq.
Phelps New York

Arrears to 4th of March 1819 $85.03
Semi-anl. all’ce ending 4 Sept 1819 48.
10 mo. 19 dys  $133.03
Dead
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818}
Continued
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State of New York
Ontario County Ss.
Jehiel Franklin of Lyons in said County being duly sworn testifies
and says that some time in June one
thousand seven hundred and seventy seven
he enlisted into the
Regular service of the
United States as a private soldier in Capt
Granges Company whos Christian name he
does not remember in the Regiment which
was commanded by Col Webb, Christian name
not Remembered in the Connecticut line of
troops that the term of his Enlistment was
three years which time he served
and was regularly discharged what became
of his discharge he does not know it
having been long gone from him
He also states that he is of the age of of sixty
eight years wholly unable to work and
wholly destitute of property and long
under great bodily infirmity by Reason
of which circumstances he is under
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the necessity of [illegible] to his Country for Relief agreeable to the Provisions of a late act of Congress making Provision for the Soldiers of the Revolutionary war and further says not
Jeile Franklin
Sworn before me the 16th Day of April 1818
Ezra Jewell one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County

Ontario County
Henry Hyde of Lyons in said County being duly sworn deposes and says that he is personally acquainted with the above named Jehiel Franklin and knows him to be in destitute circumstance and unable to labor and from the best of his knowledge believes the facts stated in the foregoing affidavit of said Franklin to be justly and truly set forth and further says not
Henry Hyde
Sworn before me this 16th day of April 1818
Ezra Jewell judge as above stated
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To the Honorable the Secretary of War for the United States

      I Ezra Jewell one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Ontario do certify that I am reasonable acquainted with the defendents in the affidavits accompanying this certificate and that they are of good character for truth and that the said Jehiel Franklin is in my opinion justly entitled to a pension from the Unted States agreeable to the late act of Congress

Taken under my hand and seal at Lyons in said County this sixteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Ezra Jewell

Ontario County

Jehiel Franklin being duly sworn testifies in addition to the foregoing affidavit by made that sometime during the term of his enlistment and service as therein stated the Captain of his company was wounded and that the Jewell company for the remainder of the time was commanded
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by Capt Lamar Becks and that during said term the Col Webb was recalled or left the Regiment and the remainder of the time he was in it it was cokmmanded by Col Shearman from New Haven Connecticut and that he this deponent was in the Battle of Monmouth and further say not   
Jehiel Franklin

Sworn before me this    Day of June 1819
Ezra Jewell Judge of Common Pleas
Affidavits in the case of Jehiel Franklin
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If the warrant is Granted Please to forward 
it to Major C. V. Boughton of Phelps Ontario Co. New York.

Jehiel Franklin

Proceedings &
additional Proceeding
in case of 
Jehiel Franklin

Clerks Certificate [illegible]
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STATE OF NEW YORK,
Ontario County Ss.
On this first day of August 12 personally appeared in open Court, being
a Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and constituted a Court of Record by proceeding according to the
course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings,
and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State, held an
ing to law, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
in said county, who, being
for the term of three years in the Regiment
first Commanded by Colonel Webb but towards
Commanded by Colonel Shearman, in the
Company at first commanded by Captain Granger
but afterwards commanded by Captain Beeks in
the Connecticut line said service commenced
in the spring of the year 1777
and that he made application for a pension on the tenth day of April 1818 and that he received a Pension Certificate, Number 18.828 And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States $0.50 on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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 certain persons engaged in
the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War,” passed on the ninth day of March, 1815, 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 contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, viz.
One Tea Kettle -$0.50
One Pail-.37
Three Chairs 0.75 One tub $0.50….1.25
One Ax 0.50 One Hoe 37½ One Chest 2.50….87
Jehiel Franklin $3.00
And I do further swear and declare that I am by occupation a Farmer and that by age and 
bodily infirmity I am able to perform but very 
little labour and that my family consists of 
my wife Sarah aged 13 years
Jehiel Franklin
Sworn to and declared this Twenty first day of
August 1820 in open Court before me
William Rogers
a Judge of Ontario Common Pleas
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ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.

I, John Van Fossen Clerk of said county, do hereby certify,
that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the
Record of the said Court; and I farther [further] certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court,
that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is
Three --- dollars and --- cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court,
on this 22d day of August 1820
J Van Fossen Clerk of the Court aforesaid, in and for said County.
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Case of Jehiel Franklin
13828
16 July 1819
Sep '19
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State of New York Ontario County Clerks Office 
In testimony that Ezra Jewell whose name is subscribed to the annexed certificates was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ontario and that the same is his signature I here unto subscribe my name and affix the county seal at Canandaiqua this 21st day of June AD 1819
Hu. McNair clk
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44863
INVALID
File No. 44863
Jehiel Franklin
Priv. Rev. War
Act: 18th March 1818
Index: Vol. 3, Page 186
[Arrangement of 1870.]