Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41784, for Joseph Lummis, New Jersey
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New Jersey     Lummis, Joseph     S. 41784
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16,914
Ohio.   R
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Joseph Lummis
of Lennon township in the state of Ohio who was a [illegible] in the independent artillery commanded by Capt Dayton of the N. Jersey line, for the term of 3 years.

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Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1st of May 1818
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Certificate of Pension issued the 12 of May 1820 and sent to Hon: Jos Bloomfield, H. Reps [illegible]
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Arrears to 4th of March 1820   177.03
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1820   48.00
22 mos 4/31                  $225.03
{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818.}
Continued
Butler Coy

Notification sent to John Reily, Hamilton, Ohio, 3 June 1825
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Joseph Lummis Claim
The Regt in which the claimant served must be mentioned or the name of the Conl[?] Comm & the Regt.
[penciled note too faint to read]
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The State of Ohio Butler County SS.
   On this first day of May 1818 before me Henry Weaver one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of Butler, personally appears Joseph Lummis aged fifty Nine years, resident in Lemon Township in the aforesaid County, who being by me, first duly sworn according to law doth on this oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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;"  That the said Joseph Lummis in Cumberland County in the State of New Jersey in the Company commanded by Captain Dayton (who then commanded an Independent Company of Artillery) to serve as a Drummer for three years in th Month of May 1777 he Joined the army at Middlebrook, and this deponant was detached to the Pennsylvania line and served at the right wing of that division.  Captain Dayton resigned and Captain Randal Commanded the Company.  this Deponant was in the battle of Brandywine Germantown and Paoly.  Took winter quarters at Valley forge and in the Spring of 1778 was detatched to the New Jersey troops under the Command of General Maxfield served in the Jersey line the Campaign 78 and took Winter quarters at Elizabethtown, and in the Spring 1779 the Company was sent to Eastover with the pieces taken at Saratoga, where they remained, until General Sullivan returned from after the Indians.  Then the Company returned to Morristown to Winter quarters, in the Spring of 1780 the Company was sent to Springfield where this Deponant Continued, until his time of service expired, at which time the Company was commanded Captain Wool.  This deponant received his Discharge at Springfield signed by Colonel Stephens, Commander at that place.  That he was likewise in the battle of Monmouth Courthouse, and a number of Skirmishes, and that he is in reduced Circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country, for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.  Sworn to and Declared before me the day and year first above written -
Henry Weaver      Joseph Lummis
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The State of Ohio Butler County SS
  I Henry Weaver, one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common pleas within and for said county of Butler do certify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Joseph Lummis, did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceeding declaration against the Common enemy and from my own personal knowledge he is in reduced circumstances, and absolutely needs the assistance of his Country for support, and I now transmit the preceeding and testimoy taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress---
Given under my hand this first day of May A.D. Eighteen hundred and Eighteen -
   Henry Weaver

The State of Ohio Butler County 
   I John Reily Clerk of the court of common pleas and the county of Butler aforesaid do certify that Henry Weaver Esquire before whom the foregoing or within deposition and the above certificate were taken and made was at the time of the taking and making thereof an associate Judge of said court of common pleas of the said county of Butler and that to all his official acts as such full faith and credit is due and ought to be given.
In Testimony whereof I have
herewith set my hand and
Official seal at Hamilton
the seventeenth June One
thousand and eight hundred
and eighteen
   John Reily
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The State of Ohio Butler County SS.
  Be it known that on the seventh day of March in the Term of March, One thousand eight hundred and twenty five, before the Honorable Joshua Collett Esquire President and his Associate Judges of the Court of Common pleas of the County of Butler aforesaid, personally appeared in open court Joseph Lummis a resident of the said count of Butler, an applicant for the Pension given by the United States to certain Soldiers of the Revolution, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith. that all the property which he hath sold or in any wise disposed of since the eighteenth day of March One thousand eight hundred and eighteen is as follows to wit in the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen he sold Oats about one hundred bushels to a Mr. Hulbert of Cincinnati for the sum of one third of a dollar per bushel, in the year eighteen hundred and twenty he sold Pork to the same Mr. Hulbert of Cincinnati at six dollar per hundred weight to the amount of about eighteen dollars, in eighteen hundred and twenty one, he sold pork to the said Hulbert at one dollar and fifty center per hundred weight to the amount of about ten or eleven dollars, and in the same year he sold a Horse creature to      Alexander for fifty two dollars, and a Mare to George McKee for forty dollars, and part of a Beef for about the sum of ten dollars, in the year eighteen hundred and twenty two, he sold Pork at two dollars and fifty one cents per hundred weight to the amount of about twelve or thirteen dollars, in the year eighteen hundred and twenty three he sold about eight or nine hundred weight of Pork for about the sum of nineteen or twenty dollars.  In the year eighteen hundred and twenty four he sold to the amount of about eighteen dollars worth of flour, at one dollar per hundred weight, in the same year he sold wheat to John Hunt to the amount of sixty dollars, and he likewise sold Pork to the amount of seventeen dollars, and he exchanged, or paid Reapers in wheat who assisted him in getting in his wheat crop in the year One thousand eight hundred and twenty four.  Deponents Wife in the same term of time sold and bartered Butter, Eggs, Chickens and the like to sundry person to procure for herself and family small necessaries or things of small value, and this to the best of Deponents recollection information and belief is all the property which has been disposed of by deponent or his family since the said eighteenth day of March One thousand eight hundred and eighteen.  the whole proceeds of which hath been appropriated to the payment of the debts
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of this deponent, and more especially in paying the rents of the farm on which deponent resides (the same being a rented farm) and in procuring Salt, Iron and the like and necessaries for the use and support of Deponent and his family And farther Deponent deposeth and saith that the reason he did not make application sooner to hae his name continued on the Pension Roll was this deponent had been informed that his first application for a pension had been rejected, and never learned to the contrary until in the latter end of March eighteen hundred and twenty four, at which time he received his pension certificate from General William H. Harrison, and by the endorsement on that Certificate he was informed that it would be necessary for him to have a Schedule of his property exhibited to the Judges of the Court, and have an estimate of the value thereof made by the Court.
   Joseph Lummis
Sworn and Subscribed in open Court ) 
the day and year first above written   )
   John Reily Clerk.                               )
The State of Ohio, Butler County SS.
   Court of Common Pleas March Term 1825
Be it known that in open Court in the term of March aforesaid personally appeared William Denise and John Shafor creditable Citizens, residents of the county aforesaid, who being duly sworn severally depose and say that they are well acquainted with Joseph Lummis the deponent in the deposition herein before contained, they know that the said Joseph is a man of verity, and have good reason to believe, and do verily believe, that the statements therein contained are correct and true, & further say not.
  William Denise
John Shafor
Sworn and Subscribed the )
7th day of March 1825       )
   John Reily Clerk.               )

True Copies taken from the Originals on file.

In testimony whereof I John Reily, Clerk of the Court of Common pleas of the county of Butler aforesaid have hereunto set my hand and Official seal at Hamilton the nineteenth day of March, One thousand eight hundred and twenty five.
   John Reily
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Ohio
576
Joseph Lummis
Schedule
a copy
(1st Schedule.)
Recd 24 Aug. 1824
John Reily
Hamilton, Ohio
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The State of Ohio Butler County SS.

At a court of Common pleas holden at Hamilton in the county of Butler aforesaid on the twenty eighth day of June One thousand eight hundred and twenty four; before the Honorable Joshu Collette Esquire, President and his Associate Judes of the said court; the same court of Common pleas being a court of record, expressly created a court of record by the laws and ordinances of the State of Ohio, with jurisdiction unlimited in civil causes, and with power to fine and imprison.  Personally appeared in open court Joseph Lummis aged sixty four years, a resident of the said county of Butler and State of Ohio; who being first duly sworn, doth on his oath declare and say that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, to wit.  I enlisted some time in the Spring of the year One thousand seven hundred and seventy seven to serve for the term of three years, and was attached to an independent Corps of Artillery on the Continental establishment, commanded in the first part of my services by Captain Dayton; and after his resignation by Captain Randall.  That I was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth; and was discharged at Springfield in the State of New Jersey a few days after the battle at that place.  That I made a declaration to the foregoing facts about the first of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and have received a pension certificate numbered (blank space) dated the twelfth day of May One thousand eight hundred and twenty; which said certificate was forwarded from the War Office to General W.H. Harrison, where it remained without my knowledge until the latter part of last Winter.  Since which last mentioned time I have received the pension due thereon to the fourth March One thousand eight hundred and twenty.  And I further solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States 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 other manner disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby to diminish it 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 eighteenth day of March One thousand eight hundred and eighteen.  And that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or security, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed as follows, to wit,
One old horse, one two year old filly, three cows, one old wagon, three sheep, twelve pigs, one old plough, two sets ploughing harness, sixteen harrowteeth, one axe, two (old does worn out) two weeding hoes, one old spade, one old
grubbing
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grubbing hoe, two beds and bedding, seven old split bottomed chairs, dresser ware, one old writing desk, two kettles, one broken kettle, one small pot, one Bake oven, three old bags, one iron wedge, two maul rings, one drawing knife, one three fourth inch auger, one washing tub, one smoothing iron, two meat barrels, one old log chain, one old square table, one candle stand, many of which articles I purchased with the money I received on account of Pension paid on the former allowance.  I have a lease of a quarter Section No. sixteen set apart for the support of schools in Butler county.  the lease has four years to run from April One thousand eight hundred and twenty four, at the yearly rent of sixty dollars; which from the pressure of the times is a high rent.  My occupation is that of a farmer, which I am unable to prosecute for a livelihood in consequence of a rupture in the groin, and other bodily infirmities.  My family consists of a Wife, Rebecca, who is upwards of fifty years of age, who is also very infirm.  I have also one son, John, who will soon be twenty one years of age, very weakly; one daughter, Lucinda who is about fifteen years of age, and one son William who is in his ninth year.  It is also my misfortune to be in debt.  I owe to the Trustees of the school lot before mentioned, a balance of three years rent, amounting to one hundred and eighty dollars, besides some other small debts.
   Joseph Lummis.
Sworn to & subscribed
in open court the day
and year above written
   John Reily Clerk

The State of Ohio Butler County SS.
Personally appeared in open court in the Term of June One thousand eight hundred and twenty four, Robert Faries, who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith.  that he is well acquainted with the within named Joseph Lummis, that the said Joseph is a man of fair character, but in low circumstances.  deponent is likewise one of the Trustees of the school lands mentioned in the schedule made by the said Joseph as within contained.  And knows well that the rents mentioned to be due from the said Joseph for the said school lands mentioned in his schedule are justly and truly due and owing to the Trustees of the said school lands as stated by the 
said
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said Joseph, and farther deponent saith not.
   Robert Faries
Sworn & subscribed in open
court, 28th June 1824.
   John Reily Clerk

The court are of opinion that the property contained in the above declaration is of the value of one hundred and thirty four dollars.
  By Order
   J Collett Prest.
A true copy taken from the original on file
[seal affixed]
In testimony whereof I John Reily Clerk of the court of Common pleas of the county aforesaid have hereunto set my hand and Official Seal at Hamilton the third day of July One thousand eight hundred & twenty four.
   John Reily
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The State of Ohio Butler County SS.

On this first Dayof July 1819, before me Henry Weaver one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the said County, personally appeared Joseph Lummis, aged Sixty years, resident in Lemon Township in said County of Butler, who being by me first Duly sworn according to law Doth on his oath make the following declaration (in addition as to the one made the first day of May 1818), in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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."  That he, the said Joseph Lummis, enlisted for the term of three years, early in the Month of May 1777 in fairfield township Cumberland county in the State of New Jersey in the Artillary company commanded by Captain Joseph Dayton, shortly after I joined the Company at Middlebrook and our Company was Attached to the Right wing of the Pennsylvania line Commanded by General Wayne, Captain Dayton resigned, and then Captain Benel Carnes commanded a short time, and then Captain Randal took the Command, this deponant saith that he was in the battles of Brandywine Germantown and Pioly, under the Command of Captain Randal.  the Company then took winter quarters at Valey Forge, and in the spring of 1778 the Company was Attached to the New Jersey troops under the Command of General Maxfield, and was with him, at the battle of Monmouth, and the Company served in the Jersey line of troops the whole Campain of 1778 and then took winter quarters at Elizabethtown State of New Jersey, in the Spring of 1779 the Company was sent to East Town, with the Pieces taken at Saratoga where we remained until General Sulavan returned from after the Indians.  Then the Company Returned to Morristown to winter quarters and there joined the Second Regiment of
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of Artillary commanded by Colonel Stephens which Regiment I understand our Company belonged to.  in the Spring of 1780 the Company with a detatchment of Artillary from the Second Regiment was sent to Springfield.  our Company was Commanded at this time by Captain Isaiah Wool, of New York.  I continued at Springfield, until my time of Service Expired when I received my discharge signed by Colonel Stephens the Commander of our 2nd Regiment of Artillary at Springfield in the State of New Jersey - and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
  Sworn to declared and Signed before me, the day and year aresaid....
   Joseph Lummis
Henry Weaver

The State of Ohio Butler County SS.
  I Henry Weaver Associate Judge as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Joseph Lummis did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, for the term of nine months at one time. and I Always thought that the company & regiment he belonged to, was on the Continental establishment (at least we used to call them such in the revolutionary war at which time I was an Inhabitant of the State of New Jersey,) and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress, together with the one taken the 1st day of May 1818.  I am also satisfied that he needs the assistance of his country for support....
  In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal the first day of July, eighteen hundred and Nineteen
   Henry Weaver [seal]
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The State of Ohio Butler County SS

   I John Reily Clerk of the court of Common Pleas of the County of Butler aforesaid do Certify that Henry Weaver Esquire before whom the deposition and certificate within stated was Taken was at the time of the Taking thereof one of the Associate Judges of the Said Court of Common Pleas and that to all his official acts as such full faith and credit is due and ought to be given
[seal affixed]
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official Seal at Hamilton the Seventeenth day of August One thousand and eight hundred & Nineteen
   John Reily

In 1776, two companies of Artillery were raised in New Jersey for one Year & afterwards the officers commissioned for the war, the Company in West Jersey was commanded by Hugg, Westcoat & Dayton, & arranged as one of the Company of Lambs Artillery, & in 1778, attached to the Jersey Brigade with live field Pieces.  From the facts stated in the foregoing depositions, I have no doubt, in my mind, that Joseph Lummis, did serve in the Said Company under Capt Joseph Dayton & ought to receive pension under the Law of 18th March 1818.
   Joseph Bloomfield
   April 16, 1820
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Hamilton 10th May 1825

Sir

Enclosed is the proof made by Joseph Lummis on his application to have his name continued on the Pension Roll
The proof herein enclosed has been  made in compliance with the requisition of the late Secretary of War - and shewing the reason why he had not exhibited a Schedule of his property prior to the passage of the Act of the first of March eighteen hundred and twenty three
The Scheule which Mr Lummis afterwards made and forwarded remains in the Department of the Secretary of War
The attention of the Secretary at War to the claim of Mr. Lummis to be again placed on the Pension Roll is respectfully solicitated
  With much regard
  your Obednt Servt
    John Reily

Hon Secretary of War