Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,118, for Clement Masters, New Jersey
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE                                         NUMBER
New Jersey      Masters, Clement   S.40.118 
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CONTENTS
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         Pennsylvania

              2054
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     Clement Masters
      private
Capt Dickerson
New Jersey line    7 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
4
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Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 9th of May 1818. -
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Certificate of Pension issued the 3d. of Augt 1818
and sent to James Finley Esq
Uniontown, Pennsylvania
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Arrearages to 4th Sept. 1898
3 Mos. 23/31    4/30      $30.98
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Revolutionary claims,
Act 18th March, 1818,}

Fayette County
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          40.118
        INVALID.
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File No. 40, 118
Clement Masters
[?] [?] [?]
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Act: 18 March 18
Index: -- Vol. G, Page 806

[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Application of
Clement Masters
for a pension under the
act of 15th March 1818.
[?]

Clement Masters
9 May 1818
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Fayette County
Be it Remembered, That on the day of May
One thousand Eight hundred and Eighteen before me the subscriber one
of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in for the County [?]
personally came Clement Master aged sixty six years the
13th day of Feby next who being duly sworn according to law
did declare on oath (with a view to obtain the pension allowed
the soldiers of the Revolution by the act of Congress passed the 18th
day of March 1818.) That he enlisted in the service of the
United States in the early part of the year One thousand Seven
hundred and Seventy six at Morris Town in the State of New Jersey
Under Captain Peter Dickerson afterward attached to the
3d Regiment commanded by Colonel Elias Dayton that
he continued in the service under Generals, Schuyler
Montgomery at Quebec, Wayne at Ticonderoga, [?]
for the space & term of Seven years and Six month
and was finally discharged in the State of New 
Jersey aforesaid in June 1783 but that owing to the
distuction of his house on Mill Creek in Bedford County
his discharge Certificate & are lost. that he never has
had any pension heretofore allowed him by the United States
which if there were he doth hereby discharged & relinquish to the [?]
United States, and that from his reduced circumstances
in life he stands in need of assistance from his country for 
support - Sworn & subscribed
before me the day & year aforesd              Clement Masters
                                                                           [seal]

James Finley
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Fayette County ss
Pennsylvania
[seal]

I James Finley one of the
Judges of the Court of
Common pleas in and for the
County of Fayette aforesaid
do hereby certify unto the honorable the Secretary at War
that it appears to my Satisfaction that Clement Masters
the before named petitioner did serve in the revolutionary 
war as stated in his declaration & affidavit, and do
accordingly transmit the proceedings had before me as
is required by the act of Congress in such case provided
passed the 18th day of March 1818-

As witness my hand seal this day

James Finley
day of May 1818--------     James Finley
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Fayette County ss

I John StClair Pouthy of the Court of Common
pleas of the County aforesaid do certify that the
within named James Finley before whom the within
deposition was taken was at the time of so doing Junior
associate Judge of the Court aforesaid and still is
and that as such full faith and credit are due and ought
to be given to all his official acts as well within Court
of justice as thereout In testimony whereof I have her
to set my hand and seal of Office this 9th day
of May 1818

                               John StClair
                                           Pouthy
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES     BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
   Form VAM-51
    12-5-41

NAME  Masters, Edward   GRADE    Private  LINE Massachusetts

WARRANT
NUMBER  4636    ACREAGE 100   ISSUED Aug 10, 1789
                                                       to Richard Platt-

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*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.