Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4,265, William Bierce, Conn.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE                                                 NUMBER
Conn.           Bierce, William                  S. 4,265    

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CONTENTS
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Order to pay.- 16. Sep 1837
 End? Dead by [illegible]
[the above appears left top of page]

 Ohio 7.885
Ohio. Pittsburgh
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William Bierce
Portage Co.. in the State of Ohio ~
who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded
by Captain[blank]
of the Regt. 
commanded
by Col. Swift - in the Connecticut line of Continental troops, for
Six years
Dead. 18 Jany 1835.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio. Pittsburgh
the rate of 120 Dollars 00 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of April 1833 and sent to 
Geo. Kirkum Clk. Ravenna, Ohio
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833.
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 33
$ [illegible]
{Revolution [illegible[
{Act June, [illegible]
Recorded by Wm R Palmer
Book E Vol. 8. Page [illegible]
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Portage Co. Ohio
Wm. Bierce 
Sergeant
Connecticut Line
1777-6 years

5th October, 1818
found on rolls, as Sergeant.



Elias Harmon, judge 
Revenna, 
Portage Co: Ohio.
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State of Ohio ⎬
Portage County}   Ss.

On this fifth day of October in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen before me
the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of
Common Pleas for said County Personly[sp] appeared William Bierce aged Sixty five years resident in Nelson in said County
who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on
his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the
provisions 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 Wm Bierce Enlisted Febry 1777 for
the duration of the war in Capt Ebenr Hill's Co.,  Col. Heman Swift's Regt. Conn line The next fall or winter I was transferred
Capt. Thomas Convane Co, I was in Germantown Battle Oct 4th 1777 - Was at Monmouth 28th June 1774 - I was with the main army in all its movements But being first Serg
was always with the main body and part of the time there
being no commissioned Officer in said Co, but the Capt and he
being appointed to do Brigade Majors duty acted as Commandant
of said Co. I lost my health and was offered to be put on the pention [sp] list before the close of the War But I would not be ranked
in that Coar[?]- [the following words are crossed through "I am a cripple by a compound fracter in one of
my by legs"]
I had a furlow in June 1783 to return home I also took
a discharge ^ with the badge of honor at the same time which was to take effect (probably)
the third of Nov following provided that the treaty of peace
was ratified before that time Which Discharge was signed by his Excellency Gen. Washington Which Discharge I sent to the land Office to draw my bounty land and I have not ^ seen it since
That from my reduced circumstances I need the assistance of my Country for support
Sworn to and declared before me the day
and year aforesaid Elias Harmon Asst Judge } 
William Bierce [signature]
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State of Ohio
Portage County} Ss.

I Bradford Sherwood of Nelson in sd
County of lawful ^ age under oath testify
and declare
That I am perticularly[sp] acquainted with the foregoing William
Bierce and to my knowledge he is a cripple and unable to
perform but a trifle of labour Also that said Bierce has
a young Son which must depend upon the father or his
Country for support,
That said Wm Bierce is in quite reduced circumstances
and needs the assistance of his Country for support.-
Bradford Sherwood
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and
year before mentioned
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Elias Harmon Asst Judge
I Elias Harmon of the County aforesaid do certify that
it appears to my satisfaction that the said William Bierce
did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the fore
going declaration against the common Enemy And
from the foregoing testimony that he needs the
assistance of his Country for support, -I now
transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and
had before me to the Secretary for the department
of War, persuant to the directions of the afore
mentioned Act of Congress,
Elias Harmon Associate Judge
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The State of Ohio ⎬
Portage County } Ss

I Seth Day Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for
said County do hereby certify and make known that
Elias Harmon Esquire before whom the foregoing deposition
was taken and who certified and subscribed the same
was at the time of certifying the same and now is an
an associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for
said County duly Commissioned and sworn and to all whose
Official [illegible] full faith and credit is and ought to be given ~and
that his signatures hereunto purported are genuine ~
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed my official Seal at Revence this thirteenth day of October
Anni Divnini [sp] one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ~
Day
Clerk
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Declaration
under Act 1 May 1820
A
William Bierce
10.950.
Struck off,
8. November, 1820
Not  [illegible]
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Sep 1819
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Seth Day
Ravenna
Ohio
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The State of Ohio }
Portage County Ss.}  Be it Remembered that at a [illegible]of the Court of Common Pleas of the County
of Portage specially holden at the Court House in the Town of Ravenna within and for the County of Portage
and State of Ohio before Elias Harmon Alva Day and Augustus Baldwin Esquires  associate  judges of said County
holding said court being a Court of Record for said County expressly constituted by law, proceeding according to
the course of the Common Law with a Jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of their proceedings and having the power of fine and imprisonment: ~On this seventh day of August in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, personally appeared in open Court William Bierce
aged sixty seven years resident in Nelson in said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth
on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: ~That he the said William Bierce
inlisted for the Term of and during the war on or about the fore part of February in the year of our Lord
one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven at Cornwall in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded
by Captain Ebenezer Hill in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Herman Swift of the Connecticut
line on the Continental establishment.~ That he was discharged the said service in the Highlands near West Point 
in the State of New York. ~That he was in the battle of Germantown and Monmouth under Captain Thomas Converse. ~That this declarant has heretofore to wit on the fifth day of October one thousand eight hundred and eighteen under the provisions of the act of Congress of the eighteenth of March eighteen
hundred and eighteen made declaration of his said services before Elias Harmon Esquire one of the associate
Judges of said County and in pursuance whereof he has been inscribed on the pension list of the United States
as by his pension certificate Number 10.950 now in his possession will appear.
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 certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" passed
the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or [illegible]
or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and
by me subscribed.~
This declarant exhibits here in court the following inventory of his estate.
to wit, One hundred and seventy five acres of unimproved land lying in the Town of Nelson $b 70.00 
one plough hon [?] 4.00~one Chain 1.50.~ One Hog b.00~      11.50     $ b81.50

This declarant further states that he has no family residing with him, that he is not a house holder in said
State: That he has one minor son living at Aikens in the State of Ohio Linus Vinus Bierce aged Nineteen incapable of supporting himself by reason of a wound received on the right arm whereby it is disabled and that
he the declarent has to contribute to his support.~ This declarent has justly due and owing from
Ashbel Deen one note of hand  $47.50
"           "           "           "              47.00
E. Johnson    rept                          15.00
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                                                    $109.50
Due from declarent to  S. R. Fuller    $58.00
"         "        "                 E. Johnson     50.00
"         "          "                D. Gavitt          5.00
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                                                          $113.00