Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10639, John Evans, N.H.
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Service
N.H.

Evans, John

Number
S.10639

Carded
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Left Side Page
20716
New York
John Evans
of Jefferson Co in the state of New York
who was a private in the Comp commanded 
by Captain Scott of the Regt commanded by
Col Ellis in the New Hampshire Line for 7-1/2 months

New Hampshire
Records corrected Aug 4, '03

Inscribed on the roll of New York at the rate of 25 dollars blank cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Sept 1833 and sent to J B Tomblin Evans Mill

Arrears to the 4th of Sep '33 $62.50
Sei-anl allowance ending 4 Mar '34 $12.50
$75.00

{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Go C Stiles - Clerk
Book E Vol 4 Page 55

(S.10639)

Right Side Page

Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 Sept 1835 to 19 Feb 1836 the day of his death - agt notified 16 Jany 1839
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John Evans
26258

Admitted
Private 7-1/2 Months

J.B. Tomblin Esq
Evans Mills
County of Jefferson
New York 

Paid 16 Feb
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State of New York
Jefferson County

On the thirtieth day of May 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Jefferson now sitting John Evans of the town of Leroy in the county of Jefferson and state of New York aged seventy-three years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit oof the act of congress passed June 7th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States and served as herein stated.

That in the spring of 1777 in the month of March he was drafted into the army of the United States and served the term of seven and a half months as a private soldier in the company commanded by Captain John Scott first Lieut Robertson, 2nd Liuet Stone and Ensign Davis in Col Ellis' regiment that he left home the first of April 1777 and joined the army at Mount Independence General St Clair commanded the forces at the place there were at the time two other regiments at Mount Independence years men or continental commanded by Col Long and Col Mooney - that a short time before the retreat of St Claire he was sent to Sholen in Vermont with some sick that after they had recovered he joined his company and regiment at Saratoga some
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time before the battle at Bemis heights that
at the
time of the battle of Beamus Heights he
was in a division of the army commanded
by General Walbridge on the opposite side of
the river that he was discharged at Bottenkill on Hudson River about the middle
of November 1777 that he cannot recollect the
precise day he gained the army or was discharged but according to his best recollection he did
not serve less than seven & a half months
That he was born in the town of Hinsdall
in the State of Newhampshire in the year
1760 that he has no record of his age. that
John Macomber Esqr Roswell Dethline
William Palmer to reside in his Neighborhood and can attest to his reputation for
truth and veracity and as being a Soldier
in the Revolutionary army that since the
Revolution he has resided in the State of
Newhampshire and in the State of New
york. He hereby relinquishes every claim
whatever to a pension or annuity except the
present and declairs that his name is not
on the pension Roll of the agency of any State
Sworn & Subscribed the
day and year above written
[signature] P. Burchard
Clerk
[signature] John Evan
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We Roswell Pettibone a Clergyman Residing in
the town of LeRay and County of Jefferson
and John Macomber a Judge of the Court
of Common Pleas of said County residing
in the same place hereby certify that we
are well acquainted with John Evans who
has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration
that we believe him to be 73 years
of age that he is reputed and believed in the
Neighborhood where he resides to have been
a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
[signature] Roswell Pettibone
[signature] J Macomber

Sworn & subscribed the day an-
d year aforesaid
[signature] P. Burchard Clerk

and the said Court do hereby declare their
opinion after the investigation of the matter
and after putting the interrogatories prescribed
by the war department that the above named
applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and
served as he states and the court further
certifies that it appears to them that Roswell
Pettibone who hath signed the preceding
certificate is a clergyman Resident in the
town of Lake and that John Macomber
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who has also signed the same is a resident
of the town of LeRay and is a credible person
and that their statements are entitled to credit

I Peleg Burchard Clerk of the said Court
Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original procedings of said Court
in the matter of the application of John Evans
for a pension
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & seal of
office this 30th day of May 1833

[signature] P. Burchard Clerk
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State of New York for
Jefferson County
Ephraim Reed of the town of LaRay
in the County & State aforesaid being duly sworn
according to law says that he has been acquainted with
John Evans who has subscribed the the foregoing declaration since the year 1783 that soon after
the peace he resided in the Neighborhood where the
said Evans resided and lived with the said Evan
that it stated in the place where he then resided that
he had been in the army of the Revolution
that he the said Reed had two brothers in the army
at the same time that the said Evans declares he
was in the army. At the time of the Revolution
and said has heard them say that that the
said Evans was a Soldier in the army with
them that his brothers went into the army in
March or April and returned in the fall of the same
year and after their return heard them speak
of the said that he the said Reed and his
brothers above mentioned were acquainted with
the said John Evans after the Revolution and
has heard them convers about the events of their term
of service that he this deponent understood at the
time that his brothers William Reed and John Reed
and the said John Evans served in the same company and that the said Evans has always in
the Neighborhood where he has resided been reputed
to have served in the Revolutionary war as he has
stated and that he is a credible person and this
deponent has no doubt of the truth of his statement
and that his Brothers William Reed & John Reed one
now death

[signature] Ephraim Reid
Subscribed & sworn the
11th day of March 1833 before
[signature] John Macomber, Justice

I hereby certify that Ephraim Reed who has
Subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit is a
credible witness and that his affidavit is entitled
to full credit
March 11th 1832
[signature] John Macomber Justice
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State of New York ss
Jefferson County
Eldad Evans of the town of St
Alexandria in the County & State aforesaid being duly
Sworn says that John Evans of the town of LeRay
aforesaid at the time of the Revolution and during the
Revolutionary war resided in the town of Hinsdal
in the County of Cheshire in the State of New Hampshire that the last of March or first of April 1777
the said John Evans left home to go into the
army he said and it was generally reported that
they were going to the northern army that he
saw him once when at home on furlough when
such with the measles that as soon as he was able
he again left to go to the army that he did not
return till after the surrender of Burgoyne any
that at the time he heard Luther Winslow who
belonged in the same company talk of the said
John Evans being in the army
Subscribed & sworn the 11th day
of March 1833 before me
[signature] John Macomber, Justice
[signature] Eldad Evans


I hereby certify that Eldad Evans who has
Subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit is
known to me as a credible witness and
that his affidavit is entitled to full credit
March 11th 1833
[signature] John Macomber Justice
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State of New York Jefferson County SS. I Peleg Burchard Clerk of the
said County do certify that John Macomber Esqr before whom
the foregoing affidavit purport to have been sworn was at
the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for
the said County. And that I am acquainted with his
handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavits to
be his proper handwriting and signature
Witness my hand and the
seal of the said County this Eleventh day of June, 1833.
[signature]P. Burchard Clerk
[signature] J W Samblin  Evans Mills Jeff Co New York
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10639
INVALID
Rev War

File No 10639
John Evans
Priv Rev War

Act June 7th 1832
Index Vol A Page 117
[Arrangement of 1870]
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Jan 12
Mr. Evans
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Treasury Department
Second Comptroller's Office
January 10th, 1839

Sir

Under the act of the 6th of April 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain pensioners and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States" The widow of John Evans a pensioner on the roll of the Albany, N. York Agency at the rate of twenty five dollars per annum under the laws of the 7th June 1832 has been paid at this department from the 4th of Sept 1835 to the 19th of February 1836 the day of his death.

Respectfully yours

Albion K Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present.