Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38489, Jesse Ainger, Continental Mass.
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(3-1776)

Service                                   Number

Continental   Ainger, Jesse   S.38489
Mass.                                    B.L.Wt. 1260-100

Contents
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claim good
from Jno Ogden Day
abount land wt to John Ainger
delayed for authority
to send - authority written
for 24th Nov. 1827
John Ainger sent.
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Department of War
Regulations for the Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary War, who acquired a right to Land from the United States, but have not received it.
By an Act of Congress, of the 16th September, 1776, it is provided, that the Officers and Soldiers who engaged for, and continued to serve during the war, or until discharged by Congress, shall receive land in proportion to their rank.
N. B. Those who engaged for three years, or for any other period than during the war, are not entitled to land from the United States.
the following declarations must be filled up and sworn to by the claimant.
State of Vermont - County of Caledonia } 
SS Sutton September 5th AD 1827
I Jesse Ainger aged sixty four
years, do, upon oath, testify and declare, that in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine I enlisted for the term of "during the war," and served in the regiment No. Six under the command of Colonel Thomas Nixon of the Massachusetts line; and that I continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war, when I was regularly discharged from the Volunteer regiment, commanded by Colonel Armong Marquiz de la Ruery
I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to me on the part of the United States; nor have I ever assigned or transferred my claim in any manner whatsoever :  therefore,
Know all men by these presents, that I, Jesse Ainger aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint John Ogden Day of Albany to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary at War of the United States, a Warrant for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Attest,
Silas Houghton     Jesse Ainger
Jacob C Morrill
I, James Campbell aged seventy three years, do, upon oath, declare that I have been long acquainted with Jesse Ainger who has subscribed the above declaration in my presence, and well know that he is the identical person he therein represents himself to be; and further, I know, or do believe, that he did perform the military service therein stated.
Attest,
Silas Houghton    James Campbell
Jacob C Morrill
Before me, Jacob C Morrill
personally appeared the above named Jesse Ainger subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be his free act and deed; and, likewise, personally appeared James Campbell who hath subscribed the above certificate of identity, both to me well known to be men of respectability and  
truth, and made solemn oath to the truth of the depositions by them respectively subscribed, this fifth [crossed out}
day of September 1827.
Jacob C Morrill  Justice of the Peace
In testimony that the above written Jacob C Morrill was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c. in the State of Vermont at the above date, and his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Danville this sixth of September 1827
C. Clerk, &c.
[illegible seal]   Benjamin F Deming  Clerk of the Supreme Court of Vermont
for Caledonia County
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Jesse Ainger's
Declaration
Copy   No. 31
2353 Sutton
[illegible]
10 Sept 18
Mar 19
[illegible]
[illegible]
[illegible]
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STATE OF VERMONT
Caledonia County [illegible] }  At a County Court, began and holden
at Danville   within and for said County on the
first Monday of June  A. D. 1820
Present in Court, the Hon. Isaiah Fisk Chief Judge,
William Cahoon [illegible] }     Assistant
John W. Dana Esq.             }     Judges.
On this 20th day of June 1820, personally appeared in open Court (being a court of Record, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount,
and having the power of fine and imprisonment)  Jesse Ainger aged fifty six years, resident in Sutton in said County, 
who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, the he served in the
Revolutionary War as follows:  In Col Nixons Regt. and 
Capt Sikes Company, Massachusetts line
till October 1783 and was honorably discharged
Pension certificate is Numbered 2,353
My former declaration was dated 18th day
of April A.D. 1818
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 on the 15th day of March 1818--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.        Jesse Ainger
Real Estate
one half of a house and half acre of Land$140.
Personal Estate 1 horse                                 30.
6 Sheep & 3 Lambs                                         8.
1 Cow & Calf                                                 20.
1 axe                                                            1.25
1 Hoe                                                             .50
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Real Estate
one half of a house & 1 half acre of Land $140.
Personal Estate 1 House                                30.
6 Sheep & 3 Lambs                                         8.
1 Cow & Calf                                                 20.
1 axe                                                           1.25
1 Hoe                                                            .50
1 Pitch fork                                                    .32
Household furniture Bed and bedding & clothing  excepted                                                      5.32
Debts due to me                                          6.06
                                                                    _____
                                                                 
                                                               $211.47
                                                      Jesse Ainger
My occupation a shoemaker by trade--
my family consists of my wife Rebeccah aged 62 years  Daughter Rebecca aged 28 years midling for health
Son Robert aged 26 years able to take care of
himself, Daughter Ruth aged 24 years--
not very Rugged. Daughter Patty aged 21
years midling for health
I am indebted and justly owing my creditors
about Eighty Dollars                           } $80.00
                                            Jesse Ainger
Sworn to and declared in open Court on the 20th day of June
A.D. 1820    Before Wm Cahoon  Judge
State of Vermont,}  I Benja F Deming, Clerk
Caledonia County, ss.}
[official seal illegible] of the County Court for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule
thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court--and I do 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
Two hundred & Eleven
Dollars and 47 --cents.--In testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 17th day of July 1820.
Benja F Deming } Clerk of the County Court
                           } for Caledonia County.
Inventory  --  $211.47
Debts deducted  80.
                          ______
                       $131.47
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State of Vermont } Lyndon  Augt 7 1818
Caledonia County Vt
I herby certify, that the within named Jesse
Ainger is in indigent circumstances
Isaiah Fisk } Chief Judge of Caledonia County Court
Jesse Ainger
Deposition
Correct.
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I Jesse Ainger of Sutton County of Caledonia in the State of Vermont aged fifty five years being Reduced to 
indigent circumstances and in need of support depose and say that in the month of July AD 1779 
that in the Town of Bilancer in the 
Massachusetts 
Line I enlisted for nine months and went to Springfield and passed muster from thence to 
Westpoint and joined Nixons Brigade & Nixons
Regiment & [illegible] Company and was
on the line through the Summer in what was 
cald the flying Camp and in October following
at [illegible] I enlisted during the war and
continued in the same Company and Regt and
drawed one months pay and marched to Soldiers
fortune for winter Quarters.  The next Spring
we marched to [crossed out] the English Neighbourhood on 
the Jersey side and we continued in this vicinity
and in this section of the country untill march
1781 I then joined Col Cormants Regt & Capt Pikes Company and in July or August we marched to Virginia and was at the taking of Com Worllers
and in the month of October I was detached to the French Legion of Horse under the Command of Col Arman and there I remained until October 
A.D. 1783 where I was honorably discharged at Little 
York in Pensylvania and I further say that in July
1808 In Unity New Hampshier my House [illegible]
burnt and all I had in it my discharge with the
rest and that I ever hence been and still am a
Citizen of the United States further your deposition
withnot                 Jesse Ainger
Lyndon April 13th AD 1818 --
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State of Vermont} Lyndon April 13th 1818-
Caledonia [?] } Personally appeared Jesse Ainger-
signer of the forgoing deposition and made solemn
Oath that the same is true before me-----
Isaiah Fisk Chief Judge Cal. Co. Ct.

Lyndon April 13th 1818
I herby certify that I am some
acquainted with the circumstances of Jesse Ainger
signer of the foregoing deposition and I believe
he is in reduced circumstances and is poor and
needs assistance from his Country for Support
Isaiah Fisk Judge Cal Co Ct

State of Vermont}
Caledonia County [?]
[Official Seal - illegible]
I Isaiah Fisk Judge Cal-
edonia County Court do herby cer-
tify that it appears to my satisfaction
that the within [illegible] Jesse Ainger
did service in the Revolutionary war
as stated in the forgoing Declaration
against the common enemy and now
transmit the proceedings and testimony
taken and had before me to the Secretary
of the department of war pursuant to the
directions of a Continental Congress entitled
an act to provide [illegible]
in the Land and [illegible] service of the United
States in the Revolutionary war which said declar-
ation is made in order to obtain the provisions made
by said act in testimony wherof I have herunto set
my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this
13th day of April AD 1818
Attest Curles Stanley}           Isaiah Fisk---
Clerk of Cale Co Ct}
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[front fold]
(2,353)
Vermont
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Jesse Ainger,
private, Nixon's regt.
Massachusetts line
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont, ---
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 13th of April 1818.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 16th of Sept 1814
and sent to Isaiah Fisk Esq
Lyndon, Vt
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Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818                 37.86
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th March 1819 
                                                            48.00
                                                            ===
                                                         $85.86
                                                           ====
{Revolutionary claim,   }
{Act 18th March, 1818.}
From 1780 to the close
of the 

[back fold, written sideways]
Verification sent -- October 4, 1820 to
Benjamin F Deming, Danville, Vermont
Attorney Genl's opinion sent care o9f John Beckwith at Sutton, Vt.
18 Apl 1822
[illegible]
Sutton Caledonia
Ct
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38489
[?] INVALID.
File No. 38.489
Jesse Ainger
[?] Rev War
Act: 18th March 18[?]
Index:  Vol. 2, Page 4
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Referred to the
Bounty Land office
Nov 26, 1827
Recd in a letter from
Jno Ogden Day
Attorney [illegible]
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[front fold]
Vermont
Jesse Ainger
aged 58 yrs - shoemaker
farmer -at times not able
labor. - wife (age not given)
much infirm. daughter, 23-
health " [?] than ordinary."-
Served from 1780 to close of the
war.
1st Sched: 20 June 1820, [?] horse
since dead.) $30 [illegible] whole
amt. of sched: $211.47.-
[illegible] 4th Oct. 1820 - application
for restoration [illegible] Sched
20th Feby 1822, [?] 1st June 1823
[?] sched: states that land was 
mortgaged [crossed out] before the date
of 1st sched. to Alfred Booth of
N. Hampshire, to secure the pay-
ment of a note due him for $237.29.
An authenticated copy of the 

[illegible] is within. money 
[torn off corner] paid.

[back fold]
Last sched: [illegible] "right of
occupancy of 1/2 acre of land
for the term of 1 year" - $21.00
1 Hog [crossed out]           3.00
furniture                           12.30
                                       _______
whole amt.                     $36.30

States that the incumbrance
on the land now amounts to
$270.70 -- which is more t[missing]
it is worth. --Sufficient for 
within.
[illegible] 1817 to Hon. J.
R. Giddings--
B.F. Deming, Es
Danville
Vt. 
Recd Oct 21, 1823
[illegible] as above
28.
16.     /20
7.46
__________
23.46
48
__________
71.46
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State of Vermont} I, Benjamin F Deming Notary Public
Caledonia [?] } forf the County of Caledonia aforesaid do
hereby Certify that Jacob C Morrill Esquire whose
name is subscribed to the cerfificate hereto annexed
is and was at the date therof town Clerk of the town of Sutton in the said County of Caledonia
In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my
seal of Office this 4th day of October
A D 1823 ---
Benj. F Deming N.P.
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Copy of Deed
Ainger to Booth
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Know all men by these presents that I Jesse Ainger of
Sutton in the County of Caledonia and State of Vermont
For and in consideration of the sum of two hundred and fifty
Dollars to me in hand paid by Alfred Booth of Lempster New
Hampshire before the delivery hereof the receipt whereof I do
hereby acknowledge have given granted bargaince sold and
by these presents do give grant bargain sell convey and confirm
unto him the [?] Alfred Booth his heirs and] assigns forever a
piece of Land lying in the Town of Sutton aforesaid and
is part of  right No 31 containing one half acre and is the same
which was deeded to me by Jesse Ainger [?] and the same
on which I now live
To have and to hold the said granted premises with all the
privileges & appertenances to the same belonging to him the
[?] Booth his heirs and assigns forever and the said
Ainger my heirs excecutors and administrators do covenant
and agree to and with the said Booth his heirs and
assigns that untill the delivery hereof I am the lawful 
owner of the said premises seized and possessed thereof
in my own right in fee simple and have full power
and lawful authority to grant and convey the same
in manner aforesaid that the premises are free and 
clear of all and every incumbrance whatsoever & that
I will warrant the same to him the said Alfred
Booth against the lawful claims of any person or
persons whomsoever  In testimony whereof I have I have
hereunto set my hand and seal this 27th day of March
one thousand eight hundred and twenty
Signed sealed & Delivered   Jesse Ainger
in presence of us
Caleb Fisk
Robert Ainger
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Now the conditions of the within deed is such that the said
Jesse Ainger is indebted to Alfred Booth on a certain
Note of hand bearing even date with this deed for two
hundred and thirty four Dollars and twenty nine cents
payable on the first day of March next with Interest
Now if the said Note is paid according to the [illegible]
Whereof then this deed to be void otherwise to remain in full
force and virtue in Law
State of Vermont}  Sutton March 27, 1820
Caledonia [?]       } personally approved Jesse Ainger   Signer
and sealer of the within deed and acknowledged the
same to be his free act and deed before me Caleb Fisk Justice Peace
Sutton  March 27, 1820
True copy of the Original
Attest Caleb Fisk  Town Clerk

Sutton June 16th 1823
True Copy of the original Record
Attest Jacob C Morrill   Town Clerk

Sutton June 16th 1823
The above Mortgage has never been discharged as appears of Record
Attest Jacob C Morrill   Town Clerk
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Benjamin Struter
[illegible]
No 1
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I Benjamin Struter of Sutton in the county of
Caledonia, State of Vermont of Lawful age do
testify & say that I was called on in the Month 
of June 1820 together with Jacob Shaw Esquire
of this town to appraise the property of
Jesse Ainger which consisted of a 1/2 acre of
Land & small house on the same with some
Smaler quantity of Personal Property  I have
since examined the Records of Deeds & [?]
that the land & house was [?] with
a Mortgage Deed to one Alfred Booth
for to [?] the payment of [?] note
which at this time including interest is
twice the value of said land.  & I further
say that this mortgage was not known
to us at the time of the [crossed out]
approval & further the [illegible] note.
Sutton March 4th 1822     Benjamin Struter

State of Vermont}  Sutton February 24th Caledonia County}                              1821 
Personally appeared Benjamin Struter Signer of the January
Affidavit & other [illegible]
that the law contains the [illegible] but the
[?] before me  
John Berkwith Justice of Peace
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I hereby certify that Benjamin Struter
signer of the written affadavit is of man
of traust & verasity

John Berkwith
Justice of Peace
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State of Vermont]
Caledonia Js ~}
I Benjamin F Deming Clerk of the Supreme Court for the County of Caledonia
aforesaid do hereby certify that John Beck-with Esquire is a Justice of the Peace
within and for the County of Caledonia
aforesaid duly commissioned for that 
purpose ~ in Witness whereof I 
have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court
this 23d of February Anno Domini On thousand Eight
hundred and twenty two ~~
Benjamin F Deming  Clerk
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S Clerk [illegible'
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This may certify that Jesse Ainger of Sutton in Caledonia County & State of Vermont has no other land in town but the 1/2 acre on lot No 31 which is under a mortgage to Alfred Booth.
Sutton Feb 20 1822
Caleb Fisk, Town Clerk
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I Jacob Shaw of Sutton in the County of Caledonia and State of Vermont of lawfull do Testify and say that some time in the month of June 1820 I was cauted upon together with one Benj (illegible) to assess Jesse Ainger property to wit one half acre of land off of (illegible) No 3 (illegible) Afterward I examined the town records and found that the said half acre of land was and now is - under a mortgage for more than I conceive to be the value of sd land (I was not noing to the (illegible) on said land at the time I assessed it) and further the deponent saith not Sutton Feb 20th 1822
Jacob Shaw

State of Vermont Caledonia County ss Sutton February 20th 1822
Personally appeared before me John Berkwith one of the Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Caledonia Jacob Shaw subscriber of the above affidavit & after being duly cautioned made solemn oath that the (illegible) contains the whole truth  
John Berkwith
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I harby certify that Jacob Shaw Esquire signer of the within affidavit is a man of truth & verasity
John Berkwith Justice Peace

J Shaws Affidavit
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Jesse Ainger
Warrt. No. 1260
cut & recvd by
Jno. Ogden Day
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Jno. Ogden Day
Rec. for warrant
for Jesse Ainger land
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Official

To
Robert Taylor Esq.
Bounty Land Office
War Department
Washington D.C.

(top left stamp)
FREE

(bottom left stamp)
ALBANY DEC 15
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Albany 15th December 1827
Robert Taylor Esq
Sir
I acknowledge the receipt of yr. favour of the 11th instant. this day inclosing Land warrant No 1260 for Jesse Ainger land
I am sir, Yours Respectfully
John Ogden Day
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(written vertically left margin)
New evidence Jesse Ainger Ct: for reconsideration 
Recd. 16 Apl 1822

(illegible)
April 5

J C Calhoun Esqr
Secretary of War
Washington