Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21047, Jesse Armstrong, R. I.
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R.J. 

Armstrong, Jesse

S. 21047
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2244,
Rhode Island
Jesse Armstrong
of Glocester in the State of RI
who was a Private in the company command
by Captain * of the * commanded
by Col Brown in the RI
line for 10 May

Inscribed on the Roll of RI
at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th Day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd day of Nov 1832 and 
Glocester RI

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $49.99
Semi-ant, allowance ending 4 March 33  16.66
$16.65
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Application 
        of.                                  
Jesse Armstron.               

For Pension                             8168
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Seal of the Court
Wm R Watson Clerk
State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantation County of Providence [illegible]
In Glouster this eighteenth day of August 1832 before me Ira P Evans a Justice of the Court of Common Peace in & for said County personally appeared Jesse Armstrong a resident of said Glouster aged 73 year who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following dictation in order to obtain the benefit - of who art of [illegible] [illegible] June 7" 1832." I (the said dictarant) was born in said Glouster February 2 1759.  There is a record of my age on the town records of said Glouster.  I have always lived in said Glouster.  In the beginning of September 1776 I enlisted in Capt. Samuel Mays Company Col. Colkin regiment R.I. troop for 3 months.  We were under the direction of the Committee of Safety were stationed at Bristol R.I. three months.  We were discharged a few days after the British took possesion of Newport R.I. in December 1776.  In February 1777 I was drafted in Capt. Mays Company, Col. Chad Brown's regiment-R.I. militia & was stationed at Providence R.I. one month. [illegible] was our Lieutenant & [illegible] Lieut Col.. I was then on duty.  In April I think, 1777 I was drafted in the same company & stationed at said Providence on month.  Myself & two others acted as cooks for a [illegible] of [illegible] - In October 1777 I was drafted in the [illegible] Company & first went to Warwick R.I. & then cross the bay in boats to Warren R.I. where I joined
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Who in dependant Company of light infantry under the Command of Capt. Timothy Wilmarth of said Glouster. & marched to Tiverton R.I. &  joined the troops under Gen.Spencer.  We were stationed then at Little Compton one month.  In June 1778 I went as a Substitute for Stephen Evans I was placed under the Command of Ensign Ezekial Smith I was employed as a row guard, in boats. & stationed at Pawtuxet RI to guard the shore.  I served one months.  In August 1778 said Wilmarth light infantry & joined the army under Gen. Sullivan - The independent companies were formed intro a regiment under the Command of Col Richard Fry.  We marched to Tiverton & then crossed the ferry to Rhode Island.  We went down to the lower lines near [illegible] hill & remained there until a day or two before the battle when we were discharged our time being out.  We were drafted for 20 days but were on duty about one month.  Gen Sullivan, Gen [illegible], Col. Jackson Col Livingston were [illegible] with the troops on the island.  In July 1780, I was drafted in said Wilmarths Company & was stationed on Rhode Island at Scituate beach one month.  In March 1782 I was drafted in same company & was stationed near Newport R.I. one month.  I served as a soldier in said company at several [illegible]times, but I cannot recollect the particulars.  I never received any written discharges & have no documentary evidence.  The testimony of said surviving witnesses as I know is hereinto annexed. [illegible]Cooke Amasa Eddy Jr. Judge Ira P
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Evans, Lawton Owen, are persons who reside in my neighborhood & who can testify as to my character for [illegible] when belief of my service as a soldier of the revolution - I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension of annuity except the present & declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Jesse Armstrong

Sworn to & subscribing the day & year aforesaid before me.    Ira P. Evans Justice C.C. Pleas

We Amasa Eddy Jr. & Duty Evan residing in said Glouster hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jesse Armstrong who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 73 years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we  concur in that opinion
Amasa Eddy Jr.
Duty Evan

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
before me
Ira P. Evans Justice C.C. Pleas
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And I the said Ira P Evans Justice of the Court of Common Peace as aforesaid do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states.  And I further certify that it is well known to me that Amasa Eddy Jr. & Duty Evans who signed the preceding certificate are residents in said Glouster, & that they are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit.  I further certify that there is no clergyman residing in the vicinity of said applicant. & that the said applicant is unable from bodily infirmity to attend the [illegible] of the court; I further certify that the foregoing contain my original proceedings in the matter of the application of Jesse Armstrong for a pension.
In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand at Glouster aforesaid this eighteenth day of August 1832
Ira P. Evans Justice C.C. Pleas
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I Othaniel Brown formerly of said Glouster in the County of Providence State of Rhode Island now of Stafford Connecticut, being duly sworn on oath testify & say that I was a soldier in the revolutionary war.  I further say that I well knew Jesse Armstrong of said Glouster - He was a soldier with me in Capt. Samuel Mays Company 3 months [illegible] RI. State troops from September 1776 to December 1776.  I was stationed at Bristol R.I. three months. We were in [illegible] a few days after the British took possession of Newport R.I, our times being over. during the later part of the time I was at home on furlough, being said. Othaniel Brown

State of Rhode Island Providence 
In Glouster this {illegible] day of August 1832 before me personally appeared Othaniel Brown formerly of said Glouster who is well known to me & when being first duly sworn on oath says that the above deposition by him signed is just & true in all its parts I further certify that from my acquaintance with said Brown ([illegible] a resident ni said Glouster (crossed out)) I believe him to be a credible person & that in my opinion from his [illegible] reputation his statement is entitled to credit
Ira P. Evans Justice C. C. Pleas
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I John Sprague of Glouster in the County of Providence State of Rhode Island & being duly sworn on oath certify & sat that I was a soldier
in the revolutionary war & am now and applicant  for a pension under the act of June 1832, I further say that in August September 1776 I enlisted as a soldier in Capt Mays Company Col [illegible] regiment R.I. state troop for three months, we were stationed on Rhode Island & at Bristol R.I. I further say that I well know Jesse Armstrong of Glouster aforesaid.  He was a soldier with me in said Company & regiment during the whole of the aforesaid period of three months.  We were discharged I think in December 1776 - In October 1777, the said Armstrong & myself were soldiers in Capt Timothy Wilmarths Company of light infantry & were in [illegible] expedition one month at Tiverton R.I.. I served with said Armstrong in said Wilmarths Company at the times during the war but cannot recollect the particular - we [illegible] belonged to said Company -
John Sprague
State of Rhode Island [illegible] Providence [illegible]
In Glouster this first day of September
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1832 before me personally appeared John Sprague who is well known to me & who being duly sworn in oath says that the above [illegible] by him signed is just & true in all its parts - I further certify that the said John is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to credit

[illegible]   Ira P. Evans Justice C.C. Pleas
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State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
PROVIDENCE, SC.
I WILLIAM R. WATSON, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, whithin and for the county of Providence in the State of Rhode-Island, do hereby certify, that Ira P Evans --------is a Judge of the court of Common Pleas afore-said, which court is a Court of Record; that the signature to the [illegible] documents purporting to be his, is in the proper hand writing of the said Evans and that full faith and credit are due to the official attestations of the said Evans
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, at Providence this tenth day of September ----- in the year of our Lord 1832 --
WM R Watson
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No. 8108
Jesse Armstrong of Glocester R.I.
Private 
10 Months
[illegible] not properly an
[illegible]
[illegible] 6 1832
[illegible]
$33,33

Sam. Y. Atwell
same place
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BRIEF in the case of Jesse Armstrong of the County of Providence in the State of R. Island
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? [Court (crossed out)] Judge

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
[illegible (crossed out)]  bodily infirmity

3. How old is he? 73 years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
    | Period | Duration of Service. | Rank | [column
                   Years, Months, Days,    As a   below]
In 1776 Sept.  -         3.           -     Private
     " 77 Feby.  -          1.           -     Drafted
      "     Api.     -          1.           -     dr.
      "     Oct.    -           1.          -      dr.
      "78 June Substitute 1 for Stephen Evans
      "      Aug.   -           1.          -      drafted
      "80  July   -            1.         -     dr.
      "82  March -           1.        -      dr.

[4th column of table]
Names of General and field Officer
          under whom he served.
Col. Coikin, Capt. May
Col. Brown, same
same 
same
same
Col. R. Fry
Capt. Wilmouth
same Company.
5.  In what battles was he engaged? none
6.  Where did he reside when he entered the 
      service?  Glouster
7.  Is his statement supported by living 
     witnesses, by documentary proof, by 
     traditionary evidence, by incidental 
     evidence, or by the rolls? living witnesses
     no written discharge
8.  Are the papers defective as to form or 
     authentication? and if so, in what respect?
     no certificate of a Clergyman, but of others 
(no relinquishment [illegible][illegible] crossed out)
Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
                              Levin Belt
                               Examining  Clerk.
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Revolution      21047
                    INVALID
File No.      21,047
       Jesse Armstrong
       In Rev War
Act:  June 7n 82"
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 10
[ Arrangement of 1870.]
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July 1498
Hy C Armstrong
Prov. R.I.
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To THE Hon. LEWIS CASS

SECRETARY OF WAR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

 HUMBLY REPRESENTS
                                          Jesse Armstrong

of Glouster     in the County of Providence, State of RHODE ISLAND; that he was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War as will appear by the annexed doc-uments.  He therefore requests that a pension may be granted to him in conformity with the provis-ions of an Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832, entitled " and Act supplementary to the" Act for the relief of certain Officers and Soldiers of the Revolution"
              and ([illegible] inclusion) in duty bound will ever pray.
                       Jesse Armstrong
                          by his [illegible]
                        Sam Y. Atwell
[illegible] [illegible] me at Glouster R.I.
                                             S.Y. Atwell
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Providence, R.I.  June 30, 1898.
                                        (marked with a written a)
Hon. H.  Clay Evans,
               Commissioner of Pensions,
                                            Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir :-
                 Will you kindly inform me if Jesse Armstong drew a pension for services rendered during the Revolutionary War.  He lived in the village of Chepachet, town of Glocester, state of Rhode Island. If se, I should be very much obliged if you will send me official information to this effect.  If there is anything to pay please let me know.
Respectfully yours,
Henry C. Armstrong

P.O. Box #558,
                Providence, R.I.
(Stamp that states):    PENSIONS
                                              JUL
                                       U.      1     S.
                                             1898
                                           OFFICE
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME   Armstrong, Jesse  
GRADE Private, Lee's Legion 
LINE      Virginia

WARRANT 
NUMBERS 11883 and 14017
ACREAGE   100
ISSUED November 2, 1792
to Robt. Means, assignee
               (means)

* 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 subse-quent 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.