Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36002, John Lawson Handy, Del.
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Del. Handy, John Lawson  S. 36002
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[?JH. 452]
Delaware

John Lawson Handy
of _______________  in the state of _______________ who was a Private in the regiment commanded by [crossed out Colonel] Capt Kirkwood of the Delaware line, for the term of two years
WAR

Inscribed on the Roll of Delaware at the rate of -8 - Dollars per month, to commence on the 7th of July 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 6th of Sep: 1819 and sent to James Boothe Esqr
New Castle Delaware

Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819 - $111.51
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1820  48.
13 mo 25/31 4/20 $159.51

{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818.}

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Illegible first line 
Jos: Roberts
Apl. 11. 1821,
Wilmington
Delaware
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John L. Handy.
Private

Delaware Regiment
1781  — 2 years

See endorsement in the case of Henry Boyd.
Admd is written over previous statement
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State of Delaware ss:

Be it known, that on the seventh day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, Before me James Booth, Chief-Justice of the Court of Common Pleas of the said State of Delaware, personally appeared John Lawson Handy, of St. Georges Hundred in the County of New Castle, in the said State of Delaware, aged sixty three years and upwards, who being solemnly sworn on the Holy Evangels of Almighty God, doth depose and say, that on or about the twentieth day of September, in the year one thousand and seven hundred and eighty one, he inlisted [sic] in Captain Robert Kirkwood's Company, in the Delaware Regiment, in the service of the Continent; that he this Deponent continued in the said Service until the War of the Revolution, at which time he received his discharge, which he hath since lost; and this Deponent further declares, that from his advanced age, and his reduced circumstances, but particularly from an excessive Rupture of the Abdomen, which renders him unable to obtain his livelyhood [sic] by labour, he needs the assistance of his Country for Support.
Jno L Handy

Taken, Sworn, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
Before me,
Jas. Booth
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State of Delaware}
New Castle County ss}

I Joseph Roberts Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the said State of Delaware in and for the said County of New Castle, do hereby certify that the Honorable James Booth before whom the foregoing deposition of John Lawson Handy was taken and who hath subscribed the same was at the time therof and is now Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas of the said State of Delaware duly commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to all such his acts and attestations.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at New Castle the Twenty fourth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen
Jos. Roberts Prothy

State of Delaware ss:

Before me James Booth, Chief-Justice of the Court of Common Pleas of the said State of Delaware, personally appeared Nathan Bouldan Esquire, one of the Justices of the Peace for the County of New Castle, in the said State, and James Thompson Esqr., the Coroner of the said County, who being solemnly sworn on the Holy Evangels of Almighty God, doth severally depose and say, that they have long been, and at present are, well acquainted with John L. Handy of the said County, that the said John L. Handy           [end of page]

Note:  The imprint of a round stamp with serrated edges is present next to first declaration but wholly illegible. 
The imprint of two round stamps at the top of the second statement wholly illegible.
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appeared Nathan Bouldan Esquire, one of the Justices of the Peace for the County of New Castle, in the said State, and James Thompson Esqr., the Coroner of the said County, who being solemnly sworn on the Holy Evangels of Almighty God, doth severally depose and say, that they have long been, and at present are, well acquainted with John L. Handy of the said County; that the said John L. Handy is not possessed of any property either real or personal, but has depended upon his daily labour for his subsistence; that the said John L. Handy, a soldier in the Revolutionary War; — became, by means of an excessive rupture in the abdomen, together with his advanced age and infirmity, incapable of performing any labour, or doing any thing for his Subsistence; and that he is now in very indigent Circumstances, and needs the assistance of his Country for his Support
Nathan Bouldan
James Thompson

Taken, sworn, and subscribed this twenty third day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen,
Before me,
Jas. Booth C. J.

And                           [end of page]
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And the afsd. James Thompson, upon his solemn Oath further declares, that he well remembers to have seen the afsd. John L. Handy, in the Delaware Regiment in the Service of the United States, doing duty as a private soldier ^ in the year One thousand seven hundred and eighty one; that this Deponent who saw the said John L. Handy in the same service, in the year One thousand seven Hundred and Eighty two; and to the best of this Deponent's recollection and belief, the said John continued in the said service until the termination of the Revolutionary War.
James Thompson

Sworn and subscribed, Before me,
Jas. Booth C. J.
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State of Delaware}
New Castle County ss}

I Joseph Roberts Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the said State of Delaware in and for the said County of New Castle.  do hereby certify that the Honorable James Booth before whom the foregoing deposition of John Lawson Handy was taken and who hath subscribed the same was at the time thereof and is now Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas of the said State of Delaware duly commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to all such his acts and attestations

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court at New Castle the Twenty fourth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Eighteen
Jos. Roberts Prothy

Note:  The imprint of a round stamp with serrated edges is present next to declaration but wholly illegible.
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State of Delaware ss:

I James Booth, Chief-Justice afsd., do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the afsd. John L. Handy did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the Common Enemy for the term of nine months at one time, on the Continental Establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the Directions of the Act of Congress, intitled [sic], "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War":  I am also satisfied that he is in indigent Circumstances, and that he needs the assistance of his Country for Support.  In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand, and caused the Seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed, at New Castle, the nineteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.—
Jas. Booth

Note:  The imprint of a round stamp with serrated edges is present next to declaration but wholly illegible.
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John. L. Handy.

14,452
March 1820
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State of Delaware
New Castle County, to wit;

On this fourth day of November, in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty, Personally appeared before the Supreme  Court of the said State, in Open Court, being a Court of Record for the said State, Expressly, made so, by the Laws and Constitution of the said State, which created it, John L. Handy aged Seventy Years resident in Pencader Hundred, in the said County, and State, who being first duly Sworn according to law, doth on his Oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows, to wit; in the Delaware Regiment commanded by Colonel Hall, on the Continental establishment, in Captain Kirkwood's Company; that he originally made Application for a Pension under the Act of the Eighteenth of March One thousand eight hundred and eighteen, on the Seventh day of July in the Year last aforesaid, on which day and year his original declaration bears date;—  that he has received a Pension Certificate which is numbered fourteen thousand four hundred and fifty two.  And I do Solemnly Swear, that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the Eighteenth of March One thousand eight hundred and eighteen; 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 Eighteenth day of March One thousand eight hundred and eighteen; 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.—  And I do further Solemnly Swear that I am by trade and occupation a Cordwainer;—  that I am unable to pursue it by reason of the infirmities of old age;—  that I have no wife or family whatever;—  and that I am now in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to Support myself without the assistance of my Country, except by private or public Charity.—  Sworn to and declared on the 4th of November 1820 in Open Court.
(signed)  Jno. L. Handy.

Attest:  Jno. Wiley Clk Supreme Court.
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Schedule referred to in the preceeding deposition, containing a list of the property of John. L. Handy.

Real Property.....................none,
Personal Property—A few old tools of a Cordwainer........$1.75.
Mixed Property.....................none.
Sworn to and Subscribed in Open Court, November 4th, 1820.
(signed)  Jno. L. Handy

Attest:  
Jno. Wiley  Clk Sup Court.
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The Opinion of the Court is that the property contained in the above Schedule is the Value of One Dollar and Seventy five Cents.

State of Delaware, New Castle County, ss.

I John Wiley Clerk of the Supreme Court of the said State of Delaware, in and for the County of New Castle in the said State, Do certify that the foregoing Oaths, Schedule, and the Opinion of ^the Court, thereto annexed are truly Copied from the Record of the said Court.  In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Affixed the Seal of said Court at New Castle, the Twenty fourth day of January in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty one.
Jno. Wiley Clerk Supreme Court
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36002

INVALID,
Revy

File No. 36,002
John L Handy
Pri  Rev War

Act:  18 March 18
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 176

[Arrangement of 1870.]