Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44178, Joseph Grant, N.H.
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(8-1776)
Service
NH
Contents

Grant, Joseph 

Number
S, 44178
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Susp. see let to App 13 July 1834 Susp. removed. See letter to P. Agt. Jan. 15. 1835 -
See letter to Hon. M. Fillmore Feb. 26. 1835 - to P. Agt.
March 21. 1836 - 
S. O. Gould Nov. 8th 1841

4987
New York Roll
Joseph Grant 4
Capt. Motrill private
New Hampshire Line
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of -8- Dollars per month, to commence on the 30th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Dec. 1818 and sent to Charles Townsend esq Judge - Buffalo, Niagara Cy. evy
-rrears to 4th of Sept 1818. 4 one, 5/30 33.33
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 4 March 1819
48 c
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$81.33

?
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
177 or 2 ?
17 or 1 3 ?
3 years,
Continued
Willank - Niagara
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Joseph Grant, Priv. 
New Hampshire line, 
30th April, 1818. 
- 
the Judge must certify that the applicant is in the indigent circumstances and a pension will be granted - 
AOM- 
Charles Townsend, Esq;
Judge, 
Buffalo, Niagara Co;
New - York. 
rec.d 20. May, 1818.
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State of New York
Niagara County On the thirteenth day of April
In the year 1818 before the
[illegible] our of the Judge of the Court of
Common pleas in and for said county per
[illegible] came Joseph Grant aged Fifty three
years and [illegible] residing in Willink in
Said County who being by me first duly sworn 
According to law doth on his oath, make this
Following declaration in order to obtain the pro-
vision made by the late act of Congress [illegible]
“An act to provide for certain persons engaged in The land and [illegible]Service of the United States in the  revolutionary War” that the said
Joseph Grant on the 5th day of March 1778 in
Stratham in the state of New Hampshire enlist
ed in the Company commanded by Capt. [illegible] of the Regiment of the New Hampshire line of Continental troops commanded by Col. W. Wigging [scratched out] Joseph Silley, that [illegible] con-
tinued to serve in said Corps or in the ser-
Vice of the United States untill the month of De-
cember or November 1780 when he was discharged at Peekskill in the state of New York by Silley ___ that on the 16 March 1781 at [illegible] of N. Hampshire he again enlisted in the same company then commanded by Capt. Saddle, soon after which he ^ was attached to the com-
pany of [illegible][illegible] and continued in said [illegible] in the Service of the United States untill the 31. December 1783 when he was discharged from Service at West Point (N. York) by Maj. Gen. Knox [blot] that he was at the capture of Gen. Lord Cornwallis army and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no evidence now in his power ^ of his service except the testimony of David
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Hunt who was a private in Col. Silleys Regiment in the revolutionary war.
Joseph Grant [here he has made his mark, an X]
Sworn to and declared before me this 30th day of April 1818 before me Ch: Townsend Judge of niagara [illegible]
Niagara County ___ David Hunt of Willink in said County being duly affirmed says that he was formally acquainted with Joseph Grant from the year 1778 until 1780 and that the said Grant was then a private in the 1st Regiment of New Hampshire continental troops and from his knowledge of his char-acter of the said Grant and from other circumstances believes the proceeding statement of facts to which the said Grant has affixed his mark to be correct. David Hunt [signature]
[illegible] to and affirmation made this 30th day of April 1818 before me  [signed] Ch: Townsend
 [illegible] Townsend Judge [illegible] and do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Joseph Grant did serve in the revolutionary army of [illegible] in the proceeding affidavit. And [illegible] [illegible] this testimony and proceedings [illegible] said had before me  to [ illegible] for the Department of war pursuant to the aforementioned Act of Congress 
[signed] Ch: Townsend
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State of New York 
Niagara County
Clerks office I Frederick B Merrill clerk of the county aforesaid do hereby certify that Charles Townsend before whom the pre-ceding affidavit appears to have been made is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county acting under the authority of his title and that his name as signed is his signature 
In testimony whereof I have [illegible] set my hand and affixed the County seal at Buffalo this thirtieth day of April one thousand eight hundred [symbol for and] eighteen
[signature] F. B. Merrill
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I certify that having no personal knowledge of the circumstances of the within named Joseph Grant, I have examined on oath John Hubbard, Jonathan Howe & Eliakim [illegible] relative thereto (the substance of which was transmitted [ missed the word to] the secretary of war in August last) from which testimony. believing them to be credible witnesses I am satisfied the said Joseph Grant is in indigent circumstances
Dated Niagara County Dec. 2, 1818
[signed] Ch: Townsend Judge of County [illegible] pleas
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Joseph Grant
4987
[illegible]
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State of New York
Niagara County, [sp?]
On this twenty third day of August 1820 personally appeared in open court to wit in the court of common pleas in and for said county the same being a court of records constituted as such by the constitution of the State of New York Joseph Grant aged Fifty six resident 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 on the 5th day of March 1778 he enlisted in Capt. Amos Morrels Company of the first New Hampshire Regiment commanded by Col. Joseph Cilley and continued to serve in said regiment until the 31st Dec 1781 when he was discharged at Peekskill. That in order to obtain a pension for said services he did on the 20th day of April 1818 apply for and subsequently received a certificate that he was placed on the pension list roll off the New York Agency, the number of which appears to be ______ [left blank] 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, sales, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof with interest 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 18th 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
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in the schedule here to annexed and by me subscribed and that the several articles comprising said schedule and not worth more than the sums severally annexed to them [illegible]
1pair 11 year old cattle ___32.00
4 sheep _______________ 3.even
1 cow __________________6.50
3 kettles _______________ 5.even
1/2 lott cups & saucers ____.13
2 basins ________________ .50
1 teapot _________________ 31
1/2 doz knives & forks _____ 25
4 barrels ________________ 50
2 bushels wheat __________ 75
3/4 C. flour ______________ 75
4 chairs of 1 table 1/ ______ 1.12 1/2
about 1 1/2 bushels corn ___ 38
1 axe ____________________ 1 even
poultry ___________________ .31
1 plow & shaver ___________ 1.50
2 chains __________________ 2 __
1 clevis ___________________ .50
1 shovel __________________  31
1 hoe _____________________ 18
Debts against individuals ___ 8 even
[illegible] 73.99
That he is by occupation a farmer, but in consequence of rheumatism and a disorder of his breast he is unable to labor not having worked a day for the last year _ That his family residing with him consist only of his wife aged fifty-six years named Susannah, who having had a fever in January last and not having recovered is totally unable to contribute in any degree to her support.
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That he is indebted to individuals in about the sum of eighty four Dollars, and further saith not. Joseph Grant his mark X
Sworn to and declared this 23rd day of August 1820 before me J. E. Marshall Clerk of of Niagara Com. Pleas_

I John E Marshall clerk of the court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Niagara do herby certify that the foregoing oaths and the schedule thereto annexed, and 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 property exhibited in the [illegible] schedule is Seventy three Dollars & ninety nine cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this [illegible] day of Sept. 1820
[signed] J. E. Marshall clerk of the court for the county of Niagara.
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[left side] Land NY
[center]
44178
INVALID
Revy
File No. 44.178
Joseph Grant
Pri Rev War
Act 18 March 18
Index:-Vol. 5, Page 805
[Arrangement of 1870]
[right hand side] 
Feby 2, 1904 Hi
R.W. Button Hal
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4.4.178
3-068.
(Old No. 3-169)
Bureau of Pensions
Jas Grant
Apl. 30 1818-53
Millink N.Y.
Mch 5.78 Stratham N.H.
Apr. Af. Merrill
Col. Hos Cilley
Prt + Serv. on Dec, 80
Mch. 16 81 Apl Saddle
Cal-
Pri + [illegible] 3.83
Forktown
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Does it appear from the 3rd auditors books that there is a semi-annual stipend due to Joseph Grant, a pensioner under the act of March 18, 1818, on the New - York wel from the 4th of March 1832 to the 4th of September 1832?
Penfrer Office
Mar 21. 1836. }
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Jan 22 1904 Files 
Holland Jan 18th 1903
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
Roft Orr Pst 558 S. T. R. of N.Y. is placing headstones to the graves of Soldiers of the civil war, the war of 1812, and the war of the Revolution, Could you give us the Military record of the following persons, who, we are informed were revolutionary soldiers, we do not wish to place headstones on graves that were not soldiers of one of the wars, the names reported to me as revolutionary soldiers are Joseph Cooper, - David Hunt, and Joseph Grant, any information as to their service will be thankfully rec'd. 
R.W. Button, Holland N.Y. Adi.
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6 Nov 1841
Buffalo, N.Y. 
Nov.1.1841.
S.O.Gould.
Is Jos. Grant entitled to a pension for Revy services. 
G25 of. Ree. Nov. 5. 1841. 
Pension Office.
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Buffalo
Nov 1
N.Y. 
f
Hon John C Spencer
Sec. of War
Washington D.C.
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Buffalo Nov. 1. 1841
Hon. John C Spencer
Sec of War
Sir. Joseph Grant resident of Holland Erie Co N.Y. is desirous of ascertaining whether or no he has any claims to a pention [sp] under the act of [illegible] "June 7th 1832" entitled "An act for the relief of the services of officers and Soldiers of the Revolution."
Mr Grant has for several years passed drawn a pention [sp] as an hundred &96 per year, but from [illegible] by  being overheated on a march to Hackensack he is wholly disabled from manual labor, he therefore desires- if from this disability he would be entitled to relief under the above mentioned "act of June 7/32" to take such measures as to procure the additional pention[sp] to which wounded + disabled soldiers are
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entitled to under said act.
Mr Grant is quite aged & [illegible]assure you very much in want of said additional pention [sp] to render him a comfortable support and would be glad to get it. wounded he is rightfully entitled to it -
You will confer a favor by informing me at your earliest convenience whether his present pention [sp] would be any bar to his [illegible] under the act of June 7th 1832 and whether Mr Grant would be entitled by such disability to claim under said act.
[illegible] Your Obt Servt. S. O. Gould

[written in a side margin in a different hand 6 Nov. 1841 Buffalo, N.Y. Nov. 7. 1841.
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Mechanics Bank 
New York 19th March 1836
Sir
I enclose for your examination the papers in the case of Samuel Gray an invalid pensioner, by which it appears that he is entitled to $8 pr month, whereas by our Books he is only entitled to $6 pr month, 
I also enclose for your examination the papers in the case of Joseph Grant, a Private at $8 pr month, under the act of 18th March 1818, who claims his pension for a period of six months from the 11th of March 1832 to the 4th of September 1832. 
This Pensioner was reported to this agency from the U.S. Branch Bank of this city, as having been paid to the 4th of September 1835, and has been paid at this agency to the 4th of March 1836. 
I am very Respectfully 
Your Obt Sevt
JW Fleming Pres [illegible] agent. 
James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions