Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45379, Thomas Howard, Mass.
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SERVICE                                                             NUMBER
Mass.                     Howard, Thomas S.           45379
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8,513
New York

Thomas Howard       4
of Ontario in the state of New York
who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Putnam of the [CAN'T READ]
ine, for the term of 3 years  1777 —

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on
the 13th of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 23th of Mar: 1819
and sent to Stephen Phelps Esq
Canaudiqua - New York

Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819  [can't read]  18/30 4/21 = 85..83
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1813             48 ..
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                                                                    $ 133..83
                      
                      {Revolutionary claim,
                       Act  18th March, 1818}

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See letter to Jr.  Clark  Sept.
21, 1839.

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Case of Thos. Howard
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STATE OF NEW-YORK,
ONTARIO COUNTY,ss.
On this 21st  day of August - 1820 personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and constituted a Court of Record by proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State,)  Thomas Howard aged Sixty four - years, resident of the town of Ontario - 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:
For the term of three years uncle Captain Joseph Morse in Colonel Rufus Putnams Regiment massachusetts Line, commencing in the year of 1777 & served one year under him as a Private - and than Transfered to Capt Daniel Hays Infantry of the same Regiment where he served two years & was discharged in May seventeen hundred + Eighty -

[typed] and that he made application for a Pension on the thirteenth  day of April 1818 and that he received a Pension Certificate, No. [handwritten] 8513 [typed] And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day 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 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 in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, viz.
[handwritten] One three pail Nettle $3.00 one tea Kettle $1.00 || $4 | 00
One Spiller $1.12% one table $0.50 one Stand 0.37% || 2 | 00
One churn $0.50 one pork Bbl $0. 89% one chair 0.50 || 1 | 82%
Two pails $0.75 one tea pot $0.25 earthen plates 0.54 || 1 | 54
One set cups + Saucers $-.31 two earthen pots 0.62% || - | 90%4
One Gallon bottle $062% one Tea Cannister $0.12% || - |15
One tumbler $0.18 one quart Jug $0.12% - || - | 30
Seven tearrow with $4.00 four Knives + forks || 4 | [illegible]
|| 15 | 77.
his
Thomas X Howard
mark
And I do further swear + declare there I am by occupation a farmer + that by my old age & bodily infirmities I am not able to do any labour & that my family consists of none but what are for themselves - 
he's Thomas X Howard
mark
Sworn+ declared this 21st day of August 1820 in open Court before me
Wm Rogard
a Judge of Ontario Common Pleas
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Ontario County, ss.

I, John Van Fossen clerk of said county, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the foresaid Schedule, is fifteen dollars and seventy seven cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 22nd day of August 1820

John Van Fossen  Clerk of the Court, aforesaid, in and for the said County.
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State of New York
Ontario County 

Thomas Howard of the town of Ontario in the county of Ontario and State of New York formerly from Templeton in the State of Massachusetts being duly sworn does on oath depose say and declare that he is a native citizen of the United States and that he served this county in War of the Revolution and that he enlisted in May 1777 as a private soldier in Capt. Joseph Morse's Company in the Regiment commanded by Col. Rufus Putman in the Massachusetts line for the term of three years and that he the deponent was stationed at Westpoint and other places during said time and at the expiration of said time he received an Honorable discharge which discharge he has lost and is not able to procure it. And the deponent further saith that he is Sixty One years of age and unable to provide for himself and in need of support from Government and he therefore prays that his name may be placed on the pension list pursuant to an Act of Congress passed March 18th 1818 entitled "An Act to provide for [illegible] persons engaged in the Land and Naval Services of the United States in the Revolutionary War" and further the deponent saith not 

Thomas Howard his mark [here there is an X]
Sworn to [illegible] this 13th day of April 1818 before me Stephen Phelps a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ontario and State of New York
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Ontario County ss
I Stephen Phelps a Judge of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County do Certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Thomas Howard did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the proceeding declaration against the Common Enemy and I now transmit the precedings taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of war pursuant to the direction of the aforementioned Act of Congress
[illegible]
April 13th 1818} Stephen Phelps
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45379
INVALID.

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File No.  45379

Thomas Howard

Priv  Rev War

Act:  18 March 1818

Index: - Vol.  3,  Page 233

{Arrangement of 1870.}
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Thomas Howard
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Payable semi-annually the first payment on this certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, at the Branch Bank US States at the City of New York


Recorded
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War Department.

Revolutionary Claim.

I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, Thomas Howard late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New York Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the 13th day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

Given at the War Office of the United States, this 23rd day of March one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.

J C Calhoun
Secretary of War.
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Claims of Thomas Howard April 13th. 1818

The Honorable
[Signature illegible]
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State of New York
Ontario Country 
On this 25th day of November 1818 personally appeared before me Stephen Phelps A Judge in Ontario Commonplace, Polly Haughton to me known to be a credible witness and being duly Sworn depose and Faith that She is personally Aquatinted with Thomas Howard Now a Resident in the Town & County of Ontario and that the first became acquainted with said Thomas Howard in the latter part of the year 1777 in Templeton in the State of Massachusetts and that he was then dressed in the uniform dress of the United States Soldiers and that he had left the Army on a furlough and he Returned again to the Army and that she saw him again in 1778 in uniform on a furlough and knew that he again Returned to the Army and that She verily believes he continued in the service of the United States for the three years the Form of his Enlistment. 
 Polly Haughton
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me
Stephen Phelps a Lawyer of Ontario Com. pleas
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State of New York
Ontario County } Daniel Shays of the Town of Sparta in the County of Ontario being duly according to Law deposeth and saith that the Deponent became acquainted with Thomas Howard (now a resident in the Town and County of Ontario) in the year 1777 and knew that he the said Thomas Howard was then a private soldier in the Company Comanded bi Capt Joseph Marr in the 5th Massachusetts Regiment Commander Col. Rufus Putman all thru Continental Establishment and that he the Deponant at that time Commanded a Company of Light Infantry and that the said Thomas Howard was detached or Transfered from Capt. Marres Company aforesaid to his the Deponants Company and that the said Thomas Howard Continued in his Company about two years during which times he did his duty as a brave and faithful soldier and that he has no doubt of said Howard Continuing in the Service of the United States until he was honorably discharged
Daniel Shays
Sworn to and subscribed this 2d day of March 1819 before me
Stephen Phelps [illegible]
Judge of Ontario Com Pleas:
I Certify that I am well acquainted with Capt Daniel Shays the aforesaid Deponant + know that he Sustains a Respectable Character.
Stephen Phelps
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State of New York
Ontario County } ss 
Clerks Office } In testimony that Stephen Phelps, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavits was on the days of the date of the same a Judge of Ontario Common Pleas and that the same are his signature I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said County at Canandaigua this 6th day of March 1819.
[illegible] McNair Clk
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State of New York
Ontario County } ss On this 23d day of September 1818 before me the Subscribed A Judge of Ontario Common Pleas Personally appeared Thomas Howard the applicant named in the application hereunto attached who being by me duly Sworn doth on his Oath make the following Declaration in adition to the said foregoing Declaration that he believes his name on the Muster Rolls was written Thomas Hayward in Stead of Thomas Howard and that he Served in the Summer Season of 1778 & 1779 in a detached Company of Inventory under Captain Daniel Shays and that he [illegible] his discharge from Service at the Highlands in the State of New York and further Saith not
Sworn to and declared the day + year aforsaid before me Stephen Phelps } Thomas his x mark Howard

Canandagua
Sept 23d, 1818}
I Stephen Phelps A Judge as aforesaid do Certify that I am Personally acquainted with the Said Thomas Howard and know him to be in Indigent Circumstances + in Need of assistance of his Country for Support
Stephen Phelps

The Honorable Secretary of War if my claims are allowed will please forward a Certificate of the Service to Stephen Phelps Esqr who is my agent in Canandaigua
April 13th 1818       Thomas his x mark Howard
Witness Alexis Phelps
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Claims of 
Thomas Howard 
April 13th 1818
[illegible]

State of New York}
Ontario County } ss
Clerks office } In Testimony that Stephen Phelps whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in and for the County of Ontario and that the same is his signature I hereunto subscribe my name and affise the County seal at Canandaigua this 24th day of April AD 1818
[illegible] McNair Clk