Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37081, Jairus Harrison, Conn.
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SERVICE                                      NUMBER
Conn.                Harrison, Jairus     S 37081
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887

Connecticut

Jairus Harrison,
Capt Douglas
Private
Connecticut Lines

In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 1st of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 5 of June 1818 and sent to Hon. S. Baldwin, New Haven, Con.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1818
5 months 4/30

$41.60

[Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818}
4 years

4amd with my rolls
aug 1813. G. S. P.
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37081

INVALID

Rev.

File No. 37081
Jairus Harrison
Pri Rev War

Act 18th March 18

Index: Vol. 9 Page 177
(Arrangement of 1870)
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Connecticut
New Haven County   New Haven April 1, 1818
I Jairus Harrison of Branford in said county a resident citizen of the United States do declare under oath, that I served more than four years in the revolutionary war in the continental establishment. That I enlisted as a soldier to serve during the war in Captain Banhen company in Col. Miegs regiment in the Connecticut line - on the 25th of April 1777. That I immediately joined the regiment & continued in the service till the fall of the year 1781 & was then honorably discharged on account of an incurable rupture. My discharge I have since lost and I further declare that by reason of my reduced circumstances in line, I now need the assistance of my country for support.
I therefore pray that I may be placed on the pension list of the United States, according to t he provision of the act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war. New Haven. April 1st, 1818.
Jairus Harrison
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Connecticut
New Haven County
New Haven
April 1, 1818

Then personally appeared Jairus Harrison within named and made solemn oath to the truth of the within Declaration by him in my presence and subscribed before me.
Simeon Baldwin a Judge of the Supr Court of Connecticut

New Haven County New Haven April 1, 1818
We Herman Rogers & David Rogers both of Branford depose & say that we are well acquainted with Jairus Harrison & were both in service with him in the same regiment & personally know that he served as a soldier on several [illegible] & was discharged on account of a rupture & we believe he has accurately stated the period of his service - the said Herman further says that he & said Jairus both enlisted on the same day the 25th April 1777. 
Herman Rogers
David Rogers

Sworn before me
S. Baldwin a Judge of the Supr Court of Connecticut
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Jarius Harrison
Banhus Co Meigs regt
Connect Line
April 1 1818

Correct
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To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War
I certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Jairus Harrison served his country in the revolutionary war against the common enemy as stated in his Declaration. I therefore certify & transmit to you the evidence and proceedings in his case.
New Haven April 1, 1818
Simeon Baldwin, a Judge of the Supr Court of Connecticut
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Jairus Harrison
Copy
007
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District of Connecticut, ss.
I Henry C Flagg Clerk of the County Court in and for the county of New Haven in the State and District of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing and the Schedule thereunto annexed, are truly copied from the records of said Court: and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount, in value, of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is Eleven Hundred & fifteen Dollars and Sixteen cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court on this 7th day of July 1821
Attest Henry C Flagg, Clk

I, Isaac Mills presiding Judge of the County Court in and for the County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that Henry C Flagg is Clerk of said Court, and keeper of the Seal and Records thereof; and that the preceding Certificate, under his hand, and the Seal of said Court, is authentic, and in due form of Law.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in New Haven this 7th day of July 1820.
Isaac Mills Chief Judge
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District and State of Connecticut, ss.
Be it Remembered, That in the County Court, held in and for the County of New Haven, in the District and State aforesaid, on this 7th day of July 1820, the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, under the Authority of said State, personally came and appeared in open Court, Jairus Harrison aged 69 years, resident in the Town of Branford in the County of New Haven in said State, and being sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: In 1775 he enlisted under Capt William Douglas in the Regiment commanded by Col. Wooster and served six months. In 1776 enlisted under Capt Russel in Cols regiment  and served six months. In April 1777 he enlisted during the war & served till 1781 when he was discharged. Enlisted under Capt Samuel Barther Col R J Meigs Regiment & was in the battles of St. Johns on the river Sorrell, was in the battle of White Plains & Harlem Heights. He was discharged in consequence of an incurable rupture. That the original Declaration made by him, for the purpose of obtaining a pension, under the Act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818, was dated the 1st day of April 1818; that in pursuance thereof he was entered in the list of Pensioners, and received a Pension Certificate No. 887. And I do further 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, on 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 hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed. And I do further declare that my occupation is that of a Shoemaker and that I have a family residing with me consisting of a wife aged 67 and a grand daughter aged 12 years.
All which is subscribed by me the day and year aforesaid.
Jairus Harrison

Sworn to, and declared in the Court aforesaid. Whereupon said Court is, on satisfactory proof exhibited in Court, of opinion that the total amount in value of the property contained in the aforesaid Schedule, is 1115 Dollars and 11 Cents, and doth order these proceedings to be entered in the records of said Court.
Attest Henry C Flagg, Clerk
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At a County Court, held in and for the County of New Haven, in the District and State of Connecticut, on the 7th day of July 1820, the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, by virtue of the laws of said State.

Personally appeared, in open Court, Jairus Harrison a resident in the town of Branford in the County of New Haven in said State, and exhibited and subscribed the following Schedule, and made oath that the same is true and perfect Schedule of all his income and property, necessary cloathing and bedding excepted, viz.

1 Dwelling House & old barn with two acres of Land on which said house & barn stands and adjoining    $550
13 Acres of land adjoining the house lot at $37      480
3/4 of an Acre of land adjoining the church   30
7 1/4 acres of land on the great hill at $8     58
8 3/4 acres of land in Guilford very rocky & poor at $6   52.50
1 cow          10
10 chairs           5
1 shovel & tongs & andirons (old)   1
6 old pewter [illegible]  1
5 old Pewter [illegible]  .60
2 brooms   .40
1 old Cherry table   3
1 Maple   .50
1 old fashioned desk    2
1 old chest   .50
1 old Brass Kettle    2
1 Porridge Pot    .50
2 small dish kettles    .60
8 Old tin milk pans   1.56
1 tin pail    .50
2 old iron candle sticks    .20
1 small cooking [illegible]   3
Crockery & glassware   2
1 gridiron and frying pan     1
1 set knives and forks    .30
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$1206.16

Jairus Harrison