Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12070, Jonathan Bacon, Mass.

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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Massachusetts

Bacon, Jonathan

NUMBER
S. 12070

carded

CONTENTS:

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14822
22
New York

Jonathan Bacon
Oppenheim in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Batchelor of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Tyler in the Massachusetts line for 8 months & 17 days.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 298 Dollars 53 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of July 1833 and sent Jonathan Nellis
Palatine, New York

Arrears to the 4th of March '33 - $17.16
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 September '33 - $14.26
[totalling] $71.42

Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 183_
by Jonathan Cromwell, Clerk
E Vol. 4 Page 46

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J.H. Gelle, Catchen 30 November 1854
D. McDougall, July 13/55.

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State of New York
Montgomery County}ss.
On this 20th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas held at the Court House in Johnstown now sitting Jonathan Bacon a resident of the town of Oppenheim County of Montgomery and State of New York aged seventy three years old the thirtieth day of last April who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated. That he resided in the Town of North Bridge, County of Worcester & State of Massachusetts ^about the first of December 1776 when he entered the service as a volunteer in Captain David Bachelors Company under the command of Colonel Nathan Tyler. That he marched from there to Providence where he remained a month & a half or thereabouts being on guard & building breast works most of the time when he returned home about the middle of January 1777. That about the middle of April 1777 he again entered the service under the command of Captain Peter Penman, Lieutenant Philip Ammidon, 2nd Lieutenant Seth Thayer. That there were but two companies there they were formed into a Battalion, which was commanded by the oldest Captain who was Isaac Martin. That he again marched to Providence where he performed the same duties as before. That he remained in service at this term about twenty two days when he again returned home it being about the 7th of May 1777. That during both of these searches he was under the command, while at Providence, of Major General Joseph Spencer one of the officers of the Line.

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That he resided at the same place when he entered the service about the 20th of June 1778 under the command of Captain Edward Seagraves, Lieutenant Samuel Amadon, 2nd Lieutenant David Kelly & was attached to Colonel Nathaniel Wade's Regiment of State Troops. That after he entered the service he marched again to Providence where he remained on guard until about the 12th of July 1778 when he returned home. That during this time he was under the command of Major General John Sullivanan officer of the Line. That he still resided at the same place in the first of October 1778 When he again entered the service at Worcester in Massachusetts under the command of Captain Thomas as marshal Baker, Lieutenant Elite Stearns, 2nd Lieutenant Increase Thayer under the command of Colonel Samuel Denny, Lieutenant Colonel Butterick, Majors Hezekiah Broad, 2nd Major Jonathan Champery. That he marched from there through Springfield, Great Barrington to Albany. That he remained there under Colonel Van Scaick commanding officer about two months & an half when about the middle of December 1778, as near as he can recollect he again returned home. That he resided in the same place about the 12th of July 1780. When he again entered the service at Uxbridge Worcester County State of Massachusetts under the command of Captain Benjamin Rod, Lieutenant Robert Taft, 2nd Lieutenant David Kelly under the command of Colonel Rand. Lieutenant Colonel Whitlock, Major Benjamin Farrar. That he marched from there through Enfield, Sheffield, Claverick & down the north river to Fisk Kill & from there to West Point where he remained a few days & then returned as a detached guard to Fisk Kill and that he remained there until about the mid

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dle of October ^1780 under the command of different officers of the Line the first being Colonel Lamb, Major General Arnold who ran away, General St. Clair, General MacDougle & lastly General Green when he again returned home. That he was in the service in all as war as he can recollect about eight months & a half. That he has not to his knowledge any documentary evidence of his services. That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present. And declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any state.
On being interrogated by the Court according to law, he says (1) that he was born on the 30th day of April 1759 at Uxbridge in the County of Worcester & state of Massachusetts. (2) That he has no record of his age. (3) That he resided in North Bridge County of Worcester & State of Massachusetts when he went into service. That he has resided in North Bridge, Ward & Greenfield all in Massachusetts, also in Oppenehim in the County of Montgomery & State of New York where he now resides. (4) That he went into the service as a volunteer. (5) That besides those officers which he has already mentioned me mentions Colonel Shepherd, Colonel Smith, Major Peters, Major Simeon Thayer, Colonel Bigalow, Colonel Rufus Putnam. (6) That he never received any discharge. (7) That he is known in the neighborhood by John T. Failing, Jacob Failing & that no clergyman resides in his neighborhood.
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid} 
Jonathan Bacon
George D. Ferguson, Clerk

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Mr. Jacob J. Failing residing in the town of Oppenheim in the County of Montgomery and State of New York and John J. Failing of the town of Oppenheim and County & state aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Bacon who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be of the age of seventy three years; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid}
John J. Failing
Jacob J. Failing - x his mark
George D. Ferguson, Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to be them that John J. Failing and Jacob J. Failing who has signed the above certificate is a resident in the town of Oppensheim in said county and that John J. Failing who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Oppenheim & County of Montgomery and are a creditable persons & that their statement is entitled to credit & that no clergyman resides in the neighborhood of the applicant.

I George D. Ferguson, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Montgomery & State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the applica-

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tion of Jonathan Bacon for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 20th day of September 1832.
George D. Ferguson


State of New York
Montgomery County}
In order to amend his preceding declaration personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of the town of Oppenheim in said County Jonathan Bacon to me well know to be the same applicant for a pension mentioned in the preceding original proceedings for a pension, who being duly sworn according to Law says besides that he is the same identical person & further says on his said oath that, by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below & in the following grades: viz: that he served as third Corporal from (1.) the first day of December 1776 to the fifteenth day of January 1777 for one month & fifteen days in Captain David Bachelors' company. (2.) That  he also served as a private soldier in the company of Captain Peter Pennyman from the fifteenth day of April 1777 to the seventh day of May 1777 for twenty two days. (3.) That he also served as third Corporal in the company of Captain Edward Seagrave's from the twentieth of June 1778. (4.) That he also served as a second sergeant in the Company of Captain Thomas Marshall Baker from the first day of October 1779 to the fifteenth day of December 1779 for two months & fifteen days.
(5.) That he also served as third Corporal in the company of Captain Benjamin Reed from the twelfth day of July 1780 to the fifteenth day of October 1780 for three months & three days & for which said service he claims a pension and said Jonathan Bacon personally appeared before me the Justice of the Peace this 24th day of January A. D. 1838 & was sworn to the truth of the above.
Jonathan Bacon
(The words "third corporal" written on this several [illegible] & words "second sergeant" inter-[illegible] before signing.)
Sworn to & subscribed this 24 day of January A.D. 1833 before me.
Ashbel Loomis, Justice of the Peace

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State of New York
Montgomery County} ss.
I George D. Ferguson, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County do hereby certify that Ashbel Loomis, Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said County that I am acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe his name transcribed to the said affidavit to be his own proper hand writing & signature. & in conformity to the directions of said Court further certify that Jacob J. Failing & John J. Failing are resigned the foregoing certificate as to their belief respecting the age & the general belief in the neighborhood relative tot he revolutionary service os within applicant are respectable persons, of good character & entitled to credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set y hand & seal of office this 12th day of February A.D. 1833.
George D. Ferguson

Jonathan Bacon 
Application for a pernsion
11617

admitted
8 months 17 days Private

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1.15.00 private
 .21.00 private
{total} 2.6

 .26 Corporal
3.8
{total} 4.4

7.33
3.66
14.64

No. 11617
Jonathan Bacon
admitted
8 months 17 days Private

John Nellis
agent
Palatine
Montgomery County
New York

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No 11617
BRIEF in the case of Jonathan Bacon of Oppenheim County of Montgomery in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
Before a Court
2. If Before a Judge, does ti appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
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3. How old is he?
73 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.
In 1776 about 1st December
Duration of Service.
1 month, 15 days
Rank.
As a private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Captain Batchelor, Colonel Nathan Tyler. Major General Spencer

Period.
1777 about middle of April
Duration of Service.
about 22 days
Rank.
As a private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Captain Pennyman, Captain Martin, Major General Spencer

Period.
1778 about 20 June until about 12th July 1778
Rank.
As a private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Captain Edward Seagraves, Colonel N. Wade, General Sullivan.

Period.
1779 October 1
Duration of Service.
2 months, 15 days
Rank.
As a private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Captain Thomas M. Baker, Colonel Denny, Colonel Van Schaick

Period.
From 1780 July 12 to middle October 1780
Rank.
As a private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Captain Reed, Colonel Rand, Jamor Wheelock
{says that he was in service in all about 8 1/2 months.}

5. In what battles was he engaged.
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
At North Bridge
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
By traditionary Evidence
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
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I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
James Ord, Examining Clerk.

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State of New York
Madison Count ss}

Personally appeared before the the Madison County Court this thirtieth day of September eighteen hundred and fifty four. Betsy Hitchcock aged about sixty seven years resident of Madison County State of New York, and who being first duly sworn declares that she is the daughter and only living child of Jonathan Bacon deceased who was a pensioner of the United States under act passed June 7th eighteen hundred and thirty two. That the said Jonathan Bacon resided in (formerly Montgomery now Fulton County) for more than thirty years and drew a pension of twenty eight Dollars and fifty three cents per annum at Albany from eighteen hundred thirty two till his death which occurred on the fifteenth day of July eighteen hundred and forty eight. That he served from the State of Massachusetts and at the time he entered the service he was a resident of the Town of Northbridge County of Worcester he served a greater part of the Revolution as she believes five or six years a portion of which service will fully appear by refference [sp] to the Certificate of the Secretary of State of the State of Massachusetts dated March 15, 1854. She has heard her father often mention that he enlisted under Captain David Bachelor that he knew him that he also resided in Northbridge  and that she had heard her father say he was stationed for a time at fort Stanwix near Rome State of New York and that he was at Saratoga near the time Burgoyne was taken and that he was at White Hall. That said Jonathan Bacon did not leave a widow; his wife died April 18, 1836. This declaration is made for an increase of pension under act 7th June

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eighteen hundred and thirty two and that J. H. G. McCutchen of Washington DC is hereby appointed her true and lawful attorney to prosecute the claim of Jonathan Bacon for any amount of Revolutionary pension or increase of pension that may be due and to receive for her benefit. The certificate for increase which may be issued in satisfaction of said claim which Certificate she wishes made payable at the pension Agency of the State of New York.
Betsy Hitchcock
Sworn to before me, this 30th day of September 18x4
S.T. Homes
County Judge of Madison County

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Esquire Duoly

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State of New York
Fulton County}ss
Be it known that on this 6th day of September 1834 before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said county personally appeared Ebenezer Healy and being by am duly sworn deposes and says that he was personally acquainted with Jonathan Bacon who was a revolutionary pensioner of the UnitedStates, that he drew about twenty eight dollars per annum. That he died on or about the 16th day of July 1848. That deponent has examined the certificate of the Secretary of State of the State of Massachusetts Dated March 13th 1854 and believes that Johnathan [sp] Bacon therein mentioned is the same person as the pensioner above mentioned. That said Johnathan [sp] Bacon therein mentioned is the same person as the pensioner above mentioned. That said Johnathan [sp] Bacon resided in the county of (formerly) Montgomery (now Fulton) & state of New York at the time of his death. That at the time of his death he had no wife living. That deponent knows Betsey [sp] Hitchcock the daughter of Jonathan Bacon and believes her to be his only living child.
Ebenezer Healy
Sworn to and subscribed this 6th day of September 1854 befor emergency
Henry G. Mosher, Justice of the Peace of Fulton County

State of New Oak,
Fulton County Clerk's Office,} ss.
I, A.Anderson, Clerk of said County, do hereby CERTIFY that Henry G. Mosher, Esquire, who's name is subscribed to the Certificate of Proof or Acknowledgment of the annexed instrument in writing, and endowed thereon, was, at the time of taking such Proof or Acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid , dwelling in the said County, and duly authorized to take the same. That I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature of the said Certificate of Proof or Acknowledgment is genuine: And that the said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of New York.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, this 25th day of October 1854
Arch Anderson, Clerk

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[Document is handwritten. At the bottom, there is preprinted text with handwritten entries.]  State of New York Fulton County}ss Be it known that on this 6th day of September 1834 before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said county personally appeared Ebenezer Healy and being by am duly sworn deposes and says that he was personally acquainted with Jonathan Bacon who was a revolutionary pensioner of the UnitedStates, that he drew about twenty eight dollars per annum. That he died on or about the 16th day of July 1848. That deponent has examined the certificate of the Secretary of State of the State of Massachusetts Dated March 13th 1854 and believes that Johnathan [sp] Bacon therein mentioned is the same person as the pensioner above mentioned. That said Johnathan [sp] Bacon therein mentioned is the same person as the pensioner above mentioned. That said Johnathan [sp] Bacon resided in the county of (formerly) Montgomery (now Fulton) & state of New York at the time of his death. That at the time of his death he had no wife living. That deponent knows Betsey [sp] Hitchcock the daughter of Jonathan Bacon and believes her to be his only living child. Ebenezer Healy Sworn to and subscribed this 6th day of September 1854 befor emergency Henry G. Mosher, Justice of the Peace of Fulton County  State of New Oak, Fulton County Clerk's Office,} ss. I, A.Anderson, Clerk of said County, do hereby CERTIFY that Henry G. Mosher, Esquire, who's name is subscribed to the Certificate of Proof or Acknowledgment of the annexed instrument in writing, and endowed thereon, was, at the time of taking such Proof or Acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid , dwelling in the said County, and duly authorized to take the same. That I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature of the said Certificate of Proof or Acknowledgment is genuine: And that the said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of New York. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, this 25th day of October 1854 Arch Anderson, Clerk

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[Left side]
April 10, 1897 - History to Mr. W.S. Bacon. 7 Temple Bar, Cincinnati, Ohio.

July 23, 1897, Mrs. C. B. Foster, Cambridge, Massachusetts

[Right side]

Revolutionary War
12070
INVALID
File No. 12,070
Jonathan Bacon
Private, Revolutionary War
Act: June 7, 1832
Index: Vol. A, Page 22
{Arrangement of 1870.}

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Jonathan Bacon
(heir of)
Act 7 June 1832
N.Y. admitted
Claim for increase of pension.

JHG McCutchen
Present

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Jonathan Bacon
N.Y. [illegible] 1832

Honorable L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D.C.

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[Date is partially obscured.]
November ? 1834

Sir,
Enclosed I file some additional evidence and the application of Betsy Hitchcock for an increase of the pension of Jonathan Bacon New York admitted Actoce 7 June 1832.
Your early attention to the claim is requested.
Respectfully yours
JHG McCutchen

Honorable L.P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions

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State of New York
Fulton County ss.}

Be it known that on the 26th day of September 1854 before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Eldad Kibbe aged about eighty four years and being by me duly sworn deposes and says that he is personally acquainted with Jonathan Bacon who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States and that he drew a pensions of about twenty eight dollars (as this deponent verily believes) per annum, and that he died on or about the 15th of July 1848; That deponent has examined the certificate of there secretary of the state of the state of Massachusetts dates March the 15th, 1854 and believes that Jonathan Bacon therein mentioned is the same Jonathan Bacon as the pensioner above mentioned; That said Jonathan Bacon resided in the county of Fulton (late Montgomery) & state of New York at the time of his death and was a near neighbor to this deponent for more than thirty years and that at the time of his death he had no wife living; That deponent knows Betsey Hitchcock the daughter of Jonathan Bacon and believes her to be his only child living.
Eldad Kibbe
Subscribed and sworn this [text obscured]

State of New York
Fulton County Clerk's Office,} ss.
I, A. Anderson Clerk of the said County, do hereby CERTIFY that Ira Beckworth, Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of Proof or Acknowledgment of the annexed instrument in writing, and endorsed thereon, was, at the time of taking such Proof or Acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in the said County, and duly authorized to take the same: That I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate of Proof or Acknowledgment is genuine: And that the said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of New York.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my had and affixed my official seal, this 25th day of October 1854.
Arch. Anderson, Clerk

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[Document is handwritten. At the bottom, a portion is preprinted and includes handwritten entries.]  State of New York Fulton County ss.}  Be it known that on the 26th day of September 1854 before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Eldad Kibbe aged about eighty four years and being by me duly sworn deposes and says that he is personally acquainted with Jonathan Bacon who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States and that he drew a pensions of about twenty eight dollars (as this deponent verily believes) per annum, and that he died on or about the 15th of July 1848; That deponent has examined the certificate of there secretary of the state of the state of Massachusetts dates March the 15th, 1854 and believes that Jonathan Bacon therein mentioned is the same Jonathan Bacon as the pensioner above mentioned; That said Jonathan Bacon resided in the county of Fulton (late Montgomery) & state of New York at the time of his death and was a near neighbor to this deponent for more than thirty years and that at the time of his death he had no wife living; That deponent knows Betsey Hitchcock the daughter of Jonathan Bacon and believes her to be his only child living. Eldad Kibbe 
Subscribed and sworn this 26th day of September 1854 before me}
Ira Beckwith, Justice of the Peace

State of New York Fulton County Clerk's Office,} ss. I, A. Anderson Clerk of the said County, do hereby CERTIFY that Ira Beckworth, Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of Proof or Acknowledgment of the annexed instrument in writing, and endorsed thereon, was, at the time of taking such Proof or Acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, dwelling in the said County, and duly authorized to take the same: That I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate of Proof or Acknowledgment is genuine: And that the said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of New York. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my had and affixed my official seal, this 25th day of October 1854. Arch. Anderson, Clerk

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Letter head is Commonwealth of Massachusetts.]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Secretary's Office, Boston:
March 15, 1854

I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that The name of Jonathan Bacon is borne on roll of Captain David Bachelor's Company who marched on alarm of December 8, 1776. Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Nathan Tyler, service at Providence 1 month 15 days, as private.
Alson on pay roll of Captain Peter Penniman's Colonel Wood's Regiment Rhode Island service from April 19 to May 7, 1777: 21 days, as private.
Also on pay roll of Captain Robert Sith's Company, Lieutenant Colonel Symmes detachment under command of Major General Heath from February 19, 1778 to May 19, 1778: 3 months, as Corporal.
Also on pay roll of Captain Edward Seagraves company, Colonel Wade's Regiment Rhode Island service, from June 19 to July 12, 1778: 26 days, as Corporal.
Also on pay roll of Lieutenant Eliphalet Hasting's company, Colonel Thomas Poor's Regiment taken for the month of November 1778: 1 month, as Corporal.

[In the left margin, the total number of months/days served is noted, as follows:]
1 months, 15 days
21 days
3 months
26 days
1 month

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Sharonville Hamilton County
March 3rd 1854
To the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at Boston City.
Dear Sir, 
I herein enclose a fee of one Dollar ($1.00) for you. Please to send me an official certificate of the services of Jonathan Bacon who served in the Massachusetts line in the Revolutionary War.
To enable you to ascertain more directly I will state to the best of my recollection what I have heard my Grandfather say in reference to his services in that struggle. About December 1776 he went out in the company commanded by Captain David Bachelor

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attached to Colonel Nathan Tyler's Regiment. I think the service weather long or short was rendered in Providence Rhode Island.
Again sometime in 1777 he was in Captain Peter Penniman's (or Denniman's I don't know which) company in Isaac Martin's Battalion in Providence, Rhode Island. Again in 1778 he was 3rd Corporal in Captain Edward Seagraves company attached to Colonel Wade's Regiment - service in or about Providence, Rhode Island. Again in 1779 in and about Albany he served as 2nd sergeant in Captain Thomas M. Baker's company in Colonel Samuel Denny's Regiment. Again at West Point and its dependences in 1780 he served under Captain Benjamin Reed as 3rd Corporal, Colonel Rand's Regiment at the time the post was commanded by Benedict Amola.
I think he also [illegible] a substitute by the name of William Mayberry for a year beginning January 1st 1776 under the command of Captain Edward Seagraves, Colonel Joseph Reed Regiment in the Continental Line.
The above may not be entirely correct as I have to depend upon memory aided by a few scraps left among his old papers. You will please examine carefully and give me a correct  report. 
The reason of my writing so that my Grandfather (now deceased) never received full pay for the time of hi service.
Yours Respectfully,
William S. Bacon

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Also on Lieutenant Colonel Sprout's Regiment formerly Captain Adams Bailey's company, Colonel John Baileys' Regiment from March 29, 1781. # years. 
Also on List of Final Settlement
No. 16.400. January 1, 1873. $23.60
No. 17.143. January 1, 1782. $60.40.
No. 17.715. January 1, 1783. $80.00.
No. 18.024. November 4, 1783. $4.08

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106.112
Jonathan Bacon
N.Y. 1832

To be answered.
24 June '55

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Madison County, New York
Hampsville, April 26, 1855
Mr. L P Waldo
Enclosed I send the claim of Henry Cobb to Bounty land under the act of 3 March 1855 you will please forward the land warrant to me at this place when issued.
About the first day of November last I forwarded paper to Washington to J. H. G. McCutchen the claim of Betsy Hitchcock for an increase of pension of Jonathan Bacon a soldier of the revolution. Mrs. Hitchcock wishes me to inquire whether the claim was presented and whether it has been acted on and if so what is the result. Please let m know what state the claim is in if it was presented.
Yours
D McDougall

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U.S. PENSION OFFICE
B
JULY 19, 1897

OLD WAR & NAVY FILES
July 21, 1897

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Cambridge, Massachusetts
July 15th, 1897

Mr. H. Clay Evans
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
[illegible] of Johnathan [sp] Bacon, a soldier of the Revolutionary line form Massachusetts who drew a pension and died in Oppenheimer, Fulton County, New York in 1845.
Will you kindly mail me the usual pension certificate and any acts relative to him there may be on file in your office.
Thanking you in advance
I am [illegible] 
Very truly yours
Mrs. Corra Bacon Faster
#1 Berkeley Street.
Cambridge, Massachusetts

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U. S. P. B.
Old War & Navy
March 18, 1897
FILES

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I am 78 years old.

7 Temple Bar.
Cincinnati, 3/10 1897

Honorable Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir,
My Grandfather Jonathan Bacon was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and was in Benedict Arnold's Command at West Point at the time of his treachery. At the time of his enlistment he was a resident of Massachusetts. About 1820 he removed to Oppenehim (then Montgomery but later) Fulton County New York. He drew pension, and died in 1845 or 6.
If it can be done without too much labor and expense I would like to have a copy of his Pension Certificate. If this is not addressed to the proper party, please hand it over to J. H. Bromwell, Congressman for District 2, Ohio with whom I am well acquainted. Hoping to hear from you in due course of mail.
I am Yours Most Respectfully,
W. S. Bacon