Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4,110, Jonathan Gooding, Continental Mass.

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State of North Carolina
Carteret County     }SS
On this 18h day of September 1832 personally  appeared in open Court before the Justices of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Session for the County aforesaid now sitting Jonathan Gooding a resident of Craney Island in the County & State aforesaid  aged 42 years who being 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 7. 1832. 
That he was 15 years old the last day of April following the evacuation of Boston - this is the nearest he can come to his age having no account of it.
He first enlisted in the town of Dighton county of Bristol & State of Massachusetts under Lieut Seth Austin & commanded by Capt James Nichols & served at Warwick & Warwick Neck in the State of Rhode Island, in company with a Regiment (commanded by Col Jacobs as he believes) His  term of service during this tour was three months. 
He received a discharge signed by the Commandant but has lost it. 
The second term of service he substituted himself for his cousin William Gooding in a regiment called Jackson's Regiment commanded by Colonel Cobb.
He joined the regiment at Lancaster in Pennsylvania & here always answered to the Roll call in the name of William Gooding his principal. Serviced this term five months, when William Gooding returned & took his place. 
The third term as he believe (but is not certain whether it 3rd or 4th) enlisted in the town of Dighton Massachusetts rendezvoused [sic] at Springfield Mass. & thence under an officer names Grace marched to West Point in New York and joined Brewers regiment in a company commanded by Capt Miller - the

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Depart. of War
Pen off
May 23d 1838
Sir
I have not been able to [illegible] the
service of Jon Gooding upon the Mass [illegible], with the exception of a single term under Capt. James Nichols of [illegible] 21 days
He [illegible] a tour of 5 mo under the 
Col. Jacksons Regt as a substitute for William
Gooding. Also a tour of nine month in [illegible], afterwards Sprout Reg. also a tour of 6 mo. as waiter for Capt Thorp in Nixon Rgt under the name of Matthew Gooding his father, and that [illegible] as substitute of Sylvester Childs. I find the name of Jon Goodin on the roll of Col Putnam Regt - enlisted for 9 mo 19 June '78 & deserted 2 Sept '78
The Departt will require proof of Mr Goodins alleged service. This very probably might be obtained [illegible] some person in his
native town Dighton Mass and also such proof as he may be able find, to remove the inference which has [illegible], that he was not the person named above

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