Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37,891, James Diner, Conn.

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Service                          Number
COMM   Diner, James   S.37.891

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Notification sent from 20  1820 to [remainder illegible]

8282
To Connecticut, from
New York

James Diner 4 
of Durham in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel [Douglass crossed out] Meiss of the Connecticut line, for the term of 6 years 1777

Inscribed on the Roll of New  York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 17th of April 1818

Certification of Pension issued the 19th of March 1819 and sent to Thomas E Barker Eqr [Esquire] Judge Durham New York

Arrears to 4th of Mar [March]: 1819  $84.76
Semi-anl. [annual] all'ce ending 4th Sept [September] 1819.  $48---
$132.76

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}

[signed] Green County
Continued

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James Diner
Hon. D. Kirtland
James Diner
Private
Col. Doughlaf Regt.
Connecticut Line
Enlisted. in the Spring
of 1777
Discharged End of
the war
Date of Declaration
April 17 1818
Not on the Continental
Establishment - 
Grad(illegible)
Have returned this for
explanation, why he 
is not on the Continental 
Establishment

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State of New York
& [and]
Green County

On this 17th day of April 1818 before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas for the County of Green in the State of New York personally appeared James Diner aged fifty eight years resident in the town of Durham in said County who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the [illegible] 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 ___ That he the said James Diner enlisted in the spring of the year 1777 in the Company Commanded by Captain Samuel Barker of the fourth Regiment of the Connecticut Line then Commanded by Col [Colonel] [illegible] who said before he joined the Army, that he continued to serve in said Corps or in the [illegible] of the United States until the end of the war for which time he was enlisted when he was discharged from service at West Point in the State of New York, And that he is in reduced Circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support and that he has no other [illegible] now in his power of his said [illegible] __________

Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid ________
[signed] Thos. [Thomas] E. Barker

I Thomas Barker Judge he as aforesaid [illegible] Certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said James Diner did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken & [and] had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the aforementioned act of Congress
[signed] Thos [Thomas] E. Barker

I further Certify that [illegible] satisfactory proof that the said James Diner is in reduced Circum-stances [circumstances] and needs the assistance of his Country for support
[signed] Thos [Thomas] E. Barker

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I William Van Bergen Clerk of the Common Pleas of the County of Greene and State of New York do certify that Thomas E Barker was a Judge of said court on the seventeenth day of April 1818 That same well acquainted with his hand writing and the signature of the said judge to the above affidavit or declaration of James Diner is gen-uine [genuine]. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court aforesaid this 30th day of May 1818
[signed] William Van Bergen Clerk
of said County

State of New York
Green County

On the 23 day of January 1819 - personally appeared before me the subscriber the within named James Diner who made [illegible] oath that the Regiment Commanded by Col [Colonel] Duglas [Douglas] at the time of his enlistment as mentioned in the written affidavit made by him on the 17th of April last is the same Regiment that was afterwards commanded by Col [Colonel] Meigs
[signed] Thos [Thomas] E Barker

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James Dinah [Diner]

Continue

8282

Return to he fowarded to [illegible] [illegible] Durham Greene Co_ [County] State of New York

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State of New York
Greene County
on the Thirty First day of Mar [March] in the year of our Lord one thousand one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in a Court of Common Pleas thats in and for the County of Greene aforesaid in open Court being a Court of [illegible] of [illegible] [illegible]. For the said County of Greene James Dinah [Diner] age fifty nine years resident of the town of Durham according to law doth in his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war that he entered the [illegible] in the regiment raised by Col. [Colonel] Douglas in a Company Com-manded [Commanded] by Samuel E Barker in the Connecticut Line which regiment was commanded by Col. [Colonel] Dunning untill [until] his death, and on whose death the same was Commanded by Col [Colonel] Return J Meigs. And he this declarant was in a com-pany [company] commanded by Captain Elijah Humphrey. At the restoration of the Line the regiment was commanded by Col. [Colonel] Zebulon Butler and the company by Capt. [Captain] [illegible] E[illegible] whom he was [illegible]. That the original Declaration of the Declarant made for the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818, and that he is enlisted on the roll as appears per Certificate of the Honorable the Secretary of War dated 19th of March 1819 number 8282 _ 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 sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with [illegible] thereby to diminish it so as to bring myself within the provision 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 revolu-tionary [revolutionary] war" passed the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or necessities contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any

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income other than what is contained in the schedule thats [illegible] and by [illegible] [illegible] 
Real property this Declarant has none either in law or [illegible]
Personal Property [illegible] [illegible] claims one table two chests three [illegible] one [illegible[ and Desk Kettle one [illegible] [illegible] one stone pot one saddle one bridle one clock one plough one set of chains one [illegible] whip one [illegible] two [illegible] two [illegible] one stone hammer one [illegible] one [illegible] one [illegible] one tin pail 1/2 [half] Dozen [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] three of [illegible] rain [illegible] And that the said personal property does not exceed in value the sum amount of thirty Dollars
Signed James Dinah [Diner]

That this declarant is by occupation a mason. And is so afflicted with the Rheumatism as to be unable to work, that he has two children and one grand child who are dependent on him for support [illegible] Ruha-nah [Ruhamah] aged 24 years [illegible] 19 years, and Ruhamah grand child who are unable to contribute much if any towards their support
signed James Dinah [Diner]

Sworn & [and] declared
this 31st day of May 1828
before one [illegible] open Court
Wm [William] Van Bergen Clerk

The Court [illegible] the value of the pensioners property in his [illegible] at thirty Dollars
Moses S Cantine
Benjamin Hasetine
Thomas E Barker

William Van Bergen Clerk of the County Greene in the State of New York and of the Court of Common Pleas in said County. Do hereby certify

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that the foregoing oath and the schedule hereto [illegible] are duly [illegible] from the Reward of the said court & [and] I do heretofore certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in the value of property [illegible] written in the schedule is thirty Dollars. In [illegible] money whereof I have hereunto set my hand & [and] affixed the seal of the said court this first day of June 1820

[signed] Wm [William] Van Bergen

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37891
Invalid.
Ray
[illegible]

File No. [Number] 37,891
James Diner
Priv [Private]  Rev [Revolutionary] War

Act: 18th March 1818

Index: ---Vol. [Volume] 2, Page 129

[Arrangement of 1870.]

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New Haven December 1824

To the Honorable the Secretary of War

The Petition of James Diner a Pensioner of the United States for services performed in the Army of the Revolution, Humbly [illegible], that you Petition is a pensioner enrolled on the New York agency at the rate of Eight dollars per month, that your Petitioner has formerly resided at New Durham, in Green County, in the State of New York: and during his residence there, he obtained his pension with facility, and at little expense but recent circumstances in the course of human events, has made it indispensable that your Petitioner should reside at Branford in the State of Connecticut, where your Petitioner is now living, and your Petitioner would Humbly represent to the Honorable The Secretary of War, that he is at great trouble and expense to procure his pension from the New York agency; wherefore you Petitioner Humbly prays, the Honorable the Secretary of War, would transfer him to the Connecticut Agency, where he can with less

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trouble, and much less expense, receive his pension, which will soften the cause of the War worn Soldier in his Pilgrimage to the Court, and as in duty bound your Petitioner prays.

his
James  X  Diner
mark

State of Connecticut, County of New Haven, [illegible], New Haven January 10th 1825 Personally appeared James Diner (to me known) whose signature is above affixed, and made solemn Oath before me, that He is the Identical James Diner who is enroled [enrolled] on the New York agency as a Pensioner of the United States, and that the reason he made his mark is because he never learned to write
In testimonium Veritatis
L.A. Daggett
notary Public  [wax seal affixed]

P.S. [Post Script] Please to direct my Certificate of transfer to Ancas Monson Jr [Junior] Esq ~ [Esquire] of New Haven Connecticut
his
James  X  Diner
mark

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Mr Edwards

The Honorable John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington

[stamp] New Haven. Con. [Connecticut]
Jan [January]
11

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New Haven January 11th, 1825

To the Honorable J. [John] C. Calhoun

Secretary of War. Sir

At the request of James Diner a Pensioner of the United States, (on the New York agency) I forward the enclosed Petition.

I am Most Respectfully sir
Your [Illegible] Servant
Ancas Monson Jr [Junior]

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James Diner application for pension ____

[Illegible] by Roll

Meig's Connecticut Regt. [Regiment]

AdmC.

P.O. 
Durham,
N.Y. [New York]

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State of New York
Green County
[illegible] On the 22nd day of January 1819 before me Thomas E. Barker one of the Judges of the Court of Common Please For said County appears William Cook of Durham in fair County who being duly sworn according to law doth make the following declaration - that he enlisted into the service of the United States in the revolutionary war in a Regiment which was raised for Col [Colonel] Duglas [Douglas] - that Duglas [Douglas] died before the Regiment joined the Army [illegible] Col. [Colonel] Demming took the Command Demming also died soon after, and Return Jonathan Meiggs took the Command at which time the Regiment was known as & [and] worked as the Fourth Regiment of the Connecticut Line - And that he this informant was well acquainted with James Diner who is mentioned in the application for a pension & [and] to which this is annexed. And that he knows that the said James Diner did serve in the said Col [Colonel] Return Jonathan Meiggs Regiment for more than two years that this informant was transferred to another Regiment & [and] has no recollection of seeing the said James after he left Col [Colonel] Meiggs Regiment___ That he is now acquainted with the said James & [and] knows him to be in reduced Circumstances & [and] needs the the assistance of his Country for support
William Cash

Sworn to [illegible] & [and] subscribed before me 
Thos [Thomas] E. Barker

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State of New York
Green County
[illegible] On the 22nd day of January 1819 before me Thomas E Barker one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & [and] for said County appeared Samuel Brown resident in Durham in said County who being my be first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration - That he the said Samuel Brown enlisted as a Serjant [Sergeant] into the service of the United States in the revolutionary war, in the Company Commanded by Capt [Captain] Jonas Prentice in the Regiment then Commanded by Col [Colonel] Duglas that Duglas died before the Regiment joined the Army, and Lieut [Lieutenant] Col [Colonel] Demming took the Command, soon after the Regiment joined the Army Col [Colonel] Demming also died and then the Regiment was Command [Commanded] by Return Jonathan Meiggs the said Regiment was called the Fourth of the Connecticut Line the said Meiggs continued to Command the Regiment several years and then retired from the service - And that this informant did the duty of an orderly Serjant [Sergeant] in said Regiment and was well acquainted with James Diner, who did duty in said Regiment & [and] whose name is mentioned in the application for a pension to which this affidavit is annexed & [and] is the same person, And that he saw the said James Diner in the Spring of 1777 at New Haven in the State of Connecticut where the recruits were first mustered And the said James Diner [illegible] there answered to his name at the roll call as a private soldier of the Company Command-ed [Commanded] by Capt [Captain] Samuel Barker in said Regiment and the he was knowing to the said James Diners continuing to serve in the said Regiment from the time he joined the same at New Haven until the fall of the year 1782 when the said Meiggs Regiment was reduced & [and] this informant was transferred to another Regiment but he has always understood & [and] verily believes to be true, that the said James Diner continued to serve in the said Corps or in the service of the United States to the end of the war and that he obtained an Honourable Discharge - And this informant further [illegible] that he is now acquainted with

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the said James & [and] knows him to be in reduced Circumstances and heeds the assistance of his Country for support.
Samuel Brown

Sworn to [illegible] and Subscribed before me - - Thos [Thomas] E. Barker

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State of New York
Green County
[illegible] On the 23d day of January 1819 before me Thomas Barker one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & [and] for the said County of Green personally appeared Thomas Farmer of Durham in said County who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following following declaration - That he obtained an Ensign Commis-sion [Commission] in the service of the United States in the revolutionary war in the Company Commanded by Capt [Captain] Jonas Prentice in a Regiment then to be raised & [and] Commanded by Col [Colonel] Duglas [Douglas] that his Commission as Ensign took date from the 19th of February 1777 that Duglas [Douglas] died before the Regiment joined the Army he died according to the best of his recollection about the 20th of May 1777.
That Lieut [Lieutenant] Col [Colonel] Demming then took the Command and he soon after died & [and] the said Regiment was then Commanded by Return Jonathan Meiggs and was known by the Fourth Regiment of the Connecticut Line- And that he this informant was well acquainted with James Diner who is an applicant for a pension and to whose application this affidavit is annexed and he knows that the said James Diner served as a private in the said Regiment at least two years while under the Command of the said Col [Colonel] Return Jonathan Meiggs - That the said James Diner is now in Reduced Circumstances and need the assistance of his Country for support
Thomas Farmer

Sworn to [illegible] and subscribed before me
Thos [Thomas] E. Barker

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State of New York
Green county
[illegible] On the 23d day of January 1819 before me Thomas E Barker one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & [and] for said County of Green personally appeared David Hull of Durham in said County who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth make the following declaration - That he served as a private soldier in the Revolutionary war in Capt [Captain] Eli Levensworth Company in the Fourth Regiment of the Connecticut Line Commanded by Return Jonathan Meiggs And that he was well acquainted with James Diner while in the service & [and] knew him to serve in said Fourth Regiment all the time that Col [Colonel] Meiggs had the Command And after the Regiment was reduced & [and] the said James was transformed to another Regi-ment [Regiment] he frequently saw him & [and] will recollect that he saw him at West Point but a few days before the Connecticut Line was discharged - And that the said James is poor & [and] in reduced Circumstances & [and] needs the assistance of his Country for support
David Hull

Sworn to [illegible] and subscribed before me 
Thos [Thomas] E. Barker

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State of New York
Green County
[illegible] On the 23d day of January 1819 Before me Thomas E. Barker one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Green personally appeared Jared Hitchcock of Durham in said County who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he enlisted into the service of the United States in the Spring of the year 1777 in the Company Commanded by Capt [Captain] Charles Pond in a Regiment than to the raised & [and] Commanded by Col [Colonel] Duglas- that the said Col [Colonel] Duglas died before the Regiment joined the Army and Lieut [Lieutenant] Col [Colonel] Demming took the Command who soon after he joined the Regiment died also, and then Col [Colonel] Return Jonathan Meiggs took the Command of the Regiment which was known as the Fourth of the Connecticut Line. And that he was well acquainted with James Diner & [and] knew him to serve in said Regiment from the time of his acquaintance till the Regiment was reduced and the said James transferred to some other Regiment - That the said James served in said Fourth Regiment to this infor-mants [informant's] knowledge two or three years. And he further declares that he is now acquainted with his Circumstances and beleives [believes] him to need the assistance of his Country for support
Jared Hitchcock

Sworn to [illegible] and Subscribed before me
Thos [Thomas] E. Barker