Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 20224, Kerley Ward, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Ward, Kerley for Kerly
S. 20224
carded
CONTENTS

To Massachusetts Franklin
From New York
Herley Ward, Mass - Private, of Captain Washburn's company of the Colo: V olunteer Ward's Regiment.
Ratio of disability
Date of discharge
scribed on the roll of New York at 3\frac{33\frac{1}{3}}{100} dollars per month, to commence on the and increased to 5\frac{33\frac{1}{3}}{100} per month by law 24 th April 1816. -
Formal Certificate of pension issued the 31 st of Augt. 1824. and sent to Joseph Packard, at Johnstown, N.Y.
Arrears to 4th
Semi-ann. all'ce ending
See letter 4 April 1826 to Genl Rich d Dodge.
May 24. 1826. Herley Ward's pension increased to $8 per month, from May 17. 1826, and new cer- tificate issued in lieu of the old one, cancelled, and sent to Gen. Richard Dodge, Johnstown, N.Y.
See letter 2 April 1831 to Pen. non. Agt Albany N.Y.

Mr. Schurz
FREE
Washington D.C.
C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
For formal certificate
the Hon.
Recd. 5 th Augt. 1874-

Application for new Certificate.
State of New York Montgomery County } ss. On this 29 th day of July 1824; before me, the Subscriber, a Justice of the peace for the said county of Montgomery personally appeared Stanley Ward, who, on his oath, declared that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Washburn in the regiment commanded by Colonel Jonathan Ward in the Service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Massachusetts, that he received a Certificate of that fact, under the signature of John Lucas Compt. Pensioner. that the said original Certificate is herewith enclosed. but has since received a certificate from the Secretary of War and now wishes to obtain another.
In my presence and subscribed to before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Stanley Ward
Aaron Haring Justice of the Peace above named
State of New York
Montgomery County ss. I Henry H. Yates Clerk of the said County do certify that the name of Aaron Haring subscribed to the above declaration is the proper name and writing of the said Aaron, and that the said Aaron was on the date of the said declaration First Judge of the said County, duly constituted and qualified according to law. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the said County, and subscribed the same with my name, this Thirtieth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty four. —
Henry H. Yates Clerk

Enclosed is the paper on which he has drawn the pension heretofore on the agent at New York City. Spence required an order from the War department to continue that pay.
for R. Ward
Joseph Packard
Johnstown 20 th July 1874
Heirs of

Parley Ward's certificate.

This certifies that Herley Ward a soldier, an inhabitant of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, who belonged to the Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col. Jonathan Ward and in Captain Washburns Company in the service of the United States of America, aged thirty three, as appears by certificates lodged in the Pension Office having been examined by me is found to be disabled in said Service by a wound in his right Arm.
And I do hereby certify, that he received payments in full to 17 th March 1786, and that he is entitled to receive Fifteen Shillings and Nine pence per month from that time, agreeably to the Resolution of Congress of the 7 th of June 1785, and to an Act of the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts of the 17 th of March 1786, and that said Ward is fit for Guard or Garrison Duty.
Given under my hand at Boston this 23 rd day of December in the Year of our Lord 1786 & in the Eleventh Year of the Independence of the United States of America. —
John Lucas Comptroller.
A true copy Attest
John Dorr Jr Secy

Kerley Ward Application for a transfer
Hon Mr Grennell

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
County of Franklin
ss.
On this sixteenth day of January 1833  before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Franklin personally appeared Forley Ward who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Jonathan Washburn in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Ward in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District, or Territory,) of Massachusetts where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Stratford in the State of New- York to Buckland in the State of Massachusetts to become infirm and need the assistance of my children that live in Buckland.
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, } the day and year aforesaid. }
his Forley + Ward mark
Joseph Griswold Justice of the peace
☞ The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The county Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
☞ The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the Pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify, that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss I Samuel Perkins aforesaid of Buckland in the county of Franklin and Commonwealth, being of the age of thirtyeight years do on oath testify and declare that I am well acquainted with Kerley Ward now resident in said Buckland who has taken and subscribed the within oath before Joseph Griswold Esq. That he formerly resided in Buckland from whence he removed when I was young into the state of New York and from thence returned to reside in said Buckland about a year since. That he was formerly an invalid pensioner, and I know him to be the same identical person who on account of his services in the Revolutionary Army has now a pension certificate payable in the state of New York and that I being authorized by a power of attorney from him received for him at Albany the half yearly pension which was due in after March last.
Sam d Perkins
The above named Samuel Perkins who is well known to me to be a person of unquestionable credit on this twenty second day of January A. D. 1833 personally came before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace for the said county of Franklin and made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true.
Elijah Alvord Justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin ss. I Elijah Alvord Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the county of Franklin do hereby certify that Joseph Griswold before whom the annexed affidavit of Kerley Ward was verified is a Justice of the Peace of the said county; and that Elijah Alvord before whom the annexed affidavit of Samuel Perkins was verified is also a Justice of the Peace for the said county. And that the respective signatures of the names of the said Justices to the said affidavits are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court at Greenfield in said county on the twenty second day of January A.D. 1833
E. Alvord Clerk

V.L.H. Rev. War Section.
April 22, 1913.
Mrs. Eugene H. Ward, 291 Ashland Avenue, Buffalo, N. Y.
Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 13" and received the 15" instant, you are advised that it appears from the papers in the claim of Kerley Ward, Sur. File No. 20,224, Rev. War, that soldier was born in 1753, and served as a Corporal in Captain Washburn's company, Colonel Jonathan Ward's Massachusetts regiment; that he was wounded in the right elbow at the battle of Bunker Hill for which disability he was pensioned under the Act of June 7, 1785.
In 1833, he was living in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, to which place he had moved from Stratford, New York, to be with his children; their names are not stated, nor is there any family data.
Very respectfully,
J. S. Wainwright Commissioner.

United States of America Northern District of New York, ss.
To Doctor Samuel Maxwell & Oran Johnson both of the Village of Johnstown in the county of Montgomery in said District.
Pursuant to to an Act of Congress of the United States, passed the 4th day of February 1822 entitled "An act to revive & continue in force an act entitled an act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the Revolutionary War," you are hereby appointed & authorized to examine Harvey Ward whose name is inscribed on the Pension List of the United States, & is claimant for an increase of pension conformably to the 5 section of the act by the above recited act revived & continued in force, & you are to report in writing, and on oath or affirmation, your opinion of the nature of his disability & in what degree it prevents him from obtaining a subsistence by manual labor; and in your proceedings in the premises you are to be regulated & governed by said act.
Given under my hand & the seal of the court of said District at Albany this tenth day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred & twenty five.
Honkling Judge of said District.

State of New York & ss. Montgomery County ss.
We the subscribers. Practising Physicians & Surgeons residing in the Village & Town of Johnstown County of Montgomery and State aforesaid Do Certify that after a careful examination in the case of Harley Ward named in the Commission hereto annexed and who is now on the Pension Roll of the United States, New York Agency that in our opinion the nature of the said applicants disability consists in a musket Ball having in the elbow joint of the right arm entered & passed through that elbow and displaced the joint & stiffened that elbow and rendered that joint stiff & useless. and that it prevents him totally from obtaining a subsistence by manual labor
Sam l Maxwell
Oran Johnson
Subscribed & sworn to this 18 th day of March 1826
Before me Aaron Haring First Judge of Montgomery County Common Pleas New York State
The Judge aforesaid Do Certify that Samuel Maxwell and Oran Johnson are reputable practitioners of Physic & Surgery and that they are credible witnesses & are the same who subscribed the above. Aaron Haring

State of New York
Montgomery County
Clerks office
I do hereby Certify that the Willie named Aaron Haring Esquire whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the foregoing affidavits was on the day of the date of the  at the of the said Certificate First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County Commissioned Sworn and duly authorized by Law to act as such and that I am acquainted with his hand writing Truly believe that the signature of Aaron Haring subscribed to the said Certificate is the proper hand writing of the said Judge In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed thereto the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County the 16 th day of March 1826
George D. Ferguson Clerk
By J. L. Comrie dep Clerk of Montgomery County
Herb. Ward. Barnian

INCREASE OF PENSION.
IT is hereby certified that Revly Ward formerly a Corporal of captain Washburns — company, in the Col o  Jonathan Daves Regiment, of Massachusetts Troops — who it appears by the accompanying certificate was placed on the pension roll at the rate of five 33\frac{1}{3} /100 — dollars per month, on account, as he states, of having received a fracture of the fracture in the joint of the right Elbow from a Musket Ball
while in the line of his duty, and in the said service, on or about the Seventeenth day of June — in the year at a place called Burke's Hill , in the state or territory of Massachusetts , is not only still disabled in consequence of the said injury, but, in my opinion is entitled to Two \frac{66\frac{2}{3}}{100} Dollars per Month, more than he already receives as a pensioner.

We the subscribers, Physicians & Surgeons residing in the town of Schoharie County of Montgomery & State of New York do certify that, after a careful examination of the case of Henry Ward, named in the annexed certificate, it appears that a Musket Ball passed through the Elbow joint of the right Arm, fractured & dislocated the bones which has produced a permanent & incurable stiffness of that joint.
That while he retained, in some measure, the vigor of youth he was capable of performing some kind of labor with that Arm; but at his present advanced age, with its attendant weakness, the Arm has become tremulous, extremely feeble and unable to sustain the fatigue of almost any kind of exercise; and, as we believe, greatly entitles him to full pay as a Pensioner
Subscribed & sworn to by Samuel Maxwell on the 10th day of May 1826
& by Oran Johnson the 13th day of May 1826 Before me
Aaron Haring First Judge of Montgomery County Common Pleas New York
Samuel Maxwell M.D.
Oran Johnson
Certify that the above named Samuel Maxwell & Oran Johnson are respectable Practitioners of Physic and Surgery and that they are credible witnesses & Aaron Haring The Judge aforesaid

State of New York
Montgomery County
clerk's office
I do hereby certify that the willow named Aaron Haring Esq. whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the foregoing affidavits & was on the day of the date of the said Certificate first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County commissioned there and duly authorized by Law to act as such and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and truly believe that the signature of "Aaron Haring" subscribed to the said Certificate is the proper hand writing of the said Judge. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed thereto the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County the 17 th day of May 1826
Justus Denison Hervey Ward
George C. Ferguson Clerk By A. L. Conner Def. Clk

New York to Massachusetts Payable on the 4th March and 4th September, at New York by the Pres't U.S. Br. Bank
Registered in Book 6 Vol. 5 Page 52 by Mary L Beall Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
INVALID PENSION.
I Certify, That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 10 th April 1806
Kerby Ward — late a private of Washburn's company — of the Army of the Revolution was, on the _____ day of _____ inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New York Agency, at the rate of $3. 75 / 100
per month; and that his name is now on the roll of the New York Agency, at the rate of eight dollars — per month, commencing on the 17 th _____ day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty twenty six. This certificate is issued in lieu of one dated on the 31 st day of August 1824 (Cancelled)
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 24 th day of May — one thousand eight hundred and thirty twenty six
Signed James Barbour Secretary of War.
Examined and countersigned, Signed — J. L. Edwards —

Johnstown 17 th May 1826
Sir, Agreeably to Directions in your favour of 4 th April I now enclose the additional papers in the Case of Keely Ward.
Very respectfully Your Obed t Serv t . Richard Dudge
The Hon ble . The Sec y of War.

Cambridge N.Y. July 13/95 Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Will you kindly inform me whether or not the name of Kerley Ward of Franklin Co Buckland, Mass appears on the roll of Revolutionary pensioners, he died in May 1835 in his 84 th year.
If his name appears please give me the name of the Command to which he is credited.
Thanking you in advance for the favor
I am very Respectfully B. L. Ward
Cambridge Mass Co nys.

Buffalo N.Y. April-13-1913.
Pension Bureau.
Gentlemen:-
Will you please send me the report pension of one Kerley Ward.
Private Revolutionary War. placed on roll Dec. 23-1786 pension commenced March 17-1786 Oct June-7-1785 Franklin Co. Mass.

He was born in Grafton, Feb. 17- Sept. 28- 1773. 1752 married Catherine Graham b. June - 18 - 1751, in Spencer Mass.
Most Respectfully.
Mrs. Eugene H. Board. 291 Ashland Ave.

Massachusetts Im New York
Kerley Ward
private of Washburn, Co. Army of the Revolution
pen $ 3\frac{1}{3} per mo —
Increased to $8 per Mo:
Com: 17 th May 1826.
Act 10 Apr 1806.

March 21. '33 transfer to Meapa: from 4 Sept. '32
Dec. 12. 1833 see let to pen. New York ag t claimant - resp d 11 m s pension due from 4 Mar. '32 - which was before the the date of the transfer to Meapa: -

Revolution
20224.
INVALID.
File No. 20224
Katey Ward Miss Katey Ward
Act: April 10 th 1856
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 474
[Arrangement of 1870.]
July 20/95 Hist. C B. L. Ward, Cambridge, N.Y. 1913 Apr. 22 Hist. to Mrs. M. E. L. Eugene H. Ward V.L. etc.

O. W. & N. Division,
P.S.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
July 20, 1895,
Sir:-
In response to your communication of the 16th. inst., requesting information relative to Kerley Ward, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he was granted a pension under the old "Disability" pension acts for a wound received during the battle of Bunker Hill and caused by a musket ball entering the right elbow. He was a Corporal in the company commanded by Capt. Washburn, Col. Ward's Massachusetts Regiment. No farther particulars of his services are known to this Bureau.
Very respectfully,
Mr. E. L. Ward, Cambridge, N.Y.
Acting Commissioner.