Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33850, John Union, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Union, John
S 33850
CONTENTS

33850
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 33,850
John Union P. Rev War
Act: 16 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 9, Page 328
[Arrangement of 1870.]

12.318 Massachusetts
John Union of Marblehead in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Moore of the Massachusetts line, for the term of One year .
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 of January 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 of July 1819 and sent to J. Putnam Salem — Massachusetts .
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 1 25/31 14.45 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 1 Sept 1819  48: $ 62.45
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Invt. Pen n at the rate of $4 $4 per mo. = 1 mo 25/31  $ 4.22 Balance — $ 55.23

This is all the Pension Certificate that Union ever had. None were issued till the Law of Mar. 18, 1818
Pension Certificate
March 13
1815

Suffolk ss { Boston March 13 th 1815
Personally appeared before me one of the Justices of the Peace for the County of Suffolk, John Union & made Oath that he is the same John Union named in a Letter from the Secretary of War dated the 5 th day of May 1810 to the Commissioner of Pensions in Massachusetts directing him to place the said John Union on the Pension List of the United States at the rate of two dollars fifty cents per month commencing on the 6 th day of Dec r 1808
James Green Justice Peace

John Union Private Platt's Mass a Reg t 7 th - 11 th Months due 9 Jan y 1819.
The certificate of pension which the claimant now receives, must be sent to this office before, one under the Law of March 1818, can be grant- ed him.
John Union Priv t $4. Admitted

Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.
Be it remembered, That John Union
of Middlesex in the County of Essex, in the Commonwealth aforesaid, doth make upon oath the following DECLARATION, to wit,
That in the month of June 1775 he enlisted as a Soldier in the American Revolutionary war in Capt. Smiths Company, Glover Regiment, at Middlesex in the County of Essex, for the term of eight months, that he marched to Cambridge, and in the month of January 1776 he reenlisted into Capt. Danas Company in Col. Knox's Regt. of the Massachusetts Line upon the Continental establishment for the term of twelve months, that he marched from Cambridge to New York, was in the Battle at White Plains, and in frequent skirmishes with the Enemy, that some time in the month of November or December following he broke his Leg, and in consequence thereof was honorably discharged at a place called North Castle, above New York, and his Discharge was signed by Genl. Wardworth, & has been lost by time or accident - That he is in his seventy third year -
That the Declarant is infirm ; that from his reduced circumstances in life he is now in need of assistance from his country for support ; and that he hereby relinquishes his claim to every pension heretofore allowed him by the laws of the United States which pension is at the rate of $2, 50 per month commencing on the 6th Decr. 1808.
Sw. 11. Jan'y. 1819 Lehr S. Putnam J. S. S. Govt of Mass
John Union

AFFIDAVIT.
I William Thompson of Marblehead in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, Fisherman do on oath depose and testify,
That I was a Soldier in the American Revolutionary war, that I belonged to the same Company & Regt. with the within named John Union. I saw him at Cambridge, at New York and at the Battle of White Plains. I knew him in the service from June 1775 to November 1776, and know that he went from New York to North Castle, I remained at New York & did not see him afterwards - WILLIAM THOMPSON
Jacob Angel of Marblehead in the County of Essex Labourer do on oath depose and testify that I was, in Capt. Donas Company in the American Revolutionary war, and that John Union of Marblehead was a Soldier in the same Company, I knew him at Cambridge at New York & at the Battle of White Plains & know that he served from January 1776 until the last of November or December following, & that he broke his leg - witness DA th HENSON Jacob his Angel mark
Essex ss. Jany. 9. 1819 Then William Thompson & Jacob Angel severally & personally subscribed the above Affidavits, & made solemn oath to the truth of them before me - and I further certify that they are respectable witnesses
Ralph W. French Jus. Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
On this eleventh day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally appeared before me The said John Union
the aforementioned and in my presence severally subscribed and made solemn oath to the aforesaid Declaration and AFFIDAVIT, by them respectively made as aforesaid:—And it appearing to my satisfaction, that the aforesaid John Union served more than NINE MONTHS, to wit, from the month of January A.D. 1776 to the month of Dec r A.D. 1776 at one period of the Revolutionary War, on the Continental Establishment, against the common enemy, I do hereby certify the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the Department of War, and I am satisfied on Enquiry that the said John Union is very poor and needs the assistance he requests from his Country.
Given under my hand, and the seal of the Court a-
foresaid, at Salem, this eleventh day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. nineteen.
S. Putnam Just. S. J. Court of Mass.

Essex ss. I Ichabod Tucker, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Essex aforesaid do certify that The hon d . Samuel Putnam is Judge of the Supreme Judicial Court, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and Ralph H. French is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Essex, and that the signatures of the said Samuel Putnam and Ralph H. French are genuine and the seal hereto affixed is the true seal of said Supreme Judicial Court.
At ty Ichabod Tucker, Clerk

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Unkey, John GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 10532 and 10537 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED February 14, 1791 to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.