Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42923, for Jeremiah Mack, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Mack, Jeremiah
S 42923
Continental
Mass. & N.H.
CONTENTS

(B. 373) 11 New York
Jeremiah Mack
Smithfield in the state of New York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Prince of the Connecticut line, for the term of Three years 1777
scribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st of July 1819 and sent to Peter Smith Esq. Peterboro New York
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819. 85.83 emi-anl. all'ce ending Sep 1819. 48.00 Mo. 18 4/30 31 $133.83
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued under law 1 st May 1820

Continued, of Volification sent to Rev. Huntington Esq. Peterboro Mad Co New York
1 st Aug t 1820
I call not on A. B.

Ebenezer Mack Private
Col. Putnam's Regiment 1777- Bylaws
Vadapis Corp. fees to of the Indigo encumbered the Clamart wants.
Namitica
Smithfield 13 Apr on roll

State of New York, Madison County ss: Jeremiah Mack of Smithfield in the County of Madison being duly sworn deposes and says that in the year 1775 at Keene in New Hampshire he enlisted for nine months into a company Commanded by Captain Jeremiah Stiles in a Regiment Commanded by Colonel Stark afterwards General Stark and was transferred in a short time into the Regiment of Colonel Sargent in the Massachusetts forces and served out his period of enlistment therein and took a regular discharge but continued in the service as by hereafter mentioned and finally lost his said Discharge - This Deponent further says that to- wards the close of the year 1775 at Roxbury in Massa- chusetts he enlisted under Ensign Ezra Holden for one year and went immediately into the Company of Cap- tain Darrow in the Regiment then commanded by Colonel Parsons (afterwards General Parsons) in the Connecticut line and went with that Regiment to New York & was then detached into a Company of artillery com- manded by Captain Lieutenant Horton & was detached thence into a Company of Artillery commanded by Captain Lieutenant David Bryant & served the re- mainder of the Year under him but received no dis- charge because he then volunteered together with nearly all the Company to remain upon the line and did remain in active service upon the line during the whole of that winter & then received a Discharge which he afterwards lost by its becoming so wet with sweat in the battle at Monmouth that it was wholly worn out & became entirely illegible That about May 1777 at Linn in Connecticut he enlist- ed into Captain Christopher Ely's Company in Colonel Prentice's Regiment for three years. That the said Ely was afterwards succeeded in the Command of the Company by a Captain Reed & the same was called a Colonel's Company & after the first year the said Prentice was

succeeded in the command of the said Regiment by Colonel Starr and that this Deponent continued in service in the said Company & Regiment until the termination of his period of enlistment was then discharged at Springfield in New Jersey. That this Deponent then returned to Connecticut took his Discharge to Hartford for the purpose of substantiating his claim to the state security provided as an indemnity for the depreciation of the Continental notes. That this Deponent suppose he left his discharge at that office. That on his return from there he found his said discharge was missing. That he sent to the said office to search for it but it could not be found & this Deponent believes it must have been lost among the waste papers of said office.
This Deponent further says he is in reduced circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support. That this Deponent does not know that any of the Officers under whom or the soldiers with whom he served are living & if any that they probably reside about him in the state of Connecticut or Woodstock in Vermont more than two hundred miles distant from this Deponent.
Sworn & Subscribed this 4 th April 1818 Before me
Jeremiah Mark
J. Smith First Judge Nath. Ely

Madison County ss. Elisha Barrington & Nehemiah Cleveland of Northfield in said County being duly sworn do depose and say that Each for himself says he is ac- quainted with Jeremiah Mack whose affidavit is hereto prefixed That the said Jeremiah Mack is in reduced & indigent circumstances and unable to support himself and in the opinion of the said deponents stands in need of the assistance of his country for support Sworn to and subscribed this 22nd June 1818 be
Nehemiah Cleveland E. Barrington P. Smith First Judge Mad. Cty
State of New York Madison County ss. I Peter Smith first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Madison aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the before & within named Jeremiah Mack did serve in the revolutionary war against the com- mon enemy for more than nine months in the Continental estab- lishment as stated in the preceding declaration - And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned acts of Congress.
P. Smith First Judge Mad. Cty

Dear Sir for Sally B.
State of New York Madison County, Clerk's Office I certify that it appears of record in this Office that Peter Smith Esq. was first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Madison - duly Com- missioned & qualified on the day of the date of each of the foregoing instruments and that his signatures to the same are in his hand writing In Testimony whereof I have hereunto put my name & affixed the Seal of said Court the 12th day of August 1818
Wm. Jarvis, Hough Dip. Clk.
State of New York Madison County ss. Peter Smith before named First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Madison aforesaid Do certify that I am satisfied that Jeremiah Mack in the foregoing paper named is in indigent and reduced circumstan- ces within the true intent and meaning of the Act enti- tled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war"
P. Smith First Judge Mad. City
May 8. 1819
Remington & Cleveland New York pr. J. Mack

State of New York } e Madison County ss } On this twentieth day of June 1820 personally appeared in open court being a court of Record with jurisdiction unlimited in amount and styled the Court of Common Pleas in & for Madison County Jeremiah Mark aged sixty six years resid- ent in the town of Smithfield in said County being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war under Captain Jeremiah Stiles in Col. Stark's Regiment & was under him engaged in the battle at Bunker Hill - that he served in the battle at Haelaem heights under Captain Horton of the Artillery - That he afterwards served under Captain Reed in Colonel Stark Regiment & with him was engaged in the battle at Monmouth That he was afterwards at the burning of Stone Wall serving un- der the same Captain Reed & Colonel Stark - That on the thirteenth day of April 1818 he made his Original Declara- tion & obtained a certificate dated 1819 and numbered on the back thereof _____ and has received his pension to the fourth of March 1820 and he doth sol- emnly swear that he was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th. day of March 1818 and that he has not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of his prop- erty or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring himself within the provisions of an act of Congress enti- tled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" passed on the 18th. day of March 1818 and that he has not nor has any person in trust for him any property or securities contracts or debts due to him nor has he any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by him subscribed except necessary clothing & bedding Jeremiah Mark
Schedule
Real estate I have none neither in Law nor Equity

Personal Estate
  1. 6 Pail Kettle $2.   1 Dish kettle 1.50   2 Iron Pots 2.   1 Tea kettle 1.   1 Skillet .25   2 Pails .75   4 Chairs 1.25   1 Table 1.   1 Frying Pan .25   2 Flat Irons .50   1 Pair Steelyards 1.   2 Old Keams 1.   1 Cane 1.   1 Bro. Skinner .25   1 Milk Cup .06   1 Sugar Bowl .25   3 Basins .37   3 Bowls .37   13.80 
  1 wash tub 1.50   2 Small tubs 1.50   6 Knives & forks 1.50   4 Table Spoons .25   4 Tea Spoons .12 1/2   2 Glass Bottles .25   1 wooden Do .50   1 Axe .50   1 Hoe .25   2 Milk Pans .50   2 Cups & Saucers .25   1 Dozen Plates 1.   2 Pewter Platters .75   1 Tunnel .12   1 Doz. fowls & chickens 3.   1 Chest of drawers 1.50   2 Spinning wheels 2.   1 Clock Real .25   12.74 1/2   13.80   $26.54 1/2 
I have no debts due me except about $1.50 or $2. - & owe probably from $15. to $20. - but do not know the exact amount
I was bred a farmer but am now much afflicted with the asthma & for some years have been & still am wholly unable to labor
My family consists of my self & wife who is also very infirm & unable to support her self, & we have for a considerable time received our support from the private charity of friends
Jemimah Mack
Sworn before me this 20th June 1820
J. Smith First Judge Madison City.

Madison County ss:
I J. M. Hunt Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Madison do hereby certify that the foregoing oath & the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Record of the said Court - & I further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the a- foresaid schedule is twenty six Dollars & fifty four & one half cents - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court on this 22 nd day of June 1820
J. M. Hunt Clerk

July 15, 1936
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BA-J/MCS Jeremiah Mack, S. 42923
Mr. Stanley L. Mack 330 City Hall Duluth, Minnesota
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to Jeremiah Mack, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 42923, based upon the military service of Jeremiah Mack, the only soldier of that name that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Jeremiah Mack enlisted at Keene, New Hampshire, in 1775 in Captain Jeremiah Stiles' company in Colonel Stark's regiment, was in the battle of Bunker Hill after which he was transferred into Colonel Sargent's Massachusett regiment and toward the close of 1775 at Roxbury, Massachusetts, he was placed in Captain Darrow's company in Colonel Parson's Connecticut regiment; he went to New York and there was placed in a company of artillery commanded by Captain Lieutenant Horton, was later placed in a company of artillery commanded by Captain Lieutenant David Bryant, was in the battle of Harlem Heights and was discharged sometime early in 1777. He enlisted about May, 1777, at Lyme, Connecticut, served three years in Captains Christopher Ely's and Reed's companies in Colonels Prentiss' and Starr's Connecticut regiments, was in the battle of Monmouth and at the burning of Norwalk.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 13, 1818, at which time he was living in Smithfield, Madison County, New York.

In 1820 he was living in Smithfield, New York, aged sixty-six years, and he then referred to his wife but did not give her name. There are no further data relative to the soldier's family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

STANLEY L. MACK CLERK OF MUNICIPAL COURT
THE CITY OF DULUTH
MUNICIPAL COURT
DULUTH, MINNESOTA
June 23, 1936
United States Veteran Bureau, Washington, D.C.
RE: Revolutionary War Record of JEREMIAH MACK .
Gentlemen:
Information is respectfully requested for such information as you may have available on the military record of:
JEREMIAH MACK , said to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary War at Valley Forge. Enlisted probably from Connecticut. Believed to have served three years from May, 1777.
I am also interested in obtaining all information available as to the family of this soldier. He is supposed to have married one Elizabeth Barber, the widow of a Col. Bouton.
If, in securing this information, it will be necessary for me to communicate with other offices or bureaus of the government, will you kindly advise.
Yours very truly
Stanley L. Mack 330 City Hall Duluth, Minn.

42923
Rev INVALID.
1936. July, 15. List. to Mr. Stanley L. Mack M.C.S.
File No. 42,923
Jeremiah Mack Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 308
[Arrangement of 1870.]