Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,983, for Paul James, Connecticut

SERVICE
born
James Paul
NUMBER
S. 44.983
CONTENTS
[Faint, illegible handwriting on the left side of the CONTENTS section]
[Faint, illegible handwriting on the right side of the CONTENTS section]

18.911. New York.
Paul James,
of Chemung Co. in the State of New York, who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Chapman of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Parsons. in the Connecticut line, for the term of 1 year in 1776.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of March 1823.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th of April 1823 and sent to Hon. T. H. Hubbard Esq. Hamilton, N.Y.
  Arrears to 4th of Mar: 1823 -  $ 1 " 03    Semi anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1823  48 " 00    4/31.  $ 49 " 03  
{ Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820, etc. 1 Mar: 1823.
File Sept. 23

Enclosed are my thanks
Paul James Smith Colonel St Phipps Regt
1776-1782
Not an Officer not a soldier
Accepted #

State of New York
Chenango County ss
Personally appeared before me Billy Syndefane of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County aforesaid Paul James aged Sixty three years and upwards and a resident of the said County aforesaid an applicant under the act of January of the 18th of March 1878 who being duly sworn did say that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support that he never had any pension allowed him by the laws of the United States - that he served as a soldier in the war of the Revolution against the common enemy for twelve months that he enlisted in the year 1775 in the state of Connecticut in Captain Richard Hewitt of Stonington Company and James Chap- man regiment that he joined the regiment at Roxbury near Boston in the month of January in the year 1776 marched from thence to New York was in the battle on Long Island the battle at Harlem Heights at the time our troops evacuated New York that he enlisted for twelve months as above stated when the time expired the regiment was discharged at the Fickels - that he was in the hospital at the time of Dater Turner who had the care of the sick discharged him & others as they became able to travel - that he afterwards enlisted in Capt. Benjamin West's Company for one year -

Tapsin Regiment & served fifteen months after which his discharge was was discharged at Providence in Rhode Island was in the battle of the retreat from Newport and that he has no other evidence of his service in his power beyond what is now offered
Paul James
Sworn this 12 th day of November 1848 before me — Billy Lynde a Judge of Chautauqua County Common Pleas
State of New York Chautauqua County ss. Robert Patten being duly sworn saith that he knows the affiant named Paul James and believes him to be a man of truth and veracity and that he this deponent intitled at the same time in the same company as first stated in said Paul James affidavit served the whole time with him & knows that the said applicant Paul James faithfully discharged his duty as a good soldier and that he this deponent has applied & obtained a certificate for a pension under the said act of Congress of 18 th March 1848 for the services rendered under said instrument & that he knows said applicant Paul James to be in indigent circumstances & in need of assistance from his country for support & further this deponent saith not
Subscribed to me this 12 th day of November 1848 before me Billy Lynde a Judge of Chautauqua County Common Pleas
Sworn this 12 th day of November 1848 before me Billy Lynde a Judge of Chautauqua County Common Pleas

State of New York Clerk's Office Chenango County Sept. 27 th 1818
I hereby certify that the within named Silas Lynde Esq r is and at the time of signing the with- -in Affidavit was a justice of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County & duly authorized to act as such by taking the oaths prescribed by law for that pur- pose & the within I know to be his signature
David G. Bright Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Chen- ango

I certify that I know Paul James to be in induced circumstances and in need of assistance from his country — Shelburne Chenango County N.Y. Nov r 12 th 1818
Willy Lynde

State of New York Chenango County ss On this twelfth day of February One Thousand eight hundred & twenty three personally appeared in open Court in the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Chenango the said Court being established as a Court of Record by the Laws of the State of New York James Farnes aged sixty six years upwards resident in Smyrna in the County of Che- nango who being first duly sworn ac- cording to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows that in the month of December One thousand Seven hundred & seventy five at Rehoboth in the State of Rhode Island he enlisted in the Company of Infantry Commanded by Captain James Chapman in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Parsons in the Connecticut line to serve for one year that he continued to serve in the said Corps until the expirat- ion of the said year about the first of Jan- uary 1777 when he was discharged at Stanford in the State of Connecticut from the service. And he further saith that he made an original declaration on the twelfth day of December One thousand eight hundred & eighteen bearing date that day And he further saith that he made

a similar declaration on the sixth day of February last past before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Madison And he further saith that he was in the battle on Long Island at the time the army of the United States was defeated on Brimfield Plains and in the battle on Harlem Heights And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 & that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the Uni- ted States in the Revolutionary war passed on the 18th March 1818 And I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the sch- -edule hereto annexed & by me subscribed to wit. Real estate I have none - perso- nal property - I own no property whatever I possess

  1 Bake Kettle worth one dollar  1 Tea do do  $ 2.00    1 Iron dish Kettle 62 1/2  4 Kitchen chairs 2.00.  2.63    2 Pewter quart Pats 37 1/2  4 Knives & forks 25  63    2 Pails 63  1 pair Iron tongs 41  1 large 8  2.13    3 Earthen plates 1/6  3 Tea cups & saucers 1/6   37    1 Earthen tea pot 6 1/6  3 Iron Spoons 1/6   38    1 Meat cask & meat 200 lbs.    8.00    1 Bed & bedding    15.00       $ 31.14  
I have one suit of clothes for myself & my wife - I am by occupation a Blacksmith & my ability to pursue it is the one half that of an able bodied man Besides myself my family consists of my wife Mary James aged sixty nine years who is utterly unable to do any labor & is confined to her bed except when she is removed by hand from her bed to her chair
Sworn to & declared in open Court this 12th day of Feb 1823
Paul James Peter Russell Clerk of said Court
State of New York Chenango County ss I Peter Randall clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Chenango do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court & I do further certify it is the opinion

of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the afore said schedule is thirty one dollars and fourteen cents - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this twelfth day of February One thousand eight hundred twenty three
Pierce N. Randall. ex
Paul Oliver Pension

44983 INVALID.
Rev
File No. 44982
Paul James
Prin, Rev, War
Act: 18 th March 1818 1 st May 1820 & 1 st March 1823
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 54
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Paul Lams papyrus

Mr Paul James via Billy Lynde Dr
for ant gum waste of 12 th Nov 1875 - 2-25 Patent - 64
1819 18 th Dec - ant book off - 2-25 Patent - 35
$5 249

Ball James Pension
Col. Parsons's Comm. Regt
1776 - 1 year
12 th Nov. 1818.
Date of original declaration, additional proof of service, a true & correct certifi- cate of credibility, a disinter- red statement of service, required in this case.
See over
Rev. T. H. Hubbard
4-Ref. Service
Adm. 1818
* Returned, in order that the schedule be made before the court for the county where the applicant resides. This schedule was made in Madison county, & ap- plicant states that he is a resident of Clermont county.

State of New-York
Mercer County ss. On this day personally appeared Thommes eight hundred & twenty two persons affirmed in open Court in the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Mercer the said Court being established as a Court of Record by the Acts of the State of New-York Paul Thomas aged sixty five years and upwards, resident in Longmer in the County of Chenango. who being first duly sworn ac- cording to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, that in the month of December one Thommes seven hundred & seventy five at Richmond in the State of Rhode Island he enlisted in the Company of Infantry commanded by Captain James Chapman in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Parsons in the Con- necticut line to serve for one year that he continued to serve in the said Corps until the expiration of the said year about the first of January 1777 when he was discharged at Hartford in the State of Connecticut from the service, and he further recollects he made an original declaration on the twelfth day of November one thousand eight hundred & eighteen being date that day - and he further recollects that he was in the Battle on Long Island at the time the army of the United States was defeated on Jamaica Plains & in the Battle on Harlem Heights and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States that on the 18th day of March 1818 & that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or

any part thereof with intent thereby to to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons en- gaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war pas- sed on the 18th March 1818, & I have not nor has any person in trust for me any prop- erty or securities, contracts, or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed & by me submitted to wit:
  Real Estate   I have none none - Personal property   am no property whatever - I possess   1 Bake kettle worth one dollar 1 life kettle do. 2.00   1 Iron dish kettle 62 1/2 from kitchen chain 2.00 2.63   2 Pewter plates beaded 37 1/2 from kitchen 2.00 57   2 Pails 63 one pair iron tongs 4/ 1 axe 8/ 2.13   3 Earthen plates 1/6 3 tea cups & saucers 1/6 37   1 Earthen teapot 1/6 3 horn spoons 1/6 38   1 meat fork & meat 2.00 do 8.00   1 Bed & Bedding 15.00   31.14 
I have one set of clothes for myself & my wife
I am by occupation a blacksmith & my ability to pursue it is the only real that of an able located man. Besides myself my family consists of my wife Mary James aged sixty eight years who is utterly unable to do any labor & is confined to her bed except when she is removed by hand from her bed to her chair
declared
Paul James
I was to & was in Open Court this 5th day of Feb. 1822. Witness my hand
(Handwritten signature)

State of New York - Madison County ss. I, Bennet Beckner Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Madison County do hereby certify that the foregoing order and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the op- inion of the said Court that the total am- ount fair value of the property as exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is thirty one dollars & fourteen cents. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court on this sixth day of February one thousand eight hundred & twenty two.
Bennet Beckner (Clerk)
Feb 6 1822

State of New York Madison County Clerk's Office
I certify that the Samuel Payne whose name appears to the annexed depositions was a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Madison at the time of dates of the said annexed several depositions, duly Commissioned and sworn - And that I am acquainted with the Hand writing of the said Judge & hereby believe the signature of "Samuel Payne" to the said several an- nexed depositions to be his own proper hand writing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 6 th day of February 1812. - Edmund O'Dickness Clerk
perjury - not to be continued

State of New York Madison County ss.
Robert Potter of Albany in the County of Brooklyn & State of Pennsylvania being duly sworn deponeth & saith that some time in the month of December one thousand seven hundred & seventy five, at Richmond in the State of Rhode Island he together with Paul James was residing at Smyrna in the County of Chenango & State of New York enlisted into the company of Infantry commanded by Captain James Chapman in the Regiment of Colonel Parsons in the Connecticut line in the service of the United States for the space of one year. And this deponent further saith that he continued in the service of the United States in the same Regiment after the expiration of the said year, during all which time the said Paul James continued to serve in said Regiment, until some time in the month month of December in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy six when this deponent together with the said Paul James were honorably discharged at the same time at Fishkill in the State of New York
I swear to the contents before me this 29th day of August 1820.
Robert Potter
Samuel Payne a judge of Madison Co. N.Y.

Madison H. South East being duly sworn deponeth & saith that he has been intimately acquainted with Robert Rootes of Albany in the State of Pennsylvania for the space of thirty five years & that he has always supported a good character for truth & veracity Given to & subscribed before me this 14th day of July 1822 J. C. [unclear] Samuel Payne Esq. of Madison Co. Pa.
State of New York Madison County ss. Robert Perrigo being duly sworn deponeth & saith that he is acquainted with Paul James now of Lycoming in the County of Chemango, formerly of Richmond in the State of Rhode Island, & that a brother of this deponent belongs to the Regiment of Colonel Pears of the Connecticut line & that in the latter part of the year 1775 he saw the said Paul James in company with his brother in the service of the United States & that he belongs to the same Regiment with the brother of this dep- onent. Given to & subscribed before me this 6th day of February 1822. Robert Perrigo Samuel Payne Esq.
This witness should have any probative force of service, a thing which I have never seen
I certify that Robert Perrigo is a credible witness & a man of truth & veracity. Samuel Payne.

In the matter of Paul James
State of New-York
Madison County ss. Champlin Lillibridge of Liberman in said County being duly sworn deposeth & saith that for thirty years past he has been well acquainted with Robert Patten of Albany in the County of Bradford & State of Pennsylvania, & formerly of Richmond in the State of Rhode Island & that he always sustained a good char- acter for truth & veracity. and further his deponent saith that he has no interest whatever in the success of the application of Paul James for a pension
Subscribed before me this 20 th day of July, 1822.
Samuel Payne Judge
State of New-York
Madison County ss. Ezekiel Tiffey of Smyrna in the County of Chenango being duly sworn deposes & saith that he formerly resided at Richmond in the State of Rhode Island; when he was well acquainted with Paul James now a resident of Smyrna aforesaid, when the said Paul lived as a neighbor to his deponent. that in December 1776 the said Paul James enlisted in the service of his country, at Richmond in the State of Rhode Island & that he said

Paul Lewis was thereafter absent from said Richard for the space of a year or more, and he the said Paul Lewis retired as was aforesaid & as the defendant believes from the service of the United States, and further the defendant saith that after the retirement of the said Paul & before he marched to Boston to join his Regiment he saw him in the quarters of the Continental troops, and further the defendant saith that he has no interest in the success of the application of the said Paul for a pension.
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 20 th day of July 1822. E. Zeph. Jeff
Samuel Payne judge
State of New-York Madison County ss. I Samuel Payne one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Madison County do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that Robert Patten, Joseph Gane, Champlin Lillibridge & E. Zeph. Jeff are each & every of them disinterested & credible witnesses in the matter of the application of Paul Lewis for a pension, & also that Robert Patten is a disinterested & credible witness in the same matter. Dated July 20. 1822.
Samuel Payne

State of Ohio Clerks Office Madison County
I, Dennis Dicknell Clerk of the County of Madison do hereby certify that Samuel Payne before whom the above affidavits were taken, was a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the said County, at the time of taking the same, duly commissioned and qualified. That I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and sincerely believe the signature of "Samuel Payne" above subscribed to be his own proper hand writing -
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Columbus in said County this 20 th day of July 1822
Dennis Dicknell Clerk
22

Mr. Hubbard 22 Feb
James L. Edwards Esq Pension Office

Feb. 21-
I hope th it will be convenient to decide on the inclosed papers before I leave the city - your early attention will add to the many favors and from you
Respectfully Yours
J. B. Hubbard
J. L. Edwards Esq