Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36662, for Hezekiah Jordan, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
or Jordan, Hezekiah S. 36662 Gordon
CONTENTS

5630.
Maine
Hezekiah Jordan or P. Jordan Carl Mahany Private Vermont Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Dist: of Maine at the rate of 8 — Dollars per month, to commence the 5 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 of Jany 1819 and sent to Judge Parris, Paris Maine
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1818. 3 mos 27 / 30 + 4 / 30 32. 2 Semi-ann. all'ee ending March 1819. 48 —
$ 80.2
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 18 March, 1818. }
Discontinued
Notification sent to John Murphy Esq. Portland Me July 15 1820

248. Hezekiah Jordan
Copy
No 5630
not entitled
22 Jan 1819
not entitled
[Faint mirrored text from the reverse side of the page]

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the first Tuesday , being the sixth day of June and by adjournment from day to day, on the twenty ninth day of June . . . in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS , Judge of said Court.
ON this twenty ninth day of June . . . in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, Hezekiah Jordan . . . aged sixty one . . . years, resident in Raymond . . . in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private . . . in the company commanded by Capt. Mabury . . . in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Supper . . . in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 5 th day of May . . . A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 5630 . . . was granted. 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 intent thereby so 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 United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that 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 schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me,
Hezekiah Jordan
Sworn to and declared, on the twenty ninth day of June . . . A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE Albion K. Parris { U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Real estate — Seventy acres land in Raymond of a poor quality — twenty acres of which can never be cultivated — one old house, one barn — three cows — two swine — no income — no money due me but owe ninety six dollars for necessary articles which my family needed
Hezekiah Jordan
Sworn to June 29 1820
Before Albion H. Barris U.S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Hezekiah Jordan, who, by occupation am a farmer, which I am not able to pursue by reason of bad health
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Eunice, my wife 57 unable to work   John, son 23 able to work   Eunice, daughter 20 do . . . do   Dorcas . . . " 17 do . . . do   William, son 15 do . . . do  
Hezekiah Jordan
Sworn to Before
Albion H. Barris U.S. Dist. Judge

100-1000 100-1000 100-1000 MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, Junr. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is two hundred forty two dollars and no more cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty ninth day of June . . . A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
{ Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
$242-

Hezekiah Jordan Private
Francis' Regt Mass: line
3 years
5 May. 1818
Tippers Regt
Admitted
Hezekiah Jordan

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the fifth day of May in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Rezebach  Jordan the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence the Deposition of William Mayberry a fellow soldier with him in the revolutionary war, taken before James Webb Esq. a magistrate appointed by Decimus Juditatem for this purpose; also a regular discharge & certificate given said applicant in said war; also the certificate of Joseph Wright & Lord Leach, municipal officers of the corporation to which said applicant belongs, relative to his circumstances in life, all which are hereunto annexed.
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Rezebach Jordan the applicant, served as a private soldier in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my Official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Alcion H. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

Raymond April 30 1818 To the Hon ble Albion H. Parris Judge of the united states in & for the District of Maine
Hezekiah Jordan of this town has a small hard farm and by hard labor and industry has hitherto supported his family but is now in a feeble & weak state of health with a sickly companion a large family of children & grand- children who are dependant on him for support and we think stand in need of assistance from his country
Joseph Wight { Selects Samuel Leach }

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
To Stephen Sweet or James Webb, esqrs? of Raymond in the District of Maine
GREETING.
WHEREAS, at a special District Court of said United States for the Maine District, holden at Paris in said District, on the fifth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen  Leviathan Jordan of Raymond in said District presented an application to the Judge of said Court, setting forth that he served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution, on the continental establishment against the common enemy, and requesting that an enquiry may be instituted into the circumstances of his case, and that such further proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by An Act of Congress passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," in order that he may be placed on the Pension List of said United States:—And whereas in the course of the examination here had, it appears that the testimony of sundry persons, who served with the applicant in the revolutionary army, at present residing in or near the town of Raymond , aforesaid, is necessary and material in support of said application:—
THEREFORE, to the end that the testimony aforesaid may be had, and by virtue of the power vested in this Court by the laws of the United States, you or either of you are hereby appointed and authorized, at the proper expense of the applicant, to take the depositions of such persons as he may cause to come before you, touching the application aforesaid, and in particular as to the time when the applicant entered the service, the time and manner of his leaving it, the company, regiment and line to which he belonged, and whether the service was performed on the continental establishment or in the militia of either of the States; and such depositions, when taken, and your certificate of the administration of the usual oath and of the credibility of the deponents, together with this Dedimus Potestatem, you will certify and return to the Judge of said Court without unnecessary delay.
GIVEN under my hand and seal at Paris in said District, the day and year first mentioned.
Albion H. Parrish Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

Personally appeared before me James Webb Esq of Raymond County of Cumberland and Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Mearberry of Raymond said County and Cumberland and gave oath that Horebiah Gordon of Raymond in said County and Cumberland was in the same company with him in the last revolutionary against our enemy for the term of three years said company commanded by Capt Richard — Mearberry and belonged to Colonel Francis Regiment and that the said Horebiah Gordon was with him  me at Ticonderoga where which time he conducted with much propriety and resolution and that in all other engagements he was enterprising and resolute
Attest James Webb Esq      William Mearberry
Given under my hand and seal this sixteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight
James Webb Esq

I, Ezekiah Gordon, a resident citizen of the United States of America, an inhabitant of Raymond in the County of Cumberland, and State of Massachusetts, on oath declare, that on the first of January A.D. 1777, at Windham in said State, I enlisted into the army of the United States of America on the continental establishments for the term of three years as a private soldier in Capt. Peabody and Maby's company, Col. Francis' regiments, and Gen. John Paterson's brigade in the Massachusetts line, which term of three years I served as aforesaid, and chiefly in the States of New-York and Pennsylvania; I was in the battles of Hubbardston, at the taking of Burgoyne, and at Bennington, besides many of less magnitude; and at the expiration of said term of three years, I received an honorable discharge, at West-Point, from Maj. Moses Knapp, and also a certificate of having returned my equipments, both which are herewith annexed; altho' my discharge is in a mutilated state. I further testify that I am fifty-eight years of age, am not borne on any pension list of the United States, and that, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I stand in need of assistance from my country for support. Wherefore I pray, that this declaration may be transmitted to the Secretary of War, to the end, that I may be placed on the pension list of the United States agreeably to the provisions of an act of Congress passed March 18. 1818 entitled, An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land

and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" be LON UN

West Point Jan 4 th 1780 private soldier in the 11 th has served the time he enlisted for in said soldier therefore he is discharged from said duty to return home to Salem with Moses Knapp Maj r Commanding 1 st Reg t
Whereby it is known that Moses Knapp has served the time he enlisted for in said soldier therefore he is discharged from said duty to return home to Salem with Moses Knapp Maj r
no less witness Act

West Point Jan y 8 1780
This may certify that Herzekiah Jordan late of the 11 th Mass t Reg t has turned in his gun and accoutrements into the publick Store at this place
Isaac Dorr

36 662) Rev INVALID.
File No. 86,668
Heinrich Cordes St. Louis Mo
Act: 18 th March 15 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 259
[Arrangement of 1870.]