Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4438, for Joseph M Jewett, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Jewett, Joseph M.
S. 4438
CONTENTS
boarded

7980. Ohio Pittsburgh
Joseph M. Sewell.
of Ashtabula in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Dickey of the Regt commanded by Col. McClanahan in the Connecticut line for one year.
$40.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio Pittsburgh at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of April, 1833 and sent to Henry C.C. Jefferson. Ohio.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 80. Semianual allowance ending 4 Sept 33 20.
$100.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm. Palmer Clerk, Book E Vol. 8. Page 116.
Duplicate Certificate issued 21 st November 1843 & sent to Calvin C. Wick, Esq. Wayne, Ashtabula Co. Ohio to the Hon. Mr. Giddings, H.R. Feb 19 1846
Paid at Fremont, under act 5 April, 1838, from 4 March 1843 to 4 Sept. 1843. Agent notified 24 th April, 1846.

23607 7980.
Joseph M. Sewitt Ashtabula 6° Ohio
Admitted for 1. year from 19821
Sam Henday C.M. Superior Ashtabula 6° Ohio

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
19 April 1883
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoued notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Joseph H. Smith, Ashland, Ohio
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted 1782 1 Private Col. Dickey Col. McClain Lt. Sinclair 2nd Lt. Boarman 69 Winchester 60 Conest Testimonial  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county or State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
G. B. Whiting

Joseph M. Sewel - Rec. to obtain Pension
23607

The State of Ohio } Ashtabula County } ss.
On this thirty first day of January Anno Domini 1833 personally appeared before me Luther Spelman one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas for said County Joseph M Jewett a resident of Cobbsbrook in the County of Ashtabula and State of Ohio Aged sixty nine years lacking eight days who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he was born in the State of Connecticut in the county of Windham and town of Hampton on the 7 th day of February A.D. 1764. That he enlisted into the State service about the first of August 1782 being Eighteen years old - That in a few days after he enlisted he repaired to Fort Trumbull in New London under the command of Captain Benjamin Dike the term of his enlistment was one year and that he served out his term at that fort and then received a written discharge from his Captain which discharge he gave to his father who died and his fathers effects fell into his brothers hands who has since died the discharge is eventually lost. That he was acquainted with Colonel Samuel M c Clain who commanded at the forts Trumbull and Gaine old at that time - Daniel Knowlton was his first Lieutenant and Thomas Hopkins was Second Lieutenant and Thomas Farnam was his orderly sergeant. He states that Captain Latham was Commander of Fort Greene at that time. No engagement took place with the enemy while he was at the Fort - Cornwallis had been taken and the war was near the close. He states that when he was 21 years old he left Connecticut and migrated to Vermont and continued to reside in that state until about 15 years ago when he removed to the State of Ohio and has resided there ever since most of the time in the County of Ashtabula where he now resides and has always been a poor and hard working man. He further states that he has no documentary evidence or living witnesses of his said services within his knowledge. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of this agency of any state.
Joseph M Jewett
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Luther Spelman } Associate Judge

We Ephraim D. Woodruff a Clergyman residing in the Township of Wayne in the County of Ashtabula and State of Ohio and Justus Fobes of the Township of Wayne in the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph M. Jewett who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be sixty nine years of age or thereabouts. That he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Ephraim D. Woodruff
Sworn and subscribed the day and year above written
Justus Fobes
Luther Spelman Associate Judge
And I Luther Spelman a Judge of said court do hereby declare it my opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states - And I further certify that it appears to me that Ephraim D. Woodruff who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman residing in the Township of Wayne, and Justus Fobes who has also signed the same is a resident in the same Township and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit - And I further certify that the said Joseph M. Jewett is unable to attend court on account of bodily infirmity.
Luther Spelman Associate Judge D of C Common Pleas
The State of Ohio Ashtabula County } ss
I Sam. Hendy Clerk pro tempore of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Ashtabula do hereby certify that the Honorable Luther Spelman whose name is subscribed above, in his own proper hand writing which is to me well known is one of the Associate Judges of said County duly commissioned and sworn agreeably to the Laws of the State of Ohio and that to all and singular his acts as such full faith and credit are due.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Jefferson the first day of January A.D. 1833
Sam. Hendy Clerk pro tempore

Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
ADY
April 19, 1929.
Mrs. Amalia A. McClenahan, 3716 Cuming Street, Omaha, Nebraska.
Madam:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 4438, it appears that Joseph M. Jewett was born February 7, 1764 in Hampton, Windham County, Connecticut.
He enlisted August 1, 1782 and served one year as a private in Captain Benjamin Durkee's Connecticut Company.
When he was twenty-one years of age he moved to Vermont and about 1818 moved to Ohio. He was allowed pension on his application executed January 31, 1833 while a resident of Colebrook, Ashtabula County, Ohio.
It is not stated whether he ever married.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.

Rev.&1812 Wars Section
mmNH
December 16, 1925
Mrs. Neil Carothers The Woman's Bldg., The U. of Texas Austin, Texas
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 4438 it appears that Joseph M. Jewett was born February 7, 1784 in Hampton, Windham County, Connecticut.
He enlisted August 1, 1782 and served one year as a private in Captain Benjamin Durkee's Connecticut Company.
When he was twenty-one years of age he moved to Vermont and about 1818 moved to Ohio. He was allowed pension on his application executed January 31, 1833 while a resident of Colebrook, Ashtabula County, Ohio.
It is not stated whether he ever married.
Respectfully,
Dated death not in a p -
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

W. 1 W. 11 1/2
Lee
Group of persons
Hon. Lewis C. G. G.
Washington city
Secretary of the War Department
C. 2380

Rev War
4438
INVALID.
File No. 4438
Joseph McCarroll Dis. Ch. Line
Act: June 7, 1832
Index: Vol. A , Page 192
[Arrangement of 1870.]
July 27 1900 mil l. 75 to Q.W. Smith Raleigh N.C.
1925- Dec. 16 Hist. to Mrs. Neil Carothers MMVF 1928- Mch. 28- Hist. to Lora D. Brown & also advised how to obtain date of last payment & that her $1.00 would be refunded. MMVF 1929 Apr. 19 Hist. to Mrs. Amelia A. McClenahan

Shaw University
Founded in 1865 for the Education of the Freedmen
CHAS. F. MESERVE, PRESIDENT.
FRANK R. HATHAWAY, Esq., TREASURER, NEW YORK.
C. W. JEWETT, SECRETARY, RALEIGH.
Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 5, 1800
Pension Office, Bureau Revolutionary Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Sir:-
I am trying to establish the date of the birth of a Joseph Jewett , who was probably born February 7th, 1764. I understand that he served three years in the Revolutionary Army during the closing years of the Revolution, and that he probably enlisted from Mass., and possibly from the vicinity of Sutton, Mass. There were a number of Joseph Jewetts who served during the revolution. The man in question in early life removed to Norwich, Vt., where he brought up his family.
It has occurred to me that possibly he was a pensioner, and if so, you would have his application on file which would give his place of birth, date, where married, to whom, etc. If he did not himself draw a pension, it may be that his widow did so.
If you will look this matter up it will be a favor greatly appreciated.
Yours respectfully,
C. W. Jewett Secretary

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
THE WOMAN'S BUILDING MRS. NEIL CAROTHERS, DIRECTOR MISS ANNA L. HENRICKS, BUSINESS MANAGER
AUSTIN, TEXAS, Nov. 7/20 -
Dear Sir:
Please give me the record of Joseph M. Jewett & Feb 7 1763 (Hampden Conn. Records) as a pensioned Revolutionary Soldier 1830. The family records give this service, but I wish authoritative statement from the Pension Dept. Sincerely yours Mrs. Neil Carothers

Omaha Neb. Sept 20 1928
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
I am very desirous of having a copy of a pension certificate issued to Joseph M. Jewett, a private, Connecticut State Troops, and placed on the pension roll April 27, 1833 while a resident of Ashtabula County Ohio. Also I would like to have all the family data the certificate may contain. This Mr Jewett was a relative of my Mother Harriet W. Jewett and it is to establish my eligibility to membership in the D.A.R. that I desire this information. If there is

any expense to getting this information Kindly advise me as to the amount and I will send a draft to cover the same.
Thanking you for your help
Very truly
Mrs Amalia A. McClenahan
3716 Cuming Street
Omaha Nebraska

BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
Mar. 27, 1928
Chief, Rev. War Section Division.
I have this day received from
Lora D. Brown
check in the amount
of $ 1.00, requesting
photostat copy as per letter herewith.
Finance Div. M.P. 35
Amount of check
refunded M.P. 35
March 28, 1928
O. J. RANDALL
Chief, Finance Division.
26-6.2

Grundy Center, Iowa.
March 24, 1928.
check $1 00
U.S. Pension Office. Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen.
May I have the Revolutionary Pension data for Joseph Millen Jewett born Hampton, Conn. Feb. 7, 1763. He died in Colebrook, Ohio He married June 13, 1787, Phoebe Drake, born Apr. 11, 1770; all their children were born in Norwich Vt., where he removed in 1785, in 1818 he removed with his family to Colebrook, Ohio, where he died. He was a soldier of the Revolution for one year and was pensioned in 1833.
In Conn. Men in the Res. p. 588, D. Find "Capt. Drake's Company Feb. 1, 1782 to Sept. 1783 - Privates Joseph Jewett."

I am especially interested in getting the date of his death, that of his wife, and marriage, and children.
I am enclosing a dollar check to cover charges, not knowing how much it will be, only have
Very truly yours,
(Mrs.) Lora D Brown.

Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
March 28, 1928.
Mrs. Lora D. Brown, Grundy Center, Iowa.
Madam:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 4438, it appears that Joseph M. Jewett was born February 7, 1764 in Hampton, Windham County, Connecticut.
He enlisted August 1, 1782 and served one year as a private in Captain Benjamin Durkee's Connecticut Company.
When he was twenty-one years of age he moved to Vermont and about 1818 moved to Ohio. He was allowed pension on his application executed January 31, 1833 while a resident of Colebrook, Ashtabula County, Ohio.
It is not stated whether he ever married.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension,  name of person paid and possibly date of soldier's death, you should apply to the Records Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D. C., citing all of the following data: "Joseph M. Jewett, Certificate Number 7980, issued April 27, 1833, rate $40.00 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Ohio (Pittsburgh) Agency".

No charge is made for this service.
The amount of your check ($1.00) will be refunded to you in due time.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
March 26 th , 1846.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, Joseph M c Levett , a Pensioner on the Roll of the Pittsburg , Pa. Agency, at the rate of Forty Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1843, to the 4 th Sept. 1843.
Respectfully, yours,
William L. G. [Signature]
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Mr Jewett must send to the Pension Office such proof as the sheet directs in order to obtain a duplicate Pension Certificate
Pension Office, ? Sept 11 1843. S

State of Ohio
APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.
County of Ashtabula — 88.
On this Second day of November 18 83 , before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Ashtabula personally appeared Joseph M Jewett who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Durfee in the regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel McLaughlin in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Ohio that he received a certificate of that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the Twentieth day of August 18 83 at or near the Township of Wayne in said County and State, by some means he unknown to him was missing, and cannot tell anything in relation to what has become of it, and diligent search has been made in vain.
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Calvin Olbrick Justice of the peace for Wayne Township  Joseph M Jewett
NOTES.—The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.
If the pensioner has never received a formal certificate, but has drawn his pension on a mere notification, as was the case in a few instances many years ago, he should leave out the above words in italics, and insert, in lieu thereof, "but has never received a formal certificate, and now wishes to obtain one."
The pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person must swear that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit. The magistrate must certify that the deponent is a person of veracity. This oath must also be authenticated by the certificate of the proper officer, under his seal of office, setting forth that the officer before whom the affidavit may be made is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be.
When a person acting as an Agent or Attorney for a Pensioner, loses the certificate, the affidavit of that person is also required, which must be authenticated as above.
In every case where the Clerk of the Court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should be sent with the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.—In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
No attention will be given to applications from persons who act as agents, unless they are known at the War Department or are vouched for as respectable persons by some one who is known to the Department.

The State of Ohio, 2 Ashtabula County, p. 3
J. A. C. Hubbard Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within the County and State aforesaid hereby certify that Calvin C. Wick, at the date of the within writing, was a Justice of the Peace, within and for said County of Ashtabula, duly commissioned and qualified agreeably to the laws of the State of Ohio; and that his signature to the within certificate, is genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court at Jefferson this 10 th day of November A D 1843.
J. A. C. Hubbard Clerk

State of Ohio Ashtabula County ss Wayne Nov 2 nd 1843
Before me Calvin Colbick a justice of the peace in and for said County formerly appeared Hezekiah Platt, and made solemn Oath that Joseph M Jewett the person named in the application for a new pension on this shot, is well known to him and that he is the identical person named in the affidavit as he verily believes Hezekiah Platt
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written Calvin Colbick J.P.
State of Ohio Ashtabula County ss
Calvin Colbick a justice of the peace in and for said County, do hereby certify that the above named Hezekiah Platt, is a person of veracity and is to be believed under oath given under my hands and Seal this second day of November A D 1843.
Calvin Colbick J.P. Seal
The State of Ohio Ashtabula County, ss
I, A. C. Hubbard Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Calvin Colbick at the date of the foregoing writing was a justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Ashtabula duly commissioned and qualified agreeably to the laws of the State of Ohio; and
that his signature, above written, is genuine - Witness my hand and the seal of said Court at Jefferson this 10 th day of November A D 1843. A. C. Hubbard Clerk

Payment to be made at Pittsburgh by J. M. Howe, Esq. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Pittsburgh.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E. Vol. 4 Page 116 by D. Brown, Clerk.

( Duplicate ) WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Joseph M. Jewett — of the State of Ohio — who was a Private in the War of the Revolution
is entitled to receive Forty ————— dollars and ————— cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March and 4th of September, in every year. Issued in lieu of one dated the 27 th April 1833, supposed to have been lost or destroyed.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this twenty-first day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four.
Examined and Countersigned. S

Pension Office Feb 19. 1846
Sir
Your letter of the 14 th inst. and its enclosure, relative to six months pension alleged to be due to Joseph M. Jewett, a pensioner on the Pittsburgh roll, from the 4 th of March 1843 to the 4 th of September 1843, have been referred to the Third Auditor, in whose office the money is now payable, it having been due more than fourteen months.
Wm. J. R. Giddings H. R.

Nov 18 1843 Wayne Co Nov 13
Mr Brown General Business
To Mr. Brew Ohio Pitt R.R.
Mr Brown will please give a duplicate of receipts in this case Order of Court
John B. Taylor P.G.

Mayne Ashtabula Co Ohio
Nov 13 1843.
Dear Sir The blank for Application for a new Certificate for Joseph McQuatt came to hand a few days ago having been misdirected to Ashtabula Postoffice instead of this place. I have had it filled as you di- rected I believe. When you read the Certificate please state if any thing more than usual is necessary in order to draw his pension due 1 st Sept last as he is very much in need of it. I wrote you some two weeks ago not knowing you had sent me a line to Ashtabula Postoffice
Yours Very Respectfully Calvin Fairchild

apc 27 '44
Jewett Ohio Mar 32
798 102
Free
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Mr Jewett having found his old envelope I return the one you forwarded to you supposing this to be the last course Yours Calius O'Neills