Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,064, for James Mason, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental New York Virginia
Mason, James
S. 36,064
CONTENTS

18,852
Kentucky
James Mason, (aged 95)
of Owen County in the State of Kentucky who was a Private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Lamb & of the New York line, for the term of 1777-8 war.
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 11th of November 1822.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th of Decr 1822 and Seneca Gabriel S. Johnston New Castle, Kentucky
Arrears to 4th of part of Semi anl. all'ce ending 24 March 1823, $30.36.
3 mo 20/41 8 24 180/31
5.33
1. 2
$30 36
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
• May 1st 1820.
Am't of schedule 75 cents.

18,672
James Mason
Ocean Co. Ky.
Gabriel S. Johnston
New Castle, Ky.
Recd. 10 Dec: 1822.
John Calhoun
111 111 111
39 19
for year Dept. Washington D.C.
John Calhoun

Hon. J. C. Calhoun
Sir
Herewith I send the Schedule and Declaration of James Mason - which I wish to have acted upon - If informal in any particular please point out to me the defects -
An early reply will be acceptable both to the Applicant and myself to whom you will please direct at Newcastle R. Respectfully
Capt. S. L. Johnston
Newcastle Ken.
21 Nov. 1822 -

36064
Revy INVALID.
File No. 36,064
James Mason Li Rev Dad
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 278
[Arrangement of 1870.]

James Mason's Schedule & Reconciliation
Feb 82. 00. Paid.
on final settlement Certified Nov 3. page 160

James Mason a citizen of this county and a soldier in the Revolution appeared in court and produced a schedule of his property amounting to $0.75 and having sworn thereto it was ordered to be recorded which follows in these words To wit:
Schedule
District of Kentucky Allen County Ss.
On this 11 th day of November 1822 personally appeared in Open Court being a court of record (so made by the laws of Kentucky and having the power of fine and imprisonment) for said county James Mason aged 95 years residence in Allen County aforesaid being first duly sworn according to law with an his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, that he enlisted in the year 1777 in Captain Flemings Company in Colonel Beall's Regiment leaving the South West Virginia in which he served three years he was in the Battle of Brandywine and was wounded there, that he was regularly discharged from said Regiment, that he is illiterate and did not obtain his discharge in writing that he soon after his discharge enlisted again in the Second Regiment of Yorkers in the year in Captain James Gregg's Company in Colonel Peter Gansevoort's Regiment in which he served three years and obtained a regular discharge therefrom, that he again enlisted at Albany New York in the train of Artillery, Captain Andrew Moady's Company in Colonel Lamb's Regiment from which at the close of the war he was regularly discharged. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of United States on 18 th of

March 1818. and that I have not since that time by Gift, Sale or in any other manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with the intent thereby to diminish it as to being my own 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 Rev- olutionary war passed 18 th 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
One Hertz 0. 50 One Tobacco Box 0. 25
Amounting in the whole to Seventy five Cents.
James his Yellowson mark
That I have no occupation but that of daily labor which I am totally unable to pursue, that I have no family all being dead
Sworn and declared on this 11 th day of November 1822. before
Henry Karingo Circuit Judge
I John O'Brien Clerk of the Circuit Court do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of said

know that the total amount of property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is seventy five cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this 11 th day of November 1872
H. V. Bacon Clerk

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Mason, James GRADE Private LINE Maryland
WARRANT NUMBER 11472 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED May 11, 1790 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.