Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21833, for Jeremiah Hunt, Rhode Island

SERVICE
NUMBER
R. I.
Hunt, Jeremiah
S. 21833
CONTENTS

15063
Rhode Island Jeremiah Hunt
of Washington the State of R. Island who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Wright of the Prov. commanded by Col Dyer in the R. Island Militia time for one year 9 months 15 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island at the rate of 71 Dollars 65 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of May 1833 and sent W. G. Brown East Greenwich R.I.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $ 143:30 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1/1/33 35:82 $179:12
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. B. Whiting Clerk. Book E Vol. 2 Page 112
pay suspended order to W. G. Brown 11 April 1835 Dead. See letter to W. G. Brown Aug. 15. 1839

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State of Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations County of Washington sc
On the fourth day of September A D 1832. Personally appeared in open court, before the Justices of the court of Common Pleas, M c Intosh Jeremiah H unt a resident of North Kingston in said county of Washington age 60 as he believes I exactly two years or more, 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 "to grant relief to indigent and distressed soldiers of the United States" passed June 7. 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as hereinafter stated -
That he was born in said North Kingston as he supposes in the year 1759 or 60, and has no record of his age, and when called into the service of the United States at the commencement of the war, he resided in said North Kingston and has lived in said town ever since, except that he has been at times in the adjoining towns for some short periods of time, and now resides in said town.
That in the year 1775 26 , the British under Capt. Orde and others with the vessels under the command, made frequent alarms on the shores of Narragansett Bay near where this applicant resided and at that time he was a private in Capt. Joshua Dyer's company of Militia in said North Kingston, and liable to military duty, and that in said year 1776 and the first part of 1777 he served as a drafted man at a number of times guarding the shores of said bay in said North Kingston and in South Kingston, but for most of the time in said North Kingston for the space of eight months or more, the officers under whom he served during said time were the said Joshua Dyer, Capt. Peter Wright & Capt. Samuel Dyer of Col. Charles Dyer's regiment.
That in the spring and summer of 1777 he was drafted and served in said North Kingston guarding said shores four months, under the orders of Capt. John Brown of said North Kingston Militia -

That in the spring of 1778 he served fifteen days under the command of Capt. Michael Speer as a substitute for Jonathan Hearn a private in the militia of East Greenwich in New York, at this time he was stationed at East Greenwich Court House.
That in the summer of 1778, he was laboring for one Robert Hall of said East Greenwich, and was drafted and under the command of Capt. Wells of said East Greenwich militia, served one month in the expedition against Sullivan against Rhode Island, Thomas Tillinghast was East Greenwich was the Col. Col. under whom he served this time —
That in the winter of 1778 & 79 the summer & autumn of 1779 he served six months or more guarding said shores in said North & South Kingdom under Capt. David Dyer and Lieut. Sylvester & John Pierce and other officers of said Col. Charles Dyer's regiment, for the whole of said time mentioned herein he was drafted.
And that at other times than as before stated he served for that period of time under said officers on the same kind of service as aforesaid, in said North & South Kingdom, in the whole as believes for less months or more.
That he was a private in the whole of said service and that he has no documentary evidence in related thereto.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the pension and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid —

Sam l Helme Clk
Greenwich Hunt Newark
We John Spink and Peleg Bond both of New Kingston
affirm, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jeremiah Hunt who has subscribed and sworn to the above application. That we believe him to be a county two years or more past, that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a victim of the revolution & that we know it that opinion.
Given and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
John Spink
Peleg Bond
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion in the investigation of the matter and after finding the facts of claim prescribed by the law of the land, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that John Spink and Peleg Bond both of New Kingston aforesaid — who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in New Kingston aforesaid and are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit, and were true to the best of their knowledge.
I Samuel Helme clerk of the court of Common Pleas aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Jeremiah Hunt for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 25th day of September in the year 1832, at New Kingston.
Sam l Helme Clk

Washington
Dear Sir: Please accept Jan 182
I am Sir, of North Hampton in the county of Washington and State of Rhode Island say so forth, that I have been acquainted with General Israel of said North Hampton, from before the revolutionary war to this time, and that it is within the personal knowledge of this deponent that said Israel served in the year 1776 & 77 as a captain in a company of troops in guarding the shores of Narragansett Bay, under various officers, he remembers, Capt. Peter Wright and Lieut. John Manchester for a part of the said officers, and this deponent thinks that said Israel served as a sergeant for six months a time, this deponent at that time was a said Militia guarding said shores. And that in the Spring and Summer of 1779 said Israel was drafted and served in said North Hampton under Capt. John Brown for about four months guarding said shores, this deponent was a said line of sentinels.
And this deponent further says that in the winter of 1778 and 79 & the summer & autumn of 1779 said Israel served six months a time, guarding said shores under Capt. Samuel Dyer and Lieut. Daniel Dyer of John Brown and other officers of Col. Elias Dyer's regiment of Militia for which service the said Israel was drafted to the line of his sentinels; and this deponent further says that said Israel served at other times in said Militia, at alarms and other occasions, but the precise time of said service this deponent does not remember. And further says not, John S. Rik
Seven Town Dyer Court
Sept 4 - 1832
John S. Rik

Samuel Colme clerk of the court of Common Pleas aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the origi- nal proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Jerome Hunt for a pernia
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this eleventh day of December A.D. 1832 at South Hillston in said county of Washington -
SAM. COLME CLK

15 DeCon Jeremiah Hunt 1636 MAB

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Branton
21833 INVALID.
File No. 21,833
Jeremiah Root at New York
Act: June 7 th 1890
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 195
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Aug 15. Com
Free Hank R. Miller
18 3/4
J. L. Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions Washington

East-Greenwich R. I. Augt. 9. 89
Sir
In 1832 and 1833 I was agent for Jeremiah Hunt of North Kingston in this State for procuring a pension for him under the act of July 1832. Previous to the death of said Hunt his pension was suspended. I wish to be informed for what reason said pension was suspended. for the purpose of ascertaining whether his widow may apply for a continuation of said pension with any prospect of her application being granted.
Very Respectfully yr obed servt. William G Brown

No 7636 Jeremiah Hunt of N Kingston R.I.
W. G. Bowen Esq 8 Greenwich R.I.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jeremiah Hunt — which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides ? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides ? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so ? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served ? yes V. *Has he mentioned 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 ? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations ? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832 ? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion ? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate ? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed ? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal ? yes  yes  no

 XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes  XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? yes  XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? yes  XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes  XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes  NO  XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes 
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. 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 the 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.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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 affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.