Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19384, for Jonathan Lyon, Massachusetts

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Lyons, Jonathan
S. 19384
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Vermont.
Rev War
Jonathan Lyon Private Mass. U. S. Army
Inscribed on the roll of Vermont, at $5, and increased to $8, per mo. by law 24 Apl. 1816.
Formal certificate is dated 13 July 1824, and sent to Wm Haswell, Esqr. Bennington, Vt.

For formal certificate
Recd. 12 July 1824.
Wm Haswell, Bennington, Vt.

County of Bennington ss.
On this — 2 d day of July — A. D. 1824, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Bennington, personally appeared Ima- thran Lyon, who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to a company commanded by Capt. Christopher Marshall in the regiment commanded by Col. Benjamin Tupper in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Massachusetts — but has never received a formal cer- tificate, and now wishes to obtain one.
Joel Pratt Justice of peace
State of Vermont
I Joel Pratt Clerk of Bennington County Court hereby certify that Joel Pratt is a Justice of the peace acting under the authority of this State & that the above is his signature In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of our said Court at Manchester this 2 d day of July A D 1824
Joel Pratt Clerk

Rev. War Section.
September 12, 1917.
Mrs. Melets Lyon Mead, 418 North Avenue, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the fifth instant, you are advised that the papers in the claim of Jonathan Lyon Survivor's File No. 19,384 Rev. War , show that he was pensioned at the Vermont Agency, at the rate of thirty shillings per month from March 17, 1786, on account of the loss of his left arm above the elbow joint which he sustained while serving in Captain Christopher Marshall's company, Colonel Benjamin Tupper's 10th Massachusetts regiment; the dates of his enlistment and discharge, and date and place of injury are not stated.
The soldier's pension certificate was issued in 1787, at which time he was twenty-seven years of age.
In 1824, he was a resident of Bennington County, Vermont. The dates and places of his birth and death are not shown, and there is no family data whatever on file.
Very respectfully,
A. C. McLaughlin Acting Commissioner.

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Jonathan Lyon 57. 19.384 Mass.

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Jonathan Lyne 57. 19. 384 Mass.

THIS certifies that Jonathan Lyon , a Soldier an inhabitant of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts , who belonged to the 10. Mass. Regt. commanded by M aj . Genl. Stephen G. in Christo Marshall Camp. in the service of the United States of America , aged Twenty Seven , as appears by Certificates lodged in the Pension- Office, having been examined by me, is found to be disabled in said service by the loss of his left arm, Above the Elbow Joint
And I do hereby certify that he is entitled to receive Twenty Dollars per Month, commencing 1 st March 1786 agreeably to the Resolution of Congress, of the 7th of June, 1785, and to an Act of the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts , of the 17th March, 1786.
GIVEN under my hand, at BOSTON , this Twenty Seventh day of February in the year of our Lord, 1787, and in the Eleventh year of the Independence of the United States of America .
John Lucas Commissary of Pensions

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418 North Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich.
Sept 5, 1917
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir; please send me the records of the Pension of Jonathan Lyon who enlisted from Mass. in Capt. Marshall's Co. 10th Mass. Regt we know from family records he had his arm taken off at age of 27 but we wish especially the names of the ones who received the Pension as well as the date and place of birth and death as it was given in his pension application and the payment of the Pension
Hoping to hear as soon as possible, so as to make out the D.A. R. pps with this record, as well as the family record, as proof; so please copy all the information given in the records and I will be willing to pay for this if desired
yours sincerely
Miss Melets Lyon Mead
P.S. on the other side of my family we have the tradition that John Salisbury from N.Y. received a grant of land in Missouri where the town of Salisbury now stands and if you can give me the proper parties to write to in order to find such records unless you have them there I will greatly appreciate it also
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SOUTH HAVEN, MICH., July 10 190 6
Pension Department Washngt. -
Gentlemen - ,
South Haven is about to organize a local chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution. I wish to become a charter member write you to find some facts regarding my great grandfather Jonathan Lyon as he lost an arm in the service I am told my first move is to write the pension department. Can you tell me where he enlisted from, and will you give me all the information you have regarding him.
This Jonathan Lyon spent the winter at Valley Forge with Washington.
Thanking you in advance
I am very truly, Mrs. Merit D. Mead South Haven, Michigan.

1906 July 24 History to Mrs. Meril D. Mead.
1917 Sept. 12. Hist to Mrs. Meletia L. Mead & 1920 July 19 Hist. to Cora L. Moffatt.
Rev War
19 384 INVALID.
File No. 19,384
Jonathan L...
Bds 26 S. St.
Act: of 1786
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 251
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Mr. Calhoun
Hon. John C. Calhoun, Sec of War, Washington City
B Rec'd 12 July 1824

Burlington, July 7. 1824.
Dear Sir,
I enclose an application from Jonathan Lyon for a new certificate. — Also some papers in the case of Elisha Lincoln. — Mr. Lincoln is miserably poor, and has a sick wife, as is stated in the papers herewith forwarded. — Any proof that may be required in the case of Lincoln shall be immediately forwarded.
Very respectfully, Yours,
Wm. Harrell