Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32931, for Edmond Jurden, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass. _____
Jurden, Edmond S. 32931 Jourden, or E Edmund Jurden, or E Edmund
CONTENTS

9899 9099
R
Dis Aug 6. 1840 (9B)
Massachusetts Edmund Jordan
of Ashfield in the state of Mass. who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Rose of the Mass. line, for the term of three yrs
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1. of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 28. of Apr. 1819 and Sent to Elijah Gaine Ashfield, Mass.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819  87.16 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819  48.00 $135.16
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Comp July 19. 1821, and Jenkls Charles Leavick Esq. Sen. Mass.
Copy of discharge sent into Bts n. P. Bureau Oct. 13. 1834

Affidavit of Wm. Fowle

I William Frowbridge of Worcester in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of Lawful Age do testify and declare, that I am well acquainted with Edmund Jurdan, who resides in the Town of Ashfield in the County of Franklin & Commonwealth of Massachusetts. That I well know that the said Edmund Jurdan, was in the Army of the revolution, that he was enlist- ed and served in the Continental Army, for the term of three years. That he was in the South place hired by a class to which I belonged to serve, for the term of three years unless sooner discharged. That he was mustered by Capt. Tho' Hovele, who was appointed for that purpose, and resides in the Town of Leicester in the County of Worcester of age - but is since dead. That after the Peace of 1783 - The said Jurdan returned from the Army, and very well recollects, I have seen the said Jurdan discharge several times, and that the same was signed by Maj. Genl. Knox - That the said Jurdan for about two years remained lived in my Family in the Town of Worcester, after he came home from the Army - and further saith not. June 29 th 1813 William Frowbridge
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, At Worcester in the County of Worcester. Came William Frowbridge above named, and made solemn oath, that the above affidavit by him subscribed, is true in every part.
Before me Nathl. Prine Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Worcester - on the Twenty ninth day of June 1813 -
Major Pitman, was the Col. of the Regiment to which the Jurdan belonged

Declaration & Oath of Schomberg Gordon Private D o to D o . Rose Chap to Reg t Grenadier
Apr. 8. 1818
$ 87.16
N o 9899

I Edmund Jarden of Arkfield within mentioned do On Oath Testify and declare, that since signing and making the within declarations and Oath, I have found my discharge which I had supposed was lost, and which is herunto annexed
dated at Arkfield in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts this sixth day of July in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighteen
Edmund Jarden
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss July 6 - 1818
The above named Edmund Jarden personally appeared and made Oath, that the foregoing declaration by him, is true and at the same time presented me with the deposition which is herunto annexed signed by William Mobridge taken before Nathaniel Paine Esq r
Elijah Paine Judge as of course

I Edmund Gerden as citizen of the United States Resident in the Town of Ashfield in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby Oath declare that I belonged to the Army of the United States in the revolutionary war I entered the service as a militia man soon after the British left Boston for the term of three months when I served my country faithfully until I was dismissed. I again entered the service as a common soldier in the continental Army for the term of nine months in the Massachusetts Line, I do not recollect the Captain or Col. under whom I served; But I faithfully served my coun- try for the said term of nine months and was then honourably discharged by my Officer. I again entered as a common soldier into the Army of the United States in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and eighty one for the term of three years in the company commanded By a Capt Goodale in a Regiment of the Massachusetts Line commanded by Colonel Rufus Putnam, and I continued in the service of my country, faithfully discharging the duties of a common soldier for my country against the common enemy during the term of the said three years until about two weeks when I was honourably discharged by a discharge signed by Gen. Frazar, which discharge I have lost and I cannot tell where it now is and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I stand in great need of the assistance of my country for support
Dated at Ashfield in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts this eighth day of April in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighteen
Bethuel Lilly
Edmund Gerden

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin Is April 8 th 1818
The within named Edmund Gorden personally appeared and made Oath that the foregoing Declaration by him subscribed is true Before me Elijah Paine a Session Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County of Franklin
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin Is April 8. 1818
I Bethuel Lilly of Ashfield in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid one of the selectmen of said Town do hereby certify that Edmund Gorden by whom the within declaration is signed is well known to the subscribers and he stands in great need of support from his country
Bethuel Lilly
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin Is April 8 - 1818
The above named Bethuel Lilly personally appeared and made Oath that the the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed is true Before me Elijah Paine Judge as aforesaid
To the Secretary of the Department of War I the subscriber a Session Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County of Franklin in the Commonwealth aforesaid do hereby certify that from the testimony of record it appears to my satisfaction that the said Edmund Gorden served in the revolutionary war against the common enemy as he has set forth in his Declaration aforesaid. and I further certify that the said Edmund Gorden is very poor and distitute of Property and it appears to my satisfaction stands in need of the assistance of his country for support Paid at Ashfield and sealed with the seal of the Court aforesaid this sixth day of July in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Elijah Paine Judge S. & P.

(20) Edmond Pouden
Parker L. Hall Senof

District of Massachusetts, ss :
ON this 28 th day of June — 1820 ; Personally appeared in open Court before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, begun and holden at Lenox, within and for the County of Berkshire, in the Western Circuit, on the 4th Monday of June 1820, the same Court, being a Court of records for said Circuit ; proceeding according to the course of the common Law, with a jurisdiction, unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Edmond Sourdan — aged fifty eight years, resident in Florida , — in the County of Berkshire aforesaid, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows ; that he enlisted in the company commanded by Captain Goodale — in the regiment commanded by Colonel Pufus Putnam — in the line of the State of Massachusetts — on the Continental establishment. That his original declaration is dated April 8 th 1818 . — and that his pension certificate is numbered 9899 —
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—schedule of property, necessary clothing and bedding excepted—to wit :
200 acres of wild Land in Florida Mountain for which I have paid $50.00 — 1 Cow — 15 1 pair of two year old steers — 1 pot — 1 Dish kettle — 1 Spider — 1 tea kettle 1 Shillet — —
The Cow. Steers & Land have all been purchased, with what I could save out of my pension money & my Creditors have waited — I now owe more than sufficient to take all the above property for necessaries furnished my self & family to live on —
That I am by occupation Labourer — that I am lame occasionally cutting my ankle, which disables one part of my time from labouring. that the number of my family residing with me is five — that their names and ages are as follow : Wife 48 years old — she spinster once — Edmond my son 13 years old & in case of sickness of my family the town of Sheffield assisted me some  Hannah my Daughter aged 11 years & Anna aged six years — (Sign?) Edmond Sourdan —
Sworn to, and declared on the 28 th — day of June 1820, before the said Court — Parker L. Hall Clk pro tem.
I Parker L. Hall Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Berkshire do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule 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 one hundred eighty six dollars and forty cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this ninth — day of August 1820.
Parker L. Hall
CLERK OF THE COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE.

March 18, 1940
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Mrs. William Dobson 1615 North New Jersey Street, No. 1, Indianapolis, Indiana
EDMOND JURDEN S. 32931 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of your great-great-grandfather, Edmund Jurden, of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, who served from Massachusetts, and received pension at the age of seventy-two years on account of his service.
The record follows of Edmond or Edmund Jurden or Jourden (the soldier used both spellings of given and surname in his signature). The data of this record were obtained from the papers in pension claim, S. 32931, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of Edmond Jurden and names of his parents are not shown.
Edmund Jurden, while residing in Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, enlisted soon after the British left Boston, and served a tour of three months; enlisted again and served a tour of nine months in the Massachusetts troops, names of officers, or dates, not given for those tours. He enlisted in 1781, served as private in Captain Goodale's company, Colonel Rufus Putnam's Massachusetts regiment, and was discharged in New York State, December 24, 1783, his discharge being signed by Ralph H. Bowles, Captain and Adjutant.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed April 8, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts.
In 1820, Edmund Jurden, was aged fifty-eight years and a resident of Florida, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. He referred to the

following members of his family then with him: his wife, aged forty-eight years, whose name he did not designate, his son, Edmond, aged thirteen years, daughter, Hannah, aged eleven years and Ana, aged six years.
The soldier died August 6, 1840, place not shown.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension and name and address of the person paid, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Edmund Jurden, certificate #9899, issued April 28, 1819, rate $8 per month, commenced April 8, 1818, Act of 18" March, 1818, Massachusetts Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator
1943-HH There is a letter from the writer which states that Rebecca Jurden received final payment of pension at Boston Agency.

William aged 32 yrs - born -
C.A.
- wife and 4 children.
son 13 - two daughters - 11 & 6 years old.
has hands on a farm with his family.
Paul J. Schick B. No. 40.
born 32 yrs -
This man has not been dropped from the Roll.

Hon Lewis Cass
Secretary of War Washington City
John Quincy Adams The attention of Hon Lewis Cass Esq
Col. John C. Calhoun Secy of War

October 6 1824 Russia Office
Hon. Lewis Cass Secretary of War Washington City
refused to Mr. Edwards for a reception DK

N. Adams Sept 30th 1834
In Mr Edmund Souder of Florida in the County of Brevard & Commonwealth the United States by a provision of the Legislature of Massachusetts under the State Law is entitled to Bounty lands or a commutation in money if he can make proof of service his dis- charge is filed in the Land Office at Washington City he wishes you to send him the original discharge & affixed to his application or a certified copy that he can apply him before the Governor of Florida to the Office of Secretary of War in C. all the originals or copies that he wants obliges you about 1850 William Paterson

BY THE HONOURABLE MAJOR-GENERAL KNOX,
Commanding the AMERICAN FORCES on Hudson's River.
Edmond Larocq Soldier . . . . . in the First Massachusetts . . . . . Regiment, being enlisted for Three Years, is hereby honourably DISCHARGED from the Service of the United States.
Given in the State of New-York, the Twenty fourth Day of December 1783
By the General Command,
H Knox Major Genl
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
Ralph H. Brown Capt. & Adjutant

1940. Mar. 18 - Heft's Mrs. Thm. Dobson M.L.R.
32931 Ray INVALID.
File No. 32,931
Edmund Jurden
Pin Rev War
Act: 18" March 18"
Index:—Vol. 9, Page 218
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1615 N. New Jersey St., No. 1, Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 24, 1940
To the United States Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
The undersigned is writing you to secure a copy of your record of military service in the Revolutionary War of Edmund Jurden , Berkshire County, Massachusetts. In Vol. 8, Page 1029, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolution, the following is recorded:
"Jurden--Edmund---Private in Capt. Nathan Goodale's Co., Col. Rufus Putnam's (5th) Regt.; muster roll for February and March, 1781, dated garrison at West Point; enlisted February 15, 1781; enlistment for three years."
The Massachusetts Pension Index on file in the Genealogical Department of the State Library, here in Indianapolis, also states as follows:
   Name  Description of Service  Placed On Roll  Commence. of Pension      Edmund Jurden  Mass. Line  Apr. 28, 1819  Apr. 8, 1818    Age  Annual Allowance  Received     72  $ 96.00  $ 1,527.20    
The index card also states that he was from Berkshire County
In sending me Edmund Jurden's record of service, will you, if possible, state the name of the place where he resided at the time of his enlistment, and will you please be sure to include all information you may have concerning the dates of his birth and death; also the name of his wife, her age, and her birth and death dates, as well as the names and ages of their children.
Edmund Jurden was my great, great grandfather, and in making up my genealogical record I lack the dates mentioned in the above paragraph.
Thanking you in advance, and hoping to hear from you at your earliest convenience, I am,
Sincerely yours,
Florence C. Dobson (Mrs. William)