Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45432, for Joshua Jacox, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Jacox, Joshua a Jacox Jacocks
S. 45432
CONTENTS

2534
New York Roll
Joshua Sacoeks Capt Mills 4
Connecticut private line in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 5th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 of Sep: 1818 and forwarded to O' Hastings Esqr Genesee New York.
Arrears to 4th of Septem 1818 $ 40: 00 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1819. 48. 00
Arns 5 mos. $88. 00
G. Webb { Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
77 (then 9 years) Cantonment Genesee. Ontario Co.
Polification sent to Stephen. Phelps. Esq 29 Sep 1820.
Ganandaigua.
New York

In the Matter of Sarah Jacobs
Certificate 5th ant.
With Ref. Criminal law.
Not found on the 60. statute roll
Sent to O. Hastings Geneva N.Y.K.

To the honorable The Secretary of War for the United States of America
I Mathew Warner Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas in & for the County of Ontario State of New York — Do certify that on the first day of April one thousand eight hundred & eighteen personally came before me Joshua Jacobs of Genesee Co. said State & County who being duly sworn deposith & says that he belonged to the army of the United States in the revolutionary war that he entered the service in one thousand eighteen seven hundred & seventy five in May of 1775 that he was enlisted by Capt. Asa Barr Woodbridge  regiment  Massachusetts line whom he served eight months & was honorably discharged after which within Six Months he enlisted under Capt. Fiske of Lanesborough Massachusetts & served under said Fiske Six Months & was with him at the Siege of Quebec & that afterwards some time in the following year one thousand eighteen seven hundred & seventy seven he enlisted under Capt. John Miller of Col. Charles Wheeler's regiment Connecticut line under whom he served three years at the expiration of which he received an honorable discharge from General Putnam — & that he was in Putnam's when Fort Montgomery was taken & was in various skirmishes & wintered at Valley Forge

and that he is in very low circumstances so much so that he has been obliged to ask & has received for the support of his family assistance from the town in which he resides.
I further certify that I am satisfied in the premises & believe him entitled by the law passed at the present session of the William Legislature for the relief of indigent revolution - officers & soldiers to be placed on the pension as a soldier. Matthew Warner
Albany 5 th April 1819
one of the judges in & for the County of Ontario Court of Common Pleas
I certify that Matthew Warner is a judge of the court of Common Pleas of the county of Ontario in the State of New York and that his signature to the above certificate is genuine.
House of Representatives April 17. 1819
John C. Spencer

Case of Joshua Brooks       Webb
2534 22 Sept 1818
Mar 19

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
On this nine  seventh day of August 1820 personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and constituted a Court of Record by proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State,) Joshua Saycox aged sixty three years, resident of the town of Geneseo in said county, who being, first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
enlisted for the term of three years in Capt. John Miley's company in Col. Charles Webb's Regiment in the Connecticut Line, commencing the fore part of the Year 1777 and served three years as a private in the above named regiment
and that he made application for a Pension on the fifth day of April 1818 and that he received a Pension Certificate, No. 2534 And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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, viz.
  One pocket knife  0.00    One snuff box  0.3          0.12  
his Joshua X Saycox mark!
And I do further swear and declare that I am by occupation a weaver, and by means of age, lame leg and other infirmities am unable to perform any kind of labor and have no means of support, except by public or private charity & have no family—
his Joshua X Saycox mark
Sworn & declared this 10 th day of August 1820 in Open Court before me
Mican Brooks a Judge of Ontario Com. Pleas

ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
I, John Van Fosen Clerk of said county, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I farther 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 eleven and  twelve cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 22 day of August A.D. 1820
J. Van Fosen Clerk of the Court aforesaid, in and for said County.

45 432
Rev INVALID.
File No. 45 432
Joshua Jacobs Per Rev War
Act: 18 March 1818
Index:—Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

St. L. Mo. - Oct 1
O. Hastings Genesee N.Y.
Oct 20

Ontario County ss
personally came before Joseph W. W. Lawrence one of the justices of the Peace in and for the said County Amos Adams Augustus Wolcott and Ashbel Atkins and Purdie Fowler who being duly sworn upon the Holy evangelists deposeth and saith that they are intimately acquainted with Joshua Peck and know him to be very poor and unable to earn his living
Amos Adams
A. Wolcott
Ashbel Atkins
Gordon Fowler
J.P.
Sworn & subscribed this 27 th of July 1840. before me
Joseph S. Lawrence J.P.

State of New York
Ontario County Clerk's Office —
ps; In Testimony that Joseph W. Lawrence whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate was on the day of the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for for the County of Ontario acting under the authority of said State and that the same is his signature I herewith subscribe my name and affix the County Seal at Canandaigua this 29 th day of July A.D. 1818
Rev. Mr. Nair Clerk

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Jacque Louis GRADE Private LINE Hazen's Regiment
WARRANT NUMBER 13256 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED February 20, 1792 to Benj. Moore, assignee
*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.