Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File for Robert Jacways, Connecticut

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Jacways, Robert
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Jacurys, Robert
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of Connecticut submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on December 31, 1794 and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 142-
Rank: Private.
Regt: 5th Connecticut, Col. Bradley's; afterwards in the corps of invalids.
Disability: Frozen and worn out in service.
Residence: Stonington
To what pension entitled: Full
Remarks: Enlisted Feb. 22, 1777, for the war; transferred to invalids Oct. 29, 1780.
Evidence incomplete, viz; 1st, no evidence of his disability proceeding from known wounds. 2d, The report of the examining physicians is not upon oath. 3d, There are only two freeholders that testify to his disability for the first two years immediately after leaving the service, the law requiring three. The claimant not being actually wounded, is not comprehended by the laws.