Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15601, for Jonathan Marvin, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Marvin Jonathan
S. 15601
carded
CONTENTS

17.330 Vermont
Jonathan Marvin of Addison Co in the State of Vermont who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Bixler of the Reg't commanded by Col. Wells, in the state  army line for time  time . comm. aw.
Entered on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Augt. 1832 and sent to
H. H. Everest. Housatonic
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833. $40.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 Sept. 10.00
$50.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book E Vol. 3. Page 77
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4th March 1838 to 30 Aug 1838 the day of his death. Agt notified 21. Sep 1839

State of Vermont      On the 4 th day of July 1832 Addison County, ss personally appeared before the judges of Addison county court in open court. Jonathan Mairew a resident of Shorham in said county aged 67 years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, That he was drafted and served his country six months on or about the first Monday in May 1779 in a company of Connecticut Militia at Hebron in said State, commanded by Capt. Hezekiah Bissell, being attached to a Regiment commanded by Col. Wells of Litchfield, which regiment was stationed at New London, Fairfield, and New Haven in said state, he served during the said Term of six months at the places above mentioned, when he was discharged, and he declares that on the 3 rd day of May 1780 he entered into the continental service for the term of one year as a Teamster to assist in carrying arms from place to place and in transporting the baggage of the army, and that he continued to serve in said capacity until the expiration of the said term of time when he was discharged and he declares that he receives no pension, nor claims any except the present and is not on any pension roll of any agency in any state, that he has never had any partial discharge that he resides in Shorham and has for fourteen years past on the  at  the  the Sworn and subscribed in open court the day day of year above written, E. D. Barber Clerk

And the said board do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a volun- teering soldier and served as he states; and the board also certify that from with personal acquaintance with the said Jonathan Harris, they consider him a person of veracity and entitled to credit; and that it has been made to appear to them by competent testimony, that the said Thomas whose affidavit is herewith transmitted, is a person of veracity and entitled to credit. The board also cer- tify that the affidavit of said Thomas was sworn  taken before a person having competent authority.
Edward D. Barber Clerk

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
September 12 th , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The widow of Jonathan Marvin, dec d a Pensioner on the Roll of the Vermont Agency, at the rate of Twenty - Dollars and  Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, 1838, to the 30 th August, 1838, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
Alison K. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

15601 INVALID.
File No. _____
Jonathan Marwin Pr Rev War
Act: _____
June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. _____, Page _____
1  245
[Arrangement of 1870.]

4248
Jonathan Mearns
Admitted 6 mos $20.-
✓
U H Everest Shoreham.
pt

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
April 26 th 1853
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.      
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Mr Jonathan Niarrin

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) , who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
His service as a Teamster cannot be admitted as enlisted upon the Continental establishment

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
 6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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 official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Militia service unless it is shown that claimant served, which upon the facts stated is extremely doubtful

STATE OF VERMONT, Addison County ss.
I, EDWARD D. BARBER, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Addison, do hereby certify that the annexed documents contain the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of  Jonathan Martin  for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 14 th day of July A. D.
1832
Edward D. Barber Clerk

Lepe Thomas Apedant
Iona Marin's base

I Jesse Thomas of Connawall county of Addison and State of Vermont of lawful age testify and say that. I have been acquainted with Jonathan Marvin and know of his serving the United States as a soldier in the revolu- tionary war. he served six months in the militia of Connecticut and know of his enlisting for one year into the regular army of the United States so called as a Regiment as he has set forth in his declaration and do truly believe he served accordingly and further say that I was once acquainted with him at the time and saw him frequently while in the army
Jesse Thomas mark
State of Vermont Middlebury July 4 th 1832 Addison county ss Then personally appeared the above named Jesse Thomas and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth Before me Dorothea Wooten Just of Peace

John Sanford Affidavit
Sona Marin's case

I John Sanford of County Addison, and State of Vermont of lawful age depose and say that I am acquainted with Jeps Thomas and consider him a man of truth and veracity and a credible witness
July 4 th 1832
John Sanford
The above affidavit sworn to subscribed
Before me Darius Rooten Just of Peace

Elisha Field's Affair
Ebenezer Dyer Iowa. Maria's case

I Eliza Field of Connecticut in the county of Addison and State of Vermont of Lawful age depose and say that I have been acquainted for a number of years with J. P. Thomas and believe him to be a person of truth and veracity and would be entitled to credit as a witness in a court of justice
Richard D. Webb
Given as subscribed this 14th day of July A D 1832
in open court E. D. Barber Clerk

No 4248-
Declaration of Jonathan Marin

State of Vermont Be it remembered that before me Atkinson County, Silas H. Amison one of the Judges of Atkinson County Court on the 31 st day of May 1838. Personally appeared Jonathan Mawson of Sherburne in the County of Atkinson aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain a pension under the act of June 7 th 1832, in addition to the declaration by him made for a pension under said act, on the 4 th day of July 1832 and forwarded to the War Department (Ver.) That he the said Jonathan Mawson during the Revolu- tionary War lived in Hebron in the State of Connecticut and that according to the best of his recollection on the first Monday in May 1779, he entered into the service of his country as a common soldier for the term of six months as a substitute for Stephen Beake and John Northum who were drafted, that he the said Jonathan Mawson then belonged to a company of Militia commanded by Capt. Hose kick Rippe. at Hebron aforesaid. That he the said Jona- than Mawson on the said first Monday in May 1779, as a substitute as aforesaid entered the company of Capt. Tiddon in Col. Wells Regiment in the Connecticut Militia and marched from Hebron aforesaid to Newlon- don in the State of Connecticut for the purpose of guarding said place, that on the said march he passed through Colchester - that a Red in draft from the Regi- ment at Colchester and was taken captive and was permitted to pay nine shillings for said election. That he the said Jonathan Mawson served as a Red in as aforesaid at New London aforesaid completing from the time he marched from Hebron aforesaid six months in to two days when the the Regiment was ordered to march to New Haven and Fairfield in Connecticut and that he the said Jonathan Mawson marched with said Capt.

Tierson Company from New London in a Snow Storm about ten miles the first day as he still weather and that before he arrived in his march to Connecticut Darien on the third days march from New London one of his Northern brother of the afairs John Worthen came and find the company and brought a horse for him the said Jonathan Mowen to ride him. The said Jonathan Mowen was then and there dismissed having served the full term of six months, and that he then returned home to Housatonic and there remained until the great spring time (time) in the spring of 1780. The same year that he had left West Point and that according to the list of his enlistment on the 3 rd day of May 1780, he the said Jonathan Mowen entered into the Continental Service as a teamster under Capt. Baxter for the term of one year that he went from Housatonic where he then resided with Capt. Baxter in a company of two Continental teams to Providence in the State of Rhode Island and then had less than took fifteen heads of cattle and four chests of arms from the Continental Store at Providence and carried the same to Hillside having passed through on our road Old Hartford and Danbury where at Hillside unloaded our teams and went from thence to Kings Ferry and then took each of us a load of flour and carried the same to Tappan in New York and from thence we went to Poughkeepsie where we called and took each a load of hay & came to the Army at Tappan and that he the said Jonathan Mowen delivered his load to the Stable of Baron Stuken, while he remained at Tappan he was repeatedly sent with company with the

Other teams to Pempton Meadows to procure hay for the officers horses and that he will write during our Lead to the Battle of Guilford Courthouse as our team, we loaded our teams with bread at Morristown and carried the same to Tappan which was on the same day Major Andros was hung and that he the said Jonathan Mowatt saw the said Andros while hanging on the gallows and he the said Jonathan Mowatt further states that as our team while he was with his team in the farm as a forage at Kings Ferry he saw a horse going to and returning from the British Lines that lay in the vicinity then in sight of the Fort at Kings Ferry which horse it was said a few days after was the one that conveyed a letter or letter to British General Leslie, that he further asserts in conveying arms and transporting the baggage of the Army from place to place and was under the immediate command of the General Capt Basset - and that he served the full term of our year the term of his said enlistment and was discharged at Southerton in Connecticut in the month of May 1781 according to the part of his enlistment and that during the whole term of his said enlistment he drew rations at the several military stations as a forage and also when his duty called him - and that after he was discharged he returned home to Hibernia farm. That he was born as he has been informed in Yorkshire in England and came to the United States when he was four years old - and further states that when he was at Morristown in New Jersey in the time as afor said John Pennock one of the teamsters had one of his oxen taken and killed by our soldiers and that Capt Basset drew an order for the

Cattle then in the Camp of the Continental Army  and  right  out a time for the said John Lemmond and further the above out Lemmond and which the above  out day & year above out  of  the  year before me Vilas H. Johnson Judge
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above Jonathan Mearns and that he is a credible witness and I further certify that there is no other Clappman in the Town of Sherburn when the said Jonathan Mearns renders Vilas H. Johnson Judge.

State of Vermont } Addison County, } I, Samuel Swift, Clerk of the County Court for said County of Addison do hereby certify that Silas H. Lexison, before whom the foregoing affidavit of Jonathan Marvin was made was at the time, a Judge of said County Court and his name subscribed thereto is his own signature; and Samuel H. Woolley before whom the foregoing affidavit of Donastus Wooster was made was at the time and still is a Justice of the peace for said County, and his name subscribed thereto is his own signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 12th. day of June 1833.
Sam. Swift Clerk

State of Vermont } Be it known that before Addison County } me Samuel H. Kelley one } of the Justices of the Peace within and for the } County of Addison personally appeared Dorcas } Wooster of Middlebury in the County of Addison } and on oath clothed upon and says that } he the said Dorcas Wooster was the mayor at the } time when the affidavit of John Sanford } of Cornwall in said County was taken on the 4 th } day of July 1832 in support of the claim of Lon- } then Marvin for a pension under the act of } Congress of the 7 th June 1832. and I further } testify and say that I am personally acquainted } with the said John Sanford and that he is } a credible witness and I further testify and } say that I am personally acquainted with } Elkanah Field of Cornwall who made his affidavit } before Addison County Court on the 10 th day } of July 1832 in support of the claim of the said } Lycthan Marvin for a pension as aforesaid and } that he the said Elkanah Field is a credible witness } and further say not.                     Dorcas Wooster } known and subscribed the day 13 } year above written -                     My affm Samuel H. Kelley Just. Peace

I truly believe that Dorothy Dandridge who made the following affidavit is a credible witness Sam H. Hollyhock Ranch