Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 35478, for Elijah Jordan, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Jordan, Elijah
S 35478
CONTENTS

7794
Maine
Elijah Jordan
of Bucksport in the State of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Norse of the infantry line, for the term of three years
Inscribed on the Roll of the State of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension, issued the 18 th of March 1819 and sent to M c K. Parris Esq. Paris, Maine
Arrears to 4th of March 1819  $85.56 Semi-annual payment ending 4 th Sept. 1819  $48.00 $133.56
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Not entitled to a pension under the law of 1 st May 1818 No decision sent to Miss Clark 11 July 1820  Paris, Maine
copy of the pension of the late John Murphy of the State of Maine John Murphy Esq. 14 May 1820. William Morris

Elijah Jordan ( private )
Node's Mafit. Reg.
April 1777 for 3 years -
14 th April 1812
May 19 - 38 Correct
[Signature]
Elijah Jordan.

I, Elijah Jordan, a resident citizen of the United States of America, an inhabitant of Buckfield in the county of Oxford and State of Massachusetts, do testify and say, that on the last of April A.D. 1776 I enlisted into the army of the United States of America on the continental establishment for the term of eight months as a private soldier, in Capt. Ebenezer Dyer's company, Col. Whitcomb's regiment, Gen. Green's brigade in the Massachusetts line, in which service I continued to the end of said term of eight months, when without leaving the service I again enlisted into the same company as a private soldier for the term of one year, which I fully served and received from Lieut. Col. Comm d Whitney an honorable discharge, since accidentally lost. In the month of April A.D. 1777 I again enlisted into the army of the United States of America on the continental establishment for the term of three years as a private soldier in Capt. George Smith's company, Col. Joseph Vose's regiment, and Gen. John Glower's brigade in the Massachusetts line, in which company I served the full term of three years, when I received an honorable discharge, which I have also had the misfortune to lose. I further testify that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I stand in need of assistance from my country for support and that I am not borne on any pension list of the United States.
Elijah Jordan
I, Moses Buck, of Sumner in the county of Oxford and State of Massachusetts do testify and say that I was in the continental service in the revolutionary war during the same period that the above named Elijah Jordan served his term of three years above said, and was in the same regiment and was well acquainted with said Jordan in said service, and to my certain knowledge said Jordan served the term of three years as he has above stated. I further testify that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life said Jordan stand in need of assistance from his country for support.
Moses Buck

We the Subscribers, Selectmen of the town of Buckfield in the County of Oxford Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, hereby certify that Mr. Elijah Jordan of this town, is by reason of his reduced circumstances in life in need of assistance from his country for support —
Samuel H. Brown
Larnard Swallow Eunah Hall
Buckfield April 8. 1810.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the fourteenth day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Elijah Jordan the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence the affidavit of Moses Buck, made and signed in my presence; and the deposition of David Jordan, taken before Asa Cummings, a respectable magistrate, appointed by Dedimus for this purpose, both following soldiers with said applicant in the revolutionary war; also the certificate of Samuel F. Brown & other municipal officers of the corporation to which said applicant belongs, relating to his circumstances in life; all which are hereunto annexed.
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Elijah Jordan the applicant, served as a private soldier in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my
Official
Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Albion K. Parrish
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.
... - 1 ...

Elijah Jordan N o 7794-
18 March 1829
Not entitled
27 acres and
not entitled

STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford ss. At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas
begun and holden at Paris within and for the county of Oxford
on the second Tuesday of June A.D. 1820 - and by adjournment
from A.D. 1820
before the Honorable Benjamin Green & Judah Dana Judges of said Court.
On this 15th day of June in the year above written, personally appeared
in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said county
of Oxford - Elijah Jordan - aged sixty nine - years, resident in
Bucksport - 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, viz. as a private in the
company commanded by Capt. George Smith in the Regiment commanded by Colonel
Joseph Vose in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment,
as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 14th day of
June A. D. 1818 - , and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered
4794 - was granted. 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; that my occupation and ability to
pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particu-
larly described below, also subscribed by me.
Elijah Jordan
Sworn to and declared, on the 15th day of June A. D. 1820.
BEFORE
Benjamin Green & Judah Dana
Judges of said Court.
SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz: -
Real estate viz -
27 acres of Poor lands -
one small dwellinghouse
one barn
Personal estate viz -
two oxen 5 years old -
two steers - 2 do - do
one heifer - 1 do - do
one swine - one calf -
three sheep - - - -
10 articles of brockery ware - 3 do iron ware -
5 - do - earthen - do - 3 do wooden do -
The above is a true schedule of all my property of every kind - and I further certify that I am indebted to several persons to the amount of one hundred & forty three Dollars & ninety five cents -
June 15th 1820 -
Elijah Jordan -

SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Elijah Jordan who by occupation am a husbandman which I am not able to pursue by reason of  nervous complaints - and the usual infirmities  of old age -
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     My wife Mary - 67 years not able to contribute more than one quarter part of her support -   Prudence Jordan 28 years supports herself by labour abroad, occasionally residing in my family -   Joanna March 13 do able to support herself by labour -    Elijah Jordan -
Oxford ss. I Thomas Clark Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said county of Oxford do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules 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 two hundred  & thirty four dollars  cents.  $234.00
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 24th day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty -
Thomas Clark { Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said county of Oxford

Law Division.
CAM
11-1-07
November 6, 1907.
The Quartermaster General, U. S. A.
War Department.
Sir:-
Replying to your inquiry of the 31st ult., received the 1st instant, relative to the case of Elijah Jordan, late private, Revolutionary War, Cert. No. 7,794, you are advised as follows:
Elijah Jordan alleged in his declaration executed April 8, 1818, that on the last day of April, A.D.1775, he enlisted in the army of the United States of America, on Continental Establishment, for the term of eight months, as a private soldier in Captain Abner Cranston's Co., Colonel Whitcom's Regt., General Greene's Brigade, in the Massachusetts Line, in which service he continued to the end of said term of eight months. Then, without leaving service, he again enlisted into the same company as a private soldier for the term of one year, which he duly served, and received from Lieut.Colonel Commanding Whitney an honorable discharge, since accidentally lost; that in the month of April, A.D.1777, he again enlisted in the army of the United States of America on the Continental Establishment, for the term of three years, as a private soldier in Captain George Smith's Co., Colonel Joseph Vose's Regt. and General John Glover's Brigade, in the Massachusetts Line, in which company he served the full term of three years, when he

received an honorable discharge, which he stated he also lost.
Application for headstone herewith returned.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

35 478 Rev INVALID.
Nov 16, 1907, Q. M. Genl. advised of soldiers alleged service D. C. Ins.
File No. 35-478
Elijah Jordan Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 207
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Abaini
Elijah Jordan, Private - 3 years
1 st Schedule. June 1820
R. E. - 27 acres & small House Personal - 2 oxen - 2 steers 1 Heifer - 1 swine - 1 cow 3 sheep, and a few articles of furniture - amt of schedule
$234 -
2 d Schedule, April 1. 1823
R. E. - none - Personal - a few articles of furniture Total $5 -
The Land & mentioned in first Schedule I sold to B. Jordan, for $150, with the money paid the foll g debts To N & L Dana & S. Cole, S. Phelps - The oxen named in 1 st Schedule I sold to B Jordan for $40 - for which he gave me $37.75, cash, which
I have expended for support of self & family -
a duly authenticated
Copy of the Deed is within -
dated Oct r 13. 1820.
acknowled. June 4. 1821
Recorded June 8. 1821
His age 72 - Laborer - Wife 66. feeble
J. Mussey Jr. Portland
July 25. 1827

N o 324 Elijah Jordan
Schedule under the Act 1 st March 1823
Copy
Sept 1829
Informal
Corrected in point of form - J. M. P. Clerk
1 Comptroller of the Customs

copy of a Deed Elijah Morehouse to Samuel Morehouse - [Signature]
B [Signature]

KNOW all Men by these Presents, THAT Elijah Forster of Bucksfield in the county of Oxford Yeoman
in consideration of the sum of One hundred and fifty Dollars paid by Benjamin Forster of said Bucksfield in said county of Oxford Yeoman
the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell, convey, and confirm unto him the said Benjamin and his heirs and assigns forever, to certain lot or parcel of land situated in the southerly part of lot N o nineteen in the fifth range of third or fourth division of land in the town of Bucks- field being the remainder of what I have not deeded away & containing about twenty seven acres more or less.
Exhibit A. A true copy of the foregoing instrument as shown to me by Elijah Forster Original for William Stephen
To have and to hold, the same, with all the privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging to him the said Benjamin and his heirs and assigns, to their sole use and behoof forever. And I do hereby for myself - heirs, executors and ad- ministrators, covenant with the said Benjamin - his heirs and assigns, that I am lawfully seized in fee of the premises; that they are free of all incumbrances; that - have good right to sell and convey the same in manner aforesaid; and that I and my heirs will warrant and defend the same to him the said Benjamin & his heirs and assigns forever, against the lawful demands of all persons-
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this thirteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty
SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED, IN PRESENCE OF E. L. Hamlin Samuel Stephens
Elijah Forster 
ss. Then the aforementioned Elijah Forster personally acknowledged the foregoing instrument, to be his deed, before me Simon Cummings - Justice of the Peace.

Oxford ss. Pasi. May 10. 1823 I hereby certify that the within is a true copy from Oxford Church from Book 20. Pages 37 & 38
Math. Hanson Minister of the Gospel Baptist Church Oxford

I Benjamin Jordan of Parkfield in the County of Oxford State of Maine, testify and say that on the thirteenth day of October 1820. I purchased of Elijah Jordan of said Parkfield, a certain piece of land situated in said town, being the only land that said Elijah then possessed, containing about twenty acres, said Elijah conveying the same to me by his deed of that date and for which I paid him as consideration the sum of one hundred fifty dollars in the following manner viz. I paid to Sampson Holb of S d Parkfield Sixty four Dollars 83, and I think fifty cents which said Elijah owed said Holb for land that he had sometime previously purchased of S d Holb and had afterward sold - I paid to Stephen Phelps of S d Parkfield the sum of fifty two Dollars and twenty five cents for a note that said Elijah had previously given said Phelps to settle a store account - but this payment was not made due to S d Phelps, but to Samuel B Brown Esq. Attorney to said Phelps assigned - and I paid said Elijah personally fifty Dollars in cash with which I understood he paid several small debts and the balance I paid him by a small share which I sold him -
After the above transaction and about the last of said October I purchased of said Elijah a system of oxen for which I paid him by the balance of fifteen Dollars due me on a note given me by said Elijah dated Jan y 7. 1817. and by paying John Loring of said Parkfield Merchant the whole of a note of seventy two Dollars which said Elijah and myself were owing jointly one half belonging to said Elijah to pay - this note being lost. I cannot now state the date of the same, but it was given me about the same time as the above named note given by S d Elijah to myself.
State of Maine
Benjamin Jordan
Oxford ss. April 16. 1823
Then the above named Benjamin Jordan personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit, by him subscribed before me Samuel B Brown Justice of the Peace

I Stephen Phelps of Berwick in the County of Oxford State of Maine, testify and say that in the year 1820. Elijah Jordan of said Berwick was indebted to me by his note given to settle a store book account to the amount of a sum I think above fifty dollars which note I signed to Miss N. H. Dana Esq. who deposited the same with Samuel D Brown of said Berwick for collection when the same was paid but by whom I do not know - Said note was signed in the year 1820. and I think paid in the fall of said year
State of Maine - County of Oxford April 16. 1823. Then the above named Stephen Phelps personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me Samuel D Brown. Justice of the Peace
I Samuel Duggall of Berwick in the County of Oxford State of Maine, testify and say that in the fall of the year 1820. I purchased of Elijah Jordan of said Berwick, a pair of steers then two years old the spring passed which I took of said Jordan in payment for a debt which he then owed me of thirty dollars Samuel H Duggall
State of Maine, County of Oxford April 20. 1823. Then personally appeared the above named Samuel H. Duggall and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me Samuel D Brown Justice of the Peace

I Sampson Cole of Presque Isle in the County of Oxford, State of Maine, testify and say that sometime in the fall of the year 1819. Elijah Jordan of said Presque Isle gave me his note of hand payable in one year for the sum of seventy five dollars in payment for a piece of land which I had then sold him - that in October of the year 1820 said note being due, and said Jordan not being able to pay it in money I took of him the Note of hand of Benjamin Jordan payable to said Elijah & indorsed by him to me for the sum of sixty five dollars or thereabouts in part payment and the balance I owed the said Elijah for sometime after, but never got my pay of him but it was paid by said Benjamin Jordan about two years afterward,
Sampson Cole
State of Maine County of Oxford, April 28. 1823. Then personally appeared the above named Sampson Cole and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him signed before me Samuel F. Brown
Justice of the Peace

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the
Tuesday being the
day of
and by adjournment from day to day, on the  first
day of April  three in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ANTHONY K. ROBbins
Ashur Ware Judge of said Court.
ON this first day of April in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Maine District , Elijah Jordan aged seventy two years, resident in Bucksport in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the
make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 & the 1 st May 1820 That he the said Jordan enlisted for the term of three years on the first of April in the year 1777 in the State of Massachusetts in the Company commanded by Capt. George Smith in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Vose in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment that he continued to serve in said Corps until April 1780 when he was discharged at the Highlands between Peekskill & Fishkill in the State of New York. That his name has been placed on the Pen- sion list and dropped therefrom on account of his property. And in pursuance of the Act of 1 st May 1820.
Revolutionary war, passed on the 18 th 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; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Elijah Jordan
Sworn to and declared, on the 1 st day of April A. D. 1820 }
BEFORE
Ashur Ware
{ U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and held at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the Tuesday being the  day of and by adjournment from day to day, on the  first day of April  three in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable  ASHUR WARE Ashur Ware Judge of said Court,
more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the fourteenth day of April  A. D. 1818 ; and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pen- sion, numbered 7704  was granted. 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; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Elijah Jordan
Sworn to and declared, on the 1 st day of April A. D. 1822 }
BEFORE
Ashur Ware
{ U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Real Estate — I have none
Personal Estate — A few ordinary and broken articles of necessary household stuff constitute all that I possess and that not worth ten dollars — I have no income and am helped by charity —
Since I made and exhibited a schedule of my property in June 1820 — The following changes have taken place in my property — The land contained in said schedule I was obliged to sell and did sell to Benjamin Jordan and the consideration was 150 dollars, was disposed of to pay the following debts. — To N. & S. Dana of Portland 57.07 — to Saml. S. Gole 64.50 — to Stephen Phelps for articles out of his store 42.25 — The oxen mentioned in said schedule I sold to Benj. Jordan for $40 — for which he gave me 37.75 cash which I have expended, & he paid for me several small debts for necessary articles which I cannot now particularize
Signed & sworn to Elijah Jordan Before Ashur Ware Judge of the U. S. April 1. 1823 for the Dist. of Maine
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Elijah Jordan who, by occupation am a Sabarer which I am not able to pursue by reason of age and infirmity
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     My wife Mary 66 a feeble woman   I have no other family   Elijah Jordan   Signed & sworn to Before Ashur Ware Judge of the U. S. for the Dist. of Maine  

It appears to me from the testimony of James Monks a neighbor of the petitioner that the property mentioned in the above schedule is not worth but a mere trifle not more as he believes than five dollars and the witness states that he believes the petitioner has no other property Ashur Ware
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, Junr. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules 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 five five dollars and no more.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this first day of April A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty. three
John Mussey Junr.
Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

United States of America
Mayne District ss District Clerk's Office
In testimony that Hanson Mellen Esquire is the Register of Deeds for the county of Oxford in Maine District and that the signature to the certificate on the within and annexed copy of a deed is the true signature of the said Mellen. I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said District Court this sixteenth day of July A.D. 1923
John Mufzerg Junr Clerk
MS 324 Elijah
Schedu
Copy
John
Professors
Deed

I, David Jordan of Albany in the county of Oxford and State of Massachusetts, do testify and say that I served in the army of the United States of America on the continental establishment in the war of the revolution a number of years, that I was well acquainted with Elijah Jordan, now of Buckfield in said county, in said service, that said Elijah Jordan served as a private soldier in Capt. George Smith's company, Colonel Joseph Vose's regiment, and Gen. John Glouster's brigade in the Massachusetts line, on the continental establishment for the term of three eighteen months or more years. I belonged to the same brigade and saw said Elijah Jordan frequently.
Oxford ss. Then the above named David Jordan made oath to the truth of the foregoing statement by him subscribed this his 20 th day of April A.D. 1878. David Jordan
Before me Lisa Cummings, Justice of the Peace

United States of America District of Maine ss. } -
To Asa Cummings of Albany in said District, esq. Greeting
Whereas, at a special District Court of said United States for Maine District held at Paris, within said District on the fourteenth day of April, A.D. 1818.
Elijah Dorrance of Buckfield in said District, presented himself and claimed a certificate of his having served in the War of the Revolution, on the continental establishment, against the common enemy, for the purpose of receiving a pension from said United States agreeably to the provisions of An Act of Congress, passed, March 18. 1818. entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons

engaged in the land and naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary War; - and whereas in the course of the examination here had, it appears that the testimony of David Jordan of said Albany is material and necessary in support of said application; - Therefore to the end that the testimony aforesaid may be had, and by virtue of the power vested in this court by the laws of the United States, you the said Asa Cummings, esq. are hereby appointed and authorized, at the proper expense of the applicant, to take the deposition of the said David Jordan, touching the application aforesaid and the same, when taken, together with this warrant to certify and

return to the Judge of said court, without unnecessary delay. —
Given under my hand and seal, at Paris in said District, this fourteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Albion H. Parris Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

N 29b Elijah Jordan
Copy
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
Whereas, the undersigned, Clerk of the District Court of the United States for the District of [illegible] do hereby certify that the foregoing copy, and the schedule thereto annexed, are true copies from the original now on file in my office and of the whole thereof.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court on this [illegible] day of [illegible] in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one.
Clerk of the U. S. District Court

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
Special At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the Tuesday, being the thirty first day of January  and by adjournment from day to day, on the  day of  one in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS , Judge of said Court.
ON this thirty first day of January in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, Elijah Jordan . . . . . aged sixty nine years, resident in Bucksport in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private — in the company commanded by Capt. Smith — in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Vose — in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the fifteenth day of April . . . A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 7794 — was granted. 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 ; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Elijah Jordan
Sworn to and declared, on the thirteenth day of January A. D. 1820.
BEFORE
Albion K. Parris
U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Real estate I have none — twenty seven acres of land which I mentioned in a former schedule has been taken to pay in part the just debts I was owing for the necessaries of life — and also the steers and heifer mentioned in said schedule —
I have no personal property except a few ordinary house utensils for family use — I have no income and am still in debt — and am threatened with imprisonment for it — I am truly poor and destitute
Elijah Jordan
Sworn to January 13. 1821
Albion H. Barris U.S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Elijah Jordan — who, by occupation am a laborer — which I am not able to pursue by reason of age and infirmity
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Wife Mary — 66 a very feeble woman   Joanna Monk 14 a grand daughter able to work in the family  
Elijah Jordan
Sworn to January 13. 1821 Before
Albion H. Barris U.S. Dist. Judge

MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, Junr. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules 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 four dollars and eighty seven cents. and no more
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this thirty first day of January A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one
{ Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
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