Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,953, for Jonathan Lougee, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Lougee, Jonathan
NUMBER
S.40.953
CONTENTS

Vermont. St.
13. 405
At Hampshire.
Sarah Lougee
of Hanover in the State of N. Hampshire who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Warren of the Regt commanded by Colonel Messam in the Vols of the line, for the term of three years. from 17 to 17
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Hampshire at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 th day of April 1878.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of June 1879 and sent to C. Evans. Enfield N. H.
Arrears to 1 th of Sep - 1881. $ 64. 57. Semi-annual all ce ending
Continued on Roll. 11 th March } $ 64. 57.
1881 and notification sent to
John M c Duffie } Revolutionary Claim, } Brattleboro Vermont } Acts March 18, 1818. } May 1, 1820. } March 1, 1823. }
Pension commencing on the 3 rd day of May 1881.
Recorded Book vol. page
by
clerk
Transferred Vermont to Concord N. H. from 4 th March 1844. 18 April 1844. Notification to Pen Co. 6 th March 1844. Lynde N. H.
Letter to S. G. Huntington. Sep 19. 1845
Recd to Pen Agt. 13 th Feb 1846.
To Montpelier V t from 4 th Sep 1845. 24 th Feb. 1846. Notification to S. G. Huntington. Post Mills, Vermont

State of Vermont } On this 11 th day of February County of Orange } Eighteen hundred and Forty As before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Orange personally appeared Jonathan Longue who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company com- manded by Captain John Blanchard in the Regiment commanded by Colonel James Wilson in the service of the United States that his name is now placed on the Pension roll of the State of New Hampshire from whence he has lately removed that he now resides in the State of Vermont where he intends to reside and wishes his Pension to be then payable in future —
The following are his reasons for removing from New Hamp- -shire to Vermont He is now very aged and unable to perform any labour and is thereby not capable of providing for his future support and has come to reside with his Son who is a resident in Danby in the County of Orange & State aforesaid
Witness S. G. Hutton Jonathan his X Longue J. B. Goodwin Mark
Sworn and subscribed to the day and year last above mentioned
Before me S. G. Hutton Justice Peace

I William Hinton of Sheffield in the County of Orange and State of Vermont do hereby testify and say that I am personally acquainted with Jonathan Lough the Prisoner who has taken the foregoing oath and that he is the same person described in the foregoing affidavit William Hinton
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this day and year in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight
Before me S. H. Hinton Justice Peace
I hereby further certify that the foregoing witness is a person of truth and integrity
S. H. Hinton Justice Peace

STATE OF VERMONT, ORANGE COUNTY, ss.
Caleb Root Clerk of the County Court of the County of Orange in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that
S. G. Hemen Esq.
is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the first day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty- five and will expire the thirtieth day of November next, and that his signature hereunto affixed is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said County Court, this sixth day of February A. D. 1846
Caleb Root Clerk.

Jonathan Lougee
The interlineation of the certificate of reduced circumference of applicant is not noted to have been done before the signature of the Judge was placed to it. And as the Judge is deceased, the fact of interlineation must be proved by two witnesses.

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
Grafton ss.)
ON this thirteenth day of April 1816 7 , before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas in the second District in said State comprising the county of Grafton personally appears Jonathan Lougee a citizen of the United States aged about 65 years, resident in Hanover in the said State, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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:" That he the said Jonathan Lougee enlisted in the Spring of the year A.D. 1780 in the Said  Massachusetts line in the company commanded by Captain Blanchard of the regiment commanded by Col: Wesson in the Revolutionary army ; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States, until the expiration of three years the term for which he enlisted , when he was discharged from service in Westpoint State of New York - and by length of ; that he was in the battle of  time & incident he has since lost his discharge and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Wm H Woodward
I, Wm H Woodward Judge of the Courts of Common Pleas
as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Jonathan Lougee
did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Witness my hand & the seal of said court no particular impression being used therefor the day & year first before written
Wm H Woodward
I certify that the above named Jonathan Lougee is in reduced circumstances & in need of assistance from his country for his support
June 4th 1819 Deane Judge of M.

State of New Hampshire
County of Grafton ss On this 25 th day of February 1824 personally appeared in Open Court (being a court of record for the County of Grafton) Jonathan Sougee resident in Bradford in the County of Orange and State of Vermont aged sixty eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 and the 1 st of May 1820 that he the said Jonathan Sougee enlisted for the term of eight months at the commencement of the war in Capt James Sawyers company & Col James Frye Reg t in the Massachusetts line enlisted again for the term of three years in the month of February in the year 1777 in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Capt John Blanchard in the Regiment commanded by Colonel James Wesson in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the continental establishment that he continued to serve in said corps until February 1780 when he was discharged from the said service at West Point in the State of New York that his name has been placed on the pension list and drops therefrom and that his pension certificate is numbered 13,405 and in pursuance of the act of the 1 st of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th 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 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 & naval service of the United States in the 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

assessed and by me subscribed I am 68 years old next October infirm and unable to do any kind of labour My wife is 64 years of age and also infirm I have three daughters living with me the most of the time one of which is unable to labour for her support-
Jonathan Lougee
Schedule of Property
One Ordinary horse $20.00 One Old Cutter 10.00 household furniture other than 10.00 Beds & bedding One Ordinary gig 5.00 $45.00
Jonathan Lougee
State of New Hampshire Grafton ss Court Session July 25, 1824
Sworn to and declared before the justices of said court
Asa Woodward Clerk

State of Vermont, On this 4 th day of Orange County ss August 3 d 1841 before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Orange, personally appeared Jonathan Lougee, who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain John Blanchard in the Regiment commanded by Colonel James Weston in the service of the United States. That his name was originally placed on the Pension Roll of the State of New Hampshire on the 30 th day of June 1819. It was transferred by an order of the War Department to the Pension Roll of the State of Vermont on the 3 d day of January 1831. On the 4 th day of March 1832 was trans- ferred again, by order of the War Department to the Pension Roll of the State of New Hampshire that he now resides in the town of West Fairlee in the County of Orange State of Vermont, where he intends to remain, & wishes his Pension to be there payable in future. The following are his reasons for removing from New Hampshire to Ver- mont. He found a small convenient house in good repair & a piece of land connected with it, in Canton Village in West Fairlee which he could purchase on very easy terms. His house in Oxford Vt. was old & out of repair the distance from Oxford to West Fairlee is about 10 miles. He was therefore induced to purchase the house which he now occupies in Canton Village.
Jonathan Lougee Sworn to & subscribed before me on the 5 th day of August 1841
Simeon Short Justice Peace

I William Heaton of Thetford in the County of Orange State of Vermont aged seventy three years depose to say that I had been acquainted with Jonathan Langer, who had subscribed hereto the above application, which he did in my presence for about a year past now knowing to the circumstances of his moving from Oxford New Hampshire to West Fairlee in Vermont & purchasing a small but convenient house in good repair in S. West Fairlee, as he states the place he now occupies is a suitable one for him & have several times seen in his possession a Pension certificate granted him under the Act of March 1818 for eight Dollars per month to commence on the 13 th day of April 1818 & bearing date the 30 th day of June 1818 signed by J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War He has also in his possession two Documents from the War Department one dated January 8. 1832 transferring from the Pension roll of New Hampshire to Vermont & one dated March 4 th 1832 transferring him from the roll of Vermont to that of New Hampshire. I was knowing to his drawing his Pension due on the 4 th of March last from the Pension agent in New Hampshire. From the personal appearance of Mr. Langer I have no doubt of his being eighty years old or more, nor have I any doubt of his being the identical person he sets himself up to be in the foregoing application.
State of Vermont
William Heaton
Orange County ss } Thetford August 4 th 1846. Personally appeared before me William Heaton & made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth &

I certify that the said William Heaton is a gentleman of undoubted truth & veracity & his statements entitled to credit.
Simon Short Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont Orange County ss
I Robin Dismore, Clerk of Orange County Court, hereby certify that Simon Short is a Justice of the Peace written and for the County of Orange duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission bears date the 29th day of October A.D. 1840 and will expire on the 31st day of Decem- ber A.D. 1841, at that his signature above writ on the first page of this paper is genu- ine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of this Court on the matter day of August A.D. 1841. Attest Robin Dismore Clerk.

May 7 1882
Pardin Office
Transfer this man
Served by [unclear] [unclear] 60. 1075

Application for a transfer
State of New Hampshire County of Grafton - - - } ss
On this twenty fourth day of April 1832, before me, the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Grafton personally appeared Jonathan Sougee who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain John Blanchard in the regiment commanded by Colonel Lemuel Weston in the service of the United States, that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Vermont from whence he has lately removed, that he now resides, in the state of New Hampshire where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future, and that his reasons for removing to the state of New Hampshire, was to be situated in a better country for a living and near some of his connections -
Jonathan Sougee
Sworn and subscribed to this day and year above named before me Benj Merrill Jus: Peace
I certify that I am personally acquainted with Jonathan Sougee the subscriber to the above affidavit and he is the same person herein named and is a pensioner on the rolls of the state of Vermont and has lately removed to the state of New Hampshire
Nath: Pix
Sworn and subscribed to this twenty fourth day of April 1832
Benj Merrill Justice Peace
I certify that the deponent is a person of truth and veracity
Benj Merrill Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss
I George Woodworth Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Grafton being a Court of record by law established do certify that Benjamin Merrill Esquire whose name appears within is a justice of the peace within and/or said county duly qualified to administer oaths & that I know the signature to be genuine
Witness my hand & the seal of said Court hereto affixed this 30 th day of April 1832
George Woodworth Clerk

Iona  Lougee

County of Grafton N.H.
on this 7 th day of March 1814 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Grafton Personally appeared Jonathan Larege who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company com- manded by Capt Blanchard in the Regiment of Col. Weston in the service of the United States that his name was placed on the Pensions Roll of the State of Vermont from which he has lately removed that he now resides in Grafton in the State of New Hampshire where he intend to remain and wishes his Pension to be then payable in future. the following are the reasons for his remaining from Vermont his wife has lately died and he has broken up housekeeping and removed to said Grafton N.H. to live with his his niece and her husband
his Jonathan X Larege mark
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid
D. P. Blanchard Justice of the Peace

I Enas G Dudley of Lawful age depose and say that Jonathan Lacey who has subscribed his name to the within application and affidavit which was sworn to before D. C. Churchill Esquire is the identical person described in the said affidavit as being well known to me and I was present and saw him sign and make oath to the same Enas G Dudley
State of New Hampshire Grafton ss
Grafton March 7 th 1844
Subscribed and sworn to before me and I further certify that the said Enas G Dudley is a respectable person and a credible witness
D. C. Churchill Justice of the Peace
State of New Hampshire
Grafton County ss.
I Nathan B. Follen, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that David C. Churchill is an acting justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified. That his commission was dated on the 21 st day of May A.D. 1839, and will expire on the 21 st day of May A.D. 1844, and that his two signatures, written above  on this and the first page of this sheet are genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County this 23 rd day of March A.D. 1844 - N B Follen

Continued Transf to Vermont March 1831 for 3 January 1831, and notification sent to John McHaffey, Brad- ford, Vt.
Transf from Vermont to N. Hampshire 8 May 1832, from 4 March 1832 and notification sent to Pensioner care of Benj Merrill Esq. Plymouth or Nashua, N. H.
Letter to Simon Short 17 Feb 1841.
Debs. Churchill Feb. 26. 1841.
Letter to J. W. Smith 19 April 1841.
Tr: cir: to Concord, N. H.
agt: 26th. agst: 1841 -
Transf to Montpelier, Vt: fr: 4 March 1841, notification to himself - and care of Simon Short Thetford Vermont 7th Sept: 1841 - en to Pa Ag 1 st April 1844.
7. Pension 13 405 Montpelier, Vermont. New Hampshire
Jonathan Lougee
of Hanover in the State of N. Hampshire who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Sawyer of the 1 st Regt commanded by Colonel Nelson in the Mass. line, for the term of three years, from February 1777 to 1780
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Hampshire at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 day of April 1818 and
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of June 1819 and sent to E. Evans Confield, N. Y.
Continued on the Roll on 11 day of March 1831 and notification sent to John McHaffey at Bradford, Vt. Pension commencing on the 3 rd of January 1831
Amount due on 4th of September 1831
$ 64. 51
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, May 1, 1820. } March 1, 1823
File Sept. 19

1 Schedule
A
Belgium Domèn. Forge

Jonathan Loege Declaration
1 Schultze A

State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss
I George Woodward Clerk of the Court of Sessions for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath and schedule hereto annexed are truly copied from the records of 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 forty five dollars.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this twenty fifth day of February Anno Domini 1824
Geo. Woodward Clerk

This is to certify to whom it may concern that we the Selectmen of Bradford in Orange County and State of Vermont - have been called on by Jonathan Lorange of said Bradford, respecting his future support - saying he had no means in the world to obtain his own support nor for the support of his wife and children - the affixation of this Country - his property was all gone and he and his wife were both old and not able to labour for their living - that he had no children able to support them and some of them not able to support themselves - all which on examination we found to be true the case and further that said Lorange had honestly and bonafidly sold his farm in Bradford to one Jacob Corliss some years ago and it appears without doubt that said Jacob Corliss has honestly paid said Lorange for the same and it further appears and is generally believed that said Lorange did not make sale of his property to obtain a pension of the United States but honestly to obtain a support for him and his wife as long as they lived which Estate has proved insufficient and said Lorange and his wife for this year past has been in distressed circumstances and has had to get assistance from their charitable friends and neighbours in addition to their labour to obtain their living - and said Lorange further states that he was a soldier in the Continental Army in the revolutionary war for more than three years and that he is honestly entitled to a pension from the United States which statement is generally believed to be true in this part of the Country where he is known and full faith & credit would be given to his testimony -
October 4 th 1830
Moses Chamberlain Richard Aldrich } Selectmen Ellis Bliss }
This certify that Moses Chamberlain Richard Aldrich and Ellis Bliss are the Selectmen of Bradford in Orange County & State of Vermont & that the above signature report is to be true in General Isaac D. Doolittle County Clerk Attest S.C.G.H.

Pension Office Jan 3 rd 1831
As unknown John M c Duffee Esq r Bradford, Vt
Chelsea Vt Dec 25.
The Hon Secretary War Washington City
Isaac Com Weston open: to com: Jan. 3. 1831
by him with his own hand
J. D. Capt. of Washington

I John M c Duffer of Bradford in Orange County and State of Vermont of lawful age doth testify and say that some time last summer Jonathan Lougee of Bradford in S d Orange County-Vt. showed me a paper he had received from the war department by the fact of Esq r M c Laughlin of Chelms in S d County showing that said Lougee could not be restored to the pension left on his application of June AD 1829 unless he give more satisfactory evidence that the conveyance to his Stephen Coolife was a bona fide transaction, and he wished me to give him my deposition of what I know on that subject, as I had done a great part of the writings between him and said Coolife — but I could not attend to it at that time and I was then engaged with the United States Engineers and I find he has delayed it to this time — — — — — I further testify and say that when I did the writings about eight years ago between said Lougee & said Coolife and when said Lougee give said Coolife a deed of his farm I had no doubt but it was an honest and bona fide sale and I have had no reason to suppose any thing else ever since and the honesty and legality of the sale has never been doubted in the neighbourhood to my knowledge and I think if it had been I should have heard of it and I have good reason to suppose that said Lougee honestly sold said his farm to get his debts paid and the remainder to have in articles for the natural support of of him & wife — and not for to obtain a pension and I am also fully satisfied that said Coolife did in his life time pay to said Lougee more than the farm was honestly worth — I know it from a settlement I made between them near two years ago on which I give a former deposition from the minutes I then had at their settlement and since that time said Lougee & wife has been objects of charity in the neighbourhood — and I have now understood has lately called on the town of Bradford for assistance towards his support as has showed a certificate signed by Messrs Chamberlain Richard Alden

and Ellis Bliss whom the Selectmen of Bradford (on the subject) whom I know to be the Selectmen of Bradford ————— and I further testify and say that said Corliss is now dead and said farm formerly owned by said Longue has been sold to pay said Corliss debts and said Longue has no claim of any kind or nature against said estate of said Corliss and your deponent further saith not —————
John M c Duffee ————— State of Vermont } Chelsea Dec r 23 d A D 1830 Orange County ss }
Then personally appeared the above named John M c Duffee a person to me well known and made solemn oath ————— before me that the above and foregoing deposition by him subscribed contained the whole truth and nothing but the truth
Wm Wilson G. Pease and I further certify that said John M c Duffee is a Justice of the peace in the town of Bradford in said County and full faith a credit will be given to his testimony —————
Wm Wilson G. Pease
State of Vermont
Orange County Clerk's Office December 23 d 1830 I H. E. M c Laughlin of Chelsea in the County of Orange Clerk of Orange County Court hereby certify that William Wilson of Bradford of Bradford in said County before whom the foregoing deposition of John M c Duffee was taken is a Justice of the peace for said County duly qualified to administer Oaths. ————— And that the signature purporting to be his is Genuine, —————
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed the Seal of Orange County Court the day & year above written H. E. M c Laughlin C. Clerk

I certify that I am acquainted with the within signed John M c Duffee of Bradford Vermont, and that I know him to be a man bearing undoubted character for honour & honesty; and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and signature, & that I believe that the within affidavit is written and signed by him with his own hand.
J. D. Graham Capt: U.S. Top l Eng rs Washington 11 th March 1831
Done June 3 rd 1831
As unknown John M c Duffee Esq r Bradford, Vt.
to the Hon ble J. D. Graham officer to com: Jan. 3. 1831 The Hon ble Secretary of War Washington City
Chelsea H th Dec 25 th
Fin

Jonathan Lougee now of Vermont
By For Continuance
Rec d 26. February 1830 From A. E. G. McLaughlin Esq Chelsea Vermont.

Application to be Continued
Jonathan Sougee formerly of New Hampshire, now a resident of Vermont was placed on the roll on the 30 June 1819 to take effect from the 13 th April 1818; and dropt for want of a Schedule of his property, under the Act of 1 May 1820.
1 st Schedule dated 25 February 1821, exhibits a few articles of personal property valued at. } 45.00
See paper A., which was returned for amendment.
In his amendment dated 25 May 1821 he states that on the 1 st June 1822 he exchanged a piece of land in Hanover County, N. Hampshire containing about 30 acres, estimated at $100, for about the same quantity in Bradford Co., Orange, Vermont, which land he conveyed to Jacob Corlies (a nephew) conditioned that he should pay the claimant's debts, amounting to $250, and with the balance to provide for him, his wife and family, and furnish house room for him and wife during their lives. That Corlies has fulfilled his engagements till now; but that the said Corlies being a minor at the time of the contract, the claimant has no legal means of enforcing the obligation, and that what Corlies has already done would amount to more than he could sell the land for. See paper B.
Not satisfactory.

The claimant exhibits a 2 o Declaration and Schedule dated 19 June 1829. Personal property . . . . . $15.46
The claimant gives a further explanation of the contract with his Nephew Jacob Cortez. He states that when he sold his farm to him in November 1822 for $900, he was indebted to him (Cortez) $315. That in consideration of the balance Cortez entered into the agreement heretofore recited with this addition, that the contract was to be in force so long as the parties could agree to live together, and no longer; and if they could not agree to live together, Cortez was to pay the claimant the balance of $585 in provisions and other necessaries for living. That a disagreement soon occurred and the claimant is now and has been for some time living separately. See file C pages 11. 12.
The claimant and Nephew referred their accounts to John McDuffee for adjustment who found a balance of $10. in favor of Jacob Cortez.
The claim of $315 which Cortez had against Lougee, the Applicant, originated in this way. The Father of Cortez lent Lougee $200, in the year 1822 to enable him to pay the difference on the exchange of farms, which claim he assigned to his son Jacob; and Jacob worked on Lougee's farm 7 or 8 months for which he charged $100. He also paid some

small debts for Sougee, amounting to $15. These sums making together $315. deducted from $900, the price of the Farm bought by Jacob, left a balance of $585. to be accounted for by Jacob. For a statement of their accounts as audited and settled by their mutual referee Mr Duffee, see File C pages 8. 9. *
The question in this case is whether the transactions between the Claimant and his Nephew were bona fide.
The only evidence is that of the parties themselves, except the testimony of Emerson Earle who proves the loan of $200 to claimant, and the assignment of his claim to his son Jacob, and the labor performed by his son on Sougee's Farm. see file C page 5. Also a copy of the deed from the Claimant to Jacob. File C page 17.
Mr Duffee the referee knows nothing but what the parties admitted on settlement.
* The attention of the Secretary of War is particularly requested to this affidavit and statement of accounts.

Jonathan Lougee Declaration & Schedule
(on New Hampshire roll)
File 6.
containing 2 o Declaration and other documents.
Please make the return to Dr. E. H. Loughlin Chelsea Vermont.
No. 216 Feb y 1830.

11 I Sarah Corliss of Bradford Orange County and State of Vermont aged 28 years doth testify and say that in the year 1822 I laboured for Jonathan Lougee then of Hanover in the State of New Hampshire and helped him to work and carry on his farm from about the middle of March to the 1st of November following and assisted him when he swapped his farm in Hanover worth about 450 Dollars for a farm in Bradford Vt worth 650 Dollars he swapped with one Lemuel Fuller the difference in value between the farms, my father Emerson Corliss paid to said Fuller for said Lougee and give the remainder to me against said Lougee and said Lougee agreed to pay to me the additional value between the farms which we called 200 Dollars, which sum I was to have in the farm in addition to my wages which we then considered worth 100 Dollars more both of said demands, I had against said Lougee at the time I took a Deed of his farm in Bradford on the 1st of Nov 1822 the consideration of said Deed was called 900 Dollars and was 250 Dollars more than the farm was honestly worth — I also testify and say that at the time I took the Deed I took the stock and farming tools on the farm into my possession which said Lougee and I considered was about equal to my wages for the work I did for him the preceding summer which stock and farming tools said Lougee delivered to me to pay me for the same and is all that I have had for my services for him the summer previous to my taking the Deed as aforesaid — which stock and farming tools could not be worth more than 100 Dollars and is all that I have had in addition to the farm valued at 650 Dollars to make the amount of the consideration of the Deed which was erroneously called 900 Dollars which sum I have been obliged to account for to said Lougee in a late settlement by the means of said Lougee telling me at the time of taking the Deed it was no matter what they called the consideration of the Deed and Lougee called it 900 Dollars and I made no objections at the time supposing it of no consequence what they called the stock & farming tools as I was to have the whole for my wages but on the settlement made between said Lougee and I in June last before John M c Duffie Esq r who was chosen by us to settle all difficulties that had arisen or might arise between us about the farm and said M c Duffie called the sum of the consideration of the Deed the amount of said Lougee's demand against me without deducting therefrom the stock & farming

2 farming, tools erroneously valued at 250 Dollars, in the consideration of the Deed and was then wrongfully included as I had paid for the stock and farming tools in my labor wages previous to my taking the Deed and the true consideration ought to have been the Value of the farm I bought of said Louger out of which take the 200 Dollars for the boot between farms leaves to said Louger the 450 Dollars the real Value of his farm in Hanover out of which take 115 Dollars for the debts that said Louger told me he owed at the time I took the Deed leaves 335 Dollars which sum was all that I owed said Louger as I supposed by said Louger's own statement at the time I took the Deed - but in stead of 115 Dollars in debts I had to pay for said Louger more than 150 Dollars leaving but 30 Dollars for his support which sum I have long since paid in boarding and clothing him and his wife for in stead of boarding and clothing him and his wife for 100 Dollars per year as we called it in our settlement I think I would not be hired to do it again for 150 Dollars per year, but as said Louger chose Mr Duffer to settle for him and I agreed to the same though I have had to pay to P Louger the 250 Dollars for the stock and farming tools over again and lose my wages for the summer I worked for said Louger and 30 or 40 Dollars in debts I paid for him over said 115 Dollars, I concluded I would agree to the settlement made between said Louger and I in June last before Mr Duffer as aforesaid which settlement was made as follows I allowed to P Louger the consideration of the Deed 900 Dollars out of which was taken the 200 dol for the boot between farms and 115 Dollars for the money I paid for him towards paying his debts leaving 585 Dollars for the benefit of said Louger at the time of my taking the Deed of him on which interest was left for 4 1/2 years making the interest 157 Dollars 95 Cents and the whole amount of Louger's demand in principal and interest at 742 Dollars 95 Cents - out of which I was allowed 450 Dollars for the 4 1/2 years board that said Louger and wife lived in the house with me after I took the Deed and before I moved into a new house I built on the farm which was in May 1827 - and for sundry articles of wheat corn Rye Milk Butter Cheese Pork Garden Sauce house rent fire wood Doctoring clothing and stove pay delivered between the 1st of May 1827 and the 1st of May 1828 I was allowed by said Louger 146 Dollars 95 Cents and from the 1st of May 1828 to the 1st of May 1829 for sundry articles for the the support of said Louger and wife as aforesaid delivered to them I was allowed 156 Dollars making in the whole 752 Dollars 95 Cents making ten Dollars more than said Louger's demand was against me -

3.  me as aforesaid for which sum said Lougee give me his note and we closed our settlement. I also testify and say that at the time I took the Deed of said Lougee's farm said Lougee wanted to have me instead of paying him the balance due after paying his honest debts to support him and wife during life and he and his wife said they would labour all they could for me and take good care of my property for me on the farm where we should live and on said proposals said McDuffie made a writing between us at the time he wrote the Deed for us conditioned that if on trial we could all agree to live and work together and all for my benefit I was to support said Lougee and wife during life if we could hereafter so agree on living together if not I was to pay to said Lougee the balance due on the farm after paying the debts and the writing was lodged with my father to see how we could agree and if we could not agree said writing was to be given to me and I was to board and clothe said Lougee and wife for 100 dollars per year or find provision and clothing for them as they wanted if said Lougee should so choose to the amount of the balance due for the farm and not long after the Deed was given said Lougee and wife chose to pay for their board as aforesaid or take the provision or clothing as they wanted neither then work for me as I wanted and the writing lodged with my father was given up to said Lougee and I and destroyed by us — and said Lougee has no further demand against me for the farm as I have now paid over 200 dollars more than the farm is worth I have now stopped paying him any more since our settlement in June last as he has no further legal demands against me either for the farm neither has he in equity nor on the points of honor or honesty and further saith not
Isaac Collyer
State of Vermont Orange County ss } Bradford 13th July 1830
Personally appeared before me the above named Isaac Collyer a person to me well known and made solemn oath that the above foregoing deposition by him subscribed contains the truth and the whole truth and nothing but the truth sworn and subscribed to before me.
Levi Rodgers Justice of peace
and I further certify that the above named Isaac Collyer is a creditable person and full faith and credit ought to be given to his testimony —
Levi Rodgers Justice of peace

58 I Emerson (alias) of Bradford in Orange County and State of Vermont doth testify and say that in Febry or the 1st March A D 1822 Jonathan Lougee then of Hanover now of Bradford Vt came to my house in Bradford and wanted to hire my son Jacob (alias) to work for him on his farm the following season my son not being of age to the June following said Lougee agreed to pay to said Jacob for his labour such a sum in the fall as should, by indifferent men his labour was reasonable worth if we could not otherwise agree and said Jacob soon after went and worked through the season with said Lougee and said Lougee the same year swapped his farm he owned in Hanover Vt for one in Bradford Vt worth about 450 Dollars for one in Bradford Vt worth two hundred Dollars more the boot between the farms I paid for said Lougee and give the demand to my son Jacob and Lougee was to pay him said 200 Dollars and on or about the 1st of Nov the same year said Lougee wanted to give my son Jacob a deed of his farm in Bradford in stead of paying him said two hundred Dollars and his wages which are considered worth one hundred more and said Jacob to pay the remainder in assisting said Lougee to pay his other debts and in purchasing to said Lougee and wife provisions and clothing for their support or in boarding said Lougee and wife to the remainder of the farm was paid for which bargain was agreed to by Jacob and Lougee, and Lougee give said Jacob a deed of farm and Jacob discharged the 200 Dollars demand that I paid for said Lougee in the boot between farms and give Jacob give said Lougee an obligation to pay for said Lougee his other debts which said Lougee said at that time would not exceed 115 Dollars and the remainder in assisting said Lougee and wife the stock and farming tools on the farm Jacob had for his wages for the work he did for said Lougee the summer previous to the date of the deed — said Lougee at the same time made a further proposal to said Jacob that he and his wife would labour for said Jacob and take all the care that they could of his property if he would support them during life and they would do all the labour they could and Jacob might have all the benefit of it and all the world if he would do it and Jacob told them he was willing to try and see if they could all agree and if not he could pay them as was first agreed

6 and a conditional writing was made to that purpose between them and lodged with me to see how they could agree but difficulties soon arose Lougee's wife refused to labor for Jacob where and when he wanted and Jacob said they took no care of his property and they all agreed to have the writing lodged with me given up and destroyed which was done and Jacob has since paid to said Lougee all that remained due after paying said Lougee's debts as agreed and I think more than 200 dollars over and now refuses to let him have any thing more and said Lougee has no means of support at present that I know of at present except what he gets from the charity of the people and further Southport
State of Vermont
Emerson Corliss
Orange County ss } Bradford 13th July 1830
Deponent appeared before me the above named Emerson Corliss a person to me well known and made solemn oath that the above and foregoing deposition by him subscribed contains the truth the whole truth and nothing but the the truth sworn and subscribed to before me
Levi Roodger Justice of the peace
And I further certify that the above named Emerson Corliss Emerson Corliss is a creditable person and full faith and credit ought to be given to his testimony
Levi Roodger Justice of the peace

I John M c Duffee of Bradford in Orange County and State of Vermont both of lawful age do Testify and say that on the 1 st Day of November 1822 as appears from the Date of a Deed given by Jonathan Lougee to Jacob Corliss to which I was a Witness I was then called on by said Lougee and said Corliss to do some writing between them and I was then informed that said Corliss had worked for said Lougee seven or eight months previous to that time and for his services said Corliss wanted his pay or security it also appeared that within said time said Lougee had swapped his farm he owned in Hanover Vt. for the said to be worth about 450 Dollars for one in Bradford Vt. worth about 650 Dollars the boot between the farms Capt Emerson (the father of P er Jacob Corliss) had paid for said Lougee and Jacob Corliss was to have the benefit of both the demands against said Lougee and for both of said demands, which Jacob Corliss called three hundred Dollars he offered to take two hundred if said Lougee would pay him or secure him that he could have his pay in a few days I neither then take a Deed for security on the farm and said Lougee then told said Jacob that he could not pay him without he sold his farm, and if he would take a Deed of the farm he would pay him the two hundred Dollars it was then agreed that said Jacob should take a Deed of the whole farm and pay to said Lougee the Balance in paying for said Lougee certain other Debts that he then owed and the remainder in supporting said Lougee & wife — And said Jacob was then a single man and he was to live in the same family with said Lougee and wife and carry work on his farm and they were to work for the benefit of said Jacob what they could and take good care of his property Also said Lougee had three Daughters by a former wife that were then all of age and unmarried that worked out for their living and some times made their home at their fathers they were to have the benefit of all their own labour after that time but to have nothing out of their fathers Estate for their support said Jacob Corliss was to have it all if he would pay the Debts and support said Lougee and wife during life, such was the proposal made by said Lougee as near as I can remember and Jacob Corliss proposed to do it if they could all agree to live and work together in one family and all work for the benefit of said Jacob and not otherwise and if not they could not agree to live together on trial, said Jacob was to pay the balance due on the Estate after paying the Debts in boarding said Lougee & wife or in such articles of provisions and clothing as said Lougee and wife should want for their support and I made the writings according to the last proposal —

Said Louger give to said Jacob Corliss a Deed of his farm and Jacob Corliss give Louger a discharge on the two hundred Dollar Demand and a note for one hundred and an obligation to pay some other small Debts supposed to be about 15 Dollars making in the whole 315 Dollars in Debts that Louger said he then owed —  Said Jacob also give an Obligation for the Ballance to be paid in supporting said Louger & wife or in purchasing provision and Clothing annually for their support if they could not agree to live together in one family during life or trial life as aforesaid — which obligation last mentioned was lodged with Capt Emerson Corliss to see on trial how said Louger and wife and Jacob Corliss could agree to live & work together and about one or two years afterward, said Louger and Jacob Corliss both told me that they could not agree to live and work together as was talked of, at the time of the writings between them and they had taken up the obligation before mentioned that was lodged with Capt Emerson Corliss and destroyed it, and Jacob Corliss was to pay the Ballance due on the farm in provision and Clothing and in such Articles as said Louger wife would want for their support as aforesaid —  I further testify and say in June last I attended a settlement between said Jacob Corliss and said Louger at their request to settle a dispute or difficulty that had long existed between them respecting the contract about the farm as aforesaid and being mutually chosen by them I awarded as follows —    I allowed to said Louger the whole sum of the Consideration of the Deed called 900 Dollars out of which I took 315 Dollars the Debts acknowledged by said Louger he owed at the time of making the contract and date of the Deed Louger to Corliss leaving for the benefit of said Louger to be accounted for by said Corliss  Dol Cts 5 85 - 00    also I allowed interest on said 585 Dollars from the first of Nov r 1822 to the 1st of May 1827 at  1 57 - 95    making the whole of Louger, Demand to be seven hundred and forty two Dollars, ninety five Cents to be accounted for by said Jacob Corliss —  Amount 7 42 - 95  
I likewise allowed to said Jacob Corliss for Boarding said Louger and wife from the 1st of Nov r 1822 to the 1st of May 1827 being four and a half years 100 Dollars per year which sum per year was previously agreed on by them for board on condition they could not live together on trial during life as aforesaid —     Dol Cts 4 50 - 00  

I also allowed to said Corliss for sundry articles amount brought over 450-00 articles delivered to said Lougee for his support Dal- 65 in provision clothing housement and fine wood 146-95 between the 1st of May 1827 and the 1st of May 1828
I also allowed to said Corliss for sundry articles too numerous here to mention in detail delivered to said Lougee for his support between the 156-00 1st of May 1828 and the 1st of May 1829
making the whol of said Corliss demand against 752-95 Lougee eleven hundred and fifty two dollars and ninety five cents
I found the balance in favour of said Corliss ten dollars I wrote a note for that sum payable to Corliss and said Lougee signed it and both parties appeared to be satisfied and agreed to the settlement I made between them as I have above stated and said Lougee and wife is now living in an old house on the farm and on on sufferance and on the charity of the people and further saith not
State of Vermont John M c Duffee Orange County ss } Bradford 13th Feby 1830
Personally appeared before me the above named John John M c Duffee a person to me well known and made solemn oath that the above and foregoing deposition by him subscribed contains the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth and I further certify that the above named John M c Duffee is a creditable person and full faith and credit ought to be given to his testimony
Levi Rodgers Justice of the peace Levi Rodgers Justice of the peace
State of Vermont Orange County Clerk's Office February 19th A.D. 1830.
I H. E. G. H. Laughton Clerk of Orange County Court hereby certify that Levi Rogers the person before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the peace within and for the County of Orange, duly authorized to administer oaths, and that the several signatures there to affixed purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony of all all which I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Orange County Court this day & year above written, H. E. G. H. Laughton Clerk

State of Vermont } Orange County ss }
Chelsea June Term of Orange County Court A.D. 1829
On this 19 th Day of June 1829 personally appeared in open Court (it being a court of Record within & for the County of Orange & State of Vermont & having the Power of fining & imprisonment & the original jurisdiction of civil causes to an unlimited amount) Jonathan Lougee resident in Bradford in said County aged 72 years, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 & the 1 st of May 1820 & the 1 st of March 1823 that he the said Lougee Enlisted in the first of the Revolutionary War for nine Months, & was in the Bunker hill Battle & then for five months and in the year 1776 he Enlisted for three years was at the taking of Genl Burgoyne & was in the Battle of Monmouth - he served in Col. Weston Regiment in Capt. Blanchards Company in the Massachusetts Line in the continental Establishment for said three years, and was honorably discharged from the service that his name has been placed on the pension list & dropped therefrom on account of his property - that he made his original declaration in the year 1818 when he lived in Hanover in the State of New Hampshire & obtained his certificate N o 13405 & on or about the year 1823 or 1824 one Nathaniel Rix told him he could get him on the pension list & made an application for him for that purpose before the Court in Grafton County New Hampshire & both out of the County & State where he lived & that he has trusted said Rix to do business for him about his pension, that he now supposes said Rix did not understand that since he made his original declaration the following changes

12 has been made in his property - that in the Spring of 1822 he sold his farm he owned in Hanover New Hampshire for one in Bradford Orange County Vermont and that he & his Wife was both old & unable to labour at that time and all his children that he had by a former Wife being of age had left him & he not having any children by his present Wife he was left without help from his own children not any of them being willing to take his Property & support him & his present Wife and pay his Debts and on the first of Nov. 1822 he owed Jacob Corlis Two Hundred Dollars & he then sold said Corlis his farm in Bradford together with the Stock & Farming Tools for 900 Dollars and said Corlis then paid 115 Dollars more towards paying some other Debts he then owed leaving a balance in said Corlis hands of 585 Dollars for which said Corlis agreed that if they could all agree to live together in one family he would support said Lougee & Wife during life for that sum & not otherwise if said Lougee & Wife could not agree to live in the same family with said Corlis. That said Corlis was to be accountable to said Lougee for the aforesaid sum of 585 Dollars in Provisions & other necessaries of life for them & not to support them all which he has done as he agreed and agreeable to his account on our settlement & thereunto annexed as said Corlis & Lougee could not agree to live together in one family but has lived apart in separate Houses for more than two years past & said Lougee is now left without any further support or assistance from said Corlis and is now left on the charity of his country.
And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st of March 1830 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th Day of March 1818 & 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 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 15 th Day of March 1818 & that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or security contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained the Schedule hereunto annexed & by me subscribed, my necessary clothing and bedding excepted and is as follows — Viz 3 old Plains and some other tools for joining Work all valued at 3 Dolls 50 Cents — one old chopping ax, one old Razor — 1 Sack knife — 1 Pot 1 Tea kettle some other Iron Ware old & broken — one Iron Grain 1 fire shovel 1 pair flat irons — one Table — some crockery and dresser stuff 2 bail, 1 old meal chest — 1 other chest 2 old baskets 4 Rakes 6 chair frames 5 old chairs 1 old foot stool the whole amounting in value as appraised by by Levi Rogers and Samuel Rogers on the 16 th instant at fifteen Dollars Forty Six cents — That since the exhibition of my first Schedule the following changes have been made in my property viz — my House & Land Stock & farming Tools I have been obliged to dispose of them to pay my Debts & get support for myself & Wife neither of us has been able to labour for our living ever since and not at this time and have disposed of the property as set forth in the forgoing declaration and in Jacob Corliss disposition hereunto annexed and have no property left except what is exhibited in the forgoing Schedule —
Sign d Jon a Gouge
  1827 May  Jonathan Gouge To Jacob Corliss Dr      To Boarding said Gouge & Wife from the 1 st of Nov. 1822 to the 1 st of May 1827 — 4 years 46 months at 100 Dolls p. annu: —  $450.00    1828 May  To House Rent, Fire Wood, Dockering, Clothing & provisions furnished said Gouge and Wife between the 1 st of May 1827 & 1 st May 1828  146.95    1829  To House Rent, Fire Wood, Dockering, Clothing & Provision furnished them between the 1 st of May 1828 & 1 st of May 1829 p. acct  156.00      752.95  
forward

12 1/2
To amt. brot over $752.95
Jan a Louge 6 o
By balance due him towards his farm on the 1 st day of Nov. 1822. $585.00
By Interest on said sum from the 1 st of Nov. 1822 to 1 st of May 1827. $157.95
1829 May 1 st By Note to B ee man 10.00 By all acct to this date 752.95
Bradford 16 th June 1829 the above is a true statement of accounts as settled between Jonathan Louge & respecting the money owed towards his farm signed Jacob Gorly.
State of Vermont Orange County
Bradford 16 June 1829
Personally appeared the above named Jacob Gorly & made solemn oath that the above statement of accounts between him & the above named Jonathan Louge & by him subscribed contains the truth and the whole truth — sworn to before me
sign d John M c Buffin Justice of Peace
Sworn to and declare on the 18 th Day of June 1829 before the Court J. H. E. G. M c Laughlin clerk of the Court of Orange County & State of Vermont do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Jonathan Louge did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months under an engagement on the continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copies from the records of the 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 afor.

Schedule is Fifteen Dollars Forty-six Cents
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In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 19 th day of June 1829
H. C. G. M c Laughlin Clerk
State of Vermont
Orange County Clerk's Office June 19 th 1829
H. C. G. M c Laughlin Clerk of Orange County Court aforesaid do hereby certify that John M c Duffee of Bradford in said County before whom the accompanying deposition of Jacob Corliss was taken, was at the time a Justice of the Peace within for said Orange County & duly empowered to administer Oaths & that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
I also further certify Nathalia Shaboo before whom the acknowledgment of the accompanying Deed was taken was at the time a Justice of the Peace within and for said Orange County & duly empowered for that purpose and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
I also further certify that Andrew D. Peters of Bradford who certifies the accompanying to be a true copy of a Deed was at the time Town Clerk of the Town of Bradford & that the signature purporting to be his is also genuine.
In testimony of all which I hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the County Court the day & year above written
H. C. G. M c Laughlin Clerk
I was very sick when these papers were forwarded, which account of the omission of the signature H. C. G. M c Laughlin

Know all men by these presents that I Jonathan Langer of Bradford in the County of Orange and State of Vermont do here in consideration of the sum of five hundred dollars, to me in hand, before the delivery hereof, well and truly paid by Jacob Carlip of Bradford in the County & State aforesaid. — The receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have given, granted, bargained, sold, and by these presents do give, grant, bargain, sell, alien, release, confirm and confirm unto the said Jacob Carlip his heirs and assigns forever, a tract of land in Bradford aforesaid it being the same land I bought of Samuel Fuller and Deeded by him to me and is the whole of the farm that said Fuller owned and lately liv- ed on in said Bradford and on which I now live. — To have and to hold the said granted premises, with all the privileges and appurtenances to the same be- longing to him the said Jacob Carlip his heirs and assigns to his and their only proper use and benefit forever. and I the said Jonathan Langer my heirs executors and administrators, hereby do covenant, grant and agree to and with the said Jacob Carlip, his heirs and assigns, that until the delivery hereof I am the lawful owner of the said premises and am law- fully seized and possessed thereof in my own right in fee simple, and have full power and lawful au- thority to grant and convey the same in manner aforesaid; that the said premises are free and clear of all and every incumbrance whatever, and that I and my heirs executors and administrators shall and will warrant the same to the said Carlip, his heirs and assigns against the lawful claims and demands of any persons or persons whomsoever. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 1 st day of November Anno Domini
1822. Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of us John M c Duffie Executor of Carlip
Jonathan Langer
Orange County ss: } State of Vermont Jan. 9. 24. 1823. then personally appeared the above named Jonathan Langer and acknowledged the above instrument to be his free act and deed, before me Nath l Shaw N o Justice of the Peace

Recd on Record this 29 th day of May A.D. 1822. — attest And. D. B. Bates Town Clerk
A true Copy of Record, Examined attest And. D. B. Bates Town Clerk
Jonathan Lougee Declaration & Schedule
(on a stout Hampshire roll)
File 6.
Containing 2 nd Declaration and other documents.
Copy of Dec d Jonathan Lougee to Jacob Garliff
Please make the return to Dr. E. B. Loughlin Chelsea Vermont
No. 216 Feb y 1830

Jonathan Lougee - Recd! Certificate transmitted
Col. Wilson's Massachusetts Regt. 1700 - 3 years - Roll
30 th April 1810 -
E. Evans Esq. Enfield, N. H.
see within
Admitted

I Jonathan Langer of Hanover in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire do testify and declare that I enlisted as a minute man the year 1775 in the spring of the year to march to any point where our country might be invaded -ed on the nineteenth of April in the same year at the battle of Concord so called & turned out with the Company to which I belonged under the command of Captain Lowell in the Regiment commanded by Col. Bracket at which time I served three months and in the winter season in the year 1776 I again enlisted in the service of my Country and went to Ticonderoga and there served five months and was then regularly and honorably discharged - - and then in the spring of the year 1780 I did again enlist in a Company under the command of Capt. Blanchard in Col. Wilson in the Massach- -setts line of the Continental army in the Revolutionary war in which Company and Regiment I served the full term of three years at which time I received an irregular and honorable discharge, which by the length of time & ancient I have lost and am not now able to produce which discharge I received at West Point after having served out my three years in full - - and that ever since that time I have been an -sident citizen Citizen of the United States and that I do now need the assistance of my Country for support by reason of my reduced circumsta- -ces in Life and that I do now relinquish all claim to any pension to which I may be entitled by any of Laws of the United States -
Jonathan Langer

to be paid to Mrs. Gerrit Smith
Shelburne, Vt. } Rev. Aug. 11-1841 } Revolutionary Claim
17. Aug 1841
Mrs. Gerrit
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Thelford August 11. 1841
Sir,
I enclose you the application of Jonathan Lorange, of West Fairlee of this County, a Pensioner, for a transfer from the Pension Roll of Northamptonshire to that of Vermont. It would oblige him very much if the transfer can be made before the Sept drawing. I have endeavored to see that the application and affidavit of witness are correctly authenticated. From my personal knowledge of Mr Lorange I have no doubt of his identity & of the truth of the statements set forth in the application & affidavit of Oath. Very Respectfully
Leviathan Root

FREE
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commr of Pensions Washington D.C.
Mr Washington New Jersey
April 13 1844

Pension Agency Montpelier April 1844
J. S. Edwards Esq. Cust. of Pensions
For Jonathan Lange a pensioner on the Roll of this agency under the act 18 th Feb 18 was last paid at this agency on the 4 th March 1844. —
Yours &c.
The Rev. a pen agt for Geo. Howells

U.S. 77 July 8
Free
Jonathan Lowry
July 1824
The Hon ble Secretary of the Department of War United States of America
Washington City
Mr. E. H. ...
M. L.

Haverhill N. July 17 th 1824
I enclose the additional declaration of Gen l Lougee his schedule now on file in the War Office. Together with the inferred I hope will be sufficient to obtain his Pension should it not, and anything further should be wanting, I beg for the earliest notice consequent with your Official duty. - Mr Lougee is very infirm and will not be likely to want help from any in this world much longer
Yours sincerely for Gen l Lougee.

East Mills Feby 7 th 1846
Sir
The application of Jonathan Lough for a transfer of Pension is herewith transmitted. Should the papers be found to be correct which I doubt - not they will be. You will if consistent forward me a certificate of transfer previous to the next payment which becomes due on the 1 st of March -
Very Respectfully
John Q. Adams S. H. Newton
Hon. J. Q. Adams Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Apr 1. 1844 H
Mr. Loam Brant.
Jonathan Loque.
FREE
Hon James L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington — D. C. —

Rev. J. W. H. Sept 18th 1844
Free
N. A.
Jonathan Dyer
Recd. 11 Mar 1844
First school
Sept 18th 1844
The Hon. Secretary of the War Department United States Washington City
Wm Lloyd

the within Named Jon a Lougee desires to be Placed on the New Hampshire Agency - as he is expecting to move in to his native State (N.H.) again and it being more convenient, & less expensive to obtain his Pay - Wash. Bix for Jon a Lougee
MS. the return you will please to direct to the P. Office Haverhill N.H. - to Wash. Bix for Jon a Lougee

Post Mills October 60 Sept 12 - 1845 Sir
Kindly transmit the application of Jonathan Dorrance for a transfer of his Pension from the State of New Hampshire to Vermont - The certificate of transfer here will please forward me
Yours very Respectfully S. H. Hinton

Jonathan Lougee of Bradford Varmt. Amendment to 1 st Schedule
B.

State of New Hampshire.
Grafton ss.
At the Superior Court of Judicature holden at Haverhill within and for said County of Grafton on the fourth Tuesday of May Anno Domini 1824.
Present the Honorable
William M. Richardson Chief Justice Samuel Green } Associate Justices. John Harris }
Personally appeared in Open Court, being a Court of Record by law established, John Lougee of Bradford in the County of Orange and State of Vermont, aged Sixty Eight Years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare in addition to his Schedule and Oath exhibited and sworn to before the Honorable Court of Sessions for said County, February term 1824. That since the 18 of March 1818 he has disposed of the following prop- erty and no other (viz) on the first of June 1822, Ex- changed a piece of land situate in Hanover, County of Grafton, State of New Hampshire estimated at about four Hundred Dollars, being about 30. acres, for about a like quantity of Land and an old house standing thereon, in Bradford, County of

Orange and State of Vermont estimated as above. which land I conveyed by deed to Jacob Corliss a Nephew on condition that the said Corliss should pay the debts then existing against me being 250 Dollars & the balance to provide for me and my wife and family which he has performed until this time and to furnish house room for me and wife during our life, he has fulfilled his obligation thus far. These are the reasons why I did not apply to be placed on the pension list Previous to the first of March 1823. Together with my becoming more unable to support myself by labor. I am now in a destitute situation, as set forth in my former schedule & now on file in the war office. In my former declaration Feb. 1824. I stated the situation of the land & the court ordered it struck off for the reason that no fee or right was in me & that I had no means in law to compel said Jacob Corliss who was a Miner at the time of the contract even to furnish house room for me and my wife and also that what he has already done will amount to more than he could sell the said land for and all that he now does for me is gratuity being under no legal Obligations Jonathan Longee

Sworn to & declared in open Court before the Justices thereof this 25 th day of May Anno Domini 1824. &
I Stephen P. Webster Clerk of said Court do hereby certify that the foregoing decla- ration is truly copied from the records of said Court. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 25 day of May Anno Domini 1824. —
S. P. Webster Clerk

Lynn N H March 27 1811
Dear Sir
At the request of Jonathan Langer I herewith forward his application to have his name transfer from the Pension Roll of Vermont to New Hampshire he is very aged and will never again probably wish to be transferred he is very poor and feeble last his wife and has gone to live with his cousin in the Town of Grafton N H -
Yours Respectfully D. C. Shurcliff

Pension Agency Concord N.H. Aug. 31. 1841~
Sir
In reply to yours of the 26 th instant, I have to state, that Jonathan Souge, a Pensioner on the roll of this agency, under the Act of the 18 th of March 1818, at Eight Dollars per Month, was last paid to March 4. 1841
I am Respectfully your obed't Servt
To S r J. L. Edwards Esqr Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
John George, Agent for paying Pensions

40953.
Rev INVALID.
File No. 40953
Jonathan Lougee Dr Rev D
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 8 , Page 298
[Arrangement of 1870.]

at an earlier date.
Claimant aged 68 - mentions no occupation - unable to do any kind of labor - Wife aged 64, & in firm - Has 3 daughters living with him most of the time, one of whom is unable to labor for her support.
See letter to A. E. G. McLaughlin 20 July 1829.
To W. Rix. 24 Apr. 1824 See letter 13 July 1826, to Nathaniel Rix, Haverhill, N. H.
Sept 19
New Hampshire.
Jonathan Sougee, private, served 3 years from 1780. —
Original claim under act May 1820.
Schedule, dated 25 Feb. 1824, contains 1 horse $20, 1 old cutter $10 - $ 30.00 Household furniture 10.00 1 ordinary gig. 5.00 $45.00
States that since the 18 th Mar. 1818, he exchanged a piece of land in Grafton County, estimated at about $400, being about 30 acres, partake quantity of land, with an old house thereon, in Bradford County, Vt. estimated as above, which land he conveyed to Jacob Corlis, his nephew, on condition that said Corlis should pay the debts then existing against claimant, being $250, and the balance to provide for claimant, wife, and family, and to furnish use room for claimant and wife during their lives, and that said Corlis has fulfilled his obligation thus far.
foregoing statement is his reason for not having rendered a schedule of his property,

at an earlier date.
Claimant aged 68 - mentions no occupation - unable to do any kind of labor - Wife aged 64, & in firm - Has 3 daughters living with him most of the time, one of whom is unable to labor for her support.
See letter to A. E. G. McLaughlin 20 July 1829.
To W. Rix. 24 Apr. 1824 See letter 13 July 1826, to Nathaniel Rix, Haverhill, N. H.
Sept 19
New Hampshire.
Jonathan Sougee, private, served 3 years from 1780. —
Original claim under act May 1820.
Schedule, dated 25 Feb. 1824, contains 1 horse $20, 1 old cutter $10 - $30.00 Household furniture 10.00 1 ordinary gig. 5.00 $45.00
States that since the 18 th Mar. 1818, he exchanged a piece of land in Grafton county, estimated at about $400, being about 30 acres, for like quantity of land, with an old house thereon, in Bradford county, Vt. estimated as above, which land he conveyed to Jacob Corlis, his nephew, on condition that said Corlis should pay the debts then existing against claimant, being $250, and the balance to provide for claimant, wife, and family, and to furnish house room for claimant and wife, during their lives, and that said Corlis has fulfilled his obligation thus far.
The foregoing statement is his reason for not having rendered a schedule of his property,

Feb 23 46
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Ann J. L. Edwards
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Concord February 20th 1846 Dr Sir
Your favor of the 13th inst. requesting information, as to the time, when Jonathan Souza a Pensioner, now on the roll of this Agency, under the Act of 18 March ts , 1818 at eight Dollars per Month, was last paid. I find that upon examination that he was paid to quarter ending the 4th of September 1845.
I am very respectfully your Obt. Servant, Stephen C. Badger for Isaac Hill the Pension Agent at Concord &c. M m . J. S. Edwards

13. 400
New Hampshire
Jonathan Lougee — of Hanover in the state of N. Hampshire who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Watson — of the Massachusetts line, for the term of Three Years
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 th of April 1818 —
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th of June 1819 and sent to E. Evans Esq. Pittfield. N. Hampshire
Arrears to 4th of March 1819. 10 m. \frac{18}{30} \frac{4}{31} . 85:83 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept. 1819 — 48: —
$133.83
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }