Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32976, for John Learock, Massachusetts

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Learock, John
S 32976
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32976 Rev INVALID.
File No. 32,976
John Learock Rev Rev Mr
Act: 18 th March 1818 th
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 941
[Arrangement of 1870.]

15479 R
Massachusetts
John Liarock
of Salem in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Nixon of the Mass line, for the term of one year.
Inscribed on the roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 4 of Apr 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 of Oct 1819 and sent to Benjamin Merrill Esq Salem Massachusetts
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1819: $135.26
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1820 $48
$184.26
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Not tested and full obligation State Treasurer Salem Mass

John Learock of Salem in Massachusetts on oath makes the following Declaration:
That in January or February A.D. 1776 he enlisted for One year as a private in Capt. Eben- ezer Ormsby's Company in Col. Nixon's Regiment in the Mass ts . line - marched from Winter Hill near Boston to New York and the Jerseys - served out the whole of the year, and after the Capture of the Hessians was honorably discharged at Prince- ton by Lieut. Buxton of said Company: that he has lost his discharge: - that he is now Eighty ONE years of age, and from his reduced circumstances in life stands in need of assistance from his Country for support: and that he hereby relinquishes all claim to any pension heretofore allowed him by the laws of the United States
John his + Learock mark
Signed in the presence of S. Putnam J. S. P. Court of Mass ts .

I William Oliver of Salem aforesaid being that I enlisted in Capt. Winship's Company in 1776 with the within named Learock - marched in the same Company with him from Winter Hill - and know he paid and served till September or October following, at which time I was detached - and I have no doubt Learock served out his whole year.
He is poor and very infirm William Oliver
I Samuel Goodale of Salem in the County of Essex, on solemn Oath Testify & say, that I belonged to Capt Winship's Company one year , viz from January 1776 to January 1777. That John Learock, belonged to & served in said Company, during one year, and I believe said Learock served under Capt. Winship sixteen months - and was at the taking the Hessians at Trenton - attest John Purnell his Samuel Goodale mark
Essex ss. September 3 d 1819 Then Samuel Goodale made solemn Oath, that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true in all its parts Before me John Purnell Justice of the Peace of the Commonwealth

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
§ 5555/5: On this fourth day of April, A.D. 1818 personally came before me Samuel Putnam Esq r one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth the said John Learock and William Oliver and subscribed severally and made Oath to the aforeswritten Declaration and Affidavit by them respectively made and it appearing to my satisfaction that the said John Learock served more than nine months at one period of the Revolutionary War on the Continental Establishment against the common enemy. I hereby certify the testimony in the case to the Secretary of the War Department.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court at Salem this fourth day of April
A. 1818.
S. Putnam Just. S. J. Court of Mass ts .
Sept r 29 1819 I further certify that John Learock aforesaid is very poor and indigent, and from his reduced circumstances in life now stands in need of assistance from his Country for support: and that the said William Oliver and Samuel Goodale are credible and disinterested Witnesses.
S. Putnam J. S. J. Court of Mass ts 3

John Leavick Smith
4 April 1818
Not on file
I beg to inform of several various stances of applic- ant - and of pro- bability of disinterredness of certain parts of the spiritual character of the estate should be entitled to the rent of the church under the special bequeath.
Please to address the answer to Benj. Merrill of Salem, Judge Pitman being on the Circuit
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Septm 29. 1819
Charles Sumner Esq.
There is a summe. I further certify that John Pynchon Esq. within named is a justice of the peace for the county of Essex, qualified to administer Oaths, and his dequo-
fore Jo. J. Schabod Tucker, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth. The aforesaid in for the Com- to aforesaid hereby certify that the aforesaid Hon. John Pitman is a judge of the Supreme Judicial Court as aforesaid, that the seal hereto annexed is the seal of said Court & the signature aforesaid is his proper hand.
Attest - Charles Sumner Esq.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex Js. I, Ichabod Tucker, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth aforesaid in & for the County aforesaid to all whom these presents may concern hereby certify that the aforenamed Hon: Samuel Putnam is a Judge of the Supreme Judicial Court as aforesaid, that the seal hereto affixed is the seal of said Court & the signature aforesaid is his proper hand
Attest Ichabod Tucker, Clerk
I further certify that John Pynchard Esq. within named is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex, qualified to administer Oaths, and his signature is genuine.
Sept. 29. 1819
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk
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John Leacock Smith 4 April 1818
Not on Rolls
Judges certificate of reducedenumstances of applicant and of credulity of disinterested witnesses who are also the official character of the parties should be certified by the Clerk of the Church under the official seal thereof.
Please to address the answer to Benj. Merrill of Salem, Esq. Putnam being on the Circuit

In o Learock
15.479
Oct 1893
Salem Am
age 82 labor worth $6.
Dear Mr
on this day of the trial of the said Court at Salem, in said County of Essex. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal. In the presence of the undersigned Scholastic the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the prop- erty exhibited in the schedule is from the record of the said Court; and I do hereby certify that it is the true and correct copy of the said schedule as shown to the said Court the said Court, for the said Court, and the said Court, and the said Court. Judge of the Court

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, John Learock resident in Salem in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 18,499 — now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
“WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.”
“I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, John Learock — — — — — late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight — — — dollars per month, to commence on the fourth — — — day of April — — — one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .”
***** * L. S. * *****
“Given at the War Office of the United States, this nineteenth day of October — — — one thousand eight hundred and nineteen .”
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,”
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
Six old chairs . . . . . $ 2.00 Old case of drawers . . . . . 0.75 Table . . . . . 0.75 Six knives and forks . . . . . 0.50 Iron pot, two kettles . . . . . 1.00 Shovel, tongs, and irons . . . . . 1.00 6.00
He declares he is eighty two years of age, and disabled by age from pursuing his former business of a fisherman. That his wife is eighty two years old, — he has no other family: that he served from beginning to end of 1776 in Winship's Company in Col: Nixon's Continental Regiment in Massachusetts Line .
his John X Learock mark.

Sworn to and declared before W m Wetmore, Judge within named.

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. W m Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, John Learock do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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. So help me GOD.
his John X Learock mark.
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed John Learock took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me
W m Wetmore Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule 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 six dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17 th day of July A. D. 1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Leary, Dennis GRADE Corporal (Invalid) LINE Delaware
WARRANT NUMBER as 10808 and 13381 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED September 2, 1789 To — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.