Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22879, for Jehu Lewis, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Lewis, Jehu
S 22879
CONTENTS
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New certif: yr. d 2 Sept 1832 - see old certif within —
18.2,
Pennsylvania
John Lewis
1 Buck Co in the State of Pennsylvania. who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Heinrich of the — commanded by — in the P. — line for Urgan .
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum. to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of August 1832 and sent to W. T. Rogers. Bristol.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1832. $160. 00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept — 40. 00
$200. 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book E Vol. 5 Page 305

Suspended for Punishment roll!
To J. L. Ingram.
Admitted On Pa Roll.

DISTRICT OF  Pennsylvania , ss.
On this fourth day of May 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Bucks County in and for the said district, personally appeared John Lewis " " " aged 62 years, resident in Bucks County in the said district, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath  affirmation , 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 John Lewis " " " enlisted in Philadelphia " in the state of Pennsylvania " " " in the company commanded by Captain Adolphus  Col. Hoddick — of the 11 th Regiment Pa. line in the month of January or February 1777 . . . . . ; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the year 1783, but having been on the sick list 1 1/2 years, he was not regularly, when he was discharged from service in but was in Philad a in the state of Pa a when the army was disbanded, that he was in the battles of Long Island, Brandywine, Paoli, Germantown & Monmouth , 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.
John Lewis
Sam Hart
I, Samuel Hart — Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said John Lewis — did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; 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.
May 4 th 1818
1818

John Lewis -
B. 1801
(Sept. 1810.)
Not entitled
32970 I have
1810-1820
1810
1820

District of Pennsylvania ss:
On the thirteenth day of June 1820 Personally appeared in open court of Common Pleas, held in Doylestown for the county of Bucks, being a court of record proceeding according to the course of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount and keeping a record of its proceedings Jehu Lewis aged sixty four years resident in Bucks County in said district, who being first qualified according to law doth on his affirmation make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of congress of the 18 th of March 1818, and first of May 1820, That he served in the revolutionary war in the company commanded by Captain Marshall in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Atty in the year 1776, and in the company commanded by Adolphus William Hedrick in the 11 th Penn a Regiment commanded by Colonel Richard Hampton to the end of the war and has obtained a pension under the act of the 18 th March 1818 his certificate being numbered 3881.
And I do solemnly affirm 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 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 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.
Jehu Lewis.
Schedule of Property.
I have besides necessary clothing and bedding one acre three quarters & ten perches of land without a dwelling house one Mare Holt, 2 Cows 1 old woven loom, & Forkling, one wheel barrow, 1 Plough, 1 spade one long wheel I have no pension from any particular state & no debt recoverable due to me,

I am indebted in the following sums one debt of 80 Dollars, one debt of 25 Dollars one debt of 22 Dollars one debt of 17 Dollars
I am by trade a weaver, but by reason of Rheumatism and other infirmities, am not able to obtain a living. I have the following family residing with me,
My wife Margaret aged 46 years, one step daughter Ann Wolf aged 12 One son Enoch aged 8 years, Daughter Drusilla aged 5 years. I would here note that the lot of land herein mentioned I purchased out of the savings of the money the State of Penn a gave me for my claim of Donation land & some of the pension already on the act of March 1878. I have also been induced to go in debt for the other property hoping the continuation of the Pension to assist my labour though small to procure a living.
John Lewis.
Sworn to this 30 th day June A.D. 1820 Before me Walter one of the judges of the C o of common Pleas of said County.
But is County ss.
I John St. Benzet Prothonotary of the Court of common Pleas for the County of Bucks Do certify that the foregoing affirmation and the 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 of the value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is two hundred twenty one dollars and 50 cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this first day of July 1820.
John St Benzet Prothonotary

Resolution
22849
INVALID.
File No. 22879
John Lewis
His Resignation
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 281
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Payments to be made at Philadelphia by the U.S. Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Pennsylvania
Certificate of the same to John Lewis on 2 Sept 1833.
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book C Vol. 5 Page 35 by W. L. Williams Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, John Lewis of the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the Revolutionary war
is entitled to receive Eighty dollars and _____ cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Fifth day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty- Three
John P. Robt Acting Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

Stephen Stone Esq May 193
See
Issue a new Cert:
John Lewis - Land paper to Mr. ...
James L. Edwards Esq
Division Office - Mr. Department
Washington D.C.

Doylestown P. May 1833
Sir,
I enclose you a statement of John Lewis, and have a perfect recollection of receiving from him a package and forwarding it to Washington by mail.
He is very poor and information as full confidence may be placed in his statement, I would like to know what is necessary to give the old veteran relief.
Very Respectfully
W. L. Richards Esq.
W. S. Rogers
Pension Office

Denison office, Washington D.C.
Hon: J. J. Edwards
FREE
one my 088

Bristol R. Aug 2. 1833
Dear Sir,
I have wrote to your Department several times, and enclose some vouchers in relation to the application of Mr. John Lewis, for a Pension, who is very anxious for Relief.
Mr. Lewis, established his claim and was in the receipt of it during the time Mr. Calhoun was Secretary of War, and rec d one or two payments, but in consequence of holding a for a small lot of a few acres of Land it was discontinued .
As he is very old, infirm and distressingly poor, your early attention to his case would confer a very great favor upon him.
Direct to me at this place
His vouchers are now all on record in your
Department Hon J L Edwards Pension office
Yours Very Respectfully
W T Rogers. W T Rogers.

Free
Admitted
Hon. John D. Calhoun P. O. Box city of Washington.

Dayton, Butler county
May 4 th 1818
Sir,
I enclose a Description of John Lewis an old soldier who seeks a Pension under the late act of Congress - there is no doubt in my mind of his having served as he states - having discovered that he obtained from the State of Ohio a grant of money viz. two hundred Dollars in lieu of the Bounty Land to which he was entitled from the State -
Should the Document herewith sent be sufficient to entitle him to pension under the late act of Congress you will please to forward the Certificate when made out to me at this place
I have the honor to be with great respect your
J. D. Engle
Herewith

13,881 Pennsylvania Roll
John Lewis private Pennsylvania line 6 years In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 of Octo 1818 and forwarded to J. L. Ingham Doylstown Bucks Co Pa
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1818 32. 28 semi-ann. all'ce ending 11 Mar 1819 48. 00
$ 80. 28
3 Mo. 28/31 4/30
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Mr. entitled
Bucks Co Pa -

Sup. 22 sec. 1832
Notification sent July 24 th 1820 to Doctor Samuel Wood Doylestown Pa

I Jehu Lewis of Northampton Township, Bucks County and State of Pennsylvania, do depose that my claim to a pension from the United States, as a soldier of the Revolution was established under the act of 1818 and I received the pension yearly for near two years, and it was then discontinued in consequence of my owning about 5 acres of Land. In the year of 1823 I placed all my papers in the hands of Mr Rogers PM of Doylestown to forward to Washington to succeed in again placing my name on the pension Roll, directed to Rich d Rush Secretary of the Treasury, since which time nothing has been heard of them. Among these papers was my certificate of Pension, and other documents.
I was in the service seven years, commencing March 1776, part of the time under col. Richard Hampton, at the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Paoli, Monmouth and Long Island. I am now old and poor and greatly in need of the support of the American Government.
Signed Jehu Lewis
Affirmed
sworn and subscribed to this eighteenth day of May A.D. 1840 at Doylestown, County and State of Pennsylvania Affirmed & subscribed before me John Hugh Justice of the peace
Jehu Lewis

Bucks County Pa.
I William Purdy Notary Public of the County of Bucks in the State of Pennsylvan- nia, do certify that John Pugh Esquire before whom the foregoing deposition is taken is a dis- tress of the Peace, in and for said county
Witness my hand and seal of office at Doylestown, in the county and State aforesaid
Wm Purdy Notary

I Jehu Lewis of Northampton Township in the County of Bucks and State of Pennsylvania. Do hereby certify that I was entered on the pension list under the act of Congress of 1818. as a Soldier of the Revolution and struck off, under the Act of 1820. as possessing too much property, the word Soldier was inserted through some mistake, instead of sergeant. I enlisted in February A.D. 1777 as a sergeant in Capt. A. W. Hendricks Company of the Eleventh Pennsylvania Regiment commanded by Col Richard Humpton during the war. That I reside in the same place now I did in 1818 and that I have not been on the pension list since the year 1820.
Jehu Lewis
State of Pennsylvania
Bucks County Ss.
Before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for Bucks County personally appeared the above named Jehu Lewis who upon his solemn affirmation deposeth and saith that the facts set forth in the above declaration are just and true. Witness my hand and Seal this 17 th day of September A.D. 1832
J. H. Cummings } Justice Peace Bucks Co. — 1 —

When here on Roll
Free
Hon. Lewis Cass. Secretary of War
Washington City
[Signature]
Sept 25 th
Vermillion Bay Sept 19 th 33

State of Pennsylvania Bucks County
Sir / enclosed is a declaration for a Pension under the act of Congress of 1832. if the Proof is not sufficient or any alteration to be made in the declaration you will do me a favour by giving instructions directed to Pennsville Post office Bucks County
Yours most Respectfully John Lewis
N.B. if my claim should be admitted Please direct the order to Pennsville Post office
How Lewis Cass Sec y of War 3