Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 39,788, for Solomon Jordan, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Jordan, Solomon
S. 39,788
CONTENTS

3339.
From 4
New York
to Pennsylvania.
Solomon Jordan,
Capt Elliott
Private
the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
scribed on the Roll of New York, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 27th of April, 1818.
ertificate of Pension issued the 5th of Oct. 1818 and sent to C.V. Broughton Esq. Phelps New York.
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1818. 4 mo 30. 34. 13 semi-ann. all'ce ending 1st Mar 1819. 28. 00
Bigelow $82.13
Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.
177 thin years Cashined. Present Antario
Vertical text on the right margin, likely bleed-through from the reverse side.

In the matter of Solo- mon Landau a Pension- er of the United States.
3339
March 19
(Large stylized initials, possibly "C" or "G")
transfer
J.L.E. (Signature)

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Washington County ss }
On this seventh day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in open court of common Pleas in and for the county aforesaid being a court of record for said county proceeding according to the course of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount and keeping a record of its proceedings Solomon Jordan a resident in Brookline Township in said County late of Lycoming in the County of Ontario and State of New York aged sixty four years last September 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 eigh- teenth of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and the first of May one thousand eight hundred and twenty that he the said Solomon Jordan was re-enlisted for the term of one year according to the best of his recollection about the first of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty six at Dorchester in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Captain Cranston in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Whitcomb in the line of the State of Massachusetts in the Continental establishment that he continued to serve in the said company until the expiration of the said term of one year that he again enlisted into the company of Captain Paul Ellis of Portland in the State of Massachusetts in the fifteenth Massachusetts Regim- ent commanded by Colonel Timothy Bigelow

of Worcester on the twenty fourth day of March one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven at Portland in the State of Massachusetts for the term of three years in the continental establishment and contin- -ued to serve in the said corps untill the expiration of the said term of three years when he was discharged from the said service at Hishkill in the State of New York That he was in the battle of Saratoga and Monmouth That as he believes on the twenty seventh of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen he made a decl- -aration in conformity to the act of Congress of the eigh- -teenth of March one thousand eight hundred and eigh- -teen setting forth his services &c and applying for the benefit of the provisions of the said act that he has received a pension and that the number of the pension certificate which he has received is three thousa- -nd three hundred and thirty nine (3339) And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident within 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 disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to being myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entit- -led 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 now has any pension in trust have any interest security contract

or debt due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule herunto annexed and by me subscribed. The declarant states that he is by occupation a farmer and owing to a lameness in one hand he is unable to perform many kinds of agricultural labour that he has no family residing with him except his wife Lydia who is about sixty one years of age who being a woman of feeble constitution is unable to do much for his self support
Solomon Jordan
Sworn to and declared on the seventh day of December
A D 1820 in open Court
Lansing Witmer Crotts
A. Schedule of all the estate real and personal of Solomon Jordan of the County of Wayne and Com- -monwealth of Pennsylvania and an applicant for a pension under the acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 and of the 1 st of May 1820
Real Estate
I have no real estate either in law or in equity Personal estate
one Baking pan one Tea Kettle, one six quart kettle, half a set of cups and saucers, one small chest, one Ax, one hoe, one Bible, one Psalm book, one debt against Elijah Chamberlain of ten bushels of corn, and two of Potatoes, one debt against Samuel Gruft of thirty pounds of pork.
Debts which I owe
I owe William Work five dollars
Solomon Jordan
Sworn to and subscribed this seventh day of December
A D 1820 in open Court
Lansing Witmer Crotts

The court is of opinion that the balance of the property returned in the schedule thereto made by Solomon Jordan is nineteen dollars and five cents - and that the amount of debts owed by him is five dollars. The court is therefore of opinion that the total amount in value of the property of the said Solomon Jordan exclusive of his debts is nineteen dollars and five cents.
By the court
Lansing Whitmore Prothonotary
Warren county ss
I Lansing Whitmore Prothonotary of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Warren in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are true copies from the record 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 nineteen dollars and five cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 13 th day of December AD 1820
Lansing Whitmore Prothonotary of the court of common pleas Warren county

Proceedings in the Court of Solomon Island
Concord of the
Prigalawi Map. reg.

State of New York Ontario County - ss.
On this 27 th day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in said County personally appeared Salomon Lodaan aged fifty eight years Resident of Syracuse in said County who being his me best duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the pensions 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 the said Salomon Lodaan enlisted on the 24 th March 1777 in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War at Rehoboth Massachusetts in the Company of Captain Paul Ellis in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Timothy Bigelow in the Massachusetts line of troops. That he continued to serve in said Regiment in the service of the United States until the 24 th day of March 1780 when he was Regularly discharged from the said service at the Highlands in the State of New York. That his discharge he put into the hands of a man by the name of Wadsworth a Representative from the town in which he lived in Massachusetts to get some annuity clothing and him for his services and that the said Wadsworth

lost the said discharge as he stated to him and the Witness hereby certifies. He also states that he was in the Battle at the Taking of Burgain also at the Battle of Manassas and several smaller engagements. And he further states that he is in Rained circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support and has no other evidence of his service now in his power. Solomon Jordan
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid Ezra Sewell Judge of Com Pleas for said County
Ezra Sewell one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Salina do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Solomon Jordan did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common enemy and I have transmitted the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary of the War department pursuant to the provisions of the above mentioned act of Congress.
Given under my hand at Lyons in said County the 27 day of April 1818.
Ezra Sewell

Mannah Dilling and Moses Langton both known to me of the same place where they are living by me testify that the late Solomon Ladd named in the foregoing affidavit is in very destitute circumstances wholly without property I am also personally acquainted with the said Ladd and believe him to be destitute of property I do hereby certify Ezra Ladd Jr
Note The Affidavit in this case if obtained will be forwarded to Pandorf & Baughman Esq. Hills District County by Request of Solomon Ladd Ezra Ladd Jr

State of New York } In Testimony that Ezra Gowell. Ontario County } ss Clerks office } whose name is subscribed to the fore
going certificate was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Ontario and that the same is his signature I herunto subscribe my name and affix the county seal at Can- andaigua this 28 th day of May 1818
Thos McNair Ck

In the matter of Simon Lindau, a Pensioner of the United States - Transf. from New York to Penn a 25 May 1821 from 4 March 1820.

Commonwealth of Penna County of Warren Pa. - ss
In this twenty eighth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty — before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Warren personally appeared Solomon Jordan, who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Connellan in the regiment commanded by Colonel Whitcomb of the Massachusetts line and who afterwards belonged to the company commanded by Captain Paul Dyer in the fifteenth Massachusetts regiment commanded by Colonel Timothy Bigelow in the service of the United States, that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of New York from whence he has lately removed, that he now resides in the State of Pennsylvania and wishes his pension to be paid in future. —
Sworn to before me this day and given a hand which is
Solomon Jordan
Lothrop S. Parmlee J.P.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania County of Warren Pa. ss
I Lansing Wetmore Prothonotary of the court of common pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that Lothrop S. Parmlee who appears to have taken and subscribed the foregoing deposition was at the date thereof and now is an acting Justice in and for said county duly commissioned and sworn and that all due faith and credit ought to be given to his official acts as such. I do also certify that the subscription to the said deposition is in the proper hand writing of the said Justice the testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this twenty ninth day of December A.D. 1820 one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Lansing Wetmore Prothonotary

September 3, 1914.
Hon. George T. Oliver,
United States Senate.
My dear Senator:
In response to your letter dated the first instant, and the enclosed letter from Mr. R. T. Ramsey, Treasurer of the Pittsburgh Gage and Supply Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, I have the honor to furnish you the following data from the papers on file in this Bureau.
Sur. File No. 39.788. Rev. War. Solomon Jordan was allowed pension on his application executed April 27, 1818, while fifty-eight years of age and a resident of Lyons, Ontario County, New York.
He stated that he enlisted at Dorchester, Massachusetts, about the first of January, 1776, in Captain Cranston's company, Colonel Whitcomb's regiment, and served one year.
He again enlisted for three years at Portland, Massachusetts (Maine) March 4, 1777, in Captain Paul Ellis' company. Colonel Timothy Bigelow's 15th Massachusetts regiment, was in the battle of Saratoga and at the surrender of Burgoyne, battle of Monmouth, and "several smaller skirmishes" not specified, and continued in said service until discharged March 24, 1780.

In December 1820, he was a resident of Broken Straw Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania, claimed to have been "sixty-four years of age last September" and stated that he had no family residing with him except his wife Lydia, aged about sixty-one years. There is no other family data.
Wid. Ctf. No. 31,347. War of 1812. Elijah Jordan was born in Massachusetts". date, place and names of parents not stated; he was drafted from Hallowell, Maine, and served from September 19, to 24, 1814, as Private in Captain William Hussey's company, and from September 26, to November 5, 1814, as Private in Captain Daniel Beal's company of Massachusetts Militia, and was discharged at Bath, Maine.
He married at Rome, Kennebec County, Maine, July 14, 1813, Elizabeth Leighton daughter of Moses Leighton. After the war, Elijah Jordan resided at Rome, Maine; Lyons, Ontario County, New York; Broken-Straw, Warren County, Pennsylvania; and in 1855, he was sixty-two years of age and resided in Pittsfield Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania, where he died February 16, 1865; his widow Elizabeth Jordan was allowed a pension on her application executed April 3, 1878, at which time she resided at Port Hope, Huron County, Michigan, and was eighty-five years of age.
Very truly yours,
E. C. Nieman Acting Commissioner.

1914 Sept. 3. Hist. to Hon. Geo. T. Oliver P.
39 788 Rey INVALID.
File No. 89 788
Solomon Jordan Pr. Mr. M.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 265
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Warren Pa Aug. 1 st
Free
Dear Sir,
Portrait of the Department of War
Washington City.

Warren Warren County Penn a
January 1821
Sir
I herewith transmit to you the schedule of the property of Solomon London a Pensioner &c and his application to be transferred from the New York Roll to that of Pennsylvania. The evidence of his being continued on the Pension List if the same should be the case, you will please transmit to me.
Yours Resp. Servt.
Oliver Hazard
Hon. J. P. Calhoun. —

United States Senate,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
GEORGE T. OLIVER PENNSYLVANIA
ON September 1, 1914.
Hon. Gaylord M. Saltzgaber, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir:
I inclose a letter from Mr. R. F. Ramsey, Treasurer of the Pittsburgh Gage & Supply Co., of Pittsburgh, Pa., requesting certain information regarding Solomon Jordan, a revolutionary soldier, and his son, Elijah, a soldier of the War of 1912.
I shall be obliged if you will have the desired information furnished if possible.
Very truly yours,
Inclosure. Asks for Solomon Jordan Rev. } Buried in Elijah Jordan 1812 } Warren Co. Penns. Residents of Broken Straw " "
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