Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,079, for Jacob Lewis, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Lewis, Jacob
S 40,079
CONTENTS

No 10.319 Pennsylvania
Jacob Lewis
of Bucks Co in the state of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Waylow of the Perdy ne, for the term of One year .
scribed on the roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 of Dec r 1817
ertificate of Pension issued the 14 of Jan y 1820 and sent to Hon. Sam l Moore House of Representatives U.S.
progs to 4th of Int er est emi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March 1820 - 25.00
123 3/4
$ 25.00
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Sam Moore

Widow of John H. Hosenberg, b. 1820 Sam P. Moore, Doylestown, Pa.

40.079 Rev INVALID.
File No. 40.079
Jacob Lewis W. Mr Mrs
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 291
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Mar. 11, 1905 - Dist. 2 Mrs. J. H. Hartrock Laurel Md

Bucks County ss: District of Penn a
On this first day of December A.D. 1810 before me the subscriber one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County personally appeared Jacob Lewis aged near seventy one years resident in this County who being sworn by me according to law did 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 during the revolutionary war - That he the said Jacob Lewis enlisted in Flemington in the State of New Jersey sometime in the forepart of the year 1776 - for the term of one year in the Company commanded by Thomas Reading of the Third Regt of the Jersey line Commanded by Colonel Dayton - on the continental establishment - That he continued to serve in the said Corps - in New York - Albany - Schenectady - Johnstown German Flatts - Fort Stanwix - Lake Champlain and Ticonderoga where they staid the most Winter from thence they returned to Herristown in New Jersey where he was discharged from service and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has has no other evidence now in his power of his said services -
Sworn and subscribed to and declared this day and date aforesaid
Before me
Wm Watts
I am Watts judge as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Jacob Lewis did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months & more at one time on the continental establishment as I apprehend and I now transmit the testimony & proceedings taken on his oath before me to the Secy of War in pursuance to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress - I am also satisfied that he is poor and needs the assistance of his country for support
Decr 2, 1810
Wm Watts

Bucks County ss:
I do hereby certify that the within named William Watts is one of the Judges of the County of Bucks and that full faith and credit ought to be given to his acts as such Judge. My hand and seal of office this first day of December in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and nineteen
John Benezet Prothonotary
Given under my hand and seal this first day of December in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and nineteen

Pension Office - Washington D.C.
Dr Riv - Can you inform me where Jacob Lewis of Penn a resided when he drew his pension - 1820 - to 1825 - & was he a pensioner from the Revolutionary War - and oblige - yrs resp y -
Feb y 21 st 1905 - (Mrs) S. M. Hancock Laurel - Md

Jacob Lewis
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District of Pennsylvania S.
On this fourth day of September 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, Jacob Lewis, aged 78 years, Resident in Bucks County in said District, 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 acts of Congress of the Eighteenth of March 1818 and first of May 1820. That he served in the Revolutionary war, in the Company commanded by Capt. Thomas Reading, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Dayton, in the line of the State of New Jersey, and has obtained a pension, his certificate being numbered 16.319.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a Resident Citizen of the United States, on the 18th. day of March. 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled, "an Act to provide for certain Persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th. day of March. 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person for me, in trust, 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.
Jacob Lewis

Schedule of Property
I have no property except my clothing I have a few debts due to me amounting in all to Fifteen Dollars 86 cents $15.86
I have no family, my business has been that of a Carpenter but a failure of my eye-sight has rendered it difficult to pursue that business, and I have now no dependance but common labour
Sworn & Subscribed in open Court this Fourth day of September 1820
Jacob Davis
John S Benezet Proth.
Dukes County ss.
I John S Benezet Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Dukes County do hereby certify that the foregoing oath, 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 in value of the Property described in the aforesaid Schedule is Fifteen Dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said Court this fifth day of September A.D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty.
John S Benezet Proth.