Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32985, for Jonas Learned, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Learned, Jonas
S 32985
CONTENTS

10,639
Massachusetts.
Jonas Learned
of Brighton in the state of Massac h ts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bond of the Massach ts line, for the term of one year.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 31 of March 1818 .
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 of May 1819 and sent to Hon. John Davis, Judge, Boston.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 . 89" 29
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819 . 48"
11. 5/31 ————— $ 137" 29
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Disbursement book, Nov. 10 th 1820 to Abraham Bright Ames: J. D. M. S.

B
Filed 27. March 1819

Daniel Learned of East Sudbury in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby certify that Joseph Learned of Watertown, now residing in Brighton was a Soldier in Capt. Childs Company in the twenty fifth Regiment which was commanded by Col. William Bond in the Continental establishment, and that said Joseph Learned served as a Soldier in said Company and Regiment through the whole year of 1775, and the reason that his Name cannot be found on the rolls of the Army is because said Col. Bond died in the service at Tienderoga & the rolls of said Regiment were lost, & I further say that said Learned stands in need of assistance, as he is a Pauper of Watertown. I further say not Daniel Learned
Middlesex ss. Watertown January 2 nd 1819 Then personally appeared before me Nathaniel R. Whitney one of the Justices of the peace for the said County the above named Daniel Learned, & made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed, and he is a credible Witness. Before me, Nathaniel R. Whitney Justice of the peace.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. I Abraham Rigdon clerk of the judicial courts in the county of Middlesex, do certify that Nathaniel R. Whitney Esquire, is a justice of the peace acting under the authority of this Commonwealth, & his name subscribed to the foregoing certificate is his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, & affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this eighth day of January 1819.
Abraham Rigdon

No 101, Jonas learned Not on rolls.
new evidence
Bonds Ref. one of 1778.
Adm c
New evidence C. & B.
Mr. Norton Jr.

United States ss.
Brighton Jonas Learned of Newton in sister, a resident citizen of the United States, maketh oath, that he served as a private soldier in the war of the Revolution on the Continental establishment for eight months from the commence- ment of the war in Col. Pardon's Regiment and Capt. Abner Crafts' company; in the year 1776 I enlisted in Capt. Elijah Childs' company in the 25 th Regiment whereof William Bond was Colonel for one year; at the end of the year after my return from Canada I enlisted in Capt. Hannevell's company, do not recollect the regiment, and was in service under him at the capture of Burgoyne; I had an honorable discharge, but have lost it. By reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I am in need of assistance from my country for support.
Witness
A. Townsend.
his Jonas X Learned mark.
Massachusetts District ss Boston 31. March 1818
Sworn to before me
W. Davis Dist. Judge A.D.

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10.639
Jonas Learned.
May 19

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of September A. D. 1821
Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice, and
WILLIAM WETMORE, and } Associate Justices
STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires, } of said Court.
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, Jonas Learned resident in Brighton in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 10.639 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, Jonas Learned 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 31st day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Given at the War Office of the United States, this fifteenth day of May 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, no property real or personal except
Table with 2 columns: Item, Value. Items include 6 chairs ($1.20), 1 porringer pot (0.40), 1 small pot (0.25), 1 gridiron (0.17), 1 water pail (0.10), 1 wash pail (0.25), 1 pine table (0.17), 1 small table (0.50), 1 chest (0.50), 1 looking glass (0.25), lot of knives & forks (0.33), crockery ware (0.75), 1 hoe bill hook & ax (0.75), shovel & tongs (0.25). Total: 5.92
Signed in presence of N. Brooks Walter Stone.
his Jonas X Learned mark "

"And the said Learned further states that he served in the war of the revolution more than four years eight months in capt. Crafts company & col. Wm. Bords Regiment - one year in capt. Abijah Childs company and col. Bords Regiment - two years in capt. Hemenwell's company of Artillery six months in capt. Joseph Fuller's company and col. Howes Regiment three months at Rhode Island afterwards - that he is seventy years of age and has been unable to do any work for the last nine years in consequence of an injury received by a fall - has no family except his wife who is sixty years - that he has no means of support and has received assistance from the town of Watertown
Signed in
presence of
N. Brooks
Walter Stone
his Jonas Learned mark.
Declared and sworn
Before me
Stephen Minot judge } "

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Stephen Minot a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
" I, Jonas Learned 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.
Jonas Learned marks
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. September Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed Jonas Learned took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me,
Stephen Minot Judge of said Court. //
I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW, 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
five dollars & ninety two cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on this 30th day of Sept. 1820.
Attr.
Abraham Biglow 3

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
5 April 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, Jonas Learned by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
J. Davis
{ District Judge U. S. Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston 6 June A. D. 1818
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that Jonas Learned subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, with the accompanying documents marked 1. together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
J. Davis
{ Judge of the District Court U. S. Massachusetts District.

32985 Buy INVALID.
File No. 82,985
Jonas Learned Rev Rev dar
Act: June 1 st 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 241
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Nathan Fuller of Newton, in the County of Middlesex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Esq r , being almost seventy eight years of age, do testify and say that I was a Major in Col. William Bander's Regiment in the Continental establishment in the Year 1778, in the Northern Army, and that I have learned of Watertown in said County of Middlesex, who is a Pauper of said Town of Watertown, now residing in Brighton, was a Non commissioned Officer in Capt. Abijah Child's Company, in said Bander's Regiment, and served as such more than one whole Year, and if his Name is not to be found on the Army roll, the reason is that said Bander died in the service according to the Books and papers of said Regiment were lost, and I further say not. Nathan Fuller
Middlesex ss: Newton March 29 th 1819. Then personally appeared before me, the subscriber, one of the Justices of the peace for the said County, the above named Nathan Fuller Esq r , who is a credible Witness, and made solemn Oath to the above deposition by him signed. Before me, Nathan R. Whitney Justice of the peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. I Abraham Biglow Clerk of the Judicial Court in the County of Middlesex, do certify that Nathaniel B. Whitney Esquire, is a jus- tice of the peace acting under the authority of this Commonwealth, & his name subscribed to the within certificate is his own proper signa- ture. —
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this thirteenth day of March in the year of our Lord 1819.
Abraham Biglow

A.

Newton March 30 th 1818
This Certifies that Jonas Learned the Banev of this, was in Col. Gardener Regiment in Capt. Abner Crafts Company the first years of the war, and in Capt. Abijah Childs Company, a Non Commissioned officer in the year 1776 in the 25 th Regiment Commanded by Col. Wm. Bond in the Service of the United States. and served his time out faithfully and at the taking of Brims army in 1777 Attest Nathan Fuller then major of the 25 th Regiment