Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,987, for Justus Jennings, Connecticut

SERVICE
born
★ Jennings, Justus
NUMBER
S. 44.987
CONTENTS
[Faint, illegible handwriting on lined paper]
[Faint, illegible handwriting on lined paper]

(31) New York.
✓ Justus Jennings, Capt Hgt Private, Com In the Army of the U. States At $8 per month com. 24 th March, 1818.
Cert: issued the 31 st March, 1818. Sent to Hon ble John W. Taylor, House of Representatives U. States. Arv. to 4 th Sept. 1818. 5 9 / 28 mo. $42.57
(Rev. J. Blair Set 18 th March, 1818.)
C. Wells
Connecticut Line.
One Year
Milton, Saratoga Co.
Continued

Notification sent Feb. 31, 1820 to the Palmer Boston Sp. A. N. Y. = Sir. to Hon. John H. Reynolds (R. of H.) April 30/20.

Justus Jennings
   \begin{array}{r} 20 \overline{) 254} \\ 160 \\ 140 \\ 200 \\ 196 \\ 4 \end{array}    \begin{array}{r} 1818.9.4 \\ 1818.3.23 \\ \hline 5.9/28 \\ \$ 210 \\ 2.57 \\ \hline \$ 42.37 \end{array}   

State of New York Saratoga County } Be it remembered that on the Twenty } 4 th fourth day of March in the year of our } Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Eigh- teen personally appeared before me Thomas Dibble one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Saratoga and State of New York Justice Jennings of the town of Milton in the County and State aforesaid and to me personally known and being by me duly sworn declared that in the month of July in the year of our Lord one thous- -and Seven hundred and Seventy five he Enlisted in the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut into the Continental Army in a company at the time of his Enlistment commanded by Captain Joseph Hoyt in the nineteenth Regiment of the Continental Army commanded by Colonel Charles Web for the period of five months, and at the expiration of that time he Enlisted in the same Company and Regiment for the Space of one year, both of which periods of time he served faithfully and at the expiration of each of the said terms received an honorable discharge That in February in the year one thousand Seven hundred & Seventy Seven he Enlisted in a company commanded by Captain John Odell in one of the New Jersey Regiments that he served faithfully in said Company for the Space of nine months, and was then taken sick and so Continued for a number of months & that in consequence of his sickness was discharged

That he is now sixty one years of Age. has been for a number of years much debilitated. is now very indigent & poor & in need of assistance for his support.
Justus Jennings
Sworn & Subscribed
before me this 24 th day
of March 1818 Thomas Dibble one of the Judges of the Court of Com. Pleas of the County of Saratoga
Benjamin Bennett being duly sworn declared that in the years 1775 and 1776 he was well acquainted with Justus Jennings named in the within affidavit he knows very well that he served for the space of Seventeen months in Captain Joseph Hoyt's Company in Colonel Web's Regiment. in the said years. that at the time he understood the said Justus Jennings was a Faithful Soldier and received an honorable discharge is now in very indigent circumstances.
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 24 th day of March 1818
Bery Bennett
Thomas Dibble of the Judges of the Court of Com. Pleas of the aforesaid County

To the Honorable Secretary of War
I Thomas Dibble One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Saratoga and State of New York aforesaid Do certify that from satisfied what the within named Deponents Justus Jennings and Benjamin Bennett have set forth in the within affidavits is true. Given under my hand at Ballston Spa this twenty fourth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred eighteen Thomas Dibble one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga and State of New York

Justin Jennings
C o L o L o L o
31 34
Sept 1818

State of New-York, } ss. County of SARATOGA, }
ON this Twenty Second day of August 1820 personally appeared in open Court, in the Court of Common Pleas of the said County, the same being a Court of Record for the said County, 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, Justus Jennings
aged Sixty Three years, resident in the said County, in the State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: That in the month of July 1776 he enlisted at Fairfield in the State of Connecticut in Capt. Joseph Hoys company in Col. Charles Trues Regiment of the Connecticut Line for the period of Six Months that just before the expiration of that time he enlisted again in the same company & Regt for one year and served the said year faithfully On the first of Jany (1778) at the City of Philadelphia received an honorable discharge - that after that he was two years in the Revolutionary war all which will more fully appear by his original declaration & the roll on file in the Secretary of War's Office - That he was in the Battles of White Plains, Trenton & Princeton & at Monmouth
That his original declaration was made on or about the twenty fourth day of March 1820 and that his Pension Certificate is numbered (34)
AND I 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 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 18th 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.
Justus Jennings
Sworn to and declared on the 22 nd day of August 1820 before me in Open
Thomas Palmer Clerk
I, THOMAS PALMER, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga, 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 exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Twenty Six dollars and fifty five cents.
IN testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this Twenty Second day of August 1820
Thomas Palmer
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga.

An Inventory or Schedule of the Property of the within named Pensioner or deponent Sturtevant Jennings No Real property either in Law or Equity
  one lot of the Value of  $14.00    Two Small Hogs  3.50    Eight Dung hill Fowls  1.00    1 pine Chest 30 Years old  25-    1 old chest of Drawers 40 Years old much shattered  2.00    1 Hard Maple Table 20 Years old  .50    4 Chairs (very old) 18 th Century  .72    Wesson's Bed & Country Bedding     1 pot-hou, 1 Kettle & Tea Kettle all Iron  2.62 1/2    6 Earthen cups & Saucers cost when new  .18    5 do Plates  .50    5 Knives & Forks have been in use 20 Years  25-    1 Bible 1 Psalm Book & Spelling Book  1.00     $26.55  
My Family consists of a wife & 5 Children, my wife is 47 Years of age the eldest of the Children is 15 Years of age - I am old & unable to labour but little - I am by Trade a weaver, but on account of my age cannot longer pursue it - I have hired small houses from time to time About twelve years ago I owned a small farm and sold it & lost the purchase money by the purchaser's failing, I cannot live without public or private Charity -
Worn to in open Court
Sturtevant Jennings
Edward Palmer Clerk

44987
INVALID.
Rev
Rev
File No. 44987
Justus Jennings Priv. Rev War
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 256
[Arrangement of 1870.]