Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,477, for Jonathan Killey, New Hampshire

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Killey, Jonathan Kelley
S. 44,477
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Jonathan Keller 7325

That the date of his original declaration in order to obtain a pension is April 17 1818 and the number of his pension certificate is 7.325 — That his occupation is that of a Labourer & Farmer — That the number and names of his family residing with him, and their ages and capacities to contribute to their support, are as follows, viz. his Wife Martha Kelley aged fifty five years of a very weakly delicate constitution, his Son Joseph Kelley aged 14 years healthy his Grandson Jasper Kelley aged four years weakly —
Wherefore he prays the opinion of the said Court as to the value of the property contained in the said schedule, and that the same, together with a copy of the premises, be duly certified to the Secretary of War.
Sworn and declared before the said court the 18 th
day of July 1820.
Attest,
A. Peirce,
CLERK.
Jonathan Kelley
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.....STRAFFORD ss.
At a Court of Common Pleas holden at Cilford within and for the County of Strafford and State of New-Hampshire, on the 18 th day of July 1820 before
DANIEL M. DURELL, Esquire, Chief Justice, and
VALENTINE SMITH, and
SAMUEL QUARLES,
} Associate Justices of said Court.
The aforesaid schedule and oath and the above declaration duly subscribed and sworn by the said Jonathan Kelley having been by him exhibited in person, and presented to the court, and the same being seen and considered, it is the opinion of said Court that the value of the property contained in said schedule is Twentyone dollars and  to said Kelley, Attest . Wherefore the Court order that a copy of the premises, together with the proceedings thereon, be duly certified to the Secretary of War.
Attest,
A. Peirce,
CLERK.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.....STRAFFORD ss.
I, ANDREW PEIRCE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Strafford, being a court of record, do certify that the foregoing schedule and oath and the declaration annexed, with the proceedings and opinion of the court thereon, are true copies from the Records and files of said court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, the 18 th day of July — 1820.
A. Peirce,
CLERK.

To the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Concord within and for the County of Strafford d and State of New-Hampshire, on the third Tuesday of July, 1820.
Jonathan Kelley aged 55 years, resident in Concord in said County, comes into court, and in pursuance of an act of Congress passed on the 1st day of Mar. 1820, brings with him, and in his proper person exhibits to said Court a Schedule by him subscribed, containing his whole Estate and Income—his necessary clothing and bedding excepted—as follows:—
one Cow, six old chairs, old broken House Ware, Hand-Ware, two old chests, Crockery two old Yard & foot Wheels 2 W Cards Three hens of the Common —
I am owing sundry persons more than one hundred dollars
Jonathan Kelley
And the said Jonathan Kelley following oath by him duly taken and subscribed:—viz.
in pursuance as aforesaid produceth to said Court the
I Jonathan Kelley 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 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.
Jonathan Kelley
And the said Jonathan Kelley doth here in Court further declare on oath, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, viz.
as a private in the company commanded by Captain William Gilman Col. Benjamin Regiment New-Hampshire line from June 1782 untill the close of the war —

73 25
New Hampshire Roll.
Jonathan Kelley
of Meredith in the state of N. Hampshire who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Dearborn of the New Hampshire line, for the term of Three Years 1781
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 17 th of April 1812
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of March 1819 and sent to William Barger, Postmaster Stratford Ct. N. H.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 10 \text{ mts } \frac{16}{30} \text{ } \frac{1}{2} 84 76 Semi-annual all'ce ending Dec' 1819 48: -
$ 132:76
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

See letter 25 March 1830
See certificate of Pension opened 20 April 1830 & sent to the Pensioner at Moultonborough etc.
Dead Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1838 from 11 Sep to 7 Oct 1840. Age notified 30 Nov 1841

State of Massachusetts
County of Middlesex
On this 17 th day of April A.D. 1818 before me the subscriber one of the judges of the Court of common Pleas for said County personally appears Jonathan Kelley aged fifty three or four years resident in the Town of Meredith County and State aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth 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 in the revolutionary war. That that he the said Jonathan Kelley sometime the forepart of June 1781 was enlisted by Charles Glidden in and for the Town of Northfield in said State for three years that he then went directly to Amherst where he was mustered by Captain Ebenezer Dyer he then went to Saratoga where he joined the Company commanded by Captain — Gilman and regiment commanded by Col.

Henry Dearborn which was the third and New Hampshire line that he served in the aforesaid regiment until sometime in the the winter following his enlistment when he was placed into the regiment commanded by Col George Reed and company company commanded by Captain Moody Dustin line aforesaid that he continued to serve in said service of the United States in the revolutionary war on the continental establishment from June 1781 until sometime in the fall of the year 1783 when he was dismissed at Stony Point in the state of New York by the commanding officer that he was in no battles and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid -
William Baeley
I William Baeley Judge etc. as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Jonathan Kelley 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 that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pur- suant to the directions of the abovementioned act of Congress
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and have caused the seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed this 24 th day of July 1818 -
William Baeley
Attest Dan Waldo Clerk of the Court of Com. Pleas Hudson Co. of New York

State of New Hampshire Meredith ss —
On this 17 th day of April A D 1818 before me the subscriber one of the judges of the Court of common pleas for said County personally appears Benjamin Dwell of Meredith County and state aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration to be used in support of the preceding declaration of Jonathan Kelley of said Town Court and state that he the said Benjamin Dwell is well acquainted with the aforesaid Jonathan Kelley and knows that he served as a private soldier in the regiment mentioned in the preceding affidavit declaration for more than nine months at one period in the year 1782—
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid—
William Badger

We Elmer Pitman & Saml. C. Senter Selection of the Town of Meredith in the County of Stratford and State of New Hampshire and Overseers of the poor of said Town do hereby hereby depose and say that Jonathan Kelley an inhabitant of said Town is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support the above is made at the request of Jonathan Kelley aforesaid and for his assistance in obtaining the provision of 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
Meredith July 15 th 1815 State of New Hampshire Stratford 15 July 1815
Elmer Pitman Saml. C. Senter
Then personally appeared the above named Elmer Pitman & Saml. C. Senter and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by them subscribed before me
This may certify that the above named Elmer Pitman & Saml. C. Senter was duly chosen and sworn to the office of Selection for the Town of Meredith County of Stratford and State of New Hampshire at the annual Meeting of said Town duly held in the Month of March 1815
Mar 15 th 1815

May 23, 1939.
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BA-J/CC Jonathan Killey of Kelley S.44 477
Mrs. E.K.Bowman, 362 Argonne Drive. New Kensington, Pennsylvania.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Jonathan Kelley of New Hampshire.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim S.44477, based upon service of Jonathan Killey (or Kelley) in the Revolutionary War.
Date and place of birth and names of parents of Jonathan Killey are not shown.
in Northfield, N.H. Jonathan Killey enlisted sometime in the first part of June 1781, served as private in Captains Gilman's and Moody Dustin's companies, Colonels Henry Dearborn's and George Reid's New Hampshire regiments, and was discharged in the fall of 1783 at Stony Point, New York.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed April 17, 1818, at which time he was aged fifty-three or fifty-four years and a resident of Meredith, Strafford County, New Hampshire.
In 1820, the soldier's family consisted of his wife, Jerusha, aged fifty-five years, a son, Joseph, aged fourteen years, and a grandson, Jasper Kelley, aged four years. No further family data are shown.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of Jonathan Killey, you should write to the Comptroller
Records with Pension Retired Govt 1781 which are continuing in pension at the rate of $10 per month for services rendered prior to 1781
old enlistment along with pension

General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Jonathan Kelley (as per letter) Certificate #7325 Issued March 5, 1819 Rate $8.00 per month Commenced April 17, 1818 Act of March 18, 1818 New Hampshire Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
Dec. 11 th 1841,
Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The adm rs . of Jonathan Kelley, Acc d . a Pensioner on the Roll of the Portsmouth Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars and Cents per annum  month , under the law of the 11 th March 1818, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of Sept. 1840, to the 7 th Oct. 1840,
Respectfully, yours
William L. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Petition of Jonathan Kelley.
return Dve made to Jonathan Kelley - Boston Nov. 1844

To the Honorable John H. Eaton Secretary of War of the United States of America
Humbly Represents
Jonathan Kelley of Marlintonborough in the county of Hampshire State of New Hampshire that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army and as such was entitled to a pension & was placed on the roll of pensioners - I received his certificate bearing date April seventeenth in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eighteen which certificate was numbered seven thousand three hundred & twenty five - and after it was received & about four years since it was delivered to John Coe then of Centre Harbor now of Durham in said State and county that he the said Coe might receive the sum annual payments thereon which payments by the said Coe or persons by him authorized were received under powers of Attorney by me executed until March in last but the said Coe having neglected & refused to pay the payment by him received in September last amounting to forty eight dollars, I afterwards made a demand of him of said Certificate which he refused to deliver to me, which demand has since been repeated & he still continues to refuse to deliver me the same by reason of his refusal I am deprived of the benefit of my pension - Therefore that I may receive the benefit of the appropriation made over under the Act of Congress - I ask for a new certificate to be granted me & as my duty would ever be
Marlintonborough March 13 th 1830
Jonathan Kelley
Jonathan Kelley of Marlintonborough March 17 th 1830 The above is a true copy of the original now in my hands I hereby certify that the facts stated in the above are true to the best of my knowledge & that he is the identical person named in said certificate and that he signed the same before me Samuel Emerson Justice of the Peace & of the Pension -

I Charles Bean of Miltonborough in the county of Stafford and State of Hampshire do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Jonathan Kelly within named for some time past and am now knowing that he is the same person whose name is on the Pension Rolls as a surviving soldier of the War of the Revolution & was killed on the fifth day of March last when the said Kelly demanded his certificate containing  containing of the within named John Lee, & the said Lee refused to deliver the same unless the said Kelly would dis- charge an action which he had commenced for the recovery of the money paid for said certificate in September last, and give him said Lee a note for the sum of twenty dollars - the above described was recd at Burlington in county & State aforesaid. Miltonborough March 17 1830
Charles Bean
Stafford March 17 1830
Then personally appearing Charles Bean above named and made solemn oath that the above affidavit is true Before me Samuel Briscoe Justice
of the Peace of the County
We Moses Marshall & George R. Mason both of Miltonborough do hereby certify that we are acquainted with Jonathan Kelly within named & that he is the same person who is a pensioner under the act for the relief of the surviving soldiers of the Revolu- tionary War.
Moses Marshall
George R. Mason
Feb 17 1830 personally appearing Moses Marshall & George R. Mason both of Miltonborough & severally made solemn oath that the above affidavit by them severally subscribed is true before me Samuel Briscoe Justice of the Peace

I Samuel Emerson certify that I am acquainted with the reputation of Charles Brainerd Moore, Jonathan Lynde & Morse who have made their affidavits before me and that they are credible & disinterested witnesses
Samuel Emerson } Justice of the Peace of the Province
State of New Hampshire
Stratford, ss. I Andrew Pierce Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature, for said County of Stratford, testify, that Samuel Emerson Esquire whose signature is affixed to the above certificate, and before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken, is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Stratford and duly authorized to administer oaths, and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 12 th day of April Anno Domini 1830
A. Pierce, Clerk

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Rev
INVALID.
File No. 44 477
Jonathan Kelley Pii. Rev. War.
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 269
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1924 Jan. 17. R.A. Gushue. Hotel Claremont. Riverside. Drive N.Y. City ref. of cost of copies. (see his letter in Thos. Fro- hock. W. 24498 Jan.) 1924 Jan. 31. Copies mailed to R.A. Gushue, see receipt for payment in Thos. Frohock. W. 24498 1939 - May 23 Visit to Mrs. B.K. Boroman cc

Request for Photostating (To be prepared in duplicate)
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OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CLERK
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Job No. _____
Date Jan 28 27
Subject Jonathan Kelley, Red. SAHH 7/7
1 copies of 11 pieces consisting of 10 pages to be (No.) (No.) (No.) forwarded when completed to the _____ Division.
Remarks: _____
Approved:
REKibow for paymaster the Jan 24 1927
Chief Div.
Chief Clerk.

MRS. BOYD K. BOWMAN 362 ARGONNE DRIVE NEW KENSINGTON, PA.
April 3rd 1939.
Veterans Bureau.
Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:
Please send me copy of pension application for Revolutionary War service made by Jonathan Kelley of New Hampshire also advise me when and to whom the last payment was

much.
Yours Truly
Mrs B. H. Bowman
362 Arroyo Drive
New Kensington.
Pa.

Pension Office 11 Apr. 1840. Pension Office
New Certificates issued 20. Apr 1830 by order of Mr. E
Washington City
Rev. Secretary at War
Free