Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44255, for James Powers, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Mass.)
Powers, James
S. 44255
CONTENTS

N. Ro. 15,1951
New York
James Powers.
of Cayuga in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Bullard of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Whitecomb in the Massachusetts line, for the term of One year from January 1776 to January 1777.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 19 th day of July 1819 and
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th of September 1819. and sent to G. Kellogg Esq. Kelloggsville N. York
Continued on the Roll on 28 th day of February 1829. and notification sent to R. Day Esq. at Seneca N. York. Pension commencing on the 20 th of January 1829.
Amount due on 4 th of September 1829
$ 52. 12.
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818 May 1, 1820.

Examination of John Brown
He is now in the City of New York
and is in reduced circumstances, and wants to hear of the success of his family, for which he has no other evidence now in his power.
When he was discharged from service, he was given a certificate of discharge.
That he continued to reside in the City of New York, and was in the City of New York at the time of his discharge.
That he was in the City of New York at the time of his discharge.
That he was in the City of New York at the time of his discharge.
That he was in the City of New York at the time of his discharge.
That he was in the City of New York at the time of his discharge.

STATE OF NEW-YORK, Cayuga - County, } ss.
ON this Nineteenth day of July — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen before me, the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Cayuga — in said state, personally appears James Pownes aged Sixtytwo years, resident in the town of Simpson in the county of Cayuga 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 the said James Pownes — enlisted in the Grenage County of Hampshire in the state of Massachusetts in the Company commanded by Captain Bullard in Colonel Thos. M'Combs Regiment in the Massachusetts Line  as a Private in the month of February in the year Seven hundred & Seventy six that he continued to serve in the said Corps, or in the service of the United States, until the first day of January  Seven hundred and Seventy seven
when he was discharged from service in Saratoga — state of New York — that he was in the battles at  at the taking of Burgoyne
and is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, } the day and year first aforesaid. } Charles Kellogg Judge of Cayuga common pleas
James Pownes
I, Charles Kellogg Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Cayuga as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said James Pownes  as it is in the foregoing declaration & that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of assistance of his country for support did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. Dated this Nineteenth day of July — 1819
Charles Kellogg Judge of Cayuga common pleas
STATE OF NEW-YORK, Cayuga — County, } ss.
I certify that Charles Kellogg — before whom the foregoing declarations under oath were made, and by whom the foregoing certificate was made, was on the day of the date thereof, and still is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Cayuga — duly commissioned and sworn as such Judge, and that full faith and credit are to be given to his acts in that capacity. I further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge, and know the foregoing signature to be his.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court, and my name subscribed.
this twentieth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
James Pownes

State of New York Cayuga County
ss Personally appeared before me Charles Kellogg Esquire one of the judges of the court of common pleas in and for the said county of Cayuga John P. Hooker and being first duly sworn according to law Deponeth & saith that he was well acquainted with James Powers of the town of Granby county of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts in the year 1776 & 1777 and now residing in the town of Seneca county of Cayuga and State of New York -
This deponent further saith that in the winter of 1776 the said James Powers entered into the army of Revolution and that he the said James was absent until the winter of 1777 - This deponent saith that he had a neighbour to and was well acquainted with the said James at the time of his enlistment and a length of time after his return from the army and in the time of his absence this deponent had frequent information from the army and always understood and truly believes that the said James Powers served faithfully in the army of the United State for about Eleven months
Subscribed and sworn to John P. Hooker before me Charles Kellogg Judge of Cayuga common pleas This 19 th Day of July 1879 at the town of Seneca in said county of Cayuga

I Charles Kellogg the of the judges of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Cayuga State of New York Do certify that the within deponent John P. Hooker is a man of good reputation character and that fact I believe him to be a credible witness
Simpsonius 19 July 1819
Charles Kellogg

In the matter of the application of James Power a pensioner
Exempli- fication of Declaration of Afft.

Schedule
Declaration in order to be continued on the pension list under the act of May
1st. 1820
County of Cuyahoga ss: On this 20th day of January 1829 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Record for the County of Cuyahoga James Power resident in said County Aged Seventy two years of upwards, 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 18th. March 1818 and the 1st. May 1820 - That he the said James Power enlisted for the term of One Year in the month of January in the year 1776 in the state of Massachusetts in the Company commanded by Captain O'Callaghan in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Asa Whitcomb in the line of the state of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment - That he continued to serve in the said Corps until the expiration of One Year when he was discharged from the service at Ithaca in the state of New York - That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present - That his name has been placed on the pension list - That the number of his pension Certificate is 15.194 and that he never before exhibited a schedule of his property because at the time his name was struck from the pension list under the Act of 1st. May 1820 he was able by his own labor and the assistance of one of his sons who resided with him and the aid of his property to support himself & his family - And in pursuance of the Act of the 1st. May 1820 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 or 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 entitled "An act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & 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 that is to say I own 50 acres of Land of the value of about five hundred dollars One Cow of the value of about Ten Dollars - Two swine of the value of about Three dollars One Cooking stove of the value of about twenty five dollars - That my occupation in life has been that of a Tanner of Currier and Shoemaker - That I have not carried on my trade of Tanning & Currying for a number of years from the want of means for that purpose and that I am not able to carry on my trade of Shoemaking because of bodily infirmity and dimness of sight - That my family consists of myself My wife aged sixty one years of upwards who is infirm in health & has been for about four years so as to incapacitate her as to labor - One Daughter of the name of Sally (the Widow of Jeremiah Cady deceased) of the age of about thirty four years and her child aged about three years who were left entirely dependent on me for their support. Being the widow of my deceased son Joseph aged about twenty one years and her two children one of the age of about three years and the other about six months old who were also left entirely dependent on me for their support - That on the 18th. day of March 1818 my property consisted of the aforesaid fifty acres of land One or Two Cows and which I cannot now recollect ten or fifteen sheep & some furniture according to my best recollection - That the said Cows & sheep have been sold by me for the defraying the expenses of the maintenance

of my family and to defray the expenses of sickness - That no other material changes of my said property so in my possession on the said 18th March 1818 have taken place and that it is out of my power to set forth to whom I have sold the same or for how much - That I am indebted to John Power in the sum of Two hundred Dollars for money provision clothing necessaries & other things by him found for the necessary maintenance of myself & family for the term of about eighteen months about Nineteen years ago according to my best recollection - That I am also am indebted to the said John Power in the sum of about twenty one Dollars for property I purchased of him to furnish to one of my daughters who was married - The sum of about Thirty Dollars I owe to Alpheus Loomis being the amount of costs against me on a judgment or on a judgment rendered in his favor about twenty years ago - I owe to Rowland Day about Ten Dollars for merchandise and to Uriel Mosher about the same sum for merchandise also I also owe Sally Cady about $23. for necessaries for the use of my family purchased from her - I have due to me about the sum of Fifty Dollars from David P. Russell which is payable in property - also a small Balance due from Solomon Morse on account - And I further declare that the income of the said property  the sum of  land  affords me nothing in consequence of my inability to cultivate the same  to the best of my knowledge  as declared on  the same  was  owing
the 20th day of January 1829
Before me in Open Court J. L. Richardson First Judge of Cayuga
I Michael S. Myers Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Cayuga in the State of New York do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the said James Power did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common Enemy for the term of Twelve months under One Engagement on the Continental establishment I also certify that the foregoing Oath and declaration are truly copied from the Records 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 property exhibited in the aforesaid Oath & declaration is five hundred & thirty eight Dollars - In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said Court on the 20th day of January 1829.
M. S. Myers Clerk of C.

In the matter of James Powers a Revolutionary Soldier -
State of New York Cayuga County,
John Powers of
said County being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is intimately acquainted with the said James Powers and has been for twenty years and upwards, and with his circumstances, that this deponent has examined the schedule & declaration made by the said James Powers in order to be continued on the pension list under the act of May 1 st 1820 - that this deponent believes the same to be correct and true in every particular except there was a mistake in the not stating two demands due to the said Powers viz one of $60 due from Jonathan Burgess and one of $13 due from Samuel Rodgeman - The collection of which demands are rendered very doubtful from the inability of the debtors to pay near them and this deponent further saith that the said James Powers is the same person who has whose name has been placed on the pension list and which was struck off as this deponent has been informed in consequence of the aforesaid act.
John Powers
Sworn this 24 th day of January 1829 Before me - J. Knapton J.P.

some trial and to defray the expenses of sickness - That no other material changes
State of New York } Cayuga County } } Gershom Morse of said County being duly sworn says he he is acquainted with James Power, who is mentioned in the affidavit of John Power within written was and has been for about twenty four years - that this deponent has for this period of time resided within the distance of three Miles of the said James - that the said James Power is a man of truth and veracity and a man of correct & sober habits - That this deponent Verily believes full faith and Credit ought to be given to the statements of the said Power, made with the view and in order to be recorded to the pension list under the act of May 1 st 1820 -
Gershom Morse
Sworn this 24 th day of Jan y 1829 Before me - J. Rufus J. Pierce

35-5-70 ? comm

O. W. & N. Div.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C. Oct. 9, 1899.
Respectfully returned to the writer, who is requested to furnish for purposes of identification, as much as possible of the information called for below.
[Signature] Commissioner.
Full name of soldier:
James Powers
Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Mass. was in battle of Bunker Hill and
Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Moronic, Cayuga Co. N.Y.
Date of death (as near as possible):
about 1838.
Christian name of widow:
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
Soldier was pensioned.
Remarks:
Roland Ray was his Atty. A private - 18 at enlistment.
Your name and address:
C L Keall, Sec A. S. Div
To
Capt. Prentiss
2338 2m
O.W. & N. Div.
at summer of Tequamenon

O. W. & N. Div.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C. Oct 9, 1899.
Respectfully returned to the writer, who is requested to furnish, for purposes of identification, as much as possible of the information called for below.
J. M. [unintelligible] Commissioner
Full name of soldier:
Peleg Fry
Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Foster, Rhode Island
Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Died at Griswold Conn.
Date of death (as near as possible):
Sept. 3, 1823
Christian name of widow:
Barbara Neill
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
Widow was a pensioner
Remarks:
Was soldier a pensioner?
Please give all facts shown by the records of this office.
Your name and address:
C. L. Keall, Secy. Bo. Div
is
Capt. Practice
233852m
Present

15.594 New York R
Samuel Powers
of Simpsonius in the state of New York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Whitcomb of the Massachusetts line, for the term of One Year
Inscribed on the Roll of New York the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 19 of July  1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of Sep. 1819 to Charles Kellogg Kelloggsville New York
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1819 12.41 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Mar. 1820 48.00 Mo 13 4 31 30 $ 60.41
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }

44-255
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INVALID.
Rey
File No. 44-255
James Powers Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 399
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Oct 10 '99 C.L. Hall Po. Div.

James Towers
• Mass: line
Col o Whitcomb
Febrg 27 th - 19 th
Services proved by two reputable witnesses
Admitted
Admitted

State of New York Stephen Cann by his
Personally appeared before me No. 1 M c Burney First Judge
of the County of Franklin in and for said County of Stephen Aslow Stone who after being duly sworn according to law doth Depose and say that he was well acquainted with James Powers of the town of Grenade Hampshire County, and state of Massachusetts in the year 1776 & 1777 and now residing in the town of Lempriere Luzerne County and state of New York - and his deponent further saith that in Feby 1776 the said James Powers did enlist in the army of the United States in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Asa Whitcomb and the Company commanded by Capt. Bullard in said Regiment and belonged to the state of Massachusetts and that the deponent was knowing to him the said Powers from that time until January 1777

This Deponent further states that the said Amos Paine together with this Deponent interested in the town of Greenfield in Hampshire County in the state of Massachusetts and that the were both in one Mill from the time of said Indictment until they were discharged at Pictou Lodge in the state of New York which service was about Eleven Months in all. further the Deponent saith that I have Not sworn and subscribed before me
this 14 th Day of July 1819 Thos. M c Burney
Thos M c Burney first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Franklin County in the State of New York do certify that the above Deponent Amos Stone is a man of good Reputed Character and that full faith and credit ought to be given to him when under the solemnity of an oath I have no hesitation in believing the above statement made by

him the said attorn to be true in all its Parts given under my Hand at Bath this 14 th Day of July 1819—
Thos. M c Burness
State of New York Steuben County Clerk. Office
In testimony that Thomas M c Burness my whose Signature appears to the above Instrument was at the time of the Date of the same acting as the first Judge of our said County. In Witness whereof I have affixed the County Seal this 14 th Day of July 1819 of our said Court
Edward Howell Clerk

Simsbury N.Y. 27 Jan'y.
Free
7 Feb. 1829
Hon: Nathaniel Garrow House Representatives Washington —

Simsbury 26 Jan y . 1829
Dear Sir
I enclose you herewith the papers of Mr James Powers asking to be reinstated on the pension list, he was discontinued under the Act of 1820 - he has been deterred from asking to be placed on the list again under the impression that his property was too large, but encouraged by the late decision of the Department he has ventured to put forth his claim - I have known him for near twenty years, he is a very respectable citizen honest, temper industrious, and possessing correct habits and for two years passed owing to his age and infirmities he has been unable to labour but little, I think him meritorious, and hope he will be relieved, and the remainder of his life made comfortable by the Bounty of his Government - he has great confidence in your exertions in his behalf, and hopes you will lend him all the aid in your power for which you will receive his sincere & hearty thanks, excuse brevity as the mail is waiting
Yours truly
R. Dury