Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33,490, for Joseph Powars, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Miss.
Powars, Joseph
S. 33,490
CONTENTS

14.676 Massachusetts
Joseph Powers
of Boston in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bond of the Massachusetts Line, for the term of One year.
ribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 28 of March 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 of Sept r 1819 and sent to P o Wainwright Boston Massachusetts.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1819 138.09 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th March 1820 4.8
17 \frac{4}{31 \frac{4}{30 \text{ mo}}} $186:09
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
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No 24
Joseph Powers Mass line Col. Bond
Jany 1776
Jany 1777 - 1 yr
The Judge should verify the last the discharge of the discharge of the discharge of the discharge of the
Declaration not true - No en- listments in Bond's regt. for 3 years. It was raised in 1776 for one year only. Capt. Green's cer- tificate does not shew how long, or in what year J. Powers served.
Explained in the affida- vit of the applicant of 15 Sept 1815 Admitted Corrected aff. D. A. C. 15 Sept 1815 Further proof

United States
Massachusetts District
Joseph Powers of Boston in the County of Suffolk in the District of Massachusetts, Applicant for a pension from the United States, Under an Act of Congress entitled "an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the United States in the revolutionary war" maketh oath that he served in the revolutionary war as a private soldier for upwards of three  two years in manner following viz. In the year 1775 he enlisted as a private soldier for eight months and entered the company of Capt. Josiah Harris in the Massachusetts regiment commanded by Colonel Gardner and continued in said company until the expiration of the time, when he was honorably discharged - and in the year 1776. he enlisted for the term of three years and entered the company of Capt. Snow in the Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Colonel William Bond and continued in said company for about eighteen months as nearly as he can recollect, and in consequence of sickness, was then honorably discharged - It is more than four years since he has seen his discharge. It is not a misnomer he does not know how. Joseph Powers
Mass. Dist. March. 28. 1815
Sworn to before me
Mr Dyer, Dist. Judge. Mass. Dist.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
19. April 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, Joseph Powers by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
M c David
{ District Judge U. S. Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston June 19 A. D. 1818 Joseph Powers
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that Joseph Powers 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 A. 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.
M Davis
} Judge of the District Court U.S. Massachusetts District.

I hereby certify that Joseph Powers was a Soldier in Capt. Bartholomew Trowe Company and Col. Rinds Regt. in the revolutionary army
Francis Green Capt. Boston 28 th March 1818 late Lt. Col. & Adj. Revol. Army

33 H 90 Rev INVALID.
File No. 33 H 90
Joseph Hovers in Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 326
[Arrangement of 1870.]

May 6, 98. Mrs. B. C. O. Talbott, Paris, Ky.

Paris, Ky. Jan.
April 21 st 1898.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D. C.
Dear Sir,
Please give me the Revolutionary service of Joseph Powers, a pensioner of Wayne Co. Ky.
Truly,
Mrs. Robert C. Talbott, Paris, Bourbon Co.
W m Millam & Talbott. Kentucky

U. OLD WAR & NAVY. S. APR 25 1898 FILES. P. B.
33490

United States
of America.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Suffolk, ss. } Boston. }
ON this fourteenth Day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, before me, SAMUEL JACKSON PRESCOTT, Esquire, Notary Public, by Legal Authority duly admitted and sworn, and dwelling in BOSTON, aforesaid, and a Justice of the Peace, and of the Quorum, within and for the said County of Suffolk, personally appeared Joseph Powars of the same Boston, and after being duly cautioned & sworn on his solemn oath declared that he was a soldier in the war of the Revolution on the Continental Establishment, that he belonged to Col. William Bond's regiment, in the Massachusetts Line, that he enlisted into said regiment about the first of January A.D. 1776, and served therein against the common enemy, as a private soldier, until about the first of January A.D. 1777, & without intermission or absence, being twelve months, that he belonged to the company in said regiment, which was commanded the first part of said term of twelve months by Capt. Harris, and the remaining part of said term by Capt. Trow, and that at the expiration of said term he was honourably discharged from said service. — That he, said Powars, is now about sixty one years of age — That by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he needs assistance from his Country for support. — And that he hereby "relinquishes his claim to every pension heretofore allowed him, by the laws of the United States," if any may be, or hath been, so allowed; but on his solemn oath declares, that no pension, to his knowledge, was ever allowed him. —
And the said Joseph Powars on his solemn oath further declared that on, or about the 28 th of March 1818, he having been informed of the Act of the Congress of the United States of the 18 th of the same month, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary

Revolutionary war"; and being in need of assistance from his Country for support, as aforesaid, did, with many other soldiers of the said war, repair to the Court rooms of the Honorable District Judge of the Massachusetts District, for the purpose of ascertaining what course he must pursue to obtain the pension to which he was entitled in & by the said Law - That he was then & there informed by the said Judge that he must bring a written declaration to be subscribed & sworn to, setting forth his services in the said war of the Revolution, the time he entered the service, & the time & manner of his leaving the service, &c. That he thereupon applied to a young Attorney near the said Court, and verbally represented to him all his services in said war, both State & Continental, & requested him to prepare the requisite declaration - That said Attorney then drew such a declaration as, he said , would be required under said Law, when he desired the Affeaver, said Powars, to subscribe his name to it, saying that it is all right - That being unacquainted with business of this kind, and feeling perfect confidence that said Attorney had drawn the paper correctly, he immediately subscribed his name, and without examining it , and handed it up to the said Judge, before whom he made oath, after the Judge had made such enquiries as he thought proper - That he immediately thereupon left the Court & the paper said declaration in the said Judge's hands, to be transmitted to the Department of War, believing that he had done his whole duty in this particular, & correctly, and that he should shortly realize the assistance provided in & by the said Law - That he has therefor lately heard with great surprise, on calling on the said Judge that, instead of his Pension Certificate being received, (for which he had been daily looking for more than a year, it being nearly fifteen months since his said declaration under oath was made, as aforesaid,) his Affidavit had been returned, the Honorable Secretary of War not being satisfied that he, said Powars, came under the provisions of said Act - That on examining his said declaration for the first time , he, said Powars, now finds that he had unwittingly & unknowingly subscribed & made oath to a declaration which is incorrect - That he knows not how to account for his said declaration having been so drawn, in any other way than that his Attorney in the hurry & confusion of the time, other soldiers being impatient.

impatient & hurrying for a turn to have their own Affidavits prepared, had blended in his own mind his, said Powars's Continental, with his State services, he having been engaged as a soldier in said war against the common enemy about two years, in regiments raised by this State (Massachusetts) in addition to his twelve months service on the Continental establishment, as aforesaid - And the said Joseph Powars on his solemn oath avers that the declaration herein contained & aforesaid comprises the true & correct statement of his Continental services, and is such a declaration as he never had a doubt, until his papers were returned to the said Judge as aforesaid, he had subscribed & made oath to, on the 28 th of March 1818 aforesaid - That such being the facts, and the testimony of two disinterested, respectable men, to whom this Applicant is, & has been much known ever since the year 1775, and who belonged to the same regiment & served at the same time, and all the aforesaid term of twelve months, without intermission or abatement with him, said Joseph Powars, one of them as an Officer, & the other, a part of the time as a private soldier & a part of the time as an orderly Sergeant, accompanying this, and confirming under solemn oath his present declaration & statement herein contained, he confidently hopes that the Honorable Secretary of War will be at once satisfied, & cause his name to be inscribed on the pension list of the Massachusetts Agency, & as soon as it may meet his convenience, and that under these circumstances his pension will commence on the day in March 1818 , when his first declaration aforesaid was sworn to before the said Judge.
In testimony of the truth of the premises, the said Joseph Powars hereunto subscribes his name in my presence, having been duly sworn thereto, by oath solemnly taken before me, the said Notary & Justice - In witness whereof and for making these presents of full force and effect, and as the said Joseph Powars, who is to me well known, is considered to be a man of strict veracity, I, the said Notary and Justice do declare the same to be a Public Act, and that full faith and credit ought to be given to the same, and in testimony thereof

I have not only hereunto subscribed my name, but have also affixed my Seal of Office, at said Boston, the day and year herein first written. —
Joseph Powers
L. Prescott, Notary Public, Just. Peace & Quorum

Joseph Powers, Revolutionary Soldier.
Corrected Affidavit and Proof.

United States
of America.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Suffolk, ss. } Boston. }
ON this tenth Day of June
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen before me, SAMUEL JACKSON PRESCOTT , Esquire, Notary Pub- lic, by Legal Authority duly admitted and sworn, and dwelling in BOSTON , aforesaid, and a Justice of the Peace, and of the Quorum, within and for the said County of Suffolk, personally appeared Francis Green of
Boston aforesaid , Esquire, a Gentleman of respectability to me well well known, and on his solemn oath declared that he was an Officer in the war of the Revolution on the Continental establish- ment, and at the close of the said war a Captain in the first Massa- chusetts regiment, & that during the whole of the year 1776 he belonged to the regiment in the Massachusetts Line of which William Bond was Colonel, and that he was an Ensign in Capt. Hatch's company in said regiment, and there present, and that he well recollects that Mr. Joseph Powars of said Boston was a soldier in said Colonel Bond's said regiment, and that said Powars enlisted into said regiment about the first of January 1776 aforesaid, and served therein as a good & faithful soldier for the term of twelve months thereafter  viz. until about the first of January 1777  without in- termission or absence , and that he belonged to the company in said regiment, which was commanded the first part of said term of twelve months by Capt. Harris , and the remaining part of said term by Capt. Bartholomew Trow - and this Deponent, said Francis Green Esquire, on his solemn oath fur- ther declared that said Regiment was on the Continental establish- ment

ment & that all the Officers thereof were Continental Officers, - and also that he has no doubt that said Joseph Powars, from the good character, which he uniformly sustained while in the service the twelve months as aforesaid, that he was honourably discharged at the expiration of said term - and that he verily believes, from what he knows of said Joseph Powars' circumstances in life, that he needs assistance from his Country for support - and further that he, said Deponent, is altogether a disinterested witness. In true testimony whereof, the said Francis Green hereunto subscribes his name in my presence, having been duly sworn to the truth of the premises by oath solemnly taken before me, the said Notary and Justice. In Witness whereof, and for making these presents of full force and effect, and as the said Deponent, Francis Green Esquire, is not only credible as a witness, but also a Gentleman of good name and fair reputation, which I hereby certify, I, the said Notary & Justice do declare the same to be a Public Act, and that full faith and credit ought to be given to the same, and in testimony thereof I have not only hereunto subscribed my name, but have also affixed my Seal of Office, at said Boston, the day & year herein first written. —
Francis Green Capt. late Revolution Army
J. J. Prescott Notary Public, Just. Peace & Quorum.

United States
of America.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Suffolk, ss. } Boston. }
ON this fifth Day of June ,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen , before me, SAMUEL JACKSON PRESCOTT , Esquire, Notary Pub- lic, by Legal Authority duly admitted and sworn, and dwelling in BOSTON , aforesaid, and a Justice of the Peace, and of the Quorum, within and for the said County of Suffolk, personally appeared Josiah Bernis of
Charlestown, in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth aforesaid, and formerly of Charlestown  Waltham in said County of Middlesex, and after being duly cautioned & sworn on his solemn oath de- clared that he was engaged in the war of the Revolution on the Continental establishment, and that he is the same Josiah Bernis, to whom a pension certificate has been granted under the Act of Congress of March 1818, entitled 'An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war', and that he has belonged to & served the  one year one year, without interruption or absence, in Col. William Bond's regiment, in the Massa- chusetts Line, in the company commanded by Capt. Childs, a part of the time as a private soldier and a part of the time as an orderly sergeant, and that it is a fact within his own knowledge that Mr. Joseph Powers of Boston aforesaid & now present, with whom he is, and has been, well ac- quainted ever since the year 1775, was a private sol- dier in said Col. Bond's regiment from sometime in the month of January 1776, to sometime in the month of

January 1777, being twelve months, and that said Joseph Powars belonged to the company in said regiment, which was commanded the first part of said term of one year by Capt. Harris, and the remaining part of the said term by Capt. Trow, and this Deponent well recollects that said Joseph Powars served in said company & regiment during the whole term of one year aforesaid, as a good & faithful soldier, and he was so much acquainted with him, said Powars, during the whole of said term, & so constantly in the habit of seeing him, that this Deponent has no hesitation in declaring under his solemn oath, that said Joseph Powars served in said company & regiment during the whole of said term of twelve months without interruption or absence - And this Deponent, said Josiah Bennis, on his solemn oath further declared that said company & regiment were on the Continental establishment, and that all the Officers thereof were Continental Officers - and also that he has no doubt from the good character which the said Joseph Powars uniformly sustained while in the service as aforesaid that he was honorably discharged on leaving the service in the month of January 1777 aforesaid - and that he verily believes from what he knows of said Powars circumstances in life that he is in need of the assistance of his Country for support - and further that he, said Deponent, is altogether a disinterested witness. In true testimony whereof, the said Josiah Bennis hereunto subscribes his name in my presence, having been duly sworn to the truth of the premises by oath solemnly taken before me, the said Notary and Justice. In Witness whereof and for making these presents of full force and effect

effect, and as the said Deponent, Josiah Bemis, who is to me personally known, is a man of fair character, and credible as a witness, which I hereby certify, I, the said Notary and Justice do hereby declare the same to be a Public Act, and that full faith & credit ought to be given to the same, and in testimony thereof I have not only hereunto subscribed my name, but have also affixed my seal of Office, at said Boston, the day & year herein first written. —
Josiah Bemis
J. Prescott, Notary Public & Just. Peace & Quorum.