Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40258, for David Peirson, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Peirson, David
840258
CONTENTS

see letters to Levi Barber, Esq. Jan. 7. 1824 and to J. H. Crane Esq. June 20. 1829.
Notification sent Novr 18. 1820 to Samuel H. Hunt, Cincinnati, Ohio
4848
Ohio.
David Peirson, Capt Potter private. New Jersey line, 1 year
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 14 th of May, 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th of Decr 1818 and sent to Joshua Balliett Esq. Cincinnati, Ohio
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818. 3 mos. 18/31/30 29.76 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th Mar 1819 - 148.00 $177.76
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Hamilton county
Not entitled

State of Ohio } Seventh Circuit } ss.
Be it remembered that on this 14. day of May 1818. Personally appeared before the undersigned Deputy clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the Seventh Circuit in the State of Ohio David Pearson, who resides in the County of Hamilton in said Circuit, and being duly sworn, deponeth and saith that on the day of March or April or May in the year 1776 he enlisted for one year in the Army of the United States at Westfield New Jersey into the Com- pany of Capt. Samuel Potter, said a Company in the 3 d Regiment Line commanded by Col. Col. Elias Dayton, that soon after, the Regi- ment was marched to New York. was then sent up the North River to Albany thence to Johnstown near the Mohawk thence to German Flats & then built fort Schenck, in the fall, the Regiment returned went to Tienderaga, wintered there, and at fort Independence, in the Spring the Regiment returned to New Jersey This deponent with it, he had been with it, as also through all the preceding year from his enlistment. Then This deponent in the winter of 1776-7. enlisted again in another company, & the same Regiment for three years, soon after hired as man

to take his place & was discharged from his instruments
David Pinson
Sworn to and sub- scribed before me this day and year first above written —
Joshua Collett Dut. C.C. & C.O.
State of Ohio Summit County } ss.
I Joshua Collett President of the Court of Common Pleas for the Summit County in the State of Ohio, being satisfied that the above named David Pinson, an applicant for a pen- sion and the acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 passed in the Revolutionary war against the com- mon enemy, for more than nine months as a soldier in the army of the colonies or Continental establishment do certify to the Hon. Secretary of War for the United States these proceedings in this case and the above the testimony in this case. Given under my hand this 14 th day of May 1818.
Joshua Collett Dut C.C. & C.O.
The State of Ohio } ss Hamilton County } ss
John Gano clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the county of Hamilton aforesaid, do hereby certify that Joshua Collett Esquire before whom the above going and within affidavit and certificate appear to have been made and was at the time of making the same. The President judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the Seventh Circuit within and for the State of Ohio aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn into office, and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such as well in all Courts of Record
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said Court of Common Pleas at Cincinnati this 18 th day of May AD 1818.
John Gano Clerk

and D. Pearson 4848
Dec 18 mar 19
Not entitled
Clerks pass $2.50

STATE OF OHIO, } ss. Hamilton Com Pleas
Expressly made so by the laws of this State
Which persons to know and not again entitled for the term of three years
ON this 28 th day of August 1820 personally appeared in open court, being a court of record for the said County David Peirson aged sixty two years resident in said County who, being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war, as follows, that he the said David Peirson enlisted for the term of one year in the month of March in the year 1776 in the state of New Jersey in the company commanded by Captain Samuel Potter in the regiment commanded by Colonel Elias Dayton in the line of the state of New Jersey on the continental establishment. That he continued to serve in the said corps until the year 1780 when he was discharged from the said service near Elizabeth town in the state of New Jersey that his original declaration was dated on the 4 th day of May 1818 that he has received a pension certificate, given at the War Office of the United States on the 11 th day of December 1818 which said certificate is numbered 4848 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, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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, 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. And I
further declare that I am by occupation a Farmer but cannot follow my business on account of bodily infirmity and I am unable to maintain myself by my trade or employment. That I have a wife and two children that live with me, namely Stephen aged 21 years in March next and Joseph aged 12 years the latter I consider unable to provide for himself and further I declare not sworn to and subscribed in open court this 28 th day of August 1820
David Peirson
Albert D. Gano Clerk
Schedule of Property belonging to David Peirson a No. 1 Pensioner in the Ohio agency made sworn to and subscribed this 28 th day of August 1820 namely
48 acres of 3 rd rate lands lying in the County of Hamilton for which I have paid and am to pay $500

48 acres of 3 rd rate lands lying in the County of Hamilton for which I have paid and am to pay $5.00 per acre of this lands about six acres is cleared and under fence, ($120 of the purchase money I have paid out of the funds money I have received from the U. States) $ 240.00    1 Horse $46.75  2 Cows 12 00 each  64.75    1 yearling heifer   4.00    18 Swine 1 at $3.00 - 5 at $1.00 - 6 at 75 cents 4 at 50 cents   18.00    1 Old stile tub 25 cents 3 pieces of ands old chains   1.25    1 Old Table $1.00 5 old chairs at 25 cents   2.25    1 Cupboard $1.25 4 chairs 50 cents   1.75    6 Plates $0.50 4 tea cups and saucers 3 75   8 75    2 large Platters   1.00    1 tea Pot $0.12 1/2 2 old dutch ovens $1.50   1.62 1/2    1 Iron Pot $1.00 one small broken do $1.00   2.00    1 Small do $0.25 one meat barrel $1.00   1.25    3 Old barrels $0.37 1/2 two old axes $2.00   2.00    1 Grubbing hoe $0.50 three old hoes $0.75   1.25    1 Old Spade and shovel $1.50 one plow $4.00   5.50    1 Old Shovel & tongs $1.00 one pair andirons $1.50   2.50    1 Iron kettle   2.00    1 Waggan much out of repair   15.00    1 set old waggan harness   10.00    2 Old trunks   75    1 Old musket that I carried in the Revolutionary War   3.00    1 tea kettle   1.00  
$ 381.75
Borrowed and Subscribed in open Court this 28 th day of August 1828 Attest David Pears
David Pears

I am at this time indebted to the following Persons namely To the Estate of Andrew Wilson dec'd for the 5 $ 120.00 land before mentioned ————— To John Fanner ————— 40.75  $ 160.75
Known to and subscribed in open Court this 28 th day of August 1820
David Peirson
Attest Dani l Gano Clk 3
I Dani l Gano Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Hamilton 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 said schedule is three hundred and eighty one dollars and seventy five Cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said Court this 20 th day of September 1820,
Dani l Gano Clerk

Hon. John H. Eaton
Secretary of War
Washington City
Pension Office 20th June, 1849
Pension

Dayton April 30th 1829.
Hon. John H Eaton Secretary at War
Sir,
My aged neighbour Mr Daniel Pierson has requested me to write to you respecting a pension heretofore granted to him on account of his revolutionary services, which has been suspended since the passage of the Act of Congress of 1820. I perused his papers on his original application, and I then stated to Genl Bloomfield at that time a member of Congress from New Jersey, that Mr Pierson was in possession of real property in this town of considerable value, though unproductive. This disclosure of his real situation & circumstances was made at the request of Mr Pierson, who did not claim the aid of his country on the score of utter destitution of means of support. When the act of 1820 was passed, and when the strict construction given to it was made known to Mr P. he declined an attempt to continue on the list of pensioners, as he stated he could not represent himself as a pauper. Since that period his infirmities & those of his wife have increased, & they are both now incapable of any long continued or laborious exertion. He feels a natural repugnance to exhibit to a court a detailed statement of his property & income when the result of such a disclosure would be that his circumstances are not yet such as to entitle him to ask the assistance of his country. His object as I understand him is, to lay before you

a faithful account of his situation of circumstances, & if in your judgement they are not such as would debar him under the Act of 1820, then to proceed under the provisions of that act, by making his application to the proper Court. But if he is apprized that his case will not come within the Act, he will avoid an unavailing. To him a painful disclosure of his narrow circumstances. At his request I will state as far as my knowledge enables me to do, the real property owned by Mr. P. It consists of a small neat two story brick house, two in lots of an out lot in this Town, its value I should estimate at $2000, but except as exempting him from the payment of house rent, can add very little to his income after defraying the incidental expenses & taxes. Of his other means of support I cannot speak with certainty, but I am satisfied that he is obliged to practice the strictest economy, that his whole income is much less than the pension which was granted to him.
The allowance of a pension will render the few remaining years of this good old man easy & unalloyed by the dread of pecuniary embarrassments, without it there is reason to fear that he will be obliged to encroach on his little capital. He has three children, but I believe they are not in a situation to render him effectual assistance if their aid should be required, at least two of them have families to support, of the third is a young man not engaged in any

lucrative occupation. I am aware that there may be something unusual in this request of my old friend Mr P. Notwithstanding my disposition to render him any service in my power I should have hesitated at making it, were it not that I am persuaded you will readily enter into the honorable feelings of an old soldier, shrinking with perhaps too much sensitiveness from a disclosure of his comparative poverty, and that the department over which you preside, while it protects the public interest from rapacious dispositions, will not only facilitate every just claim, but will strive to allay the disappointment & soothe the feelings of those whose claims a strict construction of the law will not sustain
I am, Sir, with great respect Yr obedt servt
Joseph H Crane

40.258
INVALID.
Ray
File No. 40.258
David Pearson
Rev. Rev. Rev.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8, Page 389
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1 March 1823,
D. Pease Ohio.
Davie Pease,
Rec. 11 Dec. 1823.
Mark 1819
Certified copy of Within deed required. See letter to Saml F. Hunt, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Samuel F. Hunt, Cincinnati, Ohio.

State of Ohio Hamilton Common Pleas
On this 20th day day of August 1823 Personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Record for the said County expressly made so, by the laws of this State David Peirson aged sixty five Years, resident in said County who, being duly sworn  proven according to law, doth, on his Oath make, the following declaration in an order to obtain the provision, made by the acts of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 and 1st May 1820 and 1st of March 1823, that he enlisted for, the term of one Year in the Month of March, in the Year 1776 in the State of New Jersey, in the Company Commanded, by Capt. Potter in the Regiment Comma- nded, by Col. Elias Dayton in the line of the State of New Jersey or Continental Establishment, which Period he served out, when he again enlisted, for the term of three Years and that he continued to serve in the said Corps until the Year 1780, when he was discharged, from the said service at Midd- lebrook in the State of New Jersey And, in pursu- ance of the act of the 1st of 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, 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 Services of the U. 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 28 Acres of third rate Land situated in Colerain Town- -ship, in Hamilton County in the State of Ohio, of this tract about six Acres is cleared, and under fence, The buildings on the premises are a log cabin, a single one, with log stable and cribs, This land is very hilly, broken and stoney, and I would readily sell it for $1.50, per acre      "      "      "      "      $42.00 1 Cow worth six Dollars      "      "      "      6.00 3 Swine at $1. each      "      "      "      3.00 1 Old Table $0.25 And five old chairs at 15 each .87 \frac{1}{2} 2 Knives & forks $0.25 and 2 platters $0.50      "      "      .75 3 Plates $0.18 \frac{3}{4} and 1 old wake Quin $0.50      "      "      68 \frac{3}{4} 2 Iron Pots $1.00 And 1 Meat Barrel $0.25      "      "      1.25 2 Old, Barrels $0.25. and 1 Old Ax $0.50      "      "      .75 1 Grubing Hoe $0.37 \frac{1}{2} and 1 Old Hoe $0.18 \frac{3}{4} "      .56 \frac{1}{4} 1 Old Spade & Shovel $1.00 and 1 Old shovel & tang $1.50 1 Iron Kettle      "      "      "      "      .75 1 Old Waggon $10. much out of repair      10.00 and has been twenty Years in use

  1. Set of old Waggon Harness  " " "  5.00    1 Old Copper Tea Kettle  " " "  .25    1 Old Musket that I carried in the Revolutionary War   1.50      $74.87½  
And I further declare under Oath that I am a Farmer or labourer by occupation, and that I have a Wife living aged Sixty Seven Years, but no part of my Family now live with me, or are dependent on me for support. I further declare that I am of a feeble Constitution, and am growing infirm and that I am often afflicted with rheumatic pains, so that I am confined and unable to do any thing for four or five days at the time. I solemnly declare that I need the assistance of my country for support, in consequence of old age, bodily infirmity, and my indigent circumstances.
The following sums are due to me namely. From    Henry Wilds  " " " "  $2.12½    Patrick Smith  " " " "  3.00    John Foster  " " " "  15.00      $20.12½  
And I am justly indebted, at this time to the persons herein after named in the following sums to wit.
  James Arthur Orr  " " "  $25.00    " " William Pearson  " " "  30.00    " " David Cummings  " " "  2.00    " " Henry Loo on a Judgment      Obtained before John Aston Esqr   31.00      $88.00  

Since the exhibition of my first Schedule the following changes have been made in my property
Sold to Stephen Pearson } Rec d . Payment 20 Acres of Land at } In June 1822 in Cash $25. dollars $1.25. per Acre —
Sold to the same person } In April 1822 } For $3.00 Rec d . one Plow — — — — — } Paymt in cash
One horse died of the Glanders valued at $40.00
One Cow died of the Bloody Murrain valued at 6.00
One Yearling Heifer died of disease valued at 4.00
10 Hogs died of the distemper soon after my } 10.00
first schedule was exhibited — — — — — } $60.75
The following Articles, have been worn out and destroyed since the exhibition of my first Schedule
1 Cupboard actually worn out and thrown away
2 Knives & Forks worn out. 2 Tea Cups and Saucers
broken to pieces. 2 Platters bottom full of holes &
worn out. Tea Pot broken to pieces. 1 Barrel fallen
to pieces. 1 axe worn out and 2 Hoes worn out.
Sworn to and subscribed in Open Court this 30th day of August 1822.
David Pearson
Dan l Gano Clerk

The State of Ohio } Set Hamilton County }
I Daniel Gano Clerk of the Court of Common pleas within and for the County aforesaid Do hereby Certify that the foregoing Declaration & Schedule exhibited by David Peirson are truly Copied from the Records of said Court and I do further Certify that it is the Opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the balance of the property in said Schedule is Thirty Three dollars and twenty five Cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and affixed the Seal of our said Court at Cincinnati this twenty second day of November Eighteen hundred and twenty Three
Daniel Gano Clerk