Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36251, for Jonathan Ralph, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Com.) Ralph, Jonathan
836257
CONTENTS

Connecticut Rolls.
1099
Jonathan Ralph,
Conn
Private
Col J. Baldwin's reg. 1778. N.Y.
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 8 th of April 1818 .
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th of June 1818 , and sent to the Hon. Simon Baldwin , New Haven, Connecticut.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818 .
Service following
4 months 27/30
$39.20.
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Jonathan, New Haven
Not to cash on Sunk September 23 rd 1820 to Henry C. Hagg, New Haven, Connecticut

I Situs Hall of Wallingford in the County of New Haven State of Connecticut, late a Lieutenant in Capt James Milroy's company in Colonel Baldwin's regiment of artillery in the army of the United States in the revolutionary war; deposes & says that I am well acquainted with Jonathan Ralph of North Haven in said county and state; that he served as an enlisted soldier in said company more than two years; regiment on the continental establishment, that he is a valid citizen of the United States by his natural circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his country for support. Wallingford April 2. 1818 — Situs Hall
State of Connecticut New Haven County, ss. April 2. 1818 Personally appeared Situs Hall whose name is subscribed to the foregoing deposition and made oath to the truth of the same. Before me J. W. Stanley, Not. Public

New Haven County ss New Haven April 8, 1818
I certify that the signature Geo W Stanley to the within certificate is the known signature of Geo W Stanley Esqr also known to me to be a respectable Justice of the Peace for sd County -
William B. Aldwin a Judge of the Superior Court of Connecticut

Jonathan Ralph
Adm d
April 8, 1818
Correct
Not on any Rolls in
The War Dept is

Connecticut
I Jonathan Ralph of North Haven in New Haven County in the State of Connecticut a resident citizen of the United States do depose & on oath declare that I served in the revolutionary war as an artificer more than two years - that I enlisted in March 1778 to serve for three years as an artificer in Capt. Jairus Wilcox's company of, afterward attached to Col. Baldwin's regiment of artificers & was then an inhabitant of Connecticut & one of their quota of men, that I faithfully served until Sept r 1780 & was then discharged, but soon after lost my discharge with my pocket book.
And I further declare on oath that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I now need assistance from my country for support.
I therefore pray that I may be placed on the pension list of the United States, according to the provisions of the act of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 entitled an act to provide for certain persons in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war - dated at New Haven the 8 th April 1818.
Jonathan Ralph
New Haven County
New Haven April 8 th 1818
Then personally appeared Jonathan Ralph above named then made known to me & made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him in my presence subscribed before me
Simeon Baldwin a Judge of the Superior Court of Connecticut

To the Honourable
The Secretary of the Department of War
I certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the applicant Jonathan Ralph served in the revolutionary war as stated in his declaration
I therefore certify & transmit the evidence in his case. New Haven April 8. 1818.
Simson Baldwin a Judge of the Sup t Court of Connecticut
State of Connecticut
New Haven County ss New Haven April 25. 1818
I Dyer White Clerk of the Sup t Court of State for said County do certify that the name Simson Baldwin annexed to the foregoing & accompanying certificates is the signature of S t Baldwin a Judge of said Court.
In attestation whereof I have the Seal of said Court.
Dyer White

Jonathan Ralph 1009 copy
Sept. 1010 JM

District and State of Connecticut, ss.
Be it Remembered, That in the County Court, held in and for the County of New Haven, in the District and State aforesaid, on this 5 day of July 1820, the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, under the authority of said State, personally came and appeared in open Court, Jonathan Rapple — aged Sixty five years, resident in the Town of North Haven in the County of New Haven in said State, and being sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: Entered the service of the United States as a Private in Captain Wilcox's Company Col. Baldwin's Regiment & continued in the Army till September 1780 & was then discharged.
that the original Declaration made by him, for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the Act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818, was dated the 8 day of April 1818; that in pursuance thereof he was entered in the list of Pensioners, and received a Pension Certificate No. 1009
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 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 hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed. And I do further declare that my occupation is that of a Carpenter but owing to a shock of Palsy I have been unable to labor for two years past — and that I have a family residing with me consisting of a Wife & twenty three years of age.
all which is subscribed by me the day and year aforesaid. Jonathan Rapple mark
Sworn to, and declared in the Court aforesaid. Whereupon said Court is, on satisfactory proof exhibited in Court, of opinion that the total amount in value of the property contained in the aforesaid Schedule, is Twenty Nine Dollars and fifteen Cents, and doth order these proceedings to be entered in the records of said Court.
Attest. Henry L. Hagg. Clk.

District of Connecticut, ss.
I, Henry C. Hagg Clerk of the County Court in and for the County of New Haven in the State and District of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing and the Schedule thereunto annexed, 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 property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is
29 Dollars and 15 Cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court on this
5 th day of July 182 0
Henry C. Hagg Clk
I, Isaac Mills presiding Judge of the County Court in and for the County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that Henry C. Hagg is Clerk of said Court, and keeper of the Seal and Records thereof; and that the preceding Certificate, under his hand, and the Seal of said Court, is authentic, and in due form of Law.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in
this 5 th day of July 182 0
Isaac Mills Chief Judge of said Court

At a County Court, held in and for the County of New Haven, in the District and State of Connecticut, on the 5 day of July 1820, the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, by virtue of the laws of said State.
PERSONALLY APPEARED, in open Court, Jonathan Ralph a resident in the town of North Haven in the County of New Haven in said State, and exhibited and subscribed the following Schedule, and made oath that the same is a true and perfect Schedule of all his income and property, necessary cloathing and bedding excepted, viz:
  The use & improvement of an old house & about ten acres of lands, with potash $ 20.00   2 old chests 1. 25   " 2 " tables 0.75   " 8 " chairs 1. 00   " 1 porringer pot 0.30   " 1 trammel 0.40   1 fire shovel & andirons 0.20   Butter plates & plates & basin 2. 00   1 old looking glass 0.16   Sundry articles glass & tin ware 0.65   5 articles of Crocker's Ware 0.25   Hand saw, square & compass 0.40   3 augers & 3 chisels 0.52   1 Shaving knife & brace 0.12   2 axes $1.67 1/2 & 2 adzes 0.38 cents 1.05   1 Hoe, old 0.10   $ 29.15 
In his Jonathan R. Ralph mark

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August 19, 1931
Clara M. Vance 198 Santa Rosa Avenue Oakland, California
BA-J, Rev. & 1812 Wars Sect. MCS
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 36251, that Jonathan Ralph, while living in Connecticut, enlisted in February or March, 1778, served as private in Captain Jarius Wilcox's Company in Colonel Baldwin's Regiment of Artificers and was discharged in September, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 8, 1818, at which time he was a resident of North Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut.
In 1820 he was living in North Haven, Connecticut, and stated that he was sixty-five years of age and that his wife, her name not given, was seventy-three years of age.
The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to afford any information in regard to a Jonathan Rolfe and the above noted is the history of the only soldier from Connecticut by the name of Jonathan Ralph that is found in said records.
In order to identify the record of a particular soldier of the Revolution by the name of Johannes or Louis Moor, Mohr or Muir, it is essential that you furnish as much as possible of the following data pertaining to him: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and first name of widow.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

36 251
Rev INVALID.
1931 Aug. 19 hist. to Clara H. Vance U.S.
File No. 36,251
Jonathan Ralph Rev Rev. Max
Act: 15 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 83 3/4
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Bohr, 198 Santa Rosa Ave Commissioner Oakland - Calif of Pensions - July 30 th 1931
Dear Sir - Have you any records of a pension & land grant to one - Johannes or Bruno Moor-mohr or Muir who served in the Rev. war, coming from Alsace with the French Contingent also - over

Is there any record of pension granted one Conrad Rolf or Ralph serving from Conn R
Very Respectfully Clara M. Vance