Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43021, for Richard Mount, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Mount Richard
S. 43021
CONTENTS

Let to Samuel Ross. Oct 19. 1850 " " J. G. Turner, Aug: 5/57 B. S;
Death not in A.B.
Not in act 1818
Notification sent Nov 9/1820 to Horace Root
9557
New York Roll.
Richard Mount,
Chester in the state of N. Yk.
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Lamb of the N. Carolina Line, for the term of two years 6 months.  1776
Enscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14. of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20. of Apr. 1819. and sent to Alanson Hove, Esq. Chester N. Yk.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819. 85. 56
Semi-annual ce ending Sept. 4. 1819. 48. "
Am d 10 m s : 17/30 - 4/31. $133.56
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continuee
Not in act 1818

Rich Mount priv Lumb N Carolina reg t 14 April 1818
Proof of service is wanted from the Secretary of State Raleigh N.C.
In the matter of Richard Mount

State of New York - Warren County - ss - On this fourteenth day of April and thousand eight hundred & eighteen before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Warren aforesaid Richard Munn of the town of Chester in said County personally appeared and not for more than sixty years the next age being not within the knowledge of this Department resided in the said town of Chester who being by me first duly sworn accord- -ing to law doth on his oath make the follow- -ing declaration in order to obtain the pro- -vision made by the late 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" That the said Richard Munn enlisted in the Revolutionary War in the State of North Carolina in the company commanded by Archi- -bald Hildreth or Little in Colonel Lewis's Regiment - in the North Carolina line of In- -fantry. That he continued to serve in said Corps or in the service of the United States until some time in the month of March but the year he altogether gave from the mind of this de- -ponent. That he was discharged the said Service at a place called "Perryman's" in New Jersey - That said Department was in the Battle at Brandywine - at the Battle at Germantown & at the Battle at Monmouth in New Jersey - That he had a written discharge - which is now lost or mislaid - That he is in reduced circum- -stances in life & stands in need of the assist-

of his country / or support -
That he has
were no other evidence in his power of his said services excepting the certificate presented
Richard his + Marmaduke Mark

Warren County of Solomon Ferriss of the town of Chester in the County of Warren & State of New York being duly sworn doth depose & say that he is well acquainted with the within named Richard Mansfield that he is in reduced circumstances in life & in the opinion of this Deponent needs the assistance or support & that he hath an aged wife to be provided for - Solomon Ferriss
Sworn to May 1818
Edw. W. Abbott one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Warren

In the matter of Richard Mount a Pensioner
9557
Sept 1879
Please return the Certificate for the Pensioner , directed to the care of Horace Holden Fulton St New York
Nov 9-1880
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NEW-YORK MAYOR'S COURT.
IN the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, held at the City-Hall, in and for the said City, before the Judges of the same Court, of September term, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty
PRESENT the Honorable Peter A. Jay Recorder
City of New-York, ss. Be it Remembered , That on the Twenty first day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the city of New-York, in open court, the said court being a court of record for the city and county of New-York, according to the charter of the said city and the laws of the state of New-York, Richard Mount — aged upwards of sixty — years, as he believes , resident in the city of New-York who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows:
That on the 31 st day of May 1776. he enlisted in capt Archibald Lytle's company of the Sixth North Carolina Regiment of Infantry commanded by col. Lamb. Capt. Lytle was afterwards promoted & the company was commanded by Capt. O'Brien. until the Regiment took winter quarters at the Valley Forge. The Regiment was then consolidated with the first Regiment & was commanded by col. Clarke. Capt. Tichenor Dixon took charge of the company to which the said Richard Mount was attached. That he enlisted for two years & a half but served a longer period — was discharged at Paramus — has lost his discharge. That he was in the Battles of Brandywine — Germantown & Monmouth.
and that his original declaration is dated the one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen
fourteenth day of April and that his pension certificate is No. 9557.

AND I do solemnly I 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, 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, to wit:
Real Estate — none —
Personal Estate — as follows —
   One Cow value $15.00   1 iron pot 1.00   1 Tea kettle 6/ 1/2 doz plates 3/ 1 Hoe 4/ 1.62 1/2   1 Axe 6/ 1 frying pan 3/ 1 Tea pot 1/6 1.31 1/2   2 Milk pans 4/ 1/2 doz Spoons 3/ 3 knives Hakes 2/ 1.12 1/2   6 Tea cups Saucers 3/ 10 Shep 1/10 10.37 1/2   1 smoothing iron 1/ 2 earthen pot 1/6 " 31.   5 Chairs 10/ 1 pail 2/ 1 Chest 8/ 2.50   1 Lott kitchen furniture, old stuff 2.00  
Besides Bed & Bedding & Wearing apparel $ 35. 24 1/2  in actual use —
That I am a Labourer from age & want of employ am very poor — That my family consists of myself — my wife named Rachel, aged seventy four — & a Grand daughter (whose mother is dead) named Rachel Foster, aged about 17. of weak & slender Constitution, having no protector but myself —
Sworn in open Court this 21 st of Sept. 1820 Benj u Fenis Clk
Richard his x Mount Mark

I, Benjamin Ferris ————— Clerk of the city and county of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the city of New-York, Do hereby certify, That the foregoing deposition — and the schedule thereto annexed, 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 the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is not exceeding fifty Dollars —————
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this twenty second — day of September — 1820
Benj n Ferris 603

S. ROSS, Office, Exchange Buildings, Cleveland, Ohio, GENERAL AGENT FOR PENSIONS, LAND WARRANTS, AND THE SALE OF REAL ESTATE. NOTARY PUBLIC, &c.
Cleveland, Ohio, Oct 11, 1850.
REFERENCES.
Hon. Reuben Wood, Cleveland, O. | C. L. Willes, Esq., Cleveland, Ohio, Moses Hoagland, House Reps. | D. H. Beardsley, Esq., do.
To Col. J. L. Edwards Comm ee of Pensions.
Sir,
Richard Mount , a Revolutionary Pensioner, died at Ellisburgh, Jefferson county, New York on or about the 1 st day of September, A.D. 1828 leaving a widow, Rachael Mount , and two heirs, John Mount now residing in Bedford, Linnaboga county, Ohio, and William Mount now residing in Crawford county, Ohio. The widow died at said Ellisburgh on or about the 21 st day of July A.D. 1829. It is believed that the Pension due to said Richard Mount , about one year, was never demanded or received by the widow or heirs. The widow received no pension in her own right during her life, and after the death of her husband.
The said heirs now seek to recover what was due to said Richard

Mount at his death, and also, what was due to his widow Rachel at her death.
The questions which seem to arise in this case are three.
1 st What was due to Richard Mount , Revolutionary Pensioner, at his death, September 1828?
2 nd What was due to Rachel Mount his widow, in her own right, as widow Pensioner, at her death, July 1829?
3 rd Will the amount thus found to be due be paid to the heirs?
Any information you may please give in the premises will be esteemed a favor by the heirs.
Very respectfully Sam. P. Hays

September 15, 1939
Mrs. Edward S. Atkinson, Jr. 1502 Stuart Avenue Houston, Texas
BA-J/MCS Richard Mount, S.43021
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to Revolutionary War soldiers, Jeremiah and Richard Mount or Mounts, of North Carolina.
The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to afford any information relative to a Jeremiah Mount or Mounts.
The data which follow were taken from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 43021, based on the military service of the only Richard Mount or Mounts that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Richard Mount (surname appears as Mount only) enlisted in North Carolina, May 31, 1776, served as private with North Carolina troops under Captains Archibald Lytle, White, McRae and Tilghman Dixon, and Colonels Lamb and Clark, was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth and was in the service as late as March, 1779.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 14, 1818, at which time he was living in Chester, Warren County, New York.
Richard Mount was living in New York City in 1820 and he then stated that he was aged "upwards of sixty years" and that his wife, Rachel, was seventy-four years of age and referred to his granddaughter, Rachel Foster, aged about seventeen years whose mother (name not given) was dead. The date of birth of Richard Mount and the names of his parents are not shown.

In 1850 it was stated that Richard Mount died at Ellisburgh, Jefferson County, New York, about the first day of September, 1828, leaving a widow, Rachel, and two sons, John Mount of Bedford, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and William Mount of Crawford County, Ohio, and that the widow, Rachel, died at Ellisburgh about July 21, 1829.
There are no further data relative to the family of Richard Mount.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

43021
INVALID.
Revy
1939. Sept. 15: hist. to Mrs. Edward S. Atkinson, Jr. W.D.
File No. 43,021
Richard Mount On Her Way
Act: 1 st March 1 st
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 346
[Arrangement of 1870.]

also Albany roll Act 18 March 1818. (Jefferson's own)
Record Mount. Jan 18. Falmouth
Sept. 4, 1828
Pension Office Col.
To 3 rd Auditor's Office

Richard D. Webb
Leicester Eng.
W. C. Whiting. Comm of Pensions, Washington City.
D. C.

Warren County ss I Edward W. Abbott one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Warren do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Richard Manser did serve in the Revo- lutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common Enemy & I have been with the pro- ceedings & the testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the Commissioner of Pensions That I am well acquainted with the said Richard Manser & my fellow townsman Captain Salomon Ferriss (whose affidavit is hereto annexed) that they both possess unblemished character for truth & veracity - That from my own knowledge the said Richard Manser absolutely needs the assistan- ce of his County for support
Edw. W. Abbott one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Warren

I certify that in my possession a certificate lodged by Richard Mearns in the words following -ing which has all the appearance of a g d "There is to certify that among the papers & doc- -uments of claims exhibited by the State of North Caro- -lina against the United States is an account in the name of Richard Mearns for the sum of Eighty seven pounds 14 shillings North Carolina currency which sum has been paid by said State to wit one fifth in cash & three fifths in a certificate bearing interest at 6. P. C. from the first day of August 1783 as appears by a Receipt for the same to the Commissioners of Army accounts August 26. 1785. Signed J. Dixon
Given at New York February 6. 1790
£ 87 " 6 " 1 21 " 16 " 5 cash 65 " 9 " 7 Certificate
Hon. William
Ab. Thomson
agent for said State
E. W. Abbott one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Warren

State of New York Warren County Clerk's Office
I certify that by letters patent & qualification now now in this office Edward W. Abbott whose signature appears on the annexed affidavit & the above certificate was a judge of the court of Common Pleas in & for the county of Warren on the tenth fourteenth day of April 1818 and I further certify that I am acquainted with the said Edward W. Abbott & believe the signature therein to be his in testimony whereof I have caused the seal of our court to be hereunto affixed this 12 th day of May 1818
MYRON BRACK Clerk

Busysus Crawford County Ohio July 28 th 1854. Sir.
In behalf of the heirs of Mr Richard Mount who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States. and at the time of application and drawing the same resided in the County of Warren Town of Chester in the State of New York. the object of this address. is to be informed. know the amount of Bounty land. Said Mount was entitled to receive before his death which took place about the year 1828 or 9. I would further state that his two sons (vis) John and William Mount wants to obtain the warrant due if any. for their fathers Bounty land. Pleas inform us what amount of evidence is required to support said claim. It is thought that said Mount served in the State of North Carolina. but his papers will show that fact, there is no Widows living.
I am very respectfully yours &c
J. G. Turner. 3
Hon G. C. Whiting Com of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Chester Warren Co. New York
Honb d . Mr. Calhoun
Sir - By the request of Mrs Richard Mount, of our Town. I wrote to the Secretary of State of North Carolina In order to procure further Evidence of the Services of the S d Mount, &c o I have Rec d . the Enclos d . Letter, which I presume will be Satisfactory Evidence of the Services of Mrs. Mount - , I now Enclose the same with the original Papers, Mr. Abbott the officer before whom the first papers were Taken, has removed from our Town Therefore I wish the Certificate forward- ed to me, & I will transmit the same to Mr. Mount as he has Employ d . me to procure his Certificate p o
I have the honor to be &c o
Hanson Fox
March 24 th 1819

Adm c 4
Frank Lloyd New York
Philip
Mr. Alanson Foy
JS
Certificate to all M c Alanson Foy, Chester, N.Y.

State of North Carolina Secretarys Office 4 th March 1819.
I William Bill Secretary of State in & for the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that it appears from the musterrolls of the North carolina Continental Line for the revo- lutionary War, that Richard Mount enlisted as a private soldier in said line on the 31 st May 1776 for 2 1/2 years under Capt. White of the 6 th Regiment and that he was omitted in March 1777 having served for a longer time than he enlisted for.
Given under my Hand the date above
W m Bill

Houston, Texas
Aug. 3, 1939.
Dear Sir:
In an old history of North only Carolina I find the names of Richard and Jeremiah Mount (or Mounts) as revolutionary soldiers, and will greatly appreciate your sending me all data pertaining to them.
Thank you very much.
Sincerely yours,
Mabel C. Atkinson
(Mrs. Edward S. Atkinson Jr.) 1502 Stuart Ave.