Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4092, for Jason Rice, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental
Rice, Jason
S. 4092
Mass.
N. H.
carded
CONTENTS

Ohio 19873
Olson Rice of Athens Co in the State of Ohio who was a sergeant in the com commanded by Captain White of the _____ commanded by Col Reid in the Mass line for 22 months
x Continental
Mass. & N.H. Line. Records corrected
Mar. 17 th
Inscribed on the Roll of Ch at the rate of 73 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Sept 1833 and W Brown
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1833 Sem-ant. allowance ending Mar 36.66 $219.98
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk, Book E Vol. 7 Page 22

The state of Ohio,
Athens county } ss
On this thirteenth day of October one one thousand eight hundred and thirty two Personally appeared in open court before the judges of the court of common pleas of said county now sitting Jason Rice a resident of Ames township in the county of Athens and state of Ohio aged seventy six years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
The names of the officers under whom I first served as a substitute for Joseph Sinclair, under Brigadier General Sullivan, Col. James Reed, Major Hall; Capt. Whitecome of the state troops of Massachusetts. He does not recollect the day or month when he entered but recollects that it was after the battle of Bunker's Hill and before the arrival of General Washington at Cambridge and left the service at that time as well as he recollects in the month of January or February of seventeen hundred and seventy six.
He then immediately after enlisted for one month under Capt. Oliver of the same Brigade & Regiment and served out the month. In 1777 in the month of May he volunteered at Fitz William Cheshire county New Hamp- shire. He does not recollect the name of the officer under whom he volunteered but well remembers marching to Charlton Massachusetts over the green Mountains to Castleton in Vt. and  then  to  Bennington from thence through Hubbardton to Mount Independence on Lake Champlain Colonel Mooney & Major Banister are officers recollected at Mount Independence, he served on this tour two months.
From thence he went to Brookfield Mass from whence in July 1777 he volunteered under Capt. Gilbert & Lieutenant Coox, of the Militia and marched to Bennington. at there drew Provision and Ammunition and marched on to the Hudson River at half moon. after a short stay marched back to Ben- nington arrived there the day after Bennington Battle, stayed at that place about two weeks and was dismissed and returned to Brookfield about the first of Sept having served about two months. In two days after my return to Brook- field I enlisted with Lieut. John Cutler of Brookfield for a five or six months tour and marched to Rhode Island and served under Col. Skeyes, Captain Wilson Lieut. Belknap, and Ensign Severs. Wintred at that place and was dismissed at Providence in the spring 1778 after the river broke up. In May 1778 enlisted into the regular army for nine months and marched to Leicester Mass

where he was mustered into the army mustered under Silas Ball who was appointed to conduct the recruits to the army. We Marched through Springfield, Samburg, and Litchfield to Fishkill where we were mustered by Muster master Gilbert. Marched from there to West point and received by Lieut Pike, Ensign Lins, and did duty under them untill General Washington arrived at the White Plains from the southward. We were then marched on to the White Plains and was appointed to Gen Nickersons Brigade and Col Nickersons Regt capt Jabish Jones Co commanded by Lieut McChamber and Ensign Porter the capt being absent, Remained at White Plains untill fall then marched to Danbury in Conn thence to Woodbury Conn thence back to the north river into the high lands between Pikkskill and Fishkill and there wintered untill some time in Feby when there was a call for wood choppers below Pikkskill I went with others to chopping where we were allowed to chop a certain quantity of wood in lieu of serving the balance of our time which was done to the acceptance of the proper officer. I was then discharged and received order for my pay which I received. By whom the Discharge or order was signed or what has become of them I cannot recollect but I know I had them. Jason Rice I do hereby relinquish every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and unless that my name is not in any pension roll in this state or any other of the United States Questions By the Court
1st Where and in what year were you born? Ans I was born in Brookfield Mass May 14th 1756 —
2nd Have you any record of your age if so where is it? Ans There is a record I believe in Brookfield Mass I have none in my possession —
3rd Where were you living when called into the service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
Ans I lived when called into service, in Fitzwilliam in the county of Cheshire and state of New Hampshire; in 1780 I removed to Rutty in Vt, where I lived untill 1800 when I removed to Washington county Ohio in 1804 I removed onto Federal creek where I now reside in Athens county Ohio,
4th How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute? And for whom?
Ans The first term of service stated in my declaration, I went as a substitute for Joseph Nelson, the balance of the time I served as a volunteer I never wished to be drafted —
5th State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the troops where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can

recollect and the general circumstances of your service
Ans There were Col Stark, Col Poor, Dartermaster Gray, Lieut Col Gillman Major Hale, Lieut Pike, Ensign Linsell and many others. I do not recollect the no of my Regt. As to the general circumstances of the service I don't know that I could state them any better than I have in the body of my declaration
6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it
Ans I had a discharge in writing from my nine months term but by whom it was signed or what has become of it I do not recollect
7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity and good behavior, your service as a soldier of the revolution
Ans There is Eph Butler, Elijah Hatch, George Walker, and John Brown can all testify testify as to my character. I know of none now living that are acquainted with my revolutionary service
Jason Rice
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
vs Ebenezer Hubbard a clergyman residing in the county of Athens and state of Ohio and Elisha Wilbourn residing in (the same) hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jason Rice who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy six years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Henry Bartlett Clerk C.C.P. Athens County
Ebenezer Hubbard Elisha Wilbourn
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Jason Rice who Ebenezer Hubbard, who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of Athens and state of Ohio and that Elisha Wilbourn who has also signed the same is a resident of the same place and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Henry Bartlett Clerk of the court of common pleas for said county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the Application of of Jason Rice for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 13th day of October 1832.
Henry Bartlett Clerk C.C.P. Athens County

Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Athens and State of Ohio, Jason Rice to me personally well known, who being duly sworn, deposes and saith, that by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection, and tho' he thinks he is not mistaken, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For not less than Six months, from some time between the 17 th of June & 3 rd of July 1775, to some time in Jan y or Feb. 1776 I served as a substitute for Joseph Kneeland, as a Private in a company of New Hampshire  Massachusetts State Troops, commanded by Capt. Whitecomb, Col. Jas. Reed's Reg t . Sullivan's Brigade: For one month, immediately succeeding the above mentioned six months, I served as a volunteer, in the grade of a Private, in Capt. Oliver's Company, Same Reg t and Brigade: For two months, from some time in May 1777 till July same year as a volunteer, in the grade of a Private in a company, or squad raised at Fitzwilliam New Hampshire on the advance of Burgoyne, I do not recollect the names of the company officers, served after arriving at Mount Independence, under Maj r Baister & Col. Mooney. For two months, commencing in July, same year (1777) as a volunteer, in the grade of a Private, in Capt. Gilbert's company Massachusetts Militia, on the town of Brookfield: For not less than five months, (and I think it was more) I served as a volunteer, from Brookfield, in the grade of a Private in a company of Massachusetts Militia, commencing the early part of Sept. 1777, within two days after my return from my preceding tour at Brimington & for Company commanded by Capt. Wilson Lieut. DeKulp, Ensign Severs, Col. Keyes Reg t - enlistment under Lieut. Culler: For nine months, from May 1778, when enlisted at Brookfield, Mass. (mustered and marched under Lieut. Ball) I served in the Regular army as a Private, - instead of joining the army by Muster Master Gilbert, remained for a time at West Point under Lieut. Pike & Ensign Lines, and was afterwards arranged into Capt. Jacob Lane's Co. generally commanded in his absence by Lieut. Mathew Chambers, Virg a Reg t Genl. Varnum's Brigade and for such service I claim a Pension. I have no documentary evidence, and I know no person now living, by whom I could make positive or direct proof of my services. At the time of my first tour I resided in Fitzwilliam in N.H. the error in my recollection in placing this tour in the Mass. St. Troops, escaped notice on account of my drafted difficulty of seeing & hearing.
Jason Rice Declaration for Pension filed Oct 13 1832 H. Bartlett Clerk
(Sworn & subscribed before me, this 18 th day of June 1833. and certify that I have been personally acquainted with the said Jason Rice for more than twenty years past; that he sustains a good character for veracity; that he has always been reputed as a Revolutionary Soldier, and I have no doubt of the truth of his statements in the foregoing deposition. A. Brown Justice of the Peace)
Jason Rice
I Henry Bartlett, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Athens County in the State of Ohio, hereby certify that A. G. Brown is a justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned and sworn and that the foregoing signature, if proper, like his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my official seal this 18 th day of July, 1833. Henry Bartlett Clerk

Rev War
4092
INVALID.
File No. 4092
Jason Rice Print Rev War
Act: June 7 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 315
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Wed 23/13 Mail Dist. 4 J. R. Morris. M. E. C. 2 1/2 E. Main St. Springfield, Mass. Ohio

Jason Rives Ohio Athens, O. from - private 22 months. $73. \frac{33}{100} 
Cash on Bill for 6 mts.
40 20 13 73  73 73
Holdup Athens Ohio Hon. Saml. J. Vinton

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jason Rice which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes in 3 cases no in 3 cases V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? no VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes in 5 cases no in one VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? no XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

James J. Edwards Esq., Commis in chief Pensions

Arkansas, July 19. 1883.
(Sir,
(Sir) Mr Jason Rice of Ames Township (13 miles distant) in this County called upon me yesterday for the purpose of amending his Declaration, some time since returned from your Office with objections. I have known Mr Rice from my boyhood, and have often heard him in conversation with my late father Capt Benj t Brown, relate anecdotes of his services in the Revolutionary war, and the fact of his having served a considerable time was never doubted. The expressions in his declaration "he always volunteered", "he never wanted to be drafted" being characteristic of the man. He has always been considered a man of strict integrity & veracity. His Declaration with such amendments & explanations as he has been able to make, is again forwarded for consideration. For convenience sake communications may pass through my hands; and any suggestions from the Department for the benefit of the meritorious class, the remnants of a better age, will be cheerfully attended to by me.
Very Respectfully
V. S. D. 000000
W. E. Edwards born 1818

Springfield, Ohio Feby 15 1895
To the Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Jason Rice born May 14 1757 1756 was a soldier of the Revolution , probably from Poultney Vermont died Dec 31 st 1843 in Ames Township Athens County State of Ohio - He drew a pension for several years probably as a private - He was my wife's grand-father and she is desirous to know what the Pension Rolls show as to his Reg Co Standing & Q If this information is forwarded she as well as the writer will be much obliged very res J. K. Mower

A. A. MOORE J. A. MOORE
ROBERT A. MOORE ATTORNEY AT LAW 212 E. MAIN STREET
Springfield, Ohio Feb. 18, 1890
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