Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,038, Jonathan Blackman, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
★ Blackman, Jonathan
S. 34,038
CONTENTS

4,187
Massachusetts.
Jonathan Blackman, Colo Swift private, Connecticut Line - 3 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of - 8 - Dollars per month, to commence on the 6 th of May, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th of Nov r 1818, and sent to Dr Woodbridge, Esq y Stockbridge, Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818. 3 mos 26/4 / 31/30 . 31.76 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th Mar 1819. 118.00
$149.76
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
See Berkshire, Co

34038 Ray INVALID.
File No. 34038
Jonathan Blackman P.S. Rev War
Act: 16 th March 16 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 42
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BERKSHIRE COUNTY, ss.
ON this _____ day of _____ in the year of our Lord 1818, before the subscriber personally appeared Jonathan Blackman aged _____ years, resident in the Town of _____ in the County of Berkshire aforesaid, in the said District—who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provisions made by the late 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:" That he the said _____ enlisted in Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Captain James Clark of the Regiment commanded by Col. Dodge in Hudson commanded by Col. Swift of the Connecticut line the year 1777 for the war against the British in the State of New York and that he continued to serve in the said corps, in the service of the United States, until the year 1780 the month he does not recollect,
May 1775 for six months he served in the army of the late General Washington at the Siege of Boston and in the year 1777 for the war against the British in the State of New York and that he continued to serve in the said corps, in the service of the United States, until the year 1780 the month he does not recollect,
when he was discharged from service in Boston, State of Massachusetts, on account of sickness.
That he was in the battle of Germantown so called;—and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support; never had any Pension & relinquishes all claim to any other And that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.
And also signed before me J. S. G. } S. Putnam } Jonathan Blackman
his X Blackman mark
Court
I Samuel Putnam, one of the Justices of the said Supreme Judicial Court do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Jonathan Blackman did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. Given under my hand, and the seal of said Court the 6th May 1818
S. Putnam Just S. I. Court of Mass
I JOSEPH WOODBRIDGE, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court within & for the county of Berkshire do certify and attest, that the abovenamed Samuel Putnam is one of the Justices of the said Supreme Judicial Court and that the foregoing is his signature.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court, the day and year first above written.
J. Woodbridge
6. May

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
On the 6th day of May
On this sixth day of May A.D. 1818 before me the subscriber personally appeared Elijah Leonard of Lee in said County of lawful age who being duly sworn says that he has been well acquainted with the within named Jonathan Blackman for fifteen years past that during that term he has repeatedly heard said Blackman relate his story of his services which corresponds with the account within given, that said Blackman is considered a man of veracity & integrity in his neighborhood.
Elijah Leonard
Berksh. ss.
Sworn to 6. May
before me
J. Putnam Just
S. J. Court of Mass
SW
Jon a Blackman
Swift's Connecticut Regt.
Concord

Jonathan Blackman -
4187 Nov. 18
Mar 187
Arthur T. Harris
Clerk of the Court for the County of Berkshire.

District of Massachusetts, ss :
ON this 30 th day of June - 1820 ; Personally appeared in open Court before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, begun and holden at Lenox, within and for the County of Berkshire, in the Western Circuit, on the 4th Monday of June 1820, the same Court, being a Court of records for said Circuit ; proceeding according to the course of the common Law, with a jurisdiction, unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment,
Jonathan Blackman aged 91 - years, resident in Lee - in the County of Berkshire aforesaid, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows ; that he enlisted in the company commanded by Captain [blank] in the regiment commanded by Colonel Swift - in the line of the State of Connecticut on the Continental establishment. That his original declaration is dated May 6 th 1818. - and that his pension certificate is numbered 4,187 -
And 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 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, hereto annexed, and by me subscribed - schedule of property, necessary clothing and bedding excepted - to wit :
That I have no property, or claim to any except my Pension - The Captain's name who commanded the Company in which I enlisted, I cannot now recollect -
That my  by occupation formerly when I was that able to labour was a Cordwainer that the number of my family residing with me is  that their names and ages are as follows That I have no family, that previous to my obtaining my pension I was a State Pauper & that for a number of years I have been wholly unable to do any kind of labour & for more than a year past have not been able to walk -
Attest Jos. Tucker Nich Linnell
Jonathan Blackman
Sworn to, and declared on the 30 th day of June 1820, before the said Court
Parker L. Hall Clerk
I Parker L. Hall, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Berkshire 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 aforesaid schedule is dollars and cents said Jonathan has no property.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this ninth day of August 1820.
Parker L. Hall
CLERK OF THE COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE.