Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12,222, Jonathan Bill, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Bill, Jonathan
S 12232
CONTENTS
buried

30.177
Manhattan
Jonathan Bill
of Group in the State of New York who was a Sergeant in the corps command by Captain Lee of the regt command by Col Dunke in the line line for two years  Sergeant .
Exempt from taxation
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany N.Y. at the rate of 120 Dollars 62 1/2 Cents per ann to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Sept 1835 and Seventh Pensioner Perry Group
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-ann. allowance ending
A Jan 19, 1843 see Query Book
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan B. Day Clerk Vol. 4 Page 3
Ms. A. 9. 2. 20 p. 155

N o 13
Jonathan Hill
off Correct
sent to Mr. Smith 3 Sept 1833

Jonathan Bill
Left

State of New York } Cortland County } ss Jonathan Bill being duly sworn upon the and That he is now a resident of the town of Tanton in the County of Cortland and State of New York and that he served in the Army of the United States in the war of the revolution against the common enemy. That he enlisted in the month of February A.D. 1777. under Capt Elisha Lee in Col. John Depey's Regt in the Connecticut line and served in that Regt until February 24th A.D. 1780 - enlisted for three years but some time in that time was returned during the war and hired a person to take his place (the enlistment being false) and received what was then considered a discharge here with presented and that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life he needs the assistance of his Country for a Support
Given further with nat Sworn the 10th day of April } A.D. 1818 before me } W. B. Hamilton } one of the Judges in & for said County
Jonathan Bill
Nathan Gurney being duly sworn upon the and saith that he has been for several years past acquainted with Jonathan Bill the above deponent and that he sustains a good character and is considered a person of strict truth and veracity and further with nat
Sworn the 10th day of April } A.D. 1818 before me } W. B. Hamilton } Judge
Nathan Gurney

To the Honorable. John C Calhoun Secretary at War
State of New York
Onida County 3 d p I certify that it appears to my satisfaction that Jonathan Bill (the within applicant under the Act of Congress of 8 th March 1818) is in Incapacity. Circumstances, and served in the War of the Revolution as stated by him in the within affidavit which testimony and proceedings taken & heard before me are herewith transmitted to the Department of War
Dated the 14 th day of August A D 1818
M c Hamilton Judge
Clerks Office Oneida County
I certify that Thomas H. Hamilton was a Judge in and for the County of Oneida at the time of taking the annexed affidavit, and that his signature to the same appears to be of his own proper hand writing. Witness the seal of said County of Oneida this 21 st day of August. 1818. Gerrit A Woodgood D r

Jonathan Pills
Inventory
3 copy
Property $28.21 Debts $105.00
Reunited Dec 19. 1821. and notice sent to care of A. H. Tracy. H. R.
Hon. A. B. Tracy 19. of Rep.

At a court of Common Pleas, held at the Court House in the Village of Batavia in and for the County of Genesee in the State of New York on the fifteenth of November of the term of November 1821 being a court of Record in pursuance of the 5th Article of the Constitution of the State of New York which has unlimited Jurisdiction and keeps Records of its proceedings
Present the Hon. John H. Jones John Lee Egbert Benson Junr & Samuel M c Whorter Judges of
Said court Genesee County ss. On this fifteenth day of November 1821 personally appeared in Open Court (being a court of record) Jonathan Bill aged Sixty five Years first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows about six years in the whole, three years in Capt. See's & Throop's company in Col. Duer's Regiment Connecticut Line and was discharged as a Sergeant in April 1781 - that his Original Certificate is Numbered 2499 - And I do Solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March One thousand Eight hundred and Eighteen, and that I have not since that time by Gift Sale or in any manner whatever disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring Myself within the provision 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 Eighteenth 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 security 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
  2 small Grine $2.00   1. Old Hoe & 1 Old ax " " 63   1. Old Blacksmiths Bellows 7.00   1. Small Broken Anvil " 1.50   1. Small Beck Horn 1.25   3. Hammers " 1.00   1. Small Old Vise " 2.50   3. pair Old Tongs " 75   1. Skillet " 25   1. pr. old Pincers, Nail Hammer and Pairing Chisel 1.00   1. Broken five pail Kettle 1.00   1. Tea Kettle & 1 Small Kettle 1.38   1. Spider & 1 Bake Kettle 1.00   1. Flat Iron " 38   1. Meat Barrel " 75   1. Meal Chest " 38   3. Wooden Trunks 2.50   4. Old Chains 1.00   1. Small Tub " 19   2. Old Pails " 25   1 few Common plates, cups & Saucers & Bowls, Knives & Forks old & Broken not sufficient to set a Table for four persons not worth over One Dollar. 1.00   1 Old rough made table. " 50   28.21 
I am owing debts to Doct. Bill of Anacostia County ————— $60.00 To William Lyman ————— 5.00 65.00 $105.00
Several Debts due to people in Connecticut & Massachusetts ————— $40.00
I am a Blacksmith by occupation but am not able to labor. I have a wife aged Sixty two — Years who is a cripple and nearly blind — no children under age. I live with my son

I aseph am wholly dependent on him for support except what little assistance I am able to afford him - and I do further declare that since my first application for a continuance of my Pension at the June term of this Court in the year 1820. the land which I then inventoried is now out of my possession, the contract which I then held has expired and the land has reverted back to the original proprietors, and I have lost the little I paid for the Article of agreement; my cow & calf I turn'd out to pay a debt due Allen Stewart, mentioned in my said first Schedule to keep myself out of Prison
Sworn and Subscribed Jonathan Bill the 15 th of November in Open Court before me
C. L. Sheldon Clk
Genesee County Clerks Office
I Chauncy L. Sheldon Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County in the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing Cash and 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 Property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Twenty Eight Dollars & Twenty One Cents -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court, and Subscribed my name at Batavia this 16 th day of November 1821.
C. L. Sheldon Clk By M c Offen Dep

March 26, 1938.
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Mr. C. P. Hazen 10 Reed Street Springfield, Vermont
BA--J/ady Jonathan Bill S.12222 aw
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Jonathan Bill, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.12222, based upon the military service of Jonathan Bill in that war.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Jonathan Bill are not shown.
He enlisted, place not stated, in February 1777, and served as sergeant in Captain Elisha Lee's Company, Colonel John Durkee's Connecticut Regiment and was discharged February 24, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 10, 1818, at which time he was about sixty-one years old and a resident of Trenton, Oneida County, New York.
In 1820 soldier and his wife, Asenath, aged sixty years, were living with their son, Joseph Bill, his age not stated, in Perry, Genesee County, New York. There are no further family data.
The soldier died January 19, 1843, place not stated.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Revised
122222 INVALID.
1922 Oct. 12. History to Mrs. Ray C. Johnson out 1936 Jan. 25. Hist. to Mrs. Samuel K. Frost ADY. 1938 Mar. 26. Hist. to C.P. Hazen ADY.
File No. 12, 222
Jonathan Bill Augt. Rev. man
Act: June 1st 1832.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 83
[Arrangement of 1870.]
note

Jan 22 97 Hird to J E Bills Rochester NY thru Hon H C Brew mle.

Permit the Bunker Serjeant Jonathan Bill to pass to Lebanon in Connecticut Unmolested.
Crane Mills W. J. Field
New Jersey Feb 14 1880
Benj "Throop" May Commr

(2,499)
New York Roll -
Jonathan Bill
Private
Connecticut line 1777. 3 years.
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York -
at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 10 th of April 1810 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 of Sept. 1810 and sent to Th. A. Hamilton Esq re
Rome, Oneida Co -
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1810 4 M th 25/30 - 32 68
Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th March 1819 48. -
Dunfee
$86 64
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
1777 - 3 yrs
Not entitled to
Re-instated
Trenton Oneida Co
Struck off under act 18th May 1820 - Notification sent 8 July 1820 to Sam. Lake Esq. Batavia N.Y.

Reinstate Jona. Bile -
1 st Inform Mr. Tracy that the Sec y will can reconsider Gary Marcellus's case, and report to him in a few days.

N.Y. Matthew Billings
Rolls- See Durkee 3 march 77- War. disch d 23 Feby '80.
Hon. J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
ad d 2 years Ser t 120 $ M. G. Smith Perry N.Y.

Perry, Genesee Co. N.Y. September 10, 1835.
Sir, The undersigned is now in the receipt of a pension under the act of Congress of March 18, 1818; by some mistake, occurring in a manner unknown to the undersigned, he was placed on the Pension roll as a private; but as he performed duty, as a Sergeant, he is desirous of availing himself of the benefits of the act of Congress of June 7, 1832.
The undersigned served as a Sergeant, three years, from September or October, 1777, to September or October 1780, in the Connecticut line, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Dungee, in the Company commanded by Capt. Elisha Lee, and afterwards by Major Benj. Throop, acting as Captain.
The present place of residence of the undersigned is at Perry, in the County of Genesee, and State of New York.
Enclosed is the present Pension certificate of the undersigned.
Very respectfully,
Your obt. Servant, Jonathan Bill
Hon. J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions

Jonathan Hill
Payable on the 4 th March & 4 th September each year at the U. States Branch bank New York.
Jon. Hill
Recorded

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the Law of the UNITED STATES,
Of the Eighteenth of March 1818, Jonathan Fill _____ late a Private _____ in the Army of the Revolution. _____
is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New York Agency, at the rate of Eight _____ dollars _____ cents per month, to commence on the 10 th _____ day of April _____ one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen. _____
GIVEN at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES, this Eighteenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen. _____
H. C. Nelson Secretary of War

Jonathan Bill
Ex. 3
2499
issd. 18 Sept. 1878.
On Notes 3 years Scrip
not entitled
for the County of Yancey

A Court of Common Pleas held at the Court House in the village of Batavia, in and for the county of Genesee, in the State of New-York; on the seventeenth day of June — of the term of June 1820, being a Court of Record, in pursuance of the 41st article of the Constitution of the state of New-York, which has unlimited jurisdiction, keeps records of its proceedings, and has immemorally exercised the power of fine and imprisonment.
Present, the Hon. John A. Jones  Richard Smith  Isaac Mason  Moses Hayden —
GENESEE COUNTY, ss. — On this seventeenth day of June 1820, personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Record,) Jonathan Bice aged sixty three years, resident of the town of Perry in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: —
Nearly six years in the whole. served 3 years in Capt Lee's Company in Col. Duer's Regt of the Connecticut Line, and also hired as a substitute and was transferred to Troop's Company who had previously acted as Major and he was discharged at Brandywine in New Jersey in April 1780 and that his dislocation was made April 10, 1818 and his certificate is numbered 2,499 And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift sale or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth 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,
Schedule
Real Estate I have none
I am in Company with my son in the possession of sixty two acres of land owing by Pasha B. Strong and we have paid eighteen dollars for the same and there is now due the owner for said land about $142. 90 / 100 that he has one equal undivided half part of said lot
Personal Property
1. Cow and Calf — 1 Swine Part of a set of Blacksmith tools 1. 10 gallon Kettle — 1. do do in partnership with my son 1. Small pot — 1. Small dish kettle 1. tea Kettle 1 Spier — 1 Skillet 1 Trammel 1. sad Iron, 1 ax & 1 sickle — 1 Brake Kettle & 1 fire shovel 1. table 3. old trunks — 7. Common old Chairs 2. rails 2. small tubs — 2 Barrels

teen. 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
Real Estate I have none
I am in Company with my son in the possession of sixty two acres of land owing by Elisha B. Stone and we have paid eighteen dollars for the same and there is now due the owner for said land about $742, 90 / 100 that he has one equal undivided half part of said lot
Personal Property
1 Cow and Calf — 1 Swine part of a set of Blacksmith tools 1. 10 gallon Kettle — 1. do do in partnership with my son 1. small pot — 1. small dish kettle 1. tea Kettle 1 spider — 1 Skillet 1 Trammel 1. sad iron, 1 ax & 1 sickle — 1 Brake Kettle & 1 fire shovel 1. table 3. old trunks — 7. common old chains 2. pails 2. small tubs — 2 Barrels for meat &c 1. Old wooden clock — 7. Common earthen plates 1. bowl 1 tea pot "cracked" — 2 earthen milk pans 2. do. brocks — 7 cups & saucers — 2 qt mugs 1. sugar Bowl & Creamer — 6 knives & forks 3. spoons — 6 tea do — 1. Pewter Basin I have $25 due me from Josiah Talmage which I have no expectation of collecting — — — — $25.00 Also from Joseph Bill — — — — — 20.00 $45.00
I am owing debts to the following persons, viz to Allen Ayrault of Moscow — — — — $ 25.00 to a man living in Connecticut St. — — — 14.00 To " " " in Massachusetts — — about 20.00 To " " " " " — — — — — 15.00 To Ira Bates of Perry Seneca Co — — — $74.00
And the deponent further says his wearing apparel & bedding for himself and family do not exceed the sum of Forty Dollars in value, and that he is by occupation a Blacksmith but in consequence of the dislocation of the right shoulder he is not able to follow his trade, and age and infirmity prevents him from obtaining a living by manual labor and that he has a wife named Asenath aged

sixty years who is not very healthy which compose his family that they live with their son Joseph Bill on whom they are dependent for many necessaries of life —
Sworn & subscribed in open Court this 17 th day of June 1820
Jonathan Bill
S. Cummings Clk. of Gen. Com. Pleas
I, Simeon Cummings, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas $72.00 in and for the County of Genesee, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath (or affirmation) 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 property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is seventy two dollars — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this seven- teenth day of June 1820
S. Cummings Clk. of the Court for the County of Genesee

Genesee Common Pleas } November Term 1821 }
Genesee County ss Joseph Bill being duly sworn Says that he is a man in low circumstances in life is not worth more than One hundred Dollars - That his Father Jonathan Bill lives with him the Deponent. That the land which he and his Father held by Contract in June 1820 was not worth the sum due for the same at that time. That the article of Agreement has expired and the land has reverted back to Elisha B. Strong of whom it was purchased. That he or his Father do not own any lands or even a house. and that he has for afforded him about one half of his support since his pension was suspended - That he is not able to support his own family, with the additional expense of his infirm Parents -
Sworn and Subscribed } The 15 th of November } 1821 before me - }
Joseph Bill
C. L. Sheldon Clk

Falconer N. Y.
Aug. 7, 1922.
Bureau of Pensions. Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs.
As an aid in completing the location of Rev. soldiers' graves, I respectfully ask for the pension record of Jonathan Bill whose name appears in the 1840 pension list.
Very gratefully,

Mrs. Ray C. Johnson 204 W. Falconer St., Falconer, N.Y.

Ex. EW DN Rev War
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept 18 , 19 22
The attached letter is respectfully returned with the information that the data furnished is not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent answer to the queries therein contained.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this Bureau.
1 Name of widow Name of claimant
Name of soldier, _____
P. O. address of claimant  at enlistment - after service
Company _____
Regiment _____
State where enlisted _____
Date of enlistment birth 1755 (month & day unknown)
Date of discharge Jan. 19. 1843
If unable to furnish company and regiment give names of commanding officers.
Return attached letter with reply.
Hayo Haymaker Commissioner Chief Clerk

Falconer, N. Y.
Oct. 3, 1922
Bureau of Pensions.
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs.
In Aug. 7. I asked for pension record of Jonathan Bill as shown in enclosed letter and received enclosed blank. I cannot fill it out as that was the very information I am seeking. Can only give two items. Another member of the committee requested record of Joshua Woodward and received same reply. A third member asked for Elias Tracey's record and received the complete pension record. They are

2 all on the 1840 pension list as given us for this work and it made us wonder if there wasn't a mistake somewhere.
Thanking you in advance for your attention to this as soon as convenient.
I remain Very respectfully,
Mrs. Ray C. Johnson.
204 W. Falconer St.
Falconer.
N. Y.

MRS. SAMUEL KNAPP FROST 76 REMSEN STREET BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
Jan. 11. 1936
Bureau of Pensions, Revolutionary Dept. Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Connecticut men in the War of the Revolution (1889) page 641, states that one Jonathan Bill , Sgt. applied or was granted a pension for services in that War, in 1818.
Will you please let me know the cost of a copy of his application?
An early reply will be deeply appreciated by
Yours truly
Josephine C. Frost
(Mm. S & J)

10 Reed St., Springfield, Vt., Mar. 12, 1938.
Veterans Administration, Revolutionary War Archives, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs,
Does not the Revolutionary record of Jonathan Bill include some personal data ?
His gravestone in Poland, Chautauqua Co., N.Y., reads: Jonathan Bill, born 1756, died Jan. 19, 1843. "Joined Central Army at commencement of War and served 7 years. Was at Bunker Hill, with Arnold at Quebec, and at Trenton, Monmouth, and Valley Forge."
We do not know whether the above is correct, or whether he received a pension. One enlistment was at Pittsfield (Mass.?)
What we want is a birth record, with names of parents and place; residence at time of enlistment; names of heirs which might be in a widow's pension record. Are not Vital Records included in his service or pension record ?
Very Truly Yours, C. P. Hazen .
C. P. Hazen, 10 Reed St., Springfield, Vermont.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
812222
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Jonathan Bill a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Feb 1777 Feb 24, 1780 Sgt Elisha Lee John Trinker Bonn.                                                   
Her name was Mary Bill and she was a resident of the state of Pennsylvania at the time of her application for a pension.
Battles engaged in, none stated Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated Date of application for pension, Apr. 10, 1878. Her claim was allowed Residence at date of application, Trenton, Pa. late Age at date of application, about 61 yrs. He died Jan 19, 1823 Remarks: In 1820 he returned to his wife Mary's aged 60 yrs and their son Joseph.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

January 25, 1936.
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Mrs. Samuel K. Frost 78 Remsen Street Brooklyn, New York
BA-1/ndy Jonathan Bill S.13222
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Jonathan Bill, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.13222, based upon the military service of Jonathan Bill in that war.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Jonathan Bill are not shown.
He enlisted, place not stated, in February 1777, and served as sergeant in Captain Elisha Lee's Company, Colonel John Durkee's Connecticut Regiment and was discharged February 24, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 10, 1818 at which time he was about sixty-one years old and a resident of Trenton, Oneida County, New York.
In 1820 soldier and his wife, Asenath, aged sixty years, were living with their son, Joseph Bill, his age not stated, in Perry, Genesee County, New York. There are no further family data.
Soldier died January 19, 1843, place not stated. An a. B.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator