Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12209, James Bierce, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Pierce, James or Beris
S. 12209
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1279- Connecticut
you to Pay Apr. 27, 1837.
James Pierce
of Cornwall in the State of Conn who was a Pirate, in the company commanded by Captain Smith - of the Reg t commanded by Col Bradley in the Connecticut line for 7 Mo:
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 23 Dollars 34 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of October 1831 and sent to Geo. G. Woodruff Simsfield Conn
Arrears to 14th of Sept - 1831 $34.99 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4. Mar 1833: 11 66 $46.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Apr June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk, Book R, Vol. 3, Page 33.

District of Connecticut ss. County of Litchfield, Cacunt Court.
On this 5 th day of July 1820 personally appeared in open Court, being a court of RECORD for said county in said district, having the power to fine and imprison, James Burs
aged 76 years resident in _____ 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 :
That he enlisted on or about the 15 th day of May 1776 in a Company commanded by Capt. Simeon Smith and in a Regiment commanded by Col. Phillip S. Bradley in the Connecticut line in the Continental establishment & for the term of nine months - That I joined my Regt and entered in service and served about it in New York and on Long Island until the 16 th day of November 1776 when I was captured at Fort Washington was confined in New York until paroled - and remained a prisoner of War for about two years & a half - & that I have received a pension certificate upon my application dated the 21 st day of August 1817 numbered 14648 - and I am old and infirm and unable to support myself by manual labour and have a wife Sarah Burs aged sixty one years sick & unable to walk about.
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 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 18 th 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.

Sworn to and declared on the 5 th day of July A. D. 1820 before trial Court
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk
James B. Williams Not entitled 14.640 12/1/20
I, Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the County Court, in the county of Litchfield, and State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing Cash and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the 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 fourteen hundred forty three dollars and 9 cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 17 th day of July 1820
Clerk of the County Court for the County of Litchfield.
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk

District of Connecticut ss, County of Litchfield, Convers Court.
On this 5 th day of July 1820 personally appeared in open Court, being a court of RECORD for said county in said district, having the power to fine and imprison, James Buris
aged 76 years resident in Convers 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 :
That he enlisted on or about the 15 th day of May 1776 in a Company commanded by Capt. Simson Smith and in a Regiment commanded by Col. Phillip B. Bradley in the Connecticut line in the Continental establishment & for the term of nine months - That I joined my Regt and entered in service and served about 4 in New York and on Long Island until the 16 th day of November 1776 when I was captured at Fort Washington was confined in New York until paroled - and remained a prisoner of War for about two years & an half - & that I have received a pension certificate upon my application dated the 21 st day of August 1819 numbered 14628 - and I am old and infirm and unable to support myself by manual labour and have a wife Sarah Buris aged sixty one years sick & unable to walk about.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ; 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 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 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,

Schedule
  1 horse $ 50-00   2 oxen $55- 1 Cow 13-00- 3 cattle 2 years old 24-00 92-00   1 yearling colt 12-00- 1 Shay 3-50- 6 Sheep 5-00- 20-50   1 Table & 2 Stands 2.25- 1 Wash tub 0.25 2-50   2 Brass kettles 4-00- 1 Iron pot & 1 Dish kettle 0.67 4-67   1 Tea kettle 0.52- 1 Spider 0.17- 1 Chest with drawers 1.25 1-92   1 Chest 0.25- 1 Looking glass 0.34- 7 chairs 1.50 2-09   2 wheels & Box 1.50- 4 Barrels 2-00- 4-50   1 Corn basket, 1 qt. stoulyards 0.45- 1 pail & tongs 1.25 2-25   1 qt and tongs 0.50- 1 qt iron iron, 40- 6 Milk pans, 60 1-50   1 set sett Teas, 30- 2 qt Bowls, 10- 1 Tea pot, 20 0-60   1 sett plates, 34- 1 dish, 14- 1 Milk cup, 10 0-58   6 plates 3 plates pewter 2-50   1 Glass Jug, 34- 1 Tumbler, 10 0-44   6 Table spoons - pewter 0-36   4 Tea spoons, 20- 1 sett Tea spoons 3-00 3-20   5 knives & forks, 50- one Horn wagg on 8.00 40-50   1 old damage do 6-00   1 do Saddle 1-00   1 yoke & plough 2-00- 1 line, 25- 1 Saddle, 50 2-75   1 Chain 1-00- 1 old axe, 50- 1 Tin pail 1-00 2-50   1 wooden pail 0-25- 3 glass bottles, 50 0-75   243.09 
Twenty three acres Land & buildings thereon - 1200-00  $1443.09

Sworn to and declared on the 5 th day of July A. D. 1820 before said Court
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk
James B. ... Not entitled 11.640 12/1/20
I, Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the County Court, in the county of Litchfield, and State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing Cash and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the 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 fourteen hundred forty three dollars and 9 cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 19 th day of July 1820
Clerk of the County Court for the County of Litchfield.
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk

I James Bierce of the town of Cornwall in the County of Litchfield, Conn. being duly sworn do make the following statement or declaration, to wit,
I have once been on the pension roll of the United States, under the act of March, 1818; that I have once been struck therefrom on account of property; that I was a private soldier in the army of the Revolution in the service of the United States; in the Company commanded by Capt Smith, Lieut Tanner, Lieut Stoddard, Ensign Bellamy; in the Regiment commanded by Col Bradley Lt. Col. Robbie, I served a short time in New York in the year 1776 from New York I went to Bergen then to Hackensack then to Fort Washington where I was taken prisoner & was confined in New York until paroled - I remained a prisoner about two and a half years, I have once received a pension certificate which is herewith annexed, but in it my name is through some mistake misspelt; I enlisted at the time I entered the army; at the time I entered the army I served as above stated, I at this time reside in Cornwall in L d County, & I did reside there when my first application was made on the 20 th day of August 1819 under the act of Congress passed March 18 th 1818
Dated at Litchfield this 21 st day of August 1892
James Bierce
Litchfield County ss Litchfield Aug 21 st 1892 Personally appeared James Bierce who subscribed to the above statement or declaration in my presence & made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Before me
George C. Woodruff Justice of the Peace

I Frederick Wolcott Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut certify that George C. Woodruff Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Litchfield & that as such he hath a right by law to administer Oaths &c. and that the signature to the within Certificate which purports to be his is genuine. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court at Litchfield in said County this 21 st day of August A. D. 1832.
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of James Bierce or Beris 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. S. F. 12,209.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 15, 1776 Pvt. Simeon Smith Philip B. Bradley Conn   Captured Nov. 16, 1776, at Fort Washington and in Jan. 1777, released on parole, and remained a prisoner of war for about 2 1/2 yrs. car S. N. 4 & held  
Battles engaged in, Fort Washington
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Not stated
Date of application for pension, Aug. 26, 1819. His cl. nasal.
Residence at date of application, Conneaut, Litchfield Co., Conn.
Age at date of application, 75 yrs
Remarks: In 1820, he referred to his wife, Sarah, aged 61 yrs. No further family data.
Clf
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

1897 History to Joseph J. Ryan Sharon, Conn.
1917, Aug. 22. History to Mrs. Margaret F. Murray Fr.
1928- Sept. 6- Tombstone Data to Chas. R. Hale See letter in Rev. Abel Avery W 2 3 476 cont
Rev. Ryan
12.209 ✓ INVALID.
Feb 16- Mfs -
File No. 12,209
James Pierce Prim. Rev. War.
Act: June 7, 1862
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 32
[Arrangement of 1870.]

111.648 R Connecticut
James Beris
of Cornwall in the state of Connecticut who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bradley of the Connecticut line, for the term of 2 1/2 years
Inscribed on the roll of Connecticut at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 26 of August 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 d of Sept: 1819 and sent to John J. Peters, Esq. Cornwall, Connecticut.
Arrears to 4th of Sept: 1819 - \frac{6.75}{31.50} 2.60 Semi-annual all'ce ending 4 Mar: 1820 - 40.00
$42.60
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued Litchfield Co. Ct.
Notification sent to Frederick Wolcott Esq 9 October 1820. Litchfield Cont.

4737 Case of Jas. Beirne. L
Mrs. T. Peters Jewett
Cornwall, Conn.
recd Sept. 4. 1819
Cornwall ct Aug. 30 th
free
John C. Calhoun Esq. Secretary War Washington City
James Beris Jewett
Col. Bradey's Connecticut Regt
24 1776 - 2 yrs:
26 th August 1819.

I, James Beine of Cornwall in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut do hereby declare that I enlisted as a Soldier in a Company commanded by Capt. Smith in a Regiment commanded by Col. Bradley belonging to the Connecticut line of the Continental Army - with the United States establishment in the Month of May AD 1776 and immediately thereafter joined my Regiment - and served in New York and New Jersey until about the 1 st of November 1776 - when I marched with a part of said Regiment on to York Island for the defense of Fort Washington - and on about the 16 th day of November said Year was captured and made a Prisoner of War by the British Army, then the Enemy of the Country - and was from thence taken to New York and there confined in a most distressing and inhuman manner until about the first day of January 1777 - at which time I was permitted to return to Connecticut on Parole - as were also my fellow Prisoners - our Officers being detained as Hostages - and remained a Prisoner of War, inactive and without pay, for the term of two Years or three at most, and was in the service of my Country as an active Soldier and Prisoner of War more than two Years and a half before I was exchanged - for the reasons and declare that by reason of my extreme sufferings while a Prisoner - my advanced age (being now seventy-five years of age) and my reduced circumstances in life I stand in need of the Assistance of my Country for support -
James Beine
State of Connecticut, Litchfield County ss. August 26, 1819
Personally appeared the above named James Beine and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing Affidavit.
Sworn to me - the day above written
John T. Peter one of the judges of the Superior Court State of Connecticut, Litchfield County ss.
August 26, 1819
I John T. Peter one of the judges of the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut
do certify that the foregoing affidavit was duly taken before me - and by the Evidence exhibited to me it appears to my satisfaction that the said James Beine served in the Revolutionary War against the common Enemy of the Country for the time stated in his aforesaid Affidavit and that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of the

of sustained of his country for support.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed - this 26 th day of August Anno Domini 1819.
John J. Peters Judge of the Superior Court
St. Asaph County ss. Comwall August 23 rd AD 1819
Personally appeared Mr. Jacob Schertz of said Comwall - well known to me as a reputable Witness and being duly sworn - testifies and says that he was Personally knowing to the facts stated by James Baird in his Affidavit herewith annexed - that he enlisted and served with him was captured and confined in New York with him - and Paroled and exchanged at the same time and in the same manner as the said James Baird was - and that the Affidavit of said James Baird is a true statement of the facts.
Sworn before me William Kellogg Justice of the Peace
St. Asaph County ss. Comwall August 23 rd AD 1819.
Personally appeared Oliver Burnham Esq r of said Comwall - and being duly sworn Deposes and says that he was Personally acquainted with James Baird of Comwall - was knowing to his being in the service of the United States in the campaign of 1776 - that he was captured at Fort Washington in November 1776 - and believes that the Affidavit of the said James Baird attached hereto is true and correctly stated by him - the said Oliver Burnham Esq r having been at the same time in service and was made Prisoner at Fort Washington with said Baird - the Deponent belonged to a different Corps - The above named Oliver Burnham Esq r being well known to me as a reputable and respectable Witness.
Sworn before me William Kellogg Justice of the Peace
PS. Should a Certificate of Pension be granted on this application the Secretary at War is requested to forward it addressed to William Kellogg Esq r Comwall, Cornwall.

Litchfield County ss. Cornwall August 25 th 1819.
Personally appeared Mr. Rufus Payne and Mr. Truman Baldwin both of said Cornwall - and both known to me as Reputable and Respectable Witnesses - and being duly sworn, depose and say that they are personally acquainted with James Beine of said Cornwall. That they know said James Beine to be in reduced circumstances and in need of the Assistance of his Country for Support - Sworn before me William Kellogg Justice of the Peace
I Frederick Wolcott, clerk of the Superior Court within the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, certify that The Hon ble John P. Peters, is a Judge of said Court, & that his name subscribed to the preceding instruments is to me well known to be his hand writing, & that the Seal hereto affixed is the Seal of said Court.
August 26 th D. 1819.
Frederick Wolcott.
I Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, certify that William Kellogg, Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within said County legally commissioned and qualified, & that his name subscribed to the preceding instruments is his hand writing; - & that the Seal hereto affixed is the Seal of said Court.
August 26 th D. 1819.
Frederick Wolcott.

Connettall May the 6. 182.0
Personally appeared James Beinece and made Solemn Cath that he received this Certificate from the War office before me Rufus Swift Justice of the Peace
James Doris
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of March next, in Middleton, at the Br: Bk: W. Slater,
Connecticut
W. Slater

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, for " " " "
James Beris — late a private " " " " in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Connecticut Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to com- mence on the twenty sixth day of August one thousand eight hundred and nineteen .
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this twenty third day of September one thousand eight hundred and nineteen .
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

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sent Geo C Woodruff Litchfield Co

Litchfield Conn. Aug 24 th 1832
To the Hon Sec y of War
I herewith transmit to your department the application of James Bierce to be again placed on the Pension roll, he having been stricken therefrom on account of property
With Respect
Geo. C. Woodruff
P.S. He wishes your answer to be sent to me G. C. Woodruff

J. J. RYAN, P. M. FLORA A. RYAN, Asst. P. M.
Jan 27 1897
Pension Dpt. Washington D. C. Can you inform me in What Company of the Revolutionary war James Bierce of Litchfield Co. Conn. served. He received pension under act of 23 rd Congress - 1833 - 1834. In book of Conn. men in the revolution, page 652 James Bierce name is found as pensioner. Are his discharge papers in Washington and can I obtain them. He was my great grand father and I wish to obtain his papers.

an other information. By looking into this matter for me you will greatly oblige
(Mrs) Joseph J. Ryan
Sharon Conn

Rev Sec
Chicago, Illinois. August 16, 1916.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C. Dear Sir:--
I find in the Conn. list of revolutionary soldiers, that James Bierce was drawing a pension in Litchfield Co. Conn. in 1832.
Would you kindly give me the particulars of his service and any family history you have on record with the application and allowance of the pension. I am of the opinion that his wife was named Mary Bumpas but it may not be correct.
Thanking you in advance, I remain,
Yours respectfully,
4817 Magnolia Ave. Chicago.
(Mrs) Margaret Floyd Murray.

From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 12309, it appears that James Bierce enlisted May 15, 1776 and served as a private in Captain Simeon Smith's Company, Colonel Philip B. Bradley's Connecticut Regiment, he was captured November 16, 1776 at Fort Washington, carried to New York and held until in January 1777, when he was released on parole, and remained a prisoner of war for about two and one half years.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 26, 1819, at which time he was living in Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut, aged seventy-five years. *****
Alley Am Soulstove Data

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Pierce, William GRADE Sergeant LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER S. 5425 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Jan. 7, 1800
and 14154
to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.