Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,014, Jonas Bemis, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Bemis Jonas
S. 34,014
CONTENTS

Massachusetts Roll
Jonas Bemis 1 st 4
Sergeant
Shepherd, 7 th Jackson Mass Reg t War--- In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War,
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 24 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd of May 1818 and sent to Hon. Edward Bangs, Worcester, Mass.
Arrearages to 1 st Sept r 1818 4 months 11/30 $34.93
{Revolutionary claims, Act 18th March, 1818,}
6 Young

Revolutionary Claims.
[ B. ]
Form of a Declaration to be made by the Non-Commissioned Officers, Musicians, and Privates.
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828, I, Jonas Bennis of Spencer in the county of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts do hereby declare, that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination; at which period, I was a * Sergeant in Captain Caleb Clark's Company, in the Fourth Regiment, of the Massachusetts Line. And, I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates for the reward of eighty dollars; to which I was entitled, under a resolve of Congress, passed the 15th of May, 1778.
And I further declare, that I was not, on the fifteenth day of May, 1828, on the Pension List of the United States.†
Witness my hand, this twentieth day of June , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight Jonas Bennis Worcester ss.
Before me, ‡ James Draper Esquire one of the Justices of the Peace in the county of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts personally appeared, this day, Henry Sprague and Asa Jones both of Spencer and of the said county , who did severally make oath that Jonas Bennis by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand, this 20 th day of June in the year 1828
James Draper Esq.
I, Abijah Bigelow Clerk of the Court of the County of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts do hereby certify, that James Draper Esquire — before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a § Justice of the Peace and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the [L. S.] said Court, this first day of July in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty eight.
Abijah Bigelow, Clk.
* Sergeant, Corporal, Musician, or Private, as the case may be.
† The claimant, though not on the pension list on the 15th May, 1828, may have been on the list on or since the 3d of March, 1826, and afterwards stricken off: if so, he will add, and that I have received of the United States, as a pensioner, since the 3d of March, 1826, the sum of dollars, paid to me by the Agent for paying pensions in the State of
‡ Here insert a Justice of the Peace, or other Magistrate duly empowered to administer oaths.
§ Justice of the Peace, or otherwise, as the case may be.

Garret Brant
24/10/92
Given under my Hand and the Seal of said Court, the day of the date aforesaid.
John H. Brant

State of Massachusetts , Jonas Berris a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Spencer in the County of Worcester in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on the 4th day of March  A 1777
I entered and was engaged in the Land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the Ratification of the definitive treaty of peace between Great Britain and the United States of America in 1783. as a Privat  Sergeant against the common enemy, without any interrup- tion or absence: that I belonged to the Company of Infantry, command- ed by Capt. Prentiss Haskell, in the Fourth Massachusetts Regiment, commanded by Col. William Shepherd, and Col. Henry Jackson and that I left the service on the day of the Ratification aforesaid being June 9. 1783 and that, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty , I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of fifty seven years
And I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Jonas Berris
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this 24th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me, Edward Bangs Esq first associate Justice of the Circuit Court of Common pleas for the Western Circuit
the abovenamed Jonas Berris and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination du- ly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true.
Given under my Hand and the Seal of said Court, the day of the date aforesaid.
E. Bangs

Act 1828 Settled at Treasury Cons d with Smalld file # 34.014

To the honorable the secretary of the Treasury of the United States!
Inasmuch with inclosed, is my declaration respecting my services as a sergeant in the War of the Revolution and for further proof, I expect my discharge is in the War Office of the United States, sent there to prove my claim to a portion in conformity with the Laws of the United States of March 18 th 1818, and I think likely is filed, and numbered with other papers 675 as the Certificate, which I received was that number, and dated May 23 rd 1818
My Address is Jonas Burnis Spuner Post Office, County Worcester, State of Massachusetts.
Respectfully Yours H.C.
Jonas Burnis —
Spuner July 2 nd 1827

34 014 Pay INVALID.
File No. 34 014
Jonas Bemis Pay Rev 1800
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 33
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Apr. 20. 1904-1825 Mrs. E. N. Van Reusen Watson N.Y.

Certified copies of the within Documents were made out for the Hon. L. Bigelow, & sent to him on the 8 th Jan y 1823, at the Hall of the House of Rep s . N. H.

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
July 26. 1828.
Jonas Bemis , of Spencer, _____ in the County of Worcester, _____ in the State of Massachusetts, has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Sergeant _____ in captain Colap's _____ 's company, in the 4th regiment of the Massachusetts line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing .
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. Dickinson.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
31 st July 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Jonas Bemis in the Massachusetts line
It further appears that Jonas Bemis - 34 is now on the pension list of the _____ agency, and has been so since the 3 d March 1826  at the rate of  dollars per month
John Hagner And
[faint handwritten mark]

By His Excellency GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof Sergeant Jonas Bumip in the Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment, having faith- ly served the United States six Years three Months and being enlisted for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the
G Washington
By His Excellency's
Command,
Thomass M c Intire
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
J. M c Intire Adjutant.
THE above Sergeant Jonas Bumip has been honored with the BADGE of MERIT for six Years faithful Service. Henry Davis

HEAD-QUARTERS, June 9 1783.
THE within CERTIFICATE shall not avail the Bearer as a Discharge, until the Ratification of the definitive Treaty of Peace; previous to which Time, and until Proclamation thereof shall be made, He is to be considered as being on Furlough.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Joseph Brant Mohawk Chief June 15 Jan 1784
Left - Bennis
Jonas Bennis S.F. 34014 Mass