Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,740, Jonathan Dear, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Dear Jonathan
S 34,740
CONTENTS

9756 New York Michigan
Jonathan Dear, Jefferson Co. in the state of N. York, who was a private in the regiment commanded by colonel Swift, of the Connecticut, for the term of three years, 1781.
scribed on the Roll of New-York, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 8. of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23. of April 1819, and sent to Elijah Field, junr. judge Sackett's Harbour, Jefferson Co. N.Y.
arrears to 4th of March, 1819. - 87.10. emi-anl. all'ce ending 4. Sept. 48 " 10 mo. \frac{23}{30} } 1819. $ 135.16 \& \frac{4}{31} }
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March; 1818. }
Continued

Transferred from Albany Agency to Michig and 30 March 1832 March 1832
Date of death not kn. A.D.
Remains sent to Steph. Jenness Esq. 20 Feb Watkins New York

State of New York } County of Jefferson } to Jonathan Dear being du- ly sworn saith, That he is a resident citizen of the United States, to wit of the village of Sackets Harbor in the State of New York, and that he is by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his country for support.
That he entered the service of the United States in the fore part of January in the year 1701 and served in a company com- manded by Captain Hopkins in the Second Regiment of the Connecticut Line.
That he was discharged on the fourth day of January at the city of New York 1704, at the city of New York & was hon- orably discharged in consequence of the expiration of the his term of service. He served as a private.
Jonathan Dear
Sworn & subscribed } this 9th day of April } 1810. Before me }
Elijah Lillard Jr. } one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Jefferson

State of New York County of Jefferson ss Solomon B. Whitney being duly sworn saith that he is personally acquainted with George Jonathan Dear and knows that the said Dear is a poor man & de- stitute of any means of support other than his daily labour.
This deponent has been acquainted with said Dear for ten or twelve years past and has understood both from him & from others that said Dear served for three years during the revolutionary war on continental establishment.
Sol. B. Whitney
Sworn this 10th day of April 10/10 before me
E. Lyah Field Jr. one of the judges of the Court of common pleas for Jefferson County.
Jonathan Dear do hereby declare that there has not been allowed to me any pension by the United States & if any has been allowed I do hereby relinquish any & all claim I have to any pension except that which is allowed by act of Congress approved March 10. 10/10 Jonathan Dear A. Livingston Col U.S. Army

Jonathan D. Dear
9756 em

STATE OF NEW YORK, JEFFERSON COUNTY, ss.
On this sixth day of July 18 20 personally appeared in open court, Jonathan Dear being a court of record by a law of said state for the said county aged Fifty eight years, resident in Hounsfield 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 I enlisted in the year 1781 in January into Capt Morris Company 2 Connecticut Regiment - Commanded by Col. Herman Swift and was discharged the 11 th day of January 1784 at New York by General Knox - I was in the battle at White Plains & at the taking of Connawalla and in several other marches - my original declaration was made the 8 th day of April 1820 & the number of my Pension Certificate is (9.756),
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 Rev- olutionary 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.
I have no wife - I have two children - To wit - George Dear a Sargent in Capt Baileys Company at Plattsburgh & my daughter Polly Wife to Sargent Whitney, of the 2 nd Regiment My occupation is that of a Soldier - having served my Country during the whole of the last war and five years immediately previous & I have no property except my clothes - I am in ill health and am supported by my son in law & my pension without which I should fall onto the town for support
Sworn to and declared on the sixth day of July 18 20 before George Andrews Clerk Signed Jonathan Dear
I Geo. Andrews Clerk of the county of Jefferson, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of 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 No dollars, and No cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, on this sixth day of July 18 20 Geo. Andrews Clerk of the County of Jefferson

March 29 1832
Pension Office 3 Pension office
Transfer this man

County of Wayne
On this Tenth day of March 1832 before me, the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for said county of Wayne personally appeared Jonathan Dean who on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Hopkins, in the Second Pennsylvania Regiment, in the service of the United States, that his name was placed on the pension Roll of the State of New York from which he has lately removed; that he now resides in the Territory of Michigan, where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be then payable in future. The following are his reasons for removing from the state of New York to Michigan and to live with his children who reside in Michigan.
Jonathan Dean
Sworn & subscribed to, before me the day and year aforesaid Elihu D. W. Justice of the Peace
Territory of Michigan County of Wayne S.S. Isaac S. Rowland, Clerk of the Court of Wayne County, certify that Ellis D. Doty is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office and subscribed my name this twelfth day of March one thousand eight hundred thirty two.
Isaac S. Rowland Clerk of Wayne County

Territory of Michigan County of Wayne } Personally appeared before me Ellis Doty a Justice of the Peace for said county Peter Van Every who on his oath saith Jonathan Dear who has taken the foregoing oath, is the person who is described in the Affidavit.
Sworn to & subscribed before me This 10 th day of March A.D. 1832 Ellis Doty Justice of the Peace
Peter Van Every
Territory of Michigan County of Wayne } I Ellis Doty a Justice of the Peace for said county do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Peter Van Every who has taken the above oath, and that he is a man of truth & veracity.
Given under my hand at the City of Detroit this 10 th day of March A.D. 1832
Ellis Doty Justice of the Peace

Notice of Transfer, to the Pensioners, is requested to be directed to the Pension Agents at Detroit, who will deliver the same to the Pensioners.

October 9, 1935
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Bertha M. Winch 235 S. Torrence Street Dayton, Ohio
JONATHAN DEAR S. 34740 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Jonathan Dear, who served from Connecticut, was pensioned in Jefferson County, New York, and moved to Michigan.
The record of Jonathan Dear follows as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 34740, based upon service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of this soldier's birth and names of his parents are not shown.
Jonathan Dear enlisted in the forepart of January, 1781, place not stated, served as private in Captains Morris' and Hopkins' companies, Colonel Heman Swift's Connecticut regiment, was in several skirmishes, at the taking of Cornwallis, and was discharged January 4, 1784. The soldier stated, also, that he was in the battle of White Plains, no details of this service given.
Jonathan Dear was allowed pension on his application executed April 8, 1818, at which time he was residing in the Village of Sacket's Harbor, Jefferson County, New York.
In 1820, the soldier was living in Hounsfield, Jefferson County, New York, aged fifty-eight years, and stated that he then had no wife, but had two children, namely, George Dear who was sergeant in Captain Bailey's company at Plattsburgh, and a daughter, Polly, who was the wife of Sergeant Whitney (his given name not stated). In 1832, the soldier was residing in the Territory of Michigan, where he had moved to live with his children then residing there. At that time he made affidavit in Wayne County, Michigan, but did not state his place of residence. The name of soldier's wife was not shown in the claim.

In 1818, one Solomon B. Whitney made affidavit in Jefferson County, New York, that he had known the soldier, Jonathan Dear, for ten or twelve years; his relationship to Sergeant Whitney who married soldier's daughter, Polly, not shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

December 3, 1935
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Bertha M. Winch 235 South Torrence Street Dayton, Ohio
JONATHAN DEAR S. 34740 BA-J/MLB Am
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of November 18, in which you request further information in regard to last payment of pension and date of death of Jonathan Dear, S. 34740, whose record was furnished you October 9, 1935.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name of the person paid, and possibly the date of death of the above-named soldier, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Jonathan Dear Certificate #9756 Issued April 23, 1819 Rate $8 per month Commenced April 8, 1818 Act March 18, 1818 New York Agency Transferred to Michigan Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
I 34,740
I 36,505
L. W. B.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
January 9, 1887.
Madam:
Replying to your request for information concerning the military records of Jonathan Dean and Phineas Dean, soldiers of the Revolutionary War, you are advised as follows:
Jonathan Dean made application for pension on February , 1818, at which time he was 56 years of age and residing at Hounsfield, N. Y., and his pension was allowed for three years' actual service as a private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary War; a part of the time he served under Capt. Morris and Col. Swift. Place of his enlistment not stated.
Phineas Dean made application for pension on March 22, 1819, at which time he was 61 years of age and residing at Middletown, Conn., and his pension was allowed for one year's actual service as a private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary War; a part of the time he served under Capt. Sumner and Col. Wyllys; (place of his enlistment not stated).
Very respectfully,
Mrs Frances L. Poole, 1027 Locust Street, Dubuque, Iowa.
Commissioner.

235 S. Torrence St., Dayton, Ohio. Nov. 18, 1935.
Mr. A.D.Hiller, Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: In a letter, dated October 9, 1935 ( Jonathan Dear s. 34740 BA-J/MLB ) you gave me the pension record of Jonathan Dear for which I thank you sincerely. You said that in 1832 he was residing in the Terri- tory of Michigan and that he made affidavit in Wayne Co., Michigan. Can you tell me the date of his death, or the date of his last pensi on check?
Thank you.
Yours truly,
Bertha M. Winch

235 S. Torrence St., Dayton, Ohio. September 29, 1935.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Being interested in membership of the Daughters of the American Revolution, I am asking your assistance.
I desire information in regard to Jonathan Dear. I already have this information: " Jonathan Dear served in the Revolutionary War as a private in a company designated at various times as Captain James Morris's and 3rd Company, 2nd Connecticut Regiment (2nd Formation 1781) commanded by Colonel Heman Swift. He enlisted February 15, 1781, for three years, and his name last appears on a muster roll of the Light Infantry Company, Colonel Heman Swift's Connecticut Regiment (Final Formation, 1783) for September. 1783, dated October 1783." This is copy from the War Department.
Also I know from records in the Detroit Michigan Public Library from " Revolutionary Rolls of Michigan" the record reads: Jonathan Dear- Private, Connecticut line. Came to Wayne Co, Mich.. Placed on Pension Roll, April 23, 1819. Pension began April 8, 1818, age 72. Transferred from Jefferson Co., N.Y. " ( Report from the Secretary of War--- in relation to the pension establishment of the U.S.S . Washington, 1835, v. 3. )
Can you give the date and place of his death, the name of his wife, or any other information?
Thanking you for your assistance, I am
Yours respectfully,
Bertha M. Winch

D Dubuque, Iowa
December 14 th 1896.
To the
Honorable Commissioner of Pensions -
Dear Sir
My ancestors Jonathan Dean, and Phoebe Dean were in the Revolutionary war, and family history says they pensions for their services, but we do not know in what capacity they served, where enlisted or the length of their time of service. If not trespassing too much upon your valuable time will you kindly give me the desired information. Their home was Plainfield, Conn.
Very Respectfully Yours Mrs. Frances L. Poole,
1027 Locust Street -

34 7 40 Key INVALID.
File No. 84/750
Jonathan Dead Rev. Rev. Ward
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 105
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Jan. 9. 1897. History to Mrs Frances L. Poole No 27 Locust st. Dubuque Iowa
1935 Oct 9 - Visit to Bertha M.
Stinch - M.L.B.
1935 Dec 3 - Bertha M. Stinch ref'd
to L.Y. for date of death, etc - M.L.B.

Jonathan Dear, Jr. Jefferson county, N.Y. 3 years in col. Swifts regiment, Conn't line 8 th April, 1818.
Elijah Field, jun. judge, Sacketts harbour, Jefferson County, N. York.

Jon a D r ear -
No col Rappah on the Connecticut side in the continental establish- ment only 2 d Regiment Col o J. M. 1 st Service admitted Indians Certificate - date of indigence circumstances granted
Jonathan D r print lot swpts Regt Co. line 15 th July - 84 - 3 years Capt n Morris & Comp y Adm c

Be it remembered that on the eighth day of April 1818 it has been made to appear to the satis- faction of me Elijah Field Junior one of the Judges of the court of common pleas of the County of Jefferson in the State of New York, by the preceding affidavit, that Jonas than Dear therein named did serve in the Revolutionary war for the term of nine months or longer, on the continental establishment against the common enemy of the United States, and that he served in the capacity of a private soldier.
Elijah Field Junr
Clerks office 11 County
fs I certify that the above named Elijah Field Junr was on the eighth day of April 1818 a judge of said county and duly qualified to act as such
Burgess Skinner Clerk of Jeff County NYork