Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,049, Jeremiah Copwell, R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
R.I.
Copwell, Jeremiah or Capwell
S. 40,049
CONTENTS

7241
Rhode Island
Jeremiah Copwell
of Coventry in the state of R. Island who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Greene of the R. Island line, for the term of 3 years. to '80.
Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of May 1810.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of March 1819 and sent to Benj m Corde, Esq r Providence, R. Island.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819. 10 3/4 $1. 03. Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Feb y 1819. 40. 00
$: 129. 03
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued Kent County.
Notification sent to Benj m Corde Esq r 1820. to Counsel Providence R.I.

Jeremiah Copwell Private
cont. C. Green's Regt Rhode Island Line
served from May 1777 to May 1780
1 st May 1810.
Admitted

J. Jeremiad
Warwick 30 th Apr. 1818
Sir)
There may certify whom it may concern that Jeremiah Copwell of Coventry County of Kent State of Rhode Island &c was a Soldier in the Army of the United in the Revolutionary War and served three years in that Capacity in the Regiment commanded by Col s Greene and Angle and was regularly discharged in the year Seventeen hundred & Eighty at Morristown State of New Jersey and is in low circumstances has two sons Deaf & Dumb. that his pay & clothing be war paid the two last years of his service by your most Obedient and very Humbl e Serv t .
Thomas Hughes Esq r .
I pray Master to Col d J. Angel Esq r
His Honor Judge Howel

I Jeremiah Copwell of Coventry in the District of Rhode Island being now fifty nine years old on solemn oath do declare and say - That in the month of May 1777 according to the best of my recollection I enlisted as a private soldier in Capt Lewis Company of Col Christopher Greene's regiment in the continental army of the United States & in the Rhode Island line for three years - In which service I continued during all that time, when I was regularly discharged at Morris town in New Jersey - My discharge is now lost - I was in the battles of Red Bank, Monmouth, Mudport, & Rhode Island - I further declare that I am now in reduced circumstances & stand in need of the assistance of my country for support,
attest Benj Cuyler Jeremiah his Copwell Mark

Rhode Island District
Be it remembered that on this first day of May 1818 came before me the within named Jeremiah Copwell and made solemn oath to the truth of the declaration to which his mark is affixed. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & here caused the seal of the Court to be hereunto affixed.
David Howell District Judge.
The signature of the Judge and the seal of the Court are hereunto affixed. Witness Benjamin Cane Clerk

40.049
INVALID.
Rev
1906 Oct. 8 Hist. to Clarence L. Capewell letter in S.F. 39329 James Copwell
File No. 40.049
Jeremiah Copwell Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 96
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Seumaha Capule
7241
Sept. 10/19

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
RHODE-ISLAND DISTRICT.
County of Kent Special Court of Common Pleas, July A. D. 1820.
On this 7 th day of July 1820, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record within and for said county - Jeremiah Capwell aged 61 years, residing in the town of Wattawanset 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 served in Col s Greene's & Col s Angell's regiments of the Rhode Island line as a private three years
that he made a previous declaration on the first day of May 1818, and that he has received a certificate for a pension, being No. 241 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: 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.
Jeremiah Capwell  his mark
A SCHEDULE of Property and Income (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) of Jeremiah Capwell
about forty Acres of wild Land one Acre of which only is Improved. with a Log house thereon. Worth partly with my pension Money & the rest is under Mortgage say one hundred thirty Nine dollars - being the full value thereof. some personal Goods & quill wheel & swift. 3 wooden chairs, 1 table. 1 round table, 1 Chest with drawers, 1 Wood Chest, 1 Iron pot. 1 Kettle. 2 old axes. 2 bush raphes. 1 better Dredge, 5 old chairs, 1 wooden wheel, 1 old wheel, 2 flat irons, 1 shovel & spade. 2 trunks, one old gun. 2 old hoes, 1 pitchfork. 1 basket. 1 grubhoe. 1 lantern. 1/2 dozen stone plates, some tea cups & saucers, 6 old casks. 3 old wash tubs. 1 harrow. & this declarant saith that he is a Labourer & works when he is able - but is much afflicted with the Rheumatism, that he is involved in debt. that he now justly owes more than one hundred 1 ninety dollars. that he has two children both of them deaf and dumb. 1 daughter thirty six years old. 1 son 21, entirely dependent on him - under these circumstances he must shortly depend either public or private charity for support if his pension is taken away
Sworn to and declared before me on the 7 th day of July 1820. Jeremiah Capwell  his mark Witness Ingraham
21-74
RHODE-ISLAND DISTRICT.
Common Pleas
County of Kent Clerk's Office of the Court of Common Pleas, A. D. 1820
Ingraham Clerk of said Court 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 amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Twenty one dollars and Seventy four cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 15 th day of July 1820
Ingraham Clerk of said Court.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Jeremiah Capwell or Copwell 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. 40,049
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1777 3 years Private Levis Christopher Greene Angell R. I.                                     
Battles engaged in, Red Bank, Monmouth & R.I.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, May 1, 1818. His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Courtenay, Kent Co. R. I.
Age at date of application, 57 - nine years.
Remarks: In 1820 he resided at West Greenwich referred to his daughter aged 36 yrs. & son 21 yrs. but did not state their names.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.