Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,322, Jonathan Deacons, Continental (R.I.) Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (R.D.) Mass.
Deacons, Jonathan
S 34,322
CONTENTS

1865
Massachusetts roll
Jonathan Deacons Capt Tollman H.C. Mch 8 Private Rhode Island Line - 8 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 18 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 of July 1818 and sent to Hon Sam Patna Salem. Mass
Arrears to 4th of Septm 1818 Semi-annual payment ending
4 m o 17/30.
311 53-
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Elizabeth G. Deacons

34 322 Rev INVALID.
File No. 34,322
Jonathan Deacon
Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 107
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Jon a Deacons -
not on Rolls
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Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.
Be it remembered, That Jonathan Deacons
of Middlesex in the County of Essex, in the Commonwealth aforesaid, doth make upon oath the following DECLARATION , to wit,
That in May seventeen hundred & seventy five at Middlesex he enlisted as a Soldier in Capt. John Tolsmans Company of the 21 st Regt. under Col. John Glover went to Cambridge & was discharged the last day of Dec r following. In the month of January seventeen hundred & seventy six he again entered the service & enlisted into Capt. Francis Symonds Company (he thinks) of the 11 Regt. under Col. Kitchcomb of the Rhode Island Line, went to Cambridge there wintered, then in April went to New York & continued in the same Company & Regt. until the first day of Feb y seventeen hundred & seventy seven when he was honorably discharged at Springfield in New Jersey - Both 1 st Regt. were upon the Continental establishment, & that his discharge is lost by time & accident - That he is sixty years old That he was in the Battle of Long Island, also at Harlem Heights &c -
That the Declarant is infirm; that from his reduced circumstances in life he is now in need of assistance from his country for support; and that he hereby relinquishes his claim to every pension heretofore allowed him by the laws of the United States.
Jonathan Deacons

AFFIDAVIT.
I Andrew Larky of Mansfield in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, Rifle maker do on oath depose and testify,
That I well know that the said Jonathan Deacons did serve in the American Revolu- tionary war as he has stated in his foregoing affidavit, I was in the same Reg t & service.
Andrew Larky
I William Thompson of Mansfield in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid do on oath depose and testify, that I well know Jonathan Deacons within named, he enlisted in May 1775 in Glover Reg t . went to Cambridge where he remained in 1 st Reg t until about the last of December then next. He then entered in January 1776 into the Rhode Island Line in Col. Pitch- cock's Regiment on the Continental establishment. He left Cambridge about the time I did for New York. I saw him almost every day & I know that he served after the expi- ration of his first term from about the first of Jan y 1776, until the beginning of February 1777. After which time I do not recollect I saw him in the service.
William Thompson
Enr. h. June 22 d 1818. Then William Thompson personally subscribed & made solemn oath to the above affidavit
Before me, Ralph W. French J. Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
I, SAMUEL PUTNAM, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth aforesaid, hereby certify, that the aforementioned Deponents, Andrew Lashley & William Thompson
are credible and disinterested witnesses; and that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Declarant served in the Revolutionary Army on the continental establishment against the common enemy more than nine months at one period of continued service; and I further certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Declarant is in reduced circumstances in life, and stands in need of assistance from his country for support.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this 30 th day of June Anno Domini 1818.
S. Putnam Just S. J. Court of Mass s }
I, Ichabod Tucker , Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court aforesaid, do certify, that the Hon. Samuel Putnam is a Judge of said Court, that the above is his signature, that the seal affixed is the seal of said Court, that the within named Ralph H. French Esq. who has certified the aforewritten depositions, is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Essex, duly empowered and qualified to administer oaths.
Ichabod Tucker Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ff.
On this eighteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally appeared before me Samuel Putnam one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of said
the aforesaid Jonathan Dewey & Andrew Leakey and in my presence severally subscribed and made solemn oath to the aforeswritten Declaration and AFFIDAVIT , by them respectively made as aforesaid:—And it appearing to my satisfaction, that the aforesaid Jonathan Dewey served more than NINE MONTHS, to wit, from the January  day A. D. 1776 to the first day of April  A. D. 1779 at one period of the Revolutionary War, on the Continental Establishment, against the common enemy, I do hereby cer- tify the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the Department of War.
Given under my hand, and the seal of the Court a- foresaid, at Marblehead , this eighteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
S. Putnam Just S. J. Court of Mass t }

Essex p
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Ichabod Tucker clerk of all the Judicial courts of said State in & for the county of Essex do certify that the Hon Samuel Putnam is a judge of said Supreme Judicial court, that the within signature is his proper handwriting that the seal hereto affixed is the seal of said court
Salem April 20 1818
Atty Ichabod Tucker, Clerk

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Deacons William GRADE Private LINE Hazen's Regiment
WARRANT NUMBER 13009 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED April 8, 1794 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.