Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1984, Job B Clark, R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
R. I.
blank, job B
R 1984
CONTENTS

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
1984
P. O.
Job B. Clarke
Service:
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

ss 192, Job B Clarke Rhode Island
Rejected Claims to have sent 2 months
Thos. Clarke July 5-1855
1984
June 7 1832

State of Rhode Island &c
County of Washington ss -
On this first day of June A.D. 1855 - Personally appeared in open court, being the court of Probate now held at Hopkinton in said County Job B. Clark, now Resident in said Hopkinton, aged Ninety years - who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th A.D. 1832, granting pensions to certain officers & Soldiers who performed Military Service in the war of the Revolution.
That he entered the Service of the United States, in the following named officers & Services as follows - His Service was a private in a Company, commanded by Capt. (have forgotten his name) and in a Regiment commanded by Col. Olney in the Months of September & October in the year 1781. In this Service, he served one Month, stationed at Newport (R. I.) for which he was paid & received rations.
His Service was in the year 1781 under Capt. (have forgotten his name) and in the Regiment commanded by Col. Olney. Stationed at Newport R. I. in which he served one Month -
Declarations by the Court
1 Where and what year was you born - Answer - I was born at Hopkinton R. I. in the year 1765 2a Have you any Record of your birth - Ans - Yes, my birth is Recorded in the Town Clerk's office in Hopkinton (R. I.) 3a Where were you living when called into Service Ans. in the Town of Hopkinton R. I. 4 How were you called into Service, Were you drafted or did you Volunteer - Ans - I served as a Substitute, for my older Brother Henry Clark who was drafted - 5 Did you receive any written discharge Ans. Yes, but by whom I have forgotten, and the discharge I have lost - And the said Job B. Clark hereby Relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension after the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension Rolls of our State -
Job B. Clark

As
Declaration
of Job B. Clarke — 1855 —
Thomas Clarke
1831. Broadway
New York City

State of Rhode Island &c
County of Washington ss
On this first day of June A.D. 1855 - Personally appeared in open court, being the court of Probate now held at Hopkinton in said County Job B. Clark, now Resident in said Hopkinton, aged Ninety years - who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7th A.D. 1832, granting pensions to certain officers & Soldiers who performed Military Service in the war of the Revolution.
That he entered the Service of the United States, in the following named officers & Servants as follows - His Service was a private in a company, commanded by Capt. (have forgotten his name) and in a Regiment commanded by Col. Olney in the Months of September & October in the year 1781. In this Service, he served one Month, stationed at Newport (R.I.) for which he was paid & received rations.
His Service was in the year 1781 under Capt. (have forgotten his name) and in the Regiment commanded by Col. Olney. Stationed at Newport R.I. in which he served one Month -
Questions by the Court
 1 Where and what year was you born - Ans - I was born at Hopkinton R.I. in the year 1765  2 Have you any Record of your birth - Ans - Yes, my birth is Recorded in the Town Clerk's office in Hopkinton (R.I.)  3 Where were you living when called into Service Ans. in the Town of Hopkinton R.I.  4 How were you called into Service, Were you drafted or did you Volunteer - Ans - I served as a Substitute, for my older Brother Henry Clark who was drafted -  5 Did you receive any written discharge Ans. Yes, but by whom I have forgotten, and the discharge I have lost - 
And the said Job B. Clark hereby Relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension of the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of our State -
Job B. Clark

Sworn to & subscribed in open court on the day of year above written
Chris C. Lewis Clerk
We Daniel Coon a blygymen residing in the Town of Hopkinton in said County with Christopher C. Lewis residing in the same Town do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John B. Clark who has signed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be of Ninety years of age, that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion & also that we consider his mental facul- ties are much impaired on account of his old age
Daniel Coon • Eld
Chris C. Lewis
Sworn to & subscribed the day of year of our Lord before the Court of Probate of said Hopkinton
Chris C. Lewis Clerk
And the said Court do declare their opinion that the said John B. Clark, after investigation and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the Rules & Regulations, that the said John B. Clark was a Soldier of the Revolution & Pensioner as he states — and the said Court further certify that the said Daniel Coon is a blygymen Resident in the said Town of Hopkinton and that Chris C. Lewis is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
Chris C. Lewis Clerk
I Chris C. Lewis Clerk of said Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original pro- ceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of John B. Clark.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this first day of June A 1855
Chris C. Lewis Clerk