Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23,335, Jonathan Holmes, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Continental Maes.
Holmes, Jonathan Mercy
W 23.335 B.L.W. 560-100
CONTENTS

7,992 Maine
Sp. 2. S. Agt.
Jonathan Holmes 4
of Hailford in the Dist of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Putnam of the Mass line, for the term of six years
inscribed on the Roll of the Dist of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th of March 1819 and sent to S. K. Parris, Esq. Paris, Maine.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 some 2/30 1/31 85.56 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept. 1819 118.00
13 3:56
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

374,
Maine
Mercy Holmes, widow of Jonathan Holmes who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Sergeant,
Reported
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 120 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of June 1848, and sent to
Hon. Franklin Clark H of R
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 13 Vol. 1,

Jonathan Holmes. Sergeant Massachusetts Line.
Warrant issued under date 14 th May 1811. to David J. Poor, Assignee, and delivered to Chauncy Lawrence who presented his Power of Attorney in due form, but as it went to other matters besides the deliv. of this Warrant, it could not be left on the Files of the W/O.

No. 178 I, Jonathan Holmes, a resident citizen of the United States of America, an inhabitant of Hartford in the County of Oxford and State of Massachusetts, do testify and say, that on the first of June AD 1775 I enlisted into the army of the United States of America on the continental establishment for the term of eight months, in Capt. Pileg Wadsworth's company, Col. Cotton's regiment, and Gen. Thomas' brigade in the Massachusetts line in which company I served as a private soldier to the end of said term, when I again enlisted into the same company for twelve months as a private soldier, which term of one year I fully served, when without leaving the service I again enlisted into said service as a private soldier during the war in Capt. White's company, Col. Rufus Putnam's brigade regiment numbered sixth fifth Gen. Nickerson's brigade, in the Massachusetts line, in which service I continued until the fourth day of November AD 1783, when I received an honorable discharge signed by Gen. George Washington, which I have since lost. I further testify that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I stand in need of assistance from my country for support and that I am not borne on any pension list of the United States. Jonathan Holmes
We Robert Fuller and Barzillai Fuller of Lebanon in the County of Oxford and State of Massachusetts, do testify and say, that we were in the continental service in the revolutionary war during the same period that the above named Jonathan Holmes served his terms of eight months and of one year, and were in the same company during these two periods and to our certain knowledge, said Holmes served the said terms of eight months and of one year, as he has above declared.
Robert Fuller Barzillai Fuller

We the subscribers of Hartford in the State of Massachusetts, do testify and say that we are personally acquainted with Jonathan Holmes, within named, and to the best of our knowledge and belief in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support —
Mary Gurnham Mabel Hart
We do hereby certify that in our opinion the above named Jonathan Holmes stands in need of the assistance of the country to relieve him from the necessity of hard labour for his maintenance and support —
James Dicker Lorinda Gaylord Selectmen of Hartford

Jonathan Holmes (Rev.)
Putnam's Mass. Reg.
1777 to 4 th Nov. 1783.
14 th April 1810.
Covered
Copy 1 Aug 80
Jon a Holmes

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the fourteenth day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Jonathan Holmes the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence The affidavits of Robert Fuller and Borzillai Fuller, fellow soldiers with said applicant in the revolutionary war, made & signed in my presence; also the affidavits of Mrs. Dannah & Melachi Bartlett, and the certificate of James Bicker & Amasa Gaylord, municipal officers of the corporation, to which said applicant belongs, relative to his circumstances in life; all which are hereunto annexed.
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Jonathan Holmes the applicant, served as a private soldier in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my Official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Albion H. Parrie
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

State of Maine
Oxford County ss. On this twentieth day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty eight, personally appeared before the Court of Probate, now sitting at Farmerville in said County of Oxford. Mercy Holmes, a resident of Hartford in said County of Oxford aged Sixty Nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows", that she is the widow of Jonathan Holmes, late of Hartford aforesaid deceased, who was a Sergeant in the Army of the United States in the Revolutionary War, that she is unable to state the period of his enlistment & services, or the name of his officers - But his said services were such as entitled him to a pension under the Act of Congress passed March 18. 1818 and was stricken from the pension roll on account of his property but was again restored to the pension roll, under the Act of Congress passed May 15. 1828 - as by the evidence herunto annexed will appear - And she respectfully refers to the evidence on file in the War Department in her application for a pension, in proof of his service. His pension certificate is Number 7992 -
She further declares, that she was married to the said Jonathan Holmes in the month of June in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty five or seventeen hundred & eighty six, she cannot recollect which, that her husband the aforesaid Jonathan Holmes died in the month of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty six - that she was not married to the said Holmes prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place before the first of January in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty seven, to wit at the time above stated - that her maiden name before her marriage with said Holmes was Mercy Churchill - and that she has remained a widow & unmarried ever since his death as aforesaid.
Sworn to & subscribed by the above named Mercy Holmes, the day & year first above written, in open Court, Before Stephen Emery, Judge. Mercy Holmes

I, Edmund Blake of Hartford in the County of Oxford, & State of Maine, aged sixty years, on oath testify & say, that I was well acquainted with the within named Jonathan Holmes and the within named Mercy Holmes, his wife - for over forty years - that said Jonathan was a United States Pensioner, and that he died nearly two years since - I further testify, that the within named Mercy Holmes, was his wife, always considered such - and that since the death of her said husband, the said Jonathan Holmes, she has remained his widow & unmarried.
Edw d Blake
Sworn to & subscribed by the above named Edmund Blake, a credible witness, the day & year first within written.
Before Stephen Emery, Judge.
State of Maine
Oxford ss. I the undersigned Register of the Court of Probate in & for said County hereby certify that Stephen Emery before whom the foregoing proceedings were had is Judge of the Court of Probate above said. I also certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Judge in the matter of the application of Mercy Holmes for a Pension.
Levi Stowell

3199 Mercy Holmg Wid of Jonathan Me
Ad July 7 1838.
Mama 1786
ad Oct 16. 1836
Allow $80 per ann from the Oct. 1836
Transmitted at the request of the applicant by Stephen Emery

The following Marriages consummated by the Rev d Ezra Sampson.
Jonathan Holmes and Mercy Churchill June twenty fifth - one thousand seven hundred and eighty six.
I certify that the above is a true copy of the Record with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures, as follows, June 25 - 1786.
Lewis Bradford { Town Clerk of the Town of Plympton in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I, Lewis Bradford abovenamed, depose and say; that I hold the Office of Town Clerk of the Town of Plympton in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and that the Town Records of said Town are in my custody, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town of Plympton, with the exception abovenamed, as certified by me.
Lewis Bradford, Town Clerk of Plympton as above stated. Plympton, September 24. 1838.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss.
Sept. 24, 1838. Then the above named Lewis Bradford (who is Clerk of the Town of Plympton) appeared and made Oath, that the above deposition by him subscribed is true. I further certify, that I believe the sd. Lewis Bradford to be a man of truth and a credible witness.
Before me Wm. H. Soule Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that William H. Soule Esq. is a Justice of Peace in said County & that the above is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the Seal of the Court of Probate for said County this twenty eighth day of September 1838.
Jacob H. Lord

Washington September 14, 1931
Honorable Wallace H. White, Jr., United States Senator Lewiston, Maine
BA-J/MHF:MLB
My dear Senator:
Reference is made to your letter of September 10, requesting, for the possession of one of your constituents, the separation from the files of the Veterans Administration the discharge certificate of Jonathan Holmes, which was submitted as material evidence in support of his claim for bounty land. You state that the soldier in whom your constituent is interested served as a private in Captains Edward Hammond's and Nathaniel Goodwin's companies, Colonel Theophilus Cotton's Massachusetts regiment, War of the Revolution, later resided in Hartford, Maine, and died in 1836.
You are advised that it appears from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 23335, that one Jonathan Holmes, of Plympton, Massachusetts, served eight months as private in Captain Peleg Wadsworth's company, Colonel Cotton's Massachusetts regiment; reenlisted and served one year as private in Captain Peleg Wadsworth's Massachusetts company; again enlisted and served as sergeant in Captains White's and John Trotter's companies, Colonel Rufus Putnam's 5 th Massachusetts Regiment, and was discharged June 11, 1783, having served over eight years.
The soldier who rendered the above service was the one who later lived in Hartford, Maine, and who died in 1836; it is not shown in the papers on file in the above noted claim that he served in Captains Edward Hammond's and Nathaniel Goodwin's Massachusetts companies as stated by you. There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file on account of the services of any other Jonathan Holmes of the Massachusetts troops during the Revolutionary War.

The records of the Revolutionary War pensioners constitute an important and much consulted portion of the archives of the United States Government and all documents in this particular claim, as in all others, are preserved with the greatest care.
It is now impossible to determine any particular descendant who would have the exclusive right to have such a document drawn from the files for his or her possession.
If the policy had been established to release parts of these old claims from the archives of the Government, the records would be most incomplete and the parts, this old discharge included, scattered throughout the United States. Descendants of the applicants for pension, now dispersed through all of the states, would seek in vain the whole record which they can now examine intact in Washington, as many do.
To withdraw, for the benefit of one individual or descendant, parts of these old records from the Government archives, would destroy the value of the whole record at the expense of future research workers and other descendants with equal right to make claim.
It is regretted therefore, that after careful consideration it is not deemed advisable as a matter of policy to establish the precedent which would result in granting your request.
It might interest your constituent to know that provision has been made by law for the making of photostatic copies of such documents. Such a copy of the discharge in question may be obtained for thirty cents (30¢). Should your constituent decide to have a copy made, his remittance should be forwarded by money order, drawn to the order of the Treasurer of the United States.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Her pensioned anks. City, Me.
Rev
1931-Sept. 14-Hon. Wallace H. White Jr. advised original documents on file in Rev. War Pen. claims must remain intact M.W.F. 1931 Oct. 15. Photos mailed to Hon. Wallace H. White + account div. ntfd. A.V.F.
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23335
Mercy Holmes widow of Jonathan Holmes Sergt Rev War
Act Feb 2d 48
Index: Vol. A , Page 351
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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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  Jonathan Holmes, Sergeants in the Fifth Massachusetts Regiment, having faithfull- ly served the United States Eight Years, & upwards, and being inlisted for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the Twelfth  day of June 1703.
G Washington

day of June 1703.
Ed. H. H. [unclear]
By His EXCELLENCY
Command,
J. Russell [unclear]
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
Henry Noble Adjutant.
THE above Sergeant Holmes has been honored with the BADGE OF MERIT for Eight Years faithful Service.
Major [unclear] Col. [unclear]

HEAD-QUARTERS, June the 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.
Secretarys Office Boston Novemr. 17. 1804.
I here Certify that Jonathan Holmes has recd the benefit of the Resolves of the General Court of this Commonwealth and this Discharge is delivered by their order
John Adams John D. Sleeper
Jonathan Holmes Kingston - Cash 5th Regiment
RECEIVED IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Jonathan Holmes (Continental) 132 Ht. 560-100
NA 18

Increase 22 65 Mcaine
Mercy Holmes widow of Nathan Holmes who was a Sergeant in the Revolution Husband died 16 Oct. 1836
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 120 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of May 1848, and sent to
Wm. Franklin Clark Weg of Reps
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2. Page 4
Report
2 Certificate
W. Reso 73
Jan'y 11 45

Maine 2265
Mercy Holmes widow of Jonathan Holmes who was a Corporal in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 88 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of Oct r 1843 and sent to J. K. Parris 2 o Comptroller
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A, Vol. 1, Page 5,
Ref. see letter March 8. 1847 to Hon. A. K. Parris
Let. to Wm. D. Hammon Jan'y 22. '48.

Increase
Reported
2696
Maine Dr. Reso: 570
Mercy Holmes
Widow of Nathan Holmes who was a pensioner under the Act of 15th May 1828 and who died on the 16th Oct. 1836 of Oxford in the State of Maine who was a Sergt. in the Comp y commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg t commanded by Col. Putnam in the Revolut n for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Portland at the rate of 120 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. Dr. Reso: 232 50 1845.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of May, 1848 and sent to Hon. Franklin Clark, 163 of Rep s
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by J. R. Ransom Clerk, Book _____ Vol. 1. Page 7.

Vol. Edw. Blake, Jr. 45'39.
249
Kept
Maine
Mercy Holmes
widow of Jonathan Holmes , Dec'd who was a pensioner under the Act of 15th May, 1828 and who died on the 16th: October, 1836 of Oxford Co in the State of Maine — who was a private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg't: commanded by Col. Putnam in the Massachusetts line for six years, private
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine — at the rate of 80 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 1st day of March, 1836 . 17th: October, 1836 —
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of April 1839 and sent to Stephen Amey Esq. , Justice Oxford Co. Me.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1839 $190.22 Semi-annual allowance ending _____ 40 —
$230.22
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by M c Stearns Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 Page 70  11

Lib to E. Blake Sept 20. 1841.
Maine - 2,496.
Mercy Holmes, widow of Jonathan Holmes
who was a pensioner under the Act of 15 th May '28 and who died on the 16 th October 1836 at Oxford in the State of Maine who was a Corp t in the Comp y commanded by Captain  of the Reg t commanded by Peter in the Mass s line for 2 years Dues? fr. $80.00 -
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 88 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836. 17 th October 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of June '39, and sent to Edw d Blake S. Hartford, Me.
Arrears to the 4 th of March - $ 229.99 Semi-annual allowance ending 44.00
Special
$ 273.99
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by R Burdick Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 - Page 11.

Increase Mercy Holmes end of Imachen Mr
Act 7 July 1838 and Joint resolution of 23 Jan'y 1845-
Adm'd 2 years first $120 00 per ann
On 4 March 1836. adds us what has been paid at the rate of $88 00 per ann -
Adm'd 3 March 1843 and 17 June 44
$120 00 per ann On 4 March 1843 adds what has been paid at the rate of $88 00 per ann
Hon. Franklin Clark Hunsduns

15 May '28
Jonathan Holmes Maine. Act 18 When paid? H. H. G.
W. H. died 16 Oct. 1836

Mercy Holmes { wid of Jonathan } Mr. acts March 1843 & 17 June 1844 — $88 00 per annum
To what time was she last paid?
Pension Office { May 5 1848 } Paid to 4 th Sept. 1847. J.B.

Orders on the Surety -ary of Her

The hon ble
William Eustis Secretary of War
Washington City
Sir
Please to deliver the bearer Chauncy Laurence the Warrants which may be obtained by the Vouchers which are lodged in the office in my name - and Oblige Your Ob t Serv t , Cincinnati 12 April 1811
David J. Poore

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
February 3 rd 1848.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Jonathan Holmes is borne upon an Account in Army Books as a private in Capt Gardner's Company Col Putnam's Regt, and there credited by his service, from January 8 1777 to December 31 1779 35 months and 23 days, at 40¢ per Month. Upon another account in said Books, as a Corporal in Capt Gardner's Company, Col Putnam's Regt, and there credited by his service, from January 1 to December 31 1780 12 months at 44¢ per month. Upon several Muster Rolls of Capt John Frotter's Company in Col Rufus Putnam's Regt, taken for the months of January, February, March & April 1781, as a Corporal. The rolls of Capt Frotter subsequent to April 1781.

and the name of Jonathan Holmes is not borne upon rolls in this department of a later date than above stated.
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the Commissioner's letter of January 28, 1848, was filed in this Office; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said letter, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowl- edge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W. B. E. Chase,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution approved on the 15 th day of May 1820, I Jonathan Holmes of Hallowell in the County of Oxford State of Maine do hereby declare that I enlisted into the Continental line of the army of the Revolution for and during the war continued in its service until its termination; at which period I was a sergeant in Captain John Foster Company in the fifth Regiment commanded then lately by Col Roger Provenance of the Massachusetts line. And I also declare that I afterwards received in my discharge a certificate for the reward of eighty Dollars to which I was entitled under a resolution of Congress passed the 15 day of May 1778 which discharge I sold some years since to a man by the name of Poor.
I further declare that I was not, on the fifteenth day of March 1820 in the Pension list of the United States
Jonathan Holmes
Before me Samuel Brown Esquire one of the justices of the Peace in and for the County of Oxford in the State of Maine personally this day appeared Tinkham and Moses Durbarn of Hallowell in said County who did severally make oath that Jonathan Holmes by whom the foregoing declaration is subscribed is generally reported & believed to have been an soldier in the army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated
Moses Durbarn
Ephraim Tinkham
Witness my hand this second day of July in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty eight
Samuel Brown

I Rufus R. Goodenow Clerk of the Court of the County of Oxford in the State of Maine, do hereby certify that Samuel F. Brown Esq r before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a Justice of the Peace & duly empowered to administer oaths. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court this eighth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty eight.
Rufus R. Goodenow, Clerk, &c.

Washington 12th Jany 1848.
Sir,
Inclosed is an inquiry made by Mrs. Holmes. Will you do me the favor to communicate the information she desires.
Yours Respectfully
D. Hammond.
Hon. J. L. Edwards.

Mercy Holmes, widow of Jonathan Holmes, of Maine, claims an increase of pension on the ground that her husband was a sergeant, and as such drew Bounty Land. Will you be pleased to inform me if the papers on which he drew land establish the claim to pay as sergeant,
To L. V. Edwards } Com. of Pensions }

Sept 18. 1841
Hon. J. S. Williams
2496 Mercy Holmgren Ch. 38
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

No. Hartford 14 th Sept 1841
W m L. Edwards Esq.
Sir the Pension Certificate of Mary Holmes under the Act of 7 July 1836 No 2496 - certifies that the holder is entitled to new 88 $ per annum commencing on the 17 Oct 1836. She has rec d up to March 1841. — is she entitled according to her Certificate or does her Pension cease on the 17 th of March 1841 at the end of four years & about 12 1/2 months or will it continue the five years — She is desirous to know what your decision is she was inclined to the belief that the draw the full five years as her Certificate was not requested to be returned on the receipt of her payment in March —
I am Sir Respectfully Yours
Edw m T. Blake
No. Record Book A. Vol. 1 st Page 11

Payment to be made at Portland, me: by A. Newhall Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Maine
First payment to be made on the 31st December, 1828, and on the 4th March and 4th Septem- ber in each year there- after.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A Vol. 1.
Page 11 by M c Stuart
Your new cert! 2 yrs Corp. 88 deduct what has been paid.
Edward Blake
Clerk.
So. Hartford me

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Five years' Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838,
Mercy Holmes.
widow of Jonathan Holmes, decd:
who was a private in the Revolutionary War and died on the — 16th — day of October, 1836 — is entitled to receive a pension, at the rate of Eighty — dollars and  ————— cents per annum, commencing on the Seventeenth — day of October 1836 — ; and in case of the death or marriage of said widow before the 4th of March, 1841, the pension will cease on the day of such marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 25th day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine
O. B. Russell
Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

   No. Date of Certificate. To whom due When became due Am t of each Certificate     42895 March 1. 1784- Jonathan Holmes Novem 14. 1783. $ 80.   43311 " " " Ditto Jan'y 1. 1783 33 61/90   43853 " " " Ditto " " " 120 "   44744 " " " Ditto Jan 1. 1782 87 57   Nov 4. 83 78.18  
Treasury Department
Register Office April 24. 1848
I Certify the above to be a true extract from the "Register of the Certificates issued by John Pierce, Paymaster-General and Commissioner of the Army accounts, for the United States," filed in this Office.
Daniel Sonneman, Register
6 Nov 4 1783 $78.18
7.81 366
7.13 73.33 48

Abstract of the evidence in the case of Mercy Holmes, Widow of Jonathan Holmes of State of Maine
Jonathan Holmes was Sargent of the 5 th Regt. of Massachusetts line. Commanded by Maj r Knapp and was a War Man. — He drew his bounty bond about the year 1811. — His original discharge as a Sargent, signed by "Genl. Washington," showing seven years and up- wards of honorable service, was filed with his application for his land, which discharge please see, on file in bounty bond office. — The cer- tificate of Secy. of Mass s (herewith enclosed) traces said Holmes to April 1781, as Corporal — The probability is, that he became Sargent about that time, as the certificate of the Register of the Treas y also herewith enclosed, shows that $87.87 became due said Holmes on 1 st Jan y 1782, which would correspond with Sargents pay, for the balance of that year. From April 1781 to 1 st Jan y 1782, said certificate of Reg t also shows that $170. became due said Holmes on 1 st Jan y 1783, which proves that he was paid as Sargent for the year 1782, and his original discharge above referred to, establishes the fact, that he was a

Sergeant at the close of the War Mary Holmes Widow of the above named Jonathan Holmes now receives the pension of a Corporal. She now asks for the pension of Sergeant. Which the accompanying evidence. So clearly shows her to be entitled.

Mercy Hobson
Admitted
Hon. H. Clarke HofR

State of Maine } ss. County of Oxford }
On this fourteenth day of June 1848, personally appeared before me, Job Prince a justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, Mercy Holmes a resident of Hartford in the County of Oxford aged seventy nine years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 2 d February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Jonathan Holmes who was a Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution, and for proof of the service of her late husband, as well as to the Regiment or Corps to which he belonged &c. She would refer the Department to her declaration and the evidence accompanying the same upon which she was granted a Pension of one hundred twenty dollars per Annum, under the Act of July 7 th 1838, and 3 d March 1843 & June 17 th 1844, the last Certificate of which was numbered 2265 being an increase from $88.00 per Annum to $120.00 - She further declares that she is still a widow. Witness: Isaac Holmes Mercy Holmes mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written, by said declarant (who is personally known to me) Before me John Prince justice of the peace

STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford County, ss :
I, the subscriber, Clerk of the Judicial Courts within and for County said of Oxford, hereby certify, that John Prince whose proper signature is affixed to the foregoing Declaration of Mercy Saltonstall is a Justice of the Peace within said County of Oxford, duly appointed and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and Sset the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, this fifteenth day of June A. D. 184 6 .
Charles L. Dinsmore CLERK.
Committee
John H. Dinsmore J. H. Dinsmore J. H. Dinsmore J. H. Dinsmore

What is the rate of pay of pre-athletic services of S. A. Ward pay after June 1987

State of Maine Oxford County ss.
I, Mercy Holmes make Solemn oath that I am the widow of Jonathan Holmes, who was a Sergeant in the Massachusetts line 5th Regt that he enlisted from the town of Plympton State of Massachusetts and served during the war. I desire to have the Revolutionary Records searched for evidence of the services of my said husband, especially as Sergeant. I am now seventy nine years of age and my memory does not enable me to state the particulars more fully.
Mercy Holmes
Sworn to and subscribed This 24th day of January 1898
Before Me
Job Prince Justice of the Peace throughout the State of Maine
I am personally acquainted with the Hon Job Prince, and know him to be a gentleman of standing and respec- tability. I have no hesitation in saying that the above signature, is in my opinion, his hand writing.
M. Bradbury
U. S. Senator

Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
19 August 1828.
Sir :
Your claim, under the abovementioned act, having been examined, you are found to be entitled to the pay of a sergeant of Infantry in the Continental Line. The amount which may be due, accordingly, will be remitted to you by the Treasurer of the United States.
I am, sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Richard Rush.
W m Jonathan Holmes.

Jonathan Holmes
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in Portland , at the Cumberland Bank .
Recorded

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Jonathan Holmes late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the District of Maine Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the fourteenth day of April , one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this eighteenth day of March , one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

WALLACE H. WHITE, JR. MAINE
United States Senate
WASHINGTON, D. C.
LEWISTON, MAINE
September 10, 1931
E. W. Morgan, Acting Commissioner of Pensions Interior Department Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. Commissioner:
One Jonathan Holmes who was born in Plymouth, Mass., but who in the latter years of his life lived in Hartford, Maine, and who died in 1836, drew a pension as a Revolutionary soldier. I am told that in establishing his claim for pension his original discharge from the Army was filed with the papers in the case and that this discharge never was returned. I am anxious to get for a direct descendant of this soldier this original discharge paper and I am asking if you will not have a search made for it. Holmes served as a private in what was known as Capt. Edward Hammond's Company, of Col. Theophilus Cotton's Regiment, and later in Capt. Nathaniel Goodwin's Company of the same Regiment. This is the only information I can give concerning him.
I am
Very sincerely yours,
Wallace H. White, Jr.

W 23335
O. W. & N. Div. P. S. M. E. C. W. 23335.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
March 31, 1896.
Sir:
In response to your request for the military record of Jonathan Holmes, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on July 2, 1828, at which time he was residing in Hartford, Mass., and his pension was allowed for six years's actual service as a private in the Massachusetts troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time served under Capt. Gardner and Col. Rufus Putnam.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Dr. Charles E. Banks,
2021 O. St., N. W.,
City.

WALLACE H. WHITE, JR. MAINE
13850
United States Senate
WASHINGTON, D. C.
30988
LEWISTON, MAINE
September 25, 1931
A. D. Hiller, Assistant to Administrator Veterans Administration Washington, D. C.
File BA-J/MNHF:MLB
My dear Mr. Hiller:
I acknowledge your letter of September 14 in the above case. I am asking that I be furnished for my constituent a photostatic copy of the discharge certificate of Jonathan Holmes which I understand, from the last paragraph of your letter, may be obtained. I am enclosing herein money order for thirty cents in payment thereof.
I am
Very sincerely yours,
Wallace H. White, Jr.
P.O. money order for \frac{30}{100} sent.
Fee copy of pension record.

Washington October 15, 1931.
BA-J/MMHF
Honorable Wallace H. White, Lewiston, Maine.
My dear Senator:
Reference is made to your request in behalf of your constituent, for photostatic copy of the discharge certificate of Jonathan Holmes, Revolutionary War soldier (W.23335).
The copy has been mailed under separate cover on this date.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

Rev. & 1812 No. 36
October 10, 1931.
Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
541
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Rev. War claim of Jonathan Holmes, File No. W.23335.
Actual 1 of each page.
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30¢.....2 pages front & reverse side of discharge.
Kindly leave margin of 1 1/2 in. at top of each page and return papers in each case in folder with corresponding name and number.
The word "omit" written in pencil on those pages which are not to be copied.
Chief, Rev.&1812 Wars Section.

WASHINGTON October 10, 1931.
Honorable Wallace H. White Lewiston, Maine.
BA-J/MWHF/ILL Jonathan Holmes W. 23335
My dear Senator White:
Reference is made to your letter, in behalf of your constituent, with remittance of thirty cents to cover cost of photostatic copy of the discharge certificate of Jonathan Holmes, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The copy is being made and will be mailed to you very shortly.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.

June 17
Dear me.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
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Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
Yours sincerely, J. L. Edwards

So Hartford 10 June 1839
Dr Edwards &
Sir I inclose the Certificate of Mrs Hahns widow of Jonathan Hahns for an Inuendo of Mrs Penitence agreeable to your direction I was in hopes that on a re-examination you would have found him a liar, & I yet have to get some clue at it at some future time
I am Sir Respectfully Yours
Edward Blake

June 3
1/2 South Hampton June 26
It is on me J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

1/2 South Hutton June 26
June 3
to me J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

South Hertford 26 May 1839
W m L t D r Edwardes Esq r
Sir I have just rec d the Certificate of Mary Holmes widow of Benjamin Holmes deceased. I perceive that he is stated as a Private and the annuity accordingly. Mr Holmes for many years before his death drew the Pay of a Serjeant. & we confidently hoped that we had fully substantiated his claim to the same pay - but it appears we were mistaken when he first drew under the Act of 1818 I am informed that he only drew the Pay of a Private. but afterwards he established his claim & drew until his death the Pay of a Serjeant. if it is proper I wish to be informed whether it is not a mistake in making him up as a Soldier when he had long drawn as a Serjeant. or whether we must take other measures to establish for him some the Pay that his husband drew.
I am Sir Respectfully Yours &c.
Edward Blake

To all People to whom these presents shall come Greeting Know ye that I Jonathan Holmes of Hartford in the County of Asford and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Yeoman For and in consideration of the sum of twentyfive dollars to me in hand paid by Josiah Shaw of Waterford in the County of Asford & Commonwealth aforesaid (agent for David J. Poor of Cincinnati in the County of Hamilton and State of Ohio) do hereby remise, release and forever quit- -claim to him the said David J. Poor, his heirs administrators and assigns all the right, title, interest or pretentions I the said Jonathan Holmes have of, or to one hundred acres of land lying in the State of Ohio, to all bounties I am entitled to by virtue of a discharge from and under the hand of George Washington Esquire, General and Commander in chief of the forces of the united States of America for serving as a Soldier in the fifth Massachu- -setts Regiment for the term of Eight years and upwards months as appears by my discharge accompany- -ing this instrument.
To have and to hold, the above remised, released and quit-claim- -ed premises to him the said David J. Poor his heirs, administrators and assigns forever, without any man- -ner of reclaimer, challenge or contradiction, by or from me the said Jonathan Holmes my heirs, executors or ad- -ministrators, or any other person, or persons, in mine or their names right or stead.
In witness whereof I the said Jonathan Holmes have here- -unto set my hand and seal this sixteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight- -hundred and eleven and thirty fifth year of the Independence of the united States of America. Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence Jonathan Holmes Benjamin Ellis Aurida Newford

Oxford ss January 16th A 1811 Personally appeared Jonathan Halmes and acknowledged the within instrument by him subscribed to be his free act and Deed before me Arinda Hayford, Just Peace
We the subscribers do hereby certify that the within named Jonathan Halmes is the identical person that served for and during the revolutionary wars Nathan Dunham Benjamin Ellis
Oxford ss January 16th A 1811 Personally appeared the above named Nathan Dunham and Benjamin Ellis and made oath to the truth of the above certificate by them subscribed Before me Arinda Hayford Just Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Oxford ss I, the subscriber, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said county, do hereby certify that Arinda Hayford before named is a Justice of the Peace for and within said county, duly authorized to receive the acknowledgments of instruments and to administer oaths, and certify the same; and that I have seen said Hayford's write, and have no doubt but the aforesaid certificates purporting to be by him signed are his hand writing H Cyrus Hamlin Clerk

2985 Declaration of Mercy Holman M d at 3 March 43 188
A K Parris 2 Compt

STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford
County.
ON this sixth day of July 1843 Personally appeared before the Subscriber (a justice of the Peace of the County of Oxford) Mercy Holmes a resident of Oxford in the County of Oxford aged seventy four years—who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3d of March, 1843, granting Pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War—That she is the Widow of Jonathan Holmes who was a Private Sergeant in the American Army, in the Revolutionary War, first for three years & afterwards, for during the war, as she believes, but under what officers she cannot state. For this service he received a pension under the law of 15th May 1828 of ten dollars per month. She also declares that she received a pension under the act of July 7. 1838 at the rate of eighty eight dollars per annum.
she further declares that she is still a widow
Mercy Holmes
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written.
Before me; and I further certify that the said Mercy Holmes is personally known to me to be the identical person she has declared herself to be. Samuel H. Brown Justice of the Peace
State of Maine Oxford County ss: I the Subscriber Registrar of the Court of Probate, within & for said County, hereby certify that Samuel H. Brown, whose genuine signature, is annexed to the foregoing Declaration of Mercy Holmes, is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County, duly commissioned & qualified, & full faith & credit are due to his acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this eighth day of August, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & forty three.
Geo. F. Emery Registrar
NOTE—After "who was a" insert the rank the husband held in the army, navy or militia, as the case may be, and the regiment, corps or vessel in which he served, and the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of July 7, 1838.
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Hartford Me July 6. 1843
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
By the law of July 7. 1832 I received a pension of eighty eight dollars & 25 cts per annum, as the widow of Jonathan Nobles, a revolutionary soldier, who received a pension of ten dollars per month, under the act of May 15. 1828. I have supposed that I was entitled to a larger sum, as my pension, and I think that you will be satisfied of this, on a reexamination of the papers in the case of my said deceased husband, which will show, as I conclude, that he served firstly for three years and then enlisted a second time & during the war; a part of which time, he served as Sergeant, and that he drew his portion of bounty located, for serving as sergeant.
I am told that all the form necessary to be used to obtain redress in case like this, is simply a letter to you. If I am correct in this information and also in this claim, you will please to forward to me such a document as will enable me to receive the arrearage. If I am correct in my claim, but not so in this the mode of seeking it, you will much oblige me by forwarding me a proper form of application. If I have no such claim, please to inform me so.
Yours respectfully
Witney S. H. Brown
for Mercy F. Nobles Widow

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
490.
No original pay 490
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Aug. 2. 1828.
Jonathan Holmes, of Hartford, in the County of Oxford, in the State of Maine, 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 Trother 's company, in the 1th 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, J. Pinkard.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
9. August 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Jonathan Holmes in the Massachusetts line.
It further appears that Jonathan Holmes is now on the pension list of the  any - - - - - agency, and has been so since the 3. March 1826 at the rate of  dollars per month.
John Hagner
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