Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,060, Jonathan Guy, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn
Guy, Jonathan
S 40,060
CONTENTS

3813.
Pennsylvania Roll
Jonathan Gray, 4 Capt Vanzart private.
Pennsylvania line, nine months In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 21 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 of Octo 1818 and forwarded to Hiram McNeill Norristown Penn
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1818 27.89 Semi-annual all'ce ending 4 Mar 1819 48.00
$ 75.89
3 Mo 11/31 4/30
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
* Duplicate cert. if A. Nov. 1819 and sent to Hiram McNeill Neill Norristown Pennsylvania
Continued Montgomery Co Pa
William Burrell Hoback Nov 3, 1820

Jonathan Guy pr: 21. May 1818. To Hiram McNeill
Admitted On Penn: Rolls.

On the twenty first day of May — 1818, before me the sub- scriber, one of the associate judges of the court of common pleas, of Montgomery county, personally appears Jonathan Guy aged about 77 years, resident in Montg. County in the said district, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the pro- vision made by the late 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:" That he the said Jonathan Guy , enlisted in Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania in the company commanded by captain Nathaniel  Wanzant — of the 5 th Penn a Regiment ; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the Month of  January 1781 , when he was discharged from service in Tristram in the state of New Jersey ; that he was in the battles of Fort Washington  Long Island and Monmouth . and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Hiram McNeill  Jonathan Guy Senior
I, Hiram McNeill judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Jonathan Guy — did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, and does stand in need of the support of his country; therefore, I now transmit the proceedings and tes- timony taken and had before me, to the secretary for the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of congress.
1818
Hiram McNeill
(Pennsylvania) Montgomery County ss.
I William Powell Notary Public of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County Aforesaid do certify that the Honourable Hiram Mc Neill before whom the above Deposition was made and taken, was at the time thereof & still is an Associate Judge of said Court by lawful Authority, duly commissioned & qualified, & that full faith & credit are due & of right ought to be given to all his official acts
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of said Court at Norristown in said County this 21 st day of May A. D. 1818
W m Powell Not

Nov 24 1820
Respected Friend, Gwynedd township Montgomery County
Once more I crave your kind Assistance to Enquire about my pension money, for there is a rumor in our parts that many of us will be cut off the pension List - if it should be the case with me Sir I should entirely be broken up for I am in debt and it is out of my power to pay my debts and live. I am, if please god to let me see January next the 13; I shall be 80 Years of Age and am not able to Earme myself my Bread Alone, I can hardly Lift my Arms With pains in my Shoulders and am not Capable to get any living Unless I am allowed the pension - my wife is an old Woman and is a cripple in both her hands being very much burnt, so that her fingers are all drawn up crooked, and she cannot wash her hands.
I applied to the Court as it was advertised and was examined and Judge McNeely told me there was no danger but mine would succeed. the Prothonotary said he would send the Proceedings of the Court to Washington and waited three weeks, then went to the prothonotary and he had the papers in the office and never sent them - he he then said I must send them on myself - I then took them to General Wells and he promised me to send them to Washington the next day and he since told me he did. I have been to the Loan office twice since and they say there is not any returns. My friend Please to act for me once more and send me a few lines Directed to the care of General Wells or his son the Postmaster - Sir I have two acres of land and a small Log house on it and it is now under Mortgage for the full sum of what I gave, I pay the interest yearly, and perhaps that may hurt me - but Sir Please do what you can for to help me - And remain Your most Obedient Humble Servant
Jonathan Gray Senior

Among the records of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Montgomery.
is contained as follows viz.
(District of Pennsylvania)
Montgomery County ss.
On the fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, personally appeared in the Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid, the said Court being a court of record having jurisdiction to hold pleas of assizes, scire facias, replevins and hear and determine all and all manner of pleas, actions suits and causes civil, personal, real and mixed Jonathan Guy aged seventy nine years, residing in Gwynedd township and County aforesaid, who being first duly sworn in open Court according to law, on his oath declares that he served in the revolutionary war as follows viz. — In the 2 d Pennsylvania Regiment & Company commanded by Capt. Bankson —
Date of Original Declaration 21 May 1818
Number of Pension Certificate — 3813.
And I the said Jonathan Guy do further solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818, 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 the 18 th 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.
As sworn to & declared in open Court on the 15 day of August 1820 (Signed) Jonathan Guy senior Before Wm. Babel Rot. Am

An Inventory of my whole property is annexed which may be valued at 180 dollars and also a brief statement of my services and the wounds I have received in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war. I am by occupation a house Carpenter but am so decrepid from age that I cannot do manual labour, I have no children and am in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support myself without the assistance of my Country. —
I am indebted in several small sums to the amount of Eighty dollars
(Signed) Jonathan Guy senior
A Statement of the real & personal property of Jonathan Guy senior
A small Log House & two acres, four perches of land that not paid for One Cow one Clock & case, One Stove One Corn Cupboard, two tables, one writing Desk & Book case, one Candle Stick stand One large family Bible, Sunday other Books, one Bureau, 6 chairs and Dough Stough one Chest, one Trunk, one arm chair, one small desk, one small brass kettle, tea kettle, one Bureau not finished, one Desk not finished a Churn, two iron pots, one frying pan, one Kitchen dresser, Tens of Plates, spoons, dishes knives, forks and such small articles of house & kitchen furniture. —
I am now 79 years 7 months and ... days in August Term. —
I am a Carpenter by trade & not capable of doing a days work or any thing to support or help myself, being afflicted with the Rheumatic pains occasioned by hardships in the revolutionary war, with heats and Colds on Guards, and Commands which broke my Constitution. —
My Wife is 64 years 7 months and ... days and very much afflicted with Rheumatic pains in all her limbs and has been burnt by fire to such a degree that her fingers are drawn so crooked that she is scarcely able to do her work in any degree. —
(Signed) Jonathan Guy senior

My Service in the Pennsylvania Line in the revolutionary war.
I first went a recruiting Sergeant for different Companies, sometime after I joined the 5 th Regiment of Pennsylvania Commanded by Col. Robert M c Gaw and in Capt. Nath l Vanwants Company as Sergeant, early in 1775 in Philada; sometime after marched away to build Fort Washington and lay there until the 27 th of August, 76 went to assist Colonel Atlee's Reg t on Long Island, then returned to Fort Washington and the evening previous to the capturing of Fort Washington being sent on command I was wounded in the arm by a musket ball which splintered both the bones, and the next morning Col. M c Gaw ordered me to Hackensack, sometime after I got a furlough to go home and was under Dr. Hugh Meredith's hands to cure my arm and the fever I took, and he charged me nine pounds for it which money I paid out of my pocket; Then as soon as I was fit to do duty, I joined the Invaded Reg t Commanded by Col. Lewis Nicholas his adjutant, and when the British took Philada I was taken prisoner by a hessian guard and confined under Cunningham in the Proove Gaol a considerable time, and then they took me out to drive a team, and I made my Escape from them when we went a foraging and went to General Mifflin's Quarters and he gave me a pass to go home to my family, shortly after I went and joined the 2 nd Reg t of Pennsylvania Commanded by Col. Walter Stewart and the 28 th of June 78 was in the Battle of Monmouth and was then wounded, and when the troops went to the Southward I was sick with the fever and could not go with them and Gen. Anthony Wayne, and Col. Stewart gave me my discharge -
I receive a pension of Forty Dollars per Ann. from the state of Pennsylvania.
(signed)
Jonathan Guy senior

(State of Pennsylvania) Montgomery County ss.
I William Powel Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Montgomery in the Commonwealth of Penna, do hereby certify that the foregoing affirmation and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court. And I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is one hundred and fifty dollars —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Norristown on this twenty third day of August A.D. 1820. —
Wm Powel Prot. of the Court of Com. Pleas for the Co. of Montgomery

(Copy of record) Grey Jonathan Grey sen.
3813
Montgomery Pa
Feb 19th

40.060
INVALID.
Rev.
Rev
File No. 40.060
Jonathan Grey Rev. Rev. Rev.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8, Page 203
[Arrangement of 1870.]

J L Edwards Esq The filed with papers, a letter, return of Pensions having been written to Hon. Mr. Roberts informing him that the name of this pension had been confirmed

Sir
Inclosed is the letter I have received from Mr Guy relative his claim for a pension. I am not acquainted with circumstances but from personal observation I know he is a feeble old man of the age he represents himself to be. I recollect seeing the cicatrix left by a gun shot wound where he had lost two of his wrist. When he was applying to the state for a pension. If his statement in the enclosed letter corresponds with his statement on oath it would seem he is hardly an object of his country's bounty -
Respectfully
P. L. Edwards Esq.
Jonathan Roberts
Dec 1st 1820 -

Mr. Calhoun 2 Dec
Secretary of the war department of the United States

The twentieth day of October 1819 personally appeared before me one of the associate Judges of the Court of Commonpleas for the county of Montgomery in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Jonathan Guy, late a soldier in the revolutionary war of the United States, to whom a certificate for pension has been issued from the war department in due form, and to whom half yearly payment has been made to wit in March & September of the current year and who upon his solemn oath duly administered, with oath and say, that he lost his said certificate for pension in the following manner To wit That on or about the 7th day of September last, after receiving his half yearly installment then due, he went with the crowd of citizens to see a balloon ascend from the Jersey shore, and while gratifying his curiosity his said certificate was misplaced from his pocket, and that from the most diligent enquiry he has not been able to obtain it
Sworn & subscribed before me the day aforesaid
Jonathan Guy Senior
Liam McNeill
The said Liam McNeill one of the associate Judges as above stated do certify that I do believe the circumstances above stated relating to the loss of the certificate for pension to be substantially true and his declaration of military services in the revolutionary army of the United States was made before me sometime either in May or August of the year 1819 and further I desire to request that the honorable the secretary of the war department will indulge him with a new certificate
Mr Calhoun Secretary for the war department of the United States
Liam McNeill