Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38838, John Holden, Continental R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
continental
Holden, John
S. 38838
P. J.
B. L. N. 904 - 300 - Capt. Issued Dec. 31, 1789. No papers.
CONTENTS

John Holden
Found on Green
Roll as Antiquity
Certified by Major
Dexter to have served as Captain
Correct
additional evidence - produced ready to be again transmitted
Admitted
B. Cowell, Esq.
Providence, R. I.

5294.
Rhode Island
John Holden
Captain
Colo Greene
Rhode Island Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 of Jan'y 1819 and sent to B. Cowell Esq. Providence R.I.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818  93.33 Semi-annual all'ee ending 4th Mar 1819  120.00 $213.33
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
6 Years war
Continued
6 66 13 33
Retrospective rent Sept 1820 to Jan'y 1821 Cowell Providence R.I.

John Wooldan
2.594
March 1819
C

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
RHODE-ISLAND DISTRICT.
Providence, sc.
District Court, Special Term, June Sixth A. D. 1820
On this sixth day of June 1820, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record within and for said District  John Holden aged 63 years, residing in the town of Providence in said District 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 as an officer in the regiments of Colo Greene and Col. Olney of the Rhode Island Line
that he made a previous declaration on the 19th day of April 1818, and that he has received a certificate for a pension, being No 5294 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.
his John Holden Mark
A SCHEDULE of Property and Income (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) of John Holden
As Seventy dollars, 1 Brace of Pistols, 1 watch —
And this declarant saith that he is in no business whatever nor can he engage in any, being almost blind = that he wholly depends on his pension for support
his John Holden Mark
N.B. he has no family
Rhode Island District District Court Sworn to and declared in open Court on the Sixth day of June 1820 before David Howell District Judge
RHODE-ISLAND DISTRICT.
Clerk's Office of the
Court, A. D. 1820
I, Benjamin Howell 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 one hundred dollars and cents In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this Seventeenth day of July 1820
Benjamin Howell Clerk of said Court.

I John Holden of Providence in the District of Rhode Island on solemn oath do declare and say - that in the year 1775 I was appoint- ed an Ensign in the army of the United States in the Rhode line - in which capacity I performed duty in Capt Johnson's company in said line - untill I was appointed a Lieutenant in the spring of the year 1776 - In capacity, I performed duty in the said Rhode Island line untill the year 1777 I was appointed a Captain - in Col. Christopher Greene's regiment in said line In which regiment commanded by said Greene & toth, by forsook Army - I performed the duty of Captain until the close of war. My commissions are now all lost & further declare that I am now in reduced circumstances & stand in need of the assistance of my Country for support,
The above John Holden did not sign the above declaration being blind but it was read to him. Attest Beye for do.
Be it remembered that on this fourteenth day of April 1810 the above named John Holden appeared before me & made solemn oath to the truth of the above declaration In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & have caused the seal of the District Court for said District to be hereunto affixed - The signature of the Judge and the seal of the Court are hereunto affixed Nicholas Benjamin Clerk Dist. Judge.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section MCS/eel
December 12, 1928
William E. Horton Brigadier General, QMC, USA Assistant to the Quartermaster General War Department Washington, D.C.
Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 38838, it appears that John Holden was appointed ensign in 1775 in Captain Johnson's Rhode Island Company. He was appointed Lieutenant in the spring of 1776. He was appointed Captain, October 10, 1777, and served in Colonels Christopher Greene's and Jeremiah Olney's Rhode Island Regiments until the close of the Revolution in 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 14, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Providence, Rhode Island. He was formerly a resident of Warwick.
In 1820, he stated that he was sixty-three years of age.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

38 8,38
1928 Dec 12 hist. to Wm. E. Horton Hall
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 38,838
John Holden Capt Rev 1820
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 231
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Mess r John Holden formerly of Warwick but now resides in Brod and that from my personal knowledge and from other circumstance I am satisfied that he is in ordinary & indigent circumstances & has recd of support from his county according to the acts in that behalf for an act of Congress passed in March last _____ Warwick Jan y . 5. 1819 Personally appeared John Holden (P.R.) The above subscribed John Holden & was duly engaged before me Henry Remington J. S. G. Court _____

Rhode Island District. Providence Jan y . 1819. I am Fully Satisfied that P er son Holden is in reduced circumstances and needs the assistance of his Country for his support.
Dawrill Howell District Judge.

I hereby certify To all whom it may concern That I am personally acquainted with Major John Holden who now resides in Providence & I am fully satisfied from my own knowledge & from the circumstances attending his situation that he is really in indigence & reduced circumstances & is in need of assistance from his country for support as I firmly believe he has no real Estate in this town nor in the State or united States I have been personally acquainted with said Holden for more than forty years last past and I never was him to own any Real Estate in this town for I am sure I should have known it for I have known all the friends for a great many years in this town
Henry Mannington

Rhode Island District 6 Jan y 1819.
The J. H. Kenniston is a Justice of the P. I. Court of this State.
D Howell S t Judge

Rev & 1812

WAR DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL WASHINGTON, D. C.
November 30, 1928.
Commissioner of Pensions, Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I am writing to inquire if the records of your office show whether a pension was ever drawn by Captain John Holden, 9th Continental Infantry, First Rhode Island Continental Regiment, retained in Olney's Brigade, served to November 1, 1783, brevet Major, Sept. 20, 1783. I would like to have whatever information regarding this ancestor of mine you may have in the files of your office.
Thanking you for this information at your early convenience, I am
Sincerely yours,
WILLIAM E. HORTON, Brigadier General, QMC, USA, Assistant to The Quartermaster General.

I certify, as well from the Regimental Book of occurrences, as from my own personal knowledge, that John Holden, was appointed Commissioned and served a Captain in Colonel Christopher Greene's Regiment, in the Rhode Island Line in the continental establishment, while said Regiment was commanded by said Greene, and afterwards by Colonel Jeremiah Olney, from the tenth day of October 1777, to the fifteenth day of June 1783, when he received a furlough, which on the arrival of the definitive Treaty of Peace, became a full discharge from said Regiment —
M aj G. Dexter H Major of said Regiment at the close of the War.
Providence April 14 th 1818. —

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Holden, John GRADE Private "in the LINE Invalids"
WARRANT NUMBER 13220 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED December 14, 1789 To Richard Platt, assignee
*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.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Holden, John GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 4308 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Mar. 25, 1790 to Ezra Lunt
*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.