Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37047, Jonathan Gurney, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Gurney, Jonathan
NUMBER
S. 37047
CONTENTS

37047 INVALID.
Rev
Rev
File No. 87,047
Jonathan Gurney Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 163
[Arrangement of 1870.]

11,464
Dist. of Maine.
Jonathan Gurney, of Oxford County in the state of Massach ts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bailey , of the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year .
Inscribed on the Roll of Dist. of Maine , at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 11. of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7. of June, 1819 and sent to Albion K. Parris, judg Paris, Oxford County, D. of Maine.
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  Arrears to 4th of March, 1819.  86.36.     emi-anl. all'ce ending 4. Sept: 1819.  48 "     Amo:   } Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }    20 30 4 31     134.36

Jonathan Gurney (Priv. t )
Daily's Mast. t Reg. t
1 st Jan y : 1776 for 1 Year
11 th April 1810-
See P. Bartlett case Adm. c
United States of America
District of Maine, ss
I hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the several persons within named as witnesses are credible
A. K. Parris
U. S. Dist. Judge
Jonathan Gurney.

Apr. 11. Cert.
I Jonathan Gurney, a resident citizen of the United States of America, am in testimony of Greenwood in the county of Oxford and State of Massachusetts, do testify and say, that on the first of January, A.D. 1776 I enlisted into the army of the United States of America on the continental establishment, for the term of one year as a private soldier in captain Jacob Allen's company, Colonel John Bailey's regiment, numbered two, and General William Heath's brigade, in the Massachusetts line, in which company I continued to serve as aforesaid to the end of said year, when I received from said Captain Allen a verbal discharge, no written discharge more given, when I left the service. 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. Subscribed and Albion H. Parvis Jonathan Gurney sworn to before U.S. Judge De
We James Packard of Greenwood in the county of Oxford and State of Massachusetts, and Bela Mayes of Harnady in said county, do testify and say, that we were in the continental service in the revolutionary war during the same period that the above named Jonathan Gurney served, and to our certain knowledge, we having been fellow soldiers with said Gurney in the same company, said Gurney served the full term of one year as he has above stated. We further testify that said Gurney is in reduced circumstances in life and stands in need of assistance from his country for support. James Packard Bela Mayes
Subscribed and sworn to Before
Albion H. Parvis U.S. Dist. Judge De

100-122-010-10 We the subscribers do certify that we are personally acquainted with Jonathan Guiney of Greenwood, and from what we know of his situation, we believe that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support.
Job Eastman Aaron Wilkins
April 10, 1818.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the eleventh day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Jonathan Gurney 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 James Packard and Bela Noyes fellow soldiers with said Applicant in the revolutionary war, made & signed in my presence; also the certificate of Job Eastman & Aaron Wilkins, respectable citizens, relative to the said Applicant's 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 Gurney 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.
Alcion H. Paris Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.
And I do further certify that it has been proved to my satisfaction, that the above named Jonathan Gurney , in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his country for support.
Alcion H. Paris U.S. Dist. Judge -