Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37090, James Hans, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Hans, James
NUMBER _____
S. 37090
CONTENTS

12.845 R
~ Maine.
James Hams — of Portland in the district of Maine who was a Private — in the regiment commanded by Colonel Tupper — of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 2 Years
inscribed on the Roll of Maine District — at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 16 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th of July 1819 and sent to William Wedgery Esquire Portland Maine.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819. 10 mo. \frac{15}{30} + \frac{4}{31} . . 85: 3 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept. 1819 — 48.
$ 133: 3
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Notification sent 9th June 1820 to John Clapp J.P. Jr Portland, Maine
Paper copied for Land Off ce Dec 13 1836
Tupper
Tupper

James Hanes
Private Col. Suppers. Regt Musk Line 1781 - 2 years Dec. 16 th Apr. 1815
The deposition of the credible & disinterested witnesses, duly to be taken & if then tendered, (or the interest of an officer of the regt to prove the same if denied, is required.

To the Honorable WILLIAM WIDGERY , one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
RESPECTFULLY SHOWS....
James Hens of Portland in the Maine District, that he served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution for the term of years and a period to the close thereof on the Continental Establishment, that he yet is a resident citizen of the United States at Portland aforesaid, and that by reason of your applicant's reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support, he being now fifty six years of age.
AND your applicant farther represents, that in the service aforesaid, he belonged in his said capacity of a private soldier to the fifth Company of the tenth Regiment, of the Massachusetts Line, that he entered said service on or about the fourteenth day of January one thousand seven hundred and eighty one and that he left said service on or about the fifteenth day of November one thousand seven hundred and eighty three , and that about two years after his discharge he was transferred to Colburn's Division, Jackson's Brigade, in the Second Corps, Army of the Potomac - he left said service again discharged the war having closed - that he has not since his discharge received any pension or other benefit from the United States.
WHEREFORE, inasmuch as your applicant, as he verily believes, comes under the provisions of the Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," he prays your honor to institute an enquiry into the circumstances of his case, and that such farther proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by law, in order that your applicant may be placed on the Pension List of the United States.
Dated at PORTLAND, this 10th day of March . 1818.
James Hens Mark
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT KNOWN, that on the 10th day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came before me, WILLIAM WIDGERY , one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, resident at Portland, within the County of Cumberland, in said Maine District—the said Court being a Court of record of said State, James Hens the above named applicant, and made oath that the several statements by him made in the foregoing application by him signed are true. And the said James Hens farther offered in evidence
The deposition of James Bowz hereunto annexed
WHEREUPON it does appear to the satisfaction of me the said Judge, that the said James Hens served in the revolutionary war as alledged in his application, against the common enemy.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I the said Judge, have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the said Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County of Cumberland, to be hereunto affixed, this 10th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States the forty-second.
Wm Widgery
Associate Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

I James Boaz aged fifty seven years depose and say that I am well acquainted with James Hans now present and that he served in the war of the revolution in the same company in which I served - our term of service for which we en- listed was three years - I know that Hans served his time out and was discharged. James B. Clegg Subscribed and sworn to before me this sixteenth day of April A D 1818 - W m Kidney Judge etc.

119. James Hains Copy
Cartone
12,845 26 July '19
✓
 WINE DISTILLERY 
total amount of the property mentioned in the second schedule is Five Hundred Dollars and 50 Cents . I do hereby certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the property is the will of the testator and I do hereby certify that the true copy of said will is hereto annexed and truly copied from the original thereof. In witness whereof, the said Court has hereunto set its hand and seal the _____ day of _____ 19____. J. H. [Signature] Judge of the Court.
Q. Is one hundred eight hundred and twenty- six and four on this copy for our purse ? In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
John N. Hughes, Jr., Counsel for National Defense Clerk of the U. States District Court

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the first Tuesday, being the sixteenth day of June and by adjournment from day to day, on the ninth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS, Judge of said Court.
ON this ninth day of June in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, James Hens aged fifty eight years, resident in Portland in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a Private in the company commanded by Capt. Simeon Jackson in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Supper in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 16 th day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 12,045, was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner 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 18th day 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; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Witness Jos. Pope James Hens merch
Sworn to and declared, on the ninth day of June A. D. 1820.
BEFORE Albion K. Parris, U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Real estate — none —
Personal estate — I live in a small hut in Spring street — a few mean articles of necessary household stuff — I am not taxed — I have no income
Witness Jos. Pope
James X his Flans mark
Sworn to Before
Albion H. Parris U.S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me: James Flans who, by occupation am a laborer, which I am not able to pursue by reason of bodily infirmity, consistently
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Wife, Hannah. 42. a feeble woman.   Stephen, a son. 16 able to support himself  
Witness Jos. Pope
James X his Flans mark
Sworn to Before
Albion H. Parris U.S. Dist. Judge

MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, Junr. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules 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 total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is twenty five . . . dollars and seventeen cents. & no more
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this ninth . . . day of June . . . A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
John Mussey Junr
Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
$25.17

Hans, James Mass S 37090

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
CUMBERLAND, ss. I the subscriber, Clerk of the Courts in said county, certify that Hon. WILLIAM WIDGERY, is an Associate Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, as stated in the annexed Certificate, and that his signature to the same is his own proper signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I do hereto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said Court, this first day of August A. D. 1818.
Geo. Bradburn

37 090 Rev INVALID.
File No. 37 090
James Hans Rev Rev Hans
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 177
[Arrangement of 1870.]

France Discharge
Hans, James Mass S37090

By Major General Knox, commanding the garrison of West Point, and its Dependencies
James Hance soldier in the second Massachusetts Regiment, being enlisted for three years, is hereby honorably Discharged the service of the United States -
Given at West Point the 28 th day of October 1783
H. Knox M. General
By the Generals Command Jn Lillie Aide Camp.
Registered in the books of the Regiment
C. H. Tupper Adjutant

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Hans, William GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 4309 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Feb. 22, 1792 to John Peck
*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.