Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 44418, John B Hill, Navy (N H)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Navy (N H)
Hill, John B
S 44418
CONTENTS

7569 14
N Hampshire Roll.
John B. Hill
of Rockingham in the state of N. Hampshire who was a Marine in the Company regiment commanded by Colonel Capt. Jeremiah Osborne, on Board the U. States Frigate Raleigh, Capt. Thompson for the term of Nine Months. A.H.
scribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 24 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th of March 1819 and sent to John S. Sherburne Esq. Judge Portsmouth C. & A.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819. 10 m 27 / 30  14 / 31 — 82:89 Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 th Sept. 1819 — 48:—
130:89
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Let to Hon J. R. Poinsett, N.W. 25. 1837.
W. H. Thompson for the term of Nine Months. A.H.

John B Hill
4569 Sept 1871

State of New Hampshire Rockingham ss.
At a Court of Common Pleas holden at Portsmouth within and for the County of Rockingham in the first District before John Harvey and Hull Bragin Esquires Justices of said Court -
On this fourth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in open court being a Court of Record proceeding according to the course of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount keeping a record of their proceedings John B Keill aged sixty four years resident in Portsmouth in said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows namely as a Marine on board the ship Releigh Thomas Thompson Esquire commander; that he has received a pension commencing on the 24 th day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen his certificate number 7569. And I do 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 whatsoever 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

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.
John B Hill
Schedule of the estate of John B Hill necessary clothing and bedding excepted
  6 Chairs —  2.00  Andirons shovel & tongs & flat irons —  2.00    3 Ditto —  75  1 Aa & 1 Hoe —  1.00    one desk and pine case of drawers  3.00  1 pig —  6.00    Iron ware —  3.00  Tubs & Barrels —  1.50    brotherly ware —  1.00  Tin ware —  1.00    one spinning wheel  1.00      Two Tables —  1.00        $ 23.25   
I work as journey man to the potter's business my family consists of my self and Phebe my wife who is naty five years old who is very infirm, and wages amount to about ninety dollars a year and I have no other income except my pension.
John B Hill
Sworn to and declared at Portsmouth in said Court on the fourth day of July AD 1820
John Harvey & Justice of Hull Burghm & said Court

I Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Rockingham do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule there- to 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 cali- -bited in the aforesaid schedule is twenty three Dollars and twenty five cents. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court on this fourth day of July 1890
P Chadwick

John B. Hill, of Portsmouth, in the County of Rockingham, and State of New Hampshire, late a Marine under Capt George Jerry Osborne, captain of Marines, on board the United States Frigate Raleigh of thirty two guns, com- manded by Capt Thomas Thompson in the naval Service of the United States States declareth, maketh Oath & saith that he entered on board said Frigate as a marine as aforesaid, in the month of July Anno Domini 1777 at said Portsmouth - said Frigate being then in the Service of the United States in the war of the Revolution, and that he served on board her, until she returned to said Portsmouth, after she had made a cruise from that Port in April 1778, when he was discharged by Capt Thompson Commander as aforesaid. That he the Deponent cannot remember and has no means of exactly ascertaining the precise date, when he entered on board, or when he was discharged, but declares that he served as aforesaid more than nine months. That he was born in Barington in said State of New Hampshire, and has always been a resident citizen of the United States That

That he has resided in Portsmouth aforesaid for the last ten years - and by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of Assistance from his Country for Support. John B Hill
I swear to and declare before me John S. Shuburne Judge of the District Court of the United States, for the district of New Hampshire, On the twenty fourth day of April 1818 - And I John S. Shuburne District Judge as aforesaid do Certify that it appears to my Satisfac- -tion that the Said John B. Hill did Serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common Enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings of testimony taken of had before me, to the Secretary for the Depart- -ment of War, pursuant to the directions of the 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" - and I do Patsmouth June 1st New Hampshire District e 1818 7th

John B. Hills
Cont.

I William Marden of Hitting in the County of York & State of Massachusetts testify and say, that I served twelve months on board the United States Frigate Raleigh commanded by Thomas Thompson Esq. in the revolutionary war, & was discharged at Boston in June 1777. That I well know John B. Hill of Portsmouth in the State of New Hampshire. That the said Hill entered, to serve as a Marine on board said Frigate, about July 1776, at which time I belonged to her, and that he continued in said service in said Ship, for more than nine months; and after our return to Portsmouth in April 1777, said Hill was left by the Commander at Portsmouth to take care of his brother who had been wounded in action, at the time the Ship went round to Boston, where the crew were discharged in June 1777—
Wadsworth Dist. Ct. On this 26 th of July 1818. Robert Marden Personally appeared & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition before me J. M. L. Leland Clerk

Thomas Manning Esq r of Portsmouth, in the State of New Hampshire, testify and say, that in the years 1776 & 1777, I was Sailing Master of the United States' Frigate Raleigh, Thomas Thompson Esq r Commander, that in the Spring or Summer 1776, John B. Hill, then of Barrington, now of said Portsmouth, entered on board said Frigate to serve the United States, in the revolutionary war for twelve months as a Marine. That he continued in said Naval service, until said Frigate returned to said Portsmouth in April 1777, at which place said Hill had entered as aforesaid. That to the best of my knowledge & belief, he was in said service ten or eleven months, but at the last he served as aforesaid more than nine months and that John B. Hill of said Portsmouth who is an applicant for a pension from the United States, is the same John B. Hill who served in the Raleigh as before set forth.
Tho s Manning
New Hampshire S d .
Given to me this 20 th day of June 1810 -
Belmont M c L. S. Thisbone Sub-Judge, U.S. N. B.

We the undersigned, Select men of the Town of Portsmouth in the State of New Hampshire, do certify that John B. Hill of said Portsmouth, who, as it is said, was in the Naval Service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war, is in reduced indigent circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support.
Portsmouth N.H. June 24 th 1818.
Abm Shaw John Haven Sam l Hutchings
State of New Hampshire Portsmouth to wit.
I Daniel Humphreys of Portsmouth aforesaid, Notary Public duly commissioned & sworn, do certify, that Mr. Abm Shaw, John Haven & Samuel Hutchings, who have signed the above Certificate as Select men, of said Town, are officers to whom it belongs to take inventories or inventories of the Estates of the Inhabitants, and to assess their proportions of taxes - and that to such their official certificates, full faith is due and to be given.
In Testimony whereof, I have subscribed these presents, to the same have affixed my Notarial Seal in Portsmouth, July 8 th 1818.
Dan l Humphreys Not. Pub.
Sealed & delivered in the presence of us John B. Hill

Certificate of Silk weaver
John B. Hill
Dear Sir,
100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
[Faint, mirrored bleed-through text from the reverse side of the page, mostly illegible.]

Respondent
certify That the said John B Hill is in indigent circumstances & in need of assistance from the country for support.
Jn: S. Sherburne
United States of America New Hampshire District ss -
Be it known that John S. Sherburne Esq m who hath subscribed the foregoing certificate is
one of the judges of the Circuit Court & judge of the District Court of the United States for said District -
Witness the seal of said Circuit Court the 25 th day of July AD 1818 - Peyton R Freeman Clerk

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File No. 44418 John B. Hill Marine Frigate "Raleigh" Revolutionary
Act March 18. 1818
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[Arrangement of 1870.]