Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32798, John Hair, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Hair, John
S. 32798
CONTENTS

Massachusetts
4,295
John Hair 2 d 4 Col Marshall Musician Massachusetts line - 1779. 9 months the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
scribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 8 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 of Nov 1818 and sent John Davis Esq r Worcester, Massachusetts
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1818. 4 - \frac{27}{30} 39.20 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 mar 1819 48
$ 87.20
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 16th March, 1818 }
Continued Worcester Worcester Co.
Notification from War Dept. 9. 1820 to Mr. John Davis Esq r Worcester Mass

32798 Rev INVALID.
July 23-1903 - Edw E Bartlett ang
File No. 32798
John Kair Musician Rev War
Act: 18 th March 1818 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 174
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I James Campbell take a soldier in the Revolutionary Army for about three years do testify and say that I knew John Haire to whom application this is annexed as a soldier in said Army enlisted for three years before he went to Virginia and long after his return. I do not know when nor in what manner he was discharged but well remember him being in the Army during a part of the last year of the war and never heard of his dis- missing altho I knew him before he entered the Army and have lived in the same town with him ever since I have been uniformly well acquainted with him John Haire declare that I have read my certificate & know no interest directly nor indirectly in his procuring a pension
James Campbell
Monmouth Sept 20 - 1818
Then personally appeared the above named James Campbell & made oath that above the above affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth & I also certify the said Campbell is well known to me to be a credible witness -
Before me Samuel Mowery Justice Peace

I James Campbell take a soldier in the Revolutionary Army for about three years do testify and say that I knew John Hairs to whom application this is answered as a soldier in said army entitled for three years before he went to Virginia and long after his return. I do not know when nor in what manner he was discharged but well remember him being in the army during a part of the last year of the war and never heard of his dis- charging altho I knew him before he entered the army and have lived in the same town with him ever since I been uniformly well acquainted with him thencefore that I have had my certificate & have no interest directly nor indirectly in his procuring a pension
James Campbell
Monmouth Sept 20 - 1818 Then personally appeared the above named James Campbell & made oath that above At a deposition to him subscribed contains the truth to the best of his knowledge
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER, ss.
I, ABIJAH BIGELOW, Clerk of the Judicial Courts holden within and for said County of Worcester, certify, that Samuel Brainerd, Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavits have been made, is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly qualified for the purpose, acting under the authority of this Commonwealth, and that his name subscribed thereto is his own proper signature.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the County seal, this twentyfirst day of September, A. D. 1818.
Abijah Bigelow, Clerk
Application of } John Hairs of } Worcester. }

I Benjamin F. Heywood, Physician, of lawful age do testify and say that I have in my possession a book in the hand writing of my late father, which purports to be a pay roll or an account of the final settlements of the sixth Massachusetts regiment. That this book exhibits the names of a large number of Officers & soldiers who are described as belonging to said regiment, the number of their certifi- cates, the amount of each, and a receipt signed by each wherein they respectively acknowledge that they have re- ceived the sums affixed to their names - That this book came into my hands as the administration of my father deceased who was an Officer in the army of the revo- lution. And that I find in it the name of John Hairs with the letters and figures following annexed "March 3 d 1784," two certificates numbered "13.467 1/80 - 19234 1/853 1/2" making $133 2/3 and a receipt subjoined signed by John Hairs the appli- cant wherein he acknowledges that he has rec d that sum - That my father adjusted the claims of said regiment at the close of the war there can be no doubt, and it is equally certain that John Hairs the applicant to whom declaration this is annexed is the person whose name is borne on this book or pay roll inequally entitled - I further declare that I have no interest in said Hairs procuring a pension - Benj a F. Heywood
State of Mass s Sept 25 1818 Then personally appeared the above named Benjamin F. Heywood and made oath that the facts contained in the above affidavit by him subscribed are true - And I certify that he is well known to me & is a credible witness Before me Daniel D. Warren Justice of the peace

John Hais
8 April Wompton
Admitted
James Mase

State of Massachusetts
I John Hais a citizen of the United States now resident at Worcester in the County of Worcester in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare that in the war of the Revolution, I entered and was engaged in the land service of the United States on the continental establishment as a musician, and served accordingly against the common enemy the whole term of my respective engagements as herein after mentioned to wit some time in the year 1775 I entered into said service for the term of nine months and belonged to a Company commanded by Captain Timothy Bigelow in a regiment under the command of Colonel Artemas Ward and at the end of nine months was released in like manner as other soldiers in the same service without a written discharge - About two months subsequent to this I entered into said service again for the term of two months and belonged to a company commanded by Captain - Doolittle in a regiment commanded Colonel Dana in the Massachusetts line and was again discharged as before - Soon after the time last mentioned I again entered into said service for the term of nine months, joined a company commanded by Captain Marshall in the ninth regiment in the Massachusetts line, seven months of which term I served, & then hired one John Mahana to take my place, who was accepted by the proper officer and served the residue of the time for me - A short period subsequent to this I again entered into said service for three years, joined a Company commanded by Lieutenant John Holden in the regiment under the command of Colonel Lupper, was afterwards transferred to a company commanded by Captain Abbot by whom I was enlisted to serve during the war (some time before the three years had elapsed) was ordered to join a company commanded by Captain Daniels in the sixth regiment in the Massachusetts line, in which I did duty until the termination of the war when I was honorably discharged which discharge and all other papers that I received from Officers of said army are either lost or so mutilated & defaced as to be unintelligible - and I further testify and declare that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life & poverty I stand in need of assistance from the government my country for support being now of the age of 82 years, infirm and dependent on my own labor to procure the necessaries to support life, and I hereby relinquish every claim to any pension that has or may be granted me by the laws of the United States -
Yours Hais
Be it remembered. That on this eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. Pursuant to a law of the United States entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18th of March AD 1818 personally appeared the above named John Hais, made known to me as the person described in and who executed the foregoing affidavit in my presence, and produced other satisfactory evidence of the truth of the facts. Subscribed my hand at the seat of the Court Isaac Parker, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts

I John Holden late a Lieutenant of Infantry in the army of the revolution do on oath testify and declare that in February AD 1781 I was appointed to the command of a guard (consisting of about 20 men) to protect money & clothing, which was to be sent from West Point in New York to Virginia for the Marquis De La Fayette's troops, & I well re- member, that the within named John Haire was one of the above guard and went with me to Virginia & returned to West Point in the Novem- ber following and joined his own regiment from which he was taken - That he was a soldier previous to being detached for the above service is certain, and that he continued in the army afterwards is equally certain, but how long from my own personal knowledge I am not able to say, as he was under me no longer than above men- tioned - but I have no doubt that he was enlisted for 3 years or during the war, and there can be but little room to doubt that he served his country as he has within stated - and I further declare, that he is very poor, & that I am neither directly nor indirectly interested in his procuring a pension.
John Holden
Haverhill fs. 22 Aug 1818
Then personally appeared the above named John Holden and made solemn oath that the above de- claration by him subscribed is true - and I certify that full faith and credit ought be given to the testimony of said Holden
before me Samuel Bowdoin Justice Peace
Admitted
8 April 1818 John Holden

John Hairs
Worcester 4295
Nov 18
Con
IV. VILLAGE BIGHORN, Clerk of the Circuit Court

Schedule of the Estate of John Hair, of Worcester, in the county of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Applicant for a Pension under the Act of Congress of May 1. 1820.
1 Cherry Table $2.00 1 pine do .50 : 1 pine Chest .35 4 Chairs 2.50; 1 pr cart Iron Dogs .50; 1 pr shovel and tongs $1.00; Iron Ware 2.25; Crocker and Tin Ware .75; 1 shoe maker's bench & Tools 1.25; 1 flat Iron .35; axe & hoe & hammer $1.25; 1 pr Saddle Bags .80 = $13.50
I have no property except what is mentioned in the schedule, I have no family except a wife who is sixty four years of age. My occupation is that of a Shoemaker, but I am not able to labour
Attest H. G. Henshaw
John his Hair mark.
ner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby to be enabled 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.
Witness H. G. Henshaw
John his Hair mark.
Sworn to and declared, on the before the said Court.
fifth
day of September, 1820
Attest,
Abijah Bigelow, flr.
I, ABIJAH BIGELOW, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, holden within and for the County of Worcester, 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 total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is thirteen dollars and fifty cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fifth day of September 1820.
Abijah Bigelow Clerk of the Court for Worcester County of Worcester.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this fifth day of September , 1820, personally appeared in open Court, before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, being a Court of Record, within and for said County of Worcester, established as such by the laws of said Commonwealth, John Haur aged sixty five years, resident in Worcester , 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: After several short terms of less than 9 months, I, in the year 1776, enlisted into a company in the 9th Mass. Regt. Col. Timothy Marshall, and served nine months. Soon after the expiration of that time I entered a light Infantry Company commanded, most of the time by Lieut. Holden, in the Regt. commanded by Col. Duffer. Part of the time, and in another regiment the residue, commanded as nearly as I can recollect, by Col. Le Motte, to serve during the war, and served until June 9, 1783, when I was honorably discharged. My original declaration is dated April 8, 1818 and numbered 4,295. The foregoing is as correct a statement as I can at present make, having in some measure lost my recollection within a few months by reason of sickness. It is however certain that I served without disgrace nearly the whole of the war.
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.
Witness, H. G. Henshaw
John Haur mark.
Sworn to and declared, on the fifth day of September , 1820, before the said Court.
Attest,
Abijah Bigelow, cler.
I, ABIJAH BIGELOW, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, holden within and for the County of Worcester, 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 total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is thirteen dollars and fifty cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fifth day of September 1820.
Abijah Bigelow Clerk of the Court for the County of Worcester.