Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 20375, Jacob Gurney, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
★ Gurney, Jacob
S. 20375
Carded
CONTENTS
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Proofsheet 20345 INVALID.
am
File No. 20375
Jacob Gurney
his wife was
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 103
[Arrangement of 1870.]

N o 11,211
Maine
Jacob Gurney
of Hebron in the State of Maine who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Smith of the Reg t commanded by Col. Bigelow in the Mass. troops time for 6 months Private $ 20.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 20 Dollars — — — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of April 1833 and J. Clark J. Thomas Patient W.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 40.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 st Sep. 1833 10.00
$ 50.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book E Vol. 1 Page 18

Jacob Gurney -
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I, Levi Hubbard of Paris in the county of Oxford & State of Maine, on oath declare, that Jacob Gurney of Hebron in said county, enlisted as a private soldier in the revolutionary war on the continental establishment, in the Massachusetts lines for the term of six months - said Gurney resided & enlisted at Worcester in the state of Massachusetts in the month of June, in the year 1780 - in the company commanded by Capt Smith, in the regiment commanded by Col. Bigelow - in Gen. Glover's Brigade - and having served said term of six months was discharged at West Point in the State of New York. Levi Hubbard
July 31, 1832.
State of Maine -
Oxford ss. July 31 st 1832. The above named Levi Hubbard, personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed -
Before me
Thomas Clark, Jus. of the Peace.
The foregoing Deponent, Levi Hubbard was a Member of Congress in 1812

STATE OF MAINE.
OXFORD COUNTY, ss.
I, RUFUS KING GOODENOW , Clerk of the Judicial Courts in and for said County of Oxford, hereby certify, that Thomas Clark Esq
whose genuine signature is annexed to the foregoing Deposition of Levi Hubbard is a
Justice of the Peace in and for said county of Oxford.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, this 28th day of August in the year A. D. 1832.
R Goodenow
{ Clerk of Oxford County Courts.

Jacob Gurney, 9652
Molly
Thomas Clark, agent

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF Oxford, ss.
ON this 2 d day of August A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate — now sitting, Jacob Gurney, a resident of Hebron, in the county of Oxford, and State of Maine, aged years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. as a private soldier, in the Massachusetts line, in June 1800, for the term of six months, in the company commanded by Capt. Smith, in the regiment, commanded by Col. Bigelow, in Gen. Glover's brigade, marched from Worcester to Springfield, thence directly to West Point, and there joined the company, and after serving said term of six months, was there verbally discharged.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Before,
Jacob Gurney
Stephen Emery, Judge

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. said applicant having adduced the deposition of Levi Kuhlund, on oath duly administered, in corroboration of his own declaration
Stephen Emery, Judge
I Joseph G. Cole Register Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Quincy for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 28 th day of August A. D. 1832.
CLERK.
Joseph G. Cole Register

Adm. o 6 m's Private I Do. —
J. Clark Esq. Paris M e

BRIEF in the case of  Jaob Garmy  of  Hebrun  in the State of  Maine  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? age not stated  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     None In 1780 6 Private Gen. Lord Smith Col. Bigelow Gen. Glover  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Vernon Ellsworth  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By a living witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Coultas Examining Clerk.