Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37049, John Harris, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Conn
Harris, John
S. 37049
CONTENTS

(423)
Connecticut Roll
John Harris, II
Capt Warner
Connecticut Line Private
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 17 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th of May and sent to S. T. Hosmer Esq r Middletown, Conn.
Arrearages to 1 st Sept r 1818 4 months 1/30  $ 36.80
{ Revolutionary claims, } { Act 18th March, 1818, }
3 years 77
Middletown, Middlesex So
Examined with Orig. Rolls Aug. 1853. No. 9.
continued on the roll under the law of the 1 may 1820 —
A duplication sent to John Fisk Esq r 5 July 1820 Middletown Port

I John Harris of Middletown, County of Middlesex, and State of Connecticut do testify and say;
That in May One Thousand, Seven Hundred, & Seventy Seven, I enlisted as a private Soldier for three years in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Willis Goff being in the Connecticut line, and as I believed the Third Regiment, and in the Company commanded by Capt. Robert Warner, in which company I served out the said three years, and at the expiration thereof received my discharge, and quit the Service;
I further testify, that my said discharge I have mislaid, & it has become lost; That I am sixty seven years of age, and wholly destitute of property, and by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, have need of assistance for my support, and pray that I may obtain the provision made by the act entitled "An act for the relief of the soldiers."
John Harris Middletown March 19 th 1818.
State of Connecticut. Middlesex County, ss
Middletown March 19 th 1818.
Personally came before me I Fitch Notary a Judge of the Superior Court

for the State of Connecticut John Har- ris of said Middletown, the Signer of the preceding Deposition, and made Solemn Oath to the truth of the same.
J. Litch Warner.
I Robert Warner of Middletown, County of Middletown, and State of Connecticut do testify;
That I am well acquainted with John Harris of said Middletown, Signer of the preceding Deposition; In May One Thousand Seven Hundred & Seventy he en- -listed as a private for three years in the Company which I commanded in the Regi- -ment commanded by Samuel Wyllis Col. 1 st . He remained in service in the said Regi- -ment, serving faithfully until the expiration of the time for which he enlisted, and was then regularly discharged from the army; - - I further testify, that the said
John Harris is wholly without property, and obtains a scanty support by the labor of his hands; that he is between Sixty

and Seventy years of age, I has a small family to support, further South not.
Middletown March 26 th 1818. Robert Warner
B. State of Connecticut, Middlesex County, ss Middletown March 26 th 1818. Personally came Major Robert Warner of said Middletown, Sig- ner of the preceding Deposition, before me Stephen Fitch, Wosmer a Judge of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, and made solemn Oath to the truth thereof. Fitch Wosmer.
C. I Stephen Fitch, Wosmer a Judge of the Superior Court for the State of Connec- ticut do hereby certify, that, it appearing to my satis- faction that John Harris the signer of the first Deposition above, served in the revolu- tionary war against the common enemy, as in said Deposition has testified, I, therefore, pursuant to the preceding testimony, to the Honorable the Secretary of War, J. Fitch Wosmer Middletown County March 26 th 1818.
I John Fisk Clerk of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut do certify, that the Honorable Stephen Fitch Wosmer of

Middletown in the State aforesaid, is one of the Images of the said Court, and that his name subscribed to the preceding certifi- cates marked A. B. C. is his proper hand writing and signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Middletown aforesaid on this 17 th day of April 1818.
W. M. Clerk

State and District of Connecticut, ss.
ON this 20 th day of June 1820 personally appeared in open Court, before the ad d county Court holden at Middletown within and for the county of Middlesex in said State, on the 20 th day of June 182 0 , the same being a court of record, proceeding ac- cording to the course of common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having power of fine and imprisonment, John Harris aged Seventy years, resident in the town of Middletown in said State, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolu- tionary war, as follows: That he the said John Harris enlisted for the term of Three Years - - - on the last of April  day of or 1 st of May in the year 1777 in Middletown in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Robert Warner in the regiment com- manded by Colonel Samuel Myles in the line of the State of Connecticut on the continental establishment: That he continued to serve in the said corps until April 1780 - - - when he was discharged from the said service in Springfield in the State of New Jersey That he made a declaration to obtain a pension under the law of the 18th of March 1818, as nearly as he can recollect, having no minutes, on the - - - day of April 1818 ; ; and had transmitted to him a Certificate for a pension from the Secretary for the Department of War, No. 423
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;" 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.
I do further solemnly swear, that I was in the battles of Fort Montgomery and in the Skirmishes between Peekskill & Rhinebeck and Red Hook
That I am by occupation a Caulker

That the number of my family residing with me is one  her , and their names and ages are as follows:
Elizabeth my wife aged 65
That I am unable to work owing to a Wrench in my Back which Produced an Issue or Fistula that my complaint has afflicted me for more than Five Years That I Live in an hired Room and pay for the Rent of it with my Pension money and that without it I should have to apply to the Town where I have a Residence for support
John Harris
Sworn to and declared day of June
182 7 , before
on the 20 th the Court of Common Pleas for MPBo
M c Neil Clerk

71 John Harris. Middletown No. 423. issd. 8 May 1818
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SCHEDULE annexed to the Declaration and Oath above made and taken before the Court aforesaid.
  1 Table cts   6 chairs 75   one ax and one hoe 3.00   1 Stove 1.00   1/2 doz Tea cups and Saucers 14.00   1 Spider 20   1 old Table Broken 25   1 Skillet 33   2 Ten Candelsticks 12 1/2   6 Knives and forks 25   Shovels and tongs 20   Lot 500s tea & 1000s iron spoons etc 3 3/4   about 20 lb of flour 10.44   75   21.99 
John Harris

I John Pirk Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Wiltshire aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath and Schedule annex- ed, are truly copied from the record of 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 One dollars and Ninety Nine cents.
IN TESTIMONY whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 20 th day of June 1820
J. Pirk Clerk of the Court

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. John Harris S. 37049
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1777 3yrs. Pvt. Robert Warner Samuel Wyllys Conn.                                  
Battles engaged in, Ft. Montgomery Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓ Date of application for pension, Sep. 19. 1818. His cl. al. Residence at date of application, Middletown Middlesex Co. Conn. Age at date of application, 67yrs. Remarks: Soldier's wife Elizabeth was 65 yrs. old (in 1820)

37049 Rev INVALID.
1912 Jan'y 27 Hist. to Miss K. Nina Daniels Letter sent to Record Dist. to answer civil war inquiry. V.P. King
File No. 37,049
John Harris Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 18
[Arrangement of 1870.]