Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14935, Jonathan Howard, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Howard, Jonathan Beulah
W. 14935
CONTENTS

10.110 Massachusetts
Deed. Ltr to S. Maxwell July 11 '43.
Jonathan Howard
of Franklin in the State of Mass.
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Bailey of the Regt. commanded by Col. Bailey in the Mass and for 7 mos 10 days
Cash & Med
78 Franklin
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 24 Dollars 45 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of March 1833 and sent upon Geo Greenfield Mass
Arrears to the 4th of March 33 $48.90 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 1833 12.23 $61.13
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by A. H. A. Adair Clerk, Book F Vol. 2 a Page 31

1579 Massachusetts Beulah Howard widow of Jonathan Howard Mch who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Reported
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 24 Dollars 45 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of August 1848 and sent to S. Maxwell Charlestown Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 56 Vol. 2

Jonathan Howard
22,384
Private 7 months 10 days Amia
E. Alwood Granite Mass

BRIEF in the case of  Jonathan Howard  of Franklin Co. in the State of Mass  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70 Years  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. As a Gen.     July 1 st In 17 80 + " 6 " Private Capt Bailey Col. Bailey   March 81 " 1 10 " " Washburn "    Roll
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Andover  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? correct 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
A. Davidson Examining Clerk.

16 Bullock Howard
Peru
Oct 17 - 1843
Ms 88.042
16577

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss. County of Franklin.
On this Seventeenth day of October, 1843 personally appeared, before the Hon ble R.E. Newcomb Esq n . Judge of the Probate Ct. for the said County of Franklin; the same being a Court of Record. Beulah Howard, a resident of Charlemont in said County, of Franklin, aged seventy four years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order, in to substantiate her claim, to the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed the 7 th July 1838 entitled "an Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
That she is the widow of Jonathan Howard, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, and who received a pension under the Act of Congress of 7 th June 1832. She further declares, that she was married to the said Jonathan Howard on the 4 th day of May 1788, and that her husband, the aforesaid Jonathan Howard, died on the ninth day of March 1842 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January, Seventeen hundred & ninety four, to wit, at the time above stated.
Beulah Howard
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin ss. At a court of Probate held at Charlemont in and for the County of Franklin on the Seventeenth day of October A. D 1843. The above named Beulah Howard appeared and made oath

That the foregoing declaration by her said = =Scribal is true
In testimony whereof I Geo- Greene Jr. Register of said Court have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this 18 th day of October A. D. 1843
Geo. Greene Jr. Register of Probate

I Mitchell Keith of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the Town of Bridgewater in said County That I have the custody of the Records of said Town and that I have carefully examined the records of said Town but cannot find a Record of the marriage of Jonathan Howard 3 and Beulah Keith upon said Records but that the following is on the Records of the Publications in said Town Jonathan Howard 3 & Beulah Keith both of Bridgewater March 29 th 1788. Bridgewater January 18. 1844. Mitchell Keith Town Clerk Bridgewater
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss Be it known that on the eighteenth day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty four Before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Plymouth duly authorized by the Laws of the State & administered oaths personally appeared Mitchell Keith the above affiant who is Town Clerk of the Town of Bridgewater and who is a man of truth and veracity and made oath that the above by him subscribed is true.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year above written.
Philo Leach Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
Secretary's Office, Boston January 19 th 1844 -
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Philo Leach was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Palfrey: Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Extract from the Church Records of which Darius Gurney was formerly Pastor May eighth nineteen hundred and eighty eight Married Mr Jonathan Norward 3 and Miss Beulah Keith both of Bridgewater. Philip Abey Pastor. I Philip Colby of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth and State of Massa- chusetts do hereby certify that I am the Pastor of the Church of which Darius Gurney was formerly Pastor and that the Records of said Church are in my custody and that the above extract is a true copy from the said Records with the exception that on the records the day of the month and the year are expressed in full legible figures in the following manner viz "May 8 th 1988 Married Mr Jonathan Norward 3 and Miss Beulah Keith both of Bridgewater
January 18 1888
Philip Abey Pastor. of said Church.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss. Be it known that on this eighteenth day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty four Personally appeared the Revd Philip Colby the above officer who is personally known to me and who is the Pastor of the Church of which the Revd Darius Gurney deceased was Pastor and who is a man of truth and veracity and made oath that the above by him subscribed is true.
Before me Philo Leach Justice of the Peace.
I hereby certify that the Revd Philip Colby subscribed the above in my presence and that I compared the same with the original Record with him
Philo Leach

Jonathan Howard
Charlemont
22284
Jona. Howards

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
FRANKLIN COUNTY ss.
ON THIS fifteenth day of august A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the said Commonwealth, now sitting at Greenfield within and for the said County of Franklin, Jonathan Howard a resident of Charlemont in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, aged seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of an 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. About the first of July A.D. 1780 I enlisted as a Soldier in a company commanded by Capt. Adam Bailey in Col. Baileys Regiment for a term of six Months. I was then eighteen years old and lived in Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth in this Commonwealth; I passed muster at Springfield in this State & then marched to West Point in the State of New York. I was there when M j r. Andre was taken and was one of the Guard when he was executed; I was stationed at West Point till the last of December of the same year, when I was regularly discharged & returned to Bridgewater. In the month of March 1781. I was drafted for a term of forty days and entered the Service as a Soldier in a company of Militia commanded by Capt. Abraham Washburn and was stationed on Rhode Island, at the end of the term I returned again to Bridgewater where I resided about ten years, then removed to Primfield & from there to Belchertown & from there to Charlemont where I now reside. I have lost my discharge and do not know of any witness, whose testimony can prove except my brother Henry Howard, who was with me all the time I was in Service both times. 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. Jonathan Howard Attest E. Alvord Clerk
WE,
residing in Charlemont hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Howard who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
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 named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that
Attest E. Alvord Clerk
I, ELIJAH ALVORD, Clerk of the said Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Howard for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court, this fifteenth day of august in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
E. Alvord Clerk.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14935
Beulah Howard Widow of Jonathan Howard Priv. Rep. War
Act: Feb. 2 nd 1848
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 346
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Massachusetts
Beulah Howard
widow of Jonathan Howard who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832, and who died on the 9 March, 1842 of Franklin in the State of Mass'ts who was a private in the company: commanded by Captain Bailey of the Reg't: commanded by Col. Bailey in the Mass'ts — line for 7 mo. 10 days.
Inscribed on the Roll of Boston at the rate of 211 — Dollars 45 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th : day of July, 1845 and sent to Nial Pearce Esq., Mass'ts
Total amount,
$ —
[Act July 7, 1838.]
4 resolution of Jan'y. 23. 1846.
Recorded by W. Stewart Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 — Page 59 —

6096 Massachusetts
Reulah Howard widow of Jonathan Howard who was a Private in the Mass Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 24 Dollars 45 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Sept. 1844 and sent to J. Mascewell, Charlemont Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 31
certificate ip o under Jt. reso- and act 7 July 1838 for 5 yrs pension -
Reh o
C 2/10/43
pension due in 1844

Beulah Howard
under joint residence of 230.
January 1845 Vast 7th
July, 1838 —
husband died 9 March 1842.
Adm: of 24.45 per ann: from 4 March, 1836 to 4 March 1841.
Nial Pease, Esq.
Senox,
Massachusetts

In order to obtain the Benefit of the Resolution of Congress of the 23 day of January 1845—
Whereas the act of the 30 th of April 1844 prohibited me from drawing a Pension for the same period during which my late husband was a pensioned— I now make the following statement in order to obtain the benefit of the Resolution above mentioned I am the Widow of Jonathan Howard who was a Private in the War of the Revolution — I have drawn a Pension at the rate of twenty four dollars and forty five cents per annum from the 4 th day of March in the year 1843, and I now ask for the sum due me from the 4 th Day of March 1836 to the 4 th Day of March 1841 when my five years Pension would have ended
Beulah Howard
Sworne to & subscribed to before me on this thirtieth Day of May 1845 Austin Pease Justice of the Peace
I certify that the declarant is Personally known to me and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit = it Austin Pease Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
FRANKLIN SS.
I, Henry Chapman, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Franklin, do certify, that Austin Lease Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Austin Lease Esq. and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said Commonwealth, this third day of June — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five .
H. Chapman , Clerk.
1845 June 3 1845 1845 1845

CHARLOTTE July 10 43
Jonathan H Howard Mass. Ave
FREE
L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Charlemont 5 July 1843
At Edwards. In your letter to me of the 22 April last you say, that my question with respect to the wid of a deceased pensioner is not sufficiently explicit to enable you to give a satisfactory reply. I will state the case. Jonathan Howard received a pension under the Act of June 7. 1832. he died in June 1842. his widow has not received any pension. Is she intitled to a years pension under the Act of March 3. 1843. or is there any provision for her and others in similar circumstances.
With Great Respect Your Obt. Servt G. Maxwell

10507
Brulah Howard Mans of Jonathan Map
act: 7 July 1838
Rejected husb. died 1842
adm? March 1843
7 mo 10 d - $24 45 per annum
S. Mansville Charlemont Map.

Jon a Howard Charlestown 1.25
Payments to be made at Boston Mass by the Pres of U.S.B. Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Mass
27 years 1838
Adams Bailiff 2000 Bailiffs
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book C. Vol. 2 Page 31 by J.H. Adkins Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Jonathan Howard of the State of Massachusetts, who was a Private in the army of the Revolution
is entitled to receive — Twenty Four — dollars and sixty five cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Nineteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three
Lord
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Act 1843. No 6393
July 31 1844
Miss M
B. Hawes
7 July 1843 10 5/8
11
Jonathan L. Edwards Esqr. Comissioner of Pensions Washington City

Charlemont 30 th Jan. 1844.
Mr Edwards. Sir I enclose the declaration of Widow Beulah Howard, with the accompanying documents, which I suppose will substantiate her claim to a pension under the Acts of 7 th July 1838 & 3 March 1843. The pension certificate of her late husband which is inclosed, is sufficient to prove the services. I hope this case will receive early attention as the widow is poor & needy.
With Great Respect Sir Your O bt Servt G h Maxwell

Jonathan Howard Henry Howard aff
Henry Howard Affiant

I Henry Howard of Grantham in the County of Sullivan State of New Hampshire testify, that Jonathan Howard now residing in Charlemont in the State of Massachusetts, on the about the first of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & eighty, enlisted as a private soldier in a company commanded by Capt. Adarn Bailey in Col. Baileys Regt. V Genl Scars Brigade for the term of six months, and continued to serve in said company until he was regularly discharged at West Point in the State of New York a few days before the expiration of said term, and I further testify that the said Jonathan Howard was afterwards in March 1781 drafted and went into the service in the war of the Revolution in a Militia company commanded by Capt. Abraham Washburne for a term of forty days, Charlemont 9 th July 1832
Henry Howard
On the 9 th day of July A. D. 1832 Henry Howard above named a person of veracity, personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed Before me Sylvester Maxwell Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss. I Elijah Alvord Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said Commonwealth for the said county of Franklin do hereby certify that Sylvester Maxwell Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit was verified is a Justice of the Peace for the said county; and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this fifteenth day of August A. D. 1832
E. Alvord Clerk

admitted
S. Maxwell Charlemont Mass

State of Massachusetts Franklin County } ss.
On this fifth day of August 1848 personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the said County Beulah Howard
a resident of Charlemont in the county of Franklin aged seventy nine years who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the second of February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Jonathan Howard who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution; that she received a pension of twenty four dollars forty six cents per annum under the Act of the 17th June 1844.
She further declares that she is still a widow. Sworn to and subscribed the day & year above written. Beulah Howard In presence of Before me S y Maxwell Justice of the Peace Oliver Howard S y Maxwell
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
FRANKLIN SS.
I, Henry Chapman, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Franklin, do certify, that Sylvester Maxwell Esquire , whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand- writing of the said — Sylvester Maxwell Esq r and believe his signature to said certificate. — is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said Commonwealth, this — ninth — day of August — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and — fifty eight.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss. Franklin County - - }
On this twentyfourth day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred forty four, personally appeared before me Sylvester Maxwell Esqr. a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Franklin duly authorized by the laws of said Commonwealth to administer oaths. Beulah Howard, a resident in the town of Charlemont, in said County, personally known to the said Sylvester Maxwell aged seventy four years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision, made by the Act of Congress, passed on the third day of March 1843, granting pensions, to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war, that she is the widow of Jonathan Howard who was a private in the Army of the Revolution. That she was entitled under the Act of July 7 th 1837 to receive a pension of twenty four dollars, forty five cents, annually. She further declares that she is still the widow of said Jonathan Howard.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written. Before me Sylvester Maxwell Justice of the Peace Beulah Howard
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
FRANKLIN SS.
I, Henry Chapman, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Franklin, do certify, that Sylvester Maxwell Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Sylvester Maxwell and believe his signature to said certificate to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said Commonwealth, this Twenty sixth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four .
H. Chapman. Clerk.