Virginia
Be it remembered, that at a County court held in and for the County of Monongalia, at the courthouse of the said county, on Monday the 24th of July in the year 1820, personally appeared in open court & being a court of record, which proceed according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings
Joseph Bonner, aged about sixty six years resident in said county who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary was as follows viz. he the said Bonner enlisted as a soldier uner Capt. Nelson for one year, and at the expiration of the said year he again enlisted under said Nelson for three years, that after said Nelson was disgraced, he served under Capt. Grant, afterwards under Capt. Davis in the regiment commanded by Col. Butler in the Pennsylvania line under Genl. Wayne, that he was in the battle of Brandy wine under Lord Sterling and at the battle of Germantown. That he served four years one of which was in the Virginia State troops and three in the United States troops that the date of his original declaration is the 27th day of May 1818, that he has received a pension and the number of the certificate is 5218, and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 & that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any other manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons enaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war, passed on the 18th day of Moarch 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person for me in trust any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income, other than what is hereto annexed and by me subscribed viz. one horse about fifteen years of age, eight head of sheep, one sow and seven pigs, nine pewter plates, one set of knives and forks, one barshear plow, one hoe
Signed Joseph Bonner his mark
And I believe it will require the most of this property, to discharge the rent due for the land in which I live as that rent amount to sixty dollars. That I am much disabled, and my eye sight considerably impaired, that formerly I was a farmer, but owing to my disabilities I am now utterly unable to support myself and family, that my family consists of five persons viz. my wife about sixty years old, very infirm, my daughters Peggy and Ruthy both young women and my two grand children Nancy and John the children of Peggy – thyat my family, instead of being a support to me, is rather a burthen –
Sworn to and declared before the aforesaid court, on the day and date first herein written
Transcribed 26 February 2010 by Barbara Shroyer from Footnote.com digital image from the pension file of Joseph Bonner/Bunner.