Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21101, Benjamin Carlton, Mass.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Mass.
Carlton, Benjamin S. 21101
Carded
Contents
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[18?]
Essex
Massachusetts [1523?]
15253.

Benjamin Carlton
of Essex in the State of Masstts [Massachusetts]
who was a
pri: in the company commanded
by Captain Johnson of the Regt commanded
by Col. Wade in the Masstts [Massachusetts]
line for 13 months and 14 days
[Illegible]
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of 44 Dollars 88 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of June ['34?] and sent N. Swift 
Andover Mass.
Arrears to the          4th of March '33  _  89.76
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept "  _  22.44
                                                                  $112.20
⎨ Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Wm. Miller Clerk
Book E. Vol. 2.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS: COUNTY OF ESSEX, ss.
On this thirteenth
the
day of September A. D. 1832, personally appeared before me David
Cummins one of the justices of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County
of Essex, the same being a court of Record
Benj .[Benjamin] Carlton, a resident of Andover in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, aged 76 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:
On the 4th day of Dec. as near as I can recollect [A?] 1775 he enlisted as a private in
Capt John Abbots Company in Col. Parsons
Regiment of Militia for the term of six
weeks he [moved?] to Cambridge, and was
stationed at Roxbury in the place of some
Connecticut Troops, whose time had expired,
[our?] Commander Col. Parsons belonged to Conn. he staid his term [illegible] and two weeks longer  by then. By the desire of Gen. Washington he was discharged [illegible] Roxbury the [illegible] part of Feb. 1776.
That about the 10th of Sept. 1777 he again enlisted in Cap. Adams Company in Col. Brickets [Bricketts] Regiment of Militia and moved to Saratoga and was present at the surrender of Burgoyne's Army [and guarded?] the prisoners to Cambridge. He served his time out he enlisted for one month and he was dismissed at Cambridge. 
That about the 1st of April 1777 he enlisted in Cap. Johnson's Company in Col. _ _ [dashes indicating name left blank] Regiment of Militia. Major Cushing was our commander. For the term
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That about the 1st day of June 1780 he enlisted
again at Andover, for the term of three
months in Capt. Abbot's Company in 
Col. Wades Regiment of Militia.
and moved to West Point in the State
of New York
then to New Windsor.