Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29083, Ebenezer Colburn, Mass.
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SERVICE
Mass.
Colburn, Ebenezer
NUMBER
S.29083
CONTENTS
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29083
Revy INVALID.
File No. 29,083
Ebenezer Colburn
Priv Rev War
Act: June 7th 32"
Indes: - Vol 2 Page 81
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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No. 11.781
Maine
Ebenezer Colburn
of Waldo in the State of Maine
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Whipple
of the Regt commanded 
Col. Whitney in the Mass. Militia
for 10 months & 26 days Private
$36.21

Inscribed on the Roll of Maine
the rate of 36 Dollars 21 Cents per annum
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of June
1833 and sent to Jos. Williamson
Belfast Me

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833
72.42

Semi anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833 18. 10
$90.52

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by D. Brown Clerk
Book E. Vol. 1  Page 7
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IColburn's Amos Jones of Unity in the County
of
Waldo & state of Maine on oath testify & declare
that I was knowing to the circumstance of Ebenerzer
Colburn now of Belast in the same County
enlisting as a volunteer in the Massachusetts
militia for three months service some time
in August in the year 1780 under Capt
Timothy Bontelle of Col Rand's Regiment
that I was of the same company which
marched to West Point was knowing to
of  Colburn's serving in said company till
the expiration of three months when we
with said
company were discharged
above Fishkill so [illegible] & returned
home - said Colburn when
he enlisted
belonged to Leominster in
the County
of Worcester in commonwealth of Massachusetts & I 
belonged to Lunenburg in the same
County
Signature of Amos Jones

Waldo ss. August 31. 1832. Then personally appeared
above Amos Jones and made oath to
the truth of the above declaration by him
scribed before me
Albert Bingham Jus. Peace
Certify that the above named Amos Jones, in
[illegible], is a credible witness.
Albert Bingham

I Nathal M Lowney Register of Probate for Waldo County
certify that Albert Bingham is a magistrate as above and
that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office
this twentieth day of September A.D. 1832
Nathl M. Lowney
Register
of Probate
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State of Maine
Waldo SS

On this twentieth day of September
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and thirty two personally appeared in open
Court before me Alfred Johnson thus esquire now
setting as a Probate Court within and for the
County of Waldo aforesaid Ebenezar Colburn
a resident of Belfast in the County of Waldo
aforesaid, aged 71 years the tenth day of
last son, who being first duly sworn and accord
ing to law, doth on his oath make the follow
ing 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
---
That some time in August 1777 he entered
as a voluntier in the [illegible]
of Massachusetts
for the Bennington expedition so called under
Capt nathl Custer; that [illegible] was
Lieutenant whose christian name he has forgotten
- That he does not know as the company
was attached to any particular Regiment.
That he with said company proceeded within
20 miles of Bennington when his company
received orders from the commander in
chief to return, which they did to Leominster
in County of Worcester & Commonwealth
foresaid where he resided & where he dismissed
which was two or three weeks after he entered
[illegible] servicw aforesaid, he cannot tell the
precise day
That about the first day of January 1778
he again entered the service of the United States
as a volunteer in Massachusetts troops to
militia for the period of six months. That
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for about three months he was stationed at
the Barracks of 16 South Parish in Brookfield
Massachusetts under the command of a Lieutenant
out whose name he has now for John
---
that he at Brookfield in the spring of that year
under
command of Capt Whipple, proceeded to
Roxbury, thence to Rutland where he was
dismissed, about the first of July of the same
give, by at the expiration of said six months
Service
---
that in the same July he again enlisted as
volunteer in the militia troops of Massachusetts
who [illegible] ordered by the town of Leominster [illegible]
where he resided to march to Rhodisland,
was put under command of Capt Thurlow at  Tiverton in the Regiment of A Whitney- that
he proceeded to Newport Island, where the troops
surrendered under General Sullivan, till
they returned from the
Island - that he with
said troops marched into the [illegible] land and
was dismissed in about six weeks
in the time of his enlistment at or near
Bristol
---
That he again enlisted as a volunteer in
same line of troops for three months
service at Leominster aforesaid same time in August  (he does not [illegible] the day) of the
year 1780 under Capt Timothy Bontelle of
Col Rands Regiment - That he marched
the said company to West point and was 
discharged above the Fishkill in and at the
[illegible] of said three months. That his
place of residence during the whole time
his service as aforesaid was in the town of
[illegible] aforesaid to which he always returned
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at [illegible]
this several terms of service
he knew Maj Genl Lee at the commencement of
the war
That he has no documentary evidence
of his service, but has hereto annexed
Deposition of times [illegible] all the will he can
procure of witnesses above testify to his service
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to
a pension or annuity except the present, and
unless that his name is not in the pension roll
of the agency of any state
That he was born
a Loeminster aforesaid but has no record of his age - 
That he received no written discharge
from the service - That [illegible] may be had
to Daniel Lous Esq [illegible] of the Customs & to
Hiram C. Allen of Postmaster both of us
foresaid who can testify as to his character
for veracity & their belief as to his services as a
soldier in the revolution
Subscribed & sworn to this twentieth day of
September in the year of our Lord 1852
Eber Colburn
Johnson Judge

We William Frothingham
in Belfast aforesaid and Lewis Bean of the same Belfast hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Colburn who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy one 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 cuncur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed to the day
year aforesaid
Wm Frothingham
Lewis Bean
Before me A Johnson
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I Nathaniel M. Lowney Register of the Court of Probate
the County of Waldo do hereby certify that the foregoing contains
the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the
application of Ebenezer Colburn for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal of office this twentieth day of September A.D. 1832
Nathl M. Lowney Register of
Probate

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the
investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories
prescribed by the War Department, that the above named appli
cant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states
And the court further certifies that it appears to them
that William Frothingham who has signed the preceding certifi
cate, is a Clergyman resident in the town of Belfast & that heirs
Bean who has also signed the same is a resident in said town
and is a credible person, & that their statement is entitled
to credit-
Signature of Alfred Johnson
Judge
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13255
Ebenezer Colburn
April 8th 1833
[illegible] 10.
13,255
P. 323
admitted
10 mo 26 days Private $26.21
Joseph Williamson Esq.
Belfast
Me
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BRIEF in the case of Ebenezer Colburn
of Belfast
Ebenezer Collon
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? 71 year

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
August In 1777 [illegible]
Jany 1778
July
Aust 1780

Duration of Service.
Years, Months, Days.
0 -6-14
0-1-12
0-3-
Rank.
As a
Private
"
"
"
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Capt.Carter
Copperter
Col Whipple
Capt (?) Col Whitney
Capt Bantille Col Rand

5. In what battles was he engaged? None

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Leominster Massachusetts

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence
incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
By Living Witness

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.
Richard Cutts
Examining Clerk.