Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,878, John Ford, Mass.
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Mass.

Ford, John

S. 34878
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34878

Rev. INVALID

File No. 34878

John Ford
Capt. Rev. War

Act:  18th March 1818

Index:-Vol. 2, Page 142

[Arrangement of 1870]
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Capt. John Ford


Admitted
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To the Honorable John C. Calhoun, Secretary of the Department of War of the United States


I, the undersigned Samuel Dana, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Middle Circuit, (comprehending the Counties of Essex and Middlesex) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being a Court of Record, duly established by Law, Do hereby certify, That on the eighth day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Personally appeared Capt. John Ford and made and subscribed the declaration which is hereunto annexed.  And at the same time, he exhibited to me the Commission therein mentioned
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Massachusetts Roll

1,617

John Ford, Captain

Col. Bridge
Mass Line - 9 months
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of ? Dollars per month, to commence on the 8 of April 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of June 1818 and sent to Samuel Dana, Esq. 
Groton, Mass.

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818

4 months 27/30

$98.00

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818}

Stricken from rolls
Dec. 2nd 1819
Chelmsford Middlesex
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Capt. John Ford
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Be it remembered, that on this eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen before me Samuel Dana Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Middle Circuit (comprehending the counties of Essex and Middlesex, in the Commonwealth aforesaid ) comes John Ford of Chelmsford in said county of Middlesex and on oath declares that he served in the war of the Revolution, against the common enemy, Eighteen months and the march from the march from Chelmsford to Camden, was in the battle of Lexington on the nineteenth day of April 1775 - And he continued in the service of the State of Massachusetts, until the first of July following, when he entered the Continental establishment, and received a Commission of that date, from Congress, by which he was appointed a Captain in the 27th Regiment of foot commanded by Col. Bridge and under the Commission he served until about the middle of April, he believes the tenth or twelfth of April next after which when the agent for building the Boston and Hancock frigates, being very desirous to have him procure the timber to build these frigates, he resigned his Commission and left the service of the army.  He procured the timber for these frigates - In July 1776 there was a call for men to reinforce the Northern Army and he raised a Company, ? Col. Jonathan R? Regiment and served five months on that tour.  He raised a Company of Volunteers under a State Commission, and assisted at the Capture of Burgoyne, while on his five months service, he cut and cleared a road from Charleston, N.H. No. 4 to crown point at Skeensborough.  
He is now Seventy eight years of age - at the commencement of the war he possessed property, but lost a great part of it by the depreciation of the Currency, and by various other misfortunes he has been deprived of other parts, so that at the advanced period he stands in need of assistance form his Country for support. 

John Ford

Thus made taken, subscribed, and sworn to at Chelmsford in said County of Middlesex, the day and year aforesaid.

Samuel Dana
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from which it appears to me, that the said John Ford, did serve in the War of the REVOLUTION, against the common Enemy, upwards of nine months. upon the Continental establishment

Wherefore, in pursuance of the directions of an Act of Congress, made and passed the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," I have transmitted the said Declaration and the Commission aforesaid to the said Secretary, that such further proceedings may be had in the premises, as the said Act may require.

In testimony of all which, I have caused the Seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed.

Given under my hand within the said Circuit, the eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

Samuel Dana
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IN CONGRESS.

The Delegates of the United Colonies of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of New-Castle, Kent, and Sussex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, and South-Carolina, to John Ford Esquire


We reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO by these Present, constitute and appoint you to be Captain of a Company in the 27th Regiment Commanded by Col. Bridge

in the Army of the United Colonies, raised for the Defence of American Liberty, and for repelling every hostile Invasion thereof.  You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of Captain by doing and performing all Manner of Things thereunto belonging.  And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as Captain.  And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to Time, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United Colonies, or Committee of Congress, for that Purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the Time being of the Army of the United Colonies, or any other your Superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in Pursuance of the Trust reposed in you.  This Commission to continue in Force until revoked by this or a future Congress.

By Order of the Congress,

John Hancock President

July 1st 1775

Attest. Charles Tharmon Secretary

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