Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,583, John Bolton, Mass.
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SERVICE 
Mass. 

Bolton, John 

NUMBER 
S. 34,583

CONTENTS
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13.040 
Massachusetts 
John Bolton 
of Bridgewater in the state of Mass'ts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sprout of the Mass'ts line, for the term of 6 years. 

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month to commence on the 1st of April 1818. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 23 of July 1819 and sent to William Welmore
[illegible], Judge, Boston, Mass'ts. 

Arrears to 4th of March 1819... $89.03
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819 48. 
Amt.[?] 4/31 $137.03 

Revolutionary claim, 
Act 18th March, 1818.
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34583
Revy INVALID. 
File No. 34,583 
John Bolton 
Pri Rev War 

Act: 18th March 18
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 46 
[Arrangement of 1870]
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John Bolton 
Private Sprouts Mass 
Regt 177-83 - 1 April 1818 

Proof of service required 

Certified by his Captain July 2 1819. 

Adm C
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State of Massachusetts 
I John Bolton a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the revolution, in the month of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred  seventy five

I entered and was engaged in the Land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the end of the said war 

as a private against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to the company of Capt Pots + Col. Paul Dudley Sargents regiment, for the first year + eight month, For the residue of the time to Col. Ebenezer Sprouts regiment + capt Adam Baileys company 
and that I left the service on the termination of the said war honorably

and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of sixty five years+ upwards

And I hereby relinquish all claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed. 
John his X mark Bolton 

BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary ware," made and passed on the 18th of March, A.D. 1818, personally appeareth before me the subscriber one of the Associate  Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas within the State aforesaid+ presiding [illegible] 

the abovenamed John Bolton 
and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true. In testimonies whereof I hereunto affix my name + the seal of said County. I also certify that the within name Deponent is a credible and disinterested witness. 
Wm Wetmore
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July 2nd 1819. I now further certify the supplementary evidence of Adam Bailey, Captain of the company in which the said John Bolton performed principally the services stated by him + that it appears to my satisfaction that he yet remains in such reduced circumstances in life + so poor as to require the aid + assistance of his Country for his support. Witness my hand + the seal of the said County as within affixed. Wm Wetmore 

The said Adams Bailey is well known to + by me as a man of integrity + credit + altogether disinterested. 
Wm Wetmore
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Massachusetts, Charlestown July 2nd 1819 - 
I Adam Bailey, now Steward of the Marine hospital of the United States at Charlestown in the State of Massachusetts , do testify and declare that during the war of the revolution + in the former part of it, I was quarter master then paymaster, + lastly a Captain of a company, in the Regiment, first commanded by Colonel Bailey  and afterwards by Col. Sprouts in the Massachusetts line of the army, + on the Continental establishment + served therein to the close of the said war, And I well recollect + know the within named John Bolton, the declarant, + that he served as a private in my said company from the tenth day of March A.D. 1777 - to the end of the said ware, more than five years, + that he was honorably discharged. - 
Adam Bailey late a 
Capt in said Regt 
Sworn to Before me 
Wm Wetmore the Judge within named
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES 
Form VAM-51 
12-5-41 
 
Division of Veteran' Administration Archives 
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME Bolton, John GRADE Private LINE New JERSEY 

WARRANT NUMBER 8095 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED October 27, 1796 To Joseph Lewis 

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the Ware Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.