Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28729, Ebenezer Files, Mass.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE                                     NUMBER
Mass           Files, Ebenezer      S.28729



CONTENT
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229
Maine

Ebenezer Files of Gorham in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain William of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Phinney in the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year from December 1777 to 17

Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of  Forty Dollar per month (crossed out) annum, to commence on the 4 day of March 1837 and

Certificate of Pension issue the 6th of August 1832 and sent to John Murphy Portland Maine

the Roll on   day of 182  and notification sent to  Pension Commencing on of     182

Amount due on 4th of } Mar 1832      $40
Semi annual [illegible]}    4 Sept "         20
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                                                                   $60

{Revolutionary Claim, Acts     March 18, 1818, May 1, 1820. (both crossed out) 7 June 1832}

Recorded Books D Vol.  [illegible] page 58
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NSq.  Ebenezer Files


7417
5 Mar'19
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
DISTRICT OF MAINE, SS.

At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the first Tuesday, being the sixth day of June and by adjournment from day to day, on the eighth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS, Judge of said Court.
ON this eighth  day of June in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, Ebenezer Files aged sixty two years, resident in Gorham in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, Viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Williams in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Phinney in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 20th day of April A.D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 7417 was granted.  And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property , or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself with the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitles "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and navel service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Ebenezer Files
Sworn to and declared, on the eighth day of June. A.D. 1820.}
Before Albion K. Parris { U.S. District Judge for the District of Maine.