Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11113, Benjamin Ward, Mass.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7. 1832

State of Maine
Hancock Ss.

On this ninth day of July A.D. 1834 personally appeared in open Court before the Hon. Job Nelson Esquire Judge of the Court of
Probate within for said County of Hancock now sitting Benjamin Ward a resident of Mount Desert in the County of Hancock aforesaid aged seventy three 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 7th 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated- that he was drafted
at Sullivan now State of Maine about the first of June 1777 where he then resided & then & there entered the service of the United States as a private in the Company of Capt Daniel Sullivan Lieut John Bean (Ensign not)
recollected, that he marched immediately after being drafted to Machias under command of Lieut Bean where he joined the Regiment commanded by Col. Foster & that the latter part of the time that he was stationed at Machias he was in a regiment commanded by Col. Allen, & that he was discharged
by Col. Allen at Machias some time in December of the same year having served not less than six months. that he was stationed at Machias during the whole time of his service. 
That there was no Continental Regiments or companies which served with him-

That he was born at Boston in the  Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the year 1761. That he has no record of his age
That he has lived ever since the revolutionary war at Mount Desert aforesaid where he now lives-
That he never received any written discharge
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That the Rev. Ebenezer Eaton, Daniel Richardson & William S. Richardson are his present neighbors & can testify as to his character for truth & their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution-
That the Rev Ebenezer Eaton is to inform to
attend Court to give his deposition-
That he knows of no one by whom he can prove his service Except Daniel Richardson whose deposition is annexed-

That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever
to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State

Benjamin Ware

Subscribed & sworn to the day & year first above written
Before me
J Nelson Judge of the Court of Probate
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War Sect
[[PC]]
[[July]] 26th 1834

[[hi]]
Benjamin Ward who claims to have
served a specific term of six months in Capt
Sullivans Co at Machias cannot be allowed
this term as actual service that being a
Company of local Militia [[soldiers]] was called
[[did]] only a temporary period during that
time.

The certificate [[after Days when]]
the actual service to have be only one
month.
It was not therefore sufficient to bring the claim within the act.
The papers are placed on file.

Hon Job Nelson
Castine
Maine