Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 184,59, Anthony Hunt, Mass.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Mass.
Hunt, Anthony
NUMBER
S18459
CONTENTS
Carded
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21.144
Massachusetts
Anthony Hunt
of Hampshire in the State of Mass.
Wwho was a Sergeant in the Army commanded
By Captain Thayer of the Reg commanded
by Col. Whiting in the Mass.
line for 12 M Capt $44
3 “ [unk] 15
9 “ [unk] 30
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Inscribed on the Roll of Mass.
at the rate of 89 Dollars — Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Aug
DBS
and Auth C.P. Huntington
Northern Johnso
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Peter Whitney
certificate
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Quincy  August 7th, 1752-
This may certify that Anthony Hunt was baptized in the first Church in Braintree now Quincy on the 15th of May 1757.

Peter Whitney Pastor of the 
Congregational Church in Quincy
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9289
Anthony Hunt 

Corporal  12  M
Sergt  3
Privt ?
       1606 (above 06 is 26)
March 9 1833
Hon J. C. Kates
  P. 291 (in another hand)
Corporal 12 Mos
Sergt 3
Private 9
-------- 26 (total)
C N (Huntry?)
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9289
Brief in the case of Anthony Hunt
of Hampshire County in the State of Mass
(Act 7th June, 1832)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? --
3. How old is he?  75
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
Period,  Duration of Service, Rank, Names of General and Field Officers under who he served. 
75 May  8 Months, Private, Capt. Vinton (an independent co.)
76 January,    , Corporal, Capt Thayer, Col Whitney
77,  1 yr 2 months, Private, Capt French (marked out don't recollect Col, Gen)
78 August, 1 month, 12 days, Private, Capt Baxter- don't recollect Gen)
80 July, 3 months, Sergeant, Capt Newcomb, Col H

5. In what battles was he engaged?  none mentioned
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Braintree, Mass
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  living witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  Right

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers given agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. H. C Easton
Examining Clerk
16  Feb 1833
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92.89
Anthony Hunt
Mass. State Troops

C.P. Huntington
Northampton, Mass
Agent
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DECLARATION
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF THE 7TH OF JUNE, 1832

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS,
COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE

ON this twenty-eigth day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court, before Samuel Hinckley, Judge the court of Probate now sitting Anthony Hunt resident of Williamsburgh in the county of Hampshire, and State of Massachusetts, aged 75 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 provision made by 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.

"In 1775 having been a minute man out on one or two alarms he enlisted for eight months from the first of May in Braintree, Mass. as a private soldier, in an independent company. A served eight months stationed
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I, Samuel F. Lyman, Register [handwritten] of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Anthony Hunt for a pension.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twentieth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
   [signed]  Sam F. Lyman Register

Commonwealth of Massachusetts}
                          Hampshire 88.}

[following sentence crossed out] Sworn and subscribed this day and year aforesaid.

I Henry Lord [handwritten] residing in the town of Williamsburgh hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with Anthony Hunt who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that I believe him to be 75 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 I concur in that opinion.
   [signature]  Henry Lord

[Handwritten paragraph]
Hon. Justice of April 1st 1833.  I hereby certify that the above named Henry Lord is a clergyman serving in said Williamsburgh that he is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to credit & that I believe said Anthony served as he states in the above declaration & that said Henry made oath to & inscribed the foregoing certificate before me.
     [signature]  Elisha Hubbard, Jr.}
          Justice of the Peace
[end of handwriting]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Henry Lord who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman residing in Williamsburgh and is a credible person, and that his statement is entitled to credit.
[handwritten] & also that the attendance of said Henry in open Court cannot be had without too much inconvenience & expense to the applicant by reason of the distance & state of the roads. [end]

I, Samuel F. Lyman, Register of the Court of Probate, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original & [illegible handwriting] proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Anthony Hunt for a pension. [handwritten] & that the above named Elisha Hubbard, Jr. is a justice of the peace & that the above is his genuine signature.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this second day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
  [signature]  Sam F. Lyman  Register
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[Handwritten]
This certifies that I the suscriber of Braintree in the County of Norfolk, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do testify and say; that in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five I was then an inhabitant of said Braintree and a new neighbor of Mr. Anthony Hunt.

That it was the common report of the neighborhood, and my firm belief, that said Anthony Hunt was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, serving in a Company Commanded by Capt. John Vinton of said Braintree and further, that in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight, I was a soldier in the Revolutionary War stationed in Newport N. Island and that said Hunt was also a soldier then -

and further, that in the year A.D. 1780, I was a soldier in said War and while marching through a part of the State of Georgia until we put up in a barn during one night.  and that said Hunt was there as a soldier and slept in the same barn with me.
   [signed] Bryant Newcomb
Signed in presence of Minott Thayer

Norfolk.//Braintree   August 8 1832.
Then the above name Bryant Newcomb personally appeared and made oath to the foregoing statement as by him subscribed before me.
[signed] Minott Thayer  Just. of Peace
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[Handwritten]
I the subscriber of Braintree in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify and say that in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy six, I was a soldier in the Revolutionary War serving in a Company Commanded by Capt. Seth Turner stationed in Nantucket and that Mr. Anthony Hunt then of said Braintree was also a solder in a Company Commanded by Capt. Isaac Thayer.  Belonging to the same Regiment and stationed at the same place and that we often did duty in company of each other.

and further that in the year A.D. 1778, I was a soldier in said War, stationed in Newport N. Island and that said Hunt was also a soldier there and did duty with me in the same Company, which was Commanded by Capt. Joseph Baxter and that we both did duty there six weeks.
   [signed] Daniel Hayward
Signed in presence of Minott Thayer

Norfolk//: Braintree August 8 1832.  Then the above named Daniel Hayward personally appeared and made oath to the foregoing statement by him subscribed
Before me  Minott Thayer  Just. of Peace

[other writing at the bottom of the page is illegible]
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[Handwritten]
   This certifies that I the Subscriber of Waymouth in County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts do testify and say that I was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.  That I enlisted in a Company Commanded by Capt. Thomas Newcomb, then of Braintree.
   That we marched to West Point then remained and did duty in the Service for the term of three months, and that Mr. Anthony Hunt then of Braintree was a soldier in said Company and did duty at the same time.
            [signed] Ebenezer Hunt
Signed in presence of
  Minott Thayer

Norfolk//:  Waymouth.  August 8, 1832
   Then the above named Ebenezer Hunt honorably appeared and made oath to the foregoing statement as by him subscribed

Before me
  [signed]  Minott Thayer   Just. of Peace
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[Handwritten]
   This certifies that I the Subscriber of Waymouth in County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts do testify and say that I was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War.  That I enlisted in a Company Commanded by Capt. Thomas Newcomb then of Braintree.  That we marched to West Point then remained and did duty in the service for the term of three months and that Mr. Anthony hunt then of Braintree was a Soldier in said Company and did duty at the same time.
                        [signed] Ebenezer Hunt
Signed in presence of
    Minott Thayer

Norfolk//:  Waymouth.  August 8, 1832
   Then the above named Ebenezer... [cut off]

Norfolk//: Braintree.  April 3rd, 1833
   I hereby certify that the above named Bryant Newcomb and Daniel Hayward who made oath to the aforegoing on accompanying affidavit, before, me, are men of undoubted Character and Respectability and are credible persons - and that Deacon Ebenezer Hunt who also made oath before me to the foregoing accompanying affidavits was at the time also of undoubted Character and Respectability are [covered over] but has since deceased.
                       [signed] Minott Thayer   Justice of Peace

Norfolk//: Braintree.  April 5, 1833
   I hereby certify that Phillip Thayer who made oath to the foregoing affidavigt before me was of good Character and Respectability and was a credible person, but has since deceased.
                                    [signed very faintly] Solomon Thayer
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[Typed Letter]
                                               July 28, 1938.

Mrs. Seth F. Nicholson       BA-J/ILL
Rutland                              Anthony Hunt
Ohio.                                  S.  18459

Dear Sir:
   Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of your ancestor, Anthony Hunt, who served from Massachusetts.

   The data which follow are found in pension claim, S. 18459, based upon service of Anthony Hunt in that war.  It is the record of the only soldier with that name found on the Revolutionary War pension records.

   Anthony Hunt was born in the year 1757, in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; the names of his parents are not shown.  He was baptized May 15, 1757, as recorded on the records of the First Congregational Church of Braintree (later Quincy), Massachusetts.  He resided in that place during the Revolutionary War.

   Anthony Hunt was a minute-man in Braintree, Massachusetts, in 1775, and was called out on two alarms.  He enlisted May 1, 1775 and served eight months as private in Captain John Vinton's Independent company, engaged in guarding the shores, reenlisted immediately January 1, 1776 and served one year as corporal in Captain Isaac Thayer's company, Colonel Whitney's Massachusetts regiment.  He enlisted in June 1777, and served two months as private in Captain French's Massachusetts company, at Providence.  He enlisted in August 1778, and served six weeks as private in Captain "Jo Baxter's" Massachusetts company, at Providence and Newport, Rhode Island.  He enlisted the last of July 1780, and served three months as sergeant in Captain Thomas Newcomb's Massachusetts company, during which he was stationed at White Plains, New York.

   Anthony Hunt continued to reside in Braintree, Massachusetts, after his service until he was thirty-seven years of age, then moved to Williamsburg, Hampshire County, in that same state.
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[Typed letter, page 2]
 
   Anthony Hunt was allowed pension on his application executed August 20, 1832, at which time he resided in Williamsburg, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; he had resided there ever since he moved from Braintree.  The soldier made no reference to wife or children.

   In 1832, one Ebenezer Hunt was a resident of Waymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; he had served with Anthony Hunt near West Point.  No relationship between these two was stated.

   In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city and cite the following:

   Anthony Hunt
   Certificate #21144
   Issued August 22, 1833
   Rate $89 per annum
   Commenced March 4, 1831
   Act of June 7, 1832
   Massachusetts Agency.

      Very truly yours,

      A. D. HILLER,
      Executive Assistant
      to the Administrator.
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[Document with Seal]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
__________________________

By his Excellency LEVI LINCOLN, Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth.

TO ALL WHO IT MAY CONCERN:

Know Ye, That [handwritten] Solomon Thayer Esquire and Minott Thayer Esquires are Justice of Peace for the County of Norfolk.

[Elaborately signed] Levi Lincoln

[Typed] in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned, and that to their Act and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
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[Typed document]

   in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned, and that to their Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.

   In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this tenth day of August A.D. 1832, and in the fifty seventh year of the Independence of the United State of America.

By His Excellency the Governor.

[signed] Edward Thayer  Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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Rutland, Ohio
July 13, 1938.

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.,

Gentlemen:
Would you please send me any information concerning the services of my great-great-grandfather, Anthony Hunt, who served several years in the army during the Revolutionary War? He was from Massachusetts.

Yours resp.,
Seth F. Nicholson
[stamp indicating received July 16 1938]
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18459 
Invalid.

File No. 18459
Anthony Hunt
Serg Rev War

Act: June 7th 32
Index: Vol 1, Page 436

[Arrangement of 1870]

1938 July 28 Hist. to Seth F. Nicholson Ill
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The National Archives Form VAM-51 12-5-41 Bounty Land Warrant Record Card* Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

Name Hunt, Benjamin Grade Private Line Crane's Continental Artillery (Massachusetts)

Warrant Number 4441  Acreage 100 Issued Jan. 26, 1790 to John May

*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 War 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.