Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11,667, John G Wilson, Mass.

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Wilson, John G.
R. 11,667
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John G. Wilson N o 5,083
in Hole Col Regiments left Frip 24 July 1780 Arrived 17 Dec 1780 - 4 Mo 25 Days
5 Mo 9 25 Days in only.
Replied 12 Jan y 1833
Mr Sage Esq. Blandford Mass
Wilson John G. Mass. R11667

   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers   Years, Months, Days. under whom he served.     In 1779 — 1 — As a Private Gen. Col. Porter, Capt. Brown   480 — 6 — ditto Col. Bigelow, Capt. Bowman  
5. In what battles was he engaged? none 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Blandford, 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Rolls 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? no Clergyman's Certificate or others
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Belt Examining Clerk.

Know all Men by these Presents, That, I Lavinia Blair of Portland and the County of do hereby consti- tute and appoint George C. Ames of _____ my true and lawful attorney: for me and in my name to prosecute the claim of John G. Wilson deceased for a Pension under the act of 7 th June 1832
and I hereby authorize my said agent and attorney to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere additional evidence or arguments, and to receive the certificate that may be issued for said claim, to appoint one or more substitute for the purpose herein expressed, to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present; hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said agent and attorney shall lawfully do in the premises.
And I do hereby revoke all other agents and attorneys heretofore appointed by me. Witness my hand and seal this 15 th day of January 185 3
Signed and delivered in presence of
Lewis Kingsley C. A. Edgcomb
Lavinia H. Blair
State of New-York, } ss. Portland County,
BE IT KNOWN that on the 15 th day of January 185 3 before the subscriber a Judge in and for said county, duly authorized by law to administer oaths,, personally appeared Lavinia Blair above named, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her act and deed.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned.
Lewis Kingsley
Columbia County Judge

STATE OF NEW YORK, Cortland County Clerk's Office, }
I, RUFUS A. REED, Clerk of said County, do Certify,
That Lewis Hinckley Esq., before whom the annexed instrument was proved or acknowledged, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE  County Judge , in and for said County, duly authorized and qualified to take the same. And further: That I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe the signature thereto, purport- ing to be his, is genuine; and that the said instrument is executed in accordance with the Laws of the State of New York.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my official seal, at Cortlandville, this 15 th day of January 1853.
Rufus A. Reed Clerk.

State of New-York. } ss. Cortland County, }
Be it known that on this 15 a day of January 1853 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace  County Judge in and for the county, and state aforesaid, personally appeared Lavinia Blair of Cortlandville county of Cortland and state of New York and made oath in due form of law that She is one of the children of John C Wilson deceased who was an applicant for a Pension under the act of 7 th June 1832
That She has lately been informed, that said pension ought to be allowed, that She is directly interested in said claim as one of the children That She makes this affidavit, to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my said agent or attorney may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn and subscribed the day } and year aforesaid before me, }
Lewis Kingsbury Cortland Co. Judge.
Lavinia W Blair G. Colburn
I Lewis Kingsbury  County Judge Justice of the Peace , in and for said coun- ty, do hereby certify, that Lavinia Blair who executed the foregoing papers, is a reputable resident of the county of Cortland and is I believe directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
Lewis Kingsbury Cortland Co. Judge.
J. G. Wilson Map

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John G. Wilson's application for a Pension Aug. 1832
No 5083
MS
165

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden. On this eighth day of August
Anno Domini 1832 Personally appeared in open court before the court of probate now sitting at Springfield within & for said county of Hampden, John G. Wilson a Resident of Hampshire in said county of Hampshire & Commonwealth aforesaid aged almost seventy one 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 7, 1832 -
That he entered the service of the United States in the year 1779. That he enlisted in the company commanded by Capt. Brown who lived in said Hampshire in which I then the said Wilson enlisted. The subsequent names were, Carnahan & Bassler the latter lived in Granville the name of his Col o was Porter, under this enlistment he served one month in New London, and was then dismissed This service was in the Massachusetts militia.
That in 1780 He enlisted & served six months in the Massachusetts militia, under Capt. Barnum, - The names of his subalterns are not in his recollections. He served said last mentioned service in Col o Bigelow's Regiment. The Col o belonged to the county of Worcester, my Brigadier Genl l name was Glover - This last service was performed principally in the Jerseys,
but

But partly in the State of New York, in a Town which bore a Dutch name, and he is not certain as to the name, But it was the Town in which Andre was hung. That he was present and saw said Andre executed, which took place in the afternoon, & not long after dinner. Under said last mentioned he marched from his home in said Blandford to Springfield & there joined his company & then marched down the North River to a place called the English Neighborhood then camp. The Hudson River called Hackensack River, and remained a short time & then went a circuitous route, and remained one month in Totaway.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State - That at the close of said six months he received a regular discharge, which discharge he delivered to Genl. Parkers after his return to Blandford & has not seen it since That he was born at Blandford in said County of Hampden Nov. 8 th 1761. & That he believes there is a record of the same on the town records in Blandford & that he has resided in Blandford ever since except while in the army Sworn to & subscribed the day & year first abovementioned John G. Wilson

Present the Hon Oliver B. Morris Judge And the said court, do hereby declare their opinion that the abovenamed Applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states - having first examined & interrogated him as regards the War Department I Austin Willard Register of said court the same being a court of Record, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of John G. Wilson for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this day  seventh eighth day of August 1832
Austin Willard Register
Please forward the Certificate or any other communi- cations to Orin Sage Esq. of Blandford Hampden County Mass.

11667 P. O. John G. Wilson
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

5083 John G. Wilson Mass
Hon A. P. Granger Jan'y 3 1857-
11667
June 7 1832

No 5083
John G. Wilson

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John G. Wilson which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? no XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? no Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: “Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
†QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Depositions accompanying John G. Wilson's Pension application Aug. 1832

I Samuel C. Gibbs of Mansfield in the county of Hampden & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age testify & say that I have always been acquainted with John G. Wiborn of Mansfield, ever since we were boys. I know the time when he enlisted as a Soldier in the Revolutionary war, and know that he left his home to serve in the army six months, and that he was gone from home during said term and then returned. I also know that said Wiborn went one months term in said war before his said enlistment of six months - I have no doubt & never had, that said Wiborn served seven months as a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, & that, so far as I know, & believe, is the universal belief of the whole neighborhood in which he lives - I think said Wiborn enlisted in 1780. but am not certain as to the year -
Samuel C. Gibbs
Hampden ss. July 25. 1832 Personally appeared Samuel C. Gibbs signer of the foregoing Deposition and made solemn oath that the same was true - Before Alanson Knapp Just. Peace.

I Andrew Wilson of the same Blanford within named of lawful age testify and say that I know that the said John G. Wilson within named, who is my brother, served in the Revolutionary war , during a period of seven months in the whole as within testified by Samuel C. Gibbs - He served said months there in 1779. & six months in 1780. - Andrew Wilson
Hampden July 25. 1832 Personally appeared Andrew Wilson signer of the foregoing deposition and made solemn oath that the same was true - Before me Alanson Knapp Just. Peace.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden ss. I John Ingersoll a Clerk of the Common Pleas Court being a Court of Record in the County of Hampden do hereby certify that Alanson Knapp Esqr. before whom the within & above depositions were executed is a justice of the Peace for the County of Hampden & that his name thereunto subscribed is his true & genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Common Pleas Court at Springfield on this tenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two
John Ingersoll Clerk