Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33241, John Wharf, Mass.

SERVICE
Nass.
Wharf, John
NUMBER _____
S. 33241
CONTENTS

7619 Lp
Massachusetts
John Wharf
of Gloucester in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Grafton of the Massachusetts line, for the term of One year
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 5 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th of March 1818 and sent to Mrs. Melvina Coffey Valentin Mass
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 $ 88. 49 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819 48.
$ 136. 97
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued.

Notifications sent June 1 st 1821 to Shabod Tucker Esq. Shrewsbury, Mass ts

33 241 Rev INVALID.
File No. 33, 241
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Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 350
[Arrangement of 1870.]

John Wharf
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1905 enlisted on the continental establishment
18 months Massachusetts Line Entered May 1945 - served till Jan. 1979
Admitted

State of Massachusetts
I John Wharf a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Gloucester in the County of Essex in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on the month of May 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 month of January in the year of Our Lord One thousand seven hundred & seventy seven.
as a private against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to Captain Barstow Dodge's Company in Colonel Gerrish's Regiment for eight months & to the Company of Captain William Bent in the Regiment of Colonel Grafton for one year.
and that I left the service on the expiration of the term as aforesaid, being then honorably discharged.
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 years. My discharge this paper of time is now lost & I have not any other evidence in my power to offer than what is herewith exhibited.
And I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
John Wharf
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this third 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 war," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me
the subscription one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the middle Circuit Residing in the State aforesaid & presiding pro hac vice the abovenamed John Wharf.
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. the testimony
Whereof I hereunto affix my name & the seal of said Court. I further certify that the deponents within named are credible witnesses & disinterested. June 15 1818.
Wm Wetmore

I Nathaniel Millet of Gloucester in the county of Essex & commonwealth of Mas- -sachusetts of the age of sixty three years testify & say: That I was a pri- -vate soldier in capt. Giles' company in Col. Bond's Regiment of foot, in the Revolutionary War, in the service of the United States, against the common enemy from September A.D. 1775. to about the twentieth of October A.D. 1776. and during the whole time that I was a soldier in the United States army John Wharf of said Gloucester was a private soldier in capt. William Bent's company, in the Regiment of foot commanded by Col. Craton: And I further depose that the said John Wharf who is here present, is the same John Wharf, who served as a private soldier as aforesaid: Nathaniel Millet Ex H. June 10 th 1818. Then Nathaniel Millet made oath to the truth of the for- -going deposition by him subscribed. Col. Louson Wash. Jus. Pacis

I the Subscriber, late Colonel of a Regiment of Militia in the State of Massachusetts & a Lieutenant in the Regiments of Colonels Nutting & Rufus Putnam & in the Companies of Captains Putnam, Whipple, & Gates during the Revolutionary War, now resident at Gloucester in the State aforesaid, do testify that the within named declarant, served on the Continental or Continental in the said War & as I firmly believe for the time stated by him, that he is in reduced circumstances in life, being poor & indigent & needs of as- sistance from his Country for support. —
John Tucker
Sworn to before me 3 April 1818
Wm Whitmore the Judge within named

John Wharf
7619.
Sept. 19
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Methuen Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of December June, A. D. 1820. By adjournment to Jan y 29. 1821
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
Gloucester is in Essex
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, John Wharf resident in Gloucester in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 7619 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, John Wharf late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the third day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Given at the War Office of the United States, this thirteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
 one dwelling house one story, two rooms on the floor one unfinished together with a poor garden spot 3/8 of an acre -- $75.00  Six chairs $2.50. Three quite old do. 50 -- 3.00  two old tables pine $1.50. Seaman's chest 1.00. 2.50  one maple desk 3.00. Tongs shovel etc. 1.00 4.00  Looking glasses of various kinds -- 10.00  Looking glass and sundry articles of crockery 12.00  Axe, Saw, shovel, & wood horse & other tools -- 5.00  Knives forks spoons etc -- 2.00  $ 113.50 
Gloucester Jan y 22 d . 1821. John Wharf
William Pearce J us . Attestor Gloucester
Sworn to subscribed & declared before
W m Wetmore, Judge above named.
Essex ss. Jan y 22. 1821. Then William Pearce J us was sworn to the truth of the value of schedule by him subscribed. Cor. Henry Phelps, J us Pairs.

The said applicant is 70 years of age; served in the Revolutionary war as a private in Capt William Bent's company in Col o . John Greaton's Regiment in the Massachusetts line on the continental establishment during the whole of the year 1776. The date of his original declaration is April 3 d . 1818; he is by occupation a fisherman and his ability to pursue it is feeble on account of age & infirmities; and he has no family residing with him but his wife, Abigail, aged 70 years who is of feeble health. and

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. W m Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, John Wharf do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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. So help me GOD.
John Wharf
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. Dec.  June , Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed John Wharf took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me
W m Wetmore
Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is one hundred & thirteen — dollars fifty cents —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this thirtieth day of January A. D. 1821 —
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk