Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11827, Aaron Wilson, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.H.
Wilson, Aaron
S. 11827
carded
CONTENTS
b. 1758 at Peterboro, Mass.
res. 1801. Reene, Cheshire Co. N.H.
res. in 1823. Swansea, Cheshire Co. N.H.

21.609 New Hampshire
Sam Wilson
of Manchester in the State of N.H. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Wheeler of the Regt. commanded by Col. Nymann in the N.H. line for Amos & Damp
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 10 Dollars 22 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of Oct 1833 and sent S. H. Emerson & H. H.
Arrears to the 14th of Mar 33 $ 50. 55 Semi-ant. allowance ending Mar 34 10. 11 $60. 66
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by N. Wilson Clerk, Book 1 Vol. 1st Page 128

26987 Declaration of Aaron Wilson
Swanway
N.H.
Photo 6 Months & 2 days on roll Capt. Weatherbee's Company Col. Wyman's Regt
Please return to J. M. Edwards Keene N.H.
3002
20.22 40.00 10.11 50.33

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, COUNTY OF CHESHIRE, ss.
On this _____ day of June 1833 personally appeared in open Court, Before the Hon Aaron Chaffin Judge of Probate in & for said County now sitting, Aaron Wilson a resident of Swannery in the county of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire aged seventy five 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, and served as herein stated.
1st. That in June 1776 he enlisted for five months in Capt Metherbes Company in Col Isaac Rymans Regiment of N.H. Militia. - That he was marched to Ticonderoga & stationed on Mount Independence and served there through the full term of his enlistment, was dismissed about the first of December and including the time of returning home was in this service five months & five days . -
2. In 1777 that there was an express from Ticonderoga for men to meet Burgoyne's troops. - that he the said Wilson turned out as a volunteer - with others - under the command of Major Bowditch of Keene - and Col Ellis. - That he was marched as far as Rutland Vermont & about six or seven miles beyond - and remained there until he with the rest had orders to return home - that he was absent on this expedition ten days . -
3. That in the same year (1777 he thinks) there was an express for men to go to Bennington in the Northern part of New Hampshire at the time the town of Royalston in Vermont was burnt by Indians & Tories - that he went to Charlestown N.H. to rendezvous & from there went under

Major Bowditch from Keene. — That he was in the service twenty two days — —
That he was born in Peterborough Mass. — in 1758
That he has a record made by his father.
That he went from Keene into all said services, & has lived at Keene ever since except ten years — the last five of which he has lived at Swanzey N.H. where he now lives. —
That he was a volunteer in all said services That he recollects in his first service Genl. Gates, & Arnold — that the American troops came to the from Quebec while he was there. — That
our fleet was built & destroyed while he was there — in his second & third services recollects no other officers — being short services. —
That he never rec d any written discharge
That he has no documentary evidence & herewith sends all the testimony in his power to prove — That there is no clergyman residing near him with whom he is acquainted, but that he has been known to Abel Blake & Samuel Buffett for forty & more years & can testify as to his veracity &c.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Aaron his L Wilson
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
mark before me Aaron Watson Judge of Probate.
We, Abel Blake & Samuel Buffett both of Keene. County of Cheshire aforesaid, having known Aaron Wilson aforesaid fifty years,
hereby certify, that we are acquainted with Aaron Wilson who has sub- scribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy five 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 we concur in that opinion.
Abel Blake Saml. Buffett
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
before me Aaron Watson Judge of Probate.
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 above named appli- cant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Abel Blake and Samuel Buffett who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the town of Keene and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Aaron Watson Judge of Probate
1. Asa Parker Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Cheshire do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of Aaron Wilson for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this fourth day of June A.D. 1833
Asa Parker Reg. of said Court of Probate

Rehran
H. 827 INVALID.
File No. 11.827
Aaron Wilson
Bi Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. A Page 44
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Samuel Basset of Keene in the County of Cheshire, New Hampshire aged seventy nine years depose and say that I have been acquainted with Aaron Wilson, formerly of Keene now of Swanzey N.H., for the last sixty years. — That during the Revolutionary war we both lived in said Keene, and most of the time in the same house . —
That I will recollect that said Wilson left home in 1776 — under an enlistment in the five months service for Ticonderoga — that I understood at the time that he was in Capt. McMurtry's Company. —
That I also will recollect that he left home to meet the British at Ticonderoga in 1777 — with others called for by express. — and also on an alarm in the same year from the north at the time the Town of Royalston in Vermont was burnt.

That in these two last expeditions he was under the command of a Major Howland then of Keene with whom I was well acquainted.
That I do not recollect the length of these two last services not having any means of ascertaining - but know that they were performed
Sam l Bassett
Cheshire J. - July 15. 1833.
Subscribed & sworn to
Before me Th. M c Edwards
Jus. Pease
I certify that the above deponent is a credible witness. -
Cheshire J. July 15. 1833
Thomas M c Edwards
Jus. Pease
I Salma Hale, Clerk of the Judicial Courts in said county certify that Thomas M c Edwards is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and that the two foregoing signatures are in his hand writing. - In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the Seal of our Superior Court of Judicature
S. Hale, Clerk

Depo. of John P. Blake

John P. Blake of Keene, County of Cheshire New Hampshire, aged 74 years - depose & say that I am well acquainted with Aaron Wilson now of Swanzey  Said Keene , in said County formerly of Swanzey , who has applied as I am in- formed for a Pension, - that we both served in the year 1776 - in Capt Withersby Company in Col Weymans Regt. N.H. Militia - and were stationed on Mount Independence near Ticonderoga - that we both enlisted for five months, but I was out some days more - and am not able to say whether he was or not but presume he was. -
That I was acquainted with said Wilson during the war & always since - that I cannot testify as to any other of his services as of my own knowledge, but have always understood that he went twice to the north, from said Keene on alarms, after his first service -
John P. Blake
Cheshire ss. subscribed & sworn to Before me Th. M. Edwards, Just. Peace I certify that John P. Blake is a credible witness Th. M. Edwards, Just. Peace

Cherhimp. June 25, 1833
I Salme Hale, Clerk of the Judicial Courts in said County certify that Thomas M. Edwards is a Justice of the peace in and for said county and that the two foregoing official signatures are his. In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix the Seal of our Superior Court of Judicature
S. Hale, Clerk
John P. Blake