Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30174, John Turner, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Turner, John
NUMBER
S. 30174
CONTENTS

21.944. Massachusetts
John Turner
of Woodstock in the State of Massachusetts who was a sergeant in the Corps commanded by Captain Turner of the Regt commanded by Col. Cutting in the Mass. Militia line for 4 m. of private
2. sergeant 7.33 $ 21.33
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 21 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Nov. 1833 and sent to J. Fiske East Cambridge
Arrears to the 14th of Sep 33 $ 53.33 Semi-ant. allowance ending 14 m. 31  10.66
$ 63.99
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by G. A. Stiles Clerk, Book E Vol. 2 . Page 85
75 7 33 Middletown 42 66 10 66 53 32

30174 Rev INVALID.
File No. 30174
John Furner Life Rev War
Act: June 1 st 82
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 424
[Arrangement of 1870.]

East Cambridge Oct. 1833
Hon L. C. or J. L. Edwards,
I herewith transmit the application of John Turner for a Pension: When acted upon, please make communication to me, at East Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
I am very respectfully Yours
Isaac Fiske

John Turner 27/9/27
John Turner
4 Mos & 7 days Private 2 " Fifer 6 mo. & 7 ds Adm'd
Isaac Tinker Esq East Cambridge Mass
Isaac Tinker. East Cambridge - Mass,

REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF Middlesex  Plymouth , ss.
ON this Seventeenth day of October 1833, personally appeared in open Court, before the the Court of Probate
now sitting at Cambridge within and for said County of Middlesex  Plymouth , — John Turner — a resident of Charlestown in said County of Middlesex  Plymouth , and Common-
wealth of Massachusetts, 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 7, 1832. He hereby relinquish- es 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 is to say, that he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. On the 12 th day of September A.D. 1776, at
Pembroke in the county of Plymouth & Commonwealth of Massachusetts he enlisted into a Company commanded by his father Capt. John Turner, in a Regiment commanded by Col. John Cushing & marched to Rhode Island and did duty as a piper in said Company for the term of three months, when said Company was disbanded at a place called Freeborn in the State of Rhode Island, & he was discharged & returned home to Pembroke; — but received no written discharge. —
He again enlisted in the month of December 1777 into a Company commanded by his father John Turner, in a Regiment commanded by Col. Ebenezer Brooks & marched to Cambridge to guard. Margay's troops, were stationed at what was called No 2, & did duty as a private for the term of five months & was then discharged; but received no written discharge. —
1 He was born at Pembroke in the County of Plymouth 2 — July 11 th . 1763, a certificate of his birth is herewith exhibited He was a substitute for the first campaign for John Soule who was a draughted man; — The next campaign he enlisted

He was living at Providence when he went into the service! — I believe then he has lived in Morton & several other places — & for the last forty years he has lived in Charles town adjoining Morton. — — He never received any discharge as he recollects
He is known to Col. Charles Turner, resident in Shelburn who is steward of the marine Hospital. to the Med. Socy. I. Everett of Charleston to whom Malignum Society he belongs? — He knows of no person who can testify as to his aforesaid service. —
John H. Turner
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid J. P. May Prob

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, August 31 1833.
* hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the Name of John Turner 2 d is born on a Pay Roll of Capt n John Turner's Company, in Col o John Cushing's Regiment, that marched to the State of Rhode Island by order of the Assembly of this State, at Napaquid, on the 12 th of September 1776, & is therein stated, to have served, as a Fifer, Two Months.
Also, said John Turner 2 d name is born on a Pay Roll of Capt n John Turner's Company, in Col o Eleazar Brooks Regiment of Guards Stationed at Cambridge agreeable to a Resolve of the General Assembly of this State, of December 1777, and is therein stated to have served Two Months & Twenty Seven Days, as a Private.
And also said John Turner 2 d Name is born on a Pay Roll of said Capt n John Turner's Company, in said Col o Brooks Regt, at said Cambridge, & is therein stated to have served from the 13 th of February to the 13 th of April 1778, as a Private.
Edward D. Bangs. Secy
John Turner the son of John Turner Jun r and Mary his wife was born July 9 th & 11 day A.D. 1763.
A true Copy of record
Attest, Seth Whitman } Town Clerk of Pembroke

We, Linus T. Everett — a clergyman, residing in the town of Charlestown — and Charles Turner — residing in the town of Chelsea  Joseph Gould of Charlestown hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John Turner — who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy Three years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
L. S. Everett, Cha. Turner Joseph Gould
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
J. P. P. May  W. B. D.
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 L. S. Everett who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Charlestown — and that Charles Turner  Joseph Gould who have also signed the same, are  one residents in the town of Charlestown  the latter in P. Charlestown and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. P. P. May  W. B. D.
I, Isaac Fiske Register 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 John Turner for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of his office, this Seventeenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Isaac Fiske Reg.