Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 44080, Abiel Wilson, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Wilson, Abiel
NUMBER
S 44080
CONTENTS
enl. at Andover, Middlesex Co. Mass. in 1829, aged 59 yrs. + res. of Milton, Hillsborough Co. N.H.

16338
New Hampshire
Abiel Wilson
of Hillsbor o Co ty in the state of N. Hamp s who was a sergeant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Prentiss of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Hampshire at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 th of April 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th of Jan y 1820 and sent to J. K. Smith, Esq r Amherst N. Hampshire.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1819 4 \frac{26}{30} 30.93
Semi-annual all ce ending 4 Mar ch 1820 - 40.00
70.93
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }

BY THE HONOURABLE MAJOR-GENERAL KNOX,
Commanding the AMERICAN FORCES on Hudson's River. Will Wilson Sufian — in the Second Massachusetts Regiment, being inlisted for Three Years, is hereby honourably DISCHARGED from the Service of the United States.
Given in the State of New-York,
the 22 — Day of
Decem r 1783
By the General's Command,
Knox
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
C. Tupper Adjutant

No 2 1790 Payment rec by himself
OF THE UNITED STATES
Attil Wilson on charge
Attil Wilson May - 8.44000

Abiel Wilson, fergt. Hillsborough Co. N.H. Sproats' regt. Mass'tts 2 Years.
9 th April, 1819.
J. K. Smith, judge, Amherst, N.H.

Abiel Wilson 59 Col. Shroat 2 d Reg t & 2 d Com M c Line 1782, May 1781-82 Sworn to Ap. 9 1781 9 th
Approved by a Judge of the Court
State of New Hampshire Hillsborough ss } On the 9 th day of Ap r 1781 } Before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County personally appeared Abiel Wilson resident in Wilton in said County aged fifty nine years and being duly cautioned made solemn Oath agreeably to Laws in order to obtain a pension under the late Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," that he enlisted some time in the Month of May in the year 1781 into the Continental Army for the term of three years & joined the 2 d Massachusetts Reg t Com d by Col. Ebenezer French and the 2 d Company in said Reg t Com d by Capt. Judah Alden & that he served as a private Soldier, Corporal, & Sergeant in said enlistment until the 22 d day of December 1783 as will appear by his dis- charge herewith exhibited of that date From all which that he feels himself needy & wants the Assistance of his Country (meaning thereby that he is so far reduced in his circumstances that he stands in need of the Assistance of his Country for his support. From all which I certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Abiel Wilson did serve in the Revolutionary on the Continental establishment against the common Enemy more than nine months and that from his own oath & good evidence that he is so far reduc- ed that he stands in need of the Assistance of his Country for his support & I certify from my own knowledge he is not on the pension list of the United States and I now transmit the proceed- ings & the testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary of War pursuant to the aforementioned Act of Congress &c
J. H. Smith } Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
This certifies that the signature of J. H. Smith on this pa- per is in his own hand writing & that he is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Hillsborough in testi- mony whereof I have set the seal of said Court here to
Nathaniel Clark Clerk

I Abiel Wilson of Wilton in the county of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire testify and say, that after serving five campaigns from the year 1776 to the year 1781 as a Militiaman, amounting to nearly three years That sometime in the month of May in the year one thou- sand seven hundred and eightyone I enlisted from the town of Andover in the county of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts into the Continental Army, for the term of three years, - That I was soon after sent to Boston, was sent from Boston on a fatigue party transporting a number of heavy Artillery and Cannon to Westpoint, and then joined the Army which was then lying at Phillipsburgh in the State of New York, which I think was in the latter part of July or forepart of August next after my enlistment, and joined the second Massachusetts Reg t commanded by Col. Ebenezer Sprout and second company in said Reg t commanded by Captain Judah Alden the greatest part of the time which I was in said Reg t . That I served as a private soldier, a corporal and Serjeant in said Reg t until the twentysecond day of December 1783 as will appear by my Discharge of that date, for all of which services I received but a small com- pensation owing to the small value there was then in the old con- tinental money, and final settlements which we were paid in at the close of the war - But through my Industry and frugality have raised up and supported a numerous fam- ily - But owing to the fatigues of a long warfaring life I find the infirmities of old age creeping upon me with rapid strides and feeling myself needy want the assistance of my country. Aged 59 years                      Abiel Wilson
April 4. 1819.
April 9 th 1819 Then Abiel Wilson made oath That the above affidavit by him signed is just & true before me J. H. Smith & Associate Justice of the Court of Com. Pleas

We Joseph Gray and William Patten Gill both of Wilton in the County of Hillsboro in the State of New Hampshire of law- ful age do solemnly swear that we both are well acquainted with Abiel Wilson of Wilton aforesaid and we both know that he is so far reduced in his circumstances that he stands in need of the assistance of his country for his support in the decline of life and we are not interested in his obtaining a pension
Wm Patten Gill
Joseph Gray
Sworn to this 12th day of November
Attest Before me J. H. Smith } Associate Justice and they are Creditable } of the Court of Common Witnesses in Courts of } Pleas & C
Law

44080
Rev INVALID.
File No. 44.080
Abiel Wilson
Rev Rev Iss
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 569
[Arrangement of 1870.]