Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37,521, Joseph Wesson, Mass.

SERVICE
Wass
Wesson, Joseph or Weston.
NUMBER _____
S. 37. 521
CONTENTS

9771
Maine
Joseph Leeson Weston
of _____ in the state of _____ who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Vose of the Massa line, for the term of 3 yrs.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 27 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th of April 1819 and sent to Allison H. Parris Paris, etc.
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819  82.09 Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819  48.00
10 m. of 4  $130.09 30 31
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Not entitled
1 st

Paid at the the Act of grant to 1840. Agt. 1841
Treasury order the 16. April 1838 Sep 1839 to 29 Jan not paid 24 Sep transferred
July 6. 1841
of notes sent
to J. Murphy Jr
given to
Treasury order July 1 st 1840 to John Murphy Jr Portland Maine

Joseph Westons. Private Col. Vose's Regt. Mass Line 1777-3 years. dec: 27 th 1818
Roll Roll
Admitted
Joseph Weston

I, Joseph Weston, a resident citizen of the United States of America, an inhabitant of Oldfield in the District of Maine, on oath declare, that on or about the fourteenth day of February, A. D. 1777 I enlisted in the town of Falmouth in the District of Maine as a private in the company commanded by Capt. George Smith, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Joseph Dose in Gen. Glover's Brigade in the Massachusetts line on the continental establishment in the revolutionary war; - that I continued to serve as a private in said company, and in the company commanded by Capt. Moses Ashley to which I was transferred, in the service of the United States until sometime in January A. D. 1780 when I was regularly discharged from service on the high lands near West-point in the state of New York and received a discharge in writing signed by

by Col. Rose, which I have since accidentally lost; - that during the term of services aforesaid I was stationed at Poughkeepsie in the state of New York, thence at the taking of Burgoyne, at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania, thence at the Battle at Monmouth, thence at the siege on Rhode Island. - And I do further on oath declare that I am fifty eight years of age, am not borne on any pension list of the United States, and do that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I stand in need of assistance from my country for support. - Wherefore I the said Joseph Weston pray that this declaration and the proceedings to be had thereon may be transmitted to the Secretary of War, to the end that I may be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress passed March 18. 1818, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons

engaged in the land and naval services of the United States in the revolutionary war
Witness. - A. B. Parrish. -
his Joseph X Weston mark

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
To Griffith Blake, esq.
of Otisfield in the District of Maine or Luther Fitch esq. of Westbrook in said District GREETING.
WHEREAS, at a special District Court of said United States for the Maine District, held at Hebron in said District, on the twenty seventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen  Joseph Weston of Otisfield in said District presented an application to the Judge of said Court, setting forth that he served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution, on the continental establishment against the common enemy, and requesting that an enquiry may be instituted into the circumstances of his case, and that such further proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by An Act of Congress passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," in order that he may be placed on the Pension List of said United States:—And whereas in the course of the examination here had, it appears that the testimony of sundry persons, who served with the applicant in the revolutionary army, at present residing in or near the towns of Otisfield and Hebron and Westbrook aforesaid, is necessary and material in support of said application:—
THEREFORE, to the end that the testimony aforesaid may be had, and by virtue of the power vested in this Court by the laws of the United States, you or either of you are hereby appointed and authorized, at the proper expense of the applicant, to take the depositions of such persons as he may cause to come before you, touching the application aforesaid, and in particular as to the time when the applicant entered the service, the time and manner of his leaving it, the company, regiment and line to which he belonged, and whether the service was performed on the continental establishment or in the militia of either of the States; and such depositions, when taken, and your certificate of the administration of the usual oath and of the credibility of the deponents, together with this Dedimus Potestatem, you will certify and return to the Judge of said Court without unnecessary delay.
GIVEN under my hand and seal at Hebron in said District, the day and year first mentioned.
Albion K. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

I Archelaus Lewis of Westbrook in the county of Cumberland, of lawful age testify & say, that Joseph Weston of Otisfield served as a private soldier in the army of the United States, in the war of the revolution, on the continental establishment. I enlisted him about March or April 1777. He continued in the service of the United States until I left the army which was in May or June 1779. I left him in the service. The time or manner of his leaving the service, I am not able to state. He belonged to Capt. George Smith's company, in the regiment commanded by Col. Joseph Vose in the Massachusetts line.
Archelaus Lewis Cumberland J. Westbrook August 12, 1810 The above named Archelaus Lewis made oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed is true. Before me.
Luther Fitch Justice of the Peace I hereby certify, that Archelaus Lewis above named is a creditable witness
Luther Fitch Just. of Peace

I Jonathan Britton of Otisfield in the County of Cumberland do testify and say, that Joseph Weston of said Otisfield was in the Revolutionary War, And served on the Continental Establishment of the United States, in Capt. George Smiths Company Col. Joseph Vose Brig Gen. John Glovers Brigade, And I well knew said Weston, And he was in Actual Service with me in said Regiment, in the Years, 1778 and 1779 for the full term of Eighteen Months or more. I on a Battalion
Cumberland ss July 29 th AD 1818
The aforesaid Deposition being a person in my opinion of credit & truth, was examined and cautioned & sworn according to law to the Dep t aforesaid by him Signed taken agreeably to Declinus, to me directed from the Hon. A. H. Parris Judge of the United States in & for the District of Maine Crispille Blake Justice of the Peace

Hon Albin K. Barris esq. Judge of the United States in & for the District of Maine. Included is the Deposition of Jos. Britton Taken before and read up by me Grimké Blake Jr. Davis
by Col. Log

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twenty seventh day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Joseph Weston the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence the deposition
of Archelaus Lewis, an officer in the revolutionary army and also the deposition of Jonathan Britton, a soldier in the revolutionary army both taken by virtue of Deeds of Probation by me granted
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Joseph Weston the applicant, served as a private soldier in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Albion H. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

190. Joseph Wesson Copy
9771. 24 April 1819
(Sept 1819)
Not intitled
$320-
James Wesson
Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District
A.D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty the said Court on this _____ day of _____ 1819 In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the foregoing copy, and the schedules thereto annexed, are true copies from the originals thereof.
WILLIAM D. HICKSON
Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the first Tuesday, being the sixeth day of June and by adjournment from day to day, on the seventeenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS, Judge of said Court.
ON this seventeenth day of June in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, Joseph Wesson aged sixty years, resident in Otisfield in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Smith & Ashley in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Dose in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 27th day of April A. D. 1810, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 9771, was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner 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 18th day of March, 1818: 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; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Witness Jos. Pohe Joseph Wesson mark
Sworn to and declared, on the seventeenth day of June A. D. 1820.
BEFORE Albion K. Parris } U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Real estate — The right in equity to redeem fifty six acres of land in Otisfield, which are under a mortgage for two hundred dollars
Personal estate — a few ordinary articles to keep house with (in the house where I live — standing on the mortgaged land — being a log house with only one fire place in it) — an unfinished barn — one yoke small oxen — three cows — seven sheep — two swine — a two year old heifer and an old mare with a colt — I am in debt one hundred dollars besides the before mentioned sum of two hundred dollars
Witness Jos. Pope
Joseph his Wesson mark
Sworn to Before
Albrion H. Barris U.S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Joseph Wesson who, by occupation am a farmer which I am not able to pursue by reason of sickness which I have had for two years
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Wife Margaret 45 a weakly woman   Fanny 20 deaf & impaired in intellect   Daniel 12 a healthy boy   Mary 10 a healthy girl  
Witness Jos. Pope
Joseph his Wesson mark
Sworn to Before
Albrion H. Barris U.S. Dist. Judge

MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, JUNR. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules 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 three hundred, fifty- ninedollars and no more cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this seventeenth day of June , A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
John Mussey Junr
{ Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
#359-

Joseph Wilson - No. 9771 -

I Joseph Wilson of Otisfield in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine Do on oath make the following statement - That I have been a Revolutionary pensioner agreeably to a certificate of pension from the War Department, numbered 9771. - That in June last I exhibited a schedule of my property according to the act of Congress of 1 st May 1820 - before the Hon. Albion K. Parris at Portland - in order to obtain the continuance of my pension, and was notified that I was stricken off on account of my property - The real estate mentioned in my schedule I then stated to be under a mortgage, and that I was owing more than a hundred dollars beside - The land has since been taken from me by the person to whom it was mortgaged - and what personal property I was possessed of, my other creditors have taken in part payment of just debts I owed them - The whole value of the property in my said schedule was only $349. - having no regard to the debts I was owing - which amounted to a much larger sum - Those debts, I have been obliged to pay as far as my property would go, and I am now poor from necessity - I am unable to labor, have also a feeble wife, who is almost blind, and several in family to take care of who are unable to support themselves - I pray the Hon ble Secretary of War to reconsider my case -
Joseph his X Wilson Witness. Jos. Pope State of Maine - Cumberland ss. Subscribed & sworn to mark this 25 th day of January 1821 Before me Joseph Pope, Jus. Peace

We Thomas Shea and Nathaniel Larnb both of Otisfield in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine, do testify and say that we are neighbours to Mr. Joseph Weston of said Otisfield, and well acquainted with his circumstances, and that his creditors have taken possession of all his property within our knowledge so that said Weston is reduced to poverty and want, and remains in debt, his farm was conveyed by mortgage Deed in August 1814 to Thomas Weston who has taken possession of it and holds it - his stock has all been taken away by his other creditors - Mr. Weston is an aged infirm man unable to do but very little work of any kind has a family to support and needs assistance
Tho' Shea Nath'l Larnb.
Cumberland ss On the twenty third day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one, the above said Deponents, who are in my opinion both men of credibility and truth, personally made oath to the truth of the above Deposition by them signed before me Grinfill Blake Just Peace
United States of America Maine District ss
In testimony that Grinfill Blake Esq. who executed the above deposition is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Cumberland in said District I have hereunto set my hand and seal official this 26 th day of January A.D. 1821
John Muzzey Jun Clerk of Dist. Court, Maine,

Joseph Wesson-S.37521
The date and place of birth of Joseph Wesson, the name also appears as Weston, are not stated; nor are the names of his parents shown.
Joseph Wesson enlisted in Falmouth, Massachusetts, (Maine), in the spring of 1777 and served as a private in Captains George Smith's and Moses Ashley's companies, Colonel Joseph Vose's Massachusetts regiment, he was at the taking of Burgoyne, wintered at Valley Forge, in the battle of Monmouth, and was discharged in January, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 27, 1818, then aged fifty-eight years and living in Otisfield, District of Maine.
In 1820 Joseph Wesson was still a resident of Otisfield, and then referred to his family residing with him, as follows- his wife, Margaret, aged forty-five years; Fanny aged twenty years; Daniel aged twelve years; and Mary aged ten years.
The soldier, Joseph Wesson or Weston, died January 29, 1840, leaving a widow.
One Thomas Weston was referred to in August, 1814; no relationship to family shown.
This letter addressed to Q. M. General - Washington - D. C. See correct in Thomas Files. S.15-822

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
September 14 th , 1841.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The widow of Joseph Watson, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Maine Agency, at the rate of Eight — Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 18 th March 1818, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1839, to the 29 th January 1840.
Respectfully yours,
Wm B. Paton
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

J. L. Edwards Esq. War Dept.

Pop's Hall Feb. 4. 1821
D Sir
Please to cause the case referred to in the enclosed papers to be revised — and inform me this additional evidence be sufficient or otherwise for the purpose intended. — Your obed servt Ezekiel D. Chapman

Rec d March 13. 1821.
Mr. Foxworth
Re. Apr 6 1821
Hon ble J. C. Calhoun, Secretary of War - Washington -

Portland Maine March 5 th 1821
Hon J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War
Sir,
By a communication from Mr. Edwards to Mr. Whitman, which was forwarded to me, I am informed that in the case of Joseph Wesson, (or Weston, as his name should have been written) a certificate of the proper Officer, shewing the date of the mortgage deed alluded to in his statement was necessary & - Such a certificate I now enclose, which I hope will be satisfactory, & that he will be reported to this Agency for payment the present month.
I am Sir
very respectfully
Your obed Servt
Jos. Poper

State of Maine
Cumberland County Register of Deeds Office Portland March 5. 1821. I hereby certify that it appears by the records of this Office that the Mortgage deed made by Joseph Weston of Otisfield in said County, to Thomas Weston of said Otisfield conveying the said Joseph's homestead farm, for the security of one hundred and fifty five dollars, bears date August the fourth eighteen hundred and fourteen. and still appears by said records to be in full force and uncancelled
Elias Merrill Register
State of Maine - Cumberland ss. I Joseph Pope, A notary Public, duly appointed & sworn do certify that Elias Merrill is the Register of Deeds for the County of Cumberland, and that the foregoing is his certificate & signature In testimony of which I hereunto set my hand and affix my seal notarial this 5 th day of March A.D. 1821 Joseph Pope Notary Public

Write to Hon. E. Whitman, H. R. in the following words - and let such a letter accompany each case of a similar nature: -
Unstated "The Secretary of War has re- considered the case of Joseph Watson; and has directed me to state to you that before a final decision can be had, the claimant must exhibit to the Dept. a cer- tificate from the proper authority, showing the date of the mortgage alluded to in his schedule."
A copy of the letter of the Hon. E. Whitman to the claimant
24 Feb 1821
Certificate received.
Schedule amounts to $359. He has the right to redeem 56 acres of land mortgaged for $200, and says he owes $200 besides the $200 mortgaged for.
He is 60 years old & served 3 years, has a wife 45 years old, weakly. a daughter aged 20, deaf and of impaired intellect.
a son aged 12 yrs healthy a daughter aged 10 yrs, healthy.
A second statement under oath, accompanied by two affidavits, makes it appear that his creditors, since his schedule was made, have deprived him of all his pro- perty. — File Sept. 19
See the other side. 13
(Land mortgaged in 1814)

37 521 Rev INVALID.
File No. 37,521
Joseph Weston Dr Rev Wm
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 555
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1903-Index corresp. in Thomas Eden B. 15877-Case