Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34538, Isaac Wilson, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Wilson, Isaac.
S. 34538
CONTENTS
In 1825 aged 54 yrs. + res. Bedford, Middlesex Co. Mass

Mar 25 - 1822 AB -
Information sent October 26th 1820 to Abraham Dighton, Cambridge Mass.
17-102
Massachusetts
Isaac Wilson Redfield in the state of Mass. who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Glover of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 2 years and 8 months
scribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 9th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24th of May 1820 and sent to John Davis Esq Boston Mass
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1820 - $ 182.89 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1820 " 48. $ 230.89
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

Boston April 9. 1818
I Isaac Wilson of Bedford, State of Massachusetts, a resident Citizen of the U s States, Yeoman, being an applicant for a pension under the late act of Congress, testify and say that I served two years and eight months as a private soldier, in the war of the Revolution, in Captain Fuller's company, Col. Shepherd's regiment, and General Glouster's Brigade of the Massachusetts line. and that I was regularly and honorably discharged from the said service, to all which I am ready and willing to make oath — Isaac Wilson
Massachusetts District ss.
Boston 9. April 1818
Sworn to before me
M c Dowall Dist. Judge Mass. Dist.

Hopper of Boston appointed to take any evidence
No 272
Isaac Wilson Rev Gloucester Mass 2 Years 8 Mo Dec 9 Apr 1818
Ditson proves he saw no more than 9 months at one time during revolutionary war Is. Wilson - more than 1 yr
Admitted to be sent to John Davis Esq Boston certify to the credibility of the witness
From the above we see that Ditson's charge
Dec 24. 1819 Suppl commentary Declaration & new evidence. B. C. offered
J. Davis Esq

The within named Isaac Wilson now further on oath declares, that he is in such reduced circumstances of life, as to stand in need of assistance from his Country for support. Isaac Wilson.
Mass. Dist. Ct. Boston 26 Feby. 1819

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
26 February 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, Isaac Wilson by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
J. H. Davis
{ District Judge U. S. Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston February 26 A. D. 18 19
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that Isaac Milton subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, with the varying documents marked A together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
W. D. Davis } Judge of the District Court U. S. Massachusetts District.

Supplementary Declaration
Dec r 24. 1879

United States -
Massachusetts District.
Isaac Wilson of Bedford, in the county of Middlesex, and District of Massachusetts, a resident citizen of the United States, and applicant for a pension from the United States, under 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, having already made an affidavit before the Hon. Judge Davis of his services, now as supplementary thereto maketh oath, that he served as a private soldier in the revolutionary war, upwards of two years, in Massachusetts; viz. Enlisted in the spring of 1701. in the company commanded by Captain Fuller in the Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Colonel Shfford , and served in said company - and in a company of light infantry commanded also by the said Fuller in the said regiment, until the last of the summer of 1703, when he was honorably discharged in interreg, but has lost it: and is in such reduced circumstances as to require the aid of his country - principally in New York and the Jerseys. Isaac Wilson
Massachusetts District Dec 24. 1819
This declaration supplementary to applicant's declaration of April 9. 1818 was sworn to before me M c Gehee Dist. Clerk Mass. D.

Isaac Wilson
17. 182
24 May 1820
[Large handwritten signature/initials]
[Faint, mirrored text bleed-through from the reverse side of the page]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of June A. D. 1820
Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice,
and
WILLIAM WETMORE, and } Associate Justices STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires, } of said Court.
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, Isaac Wilson resident in
Bedford —
in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 17.102 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, Isaac Wilson 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 ninth day of
April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
“ Given at the War Office of the United States, this twenty fourth
“ day of May one thousand eight hundred and
eighteen
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,
“ 3 Pine chests with two drawers in one chest 1/2 doz kitchen Chairs 1 set Cups & Saucers 1 blk Teapot 7 Pails 1 Shovel & tongs 1 pr Flat irons 1 doz Plates 6 milk Pans 1/2 doz Knives & Forks 1 Age 2 Iron Pots 1 Tea Kettle 1 Coffee Pot 1 Pewter Platter 1 Earthen Platter

2 pewter Basins 4 earthen Bowls
2 Tables (pine), the amount of the said property will not exceed the sum of eleven dollars.
The Declarant's family consists of himself and wife his age fifty four her age fifty one, they have now four children that are under the age of twenty one years, but are not resident in the family being apprenticed to some trade.
The Declarant's occupation is that of a labourer, the said Wilson further states that he enlisted into the service of his Country during the Revolution in the spring of the year 1780 to serve for the term of three years was attached to Capt John Fuller's Company fourth Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col Shepard and was dis- charged at the close of the war having served about two years and six months was stationed principally at West Point. Isaac Wilson
Sworn to before Stephen Minot Judge of said Court

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Stephen Minott a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
" I, Isaac Wilson 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.
Isaac Wilson
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed Isaac Wilson took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me,
Stephen Minot Judge of said Court."
I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW, 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 seven dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on this 20 th day of July 1820
Attr.
Abraham Biglow

May 24, 1939
The Quartermaster General Memorial Branch War Department Washington, D. C.
BA-J/AWF Isaac Wilson S. 34538
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of Isaac Willson, of Massachusetts.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S. 34538, based upon military service of Isaac Wilson, in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of Isaac Wilson, and names of his parents were not stated.
Isaac Wilson (as his signature is shown in the claim) enlisted in the spring of 1781, served as private in Captain John Fuller's company, in Colonel Shepard's Fourth Massachusetts Regiment, and continued in the service until sometime in the summer of 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 9, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
He gave his age in 1820 as fifty-four years, his wife as aged fifty-one years, and referred then

to four children under the age of twenty-one years.
The name of wife and children of the soldier, Isaac Wilson, are not given. He died May 25, 1822.
In 1819, one Joseph Wilson of Bedford, Massachusetts stated that he was fully acquainted with Isaac Wilson during the Revolution, that he served, also, in that war.
The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible data in regard to family.
The application for headstone for Isaac Wilson is returned herewith. There was no correspondence enclosed.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

34 538 Rey INVALID.
1939. May 24. list to memo. Pr. aug
File No. 34, 538
Isaac Wilson
Rev. Rev. Rev.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 457
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Boston April 10. 1818 This certifies that I am acquainted With Mr. Isaac Wilson and am know- ing to his serving as a Soldier in the Revolutionary Army under Capt Fuller this Col. B. Whiting I attest to.

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Thomas Dilson's evidence - more than 9m s  at one time during revolutionary war.

United States -
Massachusetts District.
I Thomas Ditson of Mason, in the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify and say that I was a sergeant in the service of the United States during the revolutionary war, and will know Isaac Wilson, of Bedford, to have faithfully served in the army of the United States, more than nine months at one time during the revolutionary war; - Thomas Ditson
Supplement - Boston, September 6 - 1819 -
Personally appeared the above named Thomas Ditson and whom I certify to be in my opinion a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the above statement by him subscribed
Before me Stephen Hooper Justice of Peace

Joseph Wilson's evidence - more than 1 year in Shepard's regiment
x credible

United States
Massachusetts District
Joseph Wilson of Bedford in the county of Middlesex and District of Massachusetts, testify and say that I was a private soldier in the revolutionary war, and that all know Isaac Wilson to have faithfully served as a private soldier, in Colonel Shepherd's regiment more than one year, during the revolutionary war, and that the regiment served princip- ally during that time in New York and the Jerseys.
Joseph Wilson
Subscribed - Sworn September 6. 1819 -
Personally appeared the above named Joseph Wilson whom I certify to be in my opinion a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the above statement by him subscribed
Before me - Stephen Hopper J. P.