Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35667, Elisha Torrey, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
or  ★ Torrey, Elisha Torry
S. 35667
CONTENTS

8421
Maine
Elisha Torry
of Freeport Dist. in the state of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Vose of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 3 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of the Dist: of Maine at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 20 th of April 1810 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th of March 1819 and sent to W m Wadsworth, Esq. Portland, Maine.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 10 3/4  30/31 01. 03 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept: 1819. 40. 00
$ 129. 03
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Verification sent to John Murphy Jr. for 25 Oct 1820
Entitled Maine

35.667 Rev INVALID.
File No. 35-667
Elisha Lory Dr Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 421
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mass.
Torrey Elisha
S35667.

This may Certify that Elisha Torrey has served three years in the first Massachusetts Regt. of foot the time he enlisted for, Vizt. from the first of Jan y 1777 to the first of Jan y 1780, and he is now Discharged from the Service, he having served As a good & faithfull Soldier —————
Joseph Vose Col o Given Under my Hand at the High Lands this first day of Jan y 1780,

N 271. Elisha Sorry
Copy N 33
8421
Freeport Maine
Registered
Can
27 Oct 19
John Muprey, Jr.
Ag.
Portland, M e
Recd. 22 Aug. 1820.
1820
Registered

unprinted (b) (7) (c) (2) (b) (7) (c) (2) SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the undersigned UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the Tuesday, being the fifteenth day of August and by adjournment from day to day, on the day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS , Judge of said Court.
ON this fifteenth day of August 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, Elisha Sorry aged seventy seven years, resident in Freeport 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. Davis in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Jos. 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 20 th day of April A. D. 1810, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 8421 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.
Elisha Sorry
Sworn to and declared, on the fifteenth day of August 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:
Two cows, four sheep, one pig
Elisha Sony
Sworn to
August 15. 1820
Before
Albion H. Barris
U.S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Elisha Sony, who, by occupation am a farmer, which I am not able to pursue by reason of old age, rheumatism and blindness
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Polly my wife 70 able to work a little   Elisha Sony   Sworn to   Before   Albion 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 thirty two . . . dollars and no more cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fifteenth . . . day of August A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
John Mussey Junr
{ Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
$32-

Elisha Torrey Private 1 Regt Mass s June 1779 - 3 years
Dec. 28 th & April 1818
con.
Admitted.

To the Honorable WILLIAM WIDGERY , one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
RESPECTFULLY SHOWS....
Elisha Torrey of Freeport in the Maine District, that he served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution for the term of three years in continuation on the Continental Establishment, that he yet is a resident citizen of the United States at Freeport aforesaid, and that by reason of your applicant's reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support, being now seventy four years of age
And your applicant farther represents, that in the service aforesaid, he belonged in his said capacity of a to Elisha Torrey's Company of the first Regiment, of the Massachusetts Line, that he entered said service on or about the first day of January one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven and that he left said service on or about the first day of January one thousand seven hundred and eighty the term of his enlistment having expired & he having received an honorable discharge
WHEREFORE, inasmuch as your applicant, as he verily believes, comes under the provisions 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," he prays your honor to institute an enquiry into the circumstances of his case, and that such farther proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by law, in order that your applicant may be placed on the Pension List of the United States.
Dated at PORTLAND, this twenty eighth day of April 1818.
Elisha Torrey
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT KNOWN, that on the twenty eighth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came before me, WILLIAM WIDGERY , one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, resident at Portland, within the County of Cumberland, in said Maine District—the said Court being a Court of record of said State, Elisha Torrey the above named applicant, and made oath that the several statements by him made in the foregoing application by him signed are true. And the said
Elisha Torrey farther offered in evidence the discharge annexed to his application being his original discharge -
WHEREUPON it does appear to the satisfaction of me the said Judge, that the said Elisha Torrey served in the revolutionary war as alledged in his application, against the common enemy, and that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I the said Judge, have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the said Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County of Cumberland, to be hereunto affixed, this twenty eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States the forty-second. all which is herewith certified & transmitted
Wm Widgery
Associate Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
CUMBERLAND, ss. I the subscriber, Clerk of the Courts in said county, certify that Hon. WILLIAM WIDGERY , is an Associate Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, as stated in the annexed Certificate, and that his signature to the same is his own proper signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I do hereto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said Court, this 27th day of June A. D. 1818.
Geo. Bradbury