Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,551, John Wilson, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Miss.
Wilson, John
S. 34,551
B.L.Wt. 2346-100.
CONTENTS

1936
Massachusetts.
John Wilson, 4 Capt Lane private Massachusetts line July 77 till June 9th '85 In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 6th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27th of July 1818 and sent to Stephen Minot, Esq. Haverhill Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1818. Quarterly ending 4 Mos 29/30 $ 39 73.
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued Haverhill Apr 6, 1818.
Noting our Mr. 21: 1820 to John Wilson Pension

John Wilson
N. 2346
Elisha Morrill Concord N. Hampshire

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston November 27/1844,
I hereby Certify , That at the date of the annexed attestation Nath l Lord was Registrar of Probate and Charles White was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Parris; Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Essex, ss. Probate Office.
I Nathaniel Lord junior, register of probate for said county, hereby certify, that
John Wilson, late of Haverhill in said county, laborer, deceased, intestate, was a soldier in the revolutionary war; that he died on the twenty eighth day of May, A.D. 1827; that he left no widow, his wife having died long before the time of his decease; that he left one child, and no more, viz. Martha Robinson, the wife of Luther Robinson; that she has since deceased, leaving two children, and no more, viz. Luther Robinson and Martha Robinson, who is now Martha Thompson, the wife of Isaac Thompson; and that said John Wilson had in his life time a son, viz. Benjamin Wilson, who died before the time of his father's decease, and left one child, and no more, viz. Benjamin Wilson; and that the said Benjamin Wilson last named, Luther Robinson and Martha Thompson, are still living, and each of them is of full age; and that they are the only heirs at law of said John Wilson deceased; - as appears by the records in said office.
Given under my hand and seal of office, this nineteenth day of November, A. D. 1844.
Nath. Lord Jr.

I Daniel Silver of Haverhill in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Aged Eighty Years Declare and Say that I was late a Soldier in Captain Frotts Company in the fifth Massachusetts Regiment in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution, I was Well acquainted with John Wilson late of said Haverhill now Deceased who was a Soldier in the same Regiment with me, and enlisted for during said Revolutionary War and served to the close thereof. — — — — — Haverhill February 22 d 1843.
Daniel Silver
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss. Haverhill February 22 d 1843. Before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Essex, Personally Appeared the above Named Daniel Silver and Made Oath to the truth of the above Affidavit, by him Subscribed.
before me Charles White Justice of the Peace J C

I Benjamin Wilson of Haverhill in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged thirty years, One of the Heirs at Law of John Wilson late of Haverhill Deceased, Do Upon Oath testify and Declare to the best of my knowledge and belief that said John Wilson Did Enter the Service in the Revolutionary War for the term of During the War, and Served as a Soldier in the fifth Regiment of the Massachusetts Continental line. I further Declare that I have never received a Warrant for the Bounty Land promised to said John Wilson on the death of the United States, nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his Claim to it in any manner whatsoever; therefore I now all men by these Presents, that I Benjamin Wilson aforesaid Do hereby Constitute And Appoint Elisha Morrill to be my True and Lawful Attorney for me, and in my name, to Demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a Warrant or a Certificate to locate the Quantity of Land Due to the Heirs of said John Wilson Deceased; Witness my hand and Seal the twenty second day of February A.D. 1843. Attest: Charles White Benj Wilson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss. Haverhill February 22 d 1843. Personally appeared the above named Benjamin Wilson Subscribed to the foregoing declaration and made Oath to the same, and in my presence Acknowledged the Power of Attorney thereto subjoined to be his free Act and Deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
Before me Charles White Justice of Peace

1936. July '18 John Wilson Aaron S. Fullin St. Guardian
Am
Ichabod Tucker Salina Mass
Ichabod Tucker (last of the house of Ichabod) do hereby certify that he has been admitted to the Freedom Club before the Judge of said Court. Given under my hand and seal this 18th day of July 1936. Ichabod Tucker

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salisbury  Newburyport , within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June  September , A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice. Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
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, John Wilson resident in Haverhill in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 1936 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, John 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 sixth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
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"Given at the War Office of the United States, this twenty seventh day of July , one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,"
by Aaron Carlton his Guardian, duly appointed 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, No real or personal estate and no income or dependance but the bounty of his country - He is resident in and belongs to Haverhill, County of Essex, Massachusetts. He enlisted into the army of the Revolution as a private for eight months, the 30th of April 1775 and served that term out in Capt John Lane's company. Just before the term of eight months expired he reenlisted for one year and entered the company of Capt Nathaniel Wade in Col. Moses Little's Regt the 12th of May: line and served that term out. Again in Feb'y 1777 he enlisted again for during the War and entered in Capt Winship's Company in Col. Rufus Putnam's 5th Mass Regt and served in that Company and the companies of Capt John Williams, Ezra Newhall and Joseph Kilham all in that Regiment tile

are June 9 th 1783 and was discharged near West Point. said Wilson is about 65 years of age and in consequence of losing part of both his feet by the frost in January 1819 he is wholly unable to walk or to do any thing for his support. He has been supported as a pauper previous to obtaining the Pension -
I, Aaron Carleton Junior of Haverhill County of Essex, Massachusetts do testify and say that I am the Guardian of the within named John Wilson duly authorized and appointed as by the original letter of Guardianship, now on file in the Pension office of the Department at War of the United States will appear, that the said Wilson has no property or income of any description excepting what he derives from his pension having been a pauper supported in the town of Haverhill that the statement of his services above given is according to the best information I can obtain, true; and that in consequence of the loss of his feet he is wholly unable to walk and incapable of attending of attending Court to take the oath required by law.
Aaron Carleton Jr
Sworn & subscribed by the said Aaron Carleton Jr the 18 th Sept r 1820 before me
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. a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, _____ 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.
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed took and subscribed the aforesaid Oath before me
_____ Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, 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
dollars
nothing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this twenty fifth day of September , A. D.
1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk

John Wilson April 6. 1818
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Putnam's Map reg. correct essences

I, John Wilson of the age of 62 years declare and say that I am a resident Citizen of the United States; that I reside in & belong to the town of Haverhill in the County of Essex, in the Middle Circuit in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; — That the 30 th of April 1775 I enlisted as a private soldier in the Army of the Revolutionary War, for 8 months; I immediately entered the service accordingly, in Capt. John Lane's company, of the flying camp, as it was called, stationed at Cape Ann, & served therein that time out: — That just before the said 8 months expired I re-enlisted in to the Army for one year, & entered the Company of Capt. Nath l Wade, in Col. Moses Little's Reg t being the 12 th Reg t of the Massachusetts line, the 1 st January 1776. & served therein accordingly the year out, & then by request of the Colonel, one month longer, when I left the service by my time being out. — Again in the course of the month of Feb y 1777 I enlisted again for during the war, & then entered in Capt. Winship's company, in Colonel Rufus Putnam's Reg t being the 5 th Massachusetts Reg t & served in that company, & the companies of Capt s John Williams, Ezra Newhall, & Joseph the Kilham, all in that Reg t till June 9. 1783, & was then honorably discharged about 8 miles above West Point, by Gen l Washington. — About 5 years of the last of said service I was Sergeant. I also say that I have lost my said discharge; that I am, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life in need of assistance from my country for support, & that I never had any pension allowed me by the laws of the United States.
John Wilson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Essex ss. April 6. 1818
Then the above named John Wilson made solemn oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is true, before me.
Stephen Minot { Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit.
I, Daniel Silver, depose & say that I know the above John Wilson, I served in the same Reg t with him for more than two years, & knew him, & know that for that time & until his discharge he did serve in the Army as he then states. I also say that I know him to be in very needy circumstances, & in need of assistance for support.
Daniel Silver
Essex ss. April 6. 1818 Then the above named Daniel Silver made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true, before me
Stephen Minot, Judge of the Circuit Court ss.

Whereupon, it appearing to my satisfaction that the said John Wilson did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in his declaration aforesaid, against the common enemy, I now certify & transmit the testimony in the case & the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war.
Stephen Minot, { Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit.
I also certify that the said John Wilson is in reduced & indigent circumstances, being a Town pauper, & in need of assistance for support.
Stephen Minot, Judge, as aforesaid.

Rec. Nov. 11 th 1844
FREE
Nov 11. 1844
Mr. G. Ladd
Rev. J. L. Edwards, Genl. Pension Washington D.C.
2346
Nov 29 th 1844
Sent Regulations
Ref. —
John Wilson - San Angelo
am. Nov. 29 th 1844
Eliza Merrill

Elisha Morrill
ans. Nov. 29 th 1844
John Wilson - 5 th Mass ts Rept. - Sent Regulations Nov 29 th 1844
2346
Rev. J. L. Colburn, Ch. Sent present Washington St.
Nov 11. 1844
RW
FREE
Rec. Nov. 11 th 1844

Concord New Hampshire Nov 7. 1844
Hon: J. L. Edwards Comm. Pensions Sir
Benjamin Wilson heir  son of John Wilson deceased late of Haverhill Massachusetts and a pensioner of Revolutionary War.
Died at Haverhill aforesaid and I expect the same man pensioned July 27. 1818 and died May 28. 1827.
Are the heirs of the above described John Wilson entitled to bounty in land or not
Daniel Silver a revolutionary pensioner of said Haverhill, says he was well acquainted with said John Wilson late of said Haverhill, and that he enlisted for during the revolutionary war, and served to the close.
Respectfully Your O.B.
Elisha Morrill
Decem 3. 1844 - Warrant 2346 for 100 acres granted to the heirs of John Wilson, died a soldier of the N. Hampshire line, and sent to Mr. Morrill
P.S. I have a power of attorney to procure the claim if entitled but I do not know as he was entitled for Mrs Silver might be mistaken.
yes E. Morrill

6 Concord New Hampshire December 6. 1844
Rev. J. L. Edwards Com. Pensions Sir
In close in your letter of the 3 rd inst. I hereby acknowledge to have received a certificate No 2346 issued in the right of the heirs of John Wilson deceased who was a soldier in the Massachusetts Line in the Revolutionary war entitled to draw under the act of Congress July 27 1842.
Respectfully your H. S. L. Elisha Merrill Atty.

34557 Rey INVALID.
File No. 34 551
John Wilson His Rev. Rev.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 457
[Arrangement of 1870.]